Last season, a well respected wrestling publication claimed there were two national championship teams - Apple Valley High School from Minnesota and St. Paris Graham High School from Ohio. Only one of these two teams went undefeated - Apple Valley. The other, St. Paris - Graham, lost to Blair Academy in an an individual tournament, later avenging the loss in a dual. HSWrestling.Net selected Apple Valley as sole champion as a result of their season's body of work which included a Cheesehead Invite, Clash Duals, and Minnesota state championship.

The mythical national championship presented each year by HSWrestling.Net takes many factors into account when selecting the champion. A combination of dual meet and individual tournament scoring potential are used when finalizing the voting process.

How will you decide between Apple Valley and St. Paris Graham this season?

While the Apple Valley wrestlers and other media outlets might be ready to hand over the 2011 National Championship to Apple Valley we have probable cause to wait until the season is over before making such a declaration.  While Apple Valley has proven themselves to be a very strong dual meet team their inability to secure championship hardware at the Cheesehead everywhere but 152 leaves their individual tournament success in question.

The Cheesehead, while an individual tournament format, is scored for team points significantly different than Ironman and Beast of the East.  You have to ask yourself, would Apple Valley win both of these tournaments this season? If you start plugging Apple Valley wrestlers into Ironman brackets you might be a bit surprised at the outcome.

What could win St. Paris Graham the National Title?

Apple Valley, the two time defending HS Wrestling National Champions, have to lose the title.  This can be done in one of two ways:

Apple Valley Loses: Either to St. Paris Graham directly or to a common opponent in a common event format (eg. Blair Academy - Dual Meet)

Apple Valley Doesn't Win Enough: State Tournament performance, especially when comparing teams that did not directly compete all year, is weighed  very heavily. We expect Apple Valley to have 8 state champions and St. Paris to have 5.  If either falls significantly short of this mark they could see their ranking drop.

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Apple Valley senior Destin McCauley defeated Brandon's Clark Glass 8-5 to put the Eagles up 12-0 early in the Clash championships. The win, McCauley's 263rd, sets the Minnesota record for career wins.

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The Peninsula Wrestling Association hosts the 31st Annual Virginia Duals Wrestling Tournament at the Hampton Coliseum on January 7 & 8, 2011. The team advancement concept started in Hampton, Virginia with the Virginia Duals in 1981 and is now used by Virginia and many other states to determine the best High School Team in the state. The National College Wrestling Coaches Association also recognized the value of the Team Advancement concept and now has the National Dual Team Championships to recognize the best college team in the nation. The Virginia Duals Wrestling Tournament is the largest College and High School Tournament in the world.

Since the initial inception of the tournament, the tournament's prominence has outgrown its parent organization, prompting the Peninsula Wrestling Association to become the governing body over the Virginia Duals tournament and the Virginia Duals Wrestling Club, an elite-level wrestling club that trains wrestlers in all three styles of wrestling from ages 9 all the way through college.

2011 Competing Teams

For results and live updates:

National College | American College
National H.S. | American H.S.
Black & Blue H.S. | Middle School

For Brackets with mat assignments & match times
National College | American College
National H.S. | American H.S.
Black & Blue H.S. | Middle School

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The Westmoreland County Coaches' Association wrestling tournament just got a lot more interesting.

The 125-pound final should pit returning county, WPIAL and two-time PIAA champions: Derry Area junior Jimmy Gulibon and Franklin Regional senior Nico Megaludis. Both are ranked No. 1 in the country — Gulibon at 119 pounds, Megaludis at 125. Megaludis is also considered to be the No. 3 senior recruit across all weight classes.

The tournament begins at 5 p.m. today at Franklin Regional High School. The finals are set for 7 p.m. Saturday.

Gulibon, who won the Ironman and Powerade tournaments at 119 and will compete at that weight in individual tournaments next month, chose not to fight weight for a few weeks until he gets the 2-pound weight allowance later this month.

"I told Jimmy if he wanted to go up, give Nico the heads-up," Derry Area coach Mike Weinell said. "I told him he could probably win at 125 and 130 — it didn't matter."

Gulibon (13-0 this season, 88-2 career) has won two county and two WPIAL titles. Megaludis (22-0, 141-1) has won 107 consecutive matches and three county and WPIAL titles.

continue reading Paul Schofield's article about the potential Megaludis v. Guilbon matchup over at the Pittsburgh Tribune website

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This weekend we've got a ton of events for you to track.

* January 7th & 8th:

11th Annual Boneyard Bash
2011 Scott Rohrer Hoover Invitational
2011 VA Duals National College Tourney
2011 VA Duals American College Tourney
2011 VA Duals American HS Tourney
2011 VA Duals Black & Blue HS Tourney
2011 VA Duals Middle School Tourney
2011 VA Duals National HS Tourney
9th Annual Marines.com Battlefield Duals
Apple Cider Classic
Big Valley Classic
Cotton Bowl Nationals
District V Duals
North Kansas City Invitational
Pride Clash
The Clash IX
TOA - 2011 Salt Lake Slam

January 8th:

1st PSOT (PPWL Dan Gable) Parker
2011 Hopkins Paul Bengtson Invitational
3rd Annual Little Beast Tournament
4th Cheyenne Mt (PPWL Dan Gable)
Albuquerque Academy Tournament
Alexander Green & Gold 11th Annual Tourn
Baraboo Junior Varsity Classic
Baraboo Thunderbird Classic
Bear River Invitational Tournament
Belzer Bruins Pin - Win Invitational
Bradford Invitational
Brawl in the Falls
Brookwood Bronco Classic
Cadott Invitational
Central Oregon Classic Qualifier
Charger Invite
Craig Invite
Delavan-Darien Invitational
Dragon Classic
Eastern Oregon Classic Qualifier
Escanaba Elks Invite
Falcon Fury Classic
Forest Park Wrestling Tournament
Fred Lehrke Evergreen Invitational
Goddard Wrestling Club Invitational
Huskie Invitational
Johnson County Kids Classic
Lancaster Invite
Lee Griffin 2011
McEachern Jr Indian Classic
McIntosh Indian Classic
METRO CLASSIC QUALIFIER
MIDWEST SHOWDOWN
New Richmond Invitational
Omro Wrestling Invitational
Ottumwa Invitational
Rocket Scramble
Roundup Invitational
Sauk Prairie Eagle Invitational
Sauk Prairie Eagle JV Invitational
Soddy Daisy Showdown Invitational
Soddy JV and Girls Showdown
Stewartville Junior High Invitational
Superior Spartan Classic
Valor On the Mat - Gi
Valor On the Mat - No-Gi
Warrior Challenge w/Beginners Bracket
Washington - Oregon Classic Qualifier
Whitewater JV Wrestling Tournament
Woods Classic
XXXVI SYCAMORE INVITATIONAL

* January 9th:

2nd SDIKWA Open
3rd Annual Selma New Year`s Bash
Archer Tiger Beginners Tournament
Baraboo Youth Wrestling Classic
BRISTOL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
D.C. Everest Treetoppers Youth
Dragon Beginners Tournament
Harlem Mid Season Preview
IWF Benton Community Tournament
Kearney Bulldog Open 2011
Kearney Youth Wrestling Novice 2011
Mattoon Kids Open
Medieval Classic
Midwest Classic
Roth Rumble
Sprayberry Beginners Tournament
VALLEY JR. WRESTLING
West Bend Wildcat Youth
WWKWL Mid Season Novice League
Future Champions - Central Maryland
Future Champions - Eastern Shore

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For results, go to www.trackwrestling.com and find your event.

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The 2011 Clash Duals this weekend features some of the best teams in the nation in the most anticipated Team Tournament in the Country.

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Nationally-Ranked Teams:

• #1 - Apple Valley  (MN)
• #3 - Brandon  (FL)
• #5 - Simley  (MN)
• #9 - Wisconsin Rapids  (WI)
• #12 - Waverly-Shell Rock  (IA)
• #17 - Roseburg  (OR)
• #21 - Glenbard North  (IL)

Clash Information:

The Clash Tournament is a team dual format tournament held over two days (Jan. 7th & 8th).  The first day consists of a qualification tournament which will determine which round robin pool teams are self-sorted into for the championship round-robin brackets.

During the first day Qualification Tournament on Friday, teams will be seeded and placed into one of four standard 8-team brackets.  Two of these brackets will compete in a morning session consisting of matches at 9 am, 11 am, and 1 pm.  The other two brackets will compete at 4 pm, 6 pm, and 8 pm.  The three matches will determine each team’s placing in the second day’s round-robin championship brackets.

During the second day Championship Tournament, each of the 4 teams that win their qualifying tournament will be placed together in a round-robin Division 1 group to determine positions 1 through 4 in the tournament.  The four runner-up teams from the qualification tournament will be placed together in the Division 2 group to determine positions 5-8 and so on.  Groups 5-8 will wrestling Saturday morning while brackets 1-4 will wrestle Saturday afternoon.  Therefore, a team that wins its first match on Friday will wrestle Saturday afternoon.

There will be four teams in each of these eight second-day pools.  The winner of each of these pools will receive a  championship trophy.  The second-place team in each of the pools will receive a runner-up trophy.  There are no awards for the third and fourth place teams, even in the top pool.

Pool A :  (Morning Session)

• Apple Valley, MN
• Neuqua Valley, IL
• Vacaville, CA
• Skutt Catholic, NE
• Bettendorf, IA
• Forest Lake, MN
• Frazee, MN
• Roseburg, OR

Pool B :  (Morning Session)

• Brandon, FL
• Stewartville, MN
• Mt. Carmel, IL
• Owatonna, MN
• Grand Island, NE
• Arrowhead Union, WI
• Minneota, MN
• Glenbard North, IL

Pool C :  (Afternoon Session)

• Wisconsin Rapids, WI
• Broomfield, CO
• Albert Lea, MN
• Carl Sandburg, IL
• Kasson-Mantorville, MN
• Mason City, IA
• West Fargo, ND
• Montini Catholic, IL

Pool D :  (Afternoon Session)

• Simley, MN
• Baylor, TN
• Oak Grove, MO
• Hastings, MN
• St Michael-Albertville, MN
• Ponderosa, CO
• Wausau West, WI
• Waverly-Shell Rock, IA

Download Updated Brackets

For Live Coverage, visit  www.trackwrestling.com and go to "The Clash IX"

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A middleweight bout between Chris Leben and former WEC champion Briann Stann has been targeted for the Jan. 1 UFC 125 card.

Sources close to the event today alerted MMAjunkie.com of the tentative plans, though bout agreements have not been signed.

Although not officially announced, UFC 125 takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and airs on pay-per-view.

Former UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn is still very relevant in the overall division picture, but he’s taking on Matt Hughes at welterweight rather than fighting lightweight top contender Kenny “Kenflo” Florian. Many wondered if Penn was looking for a more likely win versus a tough battle, but that doesn’t seem to be the case at all. Talking to MMAJunkie, Penn explained how the fight with Hughes went down:

“I talked to Dana, and they tried to put me in the ring with Florian, (and) Dana said Florian was hurt,” said Penn, who submitted Florian in 2009 to defend the belt. “[Dana] said, ‘What do you think about Hughes?’ I said, ‘Matt Hughes?’ I got chicken skin all over my body. I said, ‘Tell him I’m coming. Tell him, let’s go.’”

After suffering back-to-back defeats, Penn said he had more sense than to request a fight with a UFC Hall of Famer who fights at a heavier weight class – especially one who’s climbed back into title contention with a string of wins over Matt Serra, Renzo Gracie and Ricardo Almeida. But with the opportunity to fight again quickly, and with Hughes on board, he simply couldn’t pass it up.

“I’m more respectful than that to lose two fights in a row and say, ‘OK, give me Matt Hughes,’” Penn said. “They offered me that fight. Matt was really excited about the fight. Dana called me and said, ‘We offered Matt the fight. He’s going to put everything on hold to take the fight if you want it.’ And I said, ‘I’ve got nothing else better to do. Let’s do this.’

Penn doesn’t gain much with a win except for a paycheck, as most would expect him to return to the lightweight division and make another run at the title. With current champion Frankie Edgar next looking to take on Gray Maynard you could certainly see Penn still fighting Florian for rights to the next title shot. Still a matchup with Hughes does seem like something that fans want, and it should make for a very entertaining bout especially with Hughes recent ressurgence.

Relatively new fans of Mixed Martial Arts may not be familiar with Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante. The American Top Team-trained product hasn’t fought in America since mid-2007 nor competed under the UFC/PRIDE/Strikeforce banner a single time in his career. However, ask a more-informed individual and the response is likely to involve a great deal of admiration for the lightweight’s in-ring ability, as well as respect for his past accomplishments in the sport.

Regardless of how well-known he is or isn’t, Cavalcante will almost certainly maintain the interest of both groups this October 9th when he makes his Strikeforce debut in San Jose against former promotional lightweight champ Josh Thomson. Both well-rounded in terms of skill, Thomson and Cavalcante have nearly identical records and a fearless approach to fighting, as well as an understanding of the bout’s significance in terms of 155-pound contendership.

The 27-year old Brazilian recently sat down with media and spoke about the upcoming bout, his present health after a handful of unfortunate injuries, and why he feels more relaxed than usual entering things even though he’ll be facing a hometown product at the event.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve fought in the U.S. I am glad to be fighting here and Josh is a former champion and it will be a tough fight,” Cavalcante explained. “It is not an easy task to come over to the U.S. and have a good fight but life isn’t easy. I like the challenge and I think the fans want to watch this fight. As a fan want to watch this fight.”

“I don’t feel pressure especially since people don’t know me and they don’t know what to expect…so there is no pressure at all,” he continued. “There is more pressure when people know you and expect you to do well. I have been through situations with pressure from the fans expecting things and pressure from myself. I am not putting pressure on myself to do well. I know my potential. I know I am training hard and have an excellent camp…almost the best in the world and I have great teammates. I just keep focused and control and try to keep everything balanced.”

“I am always fighting in someone else’s territory, and I know it’s different in Japan…everyone is quiet and respectful, whereas here people are loud, screaming and booing,” Cavalcante said of Thomson being a San Jose native. “But a fight in a fight. I am so grateful I have a great camp. I’ve been through this with my corner men, and we have a strong connection and experience together.”

As far as his ongoing recovery from a slew of rib/knee injuries sustained while training or in bouts, Cavalcante expressed confidence in his current state while referencing his decision win over Katsunori Kikuno at DREAM 15 earlier this year. “I am feeling good,” he said on the subject. “I fought in July. It was a good fight…I fought for 15 minutes…I felt a big rusty because of the injury, but now I am healthy. After that fight I am much more confident, mentally physically, everything is there. I am training good, thank God.”

Per the usual, Cavalcante also spoke about how he felt his match-up with Thomson would go and whether or not he felt the outcome would be affected by competing in a cage rather than the four-sided ring he is more-accustomed to fighting in.

“I train a lot in the cage,” he said dismissively of the difference. “Most of my teammates fight in the cage, so I have been training with them. My game works well in the cage…sometimes even better than in the ring. I think both the cage and ring have pros and cons but I always look for the pros in my favor. I am working hard and nothing is different.”

In conclusion, he showed due respect to Thomson and recognized the need to take a general approach to strategy rather than expect an easy win based on any particular holes in the former Strikeforce champion’s game.

“I am going to look for everything…Both of us are complete fighters. I can come and fight – he can stand up, go to the ground, he can take down. So I am not looking for anything in particular. Don’t miss the fight…I am looking to fight my hardest for fifteen minutes, so when he makes a mistake I can grab it and win the fight.”

Cavalcante is 15-3-1 in his career with past wins over Caol Uno, Bart Palaszewski, and Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro. While he has beaten twelve of his opponents by way of submission/TKO, he himself has never been finished and owes all three of his losses to ringside scoring.

In addition to Cavalcante vs. Thomson, Strikeforce’s October 9th event is scheduled to feature a welterweight title-fight between Nick Diaz and KJ Noons, as well as 135-pound champion Sarah Kaufman putting her belt up for grabs against Marloes Coenen. Matt Lindland will also face Luke Rockhold at the show.

CHICAGO, Ill. (September 17, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships has officially signed undefeated up-and-comer Michael Chandler to its growing list of impressive lightweight fighters. Chandler enters the promotion with a fresh 3-0 professional record including a rear-naked-choke victory over Sal Woods at last May’s Strikeforce event.

“Michael Chandler is a great signing for us at 155,” said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. “He has unlimited potential in the sport, I’m excited to see him progress as a fighter under the Bellator banner.”

The 24-year-old Missouri native possesses an impressive wrestling pedigree, leading his junior and senior varsity wrestling teams as the captain both years. After high school Chandler wrestled under Bellator Season 2 Welterweight Tournament Champion Ben Askren and Strikeforce veteran Tyron Woodley at the University of Missouri, where he was also the captain the varsity wrestling team his junior and senior year. Chandler says he has been planning for this from the beginning.

“I started training MMA right out of college. I took my first training camp with the soon-to-be Bellator Welterweight Champion Ben Askren. My first training camp was with Ben in Canada about three or four weeks after Nationals during my senior year,” said Chandler. “I always knew I was going to fight, even two years before I started training seriously.”

After a brief stint training at the American Kickboxing Academy, Chandler moved to Las Vegas where he currently trains with Randy Couture’s highly acclaimed gym Xtreme Couture.

Chandler believes it’s his ability to take it to the next level that separates him from other lightweights in the sport.

“I can push the pace harder than anybody at 155,” said Chandler. “My strength is my ability to keep up a hard pace and my ability to break people. I think it will be hard for anyone to keep up with me. I’ve been competing my entire life and now I’m focused on becoming the next Bellator Champion at 155.”

Chandler makes his Bellator debut on September 30 at Bellator 31 at the L’Auberge du Lac Resort in Lake Charles, LA.

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator

About Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago. Bellator’s founder/CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations.