This week HS Wrestling will be tracking a variety of events from around the nation.  Below you will find all of the coverage areas HSWrestling.Net will be providing access to throughout the weekend.  Depending upon the level of access we have to the event you may be able to watch live video, track results, or even interact with fans during the event!

February 23rd, 2011

• District V JV Championships – Clarksville , MD

February 24th, 2011

• WIAA Individual State – Madison, WI
• Colorado Youth All State – Castle Rock , CO

February 25th, 2011

• 2011 Central Coast Section Champ (CCS) – San Jose, CA
• 2011 CIMS District Tournament – Parker, CO
• Alabama Youth and MS State Championships – Birmingham, AL
• Arkansas High School Championship – Little Rock, AR
• MN Section 3AAA Individual Tournament – Cottage Grove, MN
• MN Section 7AA Individual Tournament – Grand Rapids, MN
• MPSSAA 4A/3A East Regional Tournament – Wilde Lake, MD
• Vermont State Wrestling Tournament – Bennington, VT
• Box Elder Greco – Brigham City, UT
• Millard Greco – Fillmore, UT

February 26th, 2011

• 2011 Greater Southwest Tournament-  Albuquerque- NM
• CAGWA CST4 California Super Tournament – Santa Ana- CA
• NCAA Div. II West Regional Championships – San Francisco- CA
• 2011 IHSAA Team State Tournament – Greenwood- IN
• Box Elder Folkstyle – Brigham City- UT
• Box Elder Freestyle – Brigham City- UT
• California JV – K-8 State Championship – Santa Ana- CA
• Camdenton Annual district warm-up – camdenton- MO
• Deer Park Folkstyle Classic – Deer Park- WA
• Douglass Jr. Wrestling Club Open/Novice – Douglass – KS
• Elma Freestyle (C-J-JW & S) – Elma- WA
• Elma Freestyle(PeeWee through Schoolboy) – Elma- WA
• GA STATE QUALIFIER – BREMEN – Bremen- GA
• GA STATE QUALIFIER – EAST LAURENS – East Dublin- GA
• GA State Qualifier – Gilmer – Elllijay- GA
• GA State Qualifier – Kell – Marietta- GA
• GA State Qualifier – Locust Grove – Locust Grove- GA
• GA State Qualifier – Peachtree Ridge – Duluth- GA
• Higher Calling Developmental Tournament – Cleveland- TN
• IKWF Central Chi. Regional-Bremen – Midlothian- IL
• IKWF Central Chi. Regional-St.Laurence – Burbank- IL
• IKWF North Chicago Regional-St Patrick – Chicago- IL
• IKWF North Regional-Stillman Valley – Stillman Valley- IL
• IKWF North Regional-Sycamore – Sycamore- IL
• IKWF South Chicago Regional-Plainfield – Plainfield- IL
• IKWF South Chicago Regional-Providence – New Lenox- IL
• IKWF South Regional-East St. Loius – East. St. Louis- IL
• IKWF South Regional-Edwardsville – Edwardsville- IL
• IKWF South Regional-Herrin – Herrin- IL
• IKWF West Regional-Mendota – Mendota- IL
• Liberty Nationals America Crown Series – Kansas City – MO
• Liberty Nationals Rookie Division – Kansas City- MO
• Millard Folkstyle Tournament – Fillmore- UT
• Millard Freestyle Tournament – Fillmore- UT
• MO/USA 6 & Under State Tournament – St. Joseph- MO
• MO/USA Rookie State Tournament – St. Joseph- MO
• Popeye Freestyle Tournament – Homer- AK
• Race City Rumble – Mooresville- NC
• USA Wrestling Flathead Valley Open – Kalispell- MT
• Wayman Workman Youth Wrestling Open – Elkins- WV
• WLA Youth Wrestling Tournament – Fond du Lac- WI

February 27th, 2011

• Fresh/Soph Regional at East St Louis , East St Louis, IL
• 2011 RI KIDS` STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS , COVENTRY, RI
• Casper Wrestling Invitational Memorial , Casper, WY
• DEUSAW State Championship , Wilmington, DE
• IKWF Central Regional,Clinton , Clinton, IL
• IKWF Central Regional,Mattoon , Mattoon, IL
• IKWF Central Regional,Palmer Arena , Danville, IL
• IKWF North Chicago Regional,Fremd , Palatine, IL
• IKWF North Chicago Regional,Maine South , Park Ridge, IL
• IKWF West Chicago Regional @ Hinsdale , Hinsdale, IL
• IKWF West Chicago Regional,Wheaton North , Wheaton, IL
• IKWF West Regional,IVC , Chillicothe, IL
• IWF Dubuque Wahlert Tournament , Dubuque, IA
• IWF Underwood Tournament , Underwood, IA
• Jimtown Folkstyle Open , Elkhart, IN
• Liberty Nationals Dual Team Chmpionship , Kansas City, MO
• Milton Monster Mash , Milton, WI
• MO Classic Open , St. Joseph, MO
• Munster Rookie Rumble , Munster, IN
• SCWAY Zone 2 San Joaquin Qualifier , Oakdale, CA
• SCWAY Zone 3 Central Coast Qualifier , South San Francisco, CA
• SCWAY Zone 5 Central Valley Qualifier , Bakersfield, CA
• SDIKWA Championships , El Cajon, CA
• Washington Middle School State , Tacoma, WA
• Waunakee Warrior K,8 Classic , Waunakee, WI
• Western Montana Melee , Missoula, MT

Bellator Fighting Championships will be returning to a pair of familiar places for it’s 25th and 26th shows as the promotion recently unveiled plans for events in Chicago and Kansas City as part of their upcoming third season.

Bellator announced plans to hold Bellator 25 from the Chicago Theatre in Chicago on August 19, while Bellator 26 has been slated for Kansas City’s Power and Light District one week later on August 26.

Bellator 24 will mark the first show of the third season and is set to take place from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida on August 12.

Bellator’s third season will feature eight man tournaments in the heavyweight (205+) and bantamweight (135) divisions along with a highly anticipated women’s tournament at 115 pounds.

While Bellator Fighting Championship's second season recently wrapped
up, the third season is just a little more than a month away, and plans
for the promotion are being quickly finalized.

The promotion recently revealed that it will return to the Chicago
Theatre in Chicago on Aug. 19 for Bellator 25 before making a return
trip to Kansas City's Power and Light District on Aug. 26 for Bellator
26.

Tickets for both events are expected to go on sale soon.

While Bellator Fighting Championship's second season recently wrapped
up, the third season is just a little more than a month away, and plans
for the promotion are being quickly finalized.

The promotion recently revealed that it will return to the Chicago
Theatre in Chicago on Aug. 19 for Bellator 25 before making a return
trip to Kansas City's Power and Light District on Aug. 26 for Bellator
26.

Tickets for both events are expected to go on sale soon.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Jose Vega makes a statement for inclusion in the upcoming Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament in Kansas City, MO. Vega landed a crushing left hook which knocked out Jarrod Card, leaving him lying unconscious on the canvas just 39 seconds into the fight.

HT: Bellator.com

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 17, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships crowned its second Season 2 champion Thursday night as former NCAA wrestling superstar and U.S. Olympian Ben Askren put on a grappling clinic to neutralize knockout artist and rising MMA star Dan Hornbuckle in a dominating and well-rounded performance.

The 25-year-old University of Missouri product drew from the vocal support of an adoring crowd at the Kansas City Power & Light District to win a unanimous decision victory and complete the metamorphosis from highly touted prospect to full-fledged MMA star that many experts had predicted.

With his new wife Amy watching cageside, Askren (6-0) controlled the fight from the start, taking the veteran Hornbuckle to the mat early on in all three rounds and holding him at bay with his world-class wrestling skills. Hornbuckle tried to stop the momentum a few times, attempting a triangle choke mid-way through Round 2 and a kimura mid-way through Round 3, but Askren was able to escape both submissions.

“This is exactly the kind of performance we had hoped Ben would put on when we signed him six months ago,” Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney said. “He showed some great talent in his first two Bellator fights but saved the best performance for last. It was a tremenously impressive night for Ben all the way around.  As an MMA fan, I cannot wait to see his World Title fight against Lyman Good this fall. ”

Afterward, Askren told Bellator color commentator Jimmy Smith that he has already shifted his sights to reigning Bellator Welterweight Champion Lyman Good, who he’ll face in a title fight later this year.

“Lyman, keep my belt warm,” he said as his hometown crowd egged him on. “Shine it up once a week and enjoy it while you can because it’s mine, baby.”

Joining Askren in the winner’s circle was Lisa Ward, the 27-year-old Seattle-based submission artist who improved her pro record to 13-3 and gave fans a sneak preview of what they’ll see when she enters the cage as part of Bellator’s upcoming Season 3 Women’s Tournament beginning in August.

Ward wasted no time locking 19-year-old MMA up-and-comer Stephanie Frausto (2-2) into a tight rear-naked choke, putting her to sleep and ending the fight via technical submission just 2:01 into Round 1. Ward said after the fight that she is hoping for tournament matchup with Megumi Fujii, the world’s No. 1 pound-for-pound female fighter, who handed Ward one of her three losses during a 2007 showdown in Canada.

“I would love another shot at Megumi,” Ward said. “We definitely have some unfinished business.”

Earlier, 24-year-old Missouri native Jose Vega delivered yet another Bellator “YouTube moment” with a highlight-reel knockout of North Carolina-based jiu-jitsu specialist Jarrod “The Wild Card” Card just 39.8 seconds into the first round of their “Bantamweight Feature Fight.”

After setting it up with a pair of stiff leg kicks, Vega (8-3) connected with a left hook to Card’s jaw, knocking him unconscious and dropping him to the canvas, bringing Vega’s many hometown fans to their feet.

“I’m lost for words,” an emotional Vega said afterward. “I’ve never had a KO before, but my hands have improved – [former Bellator fighters] Brian Davidson, James Krause and Tyler Stinson have been helping me with that. I saw the opening and I just went for it.”

In the first televised fight of the night, IFL and M1 veteran Raphael Davis improved his record to 9-1 by dominating Arena Football League veteran and one-time Nebraska state high school wrestling champion Demetrius Richards (5-3). Davis took the fight to the ground early on and quickly took Richards’ back, wearing him down with hammer fists and a flurry of knees to the body before Richards submitted to punches just 2:51 into Round 1.

The event also played host to five Local Feature Fights:

-       Tyler Stinson def. Leonardo Pecanha via rear-naked choke (1:42)

-       Rudy Bears def. Brian Green via rear-naked choke (3:49)

-       Cole Konrad def. John Orr via unanimous decision

-       Jared Downing def. Chad Vandenberg via rear-naked choke (11:35)

Fans who missed Thursday night’s action can watch all the best moments this weekend during special highlight shows on NBC, Telemundo and the cable network mun2. Check your local listings for exact dates and times.

Bellator returns to action next Thursday night from the Fourth Street Live entertainment district in downtown Louisville, Ky., where Bellator will conclude its second season with the championship rounds of its Middleweight and Featherweight Tournaments.

The two championship fights and the rest of the Bellator 23 featured card will again be televised live on FOX Sports Net.

Former Olympic wrestler Ben Askren showed the world that he belongs in the sport of mixed-martial-arts by dominating Dan Hornbuckle at Bellator 22 Thursday night to win the Bellator Fighting Championships Season 2 welterweight tournament.


Fighting at the Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City, Miss., Askren dominated his opponent throughout all three rounds of their tournament final bout. Having only one year under his belt as a professional mma fighter, Askren looked right at home from the start of the fight by taking Hornbuckle to the mat at will, keeping the fight there through most of the three rounds.


Hornbuckle did have some offensive spurts, he landing a few solid punches in the fight and threatened to take the fight late in the third with a kimura off his back. But Askren proved too much and earned the judges decision easily by a score of 30-27 across the board.


Askren will now face Bellator’s current welterweight champion Lyman Good, and addressed the champ in his post victory comments.


“Lyman, keep my belt warm. Shine it once a week and enjoy it while you’ve got it because it’s mine.”


HT: Bellator.com

It took a while, but welterweight Ben Askren finally earned a Bellator
win over somebody not named Ryan Thomas.

The former Olympic wrestler saved perhaps his best performance for last,
and the 25-year-old ran roughshod over the formerly streaking Dan
Hornbuckle en route to claiming Bellator's season-two welterweight
tournament crown.

The win served as the featured contest in Wednesday's Bellator 22 event
at the Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City. As with
all Bellator events, the card aired nationally on FOX Sports Net.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 16, 2010) — On the eve of Bellator Fighting Championships’ much-anticipated show at the Kansas City Power & Light District, the fighters competing in tomorrow’s event participated in an official weigh-in earlier this evening.

Bellator 22 will be broadcast live in prime time nationwide on Thursday on FOX Sports Net and during special Bellator highlight shows this Saturday night on NBC, Telemundo and mun2.

The official results of the weigh-in are as follows:

MAIN CARD:

Dan Hornbuckle (170 lbs.) vs. Ben Askren (170 lbs.) @ 170 lbs.

Stephanie Frausto (114 lbs.) vs. Lisa Ward (115 lbs.) @ 115 lbs.

Jarrod Card (139.75 lbs.) vs. Jose Vega (139.75 lbs.) @ 140 lbs. (previously negotiated CW)

Demetrius Richards (205 lbs.) vs. Raphael Davis (205.5 lbs.) @ 205 lbs.

LOCAL FEATURE FIGHTS:

Leonardo Pecanha (169.75 lbs.) vs. Tyler Stinson (170.25 lbs.) @ 170 lbs.

Brian Green (179.75 lbs.) vs. Rudy Bears (180 lbs.) @ 180 lbs. (previously negotiated CW)

John Orr (257 lbs.) vs. Cole Konrad (266 lbs.) @ 265 lbs.

Jared Downing (135 lbs.) vs. Chad Vandenberg (136 lbs.) @ 135 lbs.

All fighters competing in tonight's Bellator 22 event, including headliners and welterweight tournament finalists Ben Askren and Dan Hornbuckle, successfully made weight for the show.

Weigh-ins took place Wednesday at the Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City, Mo., the same venue that hosts tonight's FOX Sports Net-televised event.

Hornbuckle and Askren both weighed 170 pounds.