No. 2 Blair Academy routed No. 4 St. Edward, 39-15, this weekend at the 2011 St. Edward Super Quad in Lakewood, OH.

With several hundred fans in attendance for a rare home event against top opponents, St. Edward had a chance to build early momentum against Blair Academy.  The dual started at 140 pounds, and the Eagles’ upper weights are their teams strength.  Blair freshman, 145 lb. Dylan Milonas caught St. Edward junior state qualifier Matt VanCuren in the first period and pinned him in 1:12, as Blair took a 9-0 lead.

“That was a big match that could go either way,” Blair coach Jeff Buxton said. “It was a big boost for our team. It gave us some momentum, because they knew from 103 to 135 pounds, we’ve got a heck of a lineup.”

The meet was tied, 15-15, after the heavyweight match, which paired Fargo, N.D., champs Greg Kuhar of St. Edward (junior national champ) and Brooks Black of Blair (cadet champ).  Black won, 5-0, on a takedown and three escapes, which began a string of seven straight Blair match wins to take the highly-anticipated dual meet, 39-15.

St. Edward won its first two duals handily, defeating No. 7 Wyoming Seminary (PA), 43-16, and Kiski Prep, 64-9.

We have all our starters coming back next year.  We’ll be better next year.  I think we’re going to be national champs next year.  We’re really good right now and we’re only getting better.”

Jacob Davis, St. Edward (171 lbs)

To continue reading article: Eagles find silver lining in lopsided wrestling loss, by: Tim Warsinskey, Plain Dealer Reporter @ Cleveland.com

Videos from the 2011 Super Quad are available on Videos.HSWrestling.Net under the heading Blair Academy vs. St. Edward.

In recent seasons, the top spot in the Class 6A wrestling team rankings has been occupied by mostly Goddard, with Derby and Garden City occasionally making appearances at No. 1.

Since the beginning of January, though, Heights has maintained the top ranking and barring an unexpected slip, the Falcons should carry that ranking into the state tournament in three weeks.

“Rankings are what they are — a guess based on the performance of an athlete or team at that moment,” Heights coach Mike Church said. “It’s an honor to be ranked No. 1, but it would be more of an honor to finish the season No. 1.”

Heights has chosen to pace itself throughout the season, setting the stage for its first state championship in 43 years. The Falcons have won just two tournaments, but have finished second twice and also defeated Kapaun Mount Carmel — No. 3 in 5A — last week to take the lead in the City League.

“Dynamics of tournaments change depending on the teams present,” Church said. “So until the teams in the tournament are the 6A teams, we call it a good weekend, realize we are not perfect, and strive to get better.”

The Falcons have nine ranked wrestlers, including two # 1′s — (pictured above) Daniel Deshazer (130 pounds) and Matt Reed (160). The depth the Falcons have is key for the postseason because getting points in the consolation rounds is sometimes more important than champions themselves.

For more on Kansas High School Wrestling : MATT BROWNING/Eagle correspondent

Thing don’t seem to be getting any better for UFC middleweight fighter Chael Sonnen who was recently busted by CSAC for taking performance enhancing drugs. Now word has come out via SI.com that Sonnen actually let California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) executive director George Dodd know of the use prior to his matchup with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Here’s the blurb:

Sonnen, 33, of West Linn, Ore., was apparently concerned enough about the possibility that he would render a positive test that he told CSAC executive director George Dodd he used an illegal performance enhancing drug leading up to the biggest fight of his life.

“He only indicated that he was taking it but he never indicated why,” Dodd said of a conversation he and Sonnen shared during drug testing conducted by the state a day prior to the fight.

Sonnen “just let me know he was taking [something] and that’s when I called over an inspector to get it documented. But when you do take it you still have to show a medical reason.”

Sonnen has been a constant mouth piece before and since his fight with Silva, but now he’s strangely silent and still hasn’t given his side of the story. Could it all be a misunderstanding or a medical use of testosterone. Sounds unlikely.

Lots of great lifts at the recent IPA Penn State Championships. This meet was held Sept 11th in Hanover, PA. In the raw 165 class we had a great battle with Dan Antonucci and Ben Greer.

The time has arrived! The 2010 u.p.a Indiana State championships will take place this Saturday 09/18/10. Our first annual Indiana state meet will be a complete success, and we wanted to take the time to

On the eve of Bellator Fighting Championships’ much-anticipated debut in the state of Wisconsin, the fighters competing in tomorrow’s event participated in an official weigh-in earlier this evening with all results coming in as expected meaning the event will go on as originally scheduled.

Bellator 29 features a battle between undefeated heavyweights Cole Konrad and Damian “Polish Pitbull” Grabowski with the winner advancing to the final of this season’s divisional tournament. Also in action, and competing for the other heavyweight slot, Alexey Oleinik will face hard-hitting Brit Neil “Goliath” Grove.

The complete list of weigh-in results are as follows:

Jason Guida (215 lbs) vs. Justin Lemke (207.8 lbs)
Nick Dupees (153.2 lbs) vs. Sasa Perkic (154.6 lbs)
Luis Ramirez (184.2 lbs) vs. Kyle Weickhardt (183.4 lbs)
Alexey Oleinik (231.2 lbs) vs. Neil Grove (262.6 lbs)
Matt Major (185.6 lbs) vs. Brett Cooper (184.6 lbs)
Jameel Massouh (142 lbs) vs. Nick Mamalis (139.6 lbs)
Damian Grabowski (241 lbs) vs. Cole Konrad (265.8 lbs)

Footage of CJ Shaw lifting at the 2010 APF Georgia State Powerlifting Championships.
CJ weighed in at

The UFC's return to the Lone Star State required a bit of creativity
from the company's matchmaking department, but all is now complete less
than a week before the show.

A long-rumored matchup between Yves Edwards and
John Gunderson is now official for the preliminary
card of UFC Fight Night 22, and the event is now complete with 10 bouts.

Featuring a main event between middleweight contenders Nate Marquardt
and Rousimar Palhares, UFC Fight Night 22 takes place Sept. 15 at the
Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

2010 Super 32 Early Registration Information:

Early Registration for the 2010 Super 32 Challenge is now open for wrestlers who meet one of the following criteria:

• Previous Super 32 placers (any year, High School Division only)
• State Championship Finalists from all Varsity High School Individual State Championships, 2009-10 season
• Top 4 placers from Varsity High School Individual State Championships, 2009-10 season, in the following states: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Indiana
• Previous Super 32 Middle School Champions

All early entries will be verified. If you register and do not meet one of the above criteria, your entry will be invalidated.

If You Meet These Criteria, Sign Up Now!

The event was held in Easley, South Carolina. Several lifters from this event made or advanced in our raw rankings list. Let us begin with the lightest lifter Samantha Simmons. This young lady made