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Greenville’s
wrestling season ended on a sour note at state as senior
Jon Edwards and junior
Nelson Roberts didn’t fare to well. CNO File
Photo by George Starks
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Wave season
ends at state
Shutts looks to next year
By George Starks
GREENVILLE- When the 2011-12 wrestling season began, Wave wrestling
coach John Shutts wasn’t totally sure of where his team would rank
during the season. The veteran Greenville coach said his team was young
and inexperienced and was going to experience some growing pains.
By the end of the season, Shutts had two going to the state meet in
senior Jon Edwards and junior Nelson Roberts.
In addition, the Wave string of non-losing seasons stayed intact as
Greenville finished 8-8 on the year and in the final polls, Greenville
was ranked ninth in the Miami Valley.
At state, Roberts lost his first match 20-11.
“I think he was better than that score indicated,” Shutts said. “He
lost 4-3 in his consolation match but he wrestled better and I think he
was intimidated by the whole scene when he got there. It was his first
time as a competitor. When you walk out of that tunnel and you see the
lights and the crowd, it’s different.”
It was also a day that saw Jon Edwards go down early.
“We got there, Jon told me he was not feeling well,” Shutts stated. “I
think he had a touch of the flu and he was very sluggish. He beat his
first kid 7-0 and really was never in trouble. I kept yelling at him on
the mat telling him he had to pick it up and he never responded like
normal. I knew about halfway through the match something wasn’t right.
It went the way it did and I know Jon won’t use that as a crutch but
when you’re not feeling well, things don’t go well and you’re not at
your best.”
Starting the season with a 4-1 performance at the Wave duels, things
went sour for Greenville before ending on a positive swing with the
state trip brought it to an end.
“We started out 4-1 and ended 8-8,” Shutts pointed out. “That means we
went 4-7 the rest of the way and we thought we would do better than
that.”
With the Wave season ending, Shutts has kids coming that he can build
on in the future, starting with an eighth grader, William Nibert, Jr,
that went to state at the junior high level at Youngstown.
William’s record during regular season was 24-5. He placed fourth at
the Greater Western Ohio Conference tournament in Lebanon then moved on
to the district championships in Vandalia, moving his record to 29-6
and qualifying him for the state championships March 9-11.
“It’s nice we have kids like Nibert coming up,” Shutts pointed out.
“The problem is we have a lot of kids walking the halls that should be
wrestling but aren’t. I hope kids like Nibert will stick with it. They
are the future of this program.”
With a covey of juniors and sophomore returning, Shutts has a lot to
look forward to in the future.
GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY LEADER REPORT
VARSITY LEVEL
AS OF 03/04/2012
MOST
TAKEDOWNS
MOST REVERSALS
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1. JON
EDWARDS
238
1. SAM
BARGA
20
2. NELSON
ROBERTS
88 2.
JON
EDWARDS
19
3. NICK
WOODRUFF
62 3.
JORDON
JENKINSON 15
4. JORDON
JENKINSON 59 4.
NELSON
ROBERTS 12
5. TIM
HARLESS
43 5.
KORY
BANNON
10
MOST
ESCAPES
MOST NEAR FALLS
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1. NELSON
ROBERTS
44 1.
JON
EDWARDS
54
2. SAM
BARGA
32 2.
NELSON
ROBERTS 48
3. WILLIAM
CONLON
25 3.
SAM
BARGA
21
4. KORY
BANNON
23 4.
NICK
WOODRUFF
16
5. JORDON
JENKINSON 19 5.
JORDON
JENKINSON 15
MOST
TECH
FALLS
MOST FALLS
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1. JON
EDWARDS
19 1.
NICK
WOODRUFF
19
2. NELSON
ROBERTS
6 2.
SAM
QUIGNEY
13
3. JORDON
JENKINSON
3 3.
JON
EDWARDS
11
4. KYLE
CARLISLE
1 4.
IAN
WARNER
9
5. SAM
BARGA
9
MOST
DECISIONS
MOST FORFEITS
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1. NELSON
ROBERTS
15 1.
KYLE
CARLISLE
6
2. JON
EDWARDS
14 2.
NICK
LIVINGSTON
4
3. NICK
WOODRUFF
7 3.
JORDON
JENKINSON
3
4. TIM
HARLESS
6 4.
IAN
WARNER
2
5. IAN
WARNER
3 5.
NICK
WOODRUFF
2
MOST WINS
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1. JON
EDWARDS 44
2. NELSON
ROBERTS 30
3. NICK
WOODRUFF 28
4. SAM
QUIGNEY 16
5. JORDON
JENKINSON 15
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