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Welcome to the NEW HOME of CRUISER Wrestling.
Use the tabs above to navigate this area. Keep an eye out on NEWS below for
updated information on the 2003-2004 team. : Last
updated: February 01, 2004 |
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OHSAA Changes 2004 Districts OHSSA has just come out with information on the
2004 Sectional and District tournaments.
They are combining schools from the Central and 3 Southeast Schools
for 3 sectionals that qualify to a District tournament hosted by
Central. We will be joined at
Districts by the qualifiers from one of the Southwest sectionals. |
Practice for the 2003 04 Season has Started As always, practice will be held at Middle
School South in the balcony. Practice
this year begins at 2:30. (YEAH Finally a decent practice time!!) Be there ready to go. If you have any questions, call Coach Mossor. |
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Important Notes Here we will list any new information or recent
changes for the season. ** The links on this page to top wrestlers, schedules
and so on have been fixed. Sorry! |
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Update for the Week of February
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Cruisers Split Forces
and Represent Groveport Well !!!!!!!!!!! The Cruiser spilt up forces
today. Part of the team went to
Thomas Worthington Tournament, another part went to the Newark JV Tournament,
while some stayed home to recuperate! It turned out to be a productive day
for all. In total, the Cruisers came
home with 5 championships, 5 runner-ups, and two 4th place
finishers!! Go
Cruisers!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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At
the Thomas Worthington Tournament: Matt Mossor (125) 1st
Place Ian Badger (135) 4th
Place Tommy Cunningham (145) 1st
Place Ben Trujillo (171) 1st
Place Matt Ray (189) 2nd
Place Garrett Selfinger (215) 4th
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the Newark JV Tournament: Victor Bell (103) 2nd Chris Farrington (130) 1st Nick Reaper (140) 2nd Trevor Witt (145) 1st Matt Brumm (152) 2nd TJ Lovings (160) 2nd
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Cruiser Suffer 1st
OCC Dual Defeat The Cruisers were streched thin by injuries and other circumstances when they faced the defending OCC Champs from Hilliard Davidson. Although the wrestlers put up a great fight, it was not enough to overcome all the adversity. Winning for the Cruisers Matt Mossor (125), Ian Badger (135), Tom Cunningham (145), Eric Litz (171), Ben Trujillo (189), Matt Ray (215) Next up: Thomas Worthington
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Groveport 48 Worthington Kilbourne
25 After a wild night of coaching moves, the Cruisers prevailed over the Wolves from Worthington Kilbourne by a score of 48-25. Both teams came into the match short wrestlers, so the coaches continued to move wrestlers around to give their teams the best possible advantage. The Cruisers took advantage of the changes and won six of the nine contested matches securing their third straight OCC win.
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Cruisers tested at
Top Gun Tournament Placing at Top Gun Matt Mossor (125) 3rd Tommy Cunningham (145)
medically defaulted to 6th Ben Trujillo (171) 7th |
It was another tough weekend of wrestling at the Top Gun Tournament held annually in Alliance. The Cruisers found out why this is considered one of the toughest tournaments in Ohio. Notable Performances by Cruisers Matt Mossor (125), despite an injury sustained during his Quarter Finals match, went on to capture third place with a record of 5 1 for the tournament. Tommy Cunningham (145) had to medically default to 6th place after an injury forced him to withdraw during his Semi-Finals match. He was ahead in the match and appeared to be on his way to capturing the championship. Ben Trujillo (171) was able to wrestle well enough to place seventh. He ended the tournament with a record of 3-2, including a pin and a tech fall.
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Groveport 42 Westerville South 38 Despite have to give Westerville South two forfeits, the Cruisers moved to 2-0 in OCC Dual Matches after their match last week. The match started with Chris Farrington recording his first OCC win by defeating Echowski 9-3. Two other key wins came from Ian Badger who beat Storbeck by a decision and from Matt Ray who pinned the highly touted Legg in the second period. Winning for the Cruisers: Matt Mossor (125), Chris Farrington (130), Ian Badger (135), Tommy Cunningham (145), Ben Trujillo (171), and Matt Ray (189) Next OCC match is
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3rd Place Again!
Even with that, Groveport Cruisers had the MOST champions of any team there. Four wrestlers were crowned champions, Matt Mossor (125), Tim Weidner (140), and Tommy Cunningham (145). Junior, Ben Trujillo (171), took second place and sophomore Matt Ray (189) took third. And for the third time in four tournaments, a Cruiser Wrestler was named Most Valuable Wrestler. Because of his dominating win over state placer, Eric Wanner from Olentangy, Matt Mossor was named MVW of the tournament! |
JV
Scores again at St. Charles Tournament!! Several of the JV wrestlers placed at the tough St. Charles JV tournament held on 1/10/04. Victor Bell 103 Placed 3rd Chris Farrington 130 Place 3rd Nick Reaper 140 Placed 3rd Way to go JV! |
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Groveport 41 Grove City 32 Coming back from a disappointing showing is the mark of great competitors and is exactly what the Varsity wrestling team did this week at the seasons first OCC Dual Meet. Despite their finish at the State Duals, the Cruisers came back with a vengence and won 8 out of 12 contested matches. Giving them their first win over Grove City in 4 years. Winning for the Cruisers: Matt Mossor (125) , Ian Badger (135), Tim Weidner (140), Tommiy Cunningham (145), Ben Trujillo (171), Matt Ray (189), and Garrett Selfinger (215) |
JV Wrestlers show what they
are made of!! The Varsity was not the only one that had a good night. Even though there were only 3 JV matches, all three were won by the Cruisers. Nick Reaper won by a pin. Matt Brumm and TJ Lovings both won by a decision. |
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It was a rough day at the
State Duals! Unfortunately, the Cruisers were unable to field a
full team, which severely hampered their efforts to place at this event.
However, it did give the wrestlers an opportunity to see and wrestle some of
the best wrestlers in their weight classes from around the state. Several
Cruisers came away with at least 2 wins out of 3 matches. Those wrestlers included Matt Mossor
(125), Ian Badger (135), Ben Trujillo (171), and Matt Ray (189). Now on to the OCC!! |
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The Varsity Team returned to action after the holidays by competing at the always-tough Tiffin Columbian Wendys Classic. Even though the team was disappointed with their third place finish (out of 18 teams), the Cruisers had to be happy that ten of the twelve wrestlers that traveled to Tiffin placed in the top 6 in their weight class. Only one other team in the tournament that had more placers, Toledo Central Catholic. However, the Cruisers can boast about having the most champions at the tournament. Four of our wrestlers competed in the championship matches, and four came home with 1st Place. Placing for the Cruisers 112 Mark Wilson 6th 125 Matt Mossor 1st 135 Ian Badger 6th 140 Tim Weidner 4th 145 Tommy Cunningham 1st 152 Trevor Witt 4th 171 - Ben Trujillo 1st 189 Matt Ray 5th 215 Garrett Selfinger 5th
Highlights of the Tournament: Matt Mossor became Groveport-Madison first ever three-time winner of this Tournament! Tim Weidner passed the 50+ varsity wins mark at this Tournament! Tommy Cunningham and Matt Mossor both passed the impressive 125+ varsity wins at the Tournament! Trevor Witt pins the Lexington 152 pound wrestler for a personal victory!! |
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Groveport Wins
Dual Meet!! Groveport 45
Pickerington North 25 The Cruisers traveled to Pickerington North on the
23rd to compete against the Pathers wrestling team in Groveport
first dual meet of the season. Due to illness, the Crusiers had to make some
adjustments in the line-up. Several wrestlers bumped up a weight class to
fill in weight classes. But a couple of key performances lead the Groveport
Wrestlers to the victory! Highlight of the event: Garrett Selfingers Pin at Heavyweight. Garrett was down on
points early in his match. He continued
to fight back to make the score close before PINNING his way to victory!! |
Winning for the Cruisers 125 C. Mullins by forfeit 130 Mossor by pin 135 Badger by pin 140 Weidner by decision 145 Cunningham by pin 171 Lovings by pin 275 Selfinger by pin Other Key Performance: Although Trujillo did not win, he bumped up a
weight class to wrestle the #2 ranked wrestler in the area. Even though he
was giving up almost 20 pounds, he wrestled a strong match and only lost by
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JV Takes Mt. Gilead by Storm! While
the varsity had the weekend off, the JV team traveled to Mt. Gilead to
compete against other JV teams from Watkins, Pickerington Central, Dublin
Scioto, etc. While only taking 8 wrestlers, every wrestler won at least one
match to help the Cruisers come home with the Championship Trophy.
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The Few,
The Proud, The Cruiser Wrestlers!!!!!!!! Varsity Wrestling Team Takes 3rd
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Placers for the
Cruisers 125 Matt Mossor 1st Place (including 2 wins over state
placers, both of whom are Nationally Ranked by Wrestling USA) 140 Tim Weidner 1st Place (including a win in the finals over a state placer) 145 Tommy Cunningham 1st Place (including a win over a
state placer in the finals) 160 Eric Litz 1st Place (including a win by pin in
the finals over a state placer) 171 Ben Trujillo 1st Place (including a win over the
#1 seed) 130 Jesse Wood 2nd
Place (including a win over a
state qualifier and a close match with a state placer) 135 Ian Badger 3rd Place 189 Matt Ray 3rd Place 112 Mark Wilson 4th Place 152 Trevor Witt 6th Place Matt Mossor was voted Most Outstanding Wrestler for the
tournament!! **One other
fact of interest Ben Trujillo reached the 50-varsity win mark at this
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The Cruiser Varsity wrestling team traveled to the
Raider Rumble held in Union, Kentucky.
This was a 10-team pool tournament that included quality teams such
as: South Oldham 2003 team State
Champions Campbell
County, Ryle, and LaRue County - all of which place in the top 10 as a
team at the 2003 state tournament and Grissom 2003 team State Runners-Up
in Alabama. Due to the flu and other circumstances, the Cruisers
traveled with only 10 varsity wrestlers and returned with 10 tournament
placers. Including the most individual champions of any team there. Even with
depleted numbers, the wrestlers still managed to finish the tournament in 3rd
place as team, only 16 points out of first place. Again, the team made a statement by recording 25
pins, 2 technical falls, and racking up 313 ½ team points. And, for the
second week in a row, the team returns with the award for the Most
Outstanding Wrestler.
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Cruisers
Start Off with a 3rd Place Finish at the Mt Vernon Wazie
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The Cruiser Varsity wrestling team traveled to Mt Vernon 13-team tournament. With a wacky scoring system that allowed eliminated wrestlers to still earn points for their team, the Cruisers still placed 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
