2003 Off-Season Summary
Several of the Cruiser Wrestlers accomplished some outstanding things
over the summer. Here are a few.
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Tommy
Cunningham 2nd at AAU Scholastic Nationals AAU Ironman Champion NHSCA National Open Champion Nationally Ranked by both Intermat and Wrestling
USA |
Joey
McGee AAU Scholastic National Champion 1st Place at Tournament of Champions AAU Ironman Champion NHSCA Open All-American |
Matt
Mossor AAU Scholastic National Champion AAU Ironman Folkstyle Champ NHSCA National Open Runner-Up Ohio State Freestyle Runner-Up Member Ohio Freestyle National Team Nationally Ranked by both Intermat and Wrestling
USA |
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Matt
Ray 2nd at AAU Scholastic Nationals Placed in all styles at AAU Ironman |
Ben
Trujillo 3rd at AAU Scholastic Nationals NHSCA Open Qualifier 5th Place at Tournament of Champions |
Tim
Weidner NHSCA National Open Qualifier Placed in several Local Tournaments |
2002-2003 Season
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Congratulation Tommy Cunningham! At the tournament, Tommy beat 3 very good
wrestlers to get into the finals where he was matched up against 3x State
Champ, Ryan Lang. Tommy wrestled a
great match in the finals and took 2nd place. An excellent end to a great season. His performance along with the other
Cruisers at the State tournament helped Groveport to finish 19th
in the State for Division I schools. Congratulation Matt Mossor! At the
tournament Matt finished with a 2 - 2 record, which places him in the top 8
at States. |
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Cruisers send 3 to States!
Matt
Mossor, Tommy Cunningham, and Joey McGee will be representing the Cruisers February 27th at the state tournament. Stay tuned for updates!! The
Cruiser District Qualifiers did a great job over the weekend at the District
Tournament held at Hilliard Darby.
These wrestlers placed Groveport-Madison Wrestling on the leader board
over the weekend. The team ended up
in 7th place overall out of the 40 teams represented. OUTSTANDING JOB!!! For all the results go to Hilliard Darby District Results. |
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Wrestling Award Winners Wrestling Awards were given out at the Winter Sports Banquet. Winning awards for the Cruisers were: Tommy Cunningham – 1st Team OCC and Most
Valuable OCC Wrestler Eric Litz - 2nd
Team OCC Joey McGee – Honorable Mention OCC and Most Improved
Wrestler Matt Mossor – 1st Team OCC Matt Severance – Most Improved JV Wrestler Tim Weidner – 2nd Team OCC |
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and 2 District Alternates!!! Matt Mossor – 112 Tommy Cunningham – 135 Tim Weidner -140 Eric Litz –152 Ben Trujillo – 160 Ben Rowley – 189 Joey McGee -275Jesse
Wood – Alternate Eric Emerson
– Alternate After many tries (because of weather), the Sectionals were finally held at Pickerington High School. The Cruisers placed
3rd overall as a team following Pickerington and
Gahanna. The rest of the field
included Worthington Kilbourne, West,
Chilicothe, Lancaster, Franklin Heights, Delaware Hayes, Independence, and
Newark. Great Job Cruisers!! For
all the results go to Pickerington
Sectional Results. |
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Varsity Results |
Junior Varsity |
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OCC Match-Up –
Reynoldsburg (2-7) Cruisers
win big over the Raiders 42-26 The Cruisers win their third OCC match to go 3-2 for
the year in the Conference. Winning
for the Cruisers were Dainelle Fout, Shawn Kohler, Matt Mossor, Tommy
Cunningham, Tim Weidner, Eric Litz, Ben Trujillo, Garrett Selfinger, and Joey
McGee. |
Hilliard Darby JV Tournament (2-8) The following placed for the Cruisers Garrett Selfinger – 1st Matt Ray – 2nd Jesse Wood – 3rd Matt Severance – 4th Brian Harris – 5th Sean Davis – 5th Chris Johnston – 5th This was an excellent way to
end the season for the JV team. Go
Cruisers! |
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Cardinal Invitational at Thomas
Worthington (2-1) Still depleted, the Cruisers that were healthy
competed at the Cardinal Invitational.
Four of the six wrestlers that went placed in the top 3. Placing for the Cruisers were: Ian Badger – 3rd Place, Matt Mossor – 2nd
Place, Ben Trujillo – 3rd Place and Joey McGee –
1st Place |
Newark JV Invitational (2-1) Placing for the Cruisers were: Brad Choina – 1st Place, Brian Harris – 2nd
Place, Ayder Ablyamitoy – 6th
Place, Joel Selfinger – 2nd Place, Matt Severance – 2nd
Place, and Chris Johnston – 2nd Place Great Job Cruisers!! |
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OCC Match-Up – Hilliard
Davidson (1-31) Crusier’s lose to Davidson The flu and injuries take their toll on the
Cruisers. Although most of the
matches were well contested, the Cruisers could not pull off the win today
against Davidson. Winning for the
Cruisers were Kohler, Mossor, Cunningham, and Trujillo. |
OCC Match-Up with Hilliard Davidson (1-31) Posting wins for the JV squad
were Matt Severance and Joel Selfinger |
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OCC Match-Up - Worthington Kilbourne (1-24) Crusier’s Post Another OCC Victory 42 - 28 Pushing their season dual record to 5 – 3. Winning for the Cruisers were Kohler,
Mossor, Wood, Badger, Traylor, Cunningham, Weidner, Emerson, and McGee. GREAT JOB CRUISERS!!! Highlight of the evening: Matt Mossor and Tommy Cunningham both
recorded their 100th varsity victory tonight – both by PINS! |
Thomas Worthington Tournament (1-25) The JV traveled to the always-tough Thomas
Worthington tournament. Several of
the wrestlers were unable to compete due to injuries; however, three of the
grapplers were able to go 3-2 in the tournament and place. These wrestlers were Brad Choina, Matt Ray
(all of his wins were by pin) and Matt Severance. Congratulations to all that competed. Now you can see the top JV wrestlers
statistics. Check out the Top 5
below. OCC Match-Up Worthington Kilbourne (1-15) Winning for the Cruisers were Brian Harris and Matt
Severance both by pins. |
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The Varsity traveled to the Alliance Top Gun 37-team
tournament and made their presences felt.
While noted as one of the toughest tournaments in Ohio, the team was able
to place a solid 4th place in their first appearance at
this tournament in many years. Individual placers for the Cruisers were:
1st Place: Tommy Cunningham with a record
of 5-0 in a weight class that featured 2 other state placers besides Tommy. Four of Tommy’s wins were by falls. 2nd Place: Shawn Kohler with a record of
3-1, including a win over Central Ohio rival Gere Jordan of Delaware. 3rd Place: Matt Mossor with a record of 5-1 in a weight class that
featured 2 state placers and another state qualifier. 4th Place: Joey McGee with a record of 4-2, including a pin over state
qualifier Burdette from Claymont. 5th Place: Tim Weidner with a record
3-2, including a gutsy win over 17-5 Julian Jones from Warrensville Heights. See complete results at 2003 Top Gun
Results. |
St Charles Tournament (1-18) The JV competed in the St Charles JV tournament over
the weekend. All Cruisers wrestled
hard. Placing individually for the
team was 1st Place : Matt Ray 4th Place: Matt Severance 5th Place: Brian Harris The JV will be back in action next Saturday at the Thomas Worthington
Tournament. |
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OCC Match-Up with Westerville South (1-15) Crusier’s Dominate winning 54-22 over South Winning for the Cruisers were Kohler, Mossor, Wood,
Traylor, Cunningham, Weidner, Litz, Rowley, Trujillo, and McGee. GREAT JOB CRUISERS!!! Highlight of the evening:
Cruisers post first OCC win in two years! |
OCC Match-Up with Westerville South (1-15) Posting wins for the JV squad were Matt Severance,
Brad Choina, and Jeff Rosencrance. |
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The Cruisers blew away the competition and bring
home a 1st place finish. The
team out scored Hilliard Darby, who finished 2nd, by 52
points. It was another team effort
that made this victory possible.
Every wrestler came home with at least one win. Eleven out of the twelve wrestlers that
went placed in the top four to receive individual awards. Placing 1st: Matt Mossor, Tommy Cunningham, Ben Trujillo and Joey McGee Placing 2nd: Shawn Kohler and Tim Weidner Placing 3rd: Ian Badger, Greg Traylor, and
Eric Emerson Placing 4th: Eric Litz and Matt Ray Matt Mossor was named MVP of
the tournament. |
New Cruiser JV wrestlers place 5th. The Cruisers JV wrestlers travel to the New
Lexington 14-team tournament. Several
JV wrestlers were able to participate in the varsity tournament, so only five
wrestlers made the trip. Even with so
few wrestlers, the team still came away with a solid 5th place. Placing
individually for the Cruisers were: Joel Selfinger – 3rd
Place Matt Severance and Jeff
Rosencrance – 5th Brian Harris – 7th |
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OCC Match-Up with Cruisers lose close one to Without the services of their 103 pounder, the
Cruisers still gave Highlight of the Evening: Tommy Cunningham’s return to action after his injury and
winning by a pin. |
OCC Match-Up with There were only four JV matches
that took place tonight. Although all
the matches were hard fought battles, Brad Choina was the only Cruiser to
come away with a win. The JV team will return to
action this upcoming weekend when they travel to New Lexington for a tournament. |
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Wendy’s Classic ( Cruisers Take 2nd
Place at Wendy’s Classic Without the services of one of the team leaders, Tommy Cunningham
(sidelined with an injury), the Cruiser Varsity placed 2nd
at the Wendy’s Classic tournament in Placing for the Cruisers were:
For more from |
The Cruiser JV was idle over the holidays, but will return into
action on January 9th in a dual with GMHS runner-up trophy from
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Tri-Meet (12-21) Vs Winning by fall for the Cruisers were Shawn Kohler, Matt Mossor, Ian
Badger, Tim Weidner, Eric Emerson, Eric Litz, Joel Selfinger, Ben Trujillo,
Matt Ray, and Joey McGee Highlight of the Day: Danielle Fout (Groveport’s First Female
Wrestler) wins 103 pound match by forfeit. |
Home Meet (12-21) Vs Huber Heights Wayne Recording wins for the Cruisers were Ben Rowley, Matt Severance, and
Shawn Davis. |
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Westland’s Joe Stora Duals (12-14) Cruisers
bring home 3rd Place Vs Vs Mechanicsburg - Cruisers win 65-18
Highlight of the match – Jesse Wood records an 8 second pin. Vs Other notable performances were turned in by Tim Weidner, Eric
Emerson, Ben Trujillo, and Matt Mossor all who went undefeated for the
day. |
Highland JV Tournament (12-14) Cruiser
JV Wrestlers traveled to Highland High School in Sparta to compete against
several other JV teams. All did a
great job! Congratulations to the
following wrestlers who placed in the tournament: Ian Badger 125
1st Place Brian Harris
4th Place Joel Selfinger 4th Place Matt Ray
1st Place |
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Madison Comprehensive Tournament The varsity started the season placing 4th at this 11team
tournament. This was an outstanding
start to the season since only 9 wrestlers competed and 7 of the 9 placed. |
Zane-Trace Tournament (12-7) The JV started the season off at a dual-meet tournament. Even with only 9 wrestlers, they were able
to take 2nd place. Placing
higher that several varsity teams in attendance |
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and to Shawn Kohler for being selected as an Alternate. For all the results go to Central Ohio All Star Results 2002. |
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Congratulations to our Nationally Ranked
Wrestler!!!! In the latest rankings
from Wrestling USA magazine Tommy Cunningham is ranked 7th
at 135 pounds for Junior Wrestlers and 15th in the All-Class
rankings. All the current
rankings can be found at The Nation's Best Wrestlers & Teams . |
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