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02-12-2012, 01:46 AM
By the time Campbell County senior wrestler Mason Franck stepped up for the final match of the Region 6 Meet in the 285-pound class his team had already clinched ending Ryleâs steak of seven straight regional championship, but he put an exclamation point on it.
Franck, who was state runner-up at 285 last season but was seeded No.2 in the regional because he had just returned in early January from an injury suffered in football season, pinned Simon Kenton senior Colin Patrick to finish off the Camels regional title.
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Franck was one of five individual champions for Campbell County out of the 14 weight classes and four other Camels were runner-up as they finished with 268 points, 29 more than second-place Simon Kenton and 62 points more than third-place Ryle.
The Camels had 13 wrestlers qualify for the state meet that will be held Feb. 17-18 at the Kentucky Horse Parkâs Alltech Arena just north of Lexington. The top four wrestlers in each weight class qualified.
âItâs great for the kids to win this, and we need this for a little lift going into state,â said Campbell County coach Mike Bankemper, who coached the Camels to state titles in 1990, 1991 and 2004. âSometimes you go in as a runner-up in the region and think you have no shot (at state), so this gives our kids a little mental edge.â
Bankemper said Franckâs win was the perfect exclamation point, because he had lost a couple of weeks ago to Patrick and is still rounding into shape after suffering a foot injury on the next-to-last series of the football season that led to him needing surgery and having a screw inserted into his foot.
âWe didnât get him until the first of the year and heâs still getting to where he was last year, but heâs close,â said Bankemper.
Campbell County also got wins from senor Garth Yenter in the 120-pound class, which kept him undefeated on the season, junior Paul Hamilton at 138, junior Stephen Myers at 152 and freshman Austin Myers at 220.
Yenter, who won the state title last year at 103 pounds last year, likes his teamâs chance in the state meet.
âItâs a real big thing for our team to win this,â said Yenter. âWeâve worked real hard all year for this. We wrestle one of the toughest schedules in the state trying to get us ready for this and we finally did it. We won the matches we werenât supposed to and didnât lose the matches we were supposed to win.
âCoach B always says we wrestle all year for regional and prepare every day in practice for regional and then we prepare four days for state. Weâre training for this all year. We did what we wanted to accomplish here. We have a good shot at the state tournament. We all feel great about it.â
Ryle coach Tim Ruschell was pragmatic about his teamâs seven-year streak of regional titles coming to an end.
âWe had just too many young kids in the lineup to make a run at it,â said Ruschell. âI figured with the schedule we had I might be able to mature some of those freshmen kids and turn them into sophomores by the end of the season, but maybe we wrestled too tough a schedule. Itâs time to go back to work.â
Ryle still had four regional champions and 10 wrestlers qualify for state.
Among Ryleâs champions was senior T.J. Ruschell at 126 pounds. It was his fourth straight regional title, but he had to score five points in the final 35 seconds to rally for an 8-4 win over Campbell County sophomore Sean Fausz.
âI wasnât really happy with any part of that match,â said T.J. Ruschell, who won the state title last season over Fausz at 119 pounds. âYou can never be satisfied. You always have to wrestle with a chip on your shoulder. Iâm happy, but not satisfied. Iâve wrestled him like nine times and beat him pretty good six of those times, and I knew he was good, but that just shows I have to be training hard this week to beat the best.â
Simon Kenton had two regional champions â undefeated junior Kevin Cooper at 145 pounds and junior Heiro Chamblee at 170 pounds â but also had five runner-up finishers, although senior Jacob Clark suffered what initially has been determined as a serious knee injury that would like keep him out of the state tournament.
Of the 14 No. 1 seeds, 12 won regional titles.
The biggest upset came in the 152-pound semifinals when Cooper senior Taylor Eschan won a decision over No. 1 seed Lane Jones of Walton-Verona. Jones, a junior, came back to finish third. Eschan eventually lost in the championship match against Stephen Myers.
Franck, who was state runner-up at 285 last season but was seeded No.2 in the regional because he had just returned in early January from an injury suffered in football season, pinned Simon Kenton senior Colin Patrick to finish off the Camels regional title.
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Franck was one of five individual champions for Campbell County out of the 14 weight classes and four other Camels were runner-up as they finished with 268 points, 29 more than second-place Simon Kenton and 62 points more than third-place Ryle.
The Camels had 13 wrestlers qualify for the state meet that will be held Feb. 17-18 at the Kentucky Horse Parkâs Alltech Arena just north of Lexington. The top four wrestlers in each weight class qualified.
âItâs great for the kids to win this, and we need this for a little lift going into state,â said Campbell County coach Mike Bankemper, who coached the Camels to state titles in 1990, 1991 and 2004. âSometimes you go in as a runner-up in the region and think you have no shot (at state), so this gives our kids a little mental edge.â
Bankemper said Franckâs win was the perfect exclamation point, because he had lost a couple of weeks ago to Patrick and is still rounding into shape after suffering a foot injury on the next-to-last series of the football season that led to him needing surgery and having a screw inserted into his foot.
âWe didnât get him until the first of the year and heâs still getting to where he was last year, but heâs close,â said Bankemper.
Campbell County also got wins from senor Garth Yenter in the 120-pound class, which kept him undefeated on the season, junior Paul Hamilton at 138, junior Stephen Myers at 152 and freshman Austin Myers at 220.
Yenter, who won the state title last year at 103 pounds last year, likes his teamâs chance in the state meet.
âItâs a real big thing for our team to win this,â said Yenter. âWeâve worked real hard all year for this. We wrestle one of the toughest schedules in the state trying to get us ready for this and we finally did it. We won the matches we werenât supposed to and didnât lose the matches we were supposed to win.
âCoach B always says we wrestle all year for regional and prepare every day in practice for regional and then we prepare four days for state. Weâre training for this all year. We did what we wanted to accomplish here. We have a good shot at the state tournament. We all feel great about it.â
Ryle coach Tim Ruschell was pragmatic about his teamâs seven-year streak of regional titles coming to an end.
âWe had just too many young kids in the lineup to make a run at it,â said Ruschell. âI figured with the schedule we had I might be able to mature some of those freshmen kids and turn them into sophomores by the end of the season, but maybe we wrestled too tough a schedule. Itâs time to go back to work.â
Ryle still had four regional champions and 10 wrestlers qualify for state.
Among Ryleâs champions was senior T.J. Ruschell at 126 pounds. It was his fourth straight regional title, but he had to score five points in the final 35 seconds to rally for an 8-4 win over Campbell County sophomore Sean Fausz.
âI wasnât really happy with any part of that match,â said T.J. Ruschell, who won the state title last season over Fausz at 119 pounds. âYou can never be satisfied. You always have to wrestle with a chip on your shoulder. Iâm happy, but not satisfied. Iâve wrestled him like nine times and beat him pretty good six of those times, and I knew he was good, but that just shows I have to be training hard this week to beat the best.â
Simon Kenton had two regional champions â undefeated junior Kevin Cooper at 145 pounds and junior Heiro Chamblee at 170 pounds â but also had five runner-up finishers, although senior Jacob Clark suffered what initially has been determined as a serious knee injury that would like keep him out of the state tournament.
Of the 14 No. 1 seeds, 12 won regional titles.
The biggest upset came in the 152-pound semifinals when Cooper senior Taylor Eschan won a decision over No. 1 seed Lane Jones of Walton-Verona. Jones, a junior, came back to finish third. Eschan eventually lost in the championship match against Stephen Myers.
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Campbell County won the team championship in the Region 6 meet today at Boone County. Ryle had won the past seven team titles. The Camels send 13 out of a possible 14 starters to state. Simon Kenton was second with two champs and 12 qualifiers. Ryle had four champs and nine qualifiers. Conner, Scott and Walton-Verona also had individual champs. Walton-Verona had six qualifiers, and champion Quincy Page was the program’s first regional champ. Dixie had four qualifiers, Conner 3, Boone 3, Scott 2. Cooper 2, Grant 1 and Newport 1.
Regional champs are highlighted below:
106: Logan Erdman (Ryle) vs. Elijah Owens (Simon Kenton).
113: Gus Adams (Ryle) vs. Brian Spahr (Campbell)
120: Garth Yenter (Campbell) vs. Joey Parrott (SK).
126: T.J. Ruschell (Ryle) vs. Sean Fausz (Campbell).
132: Corey Ahern (Ryle) vs. Corbin Woods (Campbell).
138: Paul Hamilton (Campbell) vs. Jake Sander (Ryle).
145: Kevin Cooper (SK) vs. Johnny Meiman (Ryle).
152: Taylor Eschan (Cooper) vs. Stephan Myers (Campbell).
160: Ryan Sowder (Scott) vs. Jacob Clark (SK).
171: Hiero Chamblee (SK) vs. Eli Mattews (Campbell).
189: Zach Fisher (Conner) vs. Derek Hicks (SK).
195: Quincy Page (WV) vs. Jake Williamson (Ryle).
220: Austin Myers (Campbell) vs. Charlie Cornett (Dixie).
285: Colin Patrick (SK) vs. Mason Franck (Campbell).
Regional champs are highlighted below:
106: Logan Erdman (Ryle) vs. Elijah Owens (Simon Kenton).
113: Gus Adams (Ryle) vs. Brian Spahr (Campbell)
120: Garth Yenter (Campbell) vs. Joey Parrott (SK).
126: T.J. Ruschell (Ryle) vs. Sean Fausz (Campbell).
132: Corey Ahern (Ryle) vs. Corbin Woods (Campbell).
138: Paul Hamilton (Campbell) vs. Jake Sander (Ryle).
145: Kevin Cooper (SK) vs. Johnny Meiman (Ryle).
152: Taylor Eschan (Cooper) vs. Stephan Myers (Campbell).
160: Ryan Sowder (Scott) vs. Jacob Clark (SK).
171: Hiero Chamblee (SK) vs. Eli Mattews (Campbell).
189: Zach Fisher (Conner) vs. Derek Hicks (SK).
195: Quincy Page (WV) vs. Jake Williamson (Ryle).
220: Austin Myers (Campbell) vs. Charlie Cornett (Dixie).
285: Colin Patrick (SK) vs. Mason Franck (Campbell).
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