Great performances by Idaho's 4 national champions this week! - Haden Tuma (freshman, Centennial HS) 2010 Cadet National Greco-Roman champion at 119lbs. - Trevor Rupp (graduate, Pocatello HS) 2010 Junior National Greco-Roman champion at 215lbs. - Tanner Hall (senior, Meridian HS) 2010 Junior National Freestyle champion at 215lbs. - Anneliese DeAragon (???, Sandpoint HS) 2010 2010 (more)

Junior-125 - Brock Banta's place is 7th. Match #1 Brock Banta (Idaho) over Josh Kunig (Pennsylvania) Fall 7-1,1:20 Match #2 Brock Banta (Idaho) over Tyler Chapple (Indiana) TF 7-0,7-0 Match #3 Brock Banta (Idaho) over Auston Wulfert (California) Dec 1-0,1-3,8-0 Match #4 Brock Banta (Idaho) over Phillip Romig (Louisiana) Dec 4-0,6-0 Match #5 Brock Banta (Idaho) over Todd Murakawa (Hawaii) Dec (more)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/06/09/1224297/idaho-high-school-association.html Above is the link to the article citing that Wrestling will be cut from 16 dates to 15 dates. Wrestling was the sport that was actually cut the least from it's number of dates. You will also notice that football, volleyball and basketball were sports that did not have dates cut - most likely because they bring (more)

USA Wrestling to provide free live webcasts from Cadet & Junior Nationals USA Wrestling is pleased to announce its 2010 Cadet & Junior Nationals webcast schedule for the upcoming tournament in Fargo, N.D. In all, 16 sessions will be webcast from the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D., from July 18-25, including all five national championship finals. Fans can watch the feed on the main page of (more)

Cadet-98 - Michael Cook's place is 8th. Match #1 Michael Cook (Idaho) over Tommy Kolasinski (Wisconsin) Dec 3-0,5-0 Match #2 Michael Cook (Idaho) over Jacob Trujillo (Colorado) Dec 3-0,4-1 Match #3 Michael Cook (Idaho) over Andrew Wallace (Missouri) Dec 1-0,6-2 Match #4 Michael Cook (Idaho) over Tyler Scott (Oregon) TF 6-0,7-0 Match #5 Dalton Macri (West Virginia) over Michael Cook (Idaho) (more)

Ridge Lovett from Post falls won the national triple crown in Orem Ut. earlier this month. Has Idaho ever had a triple crown winner before??

Between the four classifications I counted a total of 30 HS Seniors this season who placed 1st at their respective State wrestling tournament. That's more than half of the weight classes which were won by Seniors this past season.

Included among those 30 HS Seniors there were FOUR who went undefeated this past season.  They are:

1. Brock Banta - South Fremont HS - 41-0 at 125 (more)

 I heard a rumor that Aberdeen school district has dropped all wrestling? Can anybody confirm that for me. I know that Aberdeen has always had a couple good kids and a few years put together a decent team. If this is true isn't there other options rather than just dropping it.

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Team Idaho 1st in greco 2nd in freestyle-Banta undefeted Hall undefeted and Rupp undefeted.Some great matchups with Oregon and Arizona. Any comments.