{"id":18789,"date":"2012-01-09T05:16:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T10:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=18789"},"modified":"2012-01-09T05:16:43","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T10:16:43","slug":"vwms-wrestlers-compete-in-bearcat-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/01\/09\/vwms-wrestlers-compete-in-bearcat-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"VWMS wrestlers compete in Bearcat meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPENCERVILLE — The Van Wert Middle School wrestlers competed in the Spencerville Bearcats Invitational Tournament on Saturday.\u00a0 The Cougars finished fifth out of 17 teams in a highly competitive tournament that includes some of the area\u2019s finest wrestlers.<\/p>\n

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Van Wert Middle School wrestler Andy Hammond (right) wins a match at Spencerville on Saturday. (photo submitted)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Van Wert Middle School grapplers have came along way this season, as they have 21 athletes on the team, but none have ever wrestled before. The hard work and determination to be better has made a great difference in the team\u2019s tournament results. The team\u2019s positive attitude, combined with weekly match experience, shows great improvement with every tournament.<\/p>\n

Van Wert wrestlers placing first in their weight class were 134-pounder Ryan Stoller, finishing with a record of 5-0 with five pins; and Nolan Smith at 245 pounds, finishing with a 5-0 record and also recording five pins.<\/p>\n

Special awards were presented for fastest pins in the least amount of time per weight class. Time was figured by average of pins by time. A minimum of three pins were needed to qualify. Winning this award from Van Wert were:<\/p>\n

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  • Brandon Calvelage, three in 3:40<\/li>\n
  • Ryan Stoller, five in 6:50<\/li>\n
  • Tymon Moore, three in 1:49<\/li>\n
  • Nolan Smith, five in 5:36<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Van Wert results<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • 86 pounds \u2013 Brandon Calvelage, 3-1, third place<\/li>\n
    • 110 pounds \u2013 Andy Hammond, 2-3 fourth place<\/li>\n
    • 128 pounds \u2013 Jacob Crisenbery, 3-2 fourth place<\/li>\n
    • 134 pounds \u2013 Ryan Stoller, 5-0 first place<\/li>\n
    • 142 pounds \u2013 Tymon Moore, 4-1 sixth place<\/li>\n
    • 150 pounds \u2013 Dylan Tumbleson, 2-2 sixth place<\/li>\n
    • 150 pounds – Rachel Davis eighth place<\/li>\n
    • 160 pounds \u2013 Marcus Tarlton, 3-1 third place<\/li>\n
    • 245 pounds \u2013 Nolan Smith, 5-0 (five pins), first place<\/li>\n
    • 245 pounds \u2013 Zach Newman 2-2 fourth place<\/li>\n
    • 245 pounds – Kaleb Cantrell 2-2 fifth place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The Van Wert grapplers will return to the mat in a tri-meet on Tuesday, January 10, at 5 p.m. at Delphos St. John\u2019s. The match will include the Wapakoneta Redskins, Van Wert Cougars and St. John\u2019s Blue Jays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      SPENCERVILLE — The Van Wert Middle School wrestlers competed in the Spencerville Bearcats Invitational Tournament on Saturday.\u00a0 The Cougars finished fifth out of 17 teams in a highly competitive tournament that includes some of the area\u2019s finest wrestlers. The Van Wert Middle School grapplers have came along way this season, as they have 21 athletes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 07:33:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}