Here's the preview I will be putting on our website for this year's tourney. Our team's website can be found at http://www.broncoswrestling.com . Please feel free to comment in this thread. I'm only posting to get conversation started in anticipation of a great tourney this year. -Shep

 

2006 Hammer & Anvil 1/21/06

2006 Hammer & Anvil Information

 

We are very excited about the 2006 Hammer & Anvil Invitational. The tournament will be held at Western Brown High School in Mt. Orab, Ohio seated in rural, southwestern Ohio. The event will take place on January 21st, 2006. Many improvements will be made to an already wonderful tournament for this year's installment. We have done our best to make this the best one day tournament in southwest Ohio. We have added some tremendous teams to our field. Four of the returning teams have a 2005 sectional championship under their belts. We will be seeing a wide variety of competition with teams from Michigan, Kentucky and all over the state of Ohio. This tournament will give every team one last challenge before the post-season tournaments.

 

Schools Entered:

Western Brown (DI, SW DISTRICT

Brookville (DII, SW DISTRICT)

Clarkston (MICHIGAN)

Eastwood (DII, NW DISTRICT)

Miami Trace (DII, SW DISTRICT)*NEW*

Hillsboro (DII, SE DISTRICT)

Indian Hill (DII, SW DISTRICT)

Northmont (DI, SW DISTRICT)*NEW*

Mechanicsburg (DIII, SW DISTRICT)*NEW*

New Lexington (DII, SE DISTRICT)

Reading (DIII, SW DISTRICT)

Ryle (KENTUCKY)

Madison (DIII, SW DISTRICT)*NEW*

Woodford County (KENTUCKY)

Greenfield McClain (DII, SW DISTRICT)

Williamsburg (DIII, SW DISTRICT)

 

For 2006 we have added many outstanding teams to the field. Miami Trace leads an impressive list of new additions to the 2006 Hammer & Anvil. Miami Trace is expected to again be near the top of the DII SW District leader board. They return 7 district qualifiers, 3 state qualifiers, and a state-runner-up to this veteran team.

 

Middletown Madison also enters the tournament for the first time this season. What they lack in numbers they more than make up for with talented kids. "They step off the bus with 8 kids" and 8 kids usually win matches for this small team.

 

Perennial Dayton Division I power, Clayton Northmont, takes the tournament to a new level. Last season they sent 10 wrestlers to the SW DI tournament and they return 7 of those grapplers this season.

 

The final team added is the young Mechanicsburg team. Mechanicsburg, while young, returns 3 state qualifiers and 1 state placer from last year’s team. They are a team whose stock is rising by the week.

 

Eastwood High School out of northwest Ohio heads the list of returning teams. Eastwood proved to be the head of the field last year when they compiled an impressive 420.5 points, a tournament scoring record. They were the OHSAA Division II State Runners-up last season and boast 12 returning district qualifiers, 8 returning state qualifiers and 7 returning state placers and 1 state champion. They are the hottest young team in Ohio wrestling right now and we are pleased to have them in the tournament. Coach Cubberly’s Eagles will be the first team in quite some time to seriously challenge St. Paris Graham for the Division II state title.

 

6X KY State Champions, Woodford County will again be in the field. Woodford County returns 9 state qualifiers, 6 state placers and 2 state champions. In 2006, they are the team to beat from across the river! Coach Carr’s Yellow Jackets are the front-runners for their 7th state title this season.

 

We are very excited to be hosting teams from New Lexington, Reading, Clarkston MI, Ryle KY, Brookville, Hillsboro, Greenfield McClain, Williamsburg and Indian Hill as well. The field now has representatives from all over Ohio, Michigan, northern Kentucky and Lexington, Kentucky.

 

The Hammer & Anvil teams finished the 04-05' season very strongly last year. The teams in this year's field yielded 124 district qualifiers, 62 state qualifiers (25 in KY, 4 in MI, 33 in OH), 29 state placers (13 in KY, 1 in MI, 15 in OH) and 5 State Champions (4 in KY, 1 in OH)! We hope to go one step further with that in the upcoming season!

 

Returning for this season the teams involved have 82 district qualifiers, 43 state qualifiers, 21 state placers and 4 state champions. This is a tremendous field that we are extremely pleased with. We are definitely headed in the right direction. This is by far the most talent laden field we have had yet!

 

For this installment of the Hammer & Anvil we have made some minor changes to the format of the tournament as well. We will be running all 5 mats in the main gym during the preliminary pool rounds. This way you will be able to see all of the great pool action in one location. Our goal is to provide extremely high quality wrestling in a reasonable time frame so all teams that are traveling to our facility can return home in a timely manner. We will again be going with a criteria based seeding this year to avoid the dreaded seed meeting and further help with the efficiency of the tournament. With many of our teams coming from different geographic locations, a seed meeting has proved cumbersome in previous years. Finally, rumor has it that the state's best hospitality room will be up for improvements as well! Even more great home cooking in the country!

 

If coaches, fans, wrestlers, administrators or anyone else involved in the sport of wrestling has any other ideas for improvement, please email them to tournament director Chris Shepherd at [email protected] for consideration. All ideas will be considered. We strive to make this the best tournament possible but we need all of your help to do so.

 

If your team, fans or families are looking at spending the night in the Mt. Orab metropolitan area, there are a few hotels in the area we’d recommend. They include:

 

AmeriHost Inn & Suites- Batavia, Ohio

2188 Winemiller Lane

Batavia, Ohio 45103

phone: (513)735-4678

reservations: 1-800-434-5800

http://www.amerihostinn.com

 

Best Inn – Mt. Orab, Ohio

100 Leininger Street

Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154

phone: (937)444-6666

http://www.americasbestinns.com/

2006 Hammer & Anvil Returning State Qualifiers/Placers

 

OHIO

119 Jan Ullinski , Eastwood, 0-2/119 2005, 0-2/103 2004

112 Adam Tinnel, Eastwood, 2/119(DIII) 2005, 4/112(DIII) 2004

125 Ben Llanas, Eastwood, 1/112 2005, 3/112 2004, 1-2/112 2003

130 Kurt Shroyer, Eastwood, 7/130 2005

135 Ryan Cubberly, Eastwood, 2/125 2005, 2/125 2004, 3/103 2003

140 Eric Cubberly, Eastwood, 8/130 2005

145/152 Kyle Taylor, Eastwood, 0-2/119 2004

160/171 Jeremy Foster, Eastwood, 4/152 2005

215 Ryan Nachtrab, Eastwood, 7/215 2005

135 Ryan Brownlee, Western Brown, 0-2/135 2005, 6/135 2004

103 Dustin Fraley, Miami Trace, 0-2/103 2005

130 Matt Cunningham, Miami Trace, 0-2/125 2004

135 Stephan Morrison, Miami Trace, 2/135 2005

215 Sam Moore, Miami Trace, 0-2/215 2005

103 Kyle Quickle, Hillsboro, 1-2/103 2005

140 Brett Horne, Hillsboro, 0-2/125 2004

160 Greg Rhoads, Hillsboro, 0-2/152 2005

135 Jake Fose, Middletown Madison, 1-2/135 2005

152 Zach Ziegler, Mechanicsburg, 8/152 2005

119 Cody Toney, Mechanicsburg, 1-2/119 2005

145 Blaine Klaus, Mechanicsburg, 0-2/145 2005

119 Ben Fondale, New Lexington, 1-2/119 2005, 1-2/103 2004

130 Chris Wolfe, Northmont, 0-2/103 2004

 

KENTUCKY

103 Andrew Isler, Ryle, 1-2/103 2005

112 Sam Scheuer, Ryle, 8/112 2005

119 Kellen Ashworth, Ryle, 7/119 2004 *Sat Out in 2005??*

130 Bryan Peace, Ryle, 4/130 2005, 6/112 2004

135 Clint Hovekamp, Ryle, 2-2/135 2005, 0-2/135 2004

140 Rob Aylor, Ryle, 1/140 2005, 4/125 2004, 3/112 2003

145 Mike O’Brien, Ryle, 2-2/145 2005

152 Mason Reid, Ryle, 2-2/152 2005

171 Greg Ashworth, Ryle, 6/171 2005, 0-2/152 2004

189 Matt Robinson, Ryle, 3/189 2005

215 Steve Bodenbende, Ryle 1-2/215 2005

103 Shane Parks, Woodford County, 3-2/103 2005

112 Coty Lewis, Woodford County, 2/112 2005, 2/103 2004

119 Jon Smith, Woodford County, 1-2/119 2005

125 Rusty Parks, Woodford County, 5/125 2005, 1/112 2004, 5/103 2003

130 Harrison Courtney, Woodford County, 3/130 2005, 8/119 2004

160 Will Starks, Woodford County, 6/160 2005, 2-2/152 2004

189 Richard Starks, Woodford County, 1/189 2005, 1/171 2004, 2/171 2003

215 Matt Byrd, Woodford County, 2/215 2005, 2-2/215 2004

275 Kyle Goodrich, Woodford County, 2-2/275 2005, 2-2/275 2004

 

MICHIGAN

103 Mike Maguire, Clarkston, 1-2/103 2005

145 Tommy Ellsworth, Clarkston, 0-2/145 2005

152 Josh McCallister, Clarkston, 0-2/152 2005

189 Steve Smiley, Clarkston, 6/171 2004

One I missed.

 

OHIO

145 Jeff Johns, Brookville, 1-2/145 2005

Does anyone out there have the current weight classes for the listed KY guys? I have most of the Ohio weights but can't find info on your guys from across the river for this season. If you know any of em', please feel free to post. Thanks.

Another one I missed.

 

MICHIGAN

135 Bryan Webb, Clarkston, 0-2/119 2003

 

Ironically, both of these gentlemen were Hammer & Anvil Champions last season. I erroneously thought they had graduated.

Tourney is next weekend, 1/21/06. I look forward to seeing a strong KY contingent up here. Feel free to come up and introduce yourself. I'm a pretty personable guy! lol

Tourney is next weekend, 1/21/06. I look forward to seeing a strong KY contingent up here. Feel free to come up and introduce yourself. I'm a pretty personable guy! lol

 

 

Any outcome worth talking about?

Absolutely. Woodford County did quite well finishing in the top 3 for the second consecutive year. They finished 3rd behind Eastwood and Miami Trace. Results are at http://www.baumspage.com under Western Brown Invitational on the left hand side of the tournament listings. Sorry I've been negligent in getting the results out. Currently enrolled for 18 cr. hrs. at Northern Kentucky University.

Here's the final results with placement matches.

 

2006 Western Brown - Hammer & Anvil Scores

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1. Eastwood 383.5

2. Miami Trace 243.0

3. Woodford Co. 217.0

4. Clarkston 200.0

5. Northmont 174.0

6. Mechanicsburg 169.0

7. New Lexington 166.0

8. Brookville 146.0

9. Madison 126.0

10. Hillsboro 119.0

11. Western Brown 110.0

12. Reading 84.0

13. Indian Hill 35.0

14. McClain 33.0

15. Williamsburg 12.0

 

First Place

103: Kyle Quickle(Hillsboro) dec. Jacob Garringer(Miami Trace) 5-0

112: Joe Danielson(New Lexington) dec. Jon Reeser(Miami Trace) 6-3

119: Adam Tinnel(Eastwood) maj. dec. Mike Maguire(Clarkston) 14-3

125: Ben Llanas(Eastwood) dec. Dustin Fraley(Miami Trace) 7-1

130: Ben Fondale(New Lexington) dec. Cody Toney(Mechanicsburg) 11-8

135: Ryan Cubberly(Eastwood) dec. Stephan Morrison(Miami Trace) 7-3

140: Josey Neff(Miami Trace) dec. Adam Hoffmann(Eastwood) 2-0

145: Eric Cubberly(Eastwood) dec. Walt Dolinski(Brookville) 7-3

152: Kurt Shroyer(Eastwood) dec. Jerry Robinson(New Lexington) 5-4

160: Zack Ziegler(Mechanicsburg) dec. Tommy Ellsworth(Clarkston) 8-3

171: Jeremy Foster(Eastwood) dec. Blaine Klaus(Mechanicsburg) 11-8

189: Richard Starks(Woodford Co.) dec. Brandon Naylor(Western Brown) 8-4

215: Ryan Nachtrab(Eastwood) dec. Matt Bird(Woodford Co.) 8-4

275: Adam Salyers(Mechanicsburg) dec. Kyle Goodrich(Woodford Co.) 2-1 OT

 

Third Place

103: Andrew Clark(Reading) dec. Bryan Smith(Eastwood) 7-4

112: David Eaton(Eastwood) dec. Matt Fry(Madison) 11-5

119: Michael Jameson(Indian Hill) dec. John Smith(Woodford Co.) 11-4

125: Kyle Groh(Northmont) maj. dec. Josh French(Madison) 14-0

130: Matt Cunningham(Miami Trace) dec. Kyle Taylor(Eastwood) 2-1

135: Casey Newburg(Northmont) over Ryan Brownlee(Western Brown) med. def.

140: Jake Fose(Madison) dec. Devin Elliott(Brookville) 3-1 OT

145: Harrison Courtney(Woodford Co.) dec. Colton Tweed(Clarkston) 7-4

152: Bryant Craft(Clarkston) dec. Jeff Johns(Brookville) 2-1

160: Ryan Aills(Brookville) dec. Micah Newburg(Northmont) 7-6

171: Will Starks(Woodford Co.) dec. Josh McCallister(Clarkston) 5-2

189: Brian Stickel(Eastwood) pin Kyle Fenner(Miami Trace)

215: Oney Snyder(Hillsboro) dec. Sam Moore(Miami Trace) 4-1

275: Steve Herron(Clarkston) dec. Matt Prichard(Northmont) 3-1 OT

 

Fifth Place

103: Nick Ziegler(Mechanicsburg) maj. dec. Shane Parks(Woodford Co.) 13-3

112: Cameron Phillips(Northmont) pin Chris Evans(Reading) 1:59

119: Tommy Armstrong(Miami Trace) dec. Tony Ewers(Brookville) 7-5

125: Dusty Osterloh(McClain) pin Jacob Cox(Hillsboro) 1:38

130: Micheal Sheppard(Western Brown) dec. Chris Wolf(Northmont) 11-10

135: Mitch Miller(Clarkston) dec. Chad Scott(Woodford Co.) 11-4

140: Andrew Long*EAS(X1) dec. Mike Burns(Hillsboro) 8-5

145: Michael Klontz(Madison) dec. Mason Meyer(Reading) 4-3

152: Ben Foor(Miami Trace) dec. Zach Rupert(Madison) 9-3

160: Chad Fyffe(Woodford Co.) dec. Greg Rhoads(Hillsboro) 5-4

171: Josh Herbert(Madison) pin Matt Spirk(Northmont) 2:06

189: Will Clark*EAS(X1) pin Alex Kay(New Lexington) 2:55

215: Thomas French(Madison) dec. Wes Wiseman(New Lexington) 7-0

275: Grant Hale(Eastwood) dec. Koy Dennis(New Lexington) 8-2

 

Seventh Place

103: Cody Williams(New Lexington) pin Kyle Pahren(Northmont) 2:48

112: Charles Middlestetter(Brookville) dec. Dustin Carter(Hillsboro) 3-2

119: Tyler Scarberry(Northmont) tech. fall J.T. Olsen(Western Brown) 20-4

125: Brian Bemmes(Reading) maj. dec. Holden Clements(Western Brown) 9-0

130: Steven Butler(Woodford Co.) pin Josh Booker(Clarkston) 1:48

135: Kevin Wolfe(New Lexington) pin Ethan Price(Mechanicsburg)

140: Tyler Woodruff(Western Brown) dec. Eric Butterfield(Clarkston) 6-4

145: Zach Swank(Mechanicsburg) dec. Keith Hurst*MEC(X1) 7-2

152: Kurtis Longenecker(Northmont) pin Justin Mays(Woodford Co.) 2:33

160: Dustin Kervin(Eastwood) dec. Will Hicks(New Lexington) 6-2

171: Kyle Yeary(Reading) pin Steve Wampler(Brookville) 2:08

189: Jon Stover(Brookville) pin Walley Reyes(Reading) 2:17

215: Sean Brooks(Northmont) pin Steve Cooper(Clarkston) 0:26

275: John Lynch(Williamsburg) pin Josh Jones(Miami Trace) 2:25

I know it's a few weeks late but I just wanted to say congrats to the individuals from the Hammer & Anvil that qualified for this season's state tournament. We ended up having 55 state qualifiers and 32 state placers from the 15 teams in the field. Congrats to all!

 

Congratulations again to Woodford County on their 13th KHSAA State Championship as well! Great program and we look forward to having them back up again next year.

 

Also, I am currently working on the field for next year's event and it looks to be again improved over this year's field. New teams will be announced once field is complete.

 

2006 Hammer & Anvil State Qualifiers

 

103 Bryan Smith, DII, 5th, Eastwood

112 Adam Tinnel, DII, 2nd, Eastwood

119 Jan Ulinski, DII, 7th, Eastwood

125 Ben Llanas, DII, 6th, Eastwood

130 Kyle Taylor, DII, Eastwood

135 Ryan Cubberly, DII, 3rd, Eastwood

145 Eric Cubberly, DII, 3rd, Eastwood

152 Kurt Shroyer, DII, 6th, Eastwood

171 Jeremy Foster, DII, Eastwood

215 Ryan Nachtrab, DII, 5th, Eastwood

275 Colton Schulte, DII, Eastwood

103 Jacob Garringer, DII, 6th, Miami Trace

215 Sam Moore, DII, 7th, Miami Trace

125 Dustin Fraley, DII, Miami Trace

130 Matt Cunningham, DII, Miami Trace

135 Stephan Morrison, DII, 8th, Miami Trace

140 Josey Neff, DII, Miami Trace

152 Ben Foor, DII, Miami Trace

103 Shane Parks, KY, 3rd, Woodford County KY

112 Coty Lewis, KY, 1st, Woodford County KY

119 John Smith, KY, Woodford County KY

130 Steven Butler, KY, Woodford County KY

135 Chad Scott, KY, Woodford County KY

140 Blake Sheehan, KY, Woodford County KY

145 Harrison Courtney, KY, 1st, Woodford County KY

152 Justin Mayes, KY, Woodford County KY

160 Chad Fyffe, KY, 4th, Woodford County KY

171 Will Starks, KY, 1st, Woodford County KY

189 Richard Starks, KY, 1st, Woodford County KY

215 Matt Byrd, KY, 5th, Woodford County KY

275 Kyle Goodrich, KY, 1st, Woodford County KY

119 Mike Maguire, DI, 7th, Clarkston MI

135 Mitch Miller, DI, Clarkston MI

140 Colton Tweed, DI, Clarkston MI

152 Bryant Craft, DI, Clarkston MI

160 Adam Lauzen, DI, Clarkston MI

160 Tommy Ellsworth, DI, 6th, Clarkston MI

171 Josh McAllister, DI, 3rd, Clarkston MI

275 Steve Herron, DI, 4th, Clarkston MI

130 Chris Wolf, DI, Northmont

103 Nick Ziegler, DIII, Mechanicsburg

130 Cody Toney, DIII, 3rd, Mechanicsburg

160 Zach Ziegler, DIII, Mechanicsburg

171 Blaine Klaus, DIII, 6th, Mechanicsburg

275 Travis Salyers, DIII, 5th, Mechanicsburg

130 Ben Fondale, DII, 4th, New Lexington

145 Walt Dolinski, DIII, 6th, Brookville

152 Jeff Johns, DIII, 4th, Brookville

140 Jake Fose, DIII, 5th, Middletown Madison

171 Josh Herbert, DIII, Middletown Madison

160 Greg Rhoads, DII, 5th, Hillsboro

215 Oney Snyder, DII, Hillsboro

103 Andrew Clark, DIII, 5th, Reading

119 Michael Jameson, DII, Indian Hill

125 Dusty Osterloh, DII, Greenfield McClain