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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Central Oklahoma Wrestling Notes

UCO MAKES HOME DEBUT: No. 11-ranked Cen- tral Oklahoma opens the home season Thursday when the Bronchos host NCAA Division II rival Colorado State- Pueblo.


Match-time at Hamilton Field House is 7 p.m. UCO is 0-1 in duals with a season-opening loss to Division I power Oklahoma, while the Thunderwolves are 0-0 prior to a Wednesday match at Oklahoma City.

The Bronchos follow Thurs- day’s dual with a trip to Hays, Kan. Saturday for the Fort Hays State Open.
That all-day event starts at 9 a.m. and runs straight through until completion, with UCO expected to take between 20-25 individuals to compete.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Bronchos have dominated the series with CSU-Pueblo -- formerly Southern Colorado -- and owns an 11-0 lead. The teams last met during the 2008-09 season, a 35-10 UCO win.

ABOUT THE THUNDERWOLVES: CSU-Pueblo, which received votes in the preseason Division II poll, has two ranked individuals in 165 Justin Grant (8th) and heavyweight Patrick Carey (7th).

A look at the Thunderwolves’ probable lineup:

125 - Lyle Evans, Sr. (1-4) or Devon Cox, So. (0-0);
133 - Ryan Kirby, RS Fr. (2-4) or Saul Guerrero, Jr. (2-2);
141 - Jacob Snider, Fr. (6-3) or Shawn Gregory, So. (0-4);
149 - Nick Stahler, So. (1-4);
157 - Levi Jutila, So. (5-4) or Matt Addington, Fr. (6-4);
165 - Justin Grant, Sr. (3-4);
174 - Trevor Grant, RS Fr. (7-3) or Kyle Johnson, Sr. (2-2);
184 - Adam Carey, So. (4-3) or Joe Giron, RS Fr. (3-4);
197 - Open; Hvy - Patrick Carey, Sr. (1-2).

UCO LINEUP: A look at UCO’s probable lineup.

125 - Austin Quinton, Fr. (4-7) or Zach Housley, Fr. (0-0);
133 - Trison Graham, So. (8-7);
141 - Ty Corley, Jr. (4-2) or Kaleb Cradduck, Fr. (7-8);
149 - Ben Morgan, Fr. (6-5) or Austin Standage, So. (0-0);
157 - Cory Dauphin, Fr. (0-0);
165 - Derrick Adkins, So. (10-6);
174 - Patrick Finn, Sr. (2- 7);
184 - Tanner Keck, Fr. (6-6);
197 - Jarrett Edison, Jr. (2-2);
Hvy - Randy Tonche, Jr. (9-4) or Cody Dauphin, Fr. (5-3).

ABOUT THE BRONCHOS: UCO has competed in three open tournaments in addition to the dual against OU, with the youthful Bronchos having also battled numerous injuries in the early going.

Several individuals have yet to compete while others have seen limited action because of injury problems, though UCO hopes to be close to full strength this week in both the CSU-Pueblo dual and the Fort Hays State Open.

Sophomore 165 Derrick Ad- kins, a returning national quali- fier, has been UCO’s most con- sistent performer so far as the only individual to have placed in all three open tournaments.


Adkins was runner-up at both the Oklahoma City and Central Missouri opens in addition to coming in sixth at the rugged Nebraska-Omaha Open and is 10-6 on the season.


Junior heavyweight Randy Tonche (third, fourth), sophomore 133 Trison Graham (fourth, fifth) and sophomore 184 Tanner Keck (fourth, sixth) all placed in the first two tournaments of the year.

Junior 197 Jarrett Edison (fifth) and Keck (eighth), both returning national qualifiers, are UCO’s lone two individuals in the Division II rankings.

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