West Virginia Wrestling

3rd annual NHSCA National Open Wrestling Championships

At Birmingham, Ala.,
July 2-4, 2000

High School Division

State team scores: Idaho 214.5, Ohio 204, New Jersey 184.5, Florida 179.5, Illinois 168.5, Georgia 162, New York 147, California 134, Minnesota 143, Alabama 125, West Virginia 119.5, Maryland 118.5, Tennessee 118, Pennsylvania 103, Oklahoma 76, Wisconsin 70, Missouri 69, New Hampshire 67.5, North Carolina and Washington 54, Vermont 48, Virginia 45, Massachusetts 32, Utah 27, South Carolina 21, New Mexico 20, Louisiana 6, Kentucky 4, Colorado 3.5, Wyoming 3, Texas 1.

West Virginia Finalists

112 pounds
Championship: James Phillips, Warren, Ohio, p. Ashley Gandee, Ravenswood, W.Va., 2:32.
Third place: Matt Smith, Plaistow, N.H., d. Pat Barth, Morton, Ill., 7-4.
Fifth place: Derek Maple, Milan, Ohio, d. David Mahan, Midwest City, Okla., 3-0.
Seventh place: Patrick Dattalo, Randolph, N.J., d. Alexis DeArmas, Homestead, Fla., 3-1 OT.

119 pounds
Championship: Ricky LaForge, Oakland, N.J., m.d. Matt Stevens, Parkersburg, W.Va., 9-0.
Third place: Eric Morgan, Rocklin, Calif., d. Jeff Smith, Sewell, N.J., 4-0.
Fifth place: Matt Wellner, Plainfield, Ill., d. Albert Dattalo, Randolph, N.J., 6-3.
Seventh place: Chad George, Rancho Cordova, Calif., p. Kevin Spangler, Moscow, Idaho, 1:35.

152 pounds
Championship: Matt Kirspel, Livingston, N.J., p. Nick Kozar, Derry, Pa., 0:36.
Third place: Nathan Pickens, Parkersburg, W.Va., m.d. Luke Wiegand, Eureka, Ill., 14-4.
Fifth place: Brandon MacEachen, Albuquerque, N.M., d. David Courtney, Richmond, Va., 7-0.
Seventh place: Ariston Bowers, Fayetteville, Ga., d. Harold Jean-Louis, Wyandanch, N.Y., 5-4.

171 pounds
Championship: Bryan Cowdin, Adrian, Minn., p. Nicholas Hansen, Fulton, N.Y., 4:34.
Third place: Adrian Belcarris, Oxon Hill, Md., d. Chris Ressa, Stanhope, N.J., 7-2.
Fifth place: Brad McAdams, Mantorville, Minn., d. Ricky Ties, Rochester, Minn., 4-2.
Seventh place: Christopher Daggett, Parkersburg, W.Va., d. Nicholas Mason, Harvard, Ill., 3-0.


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