Greater Cleveland Wrestling Officials Association

"My OHSAA"

2007-08-29T09:16:00.000-04:00

MYOHSAA UPDATE FOR IMMEDITE DISTRIBUTION

Following is information that should be distributed immediately to each of your district’s associations. Each association must distribute the information to all members via email or letters immediately. Thank you for your assistance.

Officials Calendar (Schedule)

Athletic Directors are required to enter all varsity contests and related information into the myOHSAA system. Officials will not be able to enter any game related data. Once the AD’s enter the contest information and the officials’ names, each official will receive an electronic game notification. The official must accept the electronic game notification through their myOHSAA account.

Profile

Each official must complete the myOHSAA profile and keep it up to date. The on-line directory of officials will be as accurate as the records are maintained by each official. In order to accept a game assignment the official’s date of birth and the last four digits of his/her SSN must be in the profile.

Tournament Selection Criteria

No change has been made in the selection criteria for tournament officiating. Data will be obtained from Assigners. AD’s, Officials Associations, the OHSAA staff and District Athletic Board Members and Coaches’ game by game ratings. Significant changes have been made as to how the data is collected and in how reminders are sent and how financial penalties are imposed.

Periodic Updates

Every effort will be made to update officials as additional myOHSAA information becomes available.

August 22, 2007

Meeting locations

2007-08-27T12:09:00.000-04:00

Is there a reason why now we are having meetings at multiple locations? I don't understand the need for that. It was much easier knowing I was going to the same location every week without having to have a " schedule " of locations. I thought Rocky River High School was decided on by the board. Although it was inconvenient for me to reach Berea every week last year, I did it without complaint. Is the location being altered now because of complaints?

'07-'08 Meeting Schedule....

2007-08-26T18:06:00.000-04:00

Greater Cleveland Wrestling Officials Association

- schedule of meetings -

7:00pm – Tuesday, November 13th – Berea High School Wrestling Room

7:00pm – Tuesday, November 20th – Rocky River High School Wrestling Room

10:00am – Saturday, December 1st – Garfield Heights Wrestling Room *Joint Clinic

7:00pm – Tuesday, December 11th – Berea High School Wrestling Room

7:00pm – Tuesday, December 18th – Rocky River High School Wrestling Room

7:00pm – Tuesday, January 8th – Berea High School Wrestling Room

7:00 – Tuesday, January 22nd – Rocky River High School Wrestling Room

Tuesday, February 12th – Annual Banquet @ Anthony’s Sports Bar & Grill

***All dates, times & locations subject to change.

Buckeye Wrestling’s 2007-08 Incoming Class Tabbed No. 1

2007-07-08T16:01:00.000-04:00

COLUMBUS, Ohio – After earning the No. 2 ranking by Wrestling International Newsmagazine in May, the Ohio State wrestling team’s 2007-08 incoming class was regarded the best in the nation among Division I programs by wrestling Web site intermatwrestle.com Friday. Buckeye head coach Tom Ryan’s first recruiting class consists of eight of the top wrestlers in the nation who combined for 14 state high school individual titles, while three wrestlers earned National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) All-America honors.

The Buckeye fall signees were Sean Nemec, Colt Sponseller, Bo Touris, Nikko Triggas and John Weakley.

Nemec, who hails from Lakewood, Ohio, and attended St. Edward High School, was a three-time high school state champion as a four-time finalist. He also was the 2004 Cadet Freestyle National Champion. A two-time junior national freestyle All-American, Nemec finished third at 152 pounds in 2006 and sixth at 145 pounds in 2005.

A student at West Holmes High School in Millersburg, Ohio, Sponseller was a three-time high school state champion. Wrestling at 160 pounds, Sponseller was the 2007 NHSCA Senior National Champion (160), as well as the 2006 NHSCA Junior National Champion (152).

Touris is a native of West Chester, Ohio, and attended Lakota West High School. The 2007 Ohio High School state champion at 112 pounds, Touris went on to finish fourth at the 2007 NHSCA Senior Nationals. Touris also was the Ohio Cadet Greco Roman and Freestyle state champion and a Fargo Nationals Cadet Greco Roman National champion.

Hailing from Moraga, Calif., where he attended Campolindo High School, Triggas wrestled at 119 pounds and was the third freshman at any weight in the history of Campolindo to become a high school state champion. A four-time state qualifier, Triggas again won the state championship in 2006. Triggas also was the 2005 and 2006 Cadet Greco Roman Champion and was the 2007 Senior National runner-up. Most recently Triggas won the gold medal in the Greco Roman competition before winning the bronze medal in the freestyle at the 2007 Pan American Juniors Championships in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Weakley is from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and prepped at Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, where he was the 2006 and 2007 Ohio High School state champion at 189 pounds. The 2007 PAC Outstanding Wrestler, Weakley helped the Royals to its third consecutive PAC team title, as he earned his fourth conference championship. Weakley's freestyle and Greco Roman credentials include becoming a three-time All-American, three-time freestyle state champion, three-time Greco Roman state champion and the Greco Roman Junior National runner-up in 2006.

Jesse Campbell, Patrick Harrington, Pat Zamaria and Ross Ambrose signed with Ohio State in the spring.

A product of Sullivan Black River High School, Campbell is the 2007 Ohio High School state champion at heavyweight.

Harrington is from Sandusky, Ohio, and attended St. Mary Central Catholic High School. He is a two-time Ohio High School state champion, winning in 2007 at 119 pounds and in 2006 at 103 pounds. He also advanced to the round of 12 at the 2007 NHSCA Senior National Championships.

Zamaria comes to Ohio State from Brecksville High School and was a fourth-place finisher at the OHSAA tournament.

InterMat Division I Recruiting Class Rankings for 2007
1. Ohio State
2. Missouri
3. Penn State
4. Virginia Tech
5. Minnesota
6. Oklahoma State
7. Michigan
8. Virginia
9. Northern Iowa
10. Kent State
11. Oklahoma
12. Oregon State
13. Lehigh
14. Edinboro
15. Cornell
16. Old Dominion
17. Lock Haven
18. Nebraska
19. Hofstra
20. Harvard
21. Penn
22. Michigan State
23. Eastern Michigan
24. Columbia
25. Indiana
26. Iowa State
27. Iowa
28. Bucknell
29. George Mason
30. Northwestern

Missouri - Smith names Askren as assistant

2007-07-06T07:42:00.000-04:00

Columbia, Mo. -- Missouri wrestling Head Coach Brian Smith has named Lee Pritts and Shawn Charles as assistant coaches while Ben Askren will serve as the Tigers' volunteer assistant for the upcoming 2007-08 campaign.

"I lost two very experienced assistant coaches in Bart Horton and Pat McNamara," Smith said. "But, I know that I'm replacing them with three individuals that are as equally talented and up to the challenge of coaching this team to its first National title."

Pritts, a former Missouri assistant coach from 1998 through 2004, will fill the roll as assistant in charge of the Tigers' lighter weight classes. A native of Davie, Fla., Pritts left Missouri following the 2003-04 campaign to serve as head assistant at Old Dominion. Over the course of two years, Pritts helped guide the Monarchs to back-to-back Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) runner-up finishes with three individuals, a program tying record last set in 1995, qualifying each year for the NCAA Championships. In addition, Pritts helped build two top-10 recruiting classes. As a college wrestler at Eastern Michigan Pritts made three NCAA appearances, earning All-America honors at 118 pounds in 1996.

"Lee is one of the hardest working assistant coaches in the country," Smith said. "It's nice to have him back on staff. He's a very motivated and driven person and that meshes well with the team's desire to win."

Familiar with Big 12 wrestling, Charles enters his first year at Missouri with 13 years of coaching experience to his name. Among the schools he has coached at, Charles served four seasons as top assistant at the University of Nebraska from 2001 through 2005. During his time in Lincoln, Neb., the Cornhuskers were ranked as high as third in the nation and finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships twice. Upon leaving Nebraska, Charles served as head coach at Fresno State, coaching the Bulldogs to a third-place finish in the NCAA Western Regional before the program was cut in 2006. Last season, Charles was an assistant coach at Brown University. In college, Charles wrestled for Arizona State, becoming the school's first four-time All-American while competing at 126 pounds.

"Shawn has gained a lot of valuable coaching experience over the past few years," Smith said. "His work at Nebraska combined with his head coaching experience at Fresno State and freestyle experience with SunKist Kids will help take this program to the next level."

Recent ESPY nominee Askren will enter his first year as a volunteer assistant coach this coming fall. Missouri's first four-time wrestling All-American and two-time National Champion, Askren is the recipient of two Dan Hodge Trophies and Wade Schalles awards. Missouri's record holder for career falls (91) and season falls (29), Askren also owns Missouri's record for most consecutive wins at 87 and career wins at 131. While serving on the Tiger coaching staff, Askren will continue to prepare for his run at the 2008 Olympics.

"Ben has a lot of youthful energy," Smith said. "He wants to continue to learn not only on the mat, but how to be a better coach. His experiences, combined with those of Lee and Shawn are sure to make for a winning combination."

MYOHSAA What a headache!!!

2007-07-05T10:13:00.001-04:00

I have tried for the last four days to log in to the new OHSAA site for scheduling and officials information - MYOHSAA. OHSAA.net is not longer available. To log in, you must use the " Username " and " Password " that was on your OHSAA permit renewal. They are both in the lower right hand corner of your renewal AND do NOT match what you have originally been using for your OHSAA.net login. We are trying to findout how much information will transfer over from OHSAA.net to MYOHSAA. Right now, no one seems to know. Be sure to log on and get your schedule correct for post season eligibility.

2007 - 2008 Officiating Class

2007-06-27T10:50:00.000-04:00

Do you know someone who might be interested in taking the officiating course?

Classes start:
Wednesday, Oct. 6th @ 6:00pm
Columbia Fire Station

Contact:
Bill Dawson
H: 330-239-1670
C: 216-513-4370
bdaws63@adelphia.net

or

Kelly Stillman
C: 216-702-6195

New Jr. High Regulations '07-'08

2007-06-22T10:27:00.000-04:00

Middle School Wrestling (regulations in effect for 2007-08 season):
· New point total. Regular season points have increased to 15 points, plus a one-day 2 point post-season tournament for a total of 17 points. (Passed via regulations) - Post season tourney is your LEAGUE MEET.
· Increase scrimmages from one to two. (Passed via regulations)
· Add the 205-pound weight class. (Passed via regulations)
· Increase the 230-pound weight class to 245-pounds. (Passed via regulations)
· The only weight allowance shall be 2-pound allowance on December 25. (Passed via regulations)
· The regulation requiring teams that member middle school teams may only compete against member teams has been tabled until June for further legal review. (This specific regulation was tabled.)

What a website ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

2007-06-21T11:43:00.000-04:00

Guys and gals. We should be VERY proud of this website. It is a masterpiece! I have not seen any association with anything close to this. Let's support the site by providing pictures and accurate info to the webmaster.
The links to OHSAA, Arbiter, and Honigs are perfect - and all on one site.

New Shirts For Officials?????

2007-06-21T11:39:00.000-04:00

NFHS says we can now wear GRAY with white stripes. Is ANYBODY thinking about wearing these? I just purchased 2 new white with stripes and don't have any desire to wear a gray that may have people who are not in the know thinking my shirts are " dirty " because they are gray. I would probably buy one if I knew there were some officials who are wearing them. I want to look similar to officials I work with when on the same mat or mats.
Give me some feed back.

Ohio's Recruiting Class - '07

2007-06-21T08:41:00.000-04:00

Ashland University
119-Brandon Davis-Page, NC #14 Sr ranking, HM All-American
125-Dan Mandara-Framington, NY HM All-American
152-Muhammad Abdur-Rahman-Princeton #10 Sr ranking

Cleveland State
130-Josh Palivoda-Marysville HM All-American

Kent State
119-Nic Bedelyon-Indian Valley, PA #10 Sr ranking
171-Dustin Kilgore-Berea #4 Sr ranking All-American
285-Brendan Barlow-Westerville #7 Sr ranking, HM All-American

Ohio State
112-Bo Touris-Lakota West #3 Sr ranking, All-American
119-Nikko Triggas-Campolindo, CA #2 Sr ranking, All-American
119-Pat Harrington-St. Mary's HM All-American
160-Colt Sponseller-West Holmes #1 Sr ranking, #1 All-American
189-John Weakley-CVCA #9 Sr ranking HM All-American
285-Jesse Campbell-Black River #16 Sr ranking HM All-American

Ohio University
140-Germane Lindsey-Moeller #8 Sr ranking HM All-American
189-Nick Purdue-Genoa #22 Sr ranking, HM All-American
215-Justin Powell-Boardman # 11 Sr ranking

Send in your pictures!!!

2007-06-20T10:32:00.000-04:00

Send in your pictures! The good... The bad... or the ugly!

We'll post your pictures on our multi-media page!

jpeg format only please!

email your pictures to:
dgunsolley@examsolutionsplus.com

Nov. 3rd - Open Tournament - 1 Official Needed

2007-06-19T10:31:00.001-04:00

Date: Sat. Nov. 3rd
Start time: 9:30am
Place: Brecksville/Broadview Heights High School
Class: NA

Need one more official.

Contact:
Deke S. Gunsolley
330.252.0596 (home/office)
330.573.8281 (cell)
dgunsolley@examsolutionsplus.com

Hey Boys!

2007-06-18T18:12:00.001-04:00

Nice site...good luck with it!

Open Dates...

2007-06-18T17:02:00.000-04:00

Is there a date that you have open? Post your availablity here...

2007 Don Ferris Scholarship

2007-06-18T09:24:00.000-04:00

Ross Ambrose is the recipient of the 2007 Don Ferris Scholarship, from the Greater Cleveland Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association as the son of a state wrestling official - Matt Ambrose.

Some of Ross's accomplishments are......

*Scholarship award from the Mustang Wrestling Club
*Solon Invitational Champion
*2 time Pioneer Conference Champion
*3 time Mayfield 8 placer
*3 time sectional placer
*2 time district placer
*2007 Ohio State Championship Qualifier, with 106 Career Varsity victories
*Plain Dealer Athlete of the Week
*Silver medalist at the 2006 National AAU Championships
*Sun News All Area All-Star.

Ross will be the First Strongsville H.S. Wrestler to be wrestling for Ohio State University this coming fall.
He was picked up by Ohio State and has made the wrestling roster for the 2007-2008 season.

Divisional Breakdown

2007-06-17T13:35:00.000-04:00

'07-'08 OHSAA Divison changes...

Division Enrollment Schools
D-I 421 or more 170
D-II 227 to 420 175
D-III 226 or less 176

Total Teams 521

Division I (421+)
Canfield
Cincinnati Turpin
Olentangy Liberty
Olmsted Falls
Pataskala Watkins Memorial

Division II (227-420)
Amanda-Clearcreek
Celina
Chagrin Falls
Kenston
Cleveland John F. Kennedy
Coshocton
Dayton Colonel White
Elyria Catholic
Greenville
Maumee
Pataskala Licking Heights
Toledo Libbey
Toledo Woodward
Utica
Warren Howland

Division III (1-226)
Bucyrus
Cincinnati North College Hill
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
Girard
Hamilton Badin
Marion Elgin
Milan Edison
Ontario
Port Clinton
St. Clairsville
Wooster Triway

NFHS '07 - '08 Rule Changes

2007-06-16T21:57:00.000-04:00

What are your thoughts with these new/updated rules?

New Rule - 5205a allows an offensive wrestler to request a neutral position restart by signaling his desire to a referee.

112a, gives tournament directors an additional option, allowing them to institute a random draw for the championship final matches in an individual regularseason or state championship tournament series. Previously, this option existed only in dual meets.

311 affords referees a new choice in attire, permitting them to wear a gray shirt with black pinstripes.

664a1 and 5a1, reverting to wording in the 2005 rules book, which specified that a scoring error by the timekeeper, scorer or referee can be corrected as long the wrestler or coach remains in the mat area. No longer must a scoring correction be made before the start of the next period.

5311 has been adjusted to penalize the head coach if a wrestler reports to the scorer's table and is not in proper uniform, not properly groomed, not properly equipped or not ready to wrestle.

644 now specifies that any coach or contestant has the prerogative to default a match at any time by informing the referee.

The committee approved a new rule, 425, which requires wrestlers with braces or other special orthodontic devices to wear a tooth and mouth protector. The committee clarified Rule 423,
which now states that a wrestler with a suspected communicable skin disease must have a physician fill out an approved form from either the NFHS or a state association affirming that the athlete's participation will not be harmful to any opponent before the participant in question is allowed to wrestle.