February 14, 2009

Lee, Chevres Take Fourth At Ed South Tournament

Freshman Marcus Chevres and senior Cecil Lee took fourth place at 133 and 285 pounds respectively as the Apprentice School competed on Saturday in the Ed South Tournament hosted by Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee.

Chevres won his first match over Bryan Waller of Cumberland University in an 8-2 decision before falling to Andrew Young of Newberry College in the second round.  In the consolation rounds he won three bouts before losing 17-15 in the third-place match to Tyler Voth of Campbellsville.

Lee advanced to the semifinals at heavyweight recording a major decision 12-4 victory over chad Brown of Campbelsville and won by a pin in 4:25 over Corey Chaffin of the University of Cumberlands to advance to the semis where he lost to Chuck Robinson of the host school.  He earned a win in the consolation round before losing 2-1 to David Coffey of Campbellsville for third place.

Will Harcum was 3-2 at 165 pounds and Ricky Anderson was 2-2 at 149 for the Builders other multiple-match winners in the tournament that consisted of a majority of NCAA Division II schools.   The Builders finished seventh out of 12 teams.

Ed South Tournament Team Scores

Ed South Tournament Brackets