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Three Wrestlers Earn Semifinal Slots At 2009 NCWA Nationals
HAMPTON, VA. -- After session four of the 2009 NCWA National Championships at Hampton University, the Apprentice School holds a half-point advantage over Grand Valley State 67-66.5 heading into the 8 pm consolation round on Friday night.
Winners in this upcoming consolation round will join three Builders who advanced to the semifinals as 2009 NCWA All-Americans. Freshman Will Sexton (133 lbs.), junior Matt Perry (149 lbs.), sophomore Will Harcum (165 lbs.) senior Ty Holley (141 lbs.) and freshman Ricky Anderson (157 lbs.) are a win away from joining freshman Marcus Chevres (133 lbs.), freshman Charles Mills (174 lbs.) and senior Cecil Lee (285 lbs.) on the All-American stand.
Freshman Marcus Chevres recorded his ninth victory by fall this season scoring a pin with 17 seconds left in the match over Nathan Jones of Southern Indiana. He will face Joey Heersche of Kansas State in Saturday's 9 am semifinals. Chevres, a freshman outside machinist from Norfolk, now has a 24-16 record heading into his 133 pound semifinal.
Fellow freshman Charles Mills earned his 16th win by fall and second in the tournament with a win over Ahsha Abu-Ali of Kansas State in 4:17. Mills, a freshman welder apprentice from Republic, Washington, sports a 27-12 record heading into his semifinal match against Richard Doherty of Grand Valley State Saturday morning in a 174 pound semifinal.
Senior Cecil Lee advanced with a medical forfeit over Nicholas Miller of Toledo in his quarterfinal matchup. That win makes Lee the Builders' first four-time NCWA All-American as he now advances to the semifinals where he'll face Chris DeSanctis of the University of Pittsburgh. Lee, a senior from Portsmouth, now sports a 44-9 record.
2009 NCWA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hampton, Va. - HU Convocation Center
Top 10 Team Scores (out of 84 teams): Apprentice School 67; Grand Valley State 66.5; US Naval Academy Prep 62.5; Marion Military 52.5; Northampton CC 45; Kansas State 44; US Air Force Prep 40.5; Mott CC 38.5; US Military Prep 35.5; Central Florida 31.5.
Apprentice Results
125: Todd Gular (Apprentice) def. Matthew Lumkins (Florida A&M) forfeit; Jonathan Murray (Grand Valley State) def. Gular 6-4.
133: Will Sexton (Apprentice) p. Harrison Billig (Central Florida) 4:42; Sexton maj. dec. Dave Crown (Pitt) 15-2; Marcus Chevres (Apprentice) p. Nathan Jones (So. Indiana) 6:43
141: Mike Giordano (Northampton CC) dec. Ty Holley (Apprentice) 3-2
149: Dillon Evans (West Chester) dec. Matt Perry (Apprentice) 6-3
157: Ricky Anderson (Apprentice) p. Michael Land (Winona State) 1:12; Steve Ross (Edwards) p. Anthony Damico (Apprentice) 6:57; Anderson p. John Vaughn (Cincinnati Tech) 3:29
165: Steve Bauer (Mott CC) p. Will Harcum (Apprentice) 3:49
174: Thomas O'Connor (US Military Acad Prep) maj. dec. Austen Damico (Apprentice) 10-3; Charles Mills (Apprentice) p. Ahsha Abu-Ali (Kansas State) 4:17
184: Daniel Hare (Apprentice) p. Greg Magee (Marion Military) 5:19; Greg Cormier (UMass) maj. dec. Hare 7-0
285: Cecil Lee (Apprentice) def. Nicholas Miller (Toledo) medical forfeit
