Poking the Tiger

Monday, January 17, 2011

State Ranked

Directing your attention to the 171 rankings below.
Among high school wrestlers, being state ranked is a pretty big deal. There are something like 100 schools in each of the 4 divisions and you are ranked in the top 10 of all wrestlers at your weight and many schools have multiple guys at a given weight.
The intimidation factor alone is huge.

http://www.michigangrappler.com/files/High_School/HS1011/rankings/jan13_d2.html

Michigan Grappler's High School Rankings
Division 2 Individual Rankings
1/13/2011

103 lbs
1 Zac Hall (St Johns), Fr.
2 Dean Somers (Lapeer West), So.
3 Andrew Betke (Allegan), Sr.
4 Logan Crandall (South Lyon)
5 Tyler Baber (Niles), Sr.
6 Steven Bleise (Dexter), Fr.
7 Brandon Tresemer (Zeeland East), Fr.
8 Collin Welcher (Hamilton), So.
9 Dale Umlor (Coopersville)
10 Michael Schmidt (Greenville), So.
112 lbs
1 Jacob Schmitt (St. Johns), So.
2 Tyler Daniel (Lakeshore), Jr.
3 Joey Golani (Crestwood), Sr.
4 Ryan Carroll (Parma Western), Jr.
5 Tyler Foley (South Lyon East), Sr.
6 Mason Cleaver (Holly), So.
7 Alex Melinn (Coopersville), Jr.
8 Tyler Nietering (Spring Lake), Jr.
9 Adam Nichols (Lapeer West), So.
10 Chase Lewis (Tecumseh), Jr.
119 lbs
1 Conor Youtsey (Mason), Sr.
2 Anthony Gonzales (Holly), So.
3 Tim Lambert (Forest Hills Eastern), Jr.
4 Esteban Gonzales (Holly), Sr.
5 Tyler Frese (Lakeshore), Sr.
6 Brant Schafer (St. Johns), So.
7 Kyle Simaz (Allegan), Fr.
8 Chris Carroll (Riverview), Sr.
9 Collin Lesko (Tecumseh), Sr.
10 Andre Sanders (Farmington Hills Harrison), Sr.
125
1 Josh Pennell (St Johns), So.
2 Mike Shaw (Allegan), Sr.
3 Nikolas Leal (Holland), Jr.
4 Dan Graham (Sparta), Jr.
5 Brendan Cummins (Annapolis)
6 Taylor Trombley (Owosso), Sr.
7 Eric Stock (Orchard Lake St Mary), Sr.
8 Kyle Hurley (Sparta)
9 Joe Ferguson (New Boston Huron), Sr.
10 Cody Vanderhagen (Hazel Park)
130
1 Camryn Jackson (Lansing Eastern), Sr.
2 Nick Trimble (Sparta), Jr.
3 Jeff Jenkins (Tecumseh), Sr.
4 Sam Hanau (Stevensville Lakeshore), Sr.
5 Brandt Welcher (Hamilton), Sr.
6 Collin Burandt (Niles), Sr.
7 Harry Kriger (Spring Lake), Jr.
8 Zak Baumer (Byron Center), Jr.
9 Jake Livingston (Grand Rapids Northview), Sr.
10 Zack Jones (Holly), So.
135
1 Victor Vettese (Avondale), Sr.
2 Taylor Simaz (Allegan), Jr.
3 Joe Johnson (South Lyon), Sr.
4 Cody Stenberg (Muskegon Reeths Puffer), Jr.
5 Taylor Grenawalt (Haslett), So.
6 Jesse Armstrong (Gaylord), Sr.
7 Timothy Scott (Highland Park), Sr.
8 Austin Cottongim (Fowlerville)
9 Ronnie Bechtol (Tecumseh), Jr.
10 Travis Dragomer (Stevensville Lakeshore), Jr.
140
1 Gabe Morse (Lowell), Jr.
2 Payne Hayden (St. Johns), So.
3 Joe Preston (Grand Rapids Northview), Jr.
4 Dallas Blank (Linden), Sr.
5 Shawn Brewer (New Boston Huron)
6 James Roberts (Farmington Hills Harrison), Sr.
7 Chris Hebert (Ogemaw Hts), Sr.
8 Kyle Reinhart (Avondale), Sr.
9 Gabe Stepanovich (Forest Hills Northern), Jr.
10 Travis Kern (Fowlerville), Jr.
145
1 Andrew Morse (Lowell), Jr.
2 Travis Curley (St. Johns), Jr.
3 Nate Zick (Byron Center), Sr.
4 Nick Starzek (Mason), Jr.
5 Dean Vettese (Avondale), So.
6 CJ Tripp (Tecumseh), Sr.
7 Mike Waldon (Vicksburg), Sr.
8 Dakota Gordon (Fruitport), So.
9 Ben Klinkscale (Grand Rapids Northview), So.
10 Marcus Shephard (Farmington Hills Harrison)
152
1 Jordan Wohlfert (St. Johns), Sr.
2 Ryan Burl (Dewitt), Sr.
3 Tim Sims (Milan), Sr.
4 Isaac Joseph (Lapeer East), Sr.
5 Collin Ferguson (Hastings), Sr.
6 Garrett Johnston (Escanaba), Sr.
7 David Tucker (Coldwater), Sr.
8 Drew Barnes (Dexter), Jr.
9 Travis Dadow (Battle Creek Harper Creek), Sr.
10 Matt Galvan (Adrian), Sr.
160
1 Taylor Massa (St Johns), Jr.
2 Adam Bonner (Greenville), Sr.
3 Dan Fleet (Lowell), Sr.
4 Andrew Kelley (Allegan), Jr.
5 Cody Kline (Clio), Sr.
6 James Mondoux (Portage Northern), Sr.
7 RJ Gaskill (Milan), Sr.
8 Jake Stehley (Lowell), Jr.
9 Zach Gnass (Byron Center)
10 Dillon Hunt (Gaylord), Sr.
171
1 Jordan Thomas (Greenville), Jr.
2 Shawn Scott (Holly), Jr.
3 Chevez Ferris (Ferndale), So.
4 Tom Carney (Tecumseh), Sr.
5 David McCormick (Forest Hills Northern), Sr.
6 Derek Nietering (Coopersville), Sr.
7 Jake Haddad (South Lyon East)
8 Nate Knauf (Dewitt), Jr.
9 Eric Strickler (Lapeer East)
10 Cole VanHarn (Hamlton)
189
1 Gabe Dean (Lowell), Jr.
2 Kyle Fisher (Linden), Sr.
3 Paul Dunneback (Sparta), Sr.
4 Jackson Lewis (Madison Hts Lamphere), Sr.
5 Garrett Stehley (Lowell), Fr.
6 Conrado Dominguez (St Johns), Jr.
7 Andrew Hissom (Spring Lake), Jr.
8 Garrett Viehl (Greenville)
9 CJ Spencer (Lapeer East), Sr.
10 Jake Hampton (Haslett), Sr.
215
1 Adam Coon (Fowlerville), So.
2 Kyle Spear (Stevensville Lakeshore), Jr.
3 Matt Schultz (Milan), Sr.
4 Colton Marlette (Hastings), Sr.
5 Brock Neeson (Kenowa Hills), Sr.
5 Dillon Raymond (Hamilton), Sr.
7 Dallas Ratcliff (New Boston Huron), Jr.
8 Brian Moran (Fowlerville), So.
9 Steve Blank (Allegan), Sr.
10 Trey Sweeney (Ypsilanti)
285
1 Quean Smith (Highland Park), Sr.
2 Michael Hooper (Warren Lincoln), Sr.
3 Collin Teff (Portage Northern), Sr.
4 Adam Robinson (Mason), Jr.
5 Jake Lynema (Lowell), Jr.
6 Kyle Carlson (Stevensville Lakeshore)
7 Justin Zimmer (Greenville), Sr.
8 Martaz Churchfield (Highland Park), Jr.
9 Shawn Chamberlain (Dexter), Jr.
10 Deshaun Lee (Marysville), Sr.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

And again

Big conference meet with local rivals last night.

Cole did it again, winning in the last 10 seconds.

Here's the newspaper article.

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/sports/x1958454907/Hamilton-wrestler-gets-tough-win-after-losing-grandfather

Also made 1st team, academic all state for football, it was just announced. Only 24 in the entire state.

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/sports/x512656390/West-Ottawa-Hamilton-top-Academic-All-State-football-teams

The team also tied for 2nd in the state.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

My Personal Moto

You can search the database for your favorite stip here

http://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/

All life's questions can be answered in Calvin and Hobbs

Calvinball anyone?!?!?!

Monday, January 10, 2011

Wrestling goldness

Haven't given a wrestling update in a while. Season kicked back into full gear this week and Saturday was another all day individual tournament with 12 teams in attendance. They wrestle individually by weight class but also gather points for a team score.
Cole came in ranked 4th for seeding purposes and steadily worked his way through the competition. Wrestled his butt off in fairly aggressive fashion.

This guy was fairly strong he said but he finished him at just around one minute.

When he wrestled the #1 seed the guy was like 3" taller, a new experience because Cole is always the taller one.

The guy was known for a great top game so Cole got him to the ground

and basically manhandled him for three full rounds. Never really let him up.

The Championship round was pretty closely matched. The guy was strong and fairly crafty. He knew how to respond and what was coming. Going into the final 30 seconds of the final round cole was down by like 7 pts. He put hit trust in his take down and it paid of getting 4. In the final 11 seconds he was down by only 1point, needing a 2pt takedown to win.

Her ya go:

Currently sporting a 15-6 record and 5 of the 6 losses are to ranked guys at high level tournaments.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Frog under glass

Been some interesting weather here lately. One day all the way up to 53, melting most of the snow on New Years Eve (figures, the snowmobile trails open on Jan 1).
Then the next day dropped down to 22 degrees. 31 degree drop in less than 24 hours.

Made for some interesting formations on the surface of my koi pond caused by the pump I leave running to keep the surface open and gasses to escape.

But unfortunately for the frogs, I don't keep all of them open. The small ones out front I leave as much vegetation as possible in if they decide to hibernate there. The surface melted and then refroze leaving a clear view quite a way down.

Unfortunately, they either didn't go deep enough or it froze solid.

That's a clear block of ice there.

How many did you count? I got up to nine and some were quite large but not in a state of suspended animation unfortunately. I'm betting there are more farther down.