Wrestling Blogs - Rick Tribit

02-21-09 Kowboy Fans:Your Osceola Kowboys are now the FHSAA 3A State Wrestling Champions!!! The Kowboys won the state championship by 6 points on defending state champion South Dade. In the process, we set a school record with 7 individuals placing at the state tournament and 3 individual state championships! At 130 lbs, Junior Joe Locksmith won his first state title with a 6-4 win over George Gulesian of Columbus High School. Senior Alex Eggers closed out his high school career with a second period pin over William Bell of Miami Southridge. This was Alex's second state title and third consecutive… more »

Levi Clemons became a national champion in Greco Roman in the Cadet 171 lb division and Gabriel Bird captured 3rd place in the Freestyle Junior 145 lb division this past week at the USA Wrestling Cadet/Junior/Women's National Championships in Fargo, ND. Other Kowboys with strong performances were Alex Eggers at Jr. 152 (5-2 in Greco, 1 pt from placing and 3-2 in Freestyle); Pete Baldwin at Cadet 130 lbs (4-2 in both styles and missing placement by 2 pts total); Niko Brown at Jr. 171 lbs (4-2 in both styles); Kia Henderson (Women's 220 lbs) and Katie Crouch (Women's 165… more »

Kowboy Fans:
The Osceola varsity wrestling team placed three members in the FHSAA 3A State Finals for tonight at 6:30 pm, and are guaranteed four state placewinners with three others still battling for a spot on the award stand.
Freshman Pete Baldwin (119 lbs) led off the semifinal charge with a second period fall over defending state champion Gabe Chandler of Miami Braddock. He will face 2007 State Runner up Andrew Sifakis of Lake Mary in the finals tonight. Gabe Bird lost a heartbreaker of a match, when an apparent takedown was not awarded in the third period… more »

Kowobys Finish 2nd at AJ Jones Memorial Invitational.
We put six in the finals and came away with four champions, along with two 3rd placers and a 4th place to finish 2nd behind Cleveland, Tennessee this past weekend. We had the same amount of finalists and placewinners, just had a few more byes and a few less bonus point matches. It was great competition though, with the Cleveland dual on Friday night and the addition of Fairview, Colorado; Jupiter Christian and several tough local teams. Our individual champions included: Pete Baldwin (125), Gabe Bird (140), Alex Eggers (145),… more »

Coming to the end of a rough three week stretch that included two trips to South Florida and competing at the nationally-ranked Zac Jarzynka Iornman, we competed this week at the Chaminade-Madonna New Year's Invitational in Ft. Lauderdale. Although we only took nine guys, the guys who competed did a great job of picking up the slack and racking up lots of bonus points for us. We recorded 22 falls, 3 techs and two majors over the course of the weekend, as well as put five in the finals and coming away with four champs! Pete Baldwin (119), Gabe Bird… more »

Just got back from the Zac Jarzynka Ironman at Oviedo High School, where we finished 6th as a team. The format was kind of tricky, they had to tweak it several times. We wrestled a bunch of tough guys/teams, in some cases twice. Alex Eggers (140) and Niko Brown (171) each won individual titles, with Alex also getting Outstanding Middleweight. Tim Eggers (145) finished 2nd, Gabe Bird (135) finished 4th, Levi Clemons (160) finished 6th, Pete Baldwin (119) finished 7th and Matt Jones (125) finished 8th. All-in-all, we weren't satisfied with our results, but we performed well in spots. It… more »