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My Rankings (Before OVAC)

Rank	Last Name	First Name	School	Grade	OVAC 2004	OVAC 2003	OVAC 2002
1	Nicola	Mick	BSJ	11th	3rd 125	1st 112
2	Mahley	Sean	Camb	10th	5th 112
3	Johnston	Craig	IC	10th
4	Hughes	Kelly	Cam	12th	8th 125
5	Bortz	David	SCC	12th
6	Shaw	Jarrod	Brk	12th	6th 112	4th 103
7	K.J.	Furbee	Shad	11th
8	Ware	Chad	MF	11th
9	Baker	Dirk	OG	11th
10	Basich	Zach	WC	9th
11	McCoy	Paul	BvL	11th		8th 119
12	Major	Daniel	Barn	11th	8th 119
13	Doyle	Lee	JM	12th
14	Gust	Josh	Cald	10th

OVAC Seeds

	Wrestler	School	Grade	Record
1	Mick Nicola	Bellaire St. john	11th	17-0
2	Sean Mahley	Cambridge	10th	23-4
3	Jarrod Shaw	Brooke	12th	17-5
4	Craig Johnston	Indian Creek	10th	19-5
5	K.J. Furbee	Shadyside	11th	15-5
6	Zach Basich	Wheeling Central	9th	18-1
7	David Bortz	Steubenville Central	12th	7-3
8	Chad Ware	Martins Ferry	11th	10-7
ALT	Josh Gust	Caldwell	10th	11-2

OVAC Place finishers 2005

Seed in ( )

1st (1) Mick Nicola 11 St. John 24- 0
2nd (2) Sean Mahley 10 Cambridge 27- 5
3rd (3) Jarrod Shaw 12 Brooke 25- 6
4th (4) Craig Johnston 10 Indian Creek 23- 8
5th (6) Zach Basich 9 Wheeling Central 33- 4
6th (5) KJ Furbee 11 Shadyside 27- 9
7th (8) Chad Ware 11 Martins Ferry 17- 11
8th (7) David Bortz 12 Steubenville Central 22- 6

The coaches did a great job on the seeding of this weight class. They got all the right wrestlers and almost in the right order. Every seeded wrestler made the quarter finals! Mick Nicola St. John is a senior with two OVAC titles under his belt and a fourth place finish at the State Tournament. It seems just like yesterday when I was talking to Mick's mother and she said" lets call him Mick now not Mickey any more" time flies. Mick could push for a state title this year! Sean Mahley Cambridge a very physical wrestler showed his potential with an OVAC finals, and a trip to Columbus. Sean will play a big part in Cambridge's success this year. Jarrod Shaw Brooke a tough nosed wrestler who was always in the match ended his high school career with three OVAC placements. Craig Johnston Indian Creek a very solid wrestler with great work out partners will be one of many Creek wrestlers returning next year. Zach Basich Wheeling Central is one of the best wrestlers to come out of Central in many years. Only a freshman Zach continued to improve with a fourth place finish at the State Tournament. Next year with Coach Sean Doyle and company working out with Zach I think the improvement will continue. KJ Furbee Shadyside yet another solid wrestler showed his toughness in Florida over the summer battling with elite competition. This could only help for his senior season. Chad Ware Martins Ferry did not wrestle up to his potential at the OVAC Tournament, but did show his skills by qualifying for the State Tournament. Chad also wrestled in Florida this summer and continued to improve, you will see him and KJ at higher weights next year. David Bortz Steubenville Central continued to improve all season finishing his senior season with an eight place finish at the State Tournament. Keep an eye on Baker Oak Glen, and Majors Barnesville too.

Welcome to OVAeC Wrestling!

(Ohio Valley Athletic ex Coach) The purpose of this web site is to promote O.V.A.C. wrestling and the individuals that make it all possible. I don't proclaim to know everything about the O.V.A.C.'s or wrestling, but I have coached in the O.V.A.C.'s for the past 8 years so I do have some knowledge of the sport, coaches and the wrestlers(2002).