OVAC 171 2003

My Rankings (Before OVAC)

Rank	Last Name	First Name	School	Grade	OVAC 2002	OVAC 2001
1	Williams	Jordan	BvL	12th	2nd 171	6th 160
2	Green	Chris	EL	12th	7th 160	8th 160
3	Samsa	Bobby	Shad	11th	6th 145
4	Sefsick	Derek	HC	12th	3rd 160	4th 152
5	Dimmerling	Robby	MC	11th	6th 160
6	Lyons	James	Steub	12th	3rd 171	7th 189
7	Yoder	Chaz	MF	10th	8th 160

OVAC Seeds

Seed	Wrestler	School	Grade	Record
1	Bobby Samsa	Shadyside	11th	21-0
2	Jordan Williams	Beaver Local	12th	12-4
3	Robby Dimmerling	Monroe Central	11th	15-1
4	Derek Sefsick	Harrison Central	12th	21-2
5	Chris Green	East Liverpool	12th	22-4
6	James Lyons	Steubenville	12th	22-4
7	Trent Starkey	Indian Creek	12th	11-5
8	Josh Meeks	St. Clairsville	12th	15-7

OVAC Place finishers 2003

Place	Wrestler	Year	School	Record
1st	Robby Dimmerling	11th	Monroe Central	20- 1
2nd	Jordan Williams	12th	Beaver Local	16- 5
3rd	Bobby Samsa	11th	Shadyside	26- 1
4th	Chris Green	12th	East Liverpool	27- 6
5th	James Lyons	12th	Steubenville	26- 6
6th	Derek Sefsick	12th	Harrison Central	25- 5
7th	Trent Starkey	12th	Indian Creek	15- 7
8th	Josh Meeks	12th	St. Clairsville	18- 10

I had problems all year with this weight class, and this is the only weight class I did not have all the wrestlers in the top 8 listed.

This weight class was owned by seniors, but not won by one. Robby Dimmerling Monroe Central, wrestled a great tournament. He also made a statement for next year by capturing the OVAC title and making a State appearance. Bobby Samsa Shadyside is a very stocky, and powerful wrestler. Since his move from 135 he has been a constant in the upper weights. Chas Yoder Martins Ferry is another name to watch. He was held out of the OVAC with an injury but, did come back at the end of the season to become a State Placer! I really don't see him moving up anymore, but who knows? The rest of the senior class battled each other all year and made a great showing in the tournament.

171 leaves a bunch of open spaces for the wrestlers next year, and could lead to some easy team points come January.

Also in this weight class you had 9 State Qualifiers, and 3 of those were State Placers: Chas Yoder, Martins Ferry; Robert Samsa, Shadyside; Chris Green, East Liverpool; Jordan Williams, Lisbon Beaver; Adam Cooper, Cameron; Rhett Northcraft, Oak Glen; Sam Gieseke, Tyler Consolidated; Nathan Loughran, Brooke; Zach Moore, John Marshall.

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).