OVAC 112 2003

My Rankings (Before OVAC)

Rank	Last Name	First Name	School	Grade	OVAC 2002	OVAC 2001	OVAC 2000
1	Huffman	Lucas	Riv	12th	1st 112	5th 112	6th 112
2	Nicola	Mick	BSJ	9th
3	Hoppel	Luke	BvL	10th	5th 103
4	Gossett	Nate	UL	11th
5	Goneau	Justin	OG	12th	4th 103
6	Greiner	Josh	Brk	12th
7	Bumgardner	Scott	WP	10th
8	Walker	Matt	EL	10th

OVAC Seeds

Seed	Wrestler	School	Grade	Record
1	Lucas Huffman	River	12th	21-0
2	Mick Nicola	St. Johns	9th	15-1
3	Nate Gossett	Union Local	11th	21-3
4	Justin Goneau	Oak Glen	12th	12-5
5	Luke Hoppel	Beaver Local	10th	10-6
6	Scott Bumgardner	Wheeling Park	12th	9-3
7	Jordan Seidler	Monroe Central	11th	11-8
8	Josh Greiner	Brooke	12th	16-6

OVAC Place finishers 2003

Place	Wrestler	Year	School	Record
1st	Mick Nicola	9th	St. Johns	20- 1
2nd	Lucas Huffman	12th	River	25- 1
3rd	Nate Gossett	11th	Union Local	28- 4
4th	Luke Hoppel	10th	Beaver Local	15- 8
5th	Logan Hartle	10th	John Marshall	22- 9
6th	Scott Bumgardner	12th	Wheeling Park	12- 6
7th	Justin Goneau	12th	Oak Glen	17- 7
8th	Josh Greiner	12th	Brooke	19- 9

This turned out to be a very good weight class prediction wise for me, and competition wise for the wrestlers!

Their was a nice mix of younger stars making a name for themselves, and older vets trying to remain the top dog at 112 this year! My number one pick from the beginning of the year was a no brainer (You would think) returning OVAC Champion and State Finalist Lucas Huffman, River! I had Nate Gossett, Union Local a rough and tough wrestler from Union Local next. When I went to BSJ I just did not see Skoff, I seen his cousin Mickey (Mick it is now) Nicola. I then knew why Skoff was so good, he had an excellent work out partner in Nicola! "I believe this may have hurt Huffman thought out the years, not having a good workout partner!" Luke Hoppel, Beaver Local coming off a nice freshman season was also in the thick of things, missing states this year by a match. Justin Goneau, Oak Glen was also a seasoned vet with previous state experiences.

In the tournament, Hoppel loses in the first round, and Gossett then loses in the second round. I was a little worried about my predictions at that time. Both wrestlers showed great character in the wrestle back rounds. The final match was a great match with quick flurries. Nicola has put himself in place now to become a 4 time champion!

Also in this weight class you had 6 State Qualifiers, and 3 of those were State Placers: Nathan Gossett, Belmont Union Local (11), Lucas Huffman, Hannibal River (12), Brandon Antill, Cameron (11), Chris Gianni Weirton Madonna (10), Justin Goneau, Oak Glen (12), Cole Heintzman, Tyler Consolidated (10).

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(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).