OVAC 125 2003

My Rankings (Before OVAC)

Rank	Last Name	First Name	School	Grade	OVAC 2002	OVAC 2001	OVAC 2000
1	Tucker	Clay	MF	10th	1st 103
2	Anderson	Jarrod	Barn	12th	5th 125	5th 119	3rd 119
3	Cain	Ben	Mead	12th	5th 112	4th 103
4	Hoover	Josh	Bvl	12th	2nd 112	2nd 103
5	Turnbull	Ryan	BL	12th
6	McFarland	Jon	Brk	11th	6th 119
7	Bond	Chris	Cald	11th
8	Schmelzenbach	Todd	Shen	11th		7th 103
9	Young	Ben	Steub	12th	8th 119
10	Scurlock	Brandon	Camb	10th

OVAC Seeds

Seed	Wrestler	School	Grade	Record
1	Clay Tucker	Martins Ferry	10th	12-2
2	Jarrod Anderson	Barnesville	12th	22-1
3	Ryan Turnbull	Buckeye Local	12th	17-4
4	Josh Hoover	Beaver Local	12th	12-5
5	Ben Cain	Meadowbrook	12th	22-4
6	Jonathan McFarland	Brooke	11th	22-3
7	Tony Male	Indian Creek	12th	12-5
8	Chris Bond	Caldwell	11th	15-5

OVAC Place finishers 2003

Place	Wrestler	Year	School	Record
1st	Clay Tucker	10th	Martins Ferry	21- 2
2nd	Jonathan McFarland	11th	Brooke	26- 4
3rd	Jarrod Anderson	12th	Barnesville	27- 2
4th	Ryan Turnbull	12th	Buckeye Local	21- 6
5th	Ben Cain	12th	Meadowbrook	27- 6
6th	Tony Mayle	12th	Indian Creek	16- 8
7th	Shane Wright	11th	Oak Glen	17- 9
8th	Chris Bond	11th	Caldwell	18- 8

125 looked to be a battle of a proven senior, versus a up and coming sophomore. I was worried about Clay Tucker's, Martins Ferry big jump from 103 to 125. When I first saw him though at BSJ he looked the build of a 125 pounder. He also showed his powerful, straight forward technique. Tucker now has two OVAC Titles in his first two years! Jarrod Anderson, Barnesville has been a contender ever since his freshman year. Also a tough nosed wrestler, he and Tucker locked horns a few times this year, with Tucker coming out on top each time. Jonathan McFarland, Brooke made sure that there would not be a Tucker-Anderson final match with a one point decision over Anderson in the OVAC semi-finals. I believe that McFarland had excellent training partners, and also the summer wrestling that Brooke does year after year was extremely beneficial. Josh Hoover, Beaver Local was a high choice of mine here too. He was already a two time runner up at this tournament, and a member of the powerful Beaver team. It seemed to me that Hoover had some type of injury all year long, these injuries kept him from the final matches just about all season. Ryan Turnbull, Buckeye Local was a wrestler that was always in the mix, but wrestled up and down at different times in the season. Ben Cain, Meadowbrook is another smaller weight wrestler moving up. Cain also had that ability to wrestle up to the potential of the person that he was wrestling at which made him dangerous. The surprise of this tournament, by chance luck, met in the first round with Shane Wright's, Oak Glen decision over Tony Mayle, Indian Creek 6-4. Mayle then went on to place higher then Wright. Chris Bond, Caldwell will be a name to watch next year.

Also in this weight class you had 6 State Qualifiers, and 3 of those were State Placers: Jarrod Anderson, Barnesville; Clay Tucker, Martins Ferry; Noah O'Neil Cameron; Shane Wright, Oak Glen; Alex Northcraft, Tyler Consolidated; Jonathan McFarland, Brooke.

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