OVAC 275 2003

My Rankings (Before OVAC)

Rank	Last Name	First Name	School	Grade	OVAC 2002	OVAC 2001	OVAC 2000
1	Davia	Koel	UL	11th	5th 275	8th 275
2	Carothers	Tony	HC	12th	2nd 275	6th 275	6th 275
3	Duvall	Matt	Bell	12th	4th 275
4	Fegal	Andy	Weir	11th
5	Neuenschwander	Scott	St.C	11th
6	McGilian	Patrick	OG	12th		8th 215
7	Price	Michael	Camb	12th	7th 275	2nd 275
8	Badgley	Stephen	EL	10th
9	Haslam	Wesley	River	10th
10	Shawke	Blake	BvL	11th
11	Manning	C.J.	Cam	11th
12	Staub	Kevin	WP	10th
13	Ebbert	Corey	JM	10th

OVAC Seeds

Seed	Wrestler	School	Grade	Record
1	Koel Davia	Union Local	11th	22-1
2	Tony Carothers	Harrison Central	12th	20-0
3	Matt Duvall	Bellaire	12th	23-2
4	Michael Price	Cambridge	12th	5-1
5	Scott Neuenschwander	St. Clairsville	11th	16-5
6	Patrick McGillian	Oak Glen	12th	17-2
7	Wesley Haslam	River	10th	14-6
8	Andy Fegal	Weirton	11th	24-4

OVAC Place finishers 2003

Place	Wrestler	Year	School	Record
1st	Koel Davia	11th	Union Local	27- 1
2nd	Michael Price	12th	Cambridge	9- 2
3rd	Tony Carothers	12th	Harrison Central	25- 1
4th	Wesley Haslam	10th	River	19- 8
5th	Matt Duvall	12th	Bellaire	27- 4
6th	Eric Wagner	11th	Buckeye Local	17- 12
7th	Scott Neuenschwander	11th	St. Clairsville	20- 7
8th	Patrick McGillian	12th	Oak Glen	20- 5

This was quite an enjoyable group of heavyweights. I started my year out with the Ohio returning State Champion Koel Davia, Union Local. He started out a little slow I guess you could say? It is a very tough responsibility to put a state title on a sophomores shoulders. Then everyone thinks his Junior year he should just breeze through and pin everyone, guess again! What I seen was koel's eyes his Sophomore year at districts. I then could see he had what it took in the inside. The tools outside are their and so is the knowledge, but I seen the drive, so that is why he was my early favorite. I also loved the big man from Cambridge, Michael Price, but the weight problems held him back on my list. He had one of the best, if not the best heavyweight coaches in the state (Tom "The Tank" Moore). Then their was Tony Carothers, Harrison Central, a mound of a man. He was very explosive and agile for a big man. The big match just always seemed to slip past him though! Matt Duvall, Bellaire was always close to those 3 but just could not get the win in the big tournament. Wesley Haslam, River was a nice surprise at the OVAC Tournament, he seems to be leading the charge of underclassman for next year. Scott Neuenschwander St. Clairsville needs to gain some more muscle weight and with his fluid moves should be near the top next year. We should also keep an eye out for Eric Wagner Buckeye Local which had a breakout OVAC Tournament.

Looking at next year, the big question will be!!!! Will Hoppel stay at 215 or will he make the move to heavyweight. The only reason I see Adam Hoppel moving up would be because of football. If he does move up it will shake things up that is for sure!

Also in this weight class you had 10 State Qualifiers, 1 State Champion, and 4 more State Placers: Koel Davia, Belmont Union Local, (11), Tony Carothers, Cadiz Harrison Central, (12), Michael Price, Cambridge, (12), Scott Neuenschwander, St. Clairsville, (11), C.J. Manning Cameron, (11), Patrick McGillian, Oak Glen, (12), Luke Shephard Tyler Consoildated, (12), Andy Fegal, Weir, (11), Derrick Molnar, Brooke, (11), Corey Ebbert John Marshall, (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).