Tom Lehman, a member of the National Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame, saw his share of outstanding wrestling teams in his 37 years as coach at Middleville Thornaopple-Kellogg. One of those may very well have been his 1996 state championship Trojan squad, however, the former Middleville coach doesn’t remember seeing one as dominant as St. [...]
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Andrew Morse was one of nine Lowell wrestlers to place at the Division 2 Individual State wrestling tournament Saturday at the Palace in Auburn Hills. The Lowell senior, however, was the only Red Arrow to wrestle away a state title. Morse, 152 pounds, won his second individual title with a 4-2 win over St. John’s [...]
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St. Johns’ seven senior wrestlers hung onto some of the pain that stemmed from a 34-26 Division 2 semifinal loss to Lowell in 2009. Fast forward four years to Saturday, at the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, where the Redwings served up a little revenge as it dismissed Lowell in the Division 2 title match [...]
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The energy in the Kellogg Arena and the enormity of it all – that is the Michigan High School Team Wrestling Finals, can affect even the best wrestlers. “I remember being here as a freshman. It was nerve-wracking. The gym is so huge and everything is going on around you,” said Lowell senior Andrew Morse. [...]
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Lowell captured its second consecutive Division 2 regional wrestling championship Wednesday night with the ease one would expect from a premier wrestling program. The Red Arrows, considered the second best wrestling team in all of Michigan, behind only defending Division 2 state champion, St. Johns, defeated Fruitport in the regional championship 77-0. Sometimes score can [...]
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Throughout wrestling’s regular season Elijah Dennis reminded his Lansing Eastern coach Adam Fedewa that the junior needed a team district title. The Quaker coach replied “keep working hard and keep pushing your teammates and you’ll get a district title.” Dennis and his teammates worked hard and quickly Wedenesday night in posting a 63-18 district championship [...]
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Jerek Crim spent much of year wondering when an opportunity to wrestle would present itself. For the Lansing Eastern sophomore, 152 pounds is his natural fit, unless of course your teammate is Guibenson St. Jean. Bumping to 160 pounds would be a natural solution unless of course your teammate is Elijah Dennis. Quaker coach Adam [...]
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By all standards it was quite a day at the Palace for the Lowell wrestling team.The Red Arrows sent 10 wrestlers to the Divison 2 Individual state tournament and seven returned on Saturday night as state medalists. Lowell garnered three firsts, one second, a fourth, a seventh and an eighth-place finish. The only Divison 2 [...]
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Lowell wrestlers enter the final day of the Division 2 Individual wrestling state championship with seven of its 10 wrestlers still alive. Four Red Arrows will wrestle for state titles. They are Gabe Morse (140), Andrew Morse (145), Dan Fleet (152) and Gabe Dean (189). Three other Red Arrows are still wrestling with an opportunity [...]
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Lowell’s match-up with the number one wrestling team in Division 2, and arguably in all of Michigan, was a huge challenge that required some juggling of the lineup, which the Red Arrows did. And it also required winning the close matches, there were five of them, which Lowell did not. “We went after them and [...]
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