Friday, March 1, 2013
Both wrestlers' can place in the state today
Submitted by BeachwoodBison.org: COLUMBUS—Two of Beachwood’s three state qualifiers advanced to Friday’s quarterfinals round of the 76th annual Ohio High School Athletic Association State Wrestling Tournament at The Jerome Schottenstein Center. Juniors Sammy Gross and Ryan Harris each dominated their first round opponents and need just one more win to place at state for the third season in a row. Gross, the defending Division III 113-pound state champion, pinned Amanda-Clearcreek’s Billy Shannon in 58 seconds at 120 and Harris, third last season and seventh as a freshman, recorded a 19-4 first period technical fall of Amanda-Clearcreek’s Steven Fearnow at 160. “I think that’s what we expected,” said Beachwood head coach Dugan Bentley. “We …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Beachwood Bison defeats Norwayne's Kurt Moore to take district championship
Beachwood High School wrestler Ryan Harris won his district championship last weekend. Check out the video above from Ohio Varsity Sports. Beachwood Patch Topic Page: Ryan Harris Click the video to watch, and click here to read more about the match.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Beachwood High School wrestlers bring home individual titles in weekend tournament
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Monday, February 4
Submitted by BeachwoodBison.org: Beachwood juniors Sammy Gross and Ryan Harris won individual titles in Saturday’s Chagrin Valley Conference wrestling tournament at Kenston High School. Beachwood finished in third place, behind back-to-back league champion Perry and Kenston. While Gross and Harris were favored to win their respective weight classes, other Bison wrestlers raised the bar in the league tournament. Senior Alex Angersola finished second at 145, juniors Trevor Sanshuck (170) and Paul Flowers (182) both took second and juniorAndrew Kitay finished sixth at 152. “I’m starting to get high expectations, because my guys have lost some matches this year against guys I think they should have beaten where I’d come back and tell them they…
Monday, December 10, 2012
Junior wrestlers Sammy Gross and Ryan Harris take championships at Olentangy
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Submitted by BeachwoodBison.org Beachwood juniors Sammy Gross and Ryan Harris, who also collected his 100th career victory, each won individual championships and three other Bison wrestlers placed among the top 6 to lead the team to a ninth place finish at the Olentangy Liberty High School Tournament on Saturday. “Harris and Gross were way above everybody else,” said Beachwood sixth-year head coach Dugan Bentley. “With everybody else, we’ve got some weaknesses we’ve got to work on, mostly scoring more points on the mat. We were the strongest on our feet.” Harris, third in the state in 2012 and seventh in 2011, finished 5-0 at 160 pounds. His 20-5 technical fall in his fourth match was the 100th victory of his Beachwood career. He needed …
Monday, December 3, 2012
Defending state champion Sammy Gross takes only 7 minutes to defeat pin five competitors.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Editor's Note: This post was submitted to Beachwood Patch by BeachwoodBison.org. Visit their website for more on the Bison. For more, visit the Beachwood Athletics Department website. The Beachwood wrestling team opened the 2012-2013 season with a sixth place finish in the 5th Annual Ron Madow Memorial Kickoff Classic at Beachwood. Sammy Gross and Ryan Harris and senior Alex Angersola each won individual titles for the Bison while junior Gordon Hong was third and junior Trevor Sanshuck was fourth. “Looking at it in terms of what we put out there this weekend and what we have coming up, I think it was a pretty good start,” said Beachwood sixth-year head coach Dugan Bentley. “We have a couple of kids that still have to get certified into our…
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Video highlights from Beachwood High School's Gross, Harris and more
Friday, February 10, 2012
Gross, Harris among star squad
Beachwood High School wrestlers Sammy Gross and Ryan Harris placed at state last season. Now sophomores, they are among the squad who calls themselves the "fab five," all hoping for a state bid, according to The Plain Dealer. Gross, Harris, Grant Blumenthal, David Shapiro and Aaron Friedman dominated our wrestling coverage last season, and The Plain Dealer Tim Warsinskey featured them in an article this week. Click here for the full story: Beachwood's 'Fab Five' has three weekends to live up to hype: High School Wrestling Insider East
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Four Bison win trophies at Bison Kickoff Classic
Although renovations at Beachwood High School have forced several of the South Gym’s historic athletic pictures to be removed from its walls, several that remain bear witness to the success of Bison wrestling. About seven of the school’s 14 state champions hang there now, many of them in crisp black-and-white with David Cassidy-like long hair from a past time. And while Beachwood has produced recent champions, one photo is missing – that of a state team champion. As Beachwood opened its season by hosting the Bison Kickoff Classic on Saturday, sophomores Sam Gross and Ryan Harris grappled not only with their opponents but also with that deeper historical sense of things undone. Gross (113 pounds), Harris (138), senior Aaron Friedman (120) …
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