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Sam Rakes to Wrestle for Liberty University
Christiansburg's Sam Rakes, a three-time Group AA wrestling champion, has made an oral commitment to Liberty University. Rakes won the 152-pound class last month in the Group AA tournament, finishing 49-7 on the season with 28 pins. He was a four-time River Ridge District champion and four-time regional winner, compiling a career record of 170-32. (From The Roanoke Times 4/6/08) All Timesland Team for 2008 Announced by the Roanoke Times Making 1st Team are Devin Carter, Andrew Robertson, Sam Rakes and Braden Carter! Making 2nd Team are Jeff Meredith, Derek Woody and Jon Weber! Christiansburg Blue Demons Win 7th Virginia State Title!
Devin Carter and Sam Rakes win State Championships!
Andrew Robertson, Derek Woody and Braden Carter are runners up!
Rich Eva, Jon Weber and Trey Dillon place 5th!
Jeff Meredith finishes 7th!
Nice Video by Roanoke.com (Roanoke Times) Saturday's Roanoke Times Story Friday's Roanoke Times Article Photos by Kourtlyn Minton Christiansburg Wins First Ever Region IV Championship!
The Blue Demons added a new championship to their long list of crowns Saturday by winning their first ever Region IV Championship at Bluefield's Graham Middle School. This was Christiansburg's first year in Region IV along with the other River Ridge District teams. As a whole the River Ridge made a great showing, placing 3 teams in the top 5. In the Team score race, after ending the day Friday trailing by 2 points to Grundy, the Blue Demons put together a strong and impressive Saturday by collecting bonus points in nearly ever win and only losing 6 match on the day. That power run enabled the Blue Demons to win the Region IV team Championship, out distancing Grundy 297-249. The Blue Demons won 6 out of 7 championship bouts and placed 12 wrestlers in the top 4, which qualifies those wrestlers to represent the region at the State Championships next week. Winning regional championships were: 103 Champion Devin Carter
tf Hurley Gru 20-2 2nd Place 160 Derek Woody
112 Jeff Meredith 4th Place 285 Trey Dillon 5th Place 135 Michael Giordano Coach Daryl Weber was awarded the 2008 Region IV Coach of the Year Award. Region IV Roanoke Times Article Region IV Bluefield Telegraph Article Christiansburg Wins 2008 River Ridge Districts The Blue Demons placed 13 wrestlers into the finals and in winning 10 of those match ups won the River Ridge District on Saturday. 103 Carter cb
pin kennedy bb 1:04 Shawn Quesenberry rounded out the team score for the
Blue Demons finishing 5th at 125. Team Scores Christiansburg 285.5 Devin Carter was named River Ridge Wrestler of the Year and Coach Daryl Weber was named River Ridge Coach of the Year Roanoke Times Article on the River Ridge Results
Congrats Coach Daryl Weber!
Coach Weber was named to the Iowa High School Wrestling Hall of Fame on Saturday! Here is a quote from the WCF Courier.com: "Daryl Weber of Don Bosco was the third area honoree. Weber posted a 128-19-1 mark at Don Bosco while winning a pair of state titles in 1990 and 1991. Weber eventually found his way to Iowa, where he won four Big Ten team titles and was a three-time all-American. He currently serves as the head coach at Christiansburg High School in Virginia, where his team is the defending state champion."
Blue Demons Prevail at Abingdon Duals In the highlighted match up of the duals, the Blue Demons were able to overcome a sluggish start and down the Grundy Golden Wave 40-25. The match began with Grundy winning the first 3 matches starting with 130. At 145, Rich Eva broke the ice for Christiansburg with a 6-4 decision over Calab Smith. That win started a string of 8 wins for the Blue Demons which included pins at 160 Derek Woody, 171 Braden Carter, 215 Jon Weber and a major decision by 103 Devin Carter. Andrew Robertson rounded out the scoring for the Demons with a pin at 119. The the opening match of the night Christiansburg won over a scrappy but short-handed Tazwell team 77-5. Christiansburg Defends Title at FreeLance Star Super 32 The Blue Demons defended their title at the FreeLance Star Super 32 this weekend. The Blue Demons, with some illness on the team this week, only took eleven wrestlers to Fredericksburg but were able to place ten of those wrestlers including 3 champions. All three champions defended crowns from last year also. Devin Carter, at 103, won in convincing fashion, pinning his way to the championship and Outstanding Wrestler award. Devin used 8:44 to pin 5 opponents. In the finals Devin was able to put away Stephen Hinton of Forest Park to secure his second FreeLance Star Championship.
Andrew Robertson,119, continued his upswing with his second title in Fredericksburg and his second in two weeks. Andrew also won in a dominating manner, scoring two pins, two major decisions and a decision. In the finals Andrew was able to defeat Branden Greenhalgh for the second week in a row, winning 10-2 this week. Andrew has handed the Massaponax senior his only 2 losses of the year. Sam Rakes, 152, kept his outstanding senior season going with his second title in two weeks also. Sam was the usual Sam scoring at will until finding a his combination to put his opponents. Sam scored two Tech Falls and 3 pins, including his 2:59 fall in the finals of Jesus Largares of Woodbridge. In the team scores Christiansburg was able to hold off both AAA Western Branch and AA Poquoson, even without a full team, thanks again to the bonus points scored by the team in nearly every 1st and 2nd round match. That trend carried on to the finals as all three finalist were able to score bonus points.
3rd Annual Big Blue Wrestling Tournament
2008 Team Champions-Christiansburg High School Final Championship Brackets Big Blue Results! Big Blue Consolation Round Results!
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Vinnie Ranauto of Caravel Academy wins OW Andrew Miller of Bassett wins most pins
Blue Demons Win 2008 Va Duals!
The Blue Demons broke through with a most unlikely team to win it's first National High School Division crown. As Coach Weber told his team, "You may not be the most talented team we have brought here, but you are definitely one of the gutsiest".
Roanoke Times Article on 2008 VA Duals Here's a recap from Wrestling411usa.com : CHRISTIANBURG WINS VIRGINIA DUALS: After a tournament
where upsets were the rule of the day, the second-seeded Christiansburg
VA squad came out of it with the Virginia Duals National Division title
after a 34-20 victory over Eastern Regional NJ. On their way to the
final, the Blue Demons defeated Phillipsburg NJ 37-18, Nazareth PA 39-18,
and Chantilly VA 64-6. Devin Carter (103), Rich Eva (145), Sam Rakes
(152), Derek Woody (160), Braden Carter (171), Jon Weber (215), and
Trey Dillon (285) went undefeated as Christiansburg went 41-15 in matches
during the dual meets. In order to advance to the final, Eastern Regional
had to survive close matches with St Mark’s DE, 30-26, and Great
Bridge VA, 34-32. Daymien Scott (160) came up with the pivotal win in
each dual, an overtime victory over his opponent from St Mark’s
and a two-point defeat of his Great Bridge opponent. In the opening
round, Eastern Regional upended Langley VA 38-19.
One Team, One Dream, Champions! The Battlefield Duals in Fairfax VA. Fri/Sat, Jan 4th & 5th The Blue Demons finished 4th at the Battlefield Duals this weekend with a 5-3 Dual record. Dual meets are all a matter of match ups and this tournament was a great example as this. Christiansburg lost a one point match to Colonial Forge, beat Collins Hill of Georgia handedly and lost to McDongh of Maryland. Yet Collins Hill easily beat McDongh, Christiansburg easily beat Collins Hill! Match up are the key in dual events! Devin Carter was named Outstanding Wrestler as he recorded 8 pin in 8 matches. He won the award for most pins in the least amount of time. For individual match results please check on the Dual Results 2007 link.
The PowerAde Tournament in Canonsburg, PA December 27th and 28th The Team finished in 4th at the 2007 PowerAde Christmas tournament. With 4 placers, the team was able to finish this high thanks to the work of all the wrestlers and coaches. Through the first two rounds that everyone wrestled, the team won almost every match by bonus points by winning by major decision, tech fall or pin. After a rough 2nd round where 7 wrestlers were lost from the championship side, Coach Weber was able to get the team fired up for a great consolation round where everyone that dropped down was able to win. Video of the finals is available at the PowerAde site. The finalists: Devin Carter showed his usual aggressiveness in winning his way to the finals. For the 3rd straight tournament Devin was facing another nationally ranked wrestler in the Nico Meguludis of Franklin Regional. In the final, Devin jumped out to a lead with a takedown BUT the official missed the back exposure Devin had because he seemed to be posing in his awarding of the takedown instead of watching the action. The crowd booed but no points were awarded. As the match progressed the score was tied 3-3 late and Meguludis was able to get an escape and led 4-3. Devin attempted a desperation arm drag and slipped and Meguludis was able to cover him for the takedown and the final score of 6-3. Sam Rakes changed his weight and changed his fortune from the last couple of weeks by bringing home the PowerAde Championship for the second straight year. Sam looked strong all weekend. He wrestled very well and in his last 2 wins wrestled wrestlers that some national pundits thought would beat him. Sam also showed his team-score awareness by pulling out majors in the last seconds of the match to score bonus points for the team. In the finals, Sam faced Donnie Tasser, a PA State Champ from Belle Vernon. Sam hit a quick takedown to take a 2-0 lead. Again, Tasser was able to get an escape with 1 second left to make it 2-1. Tasser took down and was able to get another escape to make it 2-2. Then followed some of the best wrestling of the year. Sam and Tasser battled shot for shot, defense for defense for the entire second and third periods. Sam was able to get his escape to take a 3-2 lead. Both wrestlers battled but in the end Sam was victorious and brought home the gold! Braden Carter continued his climb to becoming one of the top 171 pounders in the nation by placing in his 3rd straight national tournament. Braden finished 5th but should have been higher after a questionable call cost him a win to move into the 3rd/4th place match. Braden continues to be one or the most enjoyable wrestlers to watch anywhere as he almost always finds a way to hit the big move to win! The sup rise placer to some would be Richy Eva. The freshman was able to win some big matches to place 7th. Again, he very well could have finished higher except for a questionable call in the wrestle backs. Richy will benefit greatly from the experience he gained this weekend. Overall, the team wrestled well for the most part. What stood out was that at this level, a simple mistake can, and most likely will, cost you matches. Several of the guys lost 1 point matches or overtime matches-matches they could have won if not for a simple mistake earlier in the match. Hopefully this will get the team ready for the tough dual events coming in the next couple of weeks.
I would also like to congratulate Phillip Dowdy for his PowerAde JV championship!
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