2012 was a very good year for MAC wrestling teams. With Bettendorf and Assumption winning Team Dual Championships in their respective classes, Bettendorf taking it one step further to claim the State Individual Championship and the MAC crowning 3 individual champions (Nate Shaw, Nick Georgean and Tyler Willers) it may have been considered a banner year for the MAC.
This year will be better!
With a plether of returning state qualifiers still very capable of bringing home gold, 2012-13 could very easily eclipse the solid year we saw last year.
Bettendorf on paper again fields the deepest lineup but Assumption is still a very dangerous second place option. The Dogs were hurt by graduation to the tune of 7 lost qualifiers. But before you start to feel bad for them, please consider this: They will have arguably the best two, maybe three wrestlers in the MAC in Fredy Stroker, Logan Ryan and Bubba Hernandez. Throw in Jacob Woodard and stalwarts like Eli Preisser, Jacob Schwarm, Jack Wagner and Paul Glynn and you can expect another highly competitive Bulldog team who will compete for National Honors.
Assumption lost three state qualifying returners but return 7. One big loss already for the Knights is Tony Parks who was lost with an injury that ends his year. State Champion Nick Georgean returns as does Indiana signee Kyle Springer and fellow runner up Tony Devriese. Also returning for Knights; Eric Clarke, Brendan Gould and Tionte Parks. If the Knights can find a couple of consistent upper weights ala Sean Easler and Zach Adrian they could be very dangerous yet again.
North Scott will have four tough state qualifyers back in the Kreiters, Logan Long and Mitch Bowman while PV brings back two very solid grapplers in Letney and Willers.. so you can count on competitive matches from these two teams as well.
Should be a very exciting year fro MAC wrestling!
This year will be better!
With a plether of returning state qualifiers still very capable of bringing home gold, 2012-13 could very easily eclipse the solid year we saw last year.
Bettendorf on paper again fields the deepest lineup but Assumption is still a very dangerous second place option. The Dogs were hurt by graduation to the tune of 7 lost qualifiers. But before you start to feel bad for them, please consider this: They will have arguably the best two, maybe three wrestlers in the MAC in Fredy Stroker, Logan Ryan and Bubba Hernandez. Throw in Jacob Woodard and stalwarts like Eli Preisser, Jacob Schwarm, Jack Wagner and Paul Glynn and you can expect another highly competitive Bulldog team who will compete for National Honors.
Assumption lost three state qualifying returners but return 7. One big loss already for the Knights is Tony Parks who was lost with an injury that ends his year. State Champion Nick Georgean returns as does Indiana signee Kyle Springer and fellow runner up Tony Devriese. Also returning for Knights; Eric Clarke, Brendan Gould and Tionte Parks. If the Knights can find a couple of consistent upper weights ala Sean Easler and Zach Adrian they could be very dangerous yet again.
North Scott will have four tough state qualifyers back in the Kreiters, Logan Long and Mitch Bowman while PV brings back two very solid grapplers in Letney and Willers.. so you can count on competitive matches from these two teams as well.
Should be a very exciting year fro MAC wrestling!