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A look back at Grady County Sports in 2007
Chuck Larsen
The Express-Star
CHICKASHA — 12/31/07
We’re now just days away from ringing in 2008, which can only mean it’s time for our annual look back at the “Year in (Local) Sports.”
It’s been a busy year with a lot of stories of special interest. Rather than risk leaving anyone out with the “top-ten” format used in the past, I’ve decided to expand this year’s edition a little. (And still hope I haven’t left anyone out.)
Starting off with individual achievements,
Chickasha wrestler Travis Wilkinson went 36-1 and won the 160-lb state title in February, which earned him All-State honors and a wrestling scholarship to Missouri Valley College, one of the elite wrestling programs in the NAIA. After an early-season tournament loss, Travis was ranked second for most of the year behind Woodward standout Zach White, who was undefeated until Travis beat him in the finals of the Chickasha Invitational, the West Regional finals and the state tournament championship match.
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Oklahoma State Wrestling Signs Four
Courtesy: okstate.com Release: 11/20/2007
Tyson Yoder
Weatherford, Okla./Weatherford
High School: Attends Weatherford HS in Weatherford, Okla., where he is coached
by Mike Carmin ... Ranked No. 4 in the nation at the 215-pound weight class in
the W.I.N. Magazine preseason rankings and is fourth by Amateur Wrestling News
... Took sixth at the 2007 USA freestyle junior national championships ... 2006
state champion wrestling at 189 pounds ... State runner-up at 189 pounds in
2007.
Oklahoma State Head Coach John Smith on Tyson Yoder: “Having Tyson Yoder join
us definitely gives us the ability to have more depth at the upper weights.
He’s a late bloomer who’s getting better and better. He turned in an
All-America performance at nationals and it’s always nice to pick up another
Oklahoma kid. We look to have him wrestling at 197 in the future.”
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