THREE WRESTLERS PLACE IN TWO TOURNAMENTS IN A ROW

Last weekend was a tough day of wrestling as Hannibal-LaGrange competed at the Missouri Valley College Invitational Wrestling Tournament. Four out of the top ten teams in the NAIA were present including number one ranked Grandview College. Grandview, William Penn and Morningside were all at the Central College Invite the weekend before. Alexander, Downs and Capp all placed in each of the last two tournaments.
165 lb Sophomore Bryce Alexander (23-11)won the Central College Invite two weeks ago and placed third at the MO Valley Invite this week. At Central invite he pinned Jacob Bohler from St. Olaf in the finals. Bohler earlier in the day beat Wildeboer from Morningside who was ranked 12th in the NAIA. This Weekend at the Mo Valley Invite he pinned Kafuba Donzon from Indiana Tech who beat 8th ranked Barkett from Cumberlands (KY). Finishing in third place Alexander’s only loss in the day Saturday was to number one Kevin Hardy from OK City University.
Red shirt sophomore Nathan Downs (18-10) is ranked 5th in the NAIA Central Group. Downs placed 2nd at Central . At the MO Valley Invite Downs placed 7th.
At 184 sophomore Dan Capp (10-7) Placed 2nd at the Central Invitational and 3rd at the MO Valley Invitational. Capp wrestled 197 lbs all first semester. Since wrestling 184 lbs this semester his record is 6-2. Capp took 2nd place at Central Invite to a Basil Minto (NIACC) 3-1 final score. Capp beat Andrew Anthofer (ranked 11th) from Morningside 7-2. In the same tournament after Capp and Anthofer match, Anthofer beat Soderblom(ranked 10) from William Penn 11-3. During a winnable match at the Mo Valley Invite Capp lost his first match of the day to Pontikes from OCU. Pontikes is ranked 8th in the NAIA and Capp lost the match by a score of 3-2. Capp then won three straight matches with a win in the consolation final over Alba from Mckendree. Alba beat Pontikes who Capp had lost to in his first match. Capp also placed Higher thanLindenwood’s Harrison who placed 8th last year in the NAIA’s.
Overall it the last two weekends have been good for these three wrestlers. I’m looking forward to seeing how they do this weekend at the
Grandview Open in Des Moines, IA.

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Odessa Bulldog Signs with HLGU

Hannibal, MO – The Hannibal-LaGrange University wrestling program is pleased to have signed Michael Boyd from Odessa, MO. Boyd will graduate from Odessa High School in May of 2012. Boyd is the second signee of the 2012 HLGU recruiting class. Boyd is wrestling at 170 lbs for the Odessa Bulldogs this season. Last season Boyd qualified for the MO State tournament with a 32-15 record on the season. This season Boyd has seen much improvement with a 26-1 record on the season and has his eyes set on a state championship this year.

“Last summer I got a chance to know Michael at our Trojan Wrestling Camp and was impressed with his character and hard work. Michael loves wrestling and he believes in our program. He has been enthusiastic about HLGU and wrestling for HLGU next year. I’m looking forward to his enthusiasm and hard work in the room”, said HLGU Head Wrestling Coach Scott Hawes. Boyd also took 2nd in the 2011 Greco State tournament. Along with Boyd’s wrestling accomplishment he has also played football, baseball and track for Odessa High School. Michael plans on wrestling 149/157 next year for the Trojans.

Boyd will be majoring in Secondary Education at HLGU.

Boyd is the son of Mike and Patty Boyd.

HLG is a Division I NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) school and a member of the American Midwest Conference