On Sunday February 7, 2010 the Golden Eagle Wrestling Club concluded their regular season competing in the League Championships at Englewood High School. All clubs in the South Suburban Wrestling League competed in the championships. The Golden Eagles had 30 wrestlers compete and we had 11 champions. Congratulations to everyone that competed in the championships, and special recognition to our league champions. 2009/2010 South Suburban Wrestling League Champions 2/7/2010
6 & Under Blake Strasheim Nathan Eckhardt-Delgadillo 8 & Under Noah Tugwell Carson Ivey Colton Franklin Spencer Seniw 10 & Under Dax Culp Garrett Walker David Opheim 12 & Under Ben Adams Joseph Ginn
"Wrestling, A Family Tradition" by Matt Opheim Is it so unusual that brothers wrestle? It's not to say that this is such an unusual occurence, as brothers play baseball, football and basketball. What's different about wrestling? No matter the age, or the size of the brothers, they do it together. The 2nd grader practices with his 8th grade brother. They compete together, they win together, they lose together, they learn together. What other sport allows this? Wrestling is so personal, so intense, yet shared by so many brothers. Brothers that wrestle is an amazing tradition that continues to grow, continues to teach, continues to provide brothers with a common bond that only brothers that wrestle can understand. Watching your brother play baseball or football is fun, but watching him wrestle a match is an unbelievable experience, one that can't compare to anything else. Being a wrestler demands confidence, respect and it bonds brothers beyond blood. No excuses, no could have, should have or would have exists. No time to make up for a dropped pass, no time outs, no halftime. A simple pat on the back is all that it takes. Brothers understand, they know why. The Mountain Vista Golden Eagle Wrestling Club is very proud to present "Brothers that Wrestle." Bathje (Cody and Quentin) - Baird (Alex, Caden and Coleman) - Marquis (Alex and Caiden) - Seeger (Bailey and Ben) - Siemers (Blake and Shane) - Strasheim (Jaret and Blake) - Unruh (Gabe and Blake) - Hartle (Trevor and Brayden) - Huber (Joe, Jack and Brent) - Bateski (Zachary and Dillon) - Adams (Ben and John) - Ivey (Derek, Connor and Carson) - Maul (Brendan and Brian) - Mater (Nicolas and Andrew) - Pilgrim (Presley and Kyler) - Seniw (Weston and Spencer) Denver, CO 10/31/09 "Colebank and Opheim represent Golden Eagle Wrestling at the Rocky Mountain National Monster Match" Small in numbers but big at heart, Bradley Colebank and David Opheim represent the Mountain Vista Golden Eagle Wrestling Club at the Rocky Mountain National Monster Match on October 31, 2009. Congratulations Brad and David, you represented well and wrestled tough. Castle Rock, CO 3/1/09
"The Mountain Vista Golden Eagle Wrestling Club has success at the Colorado State Wrestling Tournament" The Mountain Vista Golden Eagle Wrestling club, for the first time in it's 7 year existence placed a wrestler at the Colorado Youth State Wrestling Tournament. John Adams, our 6 & Under 60lb. wrestler is the 2008-09 Colorado State Runner up. With decisive wins in the first and second rounds, winning by Technical Fall 15-0 over Matthew Mollender (Frederick Wrestling Club) and beating Dino Lombardi (Ralston Valley) by major decision 13-2. John wrestled an extremely tough match in the semi final round, losing to Connor Eise (Junior Titans) by a decision of 21-15. Moving to the long side of the bracket, John kept his head up high and wrestled tough through the consolation rounds, beating Jaycub Sanchez (Team Pueblo Wildcats) by major decision 13-1, and moved on to the consolation round to wrestle for third place. John faced Bryce Alexander (Knights Wrestling) and won by fall in 1:33 to win the consolation side of the bracket placing 3rd. In the Championship round, Connor Eise (Junior Titans) faced William Gotwald (Horizon Hawks). Connor Eise beat William Gotwald by decision 7-2 allowing John to wrestle back for 2nd place. In the 2nd place match, John wrestled William Gotwald (Horizon Hawks) and won by decision 2-1 to place him in 2nd place in the state. Congratulations John! Your Golden Eagle Wrestling Family is very proud of your accomplishment!  John Adams 2008/09 Colorado State Runner Up 60 lbs. 6 & Under
2009 Colorado Youth State Wrestling Tournament Team
Front from left: Quentin Bathje, Bailey Seeger, John Adams Middle from left: David Opheim, Brendan Maul, Cody Bathje, Gabe Unruh Back from left: Ben Seeger, Ben Adams, Cameron Cunningham, Joseph Ginn
Estes Park, Colorado - Maul, Huber, Colebank and Opheim attend The Brands Brothers Intensive Iowa Wrestling Camp. For the first time in 15 years, the tradition of Iowa wrestling is back in the Rockies. Wrestlers from Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming and Nebraska attended camp for a week at the YMCA facilities in Estes Park. These dedicated wrestlers learned from the defending NCAA champion Iowa Hawkeyes. This camp proved to be an incredible experience for these 4 Golden Eagle wrestlers and provided each of them a great deal of technique, work ethic and inspiration to complete a priceless experience.
New Head Wrestling Coach at Iowa State Kevin Jackson
AMES, Iowa – Former Olympic gold medalist and two-time World Champion Kevin Jackson has been named Iowa State’s head wrestling coach. Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard will introduce Jackson – often referred to as one of the greatest freestyle wrestlers in United States history – at an 11 a.m. news conference Friday in the Jacobson Athletic Building (Hunziker Auditorium).
Jackson captured gold medals at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain and at the World Championships in both 1991 (Varna, Bulgaria) and 1995 (Atlanta). He is one of just five wrestlers in U.S. history with three career world-level titles. Jackson is a member of the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame, the United States National Wrestling Hall of Fame (as a distinguished member) and the Iowa State University Athletics Hall of Fame (2007 inductee).
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"David Opheim represents Colorado at the USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals in Cedar Falls Iowa at the UNI-Dome" On April 3rd, David and his dad took off for a 1000 mile road trip across Nebraska and halfway across Iowa to the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls to compete in the USA Wrestling Folkstyle National Championships. David wrestled in the 65 lb. weight class. Wrestlers from Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Florida, New York, Oregon, California, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan and one of our own representing Colorado competed for a national championship in the 65 lb. weight class. Chad Red of Indianapolis, Indiana was crowned the 65 lb. 2009 USA Wrestling National Champion. There were over 3,200 wrestlers in attendance across all age groups and weight classes. David's grandparents, Don and Mary made the trip from Fort Dodge, Iowa to watch him compete as well as his Aunt Kristen and Uncle Todd from Minneapolis Minnesota. It was a real treat for them to watch their grandson/nephew compete in this very prestigous tournament. David was excited that his family was there to watch him compete, and of course there was no added pressure due to their presence, yeah right. Congratulations David, your wrestling family and immediate family are very proud of you!!
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"Bradley Colebank attends Chertow Camp in Pennsylvania" On February 7th & 8th, Bradley's mom and dad took him to Pennsylvania where he participated in a Ken Chertow Gold Medal Camp. Bradley is one of the top wrestlers in the club and it is because of his dedication to the sport. Brad and his family were able to see Penn State take on The University of Iowa and Ohio State University in dual action while they were in PA. Brad's dedication to the sport of wrestling is evident on the mat. He is in 7th grade and undefeated this year, wrestling for Mountain Ridge Middle School. Brad has a bright future and will undoubtedly be the 103 pounder to beat in a few short years as he approaches his high school career with Mountain Vista High School. |
