Coker Wrestling Seventh in Super Region II Poll; Six Cobras Ranked Individually

Photo by Scott Huffer
Photo by Scott Huffer

HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker Cobra wrestling team stayed at No. 7 in the latest Super Region Two rankings released on Monday. In addition to the team ranking, six Cobras are ranked in the top six in the weight class individually.

Leading the way individually are Derek Rothermel and Robert Parland. Both wrestlers are ranked No. 3 in their respective weight classes. Rothermel earned his first ranking of the season after posting a 9-1 record at the 157-pound weight class so far this season. Seven of his nine wins are by pin. At the 197-pound division Parland is also 9-1 on the year with three victories by pin.

Kevin Thompson moved up two spots to No. 4 in the 141-pound division. So far this season, Thompson is a perfect 6-0 with three pins.

Travis Laxton and Alex Green both earned No. 5 rankings at the 125-pound and 285-pound divisions, respectively. Laxton is 9-2 on the year and he won the 125-pound division at the Citadel Open. Green has posted a record of 5-1 so far this season.

Rounding out the ranked Cobras is Derrick Nelson with a No. 6 ranking at the 133-pound weight class. This is Nelson's first ranking of the season. He is currently 5-0 with three pins.

The Cobras will return to action on Wednesday (Dec. 3) in a dual match against St. Andrews University. The match is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. at St. Andrews.

Super Region II Team Rankings

1. Lake Erie
2. Newberry
3. UNCP
4. Tiffin
5. Findlay
6. Ashland
7. Coker
8. UWP
9. Shorter
10. Indianapolis
11. Anderson
12. Belmont Abbey
13. Limestone
14. King

Super Region II Individual Rankings

 

125

 

1

Josh Kieffer

Indianapolis

2

Patrick Mestrez

Belmont Abbey

3

Ian Ross

Lake Erie

4

Ronzel Darling

UWP

5

Travis Laxton

Coker

6

Trung Duong

Newberry

 

 

 

 

133

 

1

Michael Labry

Ashland

2

Zak Hale

Anderson

3

Aldon Isenberg

Shorter

4

Joseph Her

UWP

5

Jordan Simpson

Newberry

6

Derrick  Nelson

Coker

     
 

141

 

1

Daniel Ownbey

UNCP

2

Mike Screptock

Tiffin

3

Adam Yde

UWP

4

Kevin Thompson

Coker

5

Ryan Skoniecnzy

Findlay

6

Frank Yatton

King

 

 

 

 

149

 

1

Nick Goebel

Findlay

2

Brent Fickel

Ashland

3

Dan Telhada

Anderson

4

Seiji Borja

Newberry

5

Nate Galloway

Shorter

6

Dan Argueta

UWP

 

 

 

 

157

 

1

Dennis Flores

Newberry

2

Joey White

Findlay

3

Derek Rothermel

Coker

4

Chris Baughman

Lake Erie

5

Sean Turner

Anderson

6

Sam Viengmany

Tiffin

 

 

 

 

165

 

1

Nick Fishback

UWP

2

Matt Vandermeer

LEC

3

Juan Stimpson

UNCP

4

Lukas Gilmore

Newberry

5

Wally Figaro

Shorter

6

Chase Boyd

Tiffin

 

 

 

 

174

 

1

Joe Pittman

Newberry

2

Bradley Metz

Findlay

3

Dylan Zivcic

Lake Erie

4

Sheldon Struble

Indianapolis 

5

Luke Cramer

Ashland

6

Terrence Zaleski

UNCP

 

 

 

 

184

 

1

Jared Holliday

Newberry

2

Terrence Smith

Shorter

3

Kurt Schaefer

Ashland

4

Jesse Masters

King

5

Tyler Hughes

Lake Erie

6

Mickey Thomas

UNCP

 

 

 

 

197

 

1

Evan Rosborough

Lake Erie

2

Jake Cramer

Tiffin

3

Robert Parland

Coker

4

Justin Tribble

Limestone 

5

Cody Brundage

Newberry

6

Gerald Beck

Findlay

 

 

 

 

285

 

1

Garrett Gray

Tiffin

2

Chris Giddens

UNCP

3

Garrett Fosdyck

King

4

Andrew Ewers

Shorter

5

Alex Green

Coker

6

Matt Halverson

UWP