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
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125 |
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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 |
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133 |
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1 |
Michael Labry |
Ashland |
2 |
Zak Hale |
Anderson |
3 |
Aldon Isenberg |
Shorter |
4 |
Joseph Her |
UWP |
5 |
Jordan Simpson |
Newberry |
6 |
Derrick Nelson |
Coker |
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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 |
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149 |
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1 |
Nick Goebel |
Findlay |
2 |
Brent Fickel |
Ashland |
3 |
Dan Telhada |
Anderson |
4 |
Seiji Borja |
Newberry |
5 |
Nate Galloway |
Shorter |
6 |
Dan Argueta |
UWP |
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157 |
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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 |
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165 |
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1 |
Nick Fishback |
UWP |
2 |
Matt Vandermeer |
LEC |
3 |
Juan Stimpson |
UNCP |
4 |
Lukas Gilmore |
Newberry |
5 |
Wally Figaro |
Shorter |
6 |
Chase Boyd |
Tiffin |
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174 |
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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 |
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184 |
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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 |
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197 |
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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 |
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285 |
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1 |
Garrett Gray |
Tiffin |
2 |
Chris Giddens |
UNCP |
3 |
Garrett Fosdyck |
King |
4 |
Andrew Ewers |
Shorter |
5 |
Alex Green |
Coker |
6 |
Matt Halverson |
UWP |