HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker Cobra wrestling team stayed at No. 7 for the third consecutive month, according to the latest Super Region Two rankings released on Tuesday. In addition to the team ranking, seven Cobras are ranked in the top six in their weight classes individually.
Leading the way individually are freshman Luis Peguero and sophomore Kevin Thompson. Peguero is ranked No. 3 in the region at the 184-pound division, while Thompson is ranked No. 4 at the 141-pound weight class.
Peguero is 13-4 so far this season and he is coming off a sixth place finish at the 36th Annual Midwest Classic. Thompson, coming off a seventh place finish at the Midwest Classic, is 11-2 on the year.
The Cobras have a quartet of wrestlers ranked No. 5 in their respective weight classes; senior Travis Laxton at the 125-pound division, junior Rashad Cunningham at the 149-pound weight class, sophomore Robert Parland at the 197-pound division and senior Alex Green at the heavyweight class.
Laxton is fresh off his second place finish at the Midwest Classic and is 14-3 on the year, while Cunningham took fourth at the Midwest Classic and is 9-4 so far this season.
Parland just missed placing at the Midwest Classic and is 12-3 so far this season, and Green is 7-3 so far this season at the heavyweight division.
Rounding out the ranked Cobras is junior Derek Rothermel at the 157-pound weight class. Rothermel is ranked sixth in the region with a record of 13-2 so far this season.
The Cobras will return to action in their first match of 2015 on Friday (Jan. 2) against the nationally ranked No. 10 Wolves of Newberry College. The match will begin at 2 p.m. at Coker's DeLoach Center.
Super Region II Team Rankings
1. Shorter
2. UNC Pembroke
3. Newberry
4. Tiffin
5. Findlay
6. Ashland
7. Coker
8. Lake Erie
9. UW Parkside
10. Anderson
11. Limestone
12. Belmont Abbey
13. King
14. Indianapolis
Individual Rankings
125 lbs.
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1. Patrick Mestrez |
Belmont Abbey |
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2. Josh Kieffer |
Indianapolis |
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3. Ronzel Darling |
Wisconsin-Parkside |
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4. Trung Duong |
Newberry |
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5. Travis Laxton |
Coker |
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6. Forest Glogouski |
Lake Erie |
133 lbs.
|
1. Michael Labry |
Ashland |
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2. Zak Hale |
Anderson |
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3. Collin Crume |
Indianapolis |
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4. Joseph Her |
Wisconsin-Parkside |
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5. Josh Wimer |
Findlay |
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6. Ross Benzel |
Limestone |
141 lbs.
|
1. Daniel Ownbey |
UNC Pembroke |
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2. Mike Screptock |
Tiffin |
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3. Adam Yde |
Wisconsin-Parkside |
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4. Kevin Thompson |
Coker |
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5. Ty Davis |
Ashland |
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6. Ryan Skonieczny |
Findlay |
149 lbs.
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1. Nick Goebel |
Findlay |
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2. Brent Fickel |
Ashland |
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3. Dan Telhada |
Anderson |
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4. Seiji Borja |
Newberry |
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5. Rashad Cunningham |
Coker |
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6. Nate Galloway |
Shorter |
157 lbs.
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1. Joey White |
Findlay |
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2. Sean Turner |
Anderson |
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3. Sam Viengmany |
Tiffin |
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4. Dennis Flores |
Newberry |
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5. Daniel Callahan |
Belmont Abbey |
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6. Derek Rothermel |
Coker |
165 lbs.
|
1. Nick Fishback |
Wisconsin-Parkside |
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2. Wally Figaro |
Shorter |
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3. Jimmy Sandlin |
Limestone |
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4. Lukas Gilmore |
Newberry |
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5. Juan Stimpson |
UNC Pembroke |
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6. Chase Boyd |
Tiffin |
174 lbs.
|
1. Terrence Zaleski |
UNC Pembroke |
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2. Luke Cramer |
Ashland |
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3. Bradley Metz |
Findlay |
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4. Dalton Lane |
Shorter |
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5. Joe Pittman |
Newberry |
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6. Dylan Zivcic |
Lake Erie |
184 lbs.
|
1. Terrence Smith |
Shorter |
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2. Jared Holliday |
Newberry |
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3. Luis Peguero |
Coker |
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4. Caleb Rivera |
Limestone |
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5. Kurt Schaefer |
Ashland |
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6. Tyler Hughes |
Lake Erie |
197 lbs.
|
1. Jake Cramer |
Tiffin |
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2. Brandon O'Neill |
Ashland |
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3. Evan Rosborough |
Lake Erie |
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4. Stuart Nadeau |
UNC Pembroke |
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5. Robert Parland |
Coker |
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6. Justin Tribble |
Limestone |
Heavyweight
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1. Garrett Gray |
Tiffin |
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2. Chris Giddens |
UNC Pembroke |
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3. Garrett Fosdyck |
King |
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4. Andrew Ewers |
Shorter |
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5. Alex Green |
Coker |
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6. Chaas Delgado |
Belmont Abbey |