Shawnee Mission Northwest
Wrestling 2011-12 Tip Sheet
Head Coach:
Howard Newcomb 12th yr
@ NW 23nd overall
Assistant @SMNW 93-2000
email: nwnewcom@smsd.org
Assistant coaches: Shawn Swander, Mark Wall, Warren
Day, and Rusty Arnold
Home phone: 913-244-6775 School phone: 913-993-7252
Best time to be reached at
home: 7:30 p.m.
Best time to be reached at
school:
2:00 p.m.
Last year’s record
(overall/league/state): 1-9
overall / 6th in Sunflower League / 16th in state
Career coaching record (overall/at current
school): Approx. 49-100 and 49-62 at NW
Starters lost to graduation:
Ross
Whitmore, 125- 3x State Placer
Matt
Vanausdall, 119- 3x State Qualifier
Scott
Snyder, 152
Tanner
Shelby, 160
Jordan
Masingale, 171 State Qualifier 2011
Blake
Covington, 189- State Qualifier@189 in 2010
Mark
Sample, 215- State Runner-up 2011
Eric
Bracken, 285
Top Returners:
Colby
Everett Sr.
160/170- State Qualifier@119 in 2010, State Qualifier@140 in 2011
Jacob
Heindel Sr.
285 Returning from Injury
Colton
Almos Jr.
138/145 State Qualifier@130 in 2011
Reed
Bowker Jr..
127/132 State Qualifier @112 in 2010
Blake
Gordon Jr.
106 State
Qualifier@103 in 2011
Mario
Galvan So.
195/220 State Qualifier@189 in 2011
Dallas
Ernsdorff So. 152 Returning from
Injury
Other returners:
Seniors-
Esdras Cisneros 127/132, Devin Kaberline 220
Juniors-
Jorge Amunatigui 138/145, Kyle Zarda 145/152, Jerad Carson 220
Sophomores-
Dondi Jones 106, Josh Keegan 138/145
New wrestlers to watch for:
Freshman-
Emillio Amunatigui, Adam Schnacker, Adam Vanausdall, Zack Newcomb
Thoughts on team outlook:
We
will miss the experienced seniors, but we hope to re-load and improve on last
year’s 1-9 dual record and 16th place finish at State. We are returning five State Qualifiers and
two that for sure would have been qualifiers if it were not for season ending
injuries. Our depth this year may
play a role in our success as we don’t have as much experience on the
bench. We will give those younger
kids a chance to get some varsity mat time throughout the year. The Kids program here at Northwest keeps
sending us freshmen that have the potential to make the varsity lineup, or at
least push the ones that are here to get better if they want to stay in front
of them. I am very excited about
the potential of this team.
Sunflower league
predictions:
Lawrence, Olathe Northwest, SM East