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WEST OTTAWA PANTHER WRESTLING
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West Ottawa: The Olympic Connection

9/30/2020
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Holland, MI-

Off season wrestling is important for any program, but at West Ottawa it is a bit different. Unlike other local West Michigan programs, the Panthers rely heavily on training Olympic style wrestling (freestyle and greco-roman) to make improvements in leaps and bounds. The pinnacle of this the high school national championships, held  every July in Fargo, North Dakota. Unfortunately due to the corona virus, the event was canceled. So in leu of summer coverage, lets take a look back at the last few decades and our best to represent our school, state, and country in Olympic style wrestling.  
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National Qualifiers 
The following is a list of West Ottawa Wrestlers that competed on either the MUSAW Dual Team or represented Team Michigan at Fargo (If you don't see your name, let us know at westottawawrestling@gmail.com):
1999 Ryan Lancaster
1999 Rory Lancaster
2000 Ryan Lancaster
2000 Cory Fuller
2000 David Whalen
2002 Ryan Lancaster
2010 Gaven Daniels
2010 Miguel Correa
2011 Anthony Inthavong
2011 Ramon Correa
2011 Gaven Daniels
2011 Miguel Correa
2012 Miguel Correa
2012 Ramon Correa
2013 Kalib Brunson
2013 Ramon Correa
2013 Anthony Inthavong
2014 Kalib Brunson
2014 Ramon Correa
2015 Ramon Correa
2015 Keenan Montoya
2016 Ethan Curtin
2017 Julian Jimenez
2018 Mathew Hakken
2018 Julian Jimenez
2018 Mathew Hakken
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Keenan Montoya ('16) at the 2015 MUSAW State Finals
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Mathew Hakken ('21) at the 2019 MUSAW State Finals
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Club State Champions
West Ottawa generally has a good showing at the freestyle and greco roman state finals. Here are the few (on record) that have won state titles:​
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1997 Ryan Lancaster         MWF FR

2000 Ryan Lancaster   MUSAW FR
2010 Ramon Correa     MUSAW FR
2011 Ramon Correa     MUSAW FR
2012 Miguel Correa      MUSAW FR
2013 Miguel Correa     MUSAW GR
2013 Miguel Correa      MUSAW FR
2014 Ramon Correa    MUSAW GR
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Ramon Correa ('15) at the 2015 AAU Junior Olympics
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Ryan Lancaster ('02) at he 2000 Junior Freestyle National Championships at Fargo, ND
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All-Americans
To be top 8 in the country is no easy feat to accomplish, but a few Panthers have made their way to the podium'
​1994
  • 8th - Karl Nadolsky, Cadet GR (95)
1997
  • 3rd - Ryan Lancaster, Schoolboy FS (HWT)
2000
  • 5th - Spencer Nadolsky, Cadet FS (209)
2004
  • 8th - John McClure, Junior GR (189)
2015
  • Ramon Correa AAU Jr. Olympics FS (HWT)
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A shot of the field at the 2014 Fargo finals
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AAU Junior Olympic Teams
Another large event that offers high level freestyle is the AAU Junior Olympics. Several of our wrestlers have made the trip, and walked away with 10 matches!

​Keenan Montoya

​Ramon Correa
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Ryan Lancaster ('02) wrestling in a barn in Kempten, Germany on an exchange tour in 2006
​There are plenty of other events that even put West Ottawa on the international stage! If you don't see a name here that should be, or have pictures to share, please send them to us at westottawawrestling@gmail.com
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