PawneeSports
02-08-2006, 09:02 AM
Scott Chenoweth has another Perry machine ready to roll
Stillwater NewsPress
By: Roger Moore, Sports Editor
Published: 02-08-2006
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Perry High School has won 32 state championships, seven Dual State titles and crowned 137 individual champions. Head coach Scott Chenoweth plans on adding to that total this weekend and in three weeks at the 2006 State Wrestling Championships.
PERRY — Class 2A wrestling programs have a tough time scouting the Perry Maroons.
That’s because while Oklahoma’s smallest classification of schools are padding individual records, Scott Chenoweth’s squad is picking a fight with the big boys.
The reigning kings of 2A finished the regular season at 13-4 with losses to 5A No. 1 Midwest City, No. 2 Ponca City, No. 3 Stillwater and 4A powerhouse El Reno. Among the conquests are Class 3A No. 1 Marlow, defending 3A champ Cushing and 5A’s Tulsa Union and Westmoore.
This weekend at Tulsa Union’s UMAC, PHS goes for its fourth-straight Dual State title. In two weeks in Oklahoma City, the program seeks its 33rd state championship.
“Coach doesn’t want us to take anybody lightly,” said senior 171-pounder Dusty Ward, who owns a 27-7 record and looks to become a four-time state qualifier in two weeks. “This is the best time of the year because once January is over you pretty much have three events left. Your body starts to feel a lot better.
“The whole season is just preparing for the next three weeks.”
Ward knows all about preparing. Since his 8th grade year when he weighed 110 pounds, he’s been yelled at, beat on and gone through the four-month grind of a prep wrestling season. He’s also been a part of three Dual State championship squads.
“We are looking to send a message this weekend,” Ward said. “At the beginning of every year, there is always a lot of talking, but when we beat Pawhuska early it kind of lets everybody know that we are going to be tough to beat again.”
On Tuesday, Ian Fisher was that 8th grader getting picked up at the junior high and suiting up for a workout with 103-pounder Ladd Rupp and 125-pounder Stephen Swan ... among others.
Joining Ward four seasons ago was fellow senior Austin Workman. The two-year starter at quarterback for the Maroons capped his junior season with a state title at 140 pounds.
“I think once we beat a good 2A team or we go and beat Marlow or Tulsa Union, I think the rest of 2A probably gets the message,” said Workman (30-7). “Our confidence went way up after we took third at the El Reno Duals. Coach says that everybody is practicing hard, but I don’t think they go as hard as we do the entire season.
“Perry has been wrestling the big schools for a long time and that is why it’s the way that it is almost every year.”
Chenoweth’s lineup this weekend also includes seniors Brice Beckwith (19-6 at 189) and Treynor Tetik (24-10 at 215). Giving a pair of forfeits in many duals has meant Tetik, a fourth place finisher in 2005, and Beckwith, a state runner-up a year ago, have wrestled up a weight very often.
“I’ve had a goal to win state for a long time and I’m just working hard to get there right now,” Tetik said. “It’s a lot different coming back down to wrestle at 215 after going against the bigger guys. I think it’s helped.
“We work harder than any other 2A school and it pays off this time of year. Coach works the same with everybody, but he allows you to find something you are good at and drill on it over and over.”
Tetik, like Workman and Ward, admits that not having Coach Chenoweth pushing them everyday is going to be strange. But at the same time, they know that is why they are in a position to be state champions.
“I remember a couple of times, being in the corner with Coach yelling at me,” Workman said. “When you are a freshman or sophomore, it can get to you because he demands hard work. He understands how to make you better.”
How good has Perry’s 2005-06 season been?
With Beckwith injured, senior 189-pounder Chris Edwards went 18-8 and won the Jenks Tournament title.
For those wondering if the Maroons’ run is going to end anytime soon, consider this:
• Rupp is 31-5 as a freshman. Swan, also a freshman, is 17-6.
• Juniors Adam Schwandt (135) and Ry Fleming (130) have combined for 42 wins this season.
• Fisher was fourth at junior high state and freshmen Sterling Henderson
• David Collins could make an immediate impact according to Chenoweth.
But, first things first.
“We don’t concern ourselves with everybody else, we just put in the work to make sure we are ready to go,” said Chenoweth during Tuesday’s workout. “We may have had one of our best practices on Monday ... guys were really going at it all over the place. If we keep wrestling like that, the next three weeks are going to be fun.”
That’s exactly what the rest of 2A didn’t want to hear.
Dual State Championships at Tulsa Union
Friday
Class 2A — (6 p.m.) Hobart vs Sperry; Cascia Hall vs Empire (8 p.m.) Perry vs Lexington; Kingfisher vs Pawhuska
Class 3A — ( 6 p.m.) Marlow vs Glenpool; Vinita vs Blackwell (8 p.m.) Ft. Gibson vs Cushing; Weatherford vs Bristow
Class 4A — (6 p.m.) El Reno vs Coweta; Shawnee vs Noble (8 p.m.) Catoosa vs Chickasha; Bixby vs Lawton MacArthur
Class 5A — (6 p.m.) Midwest City vs Tulsa Union; Sapulpa vs Westmoore (8 p.m.) Ponca City vs Choctaw; Del City vs Muskogee
Saturday
1 p.m. — Semifinals
6 p.m. — Championship finals
Stillwater NewsPress
By: Roger Moore, Sports Editor
Published: 02-08-2006
http://64.217.29.134/daily_pics/2006/feb/2006-02-08s.jpg
Perry High School has won 32 state championships, seven Dual State titles and crowned 137 individual champions. Head coach Scott Chenoweth plans on adding to that total this weekend and in three weeks at the 2006 State Wrestling Championships.
PERRY — Class 2A wrestling programs have a tough time scouting the Perry Maroons.
That’s because while Oklahoma’s smallest classification of schools are padding individual records, Scott Chenoweth’s squad is picking a fight with the big boys.
The reigning kings of 2A finished the regular season at 13-4 with losses to 5A No. 1 Midwest City, No. 2 Ponca City, No. 3 Stillwater and 4A powerhouse El Reno. Among the conquests are Class 3A No. 1 Marlow, defending 3A champ Cushing and 5A’s Tulsa Union and Westmoore.
This weekend at Tulsa Union’s UMAC, PHS goes for its fourth-straight Dual State title. In two weeks in Oklahoma City, the program seeks its 33rd state championship.
“Coach doesn’t want us to take anybody lightly,” said senior 171-pounder Dusty Ward, who owns a 27-7 record and looks to become a four-time state qualifier in two weeks. “This is the best time of the year because once January is over you pretty much have three events left. Your body starts to feel a lot better.
“The whole season is just preparing for the next three weeks.”
Ward knows all about preparing. Since his 8th grade year when he weighed 110 pounds, he’s been yelled at, beat on and gone through the four-month grind of a prep wrestling season. He’s also been a part of three Dual State championship squads.
“We are looking to send a message this weekend,” Ward said. “At the beginning of every year, there is always a lot of talking, but when we beat Pawhuska early it kind of lets everybody know that we are going to be tough to beat again.”
On Tuesday, Ian Fisher was that 8th grader getting picked up at the junior high and suiting up for a workout with 103-pounder Ladd Rupp and 125-pounder Stephen Swan ... among others.
Joining Ward four seasons ago was fellow senior Austin Workman. The two-year starter at quarterback for the Maroons capped his junior season with a state title at 140 pounds.
“I think once we beat a good 2A team or we go and beat Marlow or Tulsa Union, I think the rest of 2A probably gets the message,” said Workman (30-7). “Our confidence went way up after we took third at the El Reno Duals. Coach says that everybody is practicing hard, but I don’t think they go as hard as we do the entire season.
“Perry has been wrestling the big schools for a long time and that is why it’s the way that it is almost every year.”
Chenoweth’s lineup this weekend also includes seniors Brice Beckwith (19-6 at 189) and Treynor Tetik (24-10 at 215). Giving a pair of forfeits in many duals has meant Tetik, a fourth place finisher in 2005, and Beckwith, a state runner-up a year ago, have wrestled up a weight very often.
“I’ve had a goal to win state for a long time and I’m just working hard to get there right now,” Tetik said. “It’s a lot different coming back down to wrestle at 215 after going against the bigger guys. I think it’s helped.
“We work harder than any other 2A school and it pays off this time of year. Coach works the same with everybody, but he allows you to find something you are good at and drill on it over and over.”
Tetik, like Workman and Ward, admits that not having Coach Chenoweth pushing them everyday is going to be strange. But at the same time, they know that is why they are in a position to be state champions.
“I remember a couple of times, being in the corner with Coach yelling at me,” Workman said. “When you are a freshman or sophomore, it can get to you because he demands hard work. He understands how to make you better.”
How good has Perry’s 2005-06 season been?
With Beckwith injured, senior 189-pounder Chris Edwards went 18-8 and won the Jenks Tournament title.
For those wondering if the Maroons’ run is going to end anytime soon, consider this:
• Rupp is 31-5 as a freshman. Swan, also a freshman, is 17-6.
• Juniors Adam Schwandt (135) and Ry Fleming (130) have combined for 42 wins this season.
• Fisher was fourth at junior high state and freshmen Sterling Henderson
• David Collins could make an immediate impact according to Chenoweth.
But, first things first.
“We don’t concern ourselves with everybody else, we just put in the work to make sure we are ready to go,” said Chenoweth during Tuesday’s workout. “We may have had one of our best practices on Monday ... guys were really going at it all over the place. If we keep wrestling like that, the next three weeks are going to be fun.”
That’s exactly what the rest of 2A didn’t want to hear.
Dual State Championships at Tulsa Union
Friday
Class 2A — (6 p.m.) Hobart vs Sperry; Cascia Hall vs Empire (8 p.m.) Perry vs Lexington; Kingfisher vs Pawhuska
Class 3A — ( 6 p.m.) Marlow vs Glenpool; Vinita vs Blackwell (8 p.m.) Ft. Gibson vs Cushing; Weatherford vs Bristow
Class 4A — (6 p.m.) El Reno vs Coweta; Shawnee vs Noble (8 p.m.) Catoosa vs Chickasha; Bixby vs Lawton MacArthur
Class 5A — (6 p.m.) Midwest City vs Tulsa Union; Sapulpa vs Westmoore (8 p.m.) Ponca City vs Choctaw; Del City vs Muskogee
Saturday
1 p.m. — Semifinals
6 p.m. — Championship finals