WRESTLING: BALDWIN SETS NATIONAL WINS RECORDOsceola (Kissimmee, Fla.) senior Pete Baldwin, who usually wrestles at 145 pounds, set a national record last week when he won his 305th career match. The record of 304 was shared by Kentuckians Travis Sullivan of Monticello Wayne County and Josh Johnson of Elizabethtown John Hardin, according to Cal Johnson of Wrestling USA Magazine.
It should be pointed out that the above trio was able to wrestle high school varsity matches as junior high students. Baldwin, for example, totaled 105 victories in sixth, seventh and eighth grade. The National High School Federation counts only grades 9-12 and its record belongs to Colton Palmer of Riverside (Durham, N.C.), who had 284 victories.
The talented Old Dominion signee, however, is looking over his shoulder, because his eighth grade brother, Fox Baldwin, already has 151 wins.
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Apple Valley (Minn.) again upheld its No. 1 national ranking by beating No. 4 Brandon (Fla.), 34-16, to win The Clash before a capacity crowd of 5,000 in Rochester, Minn. The powerful Eagles notched six wins - including a 42-20 triumph over No. 5 Simley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) - during the ninth annual 32-team tournament.
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Wyoming Seminary College Prep (Kingston, Pa.) defeated Christiansburg (Va.), 33-27, by taking the last two weight classes to capture the National Division title during the 31st annual Virginia Duals in Hampton, Va.
Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, Va.) defeated Great Bridge (Chesapeake, Va.), 42-19, to win the Black & Blue Division.
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