Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 5:46PM EDT until June 18 at 6:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Darke County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 545 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Bluffton to 10 miles north of Hagerstown, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Greenville, Celina, Coldwater, Versailles, St. Henry, Bradford, Union City, Fort Recovery, Ansonia, Rockford, Webster, Wabash, Wayne Lakes, Mendon, Gettysburg, Osgood, Chickasaw, Burkettsville, North Star, and Rossburg.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 18 at 4:51PM EDT until June 18 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 437 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
LEWIS
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON MASON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CAMP DIX, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HEAD OF GRASSY, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TOLLESBORO, TROY, URBANA, VANCEBURG, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Cavaliers sweep Coldwater Duals

By Gary R. Rasberry

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Coldwater's Nick Uhlenhake, top, went 5-0 on Saturday at the Coldwater Duals and improved his overall season record to 25-0 while helping the Cavaliers win all five matches on the day.

COLDWATER - Facing off against some solid teams, the Coldwater wrestling team had a big challenge in trying to go unbeaten during Saturday's Coldwater Duals Tournament in The Palace.

The Cavaliers came through, completing a clean sweep on the day, concluding with a solid 39-19 win over Western Buckeye League power Elida in the fifth round of the tournament.

"Kids wrestled great today," said Coldwater coach Chuck Alig. "They're improving. That's what we want to see. Hopefully we can continue that way."

Coldwater opened the day with its easiest win, a 65-15 drubbing of Cross County Conference foe Arcanum. In the second round, Clinton-Massie, one of the top teams in the Miami Valley, looked to get some sort of payback after Coldwater beat them in football 63-14 during the playoffs. Coldwater remained strong, beating the Falcons 48-22.

Next up was Northwest Conference contender Paulding. The result was the same, Coldwater used its experience to pull away for a 45-21 win. Round four saw West Liberty-Salem look to try and derail the Cavaliers, but Coldwater pulled away late to take a 53-24 decision.

Going into the final round, Coldwater was the only unbeaten. Elida's only loss was a 37-31 decision against Clinton-Massie. The Cavaliers needed a win - with Massie facing winless Arcanum - to snag the overall title.

Coldwater began to pull away when Tyler Kunk went to the mat against Spencer Ladd at 171 pounds. Kunk was taken to the limit by Ladd before coming away with a 14-12 decision to put Coldwater up 13-6. Nick Gabel followed with a big pin at 189 pounds on Carl Miller.

At 215 pounds, Coldwater's Nick Uhlenhake, unbeaten at 24-0 coming into the final bout, faced WBL contender Cody Wittkamp. Uhlenhake dominated to improve to 25-0 with a 18-2 technical fall on Wittkamp.

"Two-fifteen was a very strong weight class," said Alig. "Nick has proven that he's for real. He's 25-0 right now and is doing the job."

The winning continued at 112, where Matt Grandstaff beat Jason Hunlock, the WBL runner-up at 103 pounds last season, with a 7-4 decision. Defending WBL 112 champ Shawn Brunk completed a 5-0 day in beating Jared Kohn at 119 pounds by major decision to cut it to 27-16, followed by teammate Shane Troyer denying Brock Timmerman a perfect day at 125 pounds. Coldwater concluded the day with Trevor Kunk winning at 135 points.

Both Kunk brothers, along with Grandstaff, Uhlenhake and Muhlenkamp finished the day at 5-0 for the Cavaliers.

With the postseason just over a month away, Alig is seeing the good signs for a team that is getting tournament ready.

"We've got everyone where we want them weight-wise," said Alig. "Now it's a matter of improving every week.

"This is a great competition. You have Clinton-Massie, West Liberty-Salem, Elida. They all bring good quality teams. That's what we need."

Coldwater is back in action on Tuesday, making the trip to Elida to take part in a trimatch along with Defiance.

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Coldwater's 112-pounder Matt Grandstaff, top, went 5-0 on the day on the mats helping the Cavaliers to a perfect 5-0 day during Saturday's Coldwater Duals.

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Coldwater's Tyler Kunk is in control of his 171-pound match during Saturday's Coldwater Duals. Kunk went 5-0 to help the Cavaliers to sweep on the day.

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Coldwater's Jared Kohn, top, battles Arcanum's C.J. Rogekki during their 119-pound match on Saturday at the Coldwater Duals held at The Palace. Coldwater went 5-0 on the day to sweep the competition. The Cavaliers defeated Arcanum, Clinton-Massie, Paulding, West Liberty-Salem and Elida.

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