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Burdock earns All-American labelNorthern standout finishes third in star-filled national wrestling tournamentHighSchoolWrestlingPITTSBURGH — Tirrell Bur-dock, wrestling in the 103-pound weight class, finished third in the 6th annual National High School Wrestling Championships at the Palumbo Center on the campus of Duquense University over the weekend.Burdock is not only the first area wrestler to place in the national championships, but is also the first to win a match. The event is sponsored by the National High School Coaches Association. To be eligible to compete in the tournament a wrestler has to place first or second in his state’s respective tournament sometime in his career.The top eight wrestlers in each class are declared All-Americans. There were 512 wrestlers entered in the tournament, representing 43 states.“Tirrell is right up there with everybody in this tournament even though he finished third,” said Northern coach Scott Stough. “I really think his success is a result of his hard work, a lot of time spent in the weight room, and a lot of time spent at off-season wrestling camps.”In his first match, Burdock wrestled Rudy Belloclc the state champion of Arizona, and pinned him in 5:41. Next, Marcos Jean-tete, the state champion of New Mexico, defeated Burdock, 6-5.Burdock them moved to the losers’ bracket and took^n Massachusetts state champion Eric Connolly, who was also fifth in the New England tournament. Burdock won by pin in 4:51. Kevin Clawson, the state champion of Illinois, then fell to Burdock, 2-0.James Beyer, the state champion of Ohio, was next and he fell to Burdock, 6-0. Burdock then defeated Hamayoon Sharifi, theClass 5A state champion of Colorado, 5-3. Clint Loyd, of Oklahoma, fell next to Burdock, going down on a pin at 5:13 of overtime.In his final match, Burdock beat Phillip Castro, 112-pound champion from Arizona, 2-1, to place third in the tournament. There were 28 wrestlers in each weight class and Burdock finished with a record of 7-1.Burdock entered the tournament with a career record of 104 wins and 15 losses, which places him second on the all-time Northern win list. He had 58 career pins. He finished second in the state of Maryland this year with a 33-3 record.Marty Kusick, of Northeast-Anne Arundel, who beat Burdock in the Maryland state final, won the National High School Wrestling Championship, taking the title match, 11-2. Kusick beat Burdock in the Maryland tournament, 2-1.There were three other high school All-Americans from the Maryland West Region: Randy Owings, 130-pounder from Francis Scott Key, placed sixth; Zach Yinger, also from Francis Scott Key, placed sixth in the 145-pound division; and heavyweight Mark Janus, also of Francis Scott Key, placed sixth.Jason Swisher, of Beall, beat Janus in the Maryland state tournament.“It was really an outstanding performance from our region,” said Stough. “Plus, they were all Class Double^A kids, small-school kids. It really shows there is some serious talent in our area and that Tirrell, especially, can wrestle with anyone in the country.“He lost early in the tournament, and came back to win six straight matches to place third. When a wrestler loses early in this tournament it’s very tough to come back and perform the way Tirrell did.”
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Cumberland Times News
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Tue, Apr 04, 1995
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