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13th
Edition of Lone Star
Duals
is Texas Size Success!
The
13th annual Hilton Arlington Lone Star Duals provided some great
wrestling on Friday, January 15 and Saturday, January 16 at South
Grand Prairie High School.
Thirteen colleges converged on Arlington to provide some outstanding
matchups in the dual format. Oklahoma and Brown returned for their
13th consecutive year.
For all the college results>
Several Dallas area high
school teams welcomed mens' teams from Virginia, Missouri, Florida,
and Oklahoma for two days of wrestling. Prior champion Oviedo HS
from Florida returned to challenge multi year champion Bishop Lynch
HS and provided one of the most exciting championship matches
anywhere. Lynch won their 3rd title in a row with a 35-33 victory
over Oviedo from Florida.
Ten schools sent teams for the
women's competition, Caprock HS defeated Katy HS in a hard fought
set of matches filled with pins.
For all the HS Boys' Pool Results>
For
all the HS Girls' Pool Results>
Four matches
were televised, including the first ever National Collegiate
Wrestling Association (NCWA) and National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All Star Challenge sponsored by
American Airlines.

Highlight Event of
the Lone Star Duals!
The American Airlines All-Star Challenge
The premier collegiate wrestling event pitted the NAIA National
Champions against the NCWA National Champions. The clash of the best
returning athletes from last year's nationals proved to be a classic
between these two outstanding divisions in college wrestling.
The event was
one of four matches that were televised on Saturday.

College Coaches'
Picks
Outstanding
Wrestlers Selected
At the conclusion of the last matches of the Lone Star Duals
presentations were made to the Outstanding Wrestlers in the College
Division I and College Non Division I.
Winners were:
Non
Division I: Kamarudeen Usman (Nebraska-Kearney)
Division I: Anthony Robles
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