You’ve just gotta learn from it. In short time, he turned around a CSU program that had fallen to the back of the pack in the EWL and reenergized college wrestling in Northeast Ohio. Subscribe to cleveland.com. “Nothing is gonna help unless we start trusting the process,” Aurora coach Johnny Papesh said. But the Falcons reeled off four consecutive wins, including a 25-9 technical fall by Chris Kelly over Aurora’s Brian Kennedy at 132, to take a 14-12 lead. Evan Anderson picked up a 10-3 decision at 195 to put Aurora up, 28-17. Cleveland State University sports news and features, including conference, nickname, location and official social media handles. The 2006 team scored an upset of Ohio State. Cross Country & Track and Field Announces 2020-21 Newcomers. Tami graduated from CSU's John Marshall College of Law and Shari graduated from CSU's school of education while Kathy graduated from Ohio State. “We’ll come back stronger. Former All American Tony DiGiovanni has coached a state championship team at Solon High School as well as starting the premier open mats session where wrestlers from all over Northeast Ohio flock to on Wednesdays in the spring and summer. The tide began to change when Graham’s Jack Mefford defeated Quinn Gorman, 7-1, at 182. Every day is a new day and next weekend’s a new weekend.”. “The time came where it was Graham in front of us, but we didn’t rise to the occasion. In 2002 Phil Mansueto became CSU's first conference champ since Dan Carcelli's final title in 1995. “A couple of pinfalls hurt us in a couple of weight classes,” Papesh said. He started out in coaching as an assistant for Clemson University. By 2003, CSU had risen back to third in the EWL followed by a fourth in 2004. “Honestly, I can’t speak on the team’s perspective, but I think we wanted that match so bad,” Lillard said. Wrestle Stat. He was pivotal in having Sports Time Ohio air the EWL Championships for a couple years. Get the latest Cleveland high school wrestling news, rankings, schedules, stats, scores, results & athletes info for high school football, soccer, basketball, baseball, and more at cleveland.com. But the third-seeded Falcons won three of the final four individual matches, including back-to-back pins at 220 and 285, to escape with a 32-30 victory and eliminate second-seeded Aurora. Cleveland State wrestling roster, schedule, eligibility breakdown, depth chart, ranking history and general team information. Currently, Dick resides with his wife Nancy in Rocky River just outside Cleveland. “When you trust the process with 13 (or) 14 wrestlers in our lineup, you’re gonna be tough. His 2003 and 2007 teams are the only CSU teams since 1989 to reach double digit wins in duals. Cleveland State University. But we can’t worry about Graham.