Wrestling fans,

Another season is in full stride, and the stretch run is upon us all. I wanted to get some exciting news to you, some important news, and just some friendly conversation going.

This weekend all three of Kentucky's college programs will compete in the prestigious NWCA National Duals. Here is a link to the brackets: http://www.nwcaonlin...ts-are-released and you will be able to follow all of the action live via trackwrestling.com. We square off against 9th ranked Dickinson State to start things off, and if things go as planned we will have the opportunity to knock off defending national champion Grand View in the quarterfinals. We have had a great deal of changes to our lineup since we returned to campus December 28th, and we head into the event humbly confident.

We are also very excited about our upcoming home event on February 1st which is sponsored by http://www.defensesoap.com/. We will host #16 Indiana Tech and #25 Life University. This is going to be a special evening as we will be donning our camouflage singlets in support of our military. We are also going to have branches of the armed forces in attendance to help us raise awareness to the charity "Wounded Warrior Project". The program helps foster the most successful well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in our nations history. We plan to host one home dual meet in this fashion every season, and being that this is our first time, we hope you can help us provide an exciting atmosphere. The evening will be exciting for sure. We will unveil a banner that hangs in our gymnasium of our program's first National Champion, Charlie Pingleton. Charlie is a member of the National Guard, and it is only fitting that we will present him with his National Championship ring that night as well.

Also, we are giving away $10,000 in cash prizes on February 1st. We are selling raffle tickets that will raise funds for our program as well as the Wounded Warrior Project. Only 200 tickets are being sold at $100 each, and we have several tickets still available. Not only will you be helping our program, you will be helping our injured service members recover. We will select 8 lucky winners (need not be present to win) and the prizes are as follows:

1st: $5,000

2nd: $2,000

3rd: $1,000

4th: $750

5th: $500

6th: $350

7th: $250

8th: $150

Not only are your chances excellent, but you will also receive a complimentary gift from Defense Soap worth $27.50. You can view this specific product here: http://shop.defensesoap.com/magshop/defense-soap-bar-soap/defense-soap.html

To purchase a raffle ticket online, click here: https://portal.linds...affle/index.cfm

Earlier this week Takedown Radio's, Scott Casber, called to get an update on what we're doing for this special event. You can hear the interview here: http://www.takedownr...m/articles/8077

I hope your season is going well, and I truly hope you will accept this personal invitation to come watch some great college wrestling on February 1st. We are anxious to show off our new singlets, and very excited to raise money and awareness for a fantastic cause. The WWP is such an honorable thing to be associated with, and we hope to become more and more involved as time goes on.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and best of luck to everyone down the stretch. GO HARD!

Sincerely,

Corey Ruff

Head Wrestling Coach

Lindsey Wilson College

P.S. Buy a raffle ticket, please.

Where can we find the new lineup?

Our roster for National Duals is as follows:

125 - Ethan Miller & Felix Casa del Valle

133 - Jacob McCombs & Leo Hardy

141 - Wismit Moinius

149 - Zach McCormick

157 - Joe Cozart

165 - James Haywood & Cadyn McKeeth

174 - Jameel Bryant

184 - Ian Stephens & Thomas Buckman

197 - Jacob Bradford

285 - Teddy Furnish & Jonathan Hupp

We came home with a 6th place finish this weekend through a great deal of adversity, and I am very proud of what this team accomplished. After everything that could go wrong, seemed to go wrong we came together and fought to bring home some much deserved hardware. I like to believe that things always happen for a reason, even if it is hard to find meaning. The adversity we face in our lives will always make us better in the long run (and this team has had it's share of adversity to deal with over the past two seasons).

The short story that you'll see on paper is that two of our guys didn't make weight on Saturday morning, and thus we are not a disciplined program. Or those individuals can be percieved as undisciplined athletes. However, several things took place in the 36 hours leading up to the start of the tournament that hindered our chances of competing all together. To walk out of there with 6th place is something we can be very proud of. Here are the results, and if you care to hear the excuses of why we were in this position I'll explain below.

Only a little over a week till the 1 Feb Drawing; get your ticket for a shot at $10,000.00

1st $5,000.00

2nd $2,000.00

3rd $1,000.00

4th $750.00

5th $500.00

6th $350.00

7th $250.00

8th $150.00

Nice! Is Joe Cozart of the Brandon High (FLA) Cozarts?

Yes &

Only a few days left to get a Lindsey Wilson Raffle ticket for the $10,000.00 drawing.....

"DO NOT" need to be present to win...

Here is a press release for Friday's event: http://www.lindseyathletics.com/article/4371.php

Projected lineups are as follows:

Life University

125 - Darius Graves

133 - Chad Maldonado

141 - #15 Dillan Schouw

149 - Jeff Drever

157 - Oliver Brukardt

165 - Jason Fraser

174 - Ryan Jacobs

184 - #14 Trey Hicks

197 - Matt Mannino

285 - Chris Daniels

#16 Indiana Tech

125 - #16 Kris McKinley (SO)

133 - #7 Travis Barroquillo (SO)

141 - Travis Dragomer (FR)

149 - Sidney Logan (FR)

157 - Adam Fahs (SO)

165 - #7 James Bennett (RS JR)

174 - #6 Tanner Martin (SO)

184 -  Kelvin Jordan (RS JR)

197 - Dustin Boyd (JR) or Taylor DeLong (FR)

285 - #12 Logan Rimmer (FR)

#5 Lindsey Wilson

125 - Ethan Miller (rsSR)