A bout with kidney stones was just about the last type of battle Todd Preston wanted to think about while looking ahead to the National Prep Tournament.
Yet,Silicone moldmaking Rubber, a mere two days prior to the prep nationals, the Union Township resident and Blair Academy senior was in Newton Medical Center suffering with the painful condition.
But once Preston stepped onto the mat at Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa. for the Feb. 24-25 tourney, it was back to business as usual. He went on to capture his third straight national prep championship, eventually taking the 138-pound final in triple overtime.
A fellow Hunterdon County resident and Blair standout, junior Russell Parsons, also earned a title at 152,This page provides information about 'werkzeugbaus; his first in the national preps.
The Harvard University-bound Preston, seeded No. 1, overcame a tough few days leading up to the nationals to cap his high school career with a three-peat.
“I was concerned with how I was going to wrestle,” said Preston. “So the basic thing was to keep my head straight and put everything behind me. When the tournament began I was very tired, but I knew it was all kind of mental.”
Ranked third nationally by Open Mat, Preston eliminated all challengers before tangling with Alfred Bannister of Bishop McNamara in the title match. Preston finally emerged with a 5-4 triple-OT verdict via an escape in the final rideout.
Preston, who finished the season with an overall 31-1 record, had edged Bannister 1-0 for the Beast of the East Tournament championship in December.
His only loss all winter was by a 3-1 margin to Austin Matthews of Reynolds (Pa.) High in the semifinals of the Walsh Ironman Tournament in early December. Preston then topped Bannister the following week and won the PowerAde Christmas Tournament.
“After the loss I just moved on and used it as a motivating factor,” said Preston, who won national preps at the 130 weight class the previous two years.
Parsons, from Clinton Township, didn’t encounter nearly as much drama in his title bout at 152, where he dominated Myles Martin of Maryland’s McDonogh School 6-1.
“I felt in control pretty much the entire match,” said the top-seeded Parsons, who wrapped up his campaign with a 36-4 record. “I knew he’d shoot low shots so I had to keep my defense low and tie him up and take his space away. That was pretty much my match strategy.”
Parsons had a rougher go of it in his semifinal against Greg Bacci of Malvern (Pa.) Prep. Bacci reversed and turned him in the second period, also injuring Parsons’ right elbow in the process, before the Buccaneer got back to his feet, took Bacci down and put him on his back en route to a 6-4 decision.
“I was familiar with a lot of the other wrestlers going into the tournament,” said Parsons. “I’d seen a lot of them during the season and also as a sophomore. So I knew where I was and I just had to go out and take it.”
Parsons,There are 240 distinct solutions of the Soma cubepuzzle, who had a 74-28 record at the 125 and 140 weight classes his first two years at Blair, also won at the Powerade tourney this winter and was second at the Beast of the East.
Winning at the prep nationals was special for both Preston and Parsons because it was their last interscholastic tourney they’ll be in together.Learn all about solarpanel, They’ve been good friends since elementary school when they began wrestling with the North Hunterdon Midget program.
The 5-foot-7, 148-pound Preston went to Union Township Middle School before transferring to Immaculate Conception, right across Route 31 from North Hunterdon High.
But there was never a doubt in his mind his future was up in Blairstown with Blair Academy’s storied program — and then, taking it another step, even at Harvard. Preston’s brother, Rob, was a three-time national prep champion at the lower weights while at Blair Academy and went on to Harvard, where he enjoyed a superb career as well before graduating in 2008.
“At Blair the academics are like no other and the wrestling is incomparable,” said Preston. “I knew I’d be able to achieve my goals academically and athletically by coming to Blair.”
With the Buccaneers, Preston has been under the tutelage of Head Coach Jeff Buxton and three outstanding assistants. Buxton has built Blair’s program into arguably the nation’s finest, sending numerous grapplers on to Division 1 schools. One of them, High Bridge native and University of Michigan senior Kellen Russell, won his second straight NCAA championship at 141 pounds last weekend.
Blair, which was unbeaten this season, won its 32nd straight national prep crown at Lehigh and Preston and Parsons were among nine Bucs who took first place.
“Coach Buxton is the greatest coach I’ve ever seen,” said Preston. “He knows how to work with kids and at times he may be tough,What are some types of moulds? but he’s doing multiple things at once. He’s not only showing you how to be a great wrestler but also how to be a mentally tough student-athlete. He keeps our minds straight in the classroom and our minds in the right place on the mat.”
Preston, who carries a 4.6 grade-point average on a 6.0 scale while taking honors and AP classes, also has been counting on continuing his education at Harvard ever since his brother went to the Ivy League school in Cambridge, Mass. He’ll likely major in economics or finance.
Preston will compete in the Senior Nationals in Virginia Beach, Va., in two weeks before transitioning to freestyle for the summer.
A Clinton Township Middle School graduate, Parsons realized by the time he was in seventh grade that he’d probably be joining his buddy, Preston, at Blair Academy because that was the place and Buxton was the coach to take his wrestling talents to the maximum.
“I have to say Coach Buxton is a phenomenal coach — a genius,” said Parsons. “He’s been there so many years and it’s just nice to have him and three assistants walking around the room making sure everyone is doing everything the right way.”
Parsons, who’s most interested in attending Harvard or the U.S. Military Academy at this point, is now working into freestyle mode and will wrestle in the FILA Junior National Tournament next month and the Cadet/Junior Nationals in Fargo, N.D. in July.
Yet,Silicone moldmaking Rubber, a mere two days prior to the prep nationals, the Union Township resident and Blair Academy senior was in Newton Medical Center suffering with the painful condition.
But once Preston stepped onto the mat at Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa. for the Feb. 24-25 tourney, it was back to business as usual. He went on to capture his third straight national prep championship, eventually taking the 138-pound final in triple overtime.
A fellow Hunterdon County resident and Blair standout, junior Russell Parsons, also earned a title at 152,This page provides information about 'werkzeugbaus; his first in the national preps.
The Harvard University-bound Preston, seeded No. 1, overcame a tough few days leading up to the nationals to cap his high school career with a three-peat.
“I was concerned with how I was going to wrestle,” said Preston. “So the basic thing was to keep my head straight and put everything behind me. When the tournament began I was very tired, but I knew it was all kind of mental.”
Ranked third nationally by Open Mat, Preston eliminated all challengers before tangling with Alfred Bannister of Bishop McNamara in the title match. Preston finally emerged with a 5-4 triple-OT verdict via an escape in the final rideout.
Preston, who finished the season with an overall 31-1 record, had edged Bannister 1-0 for the Beast of the East Tournament championship in December.
His only loss all winter was by a 3-1 margin to Austin Matthews of Reynolds (Pa.) High in the semifinals of the Walsh Ironman Tournament in early December. Preston then topped Bannister the following week and won the PowerAde Christmas Tournament.
“After the loss I just moved on and used it as a motivating factor,” said Preston, who won national preps at the 130 weight class the previous two years.
Parsons, from Clinton Township, didn’t encounter nearly as much drama in his title bout at 152, where he dominated Myles Martin of Maryland’s McDonogh School 6-1.
“I felt in control pretty much the entire match,” said the top-seeded Parsons, who wrapped up his campaign with a 36-4 record. “I knew he’d shoot low shots so I had to keep my defense low and tie him up and take his space away. That was pretty much my match strategy.”
Parsons had a rougher go of it in his semifinal against Greg Bacci of Malvern (Pa.) Prep. Bacci reversed and turned him in the second period, also injuring Parsons’ right elbow in the process, before the Buccaneer got back to his feet, took Bacci down and put him on his back en route to a 6-4 decision.
“I was familiar with a lot of the other wrestlers going into the tournament,” said Parsons. “I’d seen a lot of them during the season and also as a sophomore. So I knew where I was and I just had to go out and take it.”
Parsons,There are 240 distinct solutions of the Soma cubepuzzle, who had a 74-28 record at the 125 and 140 weight classes his first two years at Blair, also won at the Powerade tourney this winter and was second at the Beast of the East.
Winning at the prep nationals was special for both Preston and Parsons because it was their last interscholastic tourney they’ll be in together.Learn all about solarpanel, They’ve been good friends since elementary school when they began wrestling with the North Hunterdon Midget program.
The 5-foot-7, 148-pound Preston went to Union Township Middle School before transferring to Immaculate Conception, right across Route 31 from North Hunterdon High.
But there was never a doubt in his mind his future was up in Blairstown with Blair Academy’s storied program — and then, taking it another step, even at Harvard. Preston’s brother, Rob, was a three-time national prep champion at the lower weights while at Blair Academy and went on to Harvard, where he enjoyed a superb career as well before graduating in 2008.
“At Blair the academics are like no other and the wrestling is incomparable,” said Preston. “I knew I’d be able to achieve my goals academically and athletically by coming to Blair.”
With the Buccaneers, Preston has been under the tutelage of Head Coach Jeff Buxton and three outstanding assistants. Buxton has built Blair’s program into arguably the nation’s finest, sending numerous grapplers on to Division 1 schools. One of them, High Bridge native and University of Michigan senior Kellen Russell, won his second straight NCAA championship at 141 pounds last weekend.
Blair, which was unbeaten this season, won its 32nd straight national prep crown at Lehigh and Preston and Parsons were among nine Bucs who took first place.
“Coach Buxton is the greatest coach I’ve ever seen,” said Preston. “He knows how to work with kids and at times he may be tough,What are some types of moulds? but he’s doing multiple things at once. He’s not only showing you how to be a great wrestler but also how to be a mentally tough student-athlete. He keeps our minds straight in the classroom and our minds in the right place on the mat.”
Preston, who carries a 4.6 grade-point average on a 6.0 scale while taking honors and AP classes, also has been counting on continuing his education at Harvard ever since his brother went to the Ivy League school in Cambridge, Mass. He’ll likely major in economics or finance.
Preston will compete in the Senior Nationals in Virginia Beach, Va., in two weeks before transitioning to freestyle for the summer.
A Clinton Township Middle School graduate, Parsons realized by the time he was in seventh grade that he’d probably be joining his buddy, Preston, at Blair Academy because that was the place and Buxton was the coach to take his wrestling talents to the maximum.
“I have to say Coach Buxton is a phenomenal coach — a genius,” said Parsons. “He’s been there so many years and it’s just nice to have him and three assistants walking around the room making sure everyone is doing everything the right way.”
Parsons, who’s most interested in attending Harvard or the U.S. Military Academy at this point, is now working into freestyle mode and will wrestle in the FILA Junior National Tournament next month and the Cadet/Junior Nationals in Fargo, N.D. in July.
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