Northwest High School Wrestling

The Northwest Wrestling team was on the hunt off the mat last night for the NWHS Athletics 5th Annual Asgard Awards! We had several scholar awards, multi-sport athletes awards, and some athlete of the month accolades in the event as well as three big wins for overall awards for the night.

Manager of the Year- Carolina Sepulveda
Female Athlete of the Year- Sally Johnson
Male Athlete of the Year- Kevin Shaw

Please join me in congratulating all of our Viking Wrestlers!!!

Two Vikings are headed off to college to pursue their futures and continue their wrestling careers. True Viking Excellence on display!

Kevin Shaw and Henry Williams really poured it on this year. These captains led their team off and on the mat. They continue to lead even as they head off to college by showing us all the way forward. NWW is beyond proud of you both.

Tonight was my final event as the head coach for the Northwest Wrestling Family. I took over this team 6 years ago and worked my hardest to ensure that both teams continued to excel. I want to thank everyone for their support and encouragement throughout the years. This was one of the greatest jobs I have ever had. I made a lot of great relationships and got to mentor some of the greatest kids that will grow up to be our future leaders. Thanks again it’s been a great time!

Today we concluded the 2023-2024 season with our banquet. We ate some amazing food, handed out varsity letters and pins, named awardees, and placed nameplates on the Norseman and Valkyrie plaques.
Most Outstanding Male- Henry Williams
Most Outstanding Female- Sally Johnson
Most Valuable Male Wrestler- Kevin Shaw
Most Valuable Female Wrestler- Shyanne Michalski

Kevin Shaw and his family placed his nameplate on the Norseman Plaque

Shyanne Michalski and her family placed her nameplate on the Valkyrie Plaque

We had Mike on Mic DJing the event and he was awesome.

Northwest wrestling had 10 Academic All Americans and 3 Character and Leadership All Americans! Great job ladies and gentleman!

2024 NWCA/USMC High School All-Americans
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Sally did amazing this week and finished the NHSCA National Wrestling Tournament with a 4th place finish. Sally has only been wrestling for 2 years and is competing at a top tier level! We are very proud of all you have accomplished Sally J!

We have an All American. Sally wrestled 42 of the toughest girls from across the United States and Territories at the NHSCA National Tournament in Virginia Beach. She will be wrestling for 3rd and 4th tomorrow morning. We are so very proud of you!

Your Lady Vikings got recognized tonight at the CMCSS School Board’s Point of Pride Celebration. They recognized the ladies on placing 3rd at State Duals and they recognized Shyanne Michalski for placing 3rd individually and Sally Johnson for 2nd individually. There were a lot of girls that couldn’t make it tonight but I promise it’s because they are out doing big things!

Our Lady Vikings had another milestone last night. We traveled to MBA for the MTWOA Dream Team Award Ceremony where Shyanne Michalski was named Middle Tennessee’s Female Wrestler of the Year. Shyanne’s leadership, work ethic, and tenacity have brought her so far in only 4 years. I couldn’t be more proud of all she has accomplished on and off the mat. Congratulations, Shyanne I can’t wait to see what the next chapter brings you!

The last and as far as I know only other person to win this award was Cooper Palmieri.

This is a shoutout from the rooftops for these two amazing individuals. Sally Johnson and Kevin Shaw were both named Athlete of the Month for February. We are very proud of you and all your accomplishments this year!

We have another milestone for the Northwest Lady Viking Wrestling Team. Sally Johnson competed in the High School National Tournament in Iowa this weekend and she placed 3rd and earned the title of All American. She joins Jeff Lloyd, Catherine Palmieri, and Brette Spink who are the only wrestlers that we have records indicating that they earned the title of All American.

A huge shoutout to our ladies and gentlemen of Northwest Wrestling! We had 10 NWCA Academic All Americans. The requirements for this honor were a 3.6 GPA and have been a varsity wrestler that finished the season.
We also had 3 NWCA Character and Leadership All Americans. The requirements for this were being a Junior or Senior on the wrestling team and have made a huge impact on the team as a leader through their character and lead by example mentality.
The individuals don’t know who they are yet and they will find out at our end of season banquet!

We love Coach Andi Jones

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Took 7 girls and 4 boys to the State Tournament this weekend. It was tough and we had some ups and downs. We ended the tournament with the following medalists:
Sally Johnson 2nd place at 145 lbs.
Shyanne Michalski 3rd place at 114 lbs.
Henry Williams III 4th place at 175 lbs.

I’m very proud of all the kids that wrestled this weekend and incredibly proud of the ones that medaled!

Tonight, at the State Tournament, the Wrestling Assistant Coaching Staff was awarded as the 2022-2023 Assistant Coaching Staff of the Year. It’s been truly a blessing getting to work with all of these individuals! I’m beyond proud of you and all you have done for our student athletes!

We have 2 State Medalists:

Shyanne Michalski placed 3rd at the State Tournament

Henry Williams III placed 4th at the State Tournament

Sally Johnson will wrestle for 1st around 6:00 pm.

We have 1 finalist that will be wrestling for 1st and 2nd tomorrow! Sally Johnson won her semifinals match with a pin in overtime. Great job Sally!

We are at the Agg. Expo getting some practice in. We had an excellent sendoff today that was the greatest one ever!

Your wrestlers are looking for sponsors to support them at the ASGARD Award Banquet. We have several wrestlers this year that will be awarded for being top tier student atheltes. In order to receive an award they must be an athlete with a 3.5 GPA or higher and/or be a multi sport athlete. If you are interested in sponsoring a table or 2 for our wrestlers please comment or private message me. Your sponsorship will be announced via social media, at the banquet, and seen by hundreds of individuals that are local to the area.

Yesterday was the boys turn to make the three and a half hour ride to Memphis for their Sectional Tournament. We brought 7 boys, have 4 that are going to advance to the State Tournament, 3 of which were in the finals, and one Section Champion. In the 6 years I have been the head coach, this is the most boys we have ever advanced to the State Tournament! The following were our medalists:

Henry Williams placed 2nd. This will be his first trip to the State Tournament.

Kevin Shaw placed 4th. This will be his second trip to the State Tournament.

JP Goodings placed 2nd. This will be his first trip to the State Tournament.

Roldon Timothy placed 1st and is the Section Champion. This will be his second trip to the State Tournament.

I’m very proud of these boys and the effort they have put in this year!

Strong, stunning, and State Qualifiers!!!

Today the ladies made the three and a half hour trip to Collierville High School for the individual region tournament and did these girls show up to wrestle! This is the largest group Northwest has ever sent to the State Tournament and we are sending 7 girls! We had 3 Region Champions, 1 Region 4 Wrestler of the Year, and Region 4 Head Coach of the Year. The following wrestlers all placed today and will advance to the State Tournament next week:

Niera Dixon 107 lbs. 4th place and first trip to the State Tournament

Shyanne Michalski 114 lbs. 1st Place and Region 4 Champion. Two Time Region 4 Champion and 3rd trip to the State Tournament

Shyanne Tandy 132 lbs. 2nd Place and first trip to the State Tournament

Emmalee Castleman 138 lbs. 4th Place and first trip to the State Tournament

Sally Johnson 145 lbs. 1st Place and Region 4 Champion. 2nd Trip to the State Tournament

Sunshine Ellis 165 lbs. 2nd Place and first trip to the State Tournament

Tyvenori Munene 235 lbs. 1st Place and Region 4 Champion. 1st trip to the State Tournament

Shyanne Michalski was selected by the coaches in Region 4 as the Region 4 Wrestler of the Year.

Coach Bedell was also selected by the Region 4 Coaches as the Region 4 Coach of the Year.

This has been and incredible year for us as a team and the best has yet to come! I’m looking forward to next week’s State Tournament!

Northwest Wrestling would like to thank Eric Yow Realty for the gold level sponsorship. If you or anyone you know needs a realtor I would highly recommend Mr. Yow. Thank you so much for your sponsorship.

Today the boys wrestled in the Region 7 Individual Tournament for a chance to advance to the Individual Sectional Tournament. We had more advance than ever before, 2 Region Champions, a best match award, Region 7 Wrestler of the Year, and Region 7 Assistant Coach of the Year.

Sincere Puryear 4th Place
Luis Bedolla 4th Place
Kaleb Dittman 4th Place
Kellen Corkrean 4th Place
Henry Williams 1st Place and Tournament Champion
Kevin Shaw 1st Place and Tournament Champion
John Paul Goodings 3rd Place
Roldon Timothy 2nd Place

Roldon Timothy’s finals match was picked as best match of the tournament.

Kevin Shaw was named Region 7’s Wrestler of the Year due to his academic and athletic accomplishments. Kevin has been a captain of the wrestling team for 3 years, scored a 33 on his ACT, and was recently named Northwest’s Valedictorian. Very proud of you Kevin!

Coach Blake Spink was named Region 7’s Assistant Coach of the Year. Coach Spink works tirelessly with the boys and teaches all the technique that they learn. Coach Spink has taken this group of boys and turned them in to successful wrestlers! Thank you Blake for all your hard work and dedication to the sport of wrestling.

Coach Morris showing Northwest some love!

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We surpassed our goal today. We gave the returning state champions, who are also ranked 5th in the nation, a run for their money but fell short. We wrestled for 3rd against Bradley Central and came out victorious 42-24. We are #3 in the State Duals! These girls really showed up and put in that work this year and I’m so very happy for them. Girls you deserve every bit of this, soak it up and enjoy every minute. We stood on business today!