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2000
AAA National Championships
Bakersfield, California
July 7-8, 2000
| 1) Team Texas wearing the
"Colors." 2) Robert Redden crushes the pin pad and slaps the
table raising a cloud of dust as he slips grips with Jacob Abbott 3)
Although he took the win, Ohio's Dan Victor hunkers down in what appears
to be a stand still with Washington State's Mitch Cady. 4) Missouri's
Don Underwood slips one by the referee's (note the elbow) as he
takes the win against Lyndley Keating of Texas. |
| 1) In his first National Championship Houston's Michelle Nohra pulls out
a hard fought match against a worthy opponent. 2) Previously featured on
the supersite home page was this great shot of Arkansas's Michael Todd
in an earned win over Alabama's Glenn Brooks. This was a "Blue
Ribbon" match that had the crowd on their feet. |
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| 1) In the 110kg final we saw about
twenty minutes of intense action as Massachusetts Jerry Cadorette
battled to take a hard fought win over Harold Owens of Texas. Unless I
am mistaken, neither man was ever pinned and all of the losses came
through fouls. 2) Judy Dodd lines up against Karen Cooley in an intense
match up that ended with a bit of controversy. In the end, Judy had
taken the Women's 55kg. title. Both will represent the U.S. in Virginia
Beach, Va. 3) Washington State's Jacob Abbott presses for his second
straight National title defeating Louisiana's Robert Redden in the 90kg
class. 4) 1999 World Champion Elaine Blik came up just a bit short as
Joette Peterson took home the "Gold" at this years Nationals
in a very tough final match. |
| 1) Florida's Greg Helms finds
himself in a tough fought loss to Bill Ballenger 2) Dan Victor
gets a bit of a surprise as New York's Paul Walther takes control early
on in their semi final match. Victor went on to take the win. 3)
Washington State's Mitch Cady takes an early lead on Gary Ray of Texas
in the 100kg Open Division. Mitch had defeated Gary twice to take the
Masters title the night before. However, Gary eventually pulled this one
out for the win. 4) Remarkable! What more can you say about New York's
Jason Vale. This unassuming powerhouse went on to win the hotly
contested 80kg class that was loaded. He was tested but never quit.
Congratulations Jason. |
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