MAY 12, 2007 ~ BAKERSFIELD~ RYAN SHEETS MEM/:0:

[Gary Roberts]

SATURDAY MAY 12TH
BADDEST BOY IN BAKERSFIELD
RYAN SHEETS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA
Men’s
up to 155 lightweight
156 to 179 Middleweight
180 to 205 Lt. Heavyweight
206 to 230 Heavyweight
231 and over Super Heavyweight

Womens: Lightweight and Heavyweight
Open
1ST PLACE PAYS $300 CASH
TROPHIES 1ST 2ND AND 3RD
DETAILS OF LOCATION EVENT WWW.CALARMWRESTLING.ORG
$20 Entry fee for all Entrants
Event T-Shirt with each Entry Fee
Weigh-In from 9:00 - 11:00am
No Clothing Allowance
Mandatory Rules Meeting at 11:15am

[Gary Roberts]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: JOE SHEETS: CELL 747-7272 :Home 399-1155 TOM SHEETS CELL 342-2800

An appreciative crowd of over 1000 spectators watched the “best tournament yet" as over 110 men and women competed for cash and prizes of over $3500. Sponsorship and fundraising allowed the directors to help additional High School and College teams this year and fund new programs. North High received $3,000 in cash for their Bootman Sheets Winter Tournament and their team scholarship. Cash awards to the following local teams were as follows; California State University Bakersfield Wrestling and the new FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL TITANS wrestling team received $1,000 each. Bakersfield Christian and Bakersfield Jr. College Wrestling each received $500.00 each for their assistance and improvement during the past year. Centennial, Liberty, South, East High, and Foothill received $250.00 each for their assistance and ticket sales participation. The entire tournament was filmed by ARM TV and will be broadcast over the web. 11 Current and former WORLD CHAMPIONS PARTICIPATED including 52 Year old ALLEN FISHER who wrestled and won two weight groups while collecting $600 in cash. His wife Carolyn Fisher also won $600 and two weight groups defeating local favorite Amber Varner in a battle that brought the crowd to their feet. THE FOLLOWING BREAKS DOWN BY CLASS THE WINNERS AND RUNNER UPS.



Men’s light Weight.

1) Vazen Sohayea 1st

2) Kevin Watkins 2nd

3) Richard Lopez 3rd


Men's Middleweight

1) Allen Fisher 1st (25 time World Champion)

2) Vazen Sohayea 2nd

3) Saro Mouredian 3rd


Men’s' Light Heavyweight (180-205)

1) Allen Fisher 1st (25 time World Champion)

2) Vazen Soghayea 2nd

3) Randel Brock 3rd


Men’s Heavyweight (205-231)

1) Paul Stevens 1st San Diego

2) Christian Greene 2nd

3) Marc Garnett 3rd


Men's Super Heavyweight

1) Eric Spato 1st

2) Clay Rosecrans 2nd (former 9 time world champion)

3) Nathan Braswell 3rd.


Women’s light weight (170 and below)

1) Carolyn Fisher 1st (4 time world champion)

2) Audrey Villa 2nd

3) Amber Varner 3rd (injury-didn’t make the final)


Women’s Heavyweight (170 & above)

1) Carolyn Fisher 1st (4 time world champ)

2) Tara Holloway 2nd

3) Wendy Latham 3rd


The daylong event finished with a $500 challenge of the Champions which included all placers in each division in a single elimination bout paid out by ARM TV to the winner ; ERIC SPATO (super heavyweight) who defeated eight challengers for the prize and SIX FOOT CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY FURNISHED BY GUINN CONSTRUCTION.


WE ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR SPONSOR’S AND VENDORS WHO MADE OUR CHARITABLE EVENT A SUCCESS! For further information of the event go to www.calarmwrestling.org