Williamstown High School

Yellow Jackets -- Wrestling

Coach: Dennie Uhl
Assistant Coach: Bobbie Kelley, Josh Flesher
Class: AA
Region: 1
Conference affiliation: LKC - Little Kanawha Conference
School colors: Maroon and gold
School Address:
- 219 W 5th St
- Williamstown, WV 26187
School Phone: (304) 375-6151
School FAX: (304) 375-6194
County: Wood
Coach Address: (Coach Uhl)
- 139 Greenwood Drive
- Williamstown, WV 26187
Coach Phone (Coach Uhl): (304) 488-3427
e-mail address, Coach Uhl: grappler@suddenlink.net
Athletic director: Jeff Givens
Principal: Pat Peters
Directions to school: From I-77, take Williamstown exit. Go approximately one mile to stop light. Turn left and go straight to the school.

Williamstown High School has a long history of success on the mats. The Yellow Jackets have won state titles twice (1982, 1983) and have been state runners up 7 times. In addition, Williamstown has been 7 time Region I Champions and has claimed eight conference championships in the Little Kanawha Conference. There have been 42 individual state champions, 104 Region I Champions, and 104 LKC Champions from Williamstown High School.

Coaching Staff
Williamstown is coached by Dennie Uhl (3rd year). Uhl is a 1996 graduate of Williamstown High School where he won the state championship in 1996 at 160 lbs. under Hall of Fame Coach Bob Pickens. He was also a two time Region 1 champion and a three time LKC champion and the 1996 Most Outstanding Wrestler in the LKC. He is a West Virginia University graduate and obtained his Masters at Marshall University. Uhl has wrestled in all levels of wrestling in Williamstown. He is a Special Education teacher at Jackson Middle School in Wood County. The assistant coaches are made up of a pair of former WHS wrestlers - Josh Flesher and Bobbie Kelley. Flesher, who missed last season serving in Iraq, was a 1996 graduate of WHS and a state runner up at 160 lbs. in 1995 and was 4th at 171 lbs in 1996. Kelley is a 1985 graduate of WHS where he finished 4th in the state at 112 lbs. He wrestled at the college level at Muskingum College he also ran the Williamstown Youth League wrestling for 14 years.

2008 - 2009 Outlook
Williamstown will be fielding a mixture of veteran wrestlers and new faces. The Jackets return three state place winners in Seniors Tyler George (3rd, 140), Senior Mark Board (3rd, 152), and Junior Cody Kelley (3rd, 103), and two other state qualifiers in Junior Matt Hendrickson (171) and Sophomore Zach Zide (119). Senior Tyler George has a chance to break the career record for wins at WHS (Shane Smith, 158 wins), George currently sits at 129 career wins. Other wrestlers who may break into the 100 Career Win Club at WHS include Senior Mark Board (94 career wins) and Cody Kelley (71 career wins). Other returning starters include Seniors Michael DeSiano, Joe Palm (missed most of last season to a knee injury), Tom Collins, Aaron Jones, and Brandon Yost. New faces that could break into the Yellowjacket line up are Seniors Cody Matheny, Stephen Wolf, Junior John Marshall, and Freshmen Brett MacIver, Tanner Leftwich, Mike Adams, Chris McDuffy, Evan Smith, and Chris Spiker. As in the past several seasons, the success of the Yellowjacket football team is expected to continue deep into the playoffs and with several wrestlers on that team it may be early January before the Jacket line up is set. .

Williamstown High School wrestling is fed by its Junior High Program. Williamstown Jr. High School is headed up by first year head coach Cody MacIver, a former WHS wrestler and state place winner. He will be assisted by Tim Haddox, a former WHS state champion.

2009-10 Schedule AT THIS LINK

2009-2010 WILLIAMSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING ROSTER
SENIORS	JUNIORS	SOPHOMORES	FRESHMEN
Mark Board	Tom Collins	Aaron Jones	Mike Adams
Tyler George	Cody Kelley	Brandon Yost	Evan Smith
Joe Palm	Matt Hendrickson	Zach Zide	Brett MacIver
Michael DeSiano	.	.	Chris McDuffy

Williamstown High School - High School All-Americans
1983- Dan Rowell
1983- Eric Butler
1993- Mike Mason
1999- Ash Wenmoth

Williamstown High School - State Tournament Outstanding Wrestler Award Winners
1993- Mike Mason
2000- Ash Wenmoth
2003- Shane Smith

Williamstown High School- Dutton Award Winners
1993- Mike Mason

Williamstown High School- State Champions

1. 1972 Bill Mason 112
2. 1978 Kyle Casto 126
3. 1981 Dan Rowell 105
4. 1981 Jeff Given 145
5. 1982 Eric Butler 105
6. 1982 Dan Rowell 119
7. 1982 Rich Stark 155
8. 1983 Eric Butler 119
9. 1983 Dan Rowell 126
10. 1983 Kevin George 145
11. 1985 Mike Wells 98
12. 1985 Steve Hescht UNL
13. 1987 Brett Armour 112
14. 1987 .John Fincham 167

15. 1988 Jim Sands 140
16. 1989 Jim Sands 145
17. 1990 Mat Casto 171
18. 1990 Steve Moore UNL
19. 1991 Scott Williams 103
20. 1991 Mike Mason 119
21. 1991 Steve Moore UNL
22. 1992 Mike Mason 135
23. 1993 Mike Mason 140
24. 1994 Joe Shuman 130
25. 1994 Randy Martin 135
26. 1995 Bryan Jones 112
27. 1995 Joe Shuman 135
28. 1996 Bryan Jones 125

29. 1996 Mike Dotson 152
30. 1996 Dennie Uhl 160
31. 1998 Ash Wenmoth 103
32. 1999 Ash Wenmoth 112
33. 1999 Will Westbrook 119
34. 2000 Tim Haddox 119
35. 2000 Ash Wenmoth 125
36. 2002 Casey Biddle 119
37. 2002 Shane Smith 145
38. 2002 Tyler Westbrook 152
39. 2003 Shane Smith 160
40. 2004 Shane Smith 160
41. 2004 Alan Tracewell 171
42. 2006 Ryan Flowers 135

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Updated 10/21/2009