Madill Drops Wrestling Dual to Ada Tuesday; Madill Community Celebrates Love's Coaching Career

Posted Date: 02/09/2024

The Madill wrestlers lost the dual with Ada 63-33 on Tuesday night. 

Madill celebrated the coaching career of wrestling head coach Jim Love.

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JJ Padron was recognized as a senior.

Love was given a park bench and shadow box full of Madill memories.

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The junior high lost 48-33.

A few people recorded farewell messages to Coach Love Click Here to Watch Video

Coach Love’s tenure at Madill began in 2012 after he was inducted into the national wrestling Hall of Fame. Love led the following wrestlers to place at the state tournament:

2013: Luke Chapman, 160, 4^th

2013: Sotero Trevino, 220, 4^th

2014: Tyler Ramirez, 120, 4^th

2014: Rio Zamora, 126, 2^nd

2015: Tyler Ramirez, 132, 4^th

2015: Will Shelby, 106, 4^th

2017: Zane Crisp, 220, 4^th

2018: Zane Crisp, 220, 4^th

2019: Colt Crowson, 160, 3^rd

2019: Griffon Williams, 285, 4^th

^{2021: Griffon  Williams, 285, 4th}

Qualifiers for State:

2014-15: Judge Hartin

2015: Wyatt Inslee, Sage Salyer

2016: Zane Crisp, Will Shelby, Tyler Ramirez and Colt Crowson

2017: Dylan McCullough

2018: Dylan McCullough

2019: Dylan McCullough, Damian Ramirez, Coty Tweedy

2020: John Venable, Coty Tweedy, Jaeda Towsend, Abby Tiernan, Brayleigh Thompson

2021: Brayleigh Thompson

Love helped establish the first official Madill girls wrestling team. Brayleigh Thompson was the fist Madill girls wrestler to qualify for the state tournament through a regional competition in 2021.

Madill also won the Midwestern Conference Championship in 2016 under Coach Love