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July 28, 2009|By From Sun staff and news services

Cadet and Junior Wrestling

15 All-America awards at nationals is state record

The Maryland national wrestling team brought home 15 individual All-America awards from the Cadet and Junior National Championships on Sunday in Fargo, N.D., the highest number in state history. Tyler Goodwin (119), Frank Goodwin (125), Bubba Scheffel (152; Southern-Garrett) and Karl Green (285; Mount St. Joseph) were double All-Americans. Tyler Goodwin made the cadet national finals in Greco-Roman competition and placed eighth in freestyle. Older brother Frank placed third in the junior Greco-Roman division and sixth in freestyle. Scheffel was eighth in cadet Greco-Roman and sixth in freestyle. Green placed fourth at the junior division in both styles. The Goodwin brothers, who attended Mount St. Joseph last year, will be attending Arundel in the fall. Also earning All-America honors were: David Mohler (84; Loyola), who placed seventh in cadet freestyle; Cole Gallagher (98; Archbishop Spalding), who finished eighth in cadet freestyle; Nathan Kraisser (112; Centennial), who was seventh in cadet Greco-Roman; Eric Friedman (112; St. Paul's), who placed fifth in cadet freestyle; Pat Prada (119; DeMatha), who placed seventh in junior freestyle; Eric Hoffman (135; Northern-Calvert), who was eighth in cadet Greco-Roman; and Brady Massaro (140; Severna Park), who finished eighth in cadet Greco-Roman.

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Thornton joins MLS All-Stars as injury replacement

Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton (John Carroll, Loyola College) has been selected to replace injured Houston Dynamo goalkeeper Pat Onstad on the Major League Soccer All-Star team. The MLS stars will take on Premier League club Everton on Wednesday night in Utah. Thornton is second in the league in shutouts (seven) and third in goals-against average (0.88); he went 401 minutes without allowing a goal from April 22 to May 16. He has played every minute of every league game for Chivas USA. This is the sixth All-Star selection for the 13-year MLS veteran and the first since 2003 when he was a member of the Chicago Fire.

Freedom: : Allie Long's goal in the 89th minute provided Washington (6-6-5) with a 3-2 victory over the host Chicago Red Stars (4-9-5) in Women's Professional Soccer on Sunday. Long, a midfielder entered into the game in the 74th minute for Alex Singer and scored after weaving through two defenders. Abby Wambach scored in the 35th and 56th minutes for Washington.

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