North Salem junior Shannon Glover earned a spot on the Oregon Cultural Exchange team that will travel to Japan this summer.
Glover placed second in the 121-pound weight class at the March 12 Oregon Cultural Exchange Team Trials at Thurston High School in Springfield.
“I knew all the coaches there and they know how much I’ve grown in the past couple years. I went into the cultural exchange tournament last year and I placed second there as well and I wasn’t so lucky in that one,” Glover said. “They chose a couple of alternates and I was one of them, and I was very happy that I was chosen.”
In his junior season for North Salem, Glover placed fourth in the 120-pound weight class at the Greater Valley Conference district wrestling meet.
Competing in freestyle wrestling in the freestyle discipline in the cultural exchange trials played into his year
“I train year round for collegiate,” Glover said. “I only set aside a couple months for Fargo and some of the big tournaments then and it’s right back to collegiate. My No. 1 goal is to be a state champion in collegiate because that’s what’s going to get me scholarships.”
Glover has to raise $3,000 for the trip.
He has set up a page at https://www.gofundme.com/x9u8j46c.
“I love the fact that he has to earn his way, and he’s right at around $1,000 actually, which is awesome,” North Salem coach Andy Pickett said. “He did some landscaping stuff, he’s helped some people move, he collected a couple hundred from just canvassing the streets. He created a portfolio of past wrestling accomplishments and what he wants to do and stuff.”
North Salem High School wrestler Shannon Glover.
Signings
McKay senior Edson Nava signed a letter of intent to play soccer at Chemeketa.
Nava, a midfielder, was an honorable mention all-Greater Valley Conference selection as a senior.
McNary senior Harry Cavell was named the Salem Sports & Breakfast Club boys basketball senior athlete of the year.
South Salem senior Jordan Woodvine was selected as the Salem Sports & Breakfast Club girls basketball athlete of the year.
Athletes of the year
Harry Cavell and Jordan Woodvine were selected as the senior athletes of the year by the Salem Sports & Breakfast Club.
Cavell, a guard for McNary, averaged 16 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals per game and was selected the Greater Valley Conference player of the year.
Woodvine, a wing for South Salem, averaged 14.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.8 steals and was selected first-team all-GVC and first-team all-Class 6A state tournament
The group meets at 7 a.m. Fridays at Goudy Commons at Willamette University.
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