Winter Newsletter


 Wrestling Techniques by Keith Massey and The Golden Eagles Wrestling Academy has taken yet another step towards reaching their goals teaching life lessons and forming a Regional Olympic Training Center. 

Our Head Coach is Keith Massey. Keith took Lewis Central High School in Council Bluffs to it’s highest levels including being Public School National Champions in 2001. This former Freestyle and Greco-Roman National Champion has coached such wrestling greats as:

Jeff Jens- 2X Ia. St. Champ and Nat’l Jr. Freestyle Runner up from Glenwood
Dean Leaders- 2X Ia. St. Placer from Underwood and Cadet GR All-American
Chad Ryan- Underwood, Ia. St. Placer and Nat’l Jr. GR All-American
David Kjeldgaard- Lewis Central 3X Ia. St. Champ and 8X Cadet and Jr. FS/GR Nat’l Champ and 2X NCAA Qualifier.
Zac Dominguez- 3X Ne. St. Champ and Nat’l Jr. GR Champ at Creighton Prep, 2004 National Greco-Roman Team Member/ 4th at the Olympic Trials, 5^th 2005 GR World Team Trials, 7^th at the 2006 Sr. Open Tourney. UNO Assistant Coach for the past 2 years.
Matt Anderson- 2X Ia. St. Champ from Shenandoah, Nat’l Jr. GR Champ, and
NCAA Qualifier
Eli Riley- Cadet Nat’l GR Champ and All-American
Peter Isham- Ne. St. Champ and Div. III National Champ
Mike Bosley- Omaha Skutt Ne. St. Champ and Schoolboy GR Nat’l Champ
Terry Parham- Glenwood St. champ and Nat’l Jr. FS All-American and NCAA
Div. I All-American
Blu Wahle- Underwood 2X St. Champ and Nat’l Cadet and Jr. All-American 
Dylan Long- Creston 3X State Champ, Nat’l Jr All-American and 2003 NCAA
Div. I Runner-up and 2004 Qualifier, ISU Assistant Coach
Eli Dominguez- 2X Ne St. Champ and All-American and NCAA Div II All-
American for UNO
Patrick Allibone- 3X IA St. place winner, Jr. Nat’l GR All-American, and 
NCAA Div. II All-American and Div. II National Champion for UNO.
**Todd Meneely- Omaha Skutt Ne. St. Champ, Nat’l Jr. Double Champ, 2007 Div. II National Champion for UNO, 2007 Sr. Open Freestyle All-American

**Travis Paulson- Lewis Central 3X State Champ, National Jr. Greco-Roman Champ and Freestyle All-American, and 3X NCAA Div. I All-American for ISU
**Trent Paulson- One of only 3 6X Ia AAU kids St. Champs, Lewis Central 2X
St. Champ, Nat’l Jr. GR Champ and FS All-American, University National FS and GR National Champion and NCAA Div I Qualifier and National Champion for ISU

Henry Wahle – 3X IA State Place Winner, Div. II Nat’l Qualifier for UNO

**Nick Hayes- Lewis Central St. Champ, 2X Jr. GR All-American, FILA Cadet
Double National Champ,University GR All-American, NCAA Div I qualifier
for Northwestern
**Brandon Mason- Lewis Central 3X St. Champ, Nat’l kids/ Cadet FS Champ
and Nat’l Jr. All-American- NCAA National Qualifier and All-American for  Oklahoma State Universiy
**Jason Katusin- Platteview Ne. 4X St. Champ
**Brandon Brown- Plattsmouth NE. 2X St. Champ and GR All-American, 2008 Big 12 Conference Champion

**Chris Oliver – 4X NE State Champion, 2X Div. I NCAA Qualifier for UNL
**Matt Vacanti- Papillion-La Vista Ne. 2X St. Champ, Trinity Award Nat’l
Champ, Nat’l kids Double Champ and Cadet Double All-American
2004 Cadet Double National Champ, National Jr. GR All-American, wrestles for UNL

**Jeff Rau – 2X IA State Place Winner and State Champion, Jr. Nat’l GR Champ, Div. II National Qualifier for UNO
Jimmy Waters- Lewis Central - One of only 3 6X Ia kids AAU St. Champs,
Nat’l Kids GR Champ and All-American, 2004 Ia. State runner up, 3X IA State Champion and 3A Outstanding Wrestler of the Year in 2007

**Kirk Landon – IA State Place Winner and State Champ, Jr. GR All-American, wrestles for Air Force Academy

**Dalton Jensen – 4X IA State Place Winner, 2X IA State Champion, 1A Outstanding Wrestler of the Year 2007, Jr. GR National Champion, wrestles for ISU

**Esai Domínguez – 4X NE State Finalist, 2X Champion. Cadet/ Jr. National GR All-American and National Champion, Wrestles for UNO

**Robert Kellogg – IA State Champion, FILA Jr. FS/ GR All-American, Jr. GR National All-American and National Champion

**- Denotes these young men are still competing.

2007-2008 Coaching Staff

Head Coach Keith Massey will be joined by:
Head Beginners Coach “Big” Lew Massey. “Big” Lew has had 49 years of coaching experience and has coached countless state, regional and national champions of all ages.

Zac Dominguez returns to the coaching staff this year. Zac has been an assistant coach at UNO for the past 2 years and has helped them to 2 third place finishes. Zac placed 5th in the Greco World Trials in 2005 and 4th in the Greco Olympic Trials in 2004. Zac was also a 1997 Greco Jr. National Champion and a three time Nebraska State Champion.

Patrick Allibone rounds out the staff. Patrick is a Div. II National Champion from the University of Nebraska at Omaha who also boasts two other All-Americanships as well as being a 3X Academic All-American. Patrick spent his high school years wrestling for the Crusaders of Sioux City Heelan where he was a 4X IA state qualifier, 3X place winner and runner up his senior year. Patrick is now working at the Nebraska Medical Center in the research department. I am honored to have Patrick as part of my coaching staff not only for his expertise in wrestling but for his excellent role modeling. 

Junior Greco-Roman Coach of the Month for July 2006
Zac Dominguez, Council Bluffs, Iowa

A GREAT 2007



The number of “kids” state place winners and champions were too numerous to list them all in this newsletter. Check out our Competition Results Page for all the results.


Congratulations to all the above who worked so hard with all that hard work paying off. 



"The Building" Underwood, IA

Coach Massey  
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