NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS                         JERIG PLACES FOURTH AT NATIONAL SILVER GLOVES NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS    The National Silver Gloves Tournament ended on Saturday, Feb. 7 with Zanesville's Travis Jerig taking fourth place.  He lost in his bid for his fourth national championship title when he battled David Levin on Davenport, Iowa.  Levin was very strong and Jerig was firing every counter in his arsenal as Levin backed him up.  Jerig was able to score heavily and kept the score close into the third round but Levin caught him on the ropes.  Jerig took too much time getting off them and wasn't able to score when he turned him around giving Levin the edge on the scorecards and the victory by decision.        PRESS   RELEASE  1-19-2009 JERIG TO COMPETE FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP             The Region #2 Silver Gloves Tournament ended Monday in Cincinnati with a Zanesville athlete at the top.  The three days of competition were between the best 15 and under boys and girls in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky and Pennsylvania.             Travis Jerig is the 2009 Regional Champ in the 112-pound Intermediate (12 and 13 year old) division.  He will represent the region at the National Silver Gloves Tournament at Independence, Missouri beginning February 4 and take a shot at the National Championship.             Jerig is already a three-time national champion having won the Arnold World Invitational, the Ohio State Fair Nationals and most recently the National PAL Championships in California in October.  He is the son of John Jerig and Julie Jerig of Zanesville.  He currently attends Grover Cleveland Middle School and is on the principal’s list with a gpa of above 3.5.              Zanesville’s other finishes at the tournament are Jeshua Luckett taking second place in the 75-pound Intermediate and Michael Roark taking third in the Senior 147-pound division.  Trevor Mourer of Cambridge placed third in the Senior 178-pounders with Jessi Dunlap unable to compete in the female division due to illness.              The Zanesville boxers are sponsored and trained by the Police Athletic League of Zanesville- Muskingum County.  PAL makes Boxing as well as Wrestling, Youth Leadership Council, Scrapbooking and Kickboxing programs possible from donations locally and their own fund-raising efforts.  PAL is an IRS #501 C-3 non-profit organization staffed completely by volunteers.  Donations should be made directly to PAL, P.O. Box 1001, Zanesville, Ohio 43702-1001.              PAL maintains a website at www.palzanesville.org and everyone is invited to check out all of their activities and updates there.

PRESS  RELEASE January 4, 2009   SILVER GLOVES STATE TOURNAMENT WINNERS               The 2009 Ohio State Silver Gloves Tournament concluded Sunday in Zanesville after three days of competitions.  One hundred and twelve athletes from all over the state converged to battle for 74 championships with fifty-five moving on  to regional competition in two weeks.             Travis Jerig will represent Ohio in the intermediate 112-pound division and Jeshua Luckett will represent in the 75-pound intermediate division.  Jessi Dunlap will move on in the female 125-pound senior division as well.  All three train and box from the Zanesville PAL Boxing team.             Trevor Mourer of Cambridge will also move to the regional at 178-pound senior division.  Mourer is from Cambridge  and trains at the SALT Factory Boxing Club and at Zanesville PAL.             About one thousand athletes, coaches, officials and families converged on Zanesville for the tournament sanctioned by USA Boxing in Colorado Springs and held at the James Singer Activity Center.  Sponsors of the tournament included Century National Bank, Coconis Furniture, Rotary Club, Sertoma Club, Domino’s Pizza, Pepsi and the Fraternal Order of Police.              The regional tournament will begin on Jan. 17 in Cincinnati and consist of champions from Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky and Ohio battling for a place on the team to the National Silver Gloves on the first week of February at Independence, Missouri.