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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

It's finally here!

It's the unofficial start of the season for me, as I picked up my copy of Tom Elling's Pennsylvania Wrestling Handbook yesterday. As always, I'd highly recommend one for any serious wrestling fan.
I plan to put it to good use. I've been poring over it and hope to have a season preview on District 5 and 6 teams soon with returning wrestlers for each with individual and career records.

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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Off the Mat's top returning wrestlers

From Mark Dugan of Off the Mat.

OFF THE MAT TOP RETURNERS AA
VOLUME 20, ISSUE 1 NOVEMBER 15,2013
TOP RETURNERS 2013-14


106
  1. LUKE KARAM 10…Bethlehem Catholic 11
  2. COLLIN GLORIOSO 10…Huntingdon 6
  3. JACOB WASSER 10…Palisades 11
  4. AUSTIN GRIFFITH 11 Southmoreland 7
  5. TRISTON LAW 11…Forest Hills 6
  6. JON GABRIEL 10…Bedford 5
  7. TYSHAWN WHITE 10…Bishop McDevitt 3
  8. CAMERON NEWMAN 11…Line Mountain 4
  9. AUSTIN MCDERMITT 11…Burgettstown 7
  1. BRENDAN HOWARD 11…Jefferson Morgan 7
  2. TAYLOR ORTZ 10…Brookville 9
  3. BRIAN FRIERY 10…Lewisburg 4
  4. SETH HOGUE 10…Reynolds 10
  5. JOE LOBECK 10…Lancaster Catholic 3
  6. ZACH LEBARRON 10…Warrior Run 4
  7. COY CAMPBELL 11…Upper Dauphin 3
113
  1. GEORGE PHILLIPPI 10…Derry Area 7
  2. KORBIN MYERS 11…Boiling Springs 3
  3. CALEB BORDNER 11…Tri Valley 11
  4. WILLIS GRUVER 12…Redbank Valley 9
  5. JAKE ROTHKA 12…Bentworth 7
  6. CODY BLANKENSHIP 12…Kane 9
  7. COLIN MASHACK 12…Tamaqua 11
  8. DAVID PIPA 11…Bishop McDevitt 3
  9. STEPHEN MALONEY 10…Bethlehem Catholic 11
  10. ETHAN CALKINS 12…Troy 4
  11. MICHAEL BARTOLO 11…Reynolds 10
  12. ANTHONY LUTON 12…Wilkes-Barre GAR 2
  13. ERIC HUNT 11…Warrior Run 4
  14. NATE NEWBERRY 10…Biglerville 3
  15. KYLE BURKET 11…Central 6
  16. SAGE MOIST 12…Mount Union 6
120
  1. RYAN EASTER 12…Bedford 5
  2. TYLER VATH 11…Saegertown 10
  3. JOSH GIORGIO 11…Schuylkill Valley 3
  4. MATT WHEELER 12…Northwestern 10
  5. COLIN EDSELL 10…Wyalusing 4
  6. ZACH FREY 10…Hughesville 4
  7. GRANT BOND 11…Boiling Springs 3
  8. MIKE CARR 10…South Fayette 7
  9. JOE DAVIS 12…Cambria Heights 6
  10. TERRANCE WHITE 12…Bishop McDevitt 3
  11. TYLER KUZMA 12…Fort LeBoeuf 10
  12. JOE SWANK 10 Berlin Brothersvalley 5
  13. EVAN MYERS 10…Southmoreland 7
  14. TOM OPDENHOFF 10…Central Cambria 6
  15. LEWIS WILLIAMS 11…Central Columbia 4
  16. KOBE GALENTINE 11…Montgomery 4
126
  1. ZEKE MOISEY 12…Bethlehem Catholic 11
  2. KYLE SHOOP 11…Boiling Springs 3
  3. JOHN DEMASKE 12…Jefferson Morgan 7
  4. KENT LANE 11…Southern Columbia 4
  5. NICK MONICO 10…Saegertown 10
  6. GREG BULSAK 10…South Park 7
  7. PATRICK DEWITT 12…Valley 7
  8. KYLE LUKOWICH 12…Conneaut Area 10
  9. ANREW SUTTON 12…Pen Argyl 11
  10. GARRETT THOMAS 12…Bedford 5
  11. SCOTT COOPER 10…Biglerville 3
  12. MASON MCCOLLUM 12…Reynolds 10
  13. JAKE BOOZEL 10…Mount Union 6
  14. JORDAN QUARELLO 10…Central 6
  15. TRENT CROUSE 11…Chestnut Ridge 5
  16. DEVON GREEN 12…Huntingdon 6
132
  1. JASON NOLF 12…Kittanning 7
  2. IAN BROWN 12…Hanover 3
  3. AUSTIN HARRY 12…Lake Lehman 2
  4. MICHAEL COMUNALE 11…Pius X 11
  5. DALTON ZIMMERMAN..11…Brookville 9
  6. COLE WALTER 11…Mifflinburg 4
  7. JAKE WENTZEL 10…South Park 7
  8. GEORGE MCGUIRE 12…Fort LeBoeuf 10
  9. JEFFREY INMAN 11…Annville Cleona 3
  10. LEE TODORA 10…Bethlehem Catholic 11
  11. JOHN ANDREJCIK 12…Burrell 7
  12. ADAM FISH 10…Seneca 10
  13. CHASE SCHAEFFER 10…Tri Valley 11
  14. SHANE GENTRY 12…Southside Beaver 7
  15. TREVOR MCWHORTER 12…Williamson 4
  16. ZACH EDWARDS 12…Blue Ridge 2

138
1. BROCK ZACHERL 12…Brookville 9
2. NICK GAVAZZI………………12…Charleroi 7
3. STEVEN EDWARDS 12…Burrell 7
  1. HUNTER HARNER…………11…Tri Valley 11
  2. NICK NAGLIC………………..12…Richland 6
  3. TYLER SHAFER………………12…Hanover 3
  4. JASPER HANKEY…………..12…Biglerville 3
  5. MATT HUMES……………..12…Saegertown 10
  6. BRADEN FOCHTMAN 10…Berlin Brothersvalley 5
  7. ALEX GALLAHER…………..11…Camp Hill 3
  8. AUSTIN JACKSON…………12…Bermudian Springs 3
  9. ANTHONY WELSH………..10…Beth Center 7
  10. PARKER BAMBARGER.. 12…West Branch 6
  11. CHRIS HIBBLER…………….10…Seneca 10
  12. JASON MILLER……………..12…Jefferson Morgan 7
  13. DEMETRI PROBST…………11…Bucktail 4
145
  1. ZACH VROMAN 12…Brookville 9
  2. BILLY BARNES 11…Williamson 4
  3. LEVI STOYER 12…Reynolds 10
  4. BRITON SHELTON 11…Bermudian Springs 3
  5. ROBERT BOOZER 12…Cochranton 10
  6. RICHIE CEREBE 12…Phil Mont Christian 1
  7. TAYLOR ELLIS 12 Conneaut Area 10
  8. VINNY VONELLI 12…Pius X 11
  9. BRAD MALINOWSKI 12…Fort LeBoeuf 10
  10. JASON STAY 11…Beth Center 7
  11. SETH DECKER 12…Penns Valley 6
12. AUSTIN MEARS 11…Mount Pleasant 7
13. RYAN ZALAR 12…Jefferson Morgan 7
14. SETH DEIST 12…Meyersdale 5
15. GARRETT HOFFMAN 10…Montoursville 4
16. KYLE WANNER 12…Pequea 3

152
  1. KYLE BOVA 12…Coudersport 9
  2. RYAN PREISCH 12…Milton 4
  3. ANDREW DOAK 11…Blairsville 6
  4. BLAKE MARKS 10…Southern Columbia 4
  5. TAYLOR CAHILL 11 Berlin Brothersvalley 5
  6. ZACHARY GRAVER 11…Palmerton 11
  7. GRANT FETCHET 12…South Fayette 7
  8. SAMUEL COLEBERT 12…Oswayo Valley 9
  9. LEVI NIEBAUER 11…Cambria Heights 6
  10. NICK STEPHENI 11…Troy 4
  11. PHIL CROOK 12…Marion Center 6
  12. JIMMY MILLER 11…Brookville 9
  13. EVAN DAUB 11…Northern Lebanon 3
  14. ZACH BANKUS 12 ELCO 3
  15. JOHN VAUGH 11…Boiling Springs 3
  16. CHET SIMONI 12…Grove City 10
160
  1. EVAN DELONG 12…Kane 9
  2. JARED WALKER 11…South Fayette 7
  3. BRYCE FOCHTMAN 11…Berlin Brothersvalley 5
  4. AUSTON HUMMEL 12…North Schuylkill 11
  5. ISAIAH BOBOTAS 12…Montgomery 4
  6. NICK MORT 12…Fairfield 3
  7. COREY HAZEL 11…Penns Valley 6
  8. LANDON LOHR 12…Somerset 5
  9. BRODIE ZACHERL 12…Brookville 9
  10. BEN BUCHER 12…Sharpsville 10
  11. BILL BOWLEN 10…Jefferson Morgan 7
  12. CONNOR FREY 10…Lehighton 11
  13. MIKE MILLERO 11…Reynolds 10
  14. COLTON DULL 11…Bermudian Springs 3
  15. DYLAN SMITH 12…Mount Union 6
  16. CONNOR MURPHY 12…Boiling Springs 3
170
  1. TRISTAN SPONSELLER 12…Bermudian Springs 3
  2. NICK CORTOPASSI 12…Bethlehem Catholic 11
  3. ALEX LIEBERMAN 12…Midd-West 4
  4. JOSH CHURCHIN 12…North Catholic 7
  5. NICO PECORA 12…Richland 6
  6. DEREK DRAGON 11…Lake Lehman 2
  7. CODY MILLER 12…Hamburg 3
  8. ZACH MILLER 12…Greenville 10
  9. ANDREW HURD 11…Penns Valley 6
  10. ROBERT WRIGHT 12…Hughesville 4
  11. GUY ZIMMERMAN 12…Pine Grove 11
  12. AUSTIN MOFFETT 12…Reynolds 10
  1. MARQUIS SPENCE 11…Lakeview 10
  2. NICK BERNSTEIN 10…Lewisburg 4
  3. DALTON WILDMAN 12…West Greene 7
  4. DAN BREECH 12…Warrior Run 4
182
  1. DYLAN REYNOLDS 11…Saegertown 10
  2. STEPHEN LOISEAU 12…Lancaster Catholic 3
  3. TERRELL FIELDS 12…Valley 7
  4. GARRETT WESNESKI 12…Canton 4
  5. SCOTT THOMPSON 11…Blairsville 6
  6. LOGAN WOMELSDORF…11…Benton 4
  7. GAVIN BERKLEY 12…Meyersdale 5
  8. KYLE TAYLOR 12…Boiling Springs 3
  9. JOSE ORTIZ 12…Bethlehem Catholic 11
  10. ZACH BRUCE 12…Cranberry 9
  11. JUSTIN REYNOLDS 12…Greenville 10
  12. FORREST TUTTLE 12…Coudersport 9
  13. BRAD BUTLER 12…Lake Lehman 2
  14. C J STEINHIBER 10…North Schuylkill 11
  15. FREDDIE MCKISSICK 12…Carlynton 7
  16. KYLE TAYLOR 12…Boiling Springs 3
195
  1. RYAN MORRIS 12…Corry 10
  2. JUSTIN BLOBE 12…Saucon Valley 11
  3. AUSTIN BASHORE 12…Hamburg 3
  4. TYLER OLIVER 11…United 6
  5. ZACH WALKER 12…South Fayette 7
  6. RICHARD NASE 12…Panther Valley 11
  7. JOE HURDA 12…Biglerville 3
  8. TYLER JENKINS 12…South Williamsport 4
  9. CONNOER ROUTE 12…Canton 4
  10. BRAD GRINNEN 12…Elwood City 7
  11. PHILIP KYLE 12…Mount Union 6
  12. MIKE MOORE 12…Kane 9
  13. ZACH STAFFORD 10…Cambridge Springs 10
14. HENRY SCHLOSSER 12…Penn Cambria 6
15. SETH HITCHENS 11…South Allegheny 7
16. PHIL HETTES 11 Lake Lehman 2

220
  1. JAKE TEMPLE 12…Avella 7
  2. DYLAN OTIS 11…Wyalusing 4
  3. JAYKUP DURLIN 12…Youngsville 10
  4. REYNOLD MAINES 12…West Branch 6
  5. CAL HAINES 11…Redbank Valley 9
  6. JAMES BENNETT 12…Hope For Hyndman 5
  7. AUSTIN SWOYER 11…Western Wayne 2
  8. SETH MCLENDON 12…United 6
  9. TOM SEVER 11…Yough 7
  10. JOSH LIND 10…Mount Pleasant 7
  11. ZAC FAUST 11…Wilkes-Barre GAR 2
  12. ZACH BIDDISCOMBE 12…Shamokin 4
  13. CONNOR BASSETT 12…Montoursville 4
  14. VANYEL PETERSON 12…Columbia 3
  15. JOE KAZALAS 10…Keystone Oaks 7
  16. NICK ROBERTS 11…Muncy 4
285
  1. SAM BREESE 12…Lakeview 10
  2. NAZAR MIRONENKO 12…Mifflinburg 4
  3. AUSTIN BUTTRY 12…Chestnut Ridge 5
  4. ANDREW DUNN 11…Bethlehem Catholic 11
  5. MORGAN SELEPACK 12…West Branch 6
  6. BRADY MUTTON 12…Pen Argyl 11
  7. ALLEN BEATTIE 11…Burrell 7
  8. JAKE BEISTEL 10…Southmoreland 7
  9. JACK BUNNELL 12…Moshannon Valley 6
  10. AARON GILL 12…Cambria Heights 6
  11. TREVOR CRUPI 12…Schuylkill Valley 3
  12. GENE RINGER 10…Reynolds 10
  13. RIAN SHUBECK 11…Panther Valley 11
  14. NATHANIEL KRAMER 12…Schuylkill Haven 11
  15. NICKOLAS SMITH 12…Mount Union 6
  16. BEN CARILLO 12…Redbank Valley 9
TOP TEAMS TO WATCH *(NOT OFFICAL PRE-SEASON RANKINGS )
  1. BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC 11
  2. BERMUDIAN SPRINGS 3
  3. BROOKVILLE 9
  4. CHESTNUT RIDGE 5
  5. FORT LEBOEUF 10
  6. BOILING SPRINGS 3
  7. REYNOLDS 10
  8. SOUTH FAYETTE 7
  9. BIGLERVILLE 3
  10. BURRELL 7
  11. REDBANK VALLEY 9
  12. SAEGERTOWN 10
  13. BERLIN BROTHERS VALLEY 5
  14. HUNTINGDON 6
  15. MOUNT UNION 6
  16. PENNS VALLEY 6
  17. WEST BRANCH 6
  18. WILLIAMSON 4
  19. GREENVILLE 10
  20. BEDFORD 5
  21. KANE 9
  22. WARRIOR RUN 4
  23. LAKE LEHMAN 2
  24. PANTHER VALLEY 11
  25. YOUGH 7
  26. TOWANDA 4
  27. LEWISBURG 4
  28. MEYERSDALE 5
  29. SCHUYLKILL VALLEY 3
  30. CATASAUQUA 11
  31. LEHIGHTON 11
*I DIDN’T TAKE THE TIME TO REMOVE THE NUMBERS NEXT TO THE TEAMS, TO SAVE MY TIME WHEN A LINE WAS OPEN I ADDED A TEAM.



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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Nick Roberts at Ohio State

North Star graduate Nick Roberts' redshirt freshman season is off to a good start at Ohio State. He finished third at the Clarion Open last week, then placed fifth (though with only one loss) at the Michigan State Open on Saturday. Interestingly enough, Roberts' teammate, true freshman Nathan Tomasello, has won both tournaments. Since Tomasello has wrestling unattached in each while Roberts hasn't, I can only assume that means Tomasello will be redshirting this season.
Here's what Ohio State's website had to say about Roberts' performance at Michigan State:
Now 11-2 on the season following his 5-1 outing in East Lansing, Roberts recorded a pair of major decisions and a fall in his Top 5 finish. Roberts opened the day with a 1:11 fall vs. Kristopher McKinley of Indiana Tech. He followed up his opening performance with a 10-0 shutout against Purdue’s Luke Schroeder. In his fifth-place bout, the native of Hooversville, Pa., scored his second major decision, a 9-0 win vs. Nick Harrison of Northern Illinois.
 Roberts was 22-5 in open competitions during his redshirt season and won the Michigan State Open last year.
If he is able to get into the lineup for the No. 10 Buckeyes, we'll be able to watch him a few times on the Big Ten Network this season. Ohio State lists the following as their TV/Internet appearances:

Sunday, Dec. 15 at Penn State – Live on BTN
Friday, Jan. 24 vs. Nebraska – Live on BTDN (BTN.com)
Monday, Feb. 3 at Purdue – Live on BTN
Sunday, Feb. 23 vs. Virginia Tech – Live on BTDN (BTN.com)
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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Reviewing Clarion Open

There were tons of local guys in last week's Clarion Open tournament, unfortunately only one - North Star grad Nick Roberts placed. Here's a look at how wrestlers from districts 5 and 6 (AA only) fared as well as those from Pitt-Johnstown, Pitt and Penn State:

125
Weight won by Ohio State's Nathan Tomasello, who was wrestling unattached
Third place – Ohio State's Nick Roberts (North Star) 6-1
Pitt-Johnstown's Evan Link (Penn Cambria) 3-2; Dave Fogle (Forest Hills) 4-2; Nathan Russo (Huntingdon) 0-2; Felipe Arias 0-2
Rutgers' Josh Patrick (Rutgers) 1-2


133
Weight won by former Shady Side Academy star Geoffrey Alexander of Maryland
Fourth place – Pitt's Shelton Mack 4-2
Pitt's Derrick Nelson 2-2


141
Weight won by Lehigh's Laike Gardner, former Biglerville star
Pitt-Johnstown's Ben Rager (Central Cambria) 0-2
Pitt's Travis Shaffer 2-2, Edgar Bright 2-2 Jake Keller 0-2
Bloomsburg's Tanner Cahill (Conemaugh Township) 0-2, Luke Palamides 0-2, Craig Dawson 0-2
Penn State DuBois' J.P. Hayles (Huntingdon) 0-2


149
Weight won by Ohio State's Hunter Stieber
Kent State's T.J. Keklak (Westmont Hilltop) 4-2
Lock Haven's R.J. Brydon (Forest Hills) 1-2
Clarion's Blake Morder (Huntingdon) 2-2
Pitt's Mike Racciato 4-2; Dom Pietropaolo 1-2; Andrew Kaluzmy 0-2;

157
Weight won by Indiana's Taylor Walsh
Fourth place – Pitt's Eric Nutter 5-2
UPJ's Sam Molina 3-2; Heath Coles 4-2; Tyler Reinhart 2-2; Drew Gartland (Northern Bedford) 1-2; Corey Aungst (Claysburg-Kimmel) 0-2; Dario Dobbin 2-2
Pitt's Cole Sheptock 4-2; Ronnie Garbinsky (Tyrone) 3-2; Matt Gotzon 1-2


165
Weight won by Ohio State freshman phenom Bo Jordan, who teched Pitt's Cody Wiercioch in finals. Jordan's only match to go seven minutes was 14-3 win over Pitt's Troy Reaghard in quarters
Second place – Pitts' Cody Wiercioch 4-1
UPJ's Gary Lantz 3-2; Wolf Otten (Shade) 0-2; Joel Paolo 0-2; Joel Blankenship (United) 2-2
Pitt's Geno Morelli 4-2; Troy Reaghard 3-2
Penn State's Garrett Hammond 4-2


174
Weight won by Notre Dame College's Joey Davis, who went unbeaten and won DII title as a freshman last year
Second place – Pitt's Tyler Wilps 4-1
UPJ's Nikos Garofola 1-2


184
Pitt's Max Thomusseit wins weight with 4-0 record and victory over Ohio State's Kenny Courts in finals
Clarion's Tyler Dibert (Chestnut Ridge) 2-2
UPJ's Travis McKillop 1-2; Adam Nickelson 1-2


197
Weight won by Ohio State's Nick Heflin
Fourth place – Pitt's Ryan Solomon 6-2
UPJ's Zach Newton (Penn Cambria) 2-2; Zac Bennett (Westmont Hilltop) 3-2; Jordan Kitta 1-2
Pitt's Matt Patrick 0-2; Alen Turcinhodzic 0-2


285
Weight won by Pitt's P.J. Tasser, who wrestled at 174, 184 and 197 last season. Went 5-0
UPJ's Josh Duplin (Westmont Hilltop) 3-2; Zach Baker 0-2; Damon Sims 0-2
Pitt's Mike Gregory 2-2; Luke Fleck 0-2


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