GM
Crowns 5 District Champs
10 Move on to Regionals
The
Lancers put seven wrestlers in the finals
of the District 10 AAA Tournament and won five titles
at Central Tech on Saturday. Despite having more
finalists and champions than any other team, the
Lancers were unable to repeat as team champions.
McDowell took the team title with four champs and
twelve regional qualifiers. Ten GM wrestlers
will make the trip to Altoona on February 28th.
Joe
Wheeling made his fourth appearance in the finals
and won his second title by pinning Titusville's
Kaleb Chase in the semis and then beating Prep's
Ta'Nauz Gregory, 11-1 in the finals. Keller Watkins
took the 138 lbs. crown with a wild win by fall
in the finals over Dalton Burns of Titusville. Burns
took a 4-0 lead in the first period when he took
Watkins down to his back during a scramble. In the
second stanza Keller took a 7-4 lead when he reversed
Burns and turned the Rocket wrestler with a couple
of tilts. Burns tied it up again when he took Keller
to his back again briefly, but Watkins reversed
Burns and then stuck him with 28 seconds left in
the bout. Keller made the ffinals with a couple
of shutout wins, a 15-0 tech fall over Meadville's
Brock Ridgeway and a 2-0 decision over McDowell's
Lukas Peterson.
Deane
Twitchell took top honors in the 145 lbs. weight
class with a 7-2 win over Oil City's Alex Hargenrader
in the finals. Twitchell reversed a loss he suffered
at the hands of Hargenrader in McLane's final dual
meet on February 4th. Deane majored Meadville's
Kris Nottingham, 9-1 in the quarterfinals and then
shut out Teagan O'Sullivan of Prep, 4-0 in the semis.
Chris Laird won his second straight District
10 title by posting a pair of major decisions. Laird
beat Central's Sampson Kafando, 15-3 in the semifinals
and then took Prep's Phil Selker to the woodshed
with 9-1 win in the finals. Ian Mallory was
GM's final titlist at 220 lbs. Mallory posted a
9-3 decision over East's Damarius Murel in the quarters,
then beat Warren's Alex Streitch, 3-1 in overtime
in the semis. Ian grabbed the gold with a 3-1 win
in the finals when he a took down McDowell's Ben
Bish in overtime.
Mike
Sutton took 2nd place at 152 lbs. Sutton was
a District 10 champ last year, but was upset in
this year's finale by McDowell's Ryan Dailey by
a score of 6-3. Mike made the finals by pinning
Nate Park of Warren and beating Prep's Connor Wurst,
10-5. Ethan Laird was GM's other runnerup.
Laird made the finals of the 160 lbs. weight class
by posting a couple of falls. In the finals, Ethan
ran into the state's 4th ranked 160 pounder, Ehrin
Lee of Titusville. Laird wrestled a great match,
but the Titusville senior prevailed with a 9-2 decision.
Hunter
Hendricks, Owen Watkins and Jacob
Lenhart all placed 4th and also qualified for
the NW Regional Tournament. The McLane wrestlers
will be back in action on Friday and Saturday, February
28th and March 1st at the Northwest Regional Tournament
in Altoona, PA. The top 3 wrestlers in each weight
class will advance to the PIAA Championships in
Hershey.
Notes
From the District 10 AAA Tournament:
Joe
Wheeling's 2 wins put him at 30 for the season.
He is also now tied with his brother Tim for 3rd
place on the career wins list with 126. Joe is also
ranked 2nd in the state at 113 lbs. in the latest
PA. Power Rankings!
Chris
Laird leads the team with 31 wins on the season.
He now has 108 career wins and is ranked 12th in
the latest PA. Power Rankings. Mike Sutton has
116 career wins. That ties him with Tom Kirdahy
for the number 8 spot on the career wins list.
Deane Twitchell needs just one more win to join
the Lancer 100 win club.
Keller
Watkins has 25 career tech falls. That's more
than twice as many tech falls as second placer Mike
Caro who recorded 12 in his career.
Owen
Watkins did a great job at Districts. The freshman
has been in and out of the lineup all year due to
injury, but he got it done this weekend. He lost
to McDowell's Noah Burkhart twice in OT, but had
a couple of pins in the tournament and pulled off
a 4th place finish! Ethan Laird also deserves
to be recognized for his performance. His only loss
in the tournament was in the finals to Ehrin Lee
who is ranked 4th in the state. Ethan pinned his
first two opponents! Not too shabby for a freshman
in an upper weight class. Ian Mallory also
got the job done, winning his first District 10
title. I must admit he had me worried a couple of
times, but he hit those singles when he had to and
it paid off!
Deane
Twitchell turned it around on Oil City's Alex
Hargenrader. After losing to Hargenrader less than
two weeks ago, Twitchell dominated this time. Nice
job Deane! What can I say about Joe Wheeling
and Chris Laird. Those two guys looked like
well oiled machines out there this weekend. Keep
it rolling! A tip of the cap to our other placers,
Jacob Lenhart and Hunter Hendricks.
Jacob lost twice, but to the same wrestler both
times! He also pinned one of his opponents in the
consi quarters. Hunter is nursing an injury and
had to default a couple of bouts, but got a couple
of wins to qualify for regionals. Even
though Mike Sutton lost in the District finals
I expect he will be ready to rumble in Altoona.
Let's go Mike! Keller Watkins had us squirming
in our seats in the finals. That match may have
been the most exciting one of the tournament. Way
to hang in there and get the pin Keller!
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Team
standings:
1. McDowell (Mc) 206, 2.
General McLane (GM) 169, 3. Cathedral
Prep (CP) 145, 4. Titusville (T) 104, 5. Strong
Vincent (SV) 86½, 6. Warren (W) 82½,
7. Meadville (Mv) 72, 8. Oil City (OC) 45, 9. Central
Tech (CT) 35, 10. East (E) 28.
Championship
Finals
106 Charlie Lenox (McD) wbd Carmine Ciotti (SV)
6-4 (OT)
113 Joe Wheeling (GM)
wbmd TaNauz Gregory (CP) 11-1
120 Jake Gromacki (CP) wbd Josh Caban (SV) 6-2
126 D.J. Fehlman (War) wbtf Benji Yates (McD) 16-0
132 John Ciotti (SV) wbd Alex Root (CP) 3-1
138 Keller Watkins (GM)
wbf Dalton Burns (Titus) 5:32
145 Deane Twitchell (GM)
wbd Alex Hargenrader (OC) 7-2
152 Ryan Dailey (McD) wbd Mike
Sutton (GM) 6-3
160 Ehrin Lee (Titus) wbd Ethan
Laird (GM) 9-2
170 Trent Zdarko (OC) wbd Chris Starocci (SV) 6-2
182 Tyree Spearman (McD) wbd Mike Hughes (CP) 9-4
195 Chris Laird (GM)
wbmd Phil Selker (CP) 9-1
220 Ian Mallory (GM)
wbd Ben Bish (McD) 3-1 (OT)
285 Scot Augustine (McD) wbd Deiontre Plott (E)
3-0
Consolation
Finals
106 Brandon Sauers (CP) wbf Steve Machen (Titus),
1:42
113 Aaron Ehrgott (Mdv) wbf Kaleb Chase (Titus),
3:52
120 Keegan Fordyce (McD) wbd Hunter Wagner (Titus)
7-1
126 Kyle Luben (Mdv) wb injury default Hunter
Hendricks (GM)
132 Noah Burkhart (McD) wbd Owen
Watkins (GM) 4-2 (OT)
138 Andy Hutzel (CP) wbd Robert Harris (Centr) 8-6
145 Teagan OSullivan (CP) wbd Jake Paulson
(McD) 1-0
152 Connor Wurst (CP) wbmd Jared Carlson (SV) 10-2
160 Joe Campanella (McD) wbf Cameron Demaison (Mdv),
:59
170 Coleman Cousins (McD) wbd Garrett Smead (War)
by forfeit
182 Dan Stearns (Titus) wbd Cody Gunn (War) 4-3
195 Zack Rindfuss (McD) wbf Samson Kafando (Centr),
2:54
220 Luke Carr (Mdv) wbd Alex Streich (War) 5-2
285 Jason Oakes (Titus) wbd Jacob
Lenhart (GM) 5-2
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Individual
Results at the 2014 District 10 AAA Tournament
106-Tony
Damore
QF: Steve Machen (Titus) wbf Damore 1:03
Cons: Damore wbd Cam Myers (OC) 2-1
Cons SF: Brandon Sauers (CP) wbf Damore 0:48
Tourn
Record: 1-2
(DNP)
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113-Joe
Wheeling
QF: Bye
SF: Wheeling wbf Kaleb Chase (Titus) 0:36
F: Wheeling wbmd TNauz Gregory (CP) 11-1
Tourn
Record: 2-0 (PLACED
1ST)
Qualified for Regionals
|
120-Brandon
Koehler
QF: Hunter Wagner (Titus) wbd Koehler 8-7
Cons: Kyle Nash (Centr) wbd Koehler 4-2
Tourn
Record: 0-2 (DNP)
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126-Hunter
Hendricks
QF: Benji Yates (McD) wb inj def Hendricks
Cons: Hendricks wbtf Gabriel Barnett (Centr)
16-1
Cons SF: Hendricks wbd Chase Ackerman (Titus)
5-0
Cons F: Kyle Luben (Mdv) wb inj def Hendricks
Tourn
Record: 2-2 (PLACED 4TH)
Qualified for Regionals
|
132-Owen
Watkins
QF: Noah Burkhart (McD) wbd Watkins 7-5 (OT)
Cons: Watkins wbf Isaac Donovan (Titus) 2:28
Cons SF: Watkins wbf Collin Delattre (War)
2:34
Cons F: Noah Burkhart (McD) wbd Watkins 4-2
(OT)
Tourn
Record: 2-2 (PLACED 4TH)
Qualified for Regionals
|
138-Keller
Watkins
QF: Watkins wbtf Brock Ridgeway (Mdv) 15-0
SF: Watkins wbd Lukas Peterson (McD) 2-0
F: Watkins wbf Dalton Burns (Titus) 5:32
Tourn
Record: 3-0 (PLACED
1ST)
Qualified for Regionals
|
145-Deane
Twitchell
QF: Twitchell wbmd Kris Nottingham (Mdv) 9-1
SF: Twitchell wbd Teagan OSullivan (CP) 4-0
F: Twitchell wbd Alex Hargenrader (OC) 7-2
Tourn
Record: 3-0 (PLACED
1ST)
Qualified for Regionals
|
152-Mike
Sutton
QF: Sutton wbf Nate Park (War) 1:01
SF: Sutton wbd Connor Wurst (CP) 10-5
F: Ryan Dailey (McD) wbd Sutton 6-3
Tourn
Record: 2-1 (PLACED
2ND)
Qualified for Regionals
|
160-Ethan
Laird
QF: Laird wbf Tyler Hammerman (E) 1:01
SF: Laird wbf Dan Henry (War) 2:54
F: Ehrin Lee (Titus) wbd Laird 9-2
Tourn
Record: 2-1 (PLACED 2ND)
Qualified for Regionals
|
170-Jim
Nuhfer
QF: Garrett Smead (War) wbd Nuhfer 9-4
Cons: Louis Crawford (Mdv) wbf Nuhfer 3:44
Tourn
Record: 0-2 (DNP)
|
182-Adam
Steiner
QF: Cody Gunn (War) wbmd Steiner 13-3
Cons: Steiner wbd Nate Morrison (OC) 5-1
Cons SF: Dan Stearns (Titus) wbmd Steiner
11-2
Tourn
Record: 1-2 (DNP)
|
195-Chris
Laird
QF: Bye
SF: Laird wbmd Sampson Kafando (Centr) 15-3
F: Laird wbmd Phil Selker (CP) 9-1
Tourn
Record: 2-0 (PLACED
1ST)
Qualified for Regionals
|
220-Ian
Mallory
QF: Mallory wbd Dimarius Murel (E) 9-3
SF: Mallory wbd Alex Streich (War) 3-1 (OT)
F: Mallory wbd Ben Bish (McD) 3-1 (OT)
Tourn
Record: 3-0 (PLACED
1ST)
Qualified for Regionals
|
285-Jacob
Lenhart
QF: Jason Oakes (Titus) wbd Lenhart 3-0
Cons: Lenhart wbf John White (SV) 0:47
Cons SF: Lenhart wbd Stephen Crone (War) 3-0
Cons F: Jason Oakes (Titus) wbd Lenhart 5-2
Tourn
Record: 2-2 (PLACED 4TH)
Qualified for Regionals
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2/16/14
McLane
Beats Oil City in Final Dual of the Year
The
General McLane wrestling team rolled over Oil City,
61-15 on Wednesday at home in their final
dual meet of the season. The win secured a share
of the Region 4 title for the Lancers who finished
tied for 1st place with McDowell and Cathedral Prep.
Kendrick
Storm-Bailey, Hunter Hendricks, Jon
Carrier, Mike Sutton and Ethan Laird
posted falls for the Lancers. Tony Damore
won by major decision at 106 and Cody Lentz
picked up a 5-0 shutout at 182 lbs. Joe Wheeling,
Brandon Koehler, Chris Laird and Ian
Mallory all picked up forfeits.
The
GM wrestling team finished the dual meet season
with an overall record of 13-4, a regular season
record of 12-3 and an 8-1 Region 4 record.
They
will be back in action shooting for their second
straight District 10 AAA Tournament title at Central
on February 14th and 15th .
Notes
From the Oil City Dual:
Joe Wheeling picked up his 124th career win.
That ties him for 4th place with DJ Myers.
Mike Sutton posted his 114th career win and
Chris Laird has 106. Deane Twitchell
is at 96.
Joe
Wheeling, Mike Sutton and Chris Laird
will be looking to defend District 10 titles next
weekend. Hunter Hendricks and Keller Watkins
will try to improve on their second place finishes
from a year ago. Look for the Lancers to advance
10-11 wrestlers to the NW Regional Tournament in
Altoona.
Seven
McLane wrestlers have 20 or more wins this season.
Joe Wheeling, Hunter Hendricks, Keller
Watkins, Deane Twitchell, Mike Sutton,
Ethan Laird and Chris Laird have all
reached the 20+ mark. Chris Laird's next
win will be #30 on the season.
Coach
Cook finished the dual meet season with 132
career coaching wins. Cook needs six more victories
to become the winningest coach in McLane history.
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GENERAL
MCLANE 61 OIL CITY 15
285 Kendrick Storm-Bailey (GM) wbf Mike Milner 1:54
106 Tony Damore (GM) wbmd Cameron Myers 11-1
113 Joe Wheeling (GM) wbff
120 Brandon Koehler (GM) wbff
126 Hunter Hendricks (GM) wbf Dylan Beach 2:24
132 Jon Carrier (GM) wbf Nick Dobson 3:16
138 Derrick Bish (OC) wbff
145 Alex Hargenrader (OC) wbd Deane Twitchell 5-2
152 Mike Sutton (GM) wbf Jimmy Heasly 0:17
160 Ethan Laird (GM) wbf Zeb Lewis 2:57
170 Trent Zdarko (OC) wbf Riley vaughn 3:06
182 Cody Lentz (GM) wbd Brandon Stoyer 5-0
195 Chris Laird (GM) wbff
220 Ian Mallory (GM) wbff
2/5/14
Lancers
Beat Central 75-6
The
McLane wrestlers beat Central 75-6 on Saturday at
Central Tech High School and ran their overall record
to 12-4. They are 7-1 in Region 4 and tied for
first place with Cathedral Prep and McDowell
with one dual meet to go.
Mike
Sutton, Cody Lentz, Chris Laird,
Ian Mallory, Hunter Hendricks, Brandon
Koehler and Deane Twitchell all had falls
for the Lancers. Jacob Lenhart came from
behind to post a 3-2 win at 285 lbs. Ethan Laird,
Riley Vaughn, Tony Damore, Joe
Wheeling and Jon Carrier all won by forfeit.
The
McLane wrestlers will be back in action on Wednesday
at home for their final dual meet of the year against
Oil City.
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GENERAL
MCLANE 75 CENTRAL 6
152 Mike Sutton (GM) wbf Mike Kotanchiyev 0:46
160 Ethan Laird (GM) wbff
170 Riley Vaughn (GM) wbff
182 Cody Lentz (GM) wbf Daquan Pope 1:34
195 Chris Laird (GM) wbf Samson Kafando 3:31
220 Ian Mallory (GM) wbf Seth Brown 2:34
285 Jacob Lenhart (GM) wbd Devion Coleman 3-2
106 Tony Damore (GM) wbff
113 Joe Wheeling (GM) wbff
120 Hunter Hendricks (GM) wbf Kyle Nash 2:58
126 Brandon Koehler (GM) wbf Gabe Barnett 4:36
132 Jon Carrier (GM) wbff
138 Robert Harris (C) wbf Jordan Motter 1:35
145 Deane Twitchell (GM) wbf N. Boneventure 3:09
2/2/14