LAIRD
AND BREST WIN DISTRICT 10 TITLES
9 OF 11 MCLANE WRESTLERS ADVANCE
Ethan
Laird and Andrew Brest both won titles
this weekend at the Distict 10 AAA Tournament at
McDowell and the team finished 2nd, despite the
fact that they only competed in 11 of 14 weight
classes. Of those 11 wrestlers, 9 advanced to next
weekend's NW Regional Tournament.
Sophomore,
Andrew Brest won his first District 10 crown
in dominating fashion. Seeded first in the tournament,
he recieved a bye in the quarterfinal round. In
the semis, he pinned
Avery Smith of Warren in 1:56. He
followed that up with a second period technical
fall over Oil City's Carter Stanley. Brest used
a series of takedowns and tilts to rack up 19 points
in less than 4 minutes.
Ethan
Laird also dominated his opponents. The top
seed pinned McDowell's Alex Bielak in just 1:05
and then scored an 11-3 major decision over state
ranked, Mike Hughes of Prep in the finals. Ethan
dominated Hughes from the neutral position and took
the Rambler to his back for bonus points in the
3rd period.
Owen
Watkins, Jack Kaulis, Riley Vaughn
and Jacob Lenhardt also made the finals,
but came up short. Watkins pinned McDowell's
Max Burkyn in the quarterfinals and won by technical
fall over Warren's Blake Ristau in the semis. But
he dropped a 7-2 decision to 3rd ranked, Carter
Starocci of Prep in the finals. Kaulis, seeded
4th in the tournament, pinned Central's Matt Hoover
in the quarters. He then upset second seed, Tom
Pollard of Meadville, 3-2 in the semis, avenging
an early season loss to the Bulldog wrestler. Jack
lost his final match to state ranked (10th), Jake
Paulson of McDowell. Vaughn rode a bye into
the semis where he pulled off a near miracle. With
time running out and trailing McDowell's Quentin
Cook 8-7, Vaughn pinned the Trojan with just 3 seconds
remaining in the bout! He lost in the finals to
state ranked, Jeff Craig of Meadville. Lenhardt
pinned his first two opponents, both in under
a minute, but then dropped a 1-0 heartbreaker to
Prep's 4th ranked, Kawaun DeBoe in the finals.
Jon
Carrier took 3rd place at 160 lbs. He pinned
Zennon Bardsley of McDowell in just 26 seconds in
the quarterfinals, then suffered his lone loss to
tournament runnerup, Nick Desimone of Warren in
the semis. Jon won his last two bouts to snag the
bronze. Brett Mallory and Cayden
Connolly both went 2-2 and took 4th place, good
enough to earn a trip to regionals.
The
NW Regional AAA Tournament is scheduled for
March 3rd and 4th in Altoona, PA.
Notes:
Ethan
Laird is a 4 time District 10 finalist and won
two titles. He is 32-1 on the season and has won
28 straight matches. Ethan's only loss of the season
came at the hands of the #1 ranked 195 pounder in
the state, Cole Nye of Bishop McDevitt in December.
Laird also now has 131 career wins.. He just passed
Hadley Harrison (130) and is 3rd on the all-time
wins list, behind Joe Wheeling (132) and
Hayden Harrison (135).
Owen
Watkins became a 3 time district finalist on
Saturday. He won the 145 lbs. title his sophomore
year. Owen's pin in the semifinals, was his 20th
of the season. That gave him another entry in the
GM record books for 'Season Falls.' He has 60 career
falls, good enough for sixth best of all time. Watkins
also needs just 2 more wins to join GM's 100 Win
Club! Owen has lost only 4 times this season and
3 of those losses came at the hands of Prep's Carter
Starocci, who's ranked #3 in the state. His only
other loss was by 1 point to Riley Palmer of Council
Rock South, who was ranked #1 in the state at the
time.
Andrew
Brest has improved tremendously since last season
when he posted a modest, 18-14 record and placed
4th at districts. Brest has been dominant this season,
posting a 29-4 record, with 2 of his losses coming
at the hands of state ranked wrestlers. Now he can
add 106 pound District 10 Champ to his resume!
Jacob
Lenhardt is also having a great season. The
Lancer senior has compiled a 27-5 record with 17
pins. 3 of his 5 losses were to Prep's 4th ranked
Kawaun Deboe (2 of them by a single point). His
other 2 losses were close ones, also at the hands
of state ranked opponents.
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Team
standings: 1. Cathedral Prep (CP) 233, 2.
General McLane (GM) 150, 3. Warren (W)
132, 4. McDowell (Mc) 126 1/2, 5. Meadville (Me)
87, 6. Strong Vincent (SV) 38, 7. Oil City (OC)
34 1/2, 8. East (E) 24, 9. Central (Ce) 14.
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Finals
106
Andrew Brest (GM)
wbtf Carter Stanley (Oil City) 19-3
113 Brady Sittinger (C Prep) wbf Jawon Carr (East)
3:28
120 Jacob Frankhouser (War) wbd Andrew Stark (C
Prep) 4-2
126 Tyler McKinney (C Prep) wbd Jeffrey Boyd (McD)
7-2
132 Leno Ciotti (McD) wbd Spencer Staab (C Prep)
8-7 (URO)
138 Marques McClorin (C Prep) wbd Jacob Engstrom
(War) 4-3
145 Albert Taylor (C Prep) wbf Deven Abbott (Str
Vinc) 1:45
152 Carter Starocci (C Prep) wbd Owen
Watkins (GM) 7-2
160 Dazion Casto (McD) wbmd Nick Desimone (War)
18-5
170 Luigi Yates (C Prep) wbd IIyaz Veysalov (McD)
2-1 (OT)
182 Jake Paulson (McD) wbtf Jack
Kaulis (GM) 17-1
195 Ethan Laird (GM)
wbmd Mike Hughes (C Prep) 11-3
220 Jeff Craig (Mdv) wbmd Riley
Vaughn (GM) 16-7
285 Kawaun DeBoe (C Prep) Jacob
Lenhardt (GM) 1-0
Consolation
finals
106 Smith (W) wbd Anthony Moffatt (E) 8-2
113 Butterfield (Mc) wbmd Anderson (W) 16-4
120 Chatman (Me) wbf Helpling (OC) 1:32
126 Rossey (OC) wbtf John Fankhouser (W) 16-0
132 Weston (W) wbd Tidball (Me) 5-2
138 Chess (Me) wbd Brett
Mallory (GM) 6-2
145 Rinella (Me) wbd Balas (W) 7-6
152 Ristau (W) wbd Pulliam (SV) 4-0
160 Jon Carrier (GM)
wbf Zennon Bardsley (Mc) :55
170 Cummings wb inj def Cayden
Connolly (GM)
182 Selker (CP) wbd Thomas Pollard (Me) 3-1
195 Hall (SV) wbd Bielak (Mc) 6-4
220 Cook (Mc) wbd Norman (CP) 6-3
285 Singler (Ce) wbd Whistler (Me) 7-4
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Individual
Results at the 2017 District 10 AAA Tournament
106-Andrew
Best
QF: Bye
SF: Brest wbf Avery Smith (War) 1:56
F: Brest wbtf Carter Stanley (O City) 19-3
Tourn
Record: 2-0 (PLACED
1ST)
QUALIFIED
FOR REGIONALS
|
113-Patrick
Angelo
QF: Alex Anderson (War) wbf Angelo 0:32
Cons: Hayden Butterfield (McD) wbf Angelo
0:30
Tourn
Record: 0-2 (DNP)
|
120-No
enty
|
126-Kyle
Bloomquist
QF: Bloomquist wbd Pat Dacus (Cebtral) 11-5
SF: Tyler McKinney (C Prep) wbf Bloomquist
1:09
Cons SF: John Frankhouser (War) wbf Bloomquist
3:20
Tourn
Record: 1-2 (DNP)
|
132-No
entry
|
138-Brett
Mallory
QF: Mallory wbf Zach Corp (McD) 1:14
SF: Jacob Engstrom (War) wbd Mallory 8-2
Cons SF: Mallory wbf Jaron Carr (East) 1:55
Cons F: Austin Chess (Mdv) wbd Mallory 6-2
Tourn
Record: 2-2 (PLACED
4TH)
QUALIFIED FOR REGIONALS
|
145-No
entry
|
152-Owen
Watkins #9
QF: Watkins wbf Max Burkyn (McD) 1:47
SF: Watkins wbtf Blake Ristau (War) 17-0
F: Cater Starocci #3 wbd (C Prep) Watkins
7-2
Tourn
Record: 2-1 (PLACED
2ND)
QUALIFIED
FOR REGIONALS
|
160-Jon
Carrier
QF: Carrier wbf Zennon Bardsley (McD) 0:26
SF: Nick Desimone (War) wbd Carrier 7-1
Cons SF: Carrier wbf Colton Sutley (O City)
0:52
Cons F: Carrier wbf
Zennon Bardsley (McD) 0:55
Tourn
Record: 3-1 (PLACED
3RD)
QUALIFIED FOR REGIONALS
|
170-Cayden
Connolly
QF: Connolly wbf Jeric Johnson 3:04
SF: Luigi Yates (C Prep) wb inj def Connolly
Cons SF: Connolly wbf Kaden Geib (O City)
0:34
Cons F: Brett Cummings (War) wb inj def Connolly
Tourn
Record: 2-2 (PLACED
4TH)
QUALIFIED FOR REGIONALS
|
182-Jack
Kaulis
QF: Kaulis wbf Matt Hoover (Central) 1:18
SF: Kaulis wbd Tom Pollard (Mdv) 3-2
F: Jake Paulson (McD) wbtf Kaulis 17-1
Tourn
Record: 2-1 (PLACED
2ND)
QUALIFIED
FOR REGIONALS
|
195-Ethan
Laird #4
QF: Bye
SF: Laird wbf Alex Bielak (McD) 1:05
F: Laird wbmd Michael Hughes #14 (C Prep)
11-3
Tourn
Record: 2-0 (PLACED
1ST)
QUALIFIED FOR REGIONALS
|
220-Riley
Vaughn
QF: Bye
SF: Vaughn wbf Quentin Cook (McD) 5:57
F: Jeff Craig #25 (Mdv) wbmd Vaughn 16-7
Tourn
Record: 1-1 (PLACED
2ND)
QUALIFIED FOR REGIONALS
|
285-Jacob
Lenhardt #25
QF: Lenhardt wbf Jasean Gamble (East) 0:35
SF: Lenhadt wbf Dominic Singler (Central)
0:54
F: Kawaun DeBoe #4 (C Prep) wbd Lenhardt 1-0
Tourn
Record: 2-1 (PLACED
2ND)
QUALIFIED FOR REGIONALS
|
02/26/17
McLane
Wrestlers Pull Off Another Miracle Win
For
the third time this year the McLane wrestling team
found themselves in a big hole against a quality
opponent, and for the third time, they found a way
to dig themselves out of it. The match started at
120 lbs. and after the 182 lbs. match, Perry, OH.
held a nearly insurmountable, 38-12 lead over the
Lancers. But GM sent out their big guns starting
at 195 pounds and scored the last 27 points to pull
out a 39-38 win!
Perry
won the first three bouts, two by forfeit and seven
of the first nine weight classes to take that huge
lead. But the Lancers came back to win the last
five bouts, three of them by by fall. Brett Mallory
and Owen Watkins scored GM's two early wins.
Mallory posted a second period pin and Watkins won
by forfeit when Perry elected not to send out a
wrestler at 152 lbs.
Riley
Vaughn got the rally started and the house rockin'
when he finally decked Jeremiah Toomey with just
55 seconds left in their bout. Ethan Laird
bumped up a weight class to take on Nick Mason.
Ethan was in control of the match from the beginning
and took a big lead before scoring a fall at the
3:52 mark. Jacob Lenhardt couldn't get a
takedown against Perry's heavyweight, Alec Gonzalez,
but reversed him early in the second stanza. Lenhardt
hit a crossface, tied up Gonzalez's arms and stuck
him 37 seconds into the second period.
Perry
had to send out their wrestler first at 106. They
chose to forfeit and Coach Cook sent out Patrick
Angelo to accept the forfeit. At that point,
the Pirates held a 38-36 lead with one bout to go.
That left Andrew Brest in the clean up spot
to face highly touted Kyle Rowan. Brest got an early
lead with two takedowns and an escape and hung on
to win, 5-0.
The
GM wrestlers will be back in action at the District
10 AAA Tournament on February 24th and 25th. The
top four place winners will advance to the NW Regional
Tournament in Altoona on March 3rd and 4th.
Notes:
General
McLane's wrestling seniors were honored before the
match. Owen Watkins, Ethan Laird,
Trent Linder, Jacob Lenhardt, Riley
Vaughn and Jon Carrier will all graduate
this year. A special 'Thank you' to senior manager,
Hannah Taylor for her hard work over the
past 4 years. It's been a pleasure working with
you!
Ethan
Laird racked up his 30th win of the year and
the 129th of his career against Perry. With his
win by fall on Saturday, Laird also tied Joe
Wheeling for the #11 spot on the GM 'Career
pins' list.
Perry
chose to forfeit at 152, so Owen Watkins
will have to wait until the District 10 Tournament
to record his 20th fall of the season. Owen also
has 96 career wins and hopefully will get his 100th
at regionals.
With
the dual meet season coming to a close, now is a
good time to recognize Coach Cook's accomplishments.
Since taking over as head coach in 2004, Cook has
amassed a 172 win, 60 loss record (a 74% winning
pct.). Coach Cook has coached 33 District X champions,
106 District 10 placewinners, 8 NW Regional champions,
48 NW Regional placewinners, 33 state qualifiers
and 6 state placewinners. In 2014, Coach Cook coached
his first state finalist at the PIAA Tournament
(Joe Wheeling). During the off season he also coached
7 National Folkstyle Champions and 27 National Folkstyle
Placewinners. I am most amazed by the fact that
in his 13 year's at the helm, Coach Cook's teams
have never once ended the season with a losing record!!!
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General
McLane 39 Perry, OH. 38
120 Jared Keefer (P) wb ff
126 Zack Bubonic (P) wbf Kyle Bloomquist 0:44
132 Zach Berdysz (P) wb ff
138 Brett Mallory (GM) wbf Jacob Peteritis 2:49
145 Dylan Bryan (P) wbf Elijah Schreiber 3:00
152 Owen Watkins (GM) wb ff
160 Billy Hedrich (P) wbd Jon Carrier 11-6
170 Evan Schenk (P) wb ff
182 Jason Beyer (P) wbtf Jack Kaulis 17-2
195 Riley Vaughn (GM) wbf Jeremiah Toomey 5:05
220 Ethan Laird (GM) wbf Nick Mason 3:52
285 Jacob Lenhardt (GM) wbf Alec Gonzalez 2:37
106 Patrick Angelo (GM) wb ff
113 Andrew Brest (GM) wbd Kyle Rowan 5-0
2/11/17
Lancers
Notch 10th Win of Season Over Oilers
The
McLane wrestling team won their 10th dual meet of
the year on Friday over Oil City by a score of 58-18.
The Oilers only managed one contested win in the
match. Their other points came by way of GM forfeits
at 120 and 132.
Winning
by fall for GM were Andrew Brest, Owen Watkins
and Jon Carrier. Elijah Schreiber added
a 15-4 major decision. Brett Mallory and
Phillip Orris posted wins by decision. Patrick
Angelo, Jack Kaulis, Ethan Laird,
Riley Vaughn and Jacob Lenhardt all
won by forfeit.
Oil
City was the last Region 4 match of the year. The
Lancers finish Region action with a 7-2 record,
good enough for 3rd place behind Cathedral Prep
and Meadville.
The
Lancers will face the Perry, OH. Pirates for the
first ever meeting between the two teams on Saturday,
Feb. 11th at 3 PM at GMHS. It's also Senior Night!
Notes:
Congrats
to Phillip Orris on his first varsity win
at Oil Ciity! Ethan Laird posted his 128th
career win against the Oilers. He need just two
more to tie Hadley Harrison for 3rd place on GM's
all-time wins list. Ethan has rattled off
24 straight wins since December when he lost, 4-3
in the King of the Mountain Tournament to last year's
AA state runnerup. Owen Watkins recorded
his 19th fall of the season on Friday and needs
just one more fall to make the GM "Elite"
list. Watkins would be the first McLane westler
to post 20 or more pins in a season since DJ Myers
did it 2011-2012.
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General
McLane 58 Oil City 18
106 Andrew Brest (GM) wbf Stanley 0:57
113 Patrick Angelo (GM) wb ff
120 Helping (OC) wb ff
126 Rossey (OC) wbf Kyle Bloomquist 2:40
132 N. Clark (OC) wb ff
138 Elijah Schrieber (GM) wbmd D. Clark 15-4
145 Brett Mallory (GM) wbd Dobson 9-4
152 Phillip Orris (GM) wbd DeLoe 7-4
160 Owen Watkins (GM) wbf Sutley 0:37
170 Jon Carrier (GM) wbf Geib 0:57
182 Jack Kaulis (GM) wb ff
195 Ethan Laird (GM) wb ff
220 Riley Vaughn (GM) wb ff
285 Jacob Lenhardt (GM) wb ff
02/11/17
McLane
Beats Meadville, Loses to
Ramblers at District 10 AAA Team Duals
When
the 2016-17 season started it looked like the McLane
wrestling team was going to be a strong tournament
team and with the exception of Cathedral Prep, even
dominate the rest of their Region 4 opponents. But
when they were upset by Meadville three weeks ago
and then lost to Prep the following week, it seemed
to shake their confidence. They had a disappointing
Tool City Tournament, finishing 5th after winning
it last year. At the Clearfield Duals, they won
two matches, but then dropped three straight. All
of a sudden they found themselves at 6-5, with the
worst record any GM wrestling team had sported since
Coach Cook took over the program in 2004. Not only
that, but the dual meet schedule that lay ahead
of them was daunting. They fell out of the D10 rankings
and faced the very real possibility of not even
making the District 10 Team Duals for the first
time since 2007.
To get in, the Lancers would have to knock off the
District's #3 and #2 teams on successive nights.
But then a funny thing happened. To nearly everyone's
surprise, they did exactly that! The first
night, they pulled out a 5 point win over favored
McDowell on the last match of the evening, despite
forfeiting four weight classes. The following day
they were trailing, then #2 Warren, 37-33 when Jack
Kaulis came in and scored a technical fall to secure
a 38-37 victory. That put them in The Duals as the
#3 seed.
The
match Wednesday evening against #2 Meadville, didn't
come close to resembling the first meeting between
the two teams. The Lancers even lost the coin toss
and the first bout at 145 lbs. But then they rattled
of four straight wins, two by fall to take a 22-6
lead. The string of wins was interrupted when Riley
Vaughn lost to state ranked, Jeff Craig at 195.
But Vaughn, in his first match after being out of
the lineup for nearly a month, gave Craig everything
he could handle, losing by a slim, 7-6 margin. Had
Riley not given up a reversal with just 2 seconds
remaining in the second period, he most likely would
have walked off with the decision. McLane won the
remaining contested bouts to make the final score,
GM 57 - Meadville 21. Owen Watkins, Cayden
Connolly, Jacob Lenhardt, Andrew Brest,
Kyle Bloomquist and Brett Mallory
all scored pins for GM. Ethan Laird added
a 19-4 technical fall and Jon Carrier won
by major decision.
GM
had to settle for Team Duals Runnerup when
they dropped a 53-9 decision to Prep in the finals.
But that loss was almost a foregone conclusion.
The Ramblers are loaded with talent this season
and have dominated their Region 4 competition. The
Lancers only managed three wins against Prep, but
at this point they definitely look like the second
best team in the Region!
The
Lancers now stand at 9-6 overall and 6-2 in Region
4 with one Region dual meet remaining. They will
be back in action on February 10th at Oil City.
Then the regular season will conclude against Perry,
OH. at home on Senior Night - Saturday, February
11th.
Notes:
Ethan
Laird scored two wins Wednesday and is now 28-1
on the season. He also just passed Tim Wheeling
(126) with his 127th career win. He is now 4th on
the 'Career Wins' list, trailing only Hadley
Harrison (130), Joe Wheeling (132) and
Hayden Harrison (135).
Owen
Watkins has 94 career wins and 58 career pins
(#8 all-time). He also has a good shot at making
the GM record books for 'Season Falls.' Watkins
has 18 pins this season and needs just two more
to make the list.
Andrew
Brest continues to look impressive. Only a sophomore,
Brest has quietly compiled a 25-4 record with 13
pins, 1 technical fall and 4 major decisions.
No
less than five McLane wrestlers are in double digits
for falls this season. Brest (13), Mallory
(11), Watkins (18), Laird (12) and
Lenhardt (14). Connolly is close with
9.
With
the 57-21 thumping of Meadville last night, Ryan
Cook recorded his 170th dual meet win since
taking over as Head Wrestling Coach in 2004. That's
33 more wins than GM Hall of Fame Coach,
Tim Mulholland recorded in his 12 years at the
helm. The Lancers' dual meet record since 2004
is most impressive - 171 wins / 70 losses (a 71%
winning pct.)! Cook's team's have also been
selected to participate in the District 10 AAA Team
Duals 12 of his 13 years as head coach, twice
making it to the State Duals!
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Semifinal
Round-
General McLane 57 Meadville 21
145 Atayvius Newsome (M) wbf Phillip Orris 1:27
152 Owen Watkins (GM) wbf Isaac Unrue 1:07
160 Jon Carrier (GM) wbmd Nick Rinella 13-4
170 Cayden Connolly (GM) wbf Ian Burns 1:22
182 Jack Kaulis (GM) wb ff
195 Jeff Craig (M) wbd Riley Vaughn 7-6
220 Ethan Laird (GM) wbtf Whistler 19-4
285 Jacob Lenhardt (GM) wbf Nick Morelli 4:43
106 Patrick Angelo (GM) wb ff
113 Andrew Brest (GM) wbf Tanner Ehrgott
1:13
120 Dakota Bish (M) wb ff
126 Kyle Bloomquist (GM) wbf Isaac Chatman 5:02
132 Trent Tidball (M) wb ff
138 Brett Mallory (GM) wbf Austin Chess 1:44
Cathedral
Prep 63 McDowell 13
Finals-
Cathedral Prep 53 General McLane 9
152 Carter Starocci (CP) wbd Owen Watkins 7-1
160 Dazion Casto (CP) wbf Jon Carrier 5:35
170 Luigi Yates (CP) wbtf Cayden Connolly 16-0
182 Evan Selker (CP) wbd Jack Kaulis 9-4
195 Ethan Laird (GM) wbd Mike Hughes 9-3
220 Trent Linder (GM) wbd Dyjheir Norman 6-4
285 Kawaun DeBoe (CP) wbd Jacob Lenhrdt 5-1
106 Andrew Brest (GM) wbd Jacob Brumett 5-0
113 Brady Sittinger (CP) wb ff
120 Andrew Stark (CP) wbff
126 Tyler McKinney (CP) wbf Kyle Bloomquist 0:27
132 Spencer Staab (CP) wb ff
138 Marques McClorin (CP) wbd Brett Mallory 6-1
145 Albert Taylor (CP) wbf Phillip Orris 3:04
02/01/17