GM
WRESTLERS WIN DISTRICT 10 AAA TOURNAMENT
CROWN TWO CHAMPS!
The
McLane wrestling team tied for the D10 AAA team
title with Cathedral Prep on Thursday in Meadville.
Wilson Spires and Magnus Lloyd won
titles and eleven GM wrestlers qualified for next
weekend's NW Regional Tournament in Altoona. Not
only did the team come out on top, so did the GM
coaches. Ryan Cook and Hunter Harrison
were named Head Coach and Assistant Coach of
the Year!
McLane
had eight finalists in the tournament. Sophomore,
Magnus Lloyd notched his second straight
title at 172 pounds. Lloyd won his first match by
fall. He faced off against a very tough opponent
in Prep's Kelyn Blossey in the finals. Lloyd got
the first takedown by countering a Blossey shot
with a tight whizzer and turning it into a merkel.
Blossey escaped quickly to make it, 2-1. In the
second period, Magnus escaped and then picked up
a second takedown when he effectively countered
another shot. Blossey escaped and added another
escape in the final period, but Lloyd hung on for
the win.
Wilson
Spires nailed down his first D10 title, winning
by fall over McDowell's Jack Sroka in the finals.
Spires was clearly in control through the entire
bout. He just missed scoring twice on a couple of
beautiful lateral drops in the first period when
he landed just barely out of bounds.Wilson finally
muscled Peterson to his back about a minute and
a half in, with a body lock and got the fall.
Teige
Berger, Ethan Snyder, Hudson Spires,
Kyle Cousins, Jessi Stempka and Russell
Wismer all placed 2nd. Of the six GM runnerups,
freshman, Hudson Spires came the closest to winning
a title. He was in a knock down-drag out bout and
leading Meadville's Brighton Anderson, 9-8 when
he gave up a reversal with just 7 seconds remaining.
Ethan Brest, Ben Watkins and Dan
Mulligan also advanced to regionals with 3rd
place finishes.
The
qualifiers will travel to Altoona for the NW Regional
AAA Tournament, which will be held on March 4th
and 5th.
Notes:
A big congratulations to Ryan Cook and Hunter
Harrison for being named 2021-22 District
10 AAA Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach
of the Year! It was the second straight year
the two have been selected for the honor! This marks
the fourth time Coach Cook has been named the
District 10 AAA Coach of the Year. He won previous
awards in 2005-06, 2012-13 and 2020-21.
Wilson
Spires posted his 20th and 21st pins of the
season at districts. Wilson became just the 24th
GM wrestler in the history of the program to rack
up 20 or more pins in a single season. The record
is 28, which is held by both Kyle Goss (2006)
and Travis Bryant (2011). This is the second
time Spires has cracked the 20+ pin barrier. He
flattened 23 opponents during his freshman year.
Spires is currently #12 on the list for 'career
pins' with 56 and he still has one season to go.
If he stays healthy, he has an excellent chance
of breaking Caleb Baker's career record of
72, which was set in 2011. Wilson also leads the
team in wins (34) and takedowns (57). Spires
also needs just 15 more wins to break 100 for
his career. Magnus Lloyd is right behind
Wilson with 32 wins on the year.
--------------
Championship
Finals
106 Keagan Oler (CP) wbd Teige Berger (GM) 8-4
113 Caleb Anderson (Mdv) wbmd Ethan Snyder (GM)
16-4
120 Cyrus Hurd (CP) wbd Logan Sallot (McD) 11-6
126 Jake Van Dee (CP) wbf Mark Dait (Mdv) 1:26
132 Sam Staab (CP) wbmd Bobby Blue (McD) 9-1
138 Brighton Anderson (Mdv) wbd Hudson Spires
(GM) 10-9
145 Steffan Lynch (CP) wbtf Kyle Cousins (GM)
16-1
152 Kaemen Smith (CP) wbd Artis Simmons (McD) 7-2
160 Caleb Butterfield (McD) wbd Clay Mallory (CP)
6-5
172 Magnus Lloyd (GM) wbd Kelyn Blossey (CP)
5-3
189 Griffin Buzzell (Mdv) wbd Jessi Stempka (GM)
9-2
215 Troy Peterson (McD) wbd Russ Wismer (GM)
10-3
285 Wilson Spires (GM) wbf Jack Sroka (McD)
1:43
Consolation
Finals
106 Ben Fuller (Mdv) wbmd Nasir Simmons (McD) 10-0
113 No match
120 Mharel Lyons (E) wbf Eric Conn (GM) 3:54
126 Ethan Brest (GM) wbd Cam Williams (War)
5-1
132 Ben Watkins (GM) wbd Josiah Previte (E)
4-2
138:Lucas Kurelowech (McD) wbmd Ian Irvin (CP) 9-1
145 Logan Carrick (McD) wbf Hector Cruz (War) 3:00
152 Westin Chess (Mdv) wbd Chance Kimmy (GM)
4-2
160 Dan Mulligan (GM) wbf Alaric Jones (Mdv)
1:52
172 Ty Tidball (Mdv) wbmd Matt Eggleston (E) 13-4
189 Toa Mata'afa-Grove (E) wbf Daymar Dickerson
(McD) 2:56
215 Rhoan Woodrow (Mdv) wbd Tristan Dolan (War)
5-3
285 Caden Pustalek (CP) wbd Stajion Wallace (E)
5-4
-------------------
Team
Scores: 1. General McLane (GM) 161 and
Cathedral Prep (CP) 161, 3. McDowell (McD) 131.5,
4. Meadville (Mdv) 112, 5, Erie High (E) 43, 6.
Warren (War) 16.
-------------------
Individual
GM Wrestlers at the 2022 District 10-AAA Tournament
|
106-Teige
Berger #3
QF: Bye
SF: Berger wbd B Fuller MDV 5-3
F: K. Oler CP wbd Berger 8-4
Record:
1-1 (PLACED 2ND)*
|
113-Ethan
Snyder #2
F: C. Anderson MDV wbmd Snyder 16-4
Record:
0-1 (PLACED 2ND)*
|
|
120-Eric
Conn #4
SF: L Sallot CP wbtf Conn 15-0
Cons F: M Lyons ERIE wbf Conn 3:54
Record:
0-2 (PLACED 4TH)
|
126-Ethan
Brest #4
QF:J.
VanDee wbf Brest 0:46
Cons F: Brest wbd C Williams WAR 5-1
Record:
1-1 (PLACED 3RD)*
|
|
132-Ben
Watkins #5
QF:
Watkins wbf C. Kearns MDV 3:32
SF: S Staab CP wbmd Watkins 14-2
Cons SF: Bye
Cons F: Watkins wbd J Previte ERIE 4-2
Tourn
Record: 2-1 (PLACED
3RD)*
|
138-Hudson
Spires #2
QF: Bye
SF: Spires wbf P. Kashindi ERIE 3:36
F: B Anderson MDV wbd Spires 10-9
Tourn
Record: 1-1 (PLACED
2ND)*
|
|
145-Kyle
Cousins #3
SF: Cousins wbf L Carrick MCD 5:22
F: S Lynch CP wbtf Cousins 16-1
Tourn Record: 1-1 (PLACED 2ND)*
|
152-Chance
Kimmy #3
QF: Bye
SF: A Simmons MCD wbmd Kimmy 19-8
Cons SF: Kimmy wbf G Heeter WAR 0:54
Cons F: W Chess MDV wbd Kimmy 4-2
Tourn
Record: 1-2 (PLACED
4TH)
|
|
160-Dan
Mulligan #3
SF: C. Butterfield MCD wbd Mulligan 11-5
Cons F: Mulligan wbf A Jones MDV 1:52
Tourn
Record: 1-1 (PLACED
3RD)*
|
172-Magnus
Lloyd #1
QF: Bye
SF: Lloyd wbf M Eggleston ERIE 1:34
F Lloyd wbd K Blossey CP 5-3
Tourn
Record:
2-0 (PLACED 1ST)*
|
|
189-Jessi
Stempka #2
QF: Bye
SF: Stempka wbf D Dickerson MCD 2:54
F: G Buzzell MDV wbd Stempka 9-2
Tourn
Record: 1-1 (PLACED
2ND)*
|
215-
Russell Wismer #3
QF: Bye
SF: Wismer wbd Woodrow MDV 5-3
F: T Peterson MCD wbd Wismer 10-3
Tourn
Record: 1-1 (PLACED 2ND)*
|
|
285-Wilson
Spires #1
SF: Spires wbf S Wallace ERIE 1:05
F: Spires wbf J Sroka MCD 1:43
Tourn
Record: 2-0 (PLACED 1ST)*
|
*
Indicates wrestler advanced to regionals |
02/25/22
-----------------------------
LANCERS
GO 0-2 AT PIAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
The
McLane wrestling team once again battled like warriors
but came up short, losing to #14, Central Dauphin,
34-24 in the first round and then to #8, Council
Rock South, 44-16 in the first consolation round
at the PIAA Team Duals Championships. Although they
went 0-2, it was nothing short of an amazing accomplishment
for a team that very few people expected to win
the D10 AAA title or make the trip to Hershey.
The
Lancers got off on the right foot by taking an early
lead over Central Dauphin. Jessi Stempka
pinned Carson Cassel at 215 and then Wilson Spires
won a close, 5-3 decision over 17th ranked, Benjamin
Stewart at heavyweight, giving GM a 9-0 advantage.
But Central Dauphin responded with five straight
wins to take a 24-9 lead that they would never relinquish.
One bright spot was Hudson Spires' bout at
138 lbs. Spires dominated on his feet to grind out
a 6-4 decision over a tough opponent. Central Dauphin
won the next three bouts to clinch the contest.
Magnus Lloyd and Brandon Dedrick finished
with forfeit wins after Dauphin opted to not send
out wrestlers at 172 and 189 lbs..
Friday
morning, the Lancers took on a very talented Council
Rock South team in the first consolation round.
Council Rock was coming off a disappointing 28-23
loss to #6 Greater Latrobe and most likely felt
they had something to prove. The Lancers never got
any traction in the match. Council Rock took the
first four bouts before GM was able to answer. McLane
got their first win from Hudson Spires at
138 lbs. Spires was trailing 2-0 in the second period,
when his opponent attempted to stand up. Spires
chin whipped him, took him to his back and got the
fall. Only two other McLane wrestlers would pull
off wins in the match.
Jessi Stempka just missed posting a tech
fall with a 16-3 major decision over Theo Christian
at 189. Wilson Spires took his man down in
8 seconds and then got the fall at the 0:31 second
mark. Magnus Lloyd had a tough draw in Matt
Colajezzi. Colajezzi is the top ranked 160 pounder
in the state and placed 4th at last year's state
tournament. Magnus wrestled well but came out on
the short end of a 4-1 decision. Teige Berger
also wrestled well but dropped a close, 4-2 decision
at 106 lbs.
The
post season will begin for the GM wrestlers at the
District 10 AAA Tournament on Thursday, February
24th in Meadville.
Notes:
The team finishes the 2021-22 dual meet campaign
with a 10-11 overall record. This will mark the
first time a McLane wrestling team has finished
below .500 since the 1997-98 team finished the season
with a 6-9 record under former coach, Tim Mulholland.
This
will also mark the first time in 18 seasons that
a Ryan Cook coached team has finished below
.500. But I'm certain that winning the District
10 AAA team title and making the trip to Hershey
will take a lot of the sting out of it. Coach
Cook has recorded a 225-85 overall dual meet record
over his 18 seasons as head coach. That's an amazing,
72.58 winning percentage!
Wilson
Spires' record now stands at 32-3 and he has
recorded 19 falls. Spires racked up 34 wins during
his freshman year and should easily eclipse that
number before this season is in the books. Wil also
leads the team with 55 takedowns!!! Magnus Lloyd
became the second GM wrestler to reach the 30 win
mark. His record stands at 30-7.
IMHO,
this team has improved more over the course of one
season than any GM team I can remember. I'm sure
they will be battle ready for the post season!
Results
from the 2021-22 PIAA Team Duals Championships:
AA 1. Saucon Valley 2. Notre Dame Green Pond 3.
Chestnut Ridge 4. Boiling Springs. AAA 1. Bethlehem
Catholic 2. Nazareth 3. Waynesburg 4. Williamsport.
-------------------
Round
of 16:
CENTRAL
DAUPHIN 34 GENERAL MCLANE 24
215 Jessi Stempka (GM) wbf Carson Cassel 3:58
285 Wilson Spires (GM) wbd Ben Stewart 5-3
106 Liam Flanagan (CD) wbf Sam Cain 0:14
113 CJ Ferree (CD) wbmd Teige Berger 12-3
120 Dallas Schorr (CD) wbtf Ethan Snyder 15-0
126 Nathan Fletcher (CD) wbd Ethan Brest 5-0
132 Matt Repos (CD) Chris Gillette 0:40
138 Hudson Spires (GM) wbd Michael Beers 6-4
145 Arthur Rudd (CD) wbd Kyle Cousins 6-4
152 Jerimiah Craig (CD) wbd Chance Kimmy 12-5
160 Ryan Garvick (CD) wbmd Dan Mulligan 9-0
172 Magnus Lloyd (GM) wb ff
189 Brandon Dedrick (GM) wb ff
1st
Consolation Round:
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 44 GENERAL MCLANE 16
113 Luke Reitter (CRS) wbmd Ethan Snyder 12-2
120 Ajay Batt (CRS) wbf Eric Conn 0:55
126 Ben Brillhart (CRS) wbmd Ethan Brest 8-0
132 Andrew Lindros (CRS) wbd Ben Watkins 9-2
138 Hudson Spires (GM) wbf Gavin Cole (CRS) 1:35
145 Shermuhammad Sariddinov (CRS) wbtf Kyle Cousins
18-3
152 Behkhurz Sariddinov (CRS) wbmd Chance Kimmy
10-1
160 Anthony Cerulli (CRS) wbf Dan Mulligan 1:35
172 Matt Colajezzi (CRS) wbd Magnus Lloyd 4-1
189 Jessi Stempka (GM) wbmd Theo Christian 16-3
215 Lucas Doyle (CRS) wbf Russell Wismer 1:25
285 Wilson Spires (GM) wbf Charles Socki 0:31
106 Connor Lenahan (CRS) wbd Teige Berger 4-2
02/13/22
--------------------------------
GM
SECURES 10TH DUAL WIN OVER EISENHOWER
The
McLane wrestling team finally crept over the .500
mark on Monday evening when they trounced visiting
Eisenhower, 59-10. It's the first time the Lancers
have sported a winning record since the Hampton
Duals during first week of the wrestling season
in December. A tough schedule, along with sickness
and injuries have hampered the team all year. But
they finally put together a healthy team last week
at the D10 Team Duals and have been a force to reckon
with ever since.
Eisenhower
took the lead out of the gate when the Knights'
Gannon Jaquay won by major decision over Jarod
Peyton at 152, but it was short lived. The Lancers
responded with three straight bonus point wins.
Daniel Mulligan won by 11-2 major decision
at 160 lbs., Magnus Lloyd racked up his 10th
fall of the year at 172 and Brandon Dedrick
posted a 12-0 major at 189. Eisenhower won by fall
at 215 lbs. but that would be their last win of
the night.
At
285 lbs., Wilson Spires pinned his opponent
in the first period but not before he put on a takedown
clinic even Hayden Harrison would be impressed
with. Spires took his foe to the mat five times
in less a minute before finishing him off at the
1:17 mark! Teige Berger added another pin
at 106 and Ethan Snyder won a hard fought,
12-6 decision at 113. Eisenhower forfeited the next
four bouts and then Kyle Cousins wrapped
it up with another pin at 145 lbs.
The
team will be back in action in Hershey on
Thursday, February 10th at the PIAA Team Dual Championships.
The Lancers will face 15th ranked Central Dauphin
in the first round. Central Daughin was the second
place team out of District 3 and they sport a 10-1
record. Needless to say, the Big Red Machine will
have their hands full.
Notes:
Wilson Spires became the first GM wrestler
to make it to the 30 win mark for the season. He
also leads the team with 18 falls and incredibly,leads
the team in takedowns. This may be the first time
in McLane history a heavyweight has lead the team
in takedowns! Magnus Lloyd is close behind
Spires with 29 W's and Teige Berger is third
with 25.
A
big CONGRATS to Coach Ryan Cook. Monday's
victory over Eisenhower marked his 225th head
coaching win!!! This is Coach Cook's 18th season
as head coach and he did a three year stint as assistant
coach under Tim Mulholland. As a head coach,
Ryan Cook has averaged 13+ wins per season. In total,
Cook has posted a 225-83 overall record (through
the Eisenhower dual meet).
Monday
was Senior Night! The following senior wrestlers
and their parents were honored before the match
- Jared Peyton, Dan Mulligan, Brandon
Dedrick, Russell Wismer and Austin
Henry. Congratulations and best of luck in all
of your future endeavors!
---------------------
General
Mclane 59 Eisenhower 10
152: Gannon Jaquay (E) wbmd Jarod Peyton 16-4
160: Daniel Mulligan (GM) wbmd Tucker Lindell 11-2
172: Magnus Lloyd (GM) wbf Josh Parker 1:00
189: Brandon Dedrick (GM) wbmd Brok English 12-0
215: Cael Black (E) wbf Russell Wismer 5:22
285: Wilson Spires (GM) wbf Michael Vanatta 1:17
106: Teige Berger (GM) wbf Griffin Williams 2:27
113: Ethan Snyder (GM) wbd Ryan Chambers 12-6
120: Eric Conn (GM) wb ff
126: Ethan Brest (GM) wb ff
132: Christian Gillette (GM) wb ff
138: Hudson Spires (GM) wb ff
145: Kyle Cousins (GM) wbf Shawn Pascuzzi 2:43
02/08/22
--------------------
GM
WRESTLERS UPSET PREP TO
WIN DISTRICT 10 AAA TEAM TITLE!
In
what may have been the biggest upset since McLane
won their first NW
Regional title in 2004, the Lancers came from
behind to defeat six time defending champ, 12th
ranked, Cathedral Prep in the finals of the 2021-22
District 10 Team Duals last night at Prep's
rec center. Trailing by a score of 25-0, the Lancers
came screaming back to defeat the Ramblers, 39-29.
The
Lancers, who came into last night's fray with a
humble, 7-9 record, have been hampered by sickness
and injuries all year. In fact, they dropped a 40-30
decision to the 9-1 Ramblers in early January. But
last night, Ryan Cook's team finally came together
and showed how good they really are when they're
healthy. The return of Jessi Stempka, who
bumped up a weight class and pinned state ranked,
Kelyn Blossey was a key turning point in the match,
as was 160 pounder, Dan Mulligan's hard fought,
7-4 win over Owen Shetler. And Brandon Dedrick's
3rd period pin at 189 can't be overlooked for keeping
the fire burning during the Lancers' closing, six
bout win streak!
Prep
started off looking like they would once again repeat
as D10 champs when they won the first five bouts,
three by fall, and took a 25-0 lead. Jacob Zeiser
got a forfeit win for the Lancers at 145 but
then the Ramblers struck again when they scored
a technical fall at 152. Prep appeared to be in
the driver's seat at that point with a commanding
30-6 lead. But then the Lancers upper weights kicked
it into overdrive!
Dan
Mulligan pulled out the first of six consecutive
McLane wins by beating Owen Shetler, 7-4 at 160.
Prep then forfeited to Magnus Lloyd at 172,
which closed the gap to 30-15. Brandon Dedrick
kept the ball rolling with his third period pin
of Issiah Harrick, closing the gap to 30-21. Then
came Jessi Stempka's huge upset of highly
ranked, Kelyn Blossey at 215. Stempka not only upset
Blossey, he decked him and pulled the Lancers to
within three points. Wilson Spires put GM
ahead for the first time and for good when he pinned
Caden Pustalek in 1:02. Prep had no 113 pounder
and they opened the match by sending their 106 pounder
out to wrestler Ethan Snyder at 113. That left them
with no one to send out for the last bout, giving
Teige Berger a forfeit and nailing the Lancer victory
down!
Notes:
Even though the team came into last night's match
with a 7-9 record - they have shown flashes of brilliance
off and on all season, in spite of the fact that
they haven't been at 100% strength. Of their 9 losses,
7 of them came at the hands of state ranked teams
- #12 Fort LeBoeuf, #14 Quaker Valley, #15 Forest
Hills, # 19 Mount Pleasant , #25 AA Canton, #12
Cathedral Prep and # 20 Butler. And five of those
nine losses came by seven points or less. But their
4th place finish at the Fred Bell Tournament
and the 30-27 upset win over 9th ranked, Hempfield
showed flashes of what they were capable of even
when not at full strength!
Wilson
Spires' win against Prep was his 29th of the
year. He also leads the team with 17 pins. Wilson
owns 52 career pins, which ties him with Lou
Decker for 14th place on the all-time list,
and he still has the rest of this season and next
season to add to that total. He needs just 20 more
to tie Caleb Baker for the top spot! Magnus
Lloyd is second with 28 victories this year
and Teige Berger has 24. Hudson Spires
has racked up 14 pins!
The
last time GM advanced to the PIAA AAA Team Duals
was during the 2014-15 season. They went 1-2 (1st
round: Council Rock South 31 General McLane 27,
Consolations: General McLane 29 Spring Ford 25,
Consolations: Parkland 37 General McLane 33). The
team's full team duals history can be found here.
The
GM wrestlers will be back in action on Monday, January
7th against Eisenhower at home for Senior Night.
Then the Lancers will head to Hershey on
February 10th where they'll face the second place
team from District 3 in the opening round.
------------------------
2021-22
DISTRICT 10 AAA TEAM DUALS
SEMIFINAL
(2) General McLane 43 (3) McDowell 22
106 Sam Cain (GM) wb ff
113 Teige Berger (GM) wbmd Nasir Simmons 10-0
120 Logan Sallot (M) wbtf Ethan Snyder 18-3 5:53
126 Ethan Brest (GM) wbf Conner Dvorak 2:56
132 Christian Gillette (GM) wbd Donovan Neavins
8-2
138 Hudson Spires (GM) wbf Bobby Blue 5:36
145 Logan Carrick (M) wbd Kyle Cousins 6-4
152 Artis Simmons (M) wbtf Jarod Peyton 21-6 4:18
160 Caleb Butterfield (M) wbd Dan Mulligan 5-3
172 Magnus Lloyd (GM) wb ff
189 Jessi Stempka (GM) wbf Daymar Dickerson 1:49
215 Troy Peterson (M) wb ff
285 Wilson Spires (GM) wbf Jack Sroka 2:29
CHAMPIONSHIP
(2) General McLane 39 (1) Cathedral Prep 29
113 Keagan Oler (CP) wbmd Ethan Snyder 17-5
120 Xavier Domkowski (CP) wbf Eric Conn 1:34
126 Cyrus Hurd (CP) wbf Ethan Brest 1:27
132 Jake Van Dee (CP) wbf Ben Watkins 1:30
138 Sam Staab (CP) wbd Hudson Spires 7-4
145 Jacob Zeiser (GM) wb ff
152 Kaemen Smith (CP) wbtf Kyle Cousins 19-3 3:23
160 Dan Mulligan (GM) wbd Owen Shetler 7-4
172 Magnus Lloyd (GM) wb ff
189 Brandon Dedrick (GM) wbf Isaiah Harrick 4:47
215 Jessi Stempka (GM) wbf Kelyn Blossey 1:36
285 Wilson Spires (GM) wbf Caden Pustalek 1:02
106 Teige Berger (GM) wb ff
02/03/21
