GM
Wrestlers Upset McDowell 34-23
Less
than two weeks after upsetting Fort LeBoeuf (last
year's 3rd placers at the AA PIAA Team Duals), the
red hot Mclane wrestling team pulled off another stunner
by beating last year's AAA PIAA team runnerup,
McDowell, 34-23. The victory didn't come easily
but the Lancers got the job done, thanks to come from
behind wins by Joe Wheeling and Alex Thayer
as well as some gutsy wrestling by the rest of
the team.
Mike
Sutton, who just returned to the lineup after
suffering an early season injury, got things rolling
for the Lancers with an 8-3 win over Ryan Daley at
152 lbs. Ossie Bowers followed with a 3-1 decision
over a game Joe Campanella at 160. Tyler Hendricks
posted a 9-1 major decision at 170 lbs. to put the
Lancers up 10-0. But, then Alex Thayer really
got the GM side fired up. Trailing 4-2 going into
the final stanza, Thayer locked up a crossface cradle
for the second time in that period and stuck his opponent
with just 39 seconds remaining. That made it 16-0,
McLane.
Chris
Laird posted a 3-0 shutout over Mitch Boetcher
at 195 lbs. and Jake Baker received a forfeit
at 220 to make the score 25-0 in favor of the Lancers.
While it was a commanding lead, the toughest part
of the Trojan's lineup was yet to come.
Scott
Augustine got McDowell on the board with a 6-0 win
over Ian Mallory at heavyweight to make the
team score 25-3. That's
when the game changer happened. Joe Wheeling
was trailing a very talented Charlie Lennox, 2-0 at
106 lbs. late in the 3rd period. Joe was chasing Lennox
and nearly had a takedown at the edge of the mat with
less than a minute remaining, but the two wrestlers
were called out of bounds. Wheeling worked a front
headlock, spun behind Lennox and tried to take control.
Wheeling clearly had both legs in and Lennox's arm
trapped with 11 ticks left on the clock, but was not
awarded the takedown until 10 seconds later. That
tied the bout and sent it to overtime. Joe wasted
no time in the OT as he went back to the front headlock,
dumped Lennox to his back and pinned the Trojan 20
seconds into the period. That put the Lancers on top,
31-3, but McDowell still had some talented wrestlers
coming up.
McDowell
won the next two bouts, one by technical fall at 113
lbs. and one by decision at 120. That made the score,
31-11 (McDowell was penalized a team point following
the 106 lbs. bout). The Trojans were still within
striking distance at that point, but they needed to
win the last four bouts and they needed a lot of bonus
points. They would get neither!
Keller
Watkins put an end to McDowell's hopes for a comeback
and clinched the dual for the Lancers when he beat
Coleman Cousins 6-3 at 126 lbs. McDowell won the last
three bouts, but it was too little too late. Final
score: McLane 34, McDowell 23.
The
Lancers are now 3-0 and could be on their way to the
Region 4 Title.
Notes
from the GM vs. McDowell Dual:
The
win against the McDowell Trojans was the 500th
for the McLane wrestling program since it's inception
in 1961. Gary Gilbert began the program and
was the Lancers first head coach. Of those 500 wins,
just four head coaches are responsible for 413 of
them. Tim Mulholland-127, Ryan Cook-106,
Steve Samol-100 and Gil Troutman-80.
Kudos
to Ian Mallory for his performance last night.
The sophomore only lost by decision to last year's
District 10 champ and state qualifier, Scott Augustine.
A tip of the hat also to Brandon Koehler for
his gutsy wrestling. Brandon fought off of his back
several times against a very tough wrestler and avoided
what could have been a momentum changing pin for McDowell.
Also, the entire middle of the lineup (120-145)
did a great job of denying the Trojans bonus points
where they expected to get them.
It
was a lot of fun for the GM fans to watch this group
of young men step up and perform so well. They
won where they had to win and where they couldn't
win they wrestled their hearts out anyway. Keep
working hard guys...there's is no telling how far
you can go!
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General
McLane 34 McDowell 23
152 Mike Sutton (GM) wbd Ryan Daley 8-3
160 Ossie Bowers (GM) wbd Joe Campanella 3-1
170 Tyler Hendricks (GM) wbmd Kyle Rodgers 9-1
182 Alex Thayer (GM) wbf Andrew Bradley 5:21
195 Chris Laird (GM) wbd Mitch Boetcher 3-0
220 Jake Baker (GM) wbff
285 Scott Augustine (McD) wbd Ian Mallory 6-0
106 Joe Wheeling (GM) wbf Charlie Lenox 6:23 (OT)
113 Benji Yates (McD) wbtf Brandon Koehler 15-0
120 Paul Deitz (McD) wbd Hunter Hendricks 11-4
126 Keller Watkins (GM) wbd Coleman Cousins 6-3
132 Nick Gibson (McD) wbmd Deane Twitchell 18-7
138 Shawn Spearman (McD) wbd Ken Stoll 9-3
145 Cody Nolan (McD) wbf Kyle Sult 2:39
*
McDowell was penalized 1 team point for unsportsmanlike
conduct following the 106-pound match.
12/20/12
Lancers
Whip Vincent 67-6
The
McLane wrestling team ran their dual meet record to
2-0 with a lopsided win over the Colonels at Strong
Vincent on Tuesday.
Posting
pins for Mclane were Hunter Hendricks, Ossie
Bowers and Alex Thayer. Keller Watkins
and Justin Miller racked up team bonus points
with wins by tech fall. Brandon Koehler,
Deane Twitchell and Tyler Hendricks
all won by decision. Joe Wheeling, Ian Mallory,
Jake Baker, Chris Laird and Ken Stoll
won by forfeit.
The
Mclane wrestlers will take on powerhouse, McDowell
at home on Thursday. This match could very well determine
who will be the 2012-2013 Region 4 Team Champion.
Notes
From the Strong Vincent Dual:
Joe Wheeling ran his record to 7-0. Justin
Miller and Brandon Koehler earned their
first varsity wins on Tuesday. Way to go!
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General
McLane 67 Strong Vincent 6
106-Joe Wheeling (GM) wbff
113-Brandon Koehler (GM) wbd Darell Gamble 8-6
120-Hunter Hendricks (GM) wbf Josh Caban 5:37
126-Keller Watkins (GM) wbtf Lamell Gay 15-0 (4:22)
132-Deane Twithell (GM) wbd Joseph Henderson 3-0
138-Ken Stoll (GM) wbff
145-Justin Miller (GM) wbtf Donald Keys 15-0 (4:29)
152-Jared Carlson (SV) wbf Jim Nuhfer 1:11
160-Ossie Bowers (GM) wbf Dijon Deboe 3:26
170-Tyler Hendricks (GM) wbd Chris Starroci 3-2
182-Alex Thayer (GM) wbf Andre Arrington 1:27
195-Chris Laird (GM) wbff
220-Jake Baker (GM) wbff
285-Ian Mallory (GM) wbff
12/18/12
Joe
Wheeling Wins King of the Mountain Title
The
McLane wrestling team had a good weekend at
the prestigious King of the Mountain Tournament
at Central Mountain High School. The Lancers came
away with five placewinners including a champion and
placed 13th out of a 33 team field.
Joe
Wheeling ran his record to 6-0 and beat the #8,
#4 and #2 seeds on his way to the 106 lbs title. Joe
racked up 2 pins, a technical fall and a 4-0 shutout,
before posting a 5-2 win over #2 seed, Johnathon Gabriel
of Bedford in the finals. Tyler Hendricks (170)
compiled a 3-2 record at K.O.M. Tyler had a bye, a
9-3 win in the 2nd round and won by fall before dropping
a 10-0 major decision to Tom Sleigh of DuBois in the
semifinal round. Hendricks lost again in the consi
semis but bounced back to snag 5th place by besting
Brandon Bailey of Redbank Valley, 3-1.
Unseeded
Jake Baker wrestled a great tournament and
took 5th place at 220 lbs. Jake started with a bye
and then lost to #3 seed, Jordan Wood of Boyertown.
Baker then proceeded to rattle of four straight wins,
two of them over the #4 and #8 seeds to make the consi
semis. He lost to #2 seed, Aram Moffit of Southwestern,
but finished with an 8-4 decision over Jersey Shore's
Nate Caputo. Ossie Bowers opened the tourney
with a pair of wins before dropping a 9-2 decision
to #4 seed, Taylor Fox of LeBoeuf. Bowers put together
two more wins to make the consolation semis before
ending the tournament with a pair of losses. But his
4-3 record was enough for a 6th place medal.
Chris
Laird won his first two bouts to make the quarterfinals
before losing a close one to #2 seed, Landon Hanna
of DuBois. Chris pulled out a 3-1 OT win over Garrette
Reinwald of Fort LeBoeuf to make the medal rounds.
After dropping a heart wrenching 3-2 decision to #3
seed, Blaze Buckwalter of Central Mt. Laird finished
by taking a 4-3 squeaker over #9 Jordan Wertz of Boyertown
for 7th place. Deane Twitchell wrestled well,
going 3-2 and losing just one match short of the medal
rounds. Alex Thayer had a pair of wins before
bowing out of the tournament.
Notes
from Central Mountain:
Joe
Wheeling became the first Mclane wrestler to win
a King of the Mountain Tournament title. Way to go,
JD!!!
Kyle
Sult and Ian Mallory scored their first
varsity wins at the King of the Mountain Tournament.
The talented freshmen are certain to have many more
W's in their high school wrestling careers.
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Team
Scores:
1 177.5 Bethlehem Catholic, 2 126.0 Parkland, 3 125.5
Cumberland Valley, 4 118.0 Philipsburg , 5 115.5 Boyertown,
6 110.5 Biglerville, 7 105.0 Fort LeBeouf, 8 104.0
Erie McDowell, 9 101.0 DuBois, 10 99.5 Redbank Valley,
11 97.5 Mifflinburg, 12 96.5 Greater Latrobe, 13
96.0 General McLane, 14 90.5 Bedford, 15
85.5 Reynolds, 16 84.5 Boiling Springs, 17 80.0 Council
Rock South, 18 75.0 North Hunterdon, 19 68.0 Mifflin
County,
19 68.0 South Western, 21 67.0 Bellefonte, 22 61.0
Stroudsburg, 23 59.0 Lansing , 24 58.0 Kittanning,
25 51.5 Central Mountain , 26 51.0 Penn Trafford ,
27 49.5 Cuyahoga Valley Christian Acad , 28 48.0 Pen
Argyl, 29 44.0 Juniata, 30 38.5 Line Mountain, 31
33.5 Allentown Dieruff, 32 30.0 Jersey Shore, 33 0.0
Bucktail
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GM
Wrestlers at the 2012 King of the Mountain Tournament
106-Joe
Wheeling #1
1st R: WHEELING WBF Jonathan Day (BS) 0:49
2nd R: WHEELING WBTF Isaac Bengal (FLB) 16-0;
2:32
QF: WHEELING WBF Kolbin Altobelli (Redb V) F
1:55
SF: WHEELING DEC Jacob Lizak (Parkl) D 4-0
F: WHEELING DEC Jonathan Gabriel (Bedf) D 5-2
Tourn
Record: 5-0 (PLACED 1ST)
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113-Brandon
Koehler
1st R: Zach Fisher (Philipsb) WBF KOEHLER 1:07
Cons: Benji Yates (McD) WBF KOEHLER F 0:59
Tourn
Record: 0-2 (DNP)
|
120-Hunter
Hendricks
1st R: Cole Sterrett (SW) DEC HENDRICKS 3-2
Cons: HENDRICKS MD Mitchell Ptaszek (BS) 10-0
Cons: Steve Friedman (Philipsb) DEC HENDRICKS
7-6
Tourn
Record: 1-2 (DNP)
|
126-Keller
Watkins #4
1st R: WATKINS WBTF Colton Zimmerman (LM) 16-1;
5:56
2nd R: Scott Cooper (Bigl) DEC WATKINS 5-4
Cons: Mason
Angstadt (BC) DEC WATKINS 4-0
Tourn
Record:
1-2 (DNP)
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132-Deane
Twitchell #11
1st R: TWITCHELL MD Colton McKinney (Bigl) 10-1
2nd R: Kyle Shoop (BS) WBTF TWITCHELL 15-0;
3:44
Cons: TWITCHELL DEC TY MILLER (Boyer) 4-0
Cons: TWITCHELL DEC Andrew Sutton (Pen A) 3-0
Cons: George Mcguire (FLB) MD TWITCHELL 8-0
Tourn
Record: 3-2 (DNP)
|
138-Ken
Stoll #10
1st R: Bye
2nd R: Garrett Brown (DuB) DEC STOLL 3-2
Cons: Ian Evans (Parkl) DEC STOLL 3-2
Tourn
Record: 0-2 (DNP)
|
145-Kyle
Sult
1st R: Felix Belga (CV) WBTF SULT 18-3;
5:52
Cons: SULT DEC DJ Carney (DuB) 6-1
Cons: Zack Herman (JS) WBF SULT 2:39
Tourn
Record: 1-2 (DNP)
|
152-Justin
Miller
1st R: Alec Hoopes (GL) WBF Miller 1:06
Cons: Austin Cable (Bell) WBF Miller 4:01
Tourn
Record: 0-2 (DNP)
|
160-Ossie
Bowers #5
1st R: BOWERS MD Mike Attalla (McDl) 11-1
2nd R: BOWERS WBF Nathan Christman (Parkl) 5:49
QF: Taylor Fox (FLB) DEC BOWERS 9-2
Cons: BOWERS WBF Keith Howie (Strdsb) 4:36
Cons QF: BOWERS DEC Mike Kennelly (DuB) 2-0
Cons SF: Cole Shirey (RV) MD BOWERS 16-4
5th/6th: Taylor Fox (FLB) DEC BOWERS 3-1
Tourn
Record: 4-3 (PLACED 6TH)
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170-Tyler
Hendricks #2
1st R: Bye
2nd R: HENDRICKS DEC Broderick Bupivi (Philipsb)
9-3
QF: HENDRICKS WBF Tom Shaaltiel (CRS) 2:48
SF: Tom Sleigh (DuB) MD HENDRICKS 10-0
Cons SF: Nick Cortopassi (BC) DEC HENDRICKS
5-1
5th/6th: HENDRICKS DEC Brandon Bailey (RV) 3-1
Tourn
Record: 3-2 (PLACED 5TH)
|
182-Alex
Thayer
1st R: THAYER
DEC Zach Maclean (Parkl) 6-3
2nd R: Liam Korbul (N Hunt) DEC THAYER 8-5
Cons: THAYER WBF Gunner Holtz (SW) 1:40
Cons: Erik Smeltz (LM) DEC THAYER 9-8
Tourn
Record: 2-2 (DNP)
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195-Chris
Laird #10
1st R: LAIRD WBF Tre Carter (Miffl Co) 1:12
2nd R: LAIRD DEC Joe Hurda (Biglerv) 6-0
QF: Landon Hanna (DuB) DEC LAIRD 8-5
Cons: LAIRD DEC Garrette Reinwald (FLB) 3-1;SV1
Cons QF: Blaze Buckwalter (CM) DEC LAIRD 3-2
7th/8th: LAIRD DEC JORDAN WERTZ (Boyert) 4-3
Tourn
Record: 4-2 (PLACED 7TH)
|
220-Jake
Baker
1st R: Bye
2nd R: JORDAN WOOD (Boyert) WBF BAKER 3:18
Cons: BAKER DEC Patrick Fitzgerald (Jun) 3-1
Cons: BAKER DEC Chance Williams (Bedf) 4-0
Cons: BAKER MD Ryan Winslow (Penn T) 14-5
Cons QF: BAKER DEC Logan Rickert (Reyn) D 3-1;SV1
Cons SF: Aram Moffitt (SW) WBF BAKER 2:16
5th/6th: BAKER DEC Nate Caputo (JS) 8-4
Tourn
Record: 5-2 (PLACED
5TH)
|
285-Ian
Mallory
1st R: Bye
2nd R: Garrett Poorman (Bellef) WBF MALLORY
0:50
Cons: MALLORY WBF Nate Petitti (DuB) 2:38
Cons: Nate Conit (FLB) WBF MALLORY 2:35
Tourn
Record: 1-2 (DNP)
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12-15-12
McLane
Wrestlers Open With A
Big Win Over Fort LeBoeuf
The
McLane wrestling team proved they will be a force
to reckon with in their home opener on Friday evening
with a 37-24 victory over the Fort LeBoeuf Bisons.
It was a big win over a highly touted Bison team that
placed 3rd at last year's PIAA AA Team Duals. The
Lancers won 9 of 14 weight classes, posting 3
pins and a major decision.
Jake
Baker started the effort with a solid 3-0 whitewashing
of 11th ranked, Nate Conti at 285 lbs. Joe Wheeling
followed with a totally dominating performanceat 106,
running up a big lead and then decking Isaac Bengal
in a little over 2 1/2 minutes. After a loss at 113
lbs. Freshman, Hunter Hendricks (120 lbs.)
ground out an impressive 4-3, come from behind decision
over Tyler Kuzma, giving the Lancers a 12-6 team lead.
Keller Watkins tacked on another 3 team points
with a 7-4 decision over Adam Borgia at 126 lbs.
Ken
Stoll increased the GM team lead to 19-9 with
a 9-0 major decision over Shane Newell at 138 lbs.
Somerset transfer, Mike Sutton brought the
screaming Mclane crowd to their feet when he decked
LeBoeuf's regional placewinner, Brad Malinowski late
in the 2nd period of their 152 lbs. bout. That made
the score, McLane-25 Fort LeBoeuf-15. Ossie Bowers
posted a nifty, 6-3 come from behind win over Taylor
Harrington at 160. Then Alex Thayer clinched
the match when he flattened Eli Humes with just 9
ticks remaining on the clock at 182 lbs. Chris
Laird followed with a 7-1 win over Gage Salusky
at 195 to put some icing on the cake. Final score,
GM-37, FLB-24.
Notes
from the GM vs. FLB Dual:
While
it's still early, this McLane team appears to be about
as well balanced as any in recent memory. There just
doesn't seem to be any weak spots. If the team stays
healthy and continues to improve it could be a very
exciting season!
The
entire team looked pretty sharp last night, but I
was especially impressed with Mike Sutton who
seemed to have no problem handling Brad Malinowski
who placed 4th at last year's AA regional tournament.
Mike was patient and kept looking for an opening.
When he finally got one he stuck Malinowski. Nice
job! Hunter Hendricks also showed a lot of
poise last night by pulling out a 4-3 decision against
a tough opponent. Hendricks is going to be a lot of
fun to watch over the next four years. Jake Baker
also deserves kudos for bumping up a weight class
and posting a convincing 3-0 win over state ranked,
Nate Conti.
The
Lancers win over Fort LeBoeuf was the 498th
in the history of the McLane Wrestling program. 500
here we come.
Congratulations
to the entire team and coaching staff for a job well
done.
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General
McLane 37 Fort LeBoeuf 24
285 Jake Baker (GM) wbd Nate Conti 3-0
106 Joe Wheeling (GM) wbf Isaac Bengal 2:39
113 Jarrette Carter (FLB) wbf Brandon Koehler 3:23
120 Hunter Hendricks (GM) wbd Tyler Kuzma 4-3
126 Keller Watkins (GM) wbd Adam Borgia 7-4
132 George McGuire (FLB) wbd Deane Twitchell 9-3
138 Ken Stoll (GM) wbmd Shane Newell 9-0
145 Jack Middleton (FLB) wbf Kyle Sult 4:40
152 Mike Sutton (GM) wbf Brad Malinowski 3:40
160 Ossie Bowers (GM) wbd Taylor Harrington 6-3
170 Taylor Fox (FLB) wbd Tyler Hendricks 5-3
182 Alex Thayer (GM) wbf Eli Humes 5:51
195 Chris Laird (GM) wbd Gage Salusky 7-1
220 Evan Daley (FLB) wbf Ian Mallory 1:09
12/7/12
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