BACK TO THE FUTURE

Would you like to see some former great wrestlers tango once again that were once considered our promising stars?  Well, you can see them in action on April 4th at Chartiers Valley High School – doors open at 6:00, wrestling begins at 7:00 ($5 Adults, $3 Kids – pay at door).  To view their web site click here.

Feature Bouts:
Teague Moore vs. Mark McKnight
Ray Brinzer vs. Jay Robison

College Bouts:
Josh Testa vs. Rico Borz
Kurt Brenner vs. Logan Downes

Bouts:
Ryan Lang vs. Chris Matarese
Keilan O’Daniel vs. Sean Clark
Mark Farrell vs. Brandon Coury
Aaron Gibbs vs. Matt Hill
JJ Zanetta vs. Reimark Neidermeier
Mike Catalano vs. Kirk Main
Mark Thockmorton vs. Zac Bowman
Bobby Owens vs. Mike Minella
Shane Tarap vs. Mark Marshall
Nick Hursky vs. Jason Dami
Tiny Anderson vs. Lanfer Simpson
Mike Goslicky vs. Chris Neidermeier

Hi, Everyone,
We will be having our End-of-Season "Banquet" to celebrate a great
wrestling season and recognize our boys on Saturday, April 18th at
Sports Haven Bowling in Bridgeville.  For directions, their address is
143 Carol Avenue, Bridgeville, 15017.

Our plan is to bowl from 1:30-3:30 followed by pizza and recognition.
The board will pay for bowling for wrestlers (cost for adults is
$3.25/game + shoe rental) and pizza/drinks for all.

Please let us know, by replying to this email, if your child/family
can attend on the 18th, and if so, how many people we can expect to
bowl and/or have dinner.

Thanks so much,
Bev Gray

A special Congratulations goes out to the youth’s Kellan Stout for placing 5th at the 2009 PA Junior State Championships.  After losing his opening match in overtime 5-3 he came back and won four in a row - advancing to the consolation semi-finals.  Kellan had a tough test going up against #1 seed, Devin Austin of Penn Trafford, and fell just short losing 4-0.   Kellan rebounded in the battle for 5th beating Lenny Grebeck of Greensburg Salem 4-2 and end the tournament with a 5-2 record.  Kellan is the first Mt. Lebanon youth wrestler to place since 2005 Champion Sam Brownlee.

Area VII had 6 Champions and placed 44 of 94 overall with a record of 218-172.  This year’s champions were 10u/65 lbs Eric Hong (Riverview), 12u/75 lbs Vincenzo Joseph (Pittsburgh), 12u/95 lbs Zach Kelly (Burrell), 12u/160 lbs Cole Macek (Montour), 12u/ 200, Zachery Deluca (Penn Hills), 14u/187 lbs Dakota DesLauriers (Burrell).

To view a complete breakdown of all the Area VII state qualifiers click here.  You only get this type of info at lebowrestling.com!!!!

The 47 former Pennsylvania High School wrestlers did pretty well at the Championships in ’09.  They won 2 National Championships and produced 10 All-Americans!!!! 

(note: wrestlers highlighted in blue are from PA)

125 lbs

National Champion: Troy Nickerson (Cornell)

Runner-up: Paul Donahoe (Edinboro)

3rd: Brandon Precin (Northwestern)

4th: Anthony Robles (Arizona State)

5th: Angel Escobedo (Indiana)

6th: Zachary Sanders (Minnesota)

7th: Scott Sentes (Central Michigan)

8th: Nicholas Bedelyon (Kent State)

133 lbs

National Champion: Franklin Gomez (Michigan State)

Runner-up: Reece Humphrey (Ohio State)

3rd: Jayson Ness (Minnesota)

4th: Andrew Hochstrasser (Boise State)

5th: James Kennedy (Illinois)

6th: Steve Bell (Maryland)

7th: Daniel Dennis (Iowa)

8th: Joe Baker (Navy)

141 lbs

National Champion: J Jaggers (Ohio State)

Runner-up: Ryan Williams (Old Dominion)

3rd: Nick Gallick (Iowa State)

4th: Zach Tanelli (Wisconsin)

5th: Alex Krom (Maryland)

6th: Chris Drouin (Arizona State)

7th: Kellen Russell (Michigan)

8th: Frank Molinaro (Penn State) 

149 lbs

National Champion: Darrion Caldwell (North Carolina State)

Runner-up: Brent Metcalf (Iowa)

3rd: Kyle Ruschell (Wisconsin)

4th: Lance Palmer (Ohio State)

5th: Jake Patacsil (Purdue)

6th: Bryce Saddoris (Navy)

7th: Kyle Borshoff (American)

8th: Heinrich Barnes (Oregon State)

157 lbs

National Champion: Jordan Burroughs (Nebraska)

Runner-up: Michael Poeta (Illinois)

3rd: Jordan Leen (Cornell)

4th: Gregor Gillespie (Edinboro)

5th: Michael Chandler (Missouri)

6th: Matt Moley (Bloomsburg)

7th: Chase Pami (Cal Poly)

8th: Tyler Safratowich (Minnesota)

165 lbs

National Champion: Jarrod King (Edinboro)

Runner-up: Andrew Howe (Wisconsin)

3rd: Ryan Morningstar (Iowa)

4th: Jonathan Reader (Iowa State)

5th: Andrew Rendos (Bucknell)

6th: Moza Fay (UNI)

7th: Nick Marable (Missouri)

8th: Tyler Sherfey (Boise State)

174 lbs

National Champion: Steve Luke (Michigan)

Runner-up: Mike Miller (Central Michigan)

3rd: Raymond Jordan (Missouri)

4th: Brandon Browne (Nebraska)

5th: Steve Anceravage (Cornell)

6th: Quentin Wright (Penn State)

7th: Christopher Henrich (Virginia)

8th: Michael Cannon (American)

184 lbs

National Champion: Jake Herbert (Northwestern)

Runner-up: Mike Pucillo (Ohio State)

3rd: Doug Umbehauer (Rider)

4th: Philip Keddy (Iowa)

5th: Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming)

6th: Vince Jones (Nebraska)

7th: Joshua Patterson (Binghamton)

8th: Louis Caputo (Harvard)

197 lbs

National Champion: Jake Varner (Iowa State)

Runner-up: Craig Brester (Nebraska)

3rd: Hudson Taylor (Maryland)

4th: Tyrel Todd (Michigan)

5th: Max Askren (Missouri)

6th: Brent Chriswell (Boise State)

7th: Brandon Halsey (CSU-Baker)

8th: Cam Simaz (Cornell)

285 lbs

National Champion: Mark Ellis (Missouri)

Runner-up: Konrad Dudziak (Duke)

3rd: Jared Rosholt (Oklahoma State)

4th: Daniel Erekson (Iowa)

5th: David Zabriskie (Iowa State)

6th: Jermail Porter (Kent State)

7th: John Wise (Illinois)

8th: Zach Sheaffer (Pittsburgh)

Coach Lewis has released the 2009 Spring & Summer schedule.  For specific details please go to the ’09 Spring/Summer Schedule link.

Hello All,

Hope to find all of you enjoying the weather this week and have been fortunate enough to get outside.  Just wanted to update you on a couple of wrestling things. Tomorrow, 3/19/09, will be the last day for open wrestling practice at the high school.  I was glad to see all that attended and hopefully you have learned a couple of things along the way.  A big thanks to Coach D, Coach Buda, and Coach Allemang for lending a hand and helping out with practices.
As always if you are interested in wrestling in the off season there are still opportunities. One great opportunity is the Iron Horse Academy http://www.ironhorseacademy.com The spring session starts on 4/7/09. There will also be a Mt. Lebanon wrestling camp that is held in the summer, which is a great opportunity to brush up on some technique as well as learn some new things. (details coming soon).

Thank you,

Chris Kolling

Mellon Head Coach

The PA kids split the exhibition at the 2009 Dapper Dan Classic.  Here are the results. 

WPIAL All-Stars (21) vs West Virginia All-Stars (24) 

112 – Dirk Bauer (160-22, 3 x State Champ) [DEC] Ron Schram (Canon Mac, 107-29) 6-4

119 – Jake Swink (Connellsville, 111-42) [DEC] Ryan Asbury (137-25, 1 x State Champ) 7-4

125 – Nathan Pennesi (Latrobe, 140-26) [DEC] Nick Taylor (134-44, 1 x State Champ) 2-0

130 – Colin Sheridan (Mt. Pleasant, 140-46) [DEC] Drew Jenkins (185-21, 1 x State Champ) 2-1

135 – John King (143-12, 2 x State Champ) [PIN] Mitch Spencer (Avella, 139-28) 2:49

140 – Jack Bachman (Hempfield, 161-35) [DEC] Victor Panico (130-39) 6-0

145 – Andy Church (151-45) [INJ-DEF] Devan Jones (Penn Trafford, 108-55) 2:12

152 – Eric Morris (178-26, 2 x State Champ) [DEC] Kyle Appleby (Avella, 122-39) 2-1

160 – James Fleming (West Mifflin, 131-14) [DEC] Mason Bailey (177-16, 2 x State Champ) 5-2

171 – Jacob Dempsey (146-33, 1 x State Champ) [DEC] Cody Catalina (Beth Center, 79-39) 3-2

189 – Cameron Gallaher (175-3, 3 x State Champ) [DEC] Roman San Doval (Shady Side Academy, 154-26) 4-0

215 – Ryan Watson (Burgettstown, 108-25) [DEC] Josh Kay (156-34, 1 x State Champ) 2-1

285 – Jordan Roussos (Carlynton, 120-36) [DEC] Gabriel Hardiman (75-23, 1 x State Champ) 1-0 sv

WPIAL ALL-STARS (1620-440, .786 Winning Pct., 12 WPIAL Championships)

WEST VIRGINIA ALL-STARS (1947-343, .850 Winning Pct., 18 State Championships) 

Pennsylvania All-Stars (30) vs Team USA (21)

125 – Evan Yenolevich (NW Lehigh, 167-13, State Champ) [DEC] Ryan Mango (Missouri, 169-14, 3 x State Champ) 7-6

152 – RJ Pena (Oregon, 172-3, 4 x State Champ) [DEC] Corey Lear (Benton, 154-17, State Champ) 10-5

285 – Eloheim Palma (North Carolina, 217-8, 3 x State Champ) [DEC] Sean Owen (Clearfield, 134-27, State Champ) 5-3

145 – Joey Napoli (Cumberland Valley, 162-26, State Champ) [DEC] Kendrick Sanders (Florida, 190-8, 3 x State Champ) 7-0

135 – David Talyor (Ohio, 180-2, 4 x State Champ) [PIN] Joey Walters (Latrobe, 129-32) 3:28

215 – Brandon Palik (Saucon Valley, 138-17, State Champ) [PIN] Orlando Scales (Ohio, 122-9, 2 x State Champ) 3:59

140 – Eric Grajales (Florida, 217-0, 4 x State Champ) [PIN] Dane Johnson (Shady Side, 182-11, 3 x State Champ) 4:42

171 - Caleb Kolb (Grove City, 122-27, State Champ) [DEC] Alec Ortiz (Oregon, 115-0, 4 x State Champ) 8-3

119 – Shane Young (Penn Trafford, 153-19, 3 x State Champ) [DEC] Tyler Cox (Wyoming, 160-2, 4 x State Champ) 8-3

130 – Tony Ramos (Illinois, 190-6, 3 x State Champ) [DEC] Joe Waltko (North Allegheny, 144-20, State Champ) 6-2    

112 - Anthony Zanetta (Key Oaks, 155-14, 2 x State Champ) [INJ-DEF] Robert Dyar (Alabama, 185-19, 2 x State Champ) 2:05

189 – Jon Fausey (Line Mountain, 148-15, State Champ) [DEC] Chris Perry (Oklahoma, 134-1, 4 x State Champ) 4-3

160 – Jake Kemerer (Hempfield, 174-21, 2 x State Champ) [DEC] Dallas Baily (Oklahoma, 132-4, 4 x State Champ) 5-2

PENNSYLVANIA ALL-STARS (1962-259, .833 Winning Pct., 18 State Championships)

TEAM USA (2183-76, .967 Winning Pct., 44 State Championships) 

Did you know that 47 of the 330 kids that qualified for the Division 1 NCAA National Championships are from PA? That’s 14% of the field!  Take a look….

125 lbs

Brad Pataky (Penn State, 28-9) – CLEARFIELD, PA (Ranked #14)

William Chamberlain (Duquesne, 26-9) – SHIPPENSBURG, PA

Derek Reber (Bucknell, 31-10) – LEWISBURG, PA (Ranked #20)

Jay Ivanco (Clarion, 19-12) – GATEWAY, PA **AREA VII**

Nicholas Bedelyon (Kent State, 25-8) – LEWISTOWN, PA (Ranked #18)

133 lbs

Steve Bell (Maryland, 24-4) – CONNELLSVILLE, PA **AREA VII** (Ranked #11)

Michael Rappo (North Carolina, 24-8) – HOLLAND, PA

Matt Bonson (Virginia, 17-7) – LEWISTOWN, PA

Jake Strayer (Penn State, 16-8) – SOUTH FORK, PA (Ranked #9)

Matthew Fisk (Lehigh, 26-7) – WYALUSING, PA (Ranked #14)

141 lbs

Alex Krom (Maryland, 21-4) – EASTON, PA (Ranked #9)

Joe Caramanica (North Carolina State, 11-8) – NAZARETH, PA

Nick Nelson (Virginia, 23-10) – SHALER, PA **AREA VII** (Ranked #20)

Justin Accordino (Hofstra, 23-11) – WILKES BARRE, PA

Ryan Williams (Old Dominion, 35-3) – MECHANICSBURG, PA (Ranked #3)

Tim Harner (Liberty, 25-8) – NORRISTOWN, PA

Seth Ciasulli (Lehigh, 24-8) – EASTON, PA (Ranked #17)

Richard Rappo (Penn, 18-7) – HOLLAND, PA

Tyler Nauman (Pittsburgh, 28-7) – MIDDLETOWN, PA (Ranked #13)

149 lbs

Nicholas Stabile (North Carolina, 27-9) – LENHARTSVILLE, PA (Ranked #15)

Kellon Balum (Virginia, 10-11) – HERNDON, PA

Matthew Kyler (Army, 39-5) – CLEARFIELD, PA (Ranked #9)

Matthew Fittery (Lock Haven, 29-7) – DENVER, PA (Ranked #20)

157 lbs

Matt Dragon (Penn, 25-7) – DALLAS, PA (Ranked #18)

Matt Moley (Bloomsburg, 31-5) – PHOENIXVILLE, PA (Ranked #8)

Hadley Harrison (Clarion, 20-13) – MCKEAN, PA

Ryan Goodman (West Virginia, 8-9) – GREENSBURG, PA **AREA VII**

165 lbs

Jeremy Brooks (Millersville, 30-8) – LINDEN, PA

Andrew Rendos (Bucknell, 28-6) – BROCKWAY, PA (Ranked #12)

Rick Schmelyun (Bloomsburg, 31-13) – NEW OXFORD, PA

Jarrod King (Edinboro, 27-5) – CONNELLSVILLE, PA **AREA VII** (Ranked #13)

Ethan Headlee (Pittsburgh, 24-14) – WAYNESBURG, PA  **AREA VII**

Donald Jones (West Virginia, 10-3) – SLICKVILLE, PA

174 lbs

Christopher Henrich (Virginia, 36-1) – LANSDALE, PA (Ranked #7)

Quentin Wright (Penn State, 29-10) – PA FURNACE, PA (Ranked #14)

Shane Smith (Millersville, 27-4) – PENNSBURG, PA

Steve Anceravage (Cornell, 27-4) – BLOOMSBURG, PA (Ranked #6)

Justin Herbert (Franklin & Marshall, 23-11) – NEW MILFORD, PA

Kurt Brenner (West Virginia, 18-4) – ROCHESTER, PA (Ranked #10)

Nate Rock (Buffalo, 26-14) – EPHRATA, PA

184 lbs

Patrick Flynn (Oklahoma, 25-6) – QUAKERTOWN, PA (Ranked #19)

Jake Herbert (Northwestern, 29-0) – NORTH ALLEGHENY, PA **AREA VII** (Ranked #1)

Mickey Moran (Buffalo, 23-11) – PITTSBURGH, PA **AREA VII**

197 lbs

Dennis Drury (North Carolina, 27-8) – JENKINTOWN, PA (Ranked #19)

Eric Lapotsky (Oklahoma, 22-8) – MT. CARMEL, PA (Ranked #11)

Raymond Bennet (Millersville, 19-13) – CLARKS SUMMIT, PA

Patrick Bradshaw (Edinboro, 25-7) – SAEGERTOWN, PA

285 lbs

Zach Sheaffer (Pittsburgh, 18-9) – CARLISLE, PA (Ranked #15)

TV SCHEDULE:

Fri., Mar 20
11 a.m. – Quarterfinals – Live on ESPNU HD / ESPN360.com
7 p.m. – Semifinals – Live on ESPNU HD / ESPN2 HD / ESPN360.com

Sat., Mar 21
10:30 a.m. – Championship Medal Round – Live ESPNU HD / ESPN360.com
6:30 p.m. – Finals – Live ESPN HD / ESPN360.com  

To read the complete article click here.

The WPIAL sent 42 grapplers to the AAA PIAA State Championships in Hershey and they were impressive winning 7 titles while 18 others placed.  The 42 wrestlers had an overall record of 90-69 (.566).  To view complete brackets click here. 

Weight Class: 103 lbs

Jimmy Gulibon (Derry) - 1st Place

Paul Bewak (Hempfield) – 2nd Place

Alex Dunaway (McGuffey) – 3rd Place

Weight Class: 112 lbs

Nico Megaludis (Franklin Regional) – 1st Place

Dylan Morgan (Bethel Park) – DNP

Derrick Nelson (Waynesburg) – DNP

Weight Class: 119 lbs

Shane Young (Penn Trafford) – 1st Place

Jake Diana (Elizabeth Forward) – DNP

Tyler Zymroz (Central Catholic) – DNP

Weight Class: 125 lbs

Sam Sherlock (West Mifflin) – 1st Place

Nathan Pennesi (Latrobe) – 2nd Place

Jake Swink (Connellsville) – DNP

Weight Class: 130 lbs

Joe Waltko (North Allegheny) – 1st Place

Nick Catalano (Canon Mac) – 4th Place

Lorenzo Thomas (Central Catholic) – DNP

Weight Class: 135 lbs

Joey Walters (Latrobe) – 2nd Place

Travis Shaffer (Derry) – 5th Place

Nicholas Whipkey (McGuffey) – DNP

Weight Class: 140 lbs

Jack Bachman (Hempfield) – 2nd Place

Robert Blotzer (South Allegheny) – 4th Place

Dave Cawley (North Allegheny) – 6th Place

Weight Class: 145 lbs

Cole Baxter (Butler) – 5th Place

Devan Jones (Penn Trafford) – DNP

Mike Ganley (Bethel Park) – DNP

Weight Class: 152 lbs

Dan Karpency (Albert Gallatin) – 4th Place

Matt Hundenski (Hopewell)  – 6th Place

Justin Mahon (Fox Chapel) – DNP

Weight Class: 160 lbs

Jake Kemerer (Hempfield) – 1st Place

James Fleming (West Mifflin) - 5th Place

Nick Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park) – DNP

Weight Class: 171 lbs

Patrick Tasser (Belle Vernon) – 5th Place

Ty Wilps (Chartiers Valley) – 7th Place

Troy Reaghard (West Allegheny) – DNP

Weight Class: 189 lbs

Todd Miller (Ringgold) – 7th Place

Petros Georgilas (Montour) – 8th Place

Jake Leninsky (West Allegheny) – DNP

Weight Class: 215 lbs

Nate Gaffney (Connellsville) – 1st Place

Adam Lazenga (Bethel Park) – 7th Place

Jeremiah Karpency (Albert Gallatin) – DNP

Weight Class: 285 lbs

Sam Brownlee (Canon Mac) – DNP

Joe Raimondi (Hampton) – DNP

Eric Minerd (Laurel Highlands) – DNP

In the AA PIAA State Championships the WPIAL did well there too crowning 3 champions and placing 14.

State Champions

Anthony Zanetta (119 lbs – Keystone Oaks)

Dane Johnson (140 lbs – Shady Side Academy)

Jordan Roussos (285 lbs – Carlynton)

State Place Winners

2nd Place 

Matthew Cunningham (160 lbs – Shady Side Academy) 

3rd Place 

Frank Martellotti (130 lbs – Shady Side Academy) 

Roman San Doval (189 lbs – Shady Side Academy) 

4th Place 

Mitch Spencer (135 lbs – Avella) 

Travis McKillop (135 lbs – Burrell) 

Brian Beattie (215 lbs – Burrell)

5th Place 

Nick Carr (145 lbs – South Fayette) 

Cody Catalina (171 lbs – Beth Center)

6th Place 

Geoff Alexander (112 lbs – Shady Side Academy)

Jeremy Landowski (119 lbs – Burrell)

Alex Temple (189 lbs – Avella)

7th Place 

Dave Makara (125 lbs – Burrell)

David Demor (135 lbs – South Side Beaver)

Kyle Dudley (189 lbs – Valley)