Liberty Christian Crowned VIC Champion

The VIC results are in…it was an historic meet at historic Fisburne Military School in Waynesboro. Although Liberty Christian out distanced the field by more than 70 points, a mere 20 points was the difference between runner-up North Cross and 5th place finisher Virginia Episcopal. LCA sent nine wrestlers to the finals and came away with five championships, perhaps none as surprising as Winston Tesi’s victory over Win Higginbotham at 160. The Bulldog’s also had two wrestlers in the consolation finals. Hargrave Military came away with three champions, but they were unable to overcome the depth of the North Cross team who featured a lone champion supported by nine medal winners. A mere ½ point separated these two teams. Interestingly, HMA and NXS battled head-to-head five times in the championship and consolation finals; the Tigers came away with five of the bouts.

Team Results

1. Liberty Christian, 199.0
2. North Cross, 126.0
3. Hargrave Military, 125.5
4. Roanoke Catholic, 115.0
5. Virginia Episcopal, 105.5
6. Covenant, 97.0
7. Fishburne, 58.0
8. Miller School, 47.0

The championship finals featured nine falls, with three in the first period, suggesting relative dominance over the conference competition. LCA’s Marcus Miller (119) and Robbie McCanna (189) each scored first period pins as did VES’s Guilliano Freeo (152). Freeo appears to be fully recovered from illness that precluded him from competing since before the LCA Tournament. Hepting, Hepting, & Bell (103, 130 & 285) produced three championship falls for HMA, while Bobby Leffew (125) and Ethan Hagner (215) provided the other pins for LCA. Brent Ring, who had been toiling in relative anonymity all season, also produced a pin at 145.

Individual Results


103
1. Joel Hepting (HMA), 2. Aamir Imam (NXS), 3. Zach Wright (VES), 4. Jacob Patrick (RoCa)

112
1. Kyle Hooper (COV), 2. Eric Richardson (LCS), 3. Sean Deer (RoCa), 4. Michael Kidby (Mill)

119
1. Marcus Miller (LCS), 2. Spencer Shaff (NXS), 3. James Robertson (VES), 4. Alex Burkard (FMS)

125
1. Bobby Leffew (LCA), 2. Matt Lindenman (COV), 3. Andrew Heiny (HMA), 4. Matt Watson (NXS)

130
1. Steven Hepting (HMA), 2. Robbie Burdeaux (LCS), 3. Tyler Campbell (RoCa), 4. Sheel Patel (NXS)

135
1. Tim Shen (RoCa), 2. Caleb Halsey (LCS), 3. Tim White (Mill), 4. Stuart Hickey (NXS)

140
1. Eddie Girling (VES), 2. Charles Blevins (RoCa), 3. Jonathan Hardin (HMA), 4. Morgan Moskal (NXS)

145
1. Brent Ring (NXS), 2. Logan Gower (Cov), 3. Issac Wilson (VES), 4. Hunter Nash (LCA)

152
1. Guilliano Freeo (VES), 2. Carter Ellis (COV), 3. Landon Shaff (NXS), 4. Walter Johnson (HMA)

160
1. Winston Tesi (LCA), 2. Win Higginbotham (VES), 3. Garrett Stone (NXS), 4. Conner Smith (FMS)

171
1. Conner Shanahan (RoCa), 2. Benn Drumm (FMS), 3. Elliott Crefaik (Mill), 4. Chad Everett (LCA)

189
1. Robbie McCanna (LCA), 2. Vinnie Montouri (RoCa), 3. Adrien Vergara (VES), 4. Matt Ferguson (FMS)

215
1. Ethan Hagner (LCA), 2. Elliot Atwell (Cov), 3. Zach Aldelman (HMS), 4. Devin Cain (NXS)

285
1. Jamal Bell (HMA), 2. Grant Jones (LCS), 3. Josh Wright (FMS), 4. Crawford Simpkins (Mill)

Cape Henry Collegiate Victorious at TCIS

Cape Henry Collegiate captured the TCIS title at Peninsula Catholic on Saturday. The Dolphins outscored 2nd place finisher Norfolk Collegiate by a scant 9.5 points. Norfolk Academy was 3rd, a mere 2 points behind the Oaks.

Prior to the tournament, the coaches agreed to a round-robin format in which each wrestler faced all of the others in his weight-class. Placement was then based on the records with in the pools.

Team Scores
1. Cape Henry Collegiate- 213.5
2. Norfolk Collegiate - 204
3. Norfolk Academy - 202
4. Bishop Sullivan - 123.5
5. Peninsula Catholic -115

In individual results, NA produced the most champions with Taylor Whitt (103), Bryan Whitt (112), Aaron Runzo (125), Ben Alberico (130), and Steven Nusbaum (171). In a mild surprise, Alberico took the crown with a 12-11 decision over NCS’s David Kirkland. Steven Nusbaum, who competed at 160 in last week’s Prep Tournament, ran the table this week at 171.

CHC and NCS each had four champions while host Peninsula Catholic had one. The Dolphins were led by Jazz Rozier (119), Sam Law (135), Nic Mirenda (189) and Gabe Bain (215). The mighty Oaks’ champions were Tom Markey (140), Stephen Cosgrove (152), Andrew Blythe (160), and Donald Brown (285). PenCa’s lone champion was Thomas Jorgenson at 145.

Individual Results
103 1. T. Whitt (NA); 2. W. Mason (CHC); 3. Protogyrou (NC).
112 1. B. Whitt (NA); 2. Cunningham (CHC); 3. Desper (PenCa).
119 1. Rozier (CHC); 2. Reeves (BSC); 3. Mohammandi (NA).
125 1. Runzo (NA); 2. D. Mason (CHC); 3. O’Hara (PenCa).
130 1. Alberico (NA); 2. Kirkland (NC); 3. Henning (CHC).
135 1. Law (CHC); 2. McKinley (BSC); 3. Parker (NA).
140 1. Markey (NC); 2. Lynch (BSC); 3. Dudek (PenCa).
145 1. T. Jorgensen (PenCa); 2. Kanter (NA); 3. Adsit (NC).
152 1. Cosgrove (NC); 2. Devine (NA); 3. Fitzpatrick (BSC).
160 1. Blyth (NC); 2. C. Jorgensen (PenCa); 3. Noordanus (CHC).
171 1. Nusbaum (NA); 2. Nicholson (NC); 3. Harrington (PenCa).
189 1. Mirenda (CHC); 2. Cochrane (NC); 3. Brill (BSC).
215 1. Bain (CHC); 2. Roundtree (BSC); 3. Johnson (NA).
285 1. Brown (NC); 2. Reynolds (PenCa).

Individual Champions
Note: These are not placements, but only match results for the champions

103: T. Whitt (3-0, NA) p. Esayaman (BS), p. Protogyrou (NC), p. Mason (CH).
112: B. Whitt (3-0, NA) p. Williams (BS), p. Desper (PC), p. Cunningham (CH).
119: Rozier (4-0, CH) p. Batista (PC), p. C. Adsit (NC), p. Mohammadi (NA), p. Reeves (BS).
125: Runzo (4-0, NA) p. Salazar (BS), p. O’Hara (PC), p. Owens (NC), p. Mason (CH).
130: Alberico (3-0, NA) p. Henning (CH), p. Meyer (PC), d. Kirkland (NC) 12-11.
135: Law (4-0, CH) p. Parra (PC), p. McKinley (BS), p. Kopylov (NC), md. Parker (NA) 16-2.
140: Markey (4-0, NC) p. Dudek (PC), p. Adams (NA), tf G. Noordanus (CH) 16-1, tf. Lynch (BS) 17-0.
145: T. Jorgensen (4-0, PC) p. M. Adsit (NC), p. Kanter (NA), p. Joyce (BS), p. Cheniae (CH).
152: Cosgrove (3-1, NC) p. Devine (NA), p. Fitzpatrick (BS), forf. Triska (PC), loss by p. to Page (CH).
160: Blythe (3-0, NC) p. Ebel (BS), md. H. Noordanus (CH) 13-2, p. C. Jorgensen (PC).
171: Nusbaum (4-0, NA) md. Lee (CH) 13-5, p. Lonergan (BS), p. Nicholson (NC), d. Harrington (PC) 7-0.
189: Mirenda (3-0, CH) p. Brill (BS), p. Moon (PC), d. Cochrane (NC) 7-2.
215: Bain (3-0, CH) p. Melcher (NC), p. Johnson (NA), p. Rountree (BS).
285: Brown (1-0, NC) p. Reynolds (PC).

Blue Ridge Takes the Cavalier Cup

The CAC Finals were held on Friday at Benedictine (I felt like I was at Fenway Park). With only three active teams in the conference, each wrestled the other in a dual format. Individual medals were awarded based on results with in the weight-class. Blue Ridge came away with the CAC Cup followed by Benedictine.

The individual results are list below. I tried to fill in the names that I could; apoligies to the wrestlers – most like the case with MMA – whom I have wrong. A few observations…

• It appears that Dan Desenberg’s has lost the battle of the bulge and he will be wrestling at 112 from here on out...unless of course he cuts weight this week.
• Benedictine’s team appears to be coming together. Although they only had 7 wrestlers compete, they had 13 guys on the team.
• Benedictine’s Alex Fort (152) and Ryan Logan (171) delivered mild upsets over Blue Ridge’s Ryan Dick and Drew LoCurto, both of whom had come home with 2nd at the LCA Tournament.
• MMA’s Mathew McCormick (145) breezed through; he should be competitive at states.
• The 285 match lasted 14 seconds…what a surprise.

103 Stephen Lariviere (MMA)
112 Dan Desenberg (BRS), Michael Martin (BEN), Hunter Babcock (MMA)
119 Jamie Costa (MMA), Peetan Chen (BRS)
125 Will McClintock (BEN), Colin Lee (BRS)
130 Tad McDermott (BRS)
135 Tyler Langston (BRS), Fucella (MMA)
140 Andrew Prochter (BRS), Niko Kokkinos (MMA)
145 Mathew McCormick (MMA), Ansell (BEN), Ciero Kilpatrick (BRS)
152 Alex Fort (BEN), Ryan Dick (BRS), Song Min Yop (MMA)
160 Trent Parrish (BRS) , Patrick McKenna (BEN), Russell Halverson (MMA)
171 Ryan Logan (BEN) , Drew LoCurto LoCurto (BRS), Kevin Bae (MMA)
189 Schoepke (BEN), Eathan Bailey (BRS), Kyle Hedges (MMA)
215 Dillon Kamins (BRS), Eric Tonjes (MMA)
285 John King (BRS), Cory Rau (MMA)

A special thanks to BRSMom and BHS Parent for meet reports.