McLane Wrestlers
Pick Up Win #14 at Union City
The
Lancers wrapped up their busiest week of the season with a 53-18
win over the Bears in Union City. It was the team's 14th
dual meet win, the most wins by a McLane team since 2005-2006
when they racked up 17.
The
match started at 126 where Deane Twitchell posted a 7-4
decision over Kevin Lindsley. Ken Stoll followed with
a 10-3 decision over Tyler Lindsley at 132. Tim Wheeling,
Parker McDermott and DJ Myers rattled of three
straight pins to give the Lancers a 24-0 lead. Tyler Hendricks
survived a 3rd period rally by his opponent and pulled off an
8-6 overtime victory at 160 lbs. The Bears finally got on the
board at 170 lbs. when Tim Vargo, ranked 7th in the state, pinned
Chris Laird.
GM
responded with pins by Alex Thayer and Jamie Symanowski
at 182 and 195. Nick Soboleski added a win by decision
at 220 lbs. to put the Lancers up, 42-6. After forfeiting at
285, GM came back with two more wins. Joe Wheeling flattened
his opponent in 53 seconds at 106 and Keller Watkins
posted his 7th technical fall of the season at 113 lbs. That
made it, 53-12 in favor of the Lancers. Union
City got one more win at 120 lbs. to make the final score, GM-53
Union City-18.
The
GM crew will will wrestle their last dual of the season in Meadville
against the Bulldogs on Wednesday, February 8th.
News
and Notes:
DJ
Myers leads the team with 32 wins on the season. DJ
and Tim Wheeling are tied with 117 career wins (#5 on
the all-time list). The duo just passed Parker Middle School
Assistant Coach, Tom Kirdahy who had 116. High school
Assistant Coach, Hayden Harrison holds the record for
most career wins at 135.
Joe
Wheeling, Keller Watkins, Deane Twitchell,
Parker McDermott, Tyler Hendricks and Chris
Laird have all reached the 20+ win mark for the season.
Tim Wheeling is 27-5 this season, with 4 of those loses
coming at the hands of the state's top ranked 138 ponder, Steve
Spearman.
Freshman,
Keller Watkins has posted an incredible 7 technical falls
so far in his first varsity season. That could very well be
the most ever in a season and is undoubtedly a freshman record
(unfortunately no records were kept on season tech falls). Watkins
could end up shattering the career mark. Mike Caro is the current
leader with 12 and he has held that record since 1987.
If
the McLane wrestlers beat Meadville next Wednesday it would
be their 15th dual meet win of the season. Only four other McLane
teams have ever won more duals in a single season 1979-80
(16), 1982-83 (18), 2002-03 (23) and 2005-06
(17).
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GENERAL
McLANE 53 UNION CITY 18
106 Joe Wheeling (GM) wbf Patrick Burns :53
113 Keller Watkins (GM) wbtf Scott Steenrod 16-1 (3:57)
120 Dustin Thomcho (UC) wbf Brandon Koehler :52
126 Deane Twitchell (GM) wbd Kevin Lindsley 7-4
132 Ken Stoll (GM) wbd Tyler Lindsley 10-3
138 Tim Wheeling (GM) wbf Russell Adams 2:09
145 Parker McDermott (GM) wbf Jake Magee :16
152 DJ Myers (GM) wbf Jared Brooks 1:18
160 Tyler Hendricks (GM) wbd Josh Reinke 8-6 (OT)
170 Tim Vargo (UC) wbf Chris Laird 4:15
182 Alex Thayer (GM) wbf Cody Thomas :56
195 Jamie Szymanowski (GM) wbf Sturgis Coulter 1:28
220 Nick Soboleski (GM) wbd Storm McDonald 8-5
285 Jeff Burger (UC) wbff
2/2/12
Lancers Impressive
at District 10 Team Duals
Even
with two starters out of the lineup due to injuries, the McLane
wrestling team was impressive at Edinboro's McComb Fieldhouse
on Wednesday. Coach Cook made a strategic move, bumping
up a trio of wrestlers against Prep. That move enabled the Lancers
to pick up a couple of key wins with bonus points that resulted
in a 39-23 victory over the Ramblers. That win propelled Mclane
into their first District 10 Team Duals finals since 2006. But
unlike 2006, the Lancers just didn't have enough horsepower
to get past McDowell.
The
match against Prep started at 120 lbs. and it was a close one
for awhile. There were three lead changes through 160, but then
the Lancers put the hammer down. Down by 3 points (14-17), Tyler
Hendricks bumped up to 171 lbs. and gained a 6-0 shutout
over Chris Smith. Chris Laird also up a weight class,
scored an 8-0 major decision over Chris Starroci. At 195 lbs.
Alex Thayer showed McDowell's JJ Williams the lights
in 3:53. Nick Soboleski followed with a 10-0 major decision
over James Trucilla at 220. That gave Mclane a commanding 31-17
lead. The Ramblers got another 6 team points with a pin at 285,
but Joe Wheeling and Keller Watkins stopped the
Prep rally cold. Wheeling posted a 16-0 technical fall at 106
and Watkins ground out a 5-2 decision over John Ciotti at 113.
In
the finals against McDowell, the GM wrestlers found themselves
in an 18-0 hole right out of the gate. Then came the marquee
match of the night at 152, DJ Myers and Tyree Spearman.
Spearman took a 3-0 lead when he escaped early in the second
stanza and then countered a Myers pancake attempt with a roll
through for a takedown. DJ escaped moments later to make it
3-1 and then picked up another escape four seconds into the
third period to make it 3-2. For the rest of the period Myers
kept attacking Spearman, but the Trojan looked like he would
hold for the win when he fought off two of DJ's last minute,
desperation leg attacks. But Myers fought his way out of a front
headlock, lurched forward, grabbed Spearman's leg, lurched forward
again, switched to a double and set the Trojan down on the mat
right at the buzzer. Final score: Myers-4, Spearman-3!!!
Tyler
Hendricks got another win for the Lancers at 160 with a
hard fought, 3-2 win over Jimmy Paulson. The score stood at
17-6 in McDowell's favor at that point, but that's as close
as it would get. GM picked up their only other wins at 106 where
Joe Wheeling thrashed Benji Yates, 17-5 and in the finale
at 120 lbs. when McDowell elected to forfeit.
It
should be noted that several of McDowell's wins did not come
easy. At 145 lbs., Parker McDermott wrestled a gutsy
match against the District's top ranked wrestler, Cody Nolan.
Chris Laird came close to upsetting Anthony Forne at
170 lbs. Laird lost, 5-3 nearly picking up a bout tying takedown
at the buzzer. Alex Thayer suffered a heart breaking,
6-4 overtime loss at 195. Keller Watkins lost by a single
point to (3-2) Paul Deitz at 113 lbs.
Congratulations
to McDowell and good luck at the PIAA Team Duals in Hershey.
Video
of the exciting match between DJ Myers and Tyree Spearman.
News
and Notes:
The
Lancers are now 13-3 on the season with two of their three losses
coming at the hands of a very talented McDowell team. The Mclane
wrestlers will finish a very busy week with a dual meet vs.
the Bears at Union City on Thursday evening.
DJ
Myers became the first McLane wrestler to reach 30 wins
on the season when he pinned Prep's Jordan Perkowski in the
semifinals. DJ's heart thumping win over Spearman in the finals
was the 116th of his career. That ties him for #5 all-time with
Tom Kirdahy! Tim Wheeling also is tied with the
pair at 116 career wins.
In
the other District 10 Team Duals semifinal match, McDowell beat
Titusville, 60-9.
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Semifinals:
GENERAL
McLANE 39 CATHEDRAL PREP 23
106 Joe Wheeling (GM) wbtf Chuck Bizzarro 16-0 (4:39)
113 Keller Watkins (GM) wbd John Ciotti 5-2
120 Deane Twitchell (GM) wbmd Rovair Morrow 10-0
126 Beau Coletta (CP) wbd Ken Stoll 6-5
132 Dan Yori (CP) wbff
138 Tim Wheeling (GM) wbmd Teegan O’Sullivan 12-3
145 Dan Krysiak (CP) wbd Parker McDermott 9-3
152 DJ Myers (GM) wbf Jordan Perkowski 2:30
160 Garrett Chase (CP) wbtf Cody Lentz 20-4 (6:00)
170 Tyler Hendricks (GM) wbd Chris Smith 6-0
182 Chris Laird (GM) wbmd Chris Starocci 8-0
195 Alex Thayer (GM) wbf JJ Williams 3:13
220 Nick Soboleski (GM) wbmd James Trucilla 10-0
285 Nate Carlin (CP) wbf Ethan Strobel 3:02
Finals:
McDOWELL
44 GENERAL McLANE 16
106 Joe Wheeling (GM) wbmd Benji Yates 17-5
113 Paul Deitz (M) wbd Keller Watkins 3-2
120 Deane Twitchell (GM) wbff
126 Nick Gibson (M) wbf Ken Stoll 3:44
132 Shawn Spearman (M) wbff
138 Steve Spearman (M) wbd Tim Wheeling 9-4
145 Cody Nolan (M) wbd Parker McDermott 6-3
152 DJ Myers (GM) wbd Tyree Spearman 4-3
160 Tyler Hendricks (GM) wbd Jimmy Paulson 3-2
170 Anthony Forne (M) wbd Chris Laird 5-3
182 Harris (M) wbf Jamie Szymanowski 3:14
195 Andrew Bradley (M) wbd Alex Thayer 6-4 (OT)
220 Luke DeHart (M) wbf Nick Soboleski :22
285 Scott Augustine (M) wbf Strobel 3:34
*(McDowell was penalized 1 team point for unsportsmanlike
conduct after the 152 lbs. match)
2/1/12
