Youth News From March 2002
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Saturday Results From the J. O. State Tournament in Johnstown
Three GM Wrestlers Place At JO State
Tournament
Hadley Harrison was denied
a second J.O. state title by Jake Snyder of Hyndman. Snyder
defeated Harrison by a 6-2 score in the finals. Snyder was a
3rd place finisher a year ago. Keith Scharrer lost his
wrestle-off for 7th place to Simon Rice of Central Daughin and
finished 8th. Denton Sauers also lost his final
bout and finished 8th.
13-14
Finals
Jake Snyder,Hyndman def. Hadley
Harrison, Gen. McLane...6-2
13-14
Final Consolation Round
Matthew Dececco,Greensburg def. Denton Sauers, Gen. McLane...6-4
11-12
Final Consolations
Round
Simon Rice,Central Dauphin def. Keith Scharrer,
Gen. McLane...fall 3:55
Hadley Harrison Wrestles His Way Into
the State Finals
Hadley Harrison made
his way into the state finals Saturday
afternoon with a 2-1 win over Clearfield's Tom Barger. Hadley
has outscored his opponents 13-2 in three matches. This is not
uncharted territory for Harrison. He finished 5th at
the 2001 championships and 1st in 2000.
Keith Scharrer lost a 4-3
heartbreaker in the 4th round of consolations to Ryan Link of
Penn Cambria. Denton Sauers also lost his 4th round consy
match by a 6-0 count to Aaron Sandel of Milton. Scharrer
and Sauers will wrestle off for 7th place later this
afternoon.
13-14
Fourth Round Consolations
Aaron Sandel,Milton def. Denton
Sauers, Gen. McLane...6-0
11-12
Fourth Round Consolations
Ryan Link,Penn Cambria def.
Keith Scharrer, Gen. McLane...4-3
13-14
Semi-Finals
95-
Hadley
Harrison,Gen. McLane def. Tom Barger, Clearfield...2-1
03/23/02
Colin Feikles was eliminated
from the state tournament Saturday morning. He suffered his
second loss to Justin Buchanan of Sharpsville, by a 16-5 score.
Colin also won two bouts in the tournament.
Don Osinski bounced back
from a prelim loss to pin David Cunningham of Woodland Hills
in the 2nd consy round. He was then eliminated from the
tournament with a 1-0 to Angello Salvage of Seneca. Osinski
had beaten Salvage in the Area VIII finals last weekend.
Keith Scharrer and Denton
Sauers guaranteed themselves a spot in the top eight by
winning third round consy bouts. Scharrer beat Tony Langdon
of North East, 7-4. Sauers topped Jamestown's Russell
Wells, 11-2.
13-14
Third Round Consolations
Angelo Salvage,Wattsburg def. Donald Osinski,
Gen. McLane...1-0
Denton Sauers,Gen. McLane def. Russell Wells, Jamestown...11-2
11-12
Third Round Consolations
65-Keith
Scharrer,Gen. McLane def. Tony Langdon, North East...7-4
10 &
under Second Round Consolations
90-Justin Buchanan,Sharpsville
def. Colin Feikles, Gen. McLane...16-5
13 -14
Second Round Consolations
110-Donald Osinski,Gen.
McLane def. David Cunningham, Woodland Hills...Fall 1:00
Friday Results From the J. O. State Tournament in Johnstown
John Heynoski, McKenzie
Leehan, Brandon Saraceno and Mike McCauley
were all eliminated from the J.O. State tournament on Friday.
Don Osinski lost his preliminary match...no further results
on Don were available as of 9:35 PM.
Still alive in the consolations
in the 10 and under class at 90 lbs. was Colin Feikles.
Hadley Harrison, Keith
Scharrer and Denton Sauers all won their preliminary
round matches and moved into the quarter-finals. Scharrer then
lost his quarter-finals match to Nico Cortese of Franklin Regional
by fall and will drop into the 3rd consolation round.
Denton Sauers lost a close
match in the quarter-finals to Chris
Steffa of Upper Darby, 2-0. Hadley Harrison is
the lone GM wrestler to move into the semi-finals. He defeated
Cory Leslie of Keystone Oaks...5-0
13-14 Pigtails
100- Johnathan Knepper,Connellsville
def. John Heynoski, Gen. McLane...9-0
120-Quentin Taraszewski,Kiski Area def. Kenzie
Leehan, Gen. McLane...9-2
125-Brandon Saraceno,Gen.
McLane def. Jeremy Kunkle, Woodland Hills...13-9
13-14 Preliminaries
95-Hadley Harrison,Gen. McLane
def. Troy Dolan, Derry Area...6-1
115- Gary Paronish,Penn Cambria def. Donald
Osinski, Gen. McLane...12-0
125- Alex Byler,Jamestown def. Brandon Saraceno, Gen.
McLane...fall 1:55
145- Denton Sauers,Gen. McLane def. Dom Palumbo, Dubois...fall
:16
13-14
First Round Consolations
100-Josh Switzer,Smethport
def. John Heynoski, Gen. McLane...fall 2:59
120- Bobby Garove,Trinity def. Kenzie Leehan, Gen. McLane...fall
:56
125- Adam Bucci,Connellsville def. Brandon Saraceno,
Gen. McLane...7-0
13-14
Quarter-Finals
95-Hadley Harrison,Gen.
McLane def. Cory Leslie, Keystone Oaks...5-0
145-Chris Steffa,Upper Darby def. Denton Sauers, Gen.
McLane...2-0
11-12
Pigtails
85-Brandon Pfahler,Chestnut
Ridge def. Michael McCauley, Gen. McLane...fall 1:54
11-12
Preliminaries
65-Keith Scharrer,Gen. McLane
def. Drew Reed, Loyalsock...4-2
11-12
First Round Consolations
85-Glenn Carr,Saltsburg def.
Michael McCauley, Gen. McLane...3-2
11-12
Quarter-Finals
65-Nico Cortese,Franklin Regional
def. Keith Scharrer, Gen. McLane...fall :30
10 &
Under Pigtail
90-Colin
Feikles,Gen. McLane def. Dustin Trough, Berwick...fall 2:46
10 &
Under Preliminaries
90-Logan
Shirey,Redbank Valley def. Colin Feikles, Gen. McLane...fall
1:19
10 &
Under First Round Consolations
90-Colin
Feikles,Gen. McLane def. Tyler Leitza, Derry Area...9-5
03/22/02 and 03/23/02
Results of the Area VIII Tournament
The Area VIII Tournament was held
on Friday and Saturday, March 16th and 17th at Corry High School.
Thanks to some hard wrestling and great coaching by Greg Scharrer,
John Heynoski, Dan Harrison, Kurt Osinski, Bill Leehan and Chris
Cesnik, the Lancers will send nine wrestlers to the J.O. state
tournament in Johnstown.
Note: Hadley Harrison won the Area
VIII tournament for the ninth time.
Here are the results (wrestlers
with names in red advanced to the state finals):
13-14
95 lbs. Hadley
Harrison - 1st,
100lbs. John Heynoski -
2nd, 110 lbs. Don
Osinski - 1st,
120 lbs. McKenzie Leehan
- 2nd, 125 lbs. Brandon
Saraceno - 2nd,
145 lbs. Denton Sauers -
1st, 190 lbs. Andrew Wilson
- 4th
11-12
65 lbs. Keith
Scharrer - 1st,
85 lbs. Mike McCauley -
2nd
9-10
50 lbs. Cody Bowers - 3rd, 55
lbs. Paul Scharrer - 3rd, 90 lbs. Colin
Feikles - 2nd
8 and Under
Ozzie Bowers
- 1st
