BEAR.SPORTS.NEWS SUNDAY EDITION 01/12/14

Apologies for the almost month long absence of this feature; travel and computer problems have limited the ability to research and write these bits of information.

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John Nichols does a great job of highlighting the many Bear vs. Bear lacrosse games; so it is particularly pleasing to report for the first time in the history of Bear hockey a Bear vs. Bear confrontation on college ice. Last night RPI skated against Quinnipiac and at the start of the 3^rd period, the Engineers put Jake Sofer in the nets against Sam Anas. The Bobcats forward had already scored a goal and assisted on two more; the RPI netminder got his first minutes against an ECAC team and stopped 11 of the 12 shots by the nation’s #7 team. [Story assist to Peter Anas through his Facebook postings.]

News about

• the current grapplers

•  Bears who speed skate and

• Students who compete at a high level in trampoline and tumbling!

• Alumni who play

  • on the basketball courts,

  • on ice rinks,

  • on tracks and

  • in the pools .

Bear Wrestling

From Coach Katz—

The young Bears gained confidence across the board as they went 2-2 today at the BCC Baron Duals.  Several wrestlers went 4-0 for the day, including Isaac Engermann (106), Jarett Witzal (160/170), and Jules Desroches (220). Three wrestlers went 3-1 for the day, Hayden Pingle (113), Ben Goodfriend (132), and Zack Zulauf. Many other wrestlers notched their first victories in a dual meet this year, including Mitchell Pan (120), Evan Pugh (126), Justin Conner (138/145), Miles Franklin (152), Brian Gelb (170), and Josh Hunter (195). With a little more match experience, the Bears could have taken all four duals.  The first IAC match is next Friday at Prep (defending IAC champs). Also of note, Jake Mehlman went 2-0 in exhibitions and Derek Hankim won an exhibition as well.

Team Scores:

BCC 40  Landon 36

Landon 60  Bishop McNamara 15

Landon 54  TC Williams 27

Liganore 45 Landon 35

Landon students excel in unsung sports

For those of us who went to Landon when football was mandatory and soccer was played in the winter, it is mind boggling to read about hockey, water polo, rugby and other new varsity sports. The Landon’s Communications Department and Jonathan Haskin ’14published a great story about Bears who perform on a national basis in speed skating and trampoline & tumbling. For those who do not subscribe to the school’s email service, here is this wonderful piece.

Bear Alumni HOOPS

BEAR	YEAR	POSITION  and #	GAME(S)	NOTES
Danny Rubin	‘14	BC	Guard	W VaTech 62-59
Darion Atkins	‘15	UVa	Forward	W NC State	8 min.
Joe McDonald	‘16	GWU	Guard	W URI 69-56	Started 26 min. 4pts 1 ast. 1 reb. 2 stl. 1 blk
Chris Hudnut	‘16	Colby	Center	W Wesleyan 75-69	16 pts

Bear Alumni HOCKEY

BEAR	YR	POSITION and #	GAMEs	NOTES
Max Greenwald	‘16	Middle-	D #20	L Trinity 3-6	Played
Sam Anas	’17	Quin-	F #7	W RPI 6-2	Start 1g, 2A
Jake Soffer	‘17	RPI	G #1	L Quinnipiac	20 min 21 saves 1GA
Matt Coster	Cornell	D #24		No recent games on website
Mike Anderson	‘16	Princeton	D #9		No recent games on website
Orlando Arevalo	‘17	MIT	G#29	L Bates	40 min

Bear Track

Malachi Bostic-Wattleytook top honors in the semifinal of the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.12, and then followed that up with an IC4A cut time in the 200 meter dash (22.59) at the Bucknell Mini Meet

Bear alumni Swimming

John Freeman swam for Williams in the 200 yard freestyle against Amherst missing scoring points by 0.43 seconds; he also competed in the 100 yard freestyle missing points by 0.22; and participated in the 400 yard freestyle relay