Bear Wrestlers reach second in high level Melee on the Metro-Joel Brown the OUTSTANDING Wrestler

The Bears spent the last 2 days in the Showplace Arena in PG county competing in the Melee On The Metro. In the end, the team placed 2^nd out of 21 teams.  We were behind St. Benedicts Prep from Newark NJ by 24.5 points.  In this competition, you are allowed to enter two varsity wrestlers per weight, but only 1 scores team points.  We double entered at 190 and 285 where we have excellent depth in our line-up. Unfortunately, we were missing two starters and only filled 12 weight classes. Joel Brown was voted the Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament by the coaches when he pinned a wrestler from Benedictine who is ranked the #2 in Virginia Private States.

Here were our place winners:

106 Joe Papalia 4^th place

113 James Hanley Champion

120 Theo Shockey 6^th place

138 Connor Koegel 6^th place

144 Joel Brown Champion

165 Nate Furgeson 2^nd place

190 David LaPrade 2^nd place

190 Anthony Savoy 3^rd Place

215 Tiller Smith Champion

285 Ty Reyes 3^rd place

285 Gabe Johnson 4^th place

This tournament also holds a simultaneous JV tournament. We entered 10 wrestlers.  We placed 4 wrestlers and took 3^rd out of 18 teams.

120 Makana Neverosky 2^nd place

126 Sam Bynum Champion

138 Hector Knox 3^rd

285 George Allen Champion