———-BearSportsNews 11.24.2024——

Thanksgiving Edition

HIGHLIGHTS

Inside White Rocks

• Fall Sports’ schedules finished waiting for honors and commitments

• Hockey gets started with 2 wins

• Swim beats the Heights

• Basketball’s new coach

• Wrestling has a good roster in a tough IAC

Bear Tracks

• 13 Bear alum football players rostered – 1 NESCAC ALL STAR; Bear 8 had games; 2 played; 2 BYE/pos season games; 1 ranked 24th in Div. 1, and 1 at #13 in Div. III; 4 Seasons complete; 2 Careers completed; 1 injured

• 3 Bear Alum rugby players- SEASONS COMPLETED

• 5 Bear Alum soccer players rostered, 1 EPL U21; ALL COLLEGE SEASONS COMPLETED 2 Div. I, 2 Div. III, 3 played this week, 1 headed to Conference tournament

Winter sports added in this Edition

• 9 Bear Alums involved in Pro and College Basketball- 1 League POW and on POY watch list

• 1 Bear Alum fencing???

• 13 Bear Alums in hockey – Pro, College (Div. I & III) and club;1 EARNS 6^TH ALL STAR TEAM LANDON (IAC & MAPHL &WaPo) to KHL

• 2 Bear Alums on teams; one churning up the pool.

• 2 Bear alums running for their colleges

• 2 Bear Alums compete in the same wrestling quad

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS

• BASKETBALL –NEWCoach Chris Bohlen MS, CIC, teacher/mentor/coach (these added points of reference & degrees are listed on his website; example of why Mr. Brady picked him) brings 32 years of college, high school coaching to the White Rocks. His squad starts the ’24-’25 season soon.

• ICE HOCKEY –COACH JACOBS’s skaters beat a team, that has won its MVSHL conference for two consecutive years, Landon Hockey 4 South River 1 and then battled in a non-conference game the team from Rockville Pike LANDON HOCKEY 3 GEORGETOWN PREP 2 | Bear65’s Blog

• WRESTLING – COACH KATZ’s record of keeping the BSN readers informed is only exceeded by his team’s success on the mats—his preview of ’24-‘25

• Wrestling season is upon us.  We will start practice two weeks from today. We ended the season last year 13-3.  We won the IAC for the third year in a row (5 out of the last six seasons).  We ended up 6^th at the State tournament and ranked 6^th in the DMV by the Washington Post. We lost several Seniors including State Champions, James Hanley, Nate Furgeson, and Will Levy.  This season, the Bears will be challenged by both Bullis and Prep.  We have a lot of experience coming back and we should be a pretty strong dual team.  We are relying on the leadership of the Senior class to guide this young team to victory.  For the third year in a row, we will have over 50 wrestlers on the team.  Here is a run-down on the projected line-up.

• 106-       Mark Leary (So) 16-10 last year, placed 2^nd at Holloway Tournament

• Elijah Adams (Fr) New Freshman who placed at Junior League States last year

• 113-       Dennis Leary (So) 17-11 last year, place 3^rd IAC

•                 Teddy Abramson (Fr) Solid Freshman rising from Middle School

• 120-        Judah Brown (So) 8-7 last year, placed 2^nd Montgomery Blair JV

• Patrick Dezee (Fr) New Freshman with decent Junior League experience

• 126-       Domingo Escudero (So) 20-9 last year, 3^rd Holloway, 2^nd IAC           

• 132         Theo Shockey (Sr) Captain 21-9 last year, 3^rd Mad Mats, lost in the blood round at States

•                 Luke Yang (So)  13-11 last year, Damascus JV Champ, IAC Varsity B Champ

• 138         Joe Papalia (Jr)– 25-8 last year, 2x State Place winner (6^th & 7^th), IAC Champ

• Makana Neverosky (Jr)- 37-8 career, 2^nd IAC

• Sam Bynum (So)  13-6 last year, 2^nd Montgomery Blair JV, 4^th Maryland JV States

• 144         Max Murray (So) – 12-13 IAC Champ

• Louis McNamara (Jr)– 16-11 IAC champ freshman year, Damascus JV Champ, Montgomery JV Champ

• 150         Ryan Zand (Jr)- 7-13 last year

• Dario Lotfi (So) 7-4 last year IAC Varsity B Champ

• 157         Talan Smith (Sr)- Injured last year- 15-4 freshman year

• Kedren Smith (Jr)- 8-3 2^nd Maryland JV States

• 165         Connor Koegel (Sr) 12-18 last year 2^nd IAC

• 175         Hector Knox (Sr) 9-14 last year

•                 Shock Ingram (Sr) transfer from Dematha, but injury in football, likely out for season

• 190         Mack Dockx (Fr) Junior League experience in New Jersey

• Oliver LaFuente (Jr) New to wrestling but fairly athletic

• DP Pope (So)- Captain 4^th in the State, IAC champ, but Injury in football, out for season

• 215         Tiller Smith (Sr) – Captain 3x State Place winner (4^th, 4^th 2^nd), 3x Mad Mats Champ, 3x IAC finalist (1 time champ)

• 285         Bahesh Kurbanov (Sr) 11-11 last year

• Jason Hinton (Fr)- Junior League state champ

• SWIMMING and DIVING– COACH ROS’ team beat the Heights 98-88

• INDOOR TRACK—COACH CALLAHANno information yet

BEAR TRAX

Football-15

College

13 rostered – 6 had games; 3 played; 1 DPOY, 4 Seasons completed; 2 Careers completed; 1 injured; 1 team hosting 2^nd round in Div. III; 1 ranked 25th in Div. 1 and 1 at #13 in Div. III;

• Tomás Kenary,L20 #21 Senior-Middlebury Panthers (6-3): SEASON COMPLETED

NESCAC

2024 1^st team, 2023 DPOY, 2023 1st Team, 2022 1st Team, 2021 Co-ROY, 2021 2nd Team

• Eric Ford, L21 OLB #40, MAPS junior-the UNDEFEATED ranked 25th Army Black Knights 9-1— lost to NOTRE DAME 14-49 PLAYED 1SOLO

• Chantz Harley, L21, DB #24 RS Junior- Maryland Terps (4-7); lost to IOWA 13-29 PLAYED  1 solo tackle

• Greg Johnson, L21 OL #71, Senior – Georgetown Big Hoyas (5-6); lost to HOLY CROSS 0-34 PLAYED

• Dameon Ming, L21 RB/DB #26 senior- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers (5-5), SEASON COMPLETED

CAREER 30 GP, 116 RUSHES for 495 yards, 4.4 yards/carry, 5 TD; 12 rec, 126 yards; defense 4 solo tackles

• Carter Phillips, L22, DB #43 Junior— Georgetown Big Hoyas (5-6); lost to HOLY CROSS

• Taylor Best, L’23, DB #30 Redshirt Freshman -University of Maryland Terps (4-7); lost to IOWA 13-29

• Ethan Ming, L23, DB #2 Sophomore, ranked 13^th Carnegie Mellon University Tartans (9-1); NCAA Div. III first round bye 2^nd round host CENTRE 11/30

• Chris Wells, L23, LB #49 Redshirt Freshman, University of Maryland Terps (4-7); lost to IOWA 13-29

• Dylan Aryavand, L24, QB #16, Freshman; Dickinson College Red Devils (5-5); playing in first Centennial-MAC Bowl Series 11/30 @ FDU-Florham

• Zach Cameron, L24, DB #33 Freshman. Marist Foxes, INJURED and redshirted

• Barrett Hoffman L24, OL #76 Freshman, Denison College (6-4) beat OhioWesleyan University 28-14; SEASON COMPLETED

• Nate Rosner L’24 LB #53 Freshman, Williams Ephman (5-4) SEASON COMPLETED

Football Coaches

• Mike Ruttenberg L99, NY Jets (3-8) linebackers coach

• Paul Padalino L15, Appalachian State Mountaineer (5-5), quality control assistant (defense)

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BASKETBALL 9

• 1 Pro; 1 Div. I coach; 7 college(3 Div. I); 1 POW and on POY watch list

PRO

Darion Atkins L11, SIGORTAM.NET ISTANBUL (8-3), #18, 11 gp, 29.8 min/game, 15.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.5 block/game, 10 steal/game

COLLEGE COACH

Christian Webster L09 VaTech Assistant Hokies (3-2)

COLLEGE

Canin Reynolds, L20, Amherst senior, #2, Mammoths (3-1)

Roger Pyfrom, L20, Seton Hall junior manager, Pirates (3-3)

Kino Lily, Jr. L21, Brown senior, #10, Bears (3-3), #10 – PLAYED 6 GS, 36.5 min/g*,  21.2 ppg*, 2.3 reb, 3.5 apg*, .9 spg–* leads Brown—on POY Watch List and IVY POW award

Mike Gray L22, University of Lynchburg sophomore, #5, Hornets (1-2), PLAYED,  13 min, pts, 2 reb

Tyler Perkins L23, Villanova sophomore #4, Wildcats (2-3), #4 PLAYED 6 GP, 2 GS, 8.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.0 apg , .8 blk/pg, 0.9 stl/pg.

Ari Hobson L24, 1GP, 2.0 min/pg,

FENCING-1

Nathan Yoon L21, USAF, not rostered

HOCKEY 15

PRO

Sam Anas L’11 Minsk Dynamo13-0-2-3-08; #7 26 GP, 15.21 TOI/G, 7G 14 A, 1 PPG, 1 OTG, 1 GWG. KHL ALL STAR TEAM

Patrick Giles, L*18 Charlotte Checkers ( 8-4-0-2), 7 GP , 1g

COLLEGE NCAA Div. I and III

Matthew Brille L*20; Brown sophomore #19; Bears (2-3-1)

Oscar Smink, L21, Amherst College junior #6, Mammoths(0-1-1) 1GP

Kareem Alazem, L*21?, Connecticut College junior, #7, Camels (3-1-0) beat #4 Trinity;  #7 4 GP,3 blk

Will Lawrence, L*21? Connecticut College freshman #88, Camels (3-1-0) beat #4 Trinity’ #88 PLAYED 2 A, 1 blk

Ethan Goldman L22, Connecticut College sophomore #13, Camels (3-1-0) 4 GP, 1G, 3  A

COLLEGE CLUB

JH Lages L*21, VaTech

Riley Knebel L22 UVA  

Owen Calderone L 23, LSUZaakir Khan L23, GMU

Arthur Smink L23, BC

Graham Haberle, L24 UVA

Alex McMillan, L24 UVA

Quinn Farland, L24, Wake Forest

RUGBY-3

Brian White, L’23, Robert Morris Colonials (1-4); SEASON COMPLETE

Ty Reyes, L’23, Penn State University SEASON COMPLETE

Hugh Neill, L’24; Dartmouth Fall SEASON COMPLETE

SOCCER- 5

Professional Soccer 1

• Kristian Fletcher L’23: Nottingham Forest FC (4-0-0-4) #46, 2 GP. 89 MIN .

College- 4 rostered; 4 seasons ended; 1 CAREER COMPLETED

>>>Issa Mudashiru, L21, #33 Senior defender, Princeton (12-7), won Ivy final, lost in NCAA round 1 #33 injured

• SEASON and CAREER COMPLETED

  • 45 GP, 26 GS, 2561 MIN 2G, 2A

Swimming-2

Ethan Tun L21, Carleton Senior

Ethan Tunwon the 100-yard breaststroke, out-touching the Macalester swimmer by 0.04 with a time of 1:00.06. Tun had an easier time in the 200-yard breaststroke, prevailing with a time of 2:10.98. He won his third individual event when he led a 1-2-3-4 finish for the Knights in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:02.32.

Harrison Tun, L23, Tufts University not rostered

Olaoluwedji Jones L24 American University – swimming ROSTERED bye week

Cross-Country/Indoor Track

Asim Hakim-Florian L23 Colgate  League XC Championship—PR 25:43.0, Team 4^th

Sam Cohen L12 Tulane, men’s cross country team historic 28th-place finish, the highest in program history at NCAA X-country championship

Wrestling-2

David LaPrade, L23, Williams College (4-2), sophomore, win and loss in a triangular match at 197

James Hanley, L24, Roger Williams (4-1), freshman, injured

Jonny Gherman, L19, 7^th/8^th grade wrestling coach St. Frances Academy, Roswell, GA