BEARSPORTSNEWS SUNDAY EDITION 11.19.2023

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Nov 18, 2023
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HIGHLIGHTS

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS—

Football the IAC 2023 Champions earned 12 All IAC honors, IAC MVP and a Touchdown Club POW

Soccer earned 4 All IAC honors.

BEAR TRACKS—88 Bears in 10 sports and 4 levels (5 pros included)

CROSS COUNTRY—2 rostered, both Div. I; one records good times
FOOTBALL—11 rostered players, 8 on DIV.I;5 games, 5 PLAYED, 1 dominated opponent backfield another played in league championship game.

2 FOOTBALL COACHES, 1 NFL J-E-T-S, App State Div. Breaks up JMU’s undefeated season

SOCCER—7

College–6 rostered, 3 Div. I, 3 Div.III; all seasons ended

Pro—1 rostered and scoring on EPL U21club

GOLF–3

2 Developmental Pros
1 Div. I player
1 Div. III player

SWIMMING- 3 all Div. I and one won 3 races in one meet
RUGBY

I player

WINTER SPORTS
BASKETBALL–4

I PRO in Italy
I COLLEGE DIV. I COACH
2 DIV. I and 2 DIV. III PLAYERS– one led team to upset of #21 and all others played

HOCKEY-9

PRO:1 in EHL and 1 KHL—already scoring
COLLEGE: 1 Div. I; 3 Div. III
COACHING: 1 Div. III, 1 ACHA Div. 2
DEVELOPMENTAL– 2

WRESTLING-1

Div. III

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS

FOOTBALL 7-3

Coach Padalino’ Bears earned 12 All IAC honors and the league MVP, who also was named a Touchdown Club POY

SOCCER –Coach Reed’s side earned four all IACs–

WATER POLO

X-COUNTRY

LANDON ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Player of the Week:

Landon School’s Nathan Furgeson

CLICK on above link for video of Nathan’s performance

Military Bowl Foundation

November 15, 2023, 5:14 AM

It’s safe to say Nathan Furgeson is quite active. In the fall, the Landon School senior starts at quarterback and safety for the Bears’ football team. The winter is for wrestling, where he is a two-time Interstate Athletic Conference champion. Springtime means lacrosse, where Furgeson stars at midfield and has signed a letter-of-intent to play for the University of Delaware.

“He is an amazing athlete,” Landon football coach Paul Padalino said.

Furgeson wrapped up the football season with perhaps his most complete game yet on the gridiron. This past Saturday, he completed 12 of 19 passes for 175 yards and two touchdowns, rushed 10 times for 86 yards and on defense made 14 tackles, intercepted a pass and broke up two other passes as the Bears beat rival St. Albans, 36-14, to claim a share of the IAC title. He also punted three times for a 38-yard average.

For his efforts, Furgeson was named the Military Bowl DC Touchdown Club High School Football Player of the Week.

Landon School senior Nathan Furgeson wrapped up the football season with perhaps his most complete game yet, leading the Bears to a win over rival St. Albans to claim a share of the IAC title and earn the Military Bowl DC Touchdown Club High School Football Player of the Week. (Courtesy Landon School)

“He impacts the game all over,” Padalino said. “Saturday, he was all over the place: making plays on defense, distributing the ball on offense.”

Excelling in athletics runs in the Furgeson family.

Nathan’s oldest brother, John Allan, played football at McDaniel College and older brother Timmy is a linebacker at Villanova. Their father, John, played college football and is the Damascus High wrestling coach.

“Nathan is a football player — he’s got this tremendous will to win,” Padalino said. “He just embraces the whole physical part of the game and is able to impact the game. His ability to throw the ball improved so much this year. Amazingly, he hasn’t been sacked all year, partly because of his ability to make decisions quickly. Whether it’s him getting rid of the ball on time or scrambling away from people. It’s amazing.”

BEAR TRACKS

Cross Country/Track and Field -2

Asim Hakim-Florian, L’23 Colgate University – team 31st-place finish at NCAAs is the highest a Colgate team has ranked at an NCAA Regional race since 2018.
Sam Cohen, L’23, Tulane University

Football 11 rostered –5 GAMES, 5 PLAYED, 1 defensive beast

Chazz Harley L19 #27, RS Junior, OLB Elon –the Phoenix (5-5) beat Hampton 51-14 played 1 tackle 0.5 TFL 2 QBH;
Jelani Machen L19 #32, CB, Bryant University (6-5) beat Southeast Mo. State 45-21 played 1 tackle; TRANSFER PORTAL?
Tomás Kenary, L20 DL #21 Middlebury Panthers tied 1st in NESCAC (8-1) beat Colby 35-28; played 1 solo 2 assists, 2 TFLs for –4.
Tyler Smith, L20 DB #23—Georgetown (5-6) lost to Holy Cross 10-31
Eric Ford, L21 OLB #40 Army (MAPS sophomore) (4-6) beat Coastal Carolina 28-21
Chantz Harley, L21, DB #24 Maryland (RS Sophomore)(6-5) lost to Michigan 24-31
Greg Johnson, L21 OL #71 – Georgetown (5-6) lost to Holy Cross 10-3
Dameon Ming, L21 RB/LB#26 —Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (8-3); beat Widener 49-21 played 5 rushes 16 yards
Carter Phillips, L22, WR #86—Georgetown (5-6) lost to Holy Cross 10-3
Taylor Best, L’23, WR #29–University of Maryland((6-5) lost to Michigan 24-31
Ethan Ming, L23, DB #11– #24 Carnegie Mellon University (9-1) crushes Brockport 37-7in the 2023 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Asa S. Bushnell Bowl Championship CMU stats not responding.

Football Coaches 2

4-5

App State (6-4) beat previously unbeaten JMU in O/T 26-23

RUGBY-1

Brian White, L’23, Robert Morris

SOCCER- 7

College Soccer 6 rostered— all seasons complete

Professional Soccer 1

Kristian Fletcher L’23: DC United forward/ Swansea City U21 2 matches (22’ and 90’), 2 goals

Swimming-3

Jacob Rosner L19 Northwestern senior; the 11/16-18 meet at Purdue is inscrutable.

Ethan Tun L21 Carleton next meet 11/30!!!

Junior Ethan Tun … recognized by the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) as Men’s Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week on Tuesday when the league announced the weekly honors. Tun came away with Swimmer of the Week

Harrison Tun, L23, Tufts University first met 11/19

Golf -4

Pro -2

Morgan Egloff L’15working his way up the circuit, ended in the money

John Kalavritinos L’17 playing the developmental tour.earned a paycheck on the Minor league tour.

College -2

Charlie Bundy L’22 College of William & Mary Tribe, next match March

John Bates L’23 Rhodes College- next match March

BEARS playing College Winter Sports

BASKETBALL-6- pro playing; 2 DI and 2 DIII

Professional –1

Darion Atkins #44 L11, Regio Emilia Div.(5-2), 7 GP, 21.7 min/g., 6.9 pts/g, 3.9 reb/g, 1.9 asst/g, 0.9 blk/g

College Coach-1

Christian Webster L09, VaTech Assistant Coach (1-1)

College-4

Canin Reynolds L ‘20 Amherst College Mammoths (2-1): #2 junior—beat MCLA 66-42 played 51 min., 5 pts., 3 A, 2 reb

Kino Lilly L21 Brown Bears (1-3) #10 junior (1-3); 3 GS, 1 Game Injured, 35 min/g*, 24 pts/g*, 3.5 assists/g*, 2.5 reb/g, 1.7 steal/g; *leads team; @USC 11/19

Tyler Perkins, L23 University of Pennsylvania (3-1); #11, FRESHMAN; 4 GS, 30.5 min/g, 17.3 pts/g*, 3.6asst/g*, 7.8 reb/g, 1.7steals/g*; *leads team BIG WIN OVER #21 ‘NOVA

UPA on win over Villanova: Perkins was clutch down the stretch. He hit a step-back 3-pointer for a nine-point lead and Cameron Thrower buried a 3 for a 60-51 advantage with 7:20 left. Perkins scored the big buckets each time the Wildcats (2-1) edged closer. He nailed a second-chance 3 that stretched the lead to 68-57 and positioned the Quakers for their second win over Villanova in six years.

On ESPN Monday Night Sports Center Scott Van Pelt and “Stanford Steve” mentioned TPerk and Landon in Top 10 highlights

Christos Palkogiannis, L23 (?), California Institute of Technology (1-3), #33, FRESHMAN; 1 GP, 16 min. 1 reb/g 1 asst/g, 1 steal/g

HOCKEY 10

Professional Ice Hockey-2

Sam Anas L’ 11, #77 HC Dinamo Minsk KHL (20-3-3); #77 29 games, 9 goals and 9 assists 18 points Dinamo’s top scorerPatrick Giles L*18 #36 Charlotte Checkers (9-4) played in all games, 1goal 3 assist