BearSportsNews Sunday Edition 11.26.2023

BEARSPORTSNEWS SUNDAY EDITION

HIGHLIGHTS

VOTE FOR Tomás Kenary,follow the Chicago Rule: early and often!!! 

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS—

• Hockey wins first match

• Basketball 2 games

• Wrestling 1 match

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; all but one team season complete, PLAYED, 1 profiled above

• 2 FOOTBALL COACHES, 1 NFL J-E-T-S, App State Div. 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

• RUGBY

• I player  

• WINTER SPORTS

• BASKETBALL–5

• I PRO in Italy 

• I COLLEGE DIV. I COACH

• 2 DIV. I and 3 DIV. III PLAYERS– all played; 2 team leaders 

• HOCKEY-9

• PRO:1 in EHL and 1 KHL—1 leading team scorer 

• COLLEGE: 1 Div. I played; 3 Div. III 2 played 

• COACHING: 1 Div. III, 1 ACHA Div. 2

• DEVELOPMENTAL—2 one wears the team A and 1st in assists 2nd in points

• WRESTLING-1

• Div. III hits the mats with wins

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS

BASKETBALL— Coach Franklin’s schedule shows 2 games 

HOCKEY—Coach Parker’s skaters won season opener over 2022-2023 MSHL Eastern Conference Champions South River 10-1 and WaPo ranks them as #3 “Under second-year coach Alex Parker’s leadership, that mentality looks to be building something special again this year.” Test on 11/29 Salesianum comes to Bear’s Den as Philly Catholic League champions. 

SWIMMING—COACH Ros has had 2 meets

TRACK—Coach Brown’s runners hit the track in December 

WRESTLING—Coach Katz has had one match and a college commitment– 

BEAR TRACKS

My computer randomly reminded me of these eleven Bears from the recent past; if you have some similar images, please send me at sandy_murdock@yahoo.com

Cross Country/Track and Field -2

• Asim Hakim-Florian, L’23 Colgate University –winter track starts 12/1 

• Sam Cohen, L’23, Tulane University- winter track starts 12/1 

Football 12 rostered – 1GAME, PLAYED, 1 defensive beast all NE and semifinalist for Div III award

• Chazz Harley L19 #27, RS Junior, OLB Elon –the Phoenix (6-5) SEASON COMPLETE

• Jelani Machen L19 #32, CB, Bryant University (6-5) SEASON COMPLETE

• Tomás Kenary, L20 DL #21 Middlebury Panthers NESCAC (8-1) co-champions #21 All Ne Div.III AND GAGLIARDI TROPHY VOTE.

• Tyler Smith, L20 DB #23—Georgetown (5-6) SEASON COMPLETE 1  

• Eric Ford, L21 OLB #40 Army (MAPS sophomore) (5-6) USNA 12/9  

• Chantz Harley, L21, DB #24 Maryland (RS Sophomore)(7-5) beat Rutgers 35-17 

• Greg Johnson, L21 OL #71 – Georgetown (5-6) SEASON COMPLETE

• Dameon Ming, L21 RB/LB#26 —Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (8-3) SEASON COMPLETE

• Carter Phillips, L22, WR #86—Georgetown (5-6) SEASON COMPLETE

• Taylor Best, L’23, WR #29–University of Maryland((6-5) beat Rutgers 35-17 

• Ethan Ming, L23, DB #11– #24 Carnegie Mellon University (10-1) SEASON COMPLETE

• Chris Wells, L23, DB #49 University of Maryland (6-5) —THANKS TO COACH FRANKLIN Chris is added to this list; beat Rutgers 35-17 

• Football Coaches 2

4-7 

App State (7-4)

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 RECENT goals. Soccer experts forecasting as part of US Olympic team 

Swimming-3

Jacob Rosner L19 Northwestern senior; the 11/28 US Open meet 

Ethan Tun L21 Carleton next meet 11/30  

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

Golf -4 

Pro -2 

Morgan Egloff L’15working his way up thecircuit, 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. (5-3), 8 GP, 20.6 min/g., 6.8 pts/g, 3.5 reb/g, 1.8 asst/g, 1.0 blk/g 

• College Coach-1

Christian Webster L09, VaTech Assistant Coach (5-1) 

• College-5

Canin Reynolds L ‘20 Amherst College Mammoths (3-1): #2 junior—beat MCLA 66-42 played 59 min., 5 pts., 3 A, 2 reb 

Kino Lilly L21 Brown Bears (1-5) #10 junior; 6 GS, 1 Game Injured, 37.5 min/g*, 20.2 pts/g*, 3.5 assists/g*, 1.8 reb/g, 1.0 steal/g; *leads team; 24 points v. USC

Mike Gray, L22, Lynchburg (2-2), #30; THANKS TO COACH FRANKLIN Mike is added to this list; 22 min, 3 GP, 1.3 ppg, 1reb/g,  

Tyler Perkins, L23 University of Pennsylvania (4-2); #11, FRESHMAN; 6 GS, 30.8 min/g, 15.0 pts/, 2.7asst/g, 7.0 reb/g, 2.5steals/g*; *leads team  

Christos Palkogiannis, L23 (?), California Institute of Technology (1-5), #33, FRESHMAN; 1 GP, 15.5 min/g. 5.0ppg, 2.5 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 34 games team tied for 1st , 10 goals and 9 assists 19 points Dinamo’s top scorer

Patrick Giles L*18 #36 Charlotte Checkers (10-6) played in 16 games, 2goals 1 assist

Div. III Men’s Hockey Coach-1

Kim Weiss, Assistant Coach for Trinity College (her alma mater) men’s team, 3-0 i 

• College Club Coach and Pro Hockey -1

Alex Norwinski L’15 Liberty University Div II Hockey Coach  

• Division I–1

Matthew Brille #19; L*20; Brown (3-6)3 games played 1 blk

• Division III–3

Oscar Smink L’21; Amherst College Mammoths (1-1-0): #6 1 GP, 2 shots ,1 blk 

Ethan Goldman, L’21; Connecticut Camels (0-2-0) #13

Kareem Al-Azem L*20; Connecticut College Camels (0-2-0 ) #7 played 2 games 1 blk

• Development Hockey 2

Will Lawrence L*22, #88 NAHL Johnstown Tomahawks,assistant captain, 12-9-1-1; #88 23GP 6G, 15A 1st in team assists and 2nd in points

JH Lages L*21, #6 South Shore Kings USPHL Premier  1GP 

• Club Hockey

Ty Morton L20? Ohio University, ACHA MD2, 2 GP 

 Riley Knebel L’22 UVA Club hockey 3-1 The ACHA website says that UVa has played 2 games. VERY FRUSTRATING/ 

WRESTLING 

David LaPrade, L23, Williams College (0-3)  

• Win by 1:19 fall over Luke Hartshorn of Southern Maine 

• Loss by 18-2 tech fall to Cameron Butka of Wilkes 

• Win by 1:58 fall over Dan Espinal of Plymouth 

• Win by 4:40 fall over William Maffei of Wesleyan 

• Loss by 4:05 fall to Dean Omirly of Wesleyan