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BearSportsNews Sunday Edition 12.02.2017
HIGHLIGHTS
Soccer (#2 per WaPo) 7 Bears all IAC
Football (#20 per WaPo) 13 Bears 1st and 2nd team All IAC plus the offensive player of the year
WINTER, all teams have won early in the season —
o Hoops beat GDS
o Hockey beat WJ and SMR to go2-0
o Swimmers beat The Heights
o Wrestlers win 1st dual meet and have Bears place in two tournaments
Bears making trax in basketball, hockey and swimming plus a special recognition for a Bear
o Ryan Curtis inducted into the Charlottesville Lacrosse HoF
o Seagears headed to an All Star game
o Bears go head-to-head in hockey
o Byrd and Cockrell are hooping it up at the next level.
Bears making trax in professional hoops, AHL and USHL (not pro)
INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS
o Fall Sports
o Varsity Football—WaPo #18; will be updated soon. Maryland Football Foundation’s poll has not been updated since 11/8. Bears win 20th IAC crown.
o Varsity Soccer— (15-2-2; WaPo# 2) wins both the regular season and tournament championships. It is the Bear’s 19th IAC title. Post season awards include team honors and 7 ALL IAC awards and Nico Kenary as the POY. Coach Reed’s report on his team:
2017 VARSITY SOCCER AWARDS
GILLESPIE MEMORIAL AWARD: Peter Gilbert
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER(S): Alex Freed and Nico Kenary
MOST VALUABLE DEFENSIVE PLAYER(S): Michael Branche and Parker Lotstein
MOST VALUABLE OFFENSIVE PLAYERS(S): Noah Hannam and Allan Kupka
MOST IMPROVED: Ryan Fruehwirth
ROOKIE(S) of the YEAR: Tobi Olaniyi and Cooper Johnson
COACHES AWARDS: Davis Walker (Oberg), Charles Nagel (Pipoli), Alex Riel (Erickson), Spencer Davis (Reed)
CAPTAINS FOR 2018 TEAM: Miles Tonkel, ’19, and Will Bou, ‘19
2017 LANDON ALL – I.A.C. PLAYERS
Nico Kenary, centerback (also in 2016)
Alex Freed, goalkeeper
Burke McLaughlin, winger/central midfielder
Drew Parker, winger (also in 2016)
Zach Johnson, forward (also in 2015 and 2016)
Noah Hannam, central midfielder/forward
Allan Kupka, forward (also in 2016)
2017 I.A.C. PLAYER of the YEAR
NICO KENARY
NOTE: several players will also be nominated for All-Met consideration, but that process is still a few weeks from completion. We still have received an online nominating form from the Post yet; probably will know the results by mid-December.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
OVERALL RECORD: 15 – 2 – 2
I.A.C. REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 8 – 1 – 1; Regular season champions
I.A.C. TOURNAMENT RECORD: 2 – 0; #1 seed; Tournament champions
END – OF – SEASON RANKINGS:
WASHINGTON POST: #2
RECORDS SET IN MY 19 YEARS AS HEAD COACH:
MOST GOALS FOR: 44
FEWEST GOALS AGAINST: 7 (3 p.k.’s; 4 total against the run of play)
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE: 0.25
MOST ALL – I.A.C. PLAYERS: 7
o Winter Sports
– Varsity Basketball beat Georgetown Day School 70-60 and we have a report thanks to Vernon Holleman.
– Varsity Ice Hockey (2-0) beat Walter Johnson 12-0 and St. Mary’s Ryken 5-1
– Varsity Indoor Track and Field Episcopal High School Early Bird Invitational, Dec 7, 2017 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Away
– Varsity Swimming and Diving beat The Heights School 98-82
– Varsity Wrestling from Coach Katz
November 29,2017
It was a night of adversity for the Bears. With a lot of talent coming back, we had to forfeit 3 matches. We would have forfeited 5 matches but, underclassmen David Diaz (182) and Eric Cao (220) bumped up a weight to help the team. Both wrestlers did their best, but the opponents still won. We had four starters out due to injuries and weight qualifications.
Despite these issues, the Bears managed to win 42-28.
The match started at 132. Sophomore Patrick Kielb started us off with a second period pin of one of Sidwell’s Senior captains.
The Quakers bounced right back and won at 138 when sophomore Matt Amitay lost 15-3. He was able to get a takedown in the last period to save the team a point.
Senior Luc Schermer won a key match. We bumped him up a weight hoping his experience would help. He won a smart match 6-3 a reversal and back points at the end of the second period.
At 152, Captain Brendon Gallagher won a close match against their best wrestler 5-0.
At 160, Sophomore Marc Schermer won another key match. Go Schermer brothers!! Marc was on his back for about 30 seconds in the second period when he rolled his opponent to his back and put him away.
At 170, Junior Jonny Gherman bumped up a weight to cover injured Jelani Machen. He got the job done and pinned his opponent in the first period. At 195, Senior Joel Desroches received a forfeit.
At 120, Junior Axel Giron also received a forfeit. The last match was quick when Sophomore Lorenzo Lopez pinned his man in less than a minute.
In exhibition matches, we went 3/6 as several of our freshmen got some needed experience on the mat. We got 2 wins from Junior Terrance Bridgers (285) and one from Sophomore Jerrold Johnson (160). All three wins were pins.
Go Bears!
December 1 & 2,2017
The Bear wrestling team continues to earn the experience needed to be a championship team. We sent all available wresters to two different tournaments this weekend. Five wrestlers were entered into the 18 team Ray Oliver Tournament hosted by the McDonogh School of Baltimore. We took 10thplace out of 18 teams with 5 wrestlers.
We had two in the finals of this prestigious tournament. At 120, Axel Giron (2-1 for the day) wrestled well as he lost in the finals to the second ranked wrestler in MD from Archbishop Spalding. At 126, Lorenzo Lopez (3-0) won the tournament. In the finals, he earned a reversal with about 25 seconds left to win 2-0.
At 132, Patrick Kielb (0-2) had a tough tournament as he faced two very tough wrestlers. Patrick did not go down without a fight. He hit a beautiful headlock on his first opponent, and almost tossed his second opponent with a body lock.
At 152, Captain Brendon Gallagher (3-2) took fourth place. He lost in the semi-finals in a tough match from a wrestler from Salesianum, DE. Brendon has now officially become the wrestler with the most career wins in Landon wrestling history. Mike Kelly’08 had 117 wins. Brendon finished the tournament at 119 wins. Congratulations, sorry Mike, your ten-year record has been broken!
At 160, Jonny Gherman (2-2) earned a couple of wins in one of the toughest weigh-classes in the tournament. He lost to one of the top wrestlers in Preps and one of the top rated wrestlers in MD
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At the Holloway tournament hosted by St. James, the Bears took 9th out of 13 schools. This was a Varsity tournament where the rest of the team was able to enter. At 113, Junior Patrick Townsend made his season debut at weight. He went 2-2 for the day and he was eliminated in an overtime match. At 138, we had 4 wrestlers entered.
Freshman Nicholas Kopp earned his first victory of his career.
Sophomore Matt Amitay went 4-1 and earned 3rd place. Senior Luc Schermer went 3-1 and lost in overtime in the finals. Sophomores Marc Schermer (152) and Jerrold Johnson (160) both went 2-2 for the day. Senior Nick Haller (195) went 1-2 for the day.
The other wrestlers who participated and gained valuable experience were Jake Kowitz (138), Lucas MacDonald (145), Jack Bradley (160), David Diaz (170), and Eric Cao (195). Overall, it was a good weekend.
Next week, we have a busy week. We have our first home dual against Wilson High on Tuesday. Both JV and Varsity will wrestle. The Varsity will participate Friday and Saturday in the Mad Mats Tournament at Magruder High School in Derwood, MD. The JV will wrestle in a JV Jamboree at Episcopal on Thursday.
BEAR TRACKS
Spring Sports
Lacrosse
Ryan Curtis (L96, UVa00, UVM Lacrosse Coach 2006-2016, Westminster School Coach 2016- ) was inducted into the Charlottesville Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Fall Sports
Football (10) 2 Bears graduating, 8 returning plus Class of 2017 (?)
o Dominique Seagears (L14), CB, Trinity Bantams, (8-1). ALL NESCAC 1ST TEAM DEFENSIVE BACK has been selected to the Tazon de Estrellas All-Star Game and several Bears donated towards his trip to Mexico
Winter Sports
Pro Basketball –LNB Pro ABasketball Champions League
Darion Atkins (L 11) SIG Strasbourg, France (7-5) lost to Boulazac (102-109); DA:started, 21:25 minutes, 17 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist,.
College Basketball
Aaron Byrd (L’15) Augusta University Jaguars (3-3) beat Georgia College 51-50 started , 34 minutes, 6 points, 4 reb, 3 assists, 1 steal
Tone Cockrell (L’17) Marywood Pacers (4-2) lost to Gwynedd Mercy 77- 84, 12 minutes, 2 reb, 1 block; beat Cairn 77-73, 19 min., 10 pts, 1 reb, 1 assist
Coach Christian Webster, (L09) Va Tech (7-1) Assistant Coach
Coach Joe McDonald (L12), GWU (3-4) Director of Player Development
Ice Hockey
College (4)
o Connor Meike (L’12) Williams Eph Men (5-0) D, beat Tufts 4-2, beat Conn College 7-2 played in both
o Jack Barton (L’14), Skidmore Thoroughbreds (1-9-1) F, DNP
o Chris Javens (L’13), Skidmore Thoroughbreds (1-6-1) D, played in both
o Christian Meike, (L’14) Michigan Wolverines (7-6-1) D, played against Patrick Giles and the USA Hockey’s NTDP in a 7-3 win, Patrick scored 2
College Club (1)
o Jacob Ruttenberg (’15), Tufts Club, no news
AHL
Sam Anas (L11) Iowa Wild (11-8-3) Sam has 3 goal and 7 assists in 16 games
USHL Hockey
Swimming (2)
Jack Chlopak, (L17) Connecticut College Camels, no longer on roster?
Jason Tang, (L17) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineers,4-1, at its Winter Invitational day #1, the Engineers are in 1st place. Jason came in 5th in a 1650 Yard Freestyle at 16:31.88
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