BearSportsNews Sunday Edition 12.02.2018

MOVING TO WINTER SPORTS FOCUS

[APOLOGIES for missing last week; result a full Sunday Edition.]

HIGHLIGHTS

• Football –All IACs with 8 Bears

• Cross Country 7^th at Maryland States

• Soccer names 2019 season captain

• Basketball Hockey and Wrestling all start with wins

• Tracking 48 Bears playing college sports

  • Isher Gill and the GWU Colonials made it to the NCAA quarterfinals water polo with a 23-7 record.

  • Keith Simms Ducks SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

• Parker and Kenyon lose in shoot out in NCAC final

• Byrd and Cockrell major roles for their basketball teams

• Cui and Peraza hit the pools

• Connor Meike, Patrick Giles and Sam Anas contribute to their hockey teams

• Ruggers made it to playoffs and James Johnston played in Bangkok

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS

• Fall Sports

• Football (8-1)— Bears #12 in WaPo and 8 Bears earn ALL IAC:

• Cross-country– 7th place finish at the Maryland Private School State Championships, with Michael Gilbert ‘20 earning All-State honors!

• Soccer– Junior LB/CB Marc Schermer was selected by his teammates and coaches as a captain for the 2019 season.

• Winter Sports

  • Basketball-(2-0) 78-74 win over Wakefield School and then beat host St.Andrews Episcopal School 58-55 in Championship game

  • Hockey– (2-0) beat Paul’s 9-1 and then Wootton 11-2—St. John’s next Friday at the Bears’ Den. Very deep team

• Swimming and Diving– 2 matches but no report- not even a TWITTER account.

• Wrestling – (1-0) FROM COACH KATZ– Welcome back to another season of wrestling.  As defending IAC champions, we hope to repeat for a second year.  We have a core of top wrestlers that will lead the way!  Tonight, it was an exciting match for the Bears in their first home match.  The match was live streamed from the wrestling room. I will let you know if future matches will also be live streamed and how to access it.  I did not realize they were starting tonight.

Our line-up was comprised of 7 seasoned veterans and 7 first year or second year wrestlers.  Tonight was an excellent example of how individuals have an impact on our community by getting involved and finding ways to contribute.  Our season as a team will depend on guys stepping up to help out the team who do not necessarily have much experience on the mat.

Sidwell Friends

The match started at 195 where first year sophomore Damion Ming.  Strong, athletic, and a good center of gravity was not enough to beat Sidwell’s top wrestler.

At 220, first year Senior Miles Tonkel made his debut and ended the match in 1:45.  I think it was the longest 1:45 seconds that Miles ever experienced as he was exhausted coming off the mat.

At 285, we bumped 2^nd year wrestler Eric Cao to face the second toughest guy on the team.  Eric demonstrated toughness but could not overcome the 60 pound difference.

       At 106, first year freshman, Zac Osmond, put up a good fight against an experienced opponent. He earned his first takedown and almost made it the full 6 minutes.  We then started the chain of pain….

Second year Sophomore Nate Zola (113) pinned in the second period,

Senior Patrick Townsend (120) won by forfeit,

Senior Axel Giron (126) pinned in 1:06, Junior Lorenzo Lopez pinned in 18 seconds,

 Freshman Mansoor Delane (138) pinned in 28 seconds,

Junior Patrik Kielb pinned in 51 seconds, & Junior Lucas Anderson (152) pinned in 2:56.

At 160, Junior Marc Schermer lost a back and forth battle with a tough wrestler.

The Bears ended strong with two more pins at 170 (Junior Jerrold Johnson) in 3:43,

and the final match was Senior Jelani Machen (182) who pinned his guy in 26 seconds.

 Final score 60-24.

This weekend, we have the team splitting between two tournaments so everyone will get some mat time.  Four of our most experienced wrestlers with travel to McDonogh for the very challenging Ray Oliver tournament. The rest of the team will compete at the Holloway tournament at the St. James School.

McDonogh Results

BEAR TRACKS

Basketball (6)

Professional Basketball (1)

Darion Atkins (L 11) Hapoel Holon, season not started

College Basketball (2)

Aaron Byrd (L’15) Augusta University (3-2), lost to Barton 73-55, beat Paine 64-62; beat Benedict 104-75; lost to Bowie State 55-62; Aaron has started every game, averaging 19.8 minutes, 5.4 points, 1.6 rebs. And total of 5 assists and 3 staels.

Tone Cockrell (L’17) Marywood Pacers, (5-3) played all 8 games, 22.6 minutes, 9.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and a total of 32 assists and 12 steals.

College Coaching

Coach Christian Webster, (L09) #13  Va Tech (5-1) Assistant Coach

Coach Joe McDonald (L12), is coaching at the high school level in NJ

Football (10)

Mark Ebo, L16, DL, College of the Holy Cross, Crusaders (5-6) started 11 games, 13 tackles, 7 assists, 4 TFLs and 3 QBH

Joseph Gagnon, L16, DL, Washington and Lee University, Generals (5-4)

Maanik Lal, L17, FB, Bucknell University, Bison (1-9),

Jack Porter, L17, WR, Dickinson College, Red Devils (4-6)

Mac Hollensteiner, L18, OL, Georgetown University, Hoyas (5-5)

Bryce Baylor, L18, RB, Dickinson College, Red Devils Red Devils (4-6)

Paul Padalino L14, Richmond University, Spiders- injury has removed him from playing roster, now a player/coach (3 -7)

Keith Simms, L16, LB University of Oregon, Ducks (8 -4) season- 12 GP, 10 solo, 13 assist, 1 FF WINNER OF THE SPECIAL TEAMS AWARD

BOLD BOWL PREDICTION REDBOX BOWL: OREGON V. MICHIGAN STATE at Santa Clara {not Keith’s prediction, mine 😉 }

Kolby Williams L14, OL, Richmond University, Spiders (3 -7)

College Coaching

Justin Cort, L13, Assistant to Head Coach, Morehead State 3-7

Golf (4)

Mike Blasey L15, Davidson University, off until February

Morgan Egloff L15, Rollins College, Tars,

Kiawah Island Invitational

John Kalavritinos, L17, Bucknell University, Bison, resumes in February

Evan Katz, ’17, #3 Duke University February in Hawai’i

Ice Hockey (7)

College (3)

Connor Meike (L’12) Williams Eph Men 3-1, played all games

Christian Meike, (L’14) #11 Michigan Wolverines (6-5-2)

Patrick Giles (L*18) Boston College (3-6-1), 8 games played, 2 assists; in win over archrival BU, Patrick had 4 shots

College Club(1)

Jacob Ruttenberg (’15), Tufts Club,

AHL

Sam Anas (L11) Iowa Wild (12-4-3-1), played in 19 games, has 3 goals, 8 assists and a shoot-out winning goal Sam now has 100 points in the AHL.

Rugby (7)

Tommy Baldwin L18, #19 Bucknell Bison 6-2

Joel Desroches L18, #12  Ithaca College, Bombers, 5-0. Was seeded in NSCRO, lost in second round, but won to earn 3^rd place

Aiden Howe L18, St. Mary’s College of California Gaels played Navy and Cal Berkley

Wesley Pan L16 VA Tech, Hokies 3-2

Parker Swensrud L18, #21 4-1Denver University, Pioneers,

Max Spiritos L17, Illinois defeated Minnesota 55-14, Illinois RFC

Trevor Wolf L15 Denver University, Pioneers, injured

James Johnson L11 playing in Bangkok for­­__?__

Soccer (8)

Charles Branche III, L16 #22/26 Ohio Wesleyan University, Battlin’ Bishops (13-4-2) All-North Coast Athletic Conference Honorable mention all-league

Michael Branche L18, Dayton University, Flyers (9-6-4) season complete

Taylor Diaz, L15, Allegheny College, Gators (6-10-2) season complete

Noah Hannam, L18, Middlebury College, Panthers (10-3-3) season complete

Nico Kenary, L18, Amherst College, Mammoths (12-4-1) Season complete

Allan Kupka, L18, Denison University, Big Red (7-8-2) Season complete

Burke McLaughlin, L18, Denison University, Big Red (7-8-2 Season complete

Drew Parker, L16, Kenyon College, 18-1-3 # lost in shootout NCAC Championship finals Carnegie Mellon; played in 12 games, 240 minutes and 1 Goal

Alex Riel, L18, Allegheny College, Gators -(6-10-2) season complete

Swimming (3)

              Jason Tang, L17 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3-1) [not on roster]

Sky Cui, L18, Vassar College, 2-2; has competed in 50, 200, 500, 1000 free; 50, 100 back; 200 breast with finish as high as 3rd

Max Peraza, L18, Sewanee: The University of the South, 1-2 in duals and 1^st and 2^nd in multiple team meets

Water Polo (2)

Isher Gill, L16 #11 George Washington University. Colonials (23-7) HISTORIC SEASON, NCAA quarterfinals losing to Stanford, Isher recorded a steal. 11 goals, 4 assists, 8 steals

Rahul Gill, L16. Connecticut College, Camels (4-19)