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BearSportsNews Sunday Edition 12.17.2017
HIGHLIGHTS
FALL—in addition to winning both football and soccer crowns, 24 individual Bears earned 40 post season honors, 2 All Mets. 2 IAC PoYs—record for a season?
o Cross-country-4 IAC/Private All State/All MoCo
o Football–
14 on All IACs (1st [7]and 2nd PLUS PoY- John Geppert);
5 All Mets (one 1st [last time 1994] and 4 HMs)
Plus, John Geppert and Mac Hollensteiner to Capital Bowl!!!
o Soccer-
7 All IACs plus PoY – Nico Kenary
2 All Mets (one 1st)
o Water Polo
3 All Eastern Prep (all returning)
2 Academic All American
WINTER—
o Wrestlers win triangular and do well in the Beast of the East
o Hockey has its only game cancelled
o Hoops wins one and losses two close games
Outside the Rocks
Bears making trax in basketball, hockey and swimming plus a special recognition for a Bear
Bears making trax in professional hoops, AHL and USHL (not pro)
INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS
o Fall Sports—Post Season Honors
– Cross Country
o Ari Chadda ’18: MD Private All-State, All-IAC, All-Montgomery County
o Sam Hanson ’18: All-Montgomery County
o Jace Menendez ’18: MD Private All-State, All-IAC, All-Montgomery County
o Kevin Tsai ’18: MD Private All-State, All-IAC, All-Montgomery County
– Varsity Football—WaPo #16;
o Terrance Bridgers ’19: All-IAC (2nd team)
o Josh Chapman ’19: All-IAC (1st team)
o Zayd Delane ’20: All-IAC (2nd team)
o Joey Epstein ’18: All-IAC (1st team)
o Tejon Ford ’20: All-IAC (2nd team)
o John Geppert ’18: All-Met (honorable mention), IAC Offensive Player of the Year, All-IAC (1st team)
o Alex Hagerup ’18: All-IAC (2nd team)
o Chazz Harley ’19: All-IAC (2nd team)
o Mac Hollensteiner ’18: All-IAC (1st team)
o Greg Johnson ’21: All-IAC (2nd team)
o Jelani Machen ’19: All-Met (honorable mention), All-IAC (1st team)
o Mo Sillah ’18: All-IAC (1st team)
o Davis Walker ’18: All-Met (honorable mention), All-IAC (1st team)
o Jalen Williams ’19: All-Met (first team), All-IAC (1st team)
Plus
John Geppert and Mac Hollensteiner were selected for the Capital Bowl
– Varsity Soccer— (15-2-2; WaPo# 2)
Alex Freed ’18: All-Met (honorable mention), All-IAC
Noah Hannam ’18: All-IAC
Zach Johnson ’18: All-IAC
Nico Kenary ’18: All-Met (first team), IAC Player of the Year, All-IAC
Allan Kupka ’18: All-IAC
Burke McLaughlin ’18: All-IAC
Drew Parker ’18: All-IAC
– Varsity Water Polo
Ford Bruggen ’20: All-Eastern Prep
Simms Henschel ’19: All-Eastern Prep
Sawyer Gouldman ’19: All-Eastern Prep (honorable mention)
Maxim Kapelina ’18: USA Water Polo Academic All-American
Tyler Sweeney ’18: USA Water Polo Academic All-American
o Winter Sports
– Varsity Basketball lost to Walt Whitman 59-62, beat The Heights 83-51 and in a thriller lost to Potomac 62-63. Those are links to full game reports.
– Varsity Ice Hockey (3-1) saw its only match scheduled for the past week cancelled,
– Varsity Indoor Track and Field nothing scheduled until 2018.
– Varsity Swimming and Diving from Coach Bartman: 3 – 1; victories over Sidwell, Heights, and GDS. Strong performances this season so far are from John Popera, Jacob Rosner, Michael Yan, Ethan Tun, Jerry Lu, Edward Ha, Ade Jones, Logan Kalisch, and Armen Sivaslian. Merrick Carey had a season best vs Sidwell on the 1meter.
– Varsity Wrestling from Coach Katz
December 12,2017
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It was another exciting night on the mats. Tonight, both matches were decided on the last two matches. Both victories were a team effort. In the first match, it started at 132 lbs. Patrick Kielb struck first with a pin in 31 seconds. At 138, Matt Amitay dropped a close match 5-2, and Luc Schermer (145) lost 14-5 to a tough opponent. Brendon Gallagher did his thing at 152 with a pin to get us back on track. Jonny Gherman (160) lost another battle 7-4. Forfeits were exchanged at 182 and 285 for Ryken and Nick Haller (195) and Carter Johnson (220) received them for us. At 106, first year wrestler, Nate Zola scored his first takedown, but lost by a pin. Patrick Townsend got another forfeit at 113. The team score was Landon 36 and SMR 28 with two big matches left. At 120, Axel Giron wrestled a 3x state champion and was pinned. The score now was Landon 36 and SMR 34. The last match was between Lorenzo Lopez and ranked Junior. After a tough physical battle Lorenzo came out on top with a 3-1 decision for the team win! Final Score Landon 39 St Marys Ryken 34
In the second match against Bishop Ireton, the drama continued. Matt Amitay won a huge victory with a take down in overtime at 138. Luc Schermer continues to use his senior experience to win smart matches. He won a close one down to the wire at 7-6. Younger brother Marc Schermer stepped in to help the team and earned a decisive pin at 152. We bumped Brendon Gallagher up to 160 and he earned a technical fall 16-0. We bumped Jonny Gherman up to 170 to face their best wrestler. Unfortunately, it did not go his way. Jelani Machen bumped to 182 and got the job done with a pin in 0:57 seconds. Nick Haller received a forfeit at 195. We gave up forfeits at 220, 285, 106 and 132. At 113, Patrick Townsend continues to improve, but faced a tough opponent. Going into the 120 match, the score was Landon 28 Bishop Ireton 29. Axel Giron bounced back from his earlier loss and pinned his opponent to put us up by 5. Lorenzo Lopez sealed the deal with a 6-1 victory of a tough opponent. Final Score Landon 38 Bishop Ireton 36
At the JV level, we had a good night. We went 15-9 with 13 pins. These guys are getting better each week and this experience helped move forward even more. Go Bears! Here is a list of the results:
Jake Kowitz 3-0 with 2 pins
Christian Thomas 0-2
Matthew Fierro 3-0 with 3 pins
Nicholas Kopp 1-1
David Diaz 2-1 with 2 pins
Jerrold Johnson 3-0 with 3 pins
Eric Cao 0-3
Sachin Srikanth 0-2
Terrance Bridgers 2-0 with 2 pins
Marc Schermer 1-0 with 1 pin
Beast of the East
December 16,2017
It is totally understandable why they call this tournament the Beast of the East. There were almost 800 high quality wrestlers from 120 different schools. The number one team in the nation (Blair Academy) is leading the pack so far. We qualified three wrestlers: Axel Giron (120), Lorenzo Lopez (126), and Brendon Gallagher (152). It was a long day with weigh-ins starting at 6:15 am. Unfortunately, all three wrestlers lost close matches. Axel lost by 3, Lorenzo in overtime, and Brendon by 1. In the consolations, all three bounced back and won two matches each. In the third consolation round, all three lost tough matches again. It was a rough day, but in the end, our wrestlers got a little tougher. I am sure this experience will get them one step closer to their end of the year goals at States and Nationals. As the competition is still going, the team is sitting in 86 place out of 120.
Outside of the White Rocks, the Bears wrestling is getting noticed (The Sentential):
Richard Montgomery’s Antonio Pedone grapples with Landon’s Matt Amitay,
BEAR TRACKS
Winter Sports
Pro Basketball –LNB Pro ABasketball Champions League
Darion Atkins (L 11) SIG Strasbourg, France (9-5) beat Portel 80-75); DA:, 15 minutes, 6 points, 2 rebounds.
College Basketball
Aaron Byrd (L’15) Augusta University Jaguars (4-3) next game 12/17
Tone Cockrell (L’17) Marywood Pacers (5-2) beat Penn College 76-56, 15 minutes, 3 points
Coach Christian Webster, (L09) Va Tech (9-2) Assistant Coach; lost to No. 8 Kentucky, 93-86
Coach Joe McDonald (L12), GWU (5-6) Director of Player Development
Ice Hockey
College (4)
o Connor Meike (L’12) Williams Eph Men (5-2) D, next game 12/29
o Jack Barton (L’14), Skidmore Thoroughbreds (1-9-1) F, no games
o Chris Javens (L’13), Skidmore Thoroughbreds (1-9-1) D, no games
o Christian Meike, (L’14) Michigan Wolverines (7-7-2) D, no games
College Club (1)
o Jacob Ruttenberg (’15), Tufts Club, no news
AHL
Sam Anas (L11) Iowa Wild (13-9-5) Sam has 8 goals and 11 assists in 22 games
USHL Hockey
Patrick Giles (L*18) US National U18 (9-6 in USHL) has 8Gs and 11assists.
Swimming (2)
Jack Chlopak, (L17) Connecticut College Camels, injured
Jason Tang, (L17) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineers,4-1, next meet in January.
Happy Holidays
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