BEARSPORTSNEWS SUNDAY EDITION

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Feb 10, 2024
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February 11,2024

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS—

Eight seniors announce college commitments in 4 sports
Hockey wrecks St. John’s undefeated MAPHL season with a convincing 3-1 win
Basketball has a tough week
Wrestling retains IAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP for 3rd consecutive year
Swimming and Diving record wins and personal bests
Squash earns 2024 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP—full season write-up

BEAR TRACKS

—27 Bears in 9 sports and 4 levels (5 pros included)

SOCCER– Pro—1 back with DC United and in Saudia Arabia for pre-season scrimmages.
SWIMMING- 1 Div. I; 2 Div. III
WINTER SPORTS
BASKETBALL–5

I PRO in Italy
I COLLEGE DIV. I COACH
2 DIV. I {BOTH HAVE STATS LEADING TEAMS AND IVY LEAGUE}
3 DIV. III PLAYERS–

HOCKEY-10

PRO:1 in AHL and 1 KHL— Sam signed for 2 more years in Belarus
COLLEGE: 1 Div. I played; 3 Div. III getting PT
COACHING: 1 Div. III, 1 ACHA Div. 2
DEVELOPMENTAL—2 one wears the team A and 2ND in assists & points
CLUB-2

WRESTLING-1

Div. III grappler

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS

BASKETBALL— Coach Franklin’s Five had a tough week with losses to SSSA, EHS and Bullis

HOCKEY—Coach Parker’s squad defeated MAPHL previously undefeated leader 3-1 in a battle on the ice. IACs start next week.

SWIMMING—COACH Ros’s reports that his Bears did well at WMPSSDL.

TRACK—Coach Brown’s runners no new news

WRESTLING— Four of Coach Katz’s wrestlers clinch their 3rd Consecutive Tournament Championship!!!

IAC CHAMPS for the 3^rd year in a row….5 championships out of the last 6 years. In all my years of coaching at Landon, this is the first IAC championship we earned at home. In previous years, we were in position to but let it slip through our fingers. This year, it was earned. The team faced a lot of adversity this week. We had several starters out sick, skin issues, and injuries. Without Captain Will Levy and stud Junior Theo Shockey, the team had to pull it together and get it done. The rest of the league is sick of losing to us and several teams shifted their tough wrestlers to take us out. The Bears prevailed. The semi-finals were the round that made the difference when several Bears (Escudero, Koegel, and Kelly) beat guys they lost to during the regular season and the team pushed 10 into the finals.

106 Freshman Dennis Leary placed 3^rd

113 Freshman Domingo Escudero placed 2^nd

120 Senior Captain James Hanley CHAMPION— ALL-IAC

126 Sophomore Joe Papalia CHAMPION— ALL-IAC

138 Sophomore Makana Neverosky 2^nd … big day, he filled in for injured Will Levy and almost won

144 Freshman Max Murray CHAMPION— ALL-IAC

150 Sophomore Ryan Zand – wrestled up a weight to help the team, but did not place

157 Junior Connor Koegel placed 2^nd

165 Senior Captain Nate Furgeson placed 2^nd. He was chosen by coaches as ALL-IAC at large

175 Senior Owen Kelly place 2nd

190 Junior DP Pope CHAMPION— ALL-IAC

215 Captain Junior Tiller Smith place 2^nd

285 Senior George Allen placed 3^rd

On Thursday, the IAC varsity championship happened at Landon. There were 10 pools of wrestlers. Landon won 9 of the 10 pools. It was a good week for the Bears!

Congratulations to the following wrestlers who are IAC Varsity B Champs!

Teddy Angelides

Luke Yang

Dario Lotfi

Sam Bynum

Hector Knox

Quincy Paul

Jett Buchanan

Sam Curtis

Zack Zand

Landon named the 4 IAC champions as Bear Athletes of the Week

Even the Washington Post recognized this squad

Landon wrestling marches to IAC title – The Washington Post

Squash

2024 League Champions Coach Miller recounts a very successful season winning their league and playing the local standard–

Led by senior captain CALEB WADE this year’s Landon Varsity Squash team made history. They beat Wakefield for only the second time in school history and they beat Walt Whitman for the first time in history, thus winning their first league title ( CIVL) in school history. They beat Gonzaga, BCC, and the Heights along the way. While the team loses two seniors, Caleb Wade and NICKY HARAZMUS, sophomores ANDREW AMOROSI and ZAK FEKRAT will lead the charge in 2025. The team concluded the season with a battle against EHS. They opened the season with a 0-7 loss to Episcopal but on Thursday night they almost made history again in a 3-4 nailbiter that saw Landon hold a match point with the match tied at 3. This is the first time that Landon squash has played EHS varsity as they have always played the JV in the past.

Second College Commitment announcements—eight talented seniors declare the colleges of their choice—2 basketball, 3 football, 2 lacrosse, and 1 wrestler.

BEAR TRACKS

Cross Country/Track and Field -2

Asim Hakim-Florian, L’23 Colgate University – the Red Raiders competed at Penn State t and are competing at the Boston Valentine meet,

Sam Cohen, L’23, Tulane University- the Green Waves were at a meet at Harvard and today at Vanderbilt

SOCCER- 7

Professional Soccer 1

Kristian Fletcher L’23: DC United ‘s “homegrown” forward is at the US team’s training camp and they have scrimmages in Saudia Arabis against the Suden National team, Al Weda FC, AL-Hilal SC and AL-Fettiqua. “Saudi organizers are covering the team’s expenses and paying an appearance fee…” WaPo

Swimming-3

Jacob Rosner L19 Northwestern senior; B1G 2/28

Ethan Tun Carleton Knights are at U Minnesota meet

BEARS playing College Winter Sports

BASKETBALL-

1pro; 2 DI {both leading teams} ,3 DIII {all playing}; 1 Div. I coach

Professional –1

Darion Atkins #44 L11, Reggio Emilia Div. (11-8), 19 GP, 20.9 min/g., 6.4 pts/g, 3.8 reb/g, 1.3 asst/g, 0.8 blk/g

College Coach-1

Christian Webster L09, VaTech Assistant Coach (13-9)

College-5

Canin Reynolds L ‘20 Amherst Mammoths (14-9): #2 junior— 6 GP, 13.2 min/g, 0.7 pts/game., 1.3 APg , 1.1 reb/game

Kino Lilly L21 Brown Bears (6-15) #10 junior; 20 GS, 1 Game Injured, 37.7 min/g*, 18.8 pts/g*^, 2.95 assists/g*, 2.6 reb/g, .65 steal/g, 59 3PTs*^; *leads team; ^leads Ivies

Mike Gray, L22, Lynchburg (10-13), #30; 10 GP, 6.7 min/g, 1.9 ppg, 0.7 reb/g,

Tyler Perkins, L23 University of Pennsylvania (9-12); #11, freshman;20 GS, 30.3 min/g, 14.6 pts/g^, 2.0 asst/g, 5.7 reb/g, 1.5 steals/g*+; *leads team, ^8th in Ivies, + 4th in Ivies ANOTHER IVY ROW award

Christos Palkogiannis, L23, California Institute of Technology (1-20), #33, FRESHMAN; 11GP 2 GS, 15.4 min/g. 4.5 ppg, 1.5 reb/g, 0.9asst/g,

HOCKEY 16

Professional Ice Hockey-2

Sam Anas L’ 11, #77 HC Dinamo Minsk KHL (23-23-3-2); #77 INJURED 57 games, 20 goals and 24 assists (leads Dynamo in both) SIGNS TO PLAY FOR 2 MORE YEARS–

Patrick Giles L*18 #36 Charlotte Checkers (22-10-4-0) played in 42 games, 8 goals, 6 assists- +2 1 gwg

Div. III Men’s Hockey Coach-1

Kim Weiss, Assistant Coach for Trinity College (her alma mater) men’s team, 17-3-1 ranked 7th in Div. III

College Club Coach and Pro Hockey -1

Alex Norwinski L’15 Liberty University Div II Hockey Coach and Roanoke Rail Yard Dogs (22-10-4-1) 10 GP 1 A

Division I–1

Matthew Brille #19; L*20; Brown (8-13-2) #19- 8 games played, 1 assist, 3 shots, 6 blk

Division III–3

Oscar Smink L’21; Amherst College Mammoths (12-8-1): #6 – 6 GP, 1 assist, 6 shots, 6 blk

Ethan Goldman, L’21; Connecticut College Camels (8-10-2) #13—1GP

Kareem Al-Azem L*20; Connecticut College Camels (8-10-2) #7 played 20 games 1 G 5 A 22 blk

Development Hockey 2

Will Lawrence L*22, #88 NAHL Johnstown Tomahawks,assistant captain, 25-14-1-1; #88 41 GP 16 G, 21A, TIED FIRST in team goals, 2nd in team assists and points

JH Lages L*21,#27, NCDC Twin Cities Thunder 12-22-0-2, 25 GP 7 A