BEARSPORTSNEWS SUNDAY EDITION

January 14,2023

HAPPY NEW YEARS TO EVERYONE IN THE BEAR COMMUNITY  

HIGHLIGHTS

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS—

• Varsity teams just starting up after holidays.

• Hockey beats SSSA 13-0 and then Bullis 3-2

• Basketball beats St. Andrews in an IAC sweep of MAC

• Wrestling dominates a Quad and then beats GP.

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

• SOCCER– Pro—1 rostered and scoring on EPL U21club getting great reviews

• GOLF–3

• HOCKEY

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

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  • COLLEGE: 1 Div. I played; 3 Div. III all teams back in action

  • COACHING: 1 Div. III, 1 ACHA Div. 2

  • DEVELOPMENTAL—2 and one wears the team A and 2ND in assists T 2nd in points

  • CLUB-3

• SWIMMING- 1 Div. I; 2 Div. III — earning some 1st’s

• WINTER SPORTS

• BASKETBALL–5

  • I PRO in Italy 

  • I COLLEGE DIV. I COACH

  • 2 DIV. I {BOTH LEADING TEAMS AND IVY LEAGUE} and 3 DIV. III PLAYERS– HOCKEY-10

• WRESTLING-1

  • Div. III earned points for the Ephmen

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS

BASKETBALL— Coach Franklin’s team in IAC/MAC challenge beat St. Andrews Win 57 – 56 in an IAC sweep of the MAC teams 

HOCKEY—Coach Parker’s skaters earned 1st 2 IAC wins bearing SSSA 13-0 and then a tough win over Bullis: 

SWIMMING—COACH Ros splash next year 

TRACK—Coach Calahan’s runners hit the track next year 

WRESTLING—Coach Katz ‘s squad dominated an IAC quad and then they Bear-handled Georgetown Prep–50 – 27; Trip to Baltimore and the mats of Gilman.

Phase 2 of the season has begun…. After attending several competitive tournaments in the preseason, January is designed for duals and league competition.  The league changed its rule that you can wrestle more than 1 league match in a day so we had a quad planned with 3 IAC schools: Bullis, St. Stephens St. Agnes, and St Albans.  On Wednesday, St Albans communicated that due to injuries and sickness they are forfeiting the matches. So, we were 1-0 in the IAC without even wrestling.  Luckily, I was able to pick up Washington Latin to fill the spot.  In the first round we wrestled a solid Bullis.  They only had 7 wrestlers, but most of them are very good.  We did not wrestle well, and their wrestlers matched up with our less experienced wrestlers. The key win was the return of State Champion Will Levy.  He pinned his opponent in the third period to seal the match.  Final score: 48-32. For round 2, the Bears reset for their match with a much improved St. Stephens St. Agnes. The match started at 190 where DP Pope received a forfeit.  The match of the night was at 215. Junior Captain Tiller Smith defeated a returning Prep National place winner and state finalist in Privates in Virginia in 2023. He beat him twice.  At the end of the second period, Tiller was in a scramble and put his opponent on his back.  The ref called a pin, but it was loud enough in the gym, there was question whether the buzzer rang or not.  The ref was not sure and let the wrestlers continue. In the end, Tiller scored a takedown in the 3^rd period for a 6-5 victory.  At 285, first year wrestler Bahesh Kurbanov had an exciting match as well.  He also scored a takedown in the third period for 13-12 win that went back and forth. These two victories got the ball rolling…. At 106 Dennis Leary won by technical fall, 113 Domingo Escudero, 120 James Hanley, 126 Joe Papalia, 132 Theo Shockey all won by pin.  At 138, Max Murray won a decisive 9-3 decision. Seniors 144 Will Levy, 165 Owen Kelly, and 175 Nate Furgeson ended the match with pins for a final score of 62-9. In the last round, Washington Latin only had 8 wrestlers.  We won 6 of the 8.  Tiller Smith, Dennis Leary, Joe Papalia, Theo Shockey, Will Levy, and Conner Koegel all won by fall.  The final score was 66-9. 

[APOLOGIES: my internet connection in the Mediterranean and Atlantic were erratic; so, the level of detail suffered.]

BEAR TRACKS

Cross Country/Track and Field -2

• Asim Hakim-Florian, L’23 Colgate University – next match 2024 

• Sam Cohen, L’23, Tulane University- thanks to Coach Hunt 

SOCCER- 7

Professional Soccer 1

• Kristian Fletcher L’23: DC United forward/ Swansea City U21 no new news 

Swimming-3

Jacob Rosner L19 Northwestern senior; meet on 01/13 

Ethan Tun L21 Carleton– The Knights lost to Gustavus Adolphus  171-127 and Ethan pulled off a double “prevailing in both the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM. 

Edward Ha, Hamilton is at a multiteam meet with RIT/Wesleyan/Ithaca 

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-

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

• Professional –1 

Darion Atkins #44 L11, Reggio Emilia Div. (8-6, 15 GP, 20.1 min/g., 6.7 pts/g, 3.7 reb/g, 1.5 asst/g, 0.7 blk/g 

• College Coach-1

Christian Webster L09, VaTech Assistant Coach (10-5) 

• College-5

Canin Reynolds L ‘20 Amherst College Mammoths (9-7): #2 junior— 5 GP, 38.0 min/g, 0.8 pts/game., 1.8 APg , 1.8 reb/game 

Kino Lilly L21 Brown Bears (4-12) #10 junior; 15 GS, 1 Game Injured, 38.1 min/g*, 19.5 pts/g*, 2.7 assists/g*, 2.6 reb/g, 0.65 steal/g; *leads team;  

Mike Gray, L22, Lynchburg (9-7), #30; 7 GP, 66 min, 3.4 ppg, 0.8reb/g,  

Tyler Perkins, L23 University of Pennsylvania (9-7); #11, freshman; 16 GS, 30.1 min/g, 14.8 pts/, 2.17asst/g, 5.8 reb/g, 1.6 steals/g*; *leads team.  

Christos Palkogiannis, L23, California Institute of Technology (1-12), #33, FRESHMAN; 2 GS, 2GP, 15.5 min/g.  5.0 ppg, 2.5 reb/g, 2.0 asst/g, 

HOCKEY 11

Professional Ice Hockey-2

Sam Anas L’ 11, #77 HC Dinamo Minsk KHL (25-3-1-1-3); #77 47 games team tied for 1st, 15 goals and 21 assists 

Patrick Giles L*18 #36 Charlotte Checkers (17-13-4-0) played in 30 games, 6 goals, 3assist

Div. III Men’s Hockey Coach-1

Kim Weiss, Assistant Coach for Trinity College (her alma mater) men’s team, 11-2-0 ranked 10th in Div. III 

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 (6-10-1) #19- 6 games played 2 assist, 3 shots, 3 blk

• Division III–3

Oscar Smink L’21; Amherst College Mammoths (8-5-0): #6 – 5 GP, 1 assist, 6 shots, 2 blk 

Ethan Goldman, L’21; Connecticut Camels (5-5-2) #13 

Kareem Al-Azem L*20; Connecticut College Camels (5-5-2) #7 played 12 games 1 G 5 A 12 blk

• Development Hockey 2

Will Lawrence L*22, #88 NAHL Johnstown Tomahawks,assistant captain, 20-13-1-1; #88 35 GP  10 G, 19A 2nd 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 

Owen Calderone L’23 LSU club 

 Riley Knebel L’22 UVA Club hockey 4-7; 3-6 in league matches Atlantic Coast Hockey League

Zaahir Kahn L’22 GMU club hockey 

ATLANTIC COAST COLLEGIATE HOCKEY LEAGUE 

WRESTLING 

David LaPrade, L23, Williams College (0-7) David was 1-1 in Williams Open, and then pinned his Cortland State opponent