BEARSPORTSNEWS SUNDAY EDITION

DECEMBER 22,2023

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE IN THE BEAR COMMUNITY 

The12/24/2023 edition is being posted early (12/23) and will be shorter than usual; Bear’65 heading out to be with family 12/23 

HIGHLIGHTS

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS— 

• Hockey wins one in Philly

• Basketball shows grit in 2 tough losses

• Wrestling off until Damacus 12/27

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

• FOOTBALL—2 coaches 2 FOOTBALL COACHES, 1 NFL J-E-T-S, App State Div.  

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

• GOLF–3

• 2 Developmental Pros 

• 1 Div. I player  

• 1 Div. III player 

• SWIMMING- 1 Div. I; 2 Div. III 

• RUGBY

• 2 players 

  • WINTER SPORTS 

• BASKETBALL–5

• I PRO in Italy 

• I COLLEGE DIV. I COACH

• 2 DIV. I {both leading teams} and 3 DIV. III PLAYERS– all played 

• HOCKEY-10

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

• COLLEGE: 1 Div. I played; 3 Div. III 2 played 

• COACHING: 1 Div. III, 1 ACHA Div. 2

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

• CLUB-2

• WRESTLING-1

• Div. III hits the mats with wins

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS

BASKETBALL— Coach Franklin’s team tied up game v. WWHS at the buzzer and barely lost in O/T 67-70 and then battled in a Holiday Tournament in Charlottesville– 

HOCKEY—Coach Parker’s skaters won St. Joseph’s 5-3 in Philadelphia Jack LiCalsi great game in net. Goals – Reid, Christian D.x2, Christian B. and Watts. 

SWIMMING—COACH Ros splash next year 

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

WRESTLING—Coach Katz’s mat men go to DAMACUS 12/27. 

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 

2024 Indoor  

18 

3:35.10 

Football Coaches 2

Coach Padalino, the younger App State won the trophy at Avocados from Mexico Cure Bowl against Miami (OH)

Rugby

THANKS TO COACH OBERG, we learn that TY REYES eschews his Bear sports, football, wrestling and lax-to-rugby, to concentrate on Penn State Rugby. Doing well!!! 

Brian White, L’23, Robert Morris (3-2) season complete 

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; the 11/28 US Open meet 

Ethan Tun L21 Carleton– The Knights are in Puerto Rico TRAINING!!! 

Edward Ha, Hamilton 

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, Regio Emilia Div. (7-5, 12 GP, 20.8 min/g., 7.0 pts/g, 3.8 reb/g, 1.7 asst/g, 0.8 blk/g 

• College Coach-1

Christian Webster L09, VaTech Assistant Coach (7-3) 

• College-5

Canin Reynolds L ‘20 Amherst College Mammoths (7-3): #2 junior— played 59 min., 4 pts., 6 A, 8 reb; next game 12/29 

Kino Lilly L21 Brown Bears (3-9) #10 junior; 11 GS, 1 Game Injured, 38.3 min/g*, 18.8 pts/g*, 2.5 assists/g, 2.6 reb/g, 0.72 steal/g; *leads team;  

Mike Gray, L22, Lynchburg (6-5), #30; 7 GP, 54 min,  2.1 ppg, 0.7reb/g,  

Tyler Perkins, L23 University of Pennsylvania (7-5); #11, freshman; 13 GS, 30.4 min/g, 15.4 pts/, 2.3asst/g, 6.3 reb/g, 1.6 steals/g*; *leads team. 

Christos Palkogiannis, L23, California Institute of Technology (1-9), #33, FRESHMAN; 2 GS, 2GP, 16.25 min/g.  4.5 ppg, 1.8 reb/g, 1.2 asst/g, 1.2 steal/g 

HOCKEY 11

Professional Ice Hockey-2

Sam Anas L’ 11, #77 HC Dinamo Minsk KHL (20-3-3); #77 37games team tied for 1st, 11 goals and 11 assists 

Patrick Giles L*18 #36 Charlotte Checkers (13-10-1-0) played in 24 games, 4goals 2 assist

Div. III Men’s Hockey Coach-1

Kim Weiss, Assistant Coach for Trinity College (her alma mater) men’s team, 7 -2-0  

• 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 (4-7-1) #19-5 games played 1 assist, 2 shots, 3 blk

• Division III–3

Oscar Smink L’21; Amherst College Mammoths (5-3-0): #6 – 2 GP, 2 shots, 1 blk

Ethan Goldman, L’21; Connecticut Camels (3-5-0) #13 

Kareem Al-Azem L*20; Connecticut College Camels (3-5-0) #7 played 8 games 1 G 4 A 8 blk

• Development Hockey 2

Will Lawrence L*22, #88 NAHL Johnstown Tomahawks,assistant captain, 15-11-1-1; #88 28 GP  8 G, 17A 2nd in team assists and 2nd T in points

JH Lages L*21, #6 South Shore Kings USPHL Premier  1GP 

• Club Hockey

Ty Morton L20? Ohio University, ACHA MD2, 2 GP 

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

ATLANTIC COAST COLLEGIATE HOCKEY LEAGUE 

Owen Calderone L’23 LSU club  

WRESTLING 

David LaPrade, L23, Williams College (0-4)