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BearSportsNews Sunday Edition 2.24.2019 revised with more wrestling news
HIGHLIGHTS
Bears within the White Rocks
Hockey upsets #1 DeMatha and battles Gonzaga
Wrestling at Lehigh
Tracking Bears OUTSIDE THE White Rocks
Some hoops and hockey players have finished seasons
Joey Epstein earns Big 10 Freshman of the Week and notches 4 pts against UNC to lead JHU to a win.
INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS
Winter Sports
Basketball (15-9)
Hockey-(13-7-1)
That win moved the Bears up to WaPo #7 Gonzaga, which was now the WaPo#1. Landon scored first but fought to a close 1-2 loss. The Purple Eagles beat their opponents 5-1 in the finals. The four Bear seniors help transfer a standard of excellence for their Brothers.
Squash
Swimming and Diving
Indoor Track & Field
Wrestling –WaPo#11(18-5)
30-team Maryland Independent Schools State Tournament was won by Mount St. Joseph for the third straight year Interstate Athletic Conference champion Bullis (seventh),Landon (ninth) and Georgetown Prep (12th) all competed on Feb. 16.
From Coach Katz via twitter at Nationals
.Axel, Matt and Jonny still going in the consolations. Landon Bear season comes to an end. Lorenzo went the furthest as he lost in the blood round by a PA boy.
The IAC championship was a day filled with ups and downs. On paper, it was anybody’s game and the final results will come down to bonus points between Bullis and Landon. The lead changed back and forth the entire day, but the difference in each round was less than 2 points. Both teams had pins unexpectedly, decisions when they were expected to pin, underdog wins, and unexpected losses. Senior Patrick Townsend (120) was seeded 3rd and revenged an earlier loss to make the finals. Jerrold Johnson (170) also was seeded 3rd and made the finals with a big win in the semi-finals. Sophomore Dameon Ming (195), Junior Patrick Kielb (145) and Junior Marc Schermer (152) had a big pins in the consolation round to earn needed bonus points to keep us in the run. Sophomore Eric Cao had a battle at 220 in the consolation finals but gave up a takedown in the final seconds. Townsend, Matt Amitay (138), and Johnson all wrestled well in the finals but came in second. In the end, we had the most champions with 4. Axel Giron (126), Lorenzo Lopez (132), Jonny Gherman (160), and Jelani Machen (182) all repeated their IAC titles with dominant fashion. In the finals, Axel won by a major decision, Lorenzo and Jonny both pinned. Jelani (ranked #5 in MD) won a tough 7-3 decision over the #7 ranked wrestler in MD. The Bears represented our school well and left it all on the mat. I am proud of their effort and continue to expect great things in the post-season.
Count down……
Jonny Gherman is at 97 victories
Jelani Machen is at 96 victories
Final Placements:
106 Zac Osmond 3rd
120 Patrick Townsend 2nd
126 Axel Giron Champion 2x IAC Champ
132 Lorenzo Lopez Champion 3x IAC Champ
138 Matt Amitay 2nd
145 Patrick Kielb 3rd
152 Marc Schermer 4th
160 Jonny Gherman Champion 2x IAC Champ
170 Jerrold Johnson 2nd
182 Jelani Machen Champion 2x IAC Champ
195 Dameon Ming 4th
220 Eric Cao 4th
February Feb 7&8, and Feb 15&16,
At the Melee on the Metro, the team finished in 8th place out of 22 teams with only 9 wrestlers entered. Several starters were out with injury. We definitely could have used a few more point scorers. We were only 11 points away from being in the top 6. We did score 9.5 points higher than Bullis, even with our limited line-up. Wyoming Seminary won the tournament (they are ranked #3 in the Nation), even with some “second stringers” in their line-up. We had four finalist who lost close matches. Axel Giron lost to #7 ranked National prep wrestler from Germantown Academy (PA) 7-3. Lorenzo Lopez lost 4-0 to the #4 ranked National Prep wrestler from St. Christopher’s (VA). Jonny Gherman lost by pin to #3 ranked prep wrestler in VA. Jelani Machen 5-2 to a top wrestler from Wyoming Seminary (PA). We had two other place winners in Matt Amitay 5th place, and first year wrestler Miles Tonkel 4th place. Miles avenged a loss to IAC champion from Episcopal from the week before. Of note, Jonny Gherman earned his 100th victory.
At the Maryland Independent State tournament, the team placed 9th out of 30 teams. We again were short-handed. We had only 8 wrestlers competing and we were 25 points from being in the top 6. Of the 8 wrestling, #8 seed Patrick Kielb got injured in the first period of the first round. He managed to win that match with a come from behind pin, but could not continue in the tournament. Senior Patrick Townsend ended his career with a good performance. He was one takedown away from making the podium. In the end, we qualified 5 wrestlers for National Preps (the most qualifiers on record). It was one more than last year’s IAC champion team. Axel Giron (126) placed 4th, Lorenzo Lopez (132) placed 5th, Matt Amitay (138) place 6th, Jonny Gherman(160) place 4th, and Jelani Machen(170) placed 4th. This tournament is by far the toughest qualifying tournament. Team champion Mount Saint Josephs qualified all 14 wrestlers with 13/14 in semi-finals. They had 8 in the finals with 4 champions. Of note, Senior Jonny Gherman makes it to the podium after several years of losing in the blood round. Jelani Machen earned his 100th victory. He also becomes a 3x state place winner (6,4,4). Only 7 other Landon wrestlers have achieved this feat. Mike Petrash ’01 (4,5,2), Will Defrancis ’03 (5,4,3), Alex Young ’03 (6,6,5,5), Mike Kelly’08 (6,6,4) Trey Smith ’08 (6,7,4), Jarett Witzal ’15 (8,6,2), and Brendon Gallagher ’18 (5,4,2,2) Axel Giron’s career record continues to increase to 167 victories. He also earns his third state placement with one being in public school (2 PS, 3, 4). Congrats to the boys and we are hoping for some place winners at National Preps next week.
Spring Sports
Baseball 1st game v. BCC March 5 @ 4:30pm home
Golf 1st match v. Good Counsel @ 3pm at Bethesda Country Club
Lacrosse 1st game vs. St. Johns March 5 @4:15 home
Outdoor Track and Field 1st match at SSSA March 14 @ 4pm
Rugby 1st match v. Ron Brown High School at Home March 7 4:30pm
Tennis 1st match v. Woodrow Wilson at Home March 7 at 4pm
BEAR TRACKS
Basketball (6)
Professional Basketball (1)
Darion Atkins (L 11) Hapoel Holon, (14-4 2nd place Israeli Basketball Premier League; Champions League 7-6. The Google Gods could not find any news on DA or his team
College Basketball (2)
Aaron Byrd (L’15) Augusta University (21-0), team’s recent record is 6-0 and AB started the last game. Aaron’s played 25 games, averaged 16.9 min, 6.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.0 apg, 19 steals (season)
Tone Cockrell (L’17) Marywood Pacers, (16-10) lost in Atlantic East semifinal to Marymount 64-71, played 18 min,7 pts, 1 stl; season played 25 games, started 2, averaged 20.8 min, 7.9 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 73 assts.(season)
College Coaching
Coach Christian Webster, (L09) #20 Va Tech (20-6) Assistant Coach
Coach Joe McDonald (L12), is coaching at the high school level in NJ.
Ice Hockey (7)
College (3)
Connor Meike (L’12) Williams Eph Men 14-9-2. Team is 0-3-1 over the last 4 games with three O/Ts Lost in NESCAC semifinals in O/T to Hamilton. The senior played in all 25 games, had 3 As and 10 PIMs. In his career CM played 48 games and 7 pts.
Christian Meike, (L’14) Michigan Wolverines (13-12-6)
Patrick Giles (L*18) Boston College (10-17-3), 28 games played 1G 4A, 5 blocks
College Club(2)
Jacob Ruttenberg (’15), Tufts Club,
Alex Norwinski (’15) Liberty University 12-5-1 17 games played, 7G 10A
AHL
Sam Anas (L11) Iowa Wild (28-16-6-5; 67 pts ;2nd in conference. Played 39 games, 9G, 14 A,
Swimming (2)
Sky Cui, L18, Vassar College, 3-5, in Liberty League Championships 58.48 in 100 Free placed for the Brewers
Max Peraza, L18, Sewanee: The University of the South, 3-3 team was 4th at SAA championships.
Spring Sports
Lacrosse
Joey Epstein L18 JHU named Big Ten Freshman of the Week
Against the Tar Heels (2/12), #32 had 2G, 2a and 3GBs
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