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BEARSPORTSNEWS SUNDAY EDITION

March 10,2024

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS—

  • More Winter Sports’ player honor issued

  • SPRING SPORTS STARTED 2 lacrosse games; track team wins; rugby wins its first game.

  • CENTENNIAL CEREMONY FOR THE 1924 SENATORS’ WORLD SERIES ON 3/21 WITH 2 BEAR FAMILIES WHO WERE THERE 

BEAR TRACKS—

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

  • SOCCER– Pro—WaPo big article on DC United player; Bear ‘23; another article about a Landon soccer playing at Princeton.

  • SWIMMING- 1 Div. I; 2 Div. III

WINTER SPORTS

  • BASKETBALL–5

  • I PRO in Italy has a BIG GAME!!! 

  • I COLLEGE DIV. I COACH

  • 2 DIV. I players–still playing {BOTH HAVE STATS LEADING TEAMS AND #S HIGH IN IVY LEAGUE; ONE HEADED TO IVY MADNESS}

  • 3 DIV. III PLAYERS– seasons complete 

  • HOCKEY-16

  • PRO:1 in AHL and 1 KHL (playoffs) 

  • COLLEGE: 1 Div. I played; 3 Div. III –seasons complete 

  • COACHING: 1 Div. III –NESCAC Champs headed to NCAAs!!!

  • DEVELOPMENT—2, one wears the team A and is a leader in goals and assists

  • CLUB-6: one team in Nationals round robin with 1 Bear

  • WRESTLING-1

  • Div. III grappler 

SPRING SPORTS

  • BASEBALL-6—2 5th year players and 4 Div. III contributers

  • GOLF-2

  • LACROSSE –13 DIV.I, 10 DIV.III– total of 17 teams

  • Rugby- 1—THERE’S GOT TO BE MORE????

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS

POST SEASON HONORS 

The Bears on the football team already knew that he knows how to organize, teach, and energize a squad; so, they are not surprised that the Maryland Athletic Association recognized COACH FURGESON FOR HIS SERVICE TO WRESTLING!!! That award may explain why his son JOHN won the Maryland crown.

The Furgeson Legacy is solidified for this generation… 

Landon senior Nathan Furgeson is the last member in a legacy of siblings and their father which covers football, wrestling, lacrosse, and baseball.  

Furgeson ended his wrestling season two weeks ago as a private schools’ state champion and Maryland’s second-ranked 175-pounder by Legacy Wrestling behind Linganore’s undefeated Class 4A-3A state champion senior Ethan Arneson (37-0 record). 

A three-sport athlete, Furgeson was named the Interstate Athletic Conference’s Player Of The Year as a football quarterback and safety on the Bears’ IAC co-championship team as well as Landon’s Most Valuable Wrestler. 

“Nate was a team player this year,” said Andy Katz, in his 29th season coaching the Bears. “Nathan bounced between 165 and 175 pounds depending on where the team needed him. He’s one of the most competitive wrestlers I’ve ever coached.” 

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BASEBALL Coach Martinez, former Pigskin Club DMV coach of year, inherits a squad with talent and has added some players. In winter like weather, it appears that several games have been rescheduled. 

STAY TUNED FOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF WASHINGTON SENATORS WORLD SERIES, MANAGER/ 2ND BASEMAN BUCKY HARRIS, Bear father and grandfather led that team. A cub reporter for the WASHINGTON POST, SHIRLEY POVICH, wrote the box score of the game!!! THE BEARS WILL PLAY THE TIGERS OF JACKSON- REED!!!  

GOLF Coach Luther’s HAS foreBEARs his squad to emulate in 2024. The first matches have been cancelled.

LACROSSE Coach McGettigan had good scrimmages and beat WCAC the Heights 13-9 and then bused up to Brooklandville, got behind 2-6 in Q1, but fought back to tie (8-8, 9-9 and 10-10), the home team took the lead late and the Bears had two good looks, but the St. Paul’s goalie made spectacular saves to retain the lead,Landon Lacrosse 10 St. Paul’s 11.Next week : Tuesday v. Severn (h) and then to Philly to play IL Mid Atlantic #5 Haverford on Saturday,

RUGBY Coaches Beckoff and Klingelhofer beat Good Counsel 32 – 17 to open the season on a positive outing.

TENNIS Coach Miller continues in the Landon Tennis tradition of great teams faced with exacting competition. First match 3/11 v. Wooton on the Maclear Jacoby Courts.

TRACK and Field from Coach Hunt—Bears 1st place in 1st meet.

SSSAS Early Bird Meet

OFFICIAL Wed, Mar 6, 2024 

 Mens Results 

BEAR TRACKS

Cross Country/Track and Field -2

  • Asim Hakim-Florian, L’23 Colgate University – team competed at ECAC championships and next week, qualifiers will run at NCAA Regionals/ 

  • Sam Cohen, L’23, Tulane University- season is restarting in 1 week 

SOCCER- 7

Professional Soccer 1

  • Kristian Fletcher L’23: WaPo– “Playing for the Swansea City’s under-21 squad, he scored multiple goals five times, including consecutive hat tricks, and finished with between 16 and 18, depending on the source of information, over at least a dozen appearances in multiple youth competitions… Though the level of difficulty on Fletcher’s goal at Portland was not high — a tap-in from inside the six-yard box — it kept Fletcher on track for a possible breakthrough season. 

The arrangement ended in December. Fletcher rejoined United for training camp in January. Last Saturday, he scored 10 minutes after entering the game in Oregon as D.C. (1-0-1) completed a late two-goal comeback to earn a 2-2 draw with the Portland Timbers. 

“That’s a big deal,” United Coach Troy Lesesne said. “For a young player like that, especially to step up in that moment, that’s exciting.” 

Fletcher credits the three-month assignment in Wales with helping him mature as a player and person. 

“It helped me regain some of my confidence because I wasn’t playing much last year here,” he said. Under previous coach Wayne Rooney, Fletcher appeared in 10 of 34 regular season matches, starting once and assisting once, and started two U.S. Open Cup games. 

“To go over there and be able to not let [last season] weigh me down and feel like it was a fresh start, it was very good for me in terms of confidence-building and getting back in my groove again,” Fletcher said. 

“I had responsibilities living on my own, going to a different country, meeting new people,” he said. “I grew in my level of maturity. On the field, I learned some things, but I feel like mentally it was a very good move.” 

Hired this winter, Lesesne made a point of learning about Fletcher’s experience abroad. 

“It just inspired him in a different way to where he wants to fully focus, fully maximize every single second,” Lesesne said. “The sooner you can come to that realization — and you have talent like he has — the sooner you can probably realize the potential to go to a league that’s at that level.” 

Swansea City wasn’t Fletcher’s first experience overseas. While in high school, he worked out with several clubs and almost ended up joining Borussia Dortmund’s youth setup. 

United teammates have noticed a difference. 

“He’s been given more responsibility this year,” goalkeeper Alex Bono said. “He’s been asked to play a bigger role and he’s really grasped it with two hands. Really excited to see what he can do for us.” 

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“Freedom,” said Fletcher, The Washington Post’s All-Met Player of the Year in 2021. “The liberty to do anything that I see fit in this situation while still having our team ideas and keeping our game model in mind.” 

College Soccer

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Swimming-3

Jacob Rosner L19 Northwestern senior; B1G 2/28 no results 

Ethan Tun  the Carlton Knights NCAAs 3/20 

BEARS playing College Winter Sports

BASKETBALL- 

1pro; 2 DI {both leading teams} ,4 DIII {all playing}; 1 Div. I coach

  • Professional –1 

Darion Atkins #44 L11, Reggio Emilia Div. (12-9), 21 GP, 20.7 min/g., 7.1 pts/g, 3.9 reb/g, 1.2 asst/g, 1.0 blk/g– all #s up; see Minette’s report on son’s game against his previous year’s team 

  • College Coach-1

Christian Webster L09, VaTech Assistant Coach (16-13) 

  • College-6

Daraun Gray, L19 Notre Dame University of Maryland, 3-9, #14 GS, 18 GP 8 GS, 22.7 min/g, 8.6 ppg,, 1.9rpg, 0.5 apg SEASON COMPLETE

Canin Reynolds L ‘20 Amherst Mammoths (15-11): #2 junior— 6 GP, 13.2 min/g, 0.7 pts/game., 1.3 APg , 1.1 reb/game SEASON COMPLETE

Kino Lilly L21 Brown Bears (13-17) #10 junior; 28 GS, 1 Game Injured, 37.9 min/g*, 18.4 pts/g*^, 3.3 assists/g*, 2.4 reb/g, .85 steal/g,84 3PTs*^; *leads team; ^leads or tied Ivies scored. BROWN, with a 6 game winning streak, QUALIFIED FOR IVY MADNESS FOR 1ST TIME. AND BEAT YALE-always a good thing!!! 

Mike Gray, L22, Lynchburg (11-16), #30; 18 GP, 6.4 min/g, 1.9 ppg, 1.0 reb/g, SEASON COMPLETE

Tyler Perkins, L23 University of Pennsylvania (11-17); #11, freshman; 28 GP, 26 GS*, 29.8, min/g, 13.6 pts/g^, 1.9 asst/g, 5.3 reb/g, 1.4 steals/g*+; *leads team, ^ IVY 11TH  

Christos Palkogiannis, L23, California Institute of Technology (1-24), #33, FRESHMAN; 15 GP 3 GS, 15.2 min/g. 3.8 ppg, 1.5 reb/g, 0.7 asst/g, SEASON COMPLETE

HOCKEY 16

Professional Ice Hockey-2

Sam Anas L’ 11, #77 HC Dinamo Minsk KHL (31-11-4-3-3-16); #77  60 games, 21 goals and 25 assists (leads Dynamo in both). team won first round of playoffs Sam played in all the games and recorded 1G and 2A.  Patrick Giles L*18 #36 Dinamo Minsk KHL (28-21-6-0) played in 50 games, 9goals, 9 assists- +4; 1 GWG. A month of games to be played .

Div. III Men’s Hockey Coach-1

Kim Weiss, Assistant Coach for Trinity College (her alma mater) men’s team, 23-3-1, won NESCAC, ranked 3rd in Div. III, off to NCAAs 

College Club Coach and Pro Hockey -1

Alex Norwinski L’15 Liberty University Div II Hockey Coach,  Roanoke Rail Yard Dogs (23-12-6-1) 14 GP 1 A  article and now the Blue Ridge Bobcats (WYTHEVILLE) 8-25, Alex 3 gp. 

Division I–1

Matthew Brille #19; L*20; Brown (8-18-2) #19- 11 games played, 1 goal,1 assist, 3 shots, 6 blk 

Division III–3

Oscar Smink L’21; Amherst College Mammoths (14-10-1): #6 – 8 GP, 1 assist, 9 shots, 2 blk, 20 FO-W SEASON COMPLETE 

Ethan Goldman, L’21; Connecticut College Camels (9-14-2) #13—1GP SEASON COMPLETE 

Kareem Al-Azem L*20; Connecticut College Camels (9-14-2) #7 played 24 games 1 G 5 A 22 blk SEASON COMPLETE 

  • Development Hockey 2

Will Lawrence L*22, #88 NAHL Johnstown Tomahawks,assistant captain, 29-18-1-2; #88 46 GP  18 G, 26A, 2nd in team goals, 3rd in team assists and 2nd in team points; Tomahawks play through March

JH Lages L*21,#27, NCDC Twin Cities Thunder 16-27-0-3-1 , 36 GP 9 A 

  • Club Hockey  -7 

Dartmouth hockey club 16-0-1 onto MD-3 National Championships 3/7-12—1 Wand 1L in pool play

Ethan L20 #23, 16 GP 1g 5a; in both playoff games

Max Weinstein L20 #30, 3 GP goalie, 

THOMAS TOWERN L23 12 GP 2 A

Owen Calderone L’23 #68 LSU club 0-0-0-0(no ACHA data yet) 

Riley Knebel L’22 UVA Club hockey, 2-7-0-0 #21 11 GP 1 G 1 A 

Zaahir Kahn L’22 GMU club hockey  17-5-0-0-1, #16,14 GP3A 

RUGBY 

WRESTLING 

David LaPrade, L23, Williams College (3-15) no news 

BEARS playing College Spring Sports

BASEBALL-6 

  • Dane Camphausen L’19 (Case Western Reserve University 5-2). After 4 productive years at College of Wooster, the big first baseman is now playing for the Spartans– 7GS,29 ABs, .310, 5 RBIs 

  • Jake Davidson L’19 (Catholic Cardinals 4-2) #35 no appearances   

  • Jack Cope L ‘20 (W&L Generals 5-5) 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 SO,   

  • Matthew Sicoli L’21 (Emory Eagles 8-6) 14 GP 58 AB .379, 16 RBI, 3 HR,  

  • Robbie Lee L’22, (Denison Big Red 6-1) 2.1 IP 2 SO  

  • Henry Prince L’22 (Bates College Bobcats 4-3) #31 1 AB, 1 RBI 

GOLF-2 

  • Charlie Bundy L’22 (College of William & Mary Tribe) next match-Ross Collegiate Classic

  • John Bates L’23 (RHODES COLLEGE) –the LYNX (honestly that’s their mascot!!!) have their first match tomorrow.

LACROSSE-

by John Nichols P’09

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