Sunday Edition -special

From Boulder, CO [no access to my normal research resources;so fortunately Coach Katz sent ready for publication copy AND it is GREAT NEWS]

February 10, 2018

It was another exciting tournament for the Bears! With three wrestlers out of the line-up, the Bears managed to take third place as a team out of a field of 22 teams. Landon was the top local team as St. Christopher’s from Richmond dominated the field. Germantown Academy from Philadelphia took second. Six of our 10 wrestlers placed in the top six. Terrance Bridgers (285) went 4-2 to take 6th as he continues to improve each match. Carter Johnson (182) went 3-1. He lost a close match in the ¼ finals against a tough wrestler from Germantown Academy. Jerrold Johnson (160) went 2-2. Jonny Gherman (152) went 4-1 to take 5th place. He lost in the 1/4 finals against the #8 ranked private school wrestler in MD. He beat the #4 ranked wrestler form Woodberry Forest in Virginia private schools. Brendon Gallagher (145) had a phenomenal day going 5-0. In the semi-finals, he had a technical fall (16-0) against the #1 ranked private school wrestler from Virginia. In the finals, he pinned the #5 ranked wrestler in privates in MD. For his effort, he was voted the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. At 138, Matt Amitay continues to win tough matches. He was 4-1 for the day and took 5th. At 132, Senior Luc Schermer had another great weekend. He went 5-1 to earn 5th place. He had 4 pins after losing a close 9-6 match in the 1/4 finals. At 126, Lorenzo Lopez went 4-1 and lost a close match in the finals in overtime for 2nd place. At 120, Axel Giron took 3rd place after going 4-1. He beat the # 3 ranked private school wrestler in Virginia. Finally, Patrick Townsend went 1-2 at 106. Every Bear got at least one win and it was a team effort to take 3rd place overall.

Special Note: Math teacher Ms. Vice was voted our top fan of the day. She came and watched the boys wrestle for most of the day!

The Landon JV squad traveled to St. James school in Hagerstown. They placed 4th place out of 10 as a team. Here were the place winners:

106 Nate Zola 5th place

126 Christian Thomas 5th place

132 Jake Kowitz 2nd place

145 Matt Fierro 4th place and Lucas Macdonald 6th place

160 Jack Bradley 5th place

170 David Diaz 2nd place

195 Sachin Srikanth 4th place

220 Eric Cao 6th place

Go Bears!

		Team	Season Team	Abbr	Count	Points
1		ST. CHRISTOPHER`S, VA	St. Christophers, VA (	STC	22	326.5
2		GERMANTOWN ACADEMY, PA	Germantown Academy, PA (	GERM	11	197.0
3		LANDON, MD	Landon, MD (	LAN	10	163.0
4		GOOD COUNSEL, MD	Good Counsel, MD (	OLGC	13	148.5
5		ST. MARY`S RYKEN, MD	St. Mary`s Ryken, MD (	RYK	15	133.0
6		BULLIS SCHOOL, MD	Bullis School, MD (	BUL	14	109.0
7		GEORGETOWN PREP, MD	Georgetown Prep, MD (	PREP	10	103.5
8		ST. ALBAN`S, DC	St. Albans School, DC (	STAL	16	95.0
9		WILSON SENIOR HIGH, DC	Wilson High, DC (	WIL	11	92.0
10		DEMATHA CATHOLIC, MD	DeMatha Catholic, MD (	DM	13	74.5

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