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Ten Rocket wrestlers ready for start of D-10 tourney today By Ed Topoleski With team numbers low, Mo Burns� focus for his wrestlers this season was on individual improvement. Today and tomorrow at McDowell High School, Burns and co. will see first-hand just how far they�ve come. The high school postseason is here as the Rockets and 11 other District 10 Triple-A schools begin the district wrestling tournament at 4:30 p.m. today. Titusville has 10 wrestlers competing in the tournament. At 103-pounds, junior David Pondel received the highest seeding of all the Rockets. Pondel, the No. 2 seed in his class, will face Erie Central�s Zach Zimmerman in the quarterfinals today. �You never know what�s going to happen going into a seeding meeting,� Burns said from his home Thursday night. �But (David Pondel�s) sitting pretty good, and it�s all up to him now. And that�s not just for him. That goes for everyone else.� The Rest of the Rockets, however, will perhaps have a tougher road to the finals than Pondel. Four Rockets will have to wrestle preliminary bouts today. The winners of the preliminary bouts will be rewarded with a match against each weight class� No. 1 seed. The four Rockets wrestling preliminary bouts include: Ben Rapp (125), Zach Hamilton (135), Joe Anderson (140) and Kurt Ledebur (215). Burns, however, downplayed the possibility of having four wrestlers having to go against No. 1s so early. �We kinda knew that was gonna happen,� Burns said. �But I kinda like to go against a good kid first. You�re gonna have to wrestle a No. 1 kid anyway, so you might as well just get it over with. �I couldn�t have been happier (with how the seedings turned out). Looking at the pairings with some of the records our kids had, I don�t think I could have put them in better positions myself.� With a No. 3 seed, Shane Klingler (160) holds Titusville�s second best pairing in the tournament. He will battle General McLane�s Clay Steadman in the quarterfinals today. Joe Snyder (145) and Travis Chappel (275) earned No. 4 spots in their weight classes. Snyder will get the winner of Matt Morlan (Conneaut Lake) vs. Matt Ahrens (Erie Central) in the quarters while Chappel is penciled to face Warren�s Kyfer Rumburd. Rockets Tim Beers (119) and Ben Anderson (130) were paired with the No. 2 wrestlers in their weight classes. While the tournament presents the Rockets with an opportunity to show far they have come as individuals this season, it is important to remember that five of the 10 Rockets competing are just freshmen. To Burns, today is just another step along the way in building a group of youngsters that continue to show a lot of promise. �My goal is just to go up there and wrestle better than they did all year long,� said Burns. �As a coach, you want your kids to peak (at this time of the year). �Just go wrestle and have fun, that�s what I told them all. Don�t get yourself all wound up and worked up just because it�s districts. Whether they take that advice, only time will tell.� NOTE: Only the top three wrestlers in each weight class will move on to next weekend�s regional tournament. v v v District 10 Class AAA Wrestling Pairings Friday and Saturday McDowell High School Key: Cathedral Prep (CP), Conneaut Lake (CL), Corry (Co), Erie Central (EC), Franklin (Fr), General McLane (GM), McDowell (McD), Meadville (MV), Oil City (OC), Strong Vincent (SV), Titusville (TV), Warren (Wa). Preliminary Round 119: 1. John Heynoski, sr. (CP) 24-6 vs. Bradon Wegner, so. (EC) 1-7. 125: Steve Rood, sr. (OC) 12-21 vs. Ben Rapp, jr. (TV) 15-15; 3. Clint Copeland, fr. (CL) 23-12 vs. Cory Carlson, so. (SV) 2-4; Joe Amato, jr. (MV) 18-18 vs. Matt Bennett, sr. (McD) 6-16. 130: Paul Squeglia, jr. (CP) 2-25 vs. Eric Perrine, jr. (MV) 14-24; 3. Luke Miller, sr. (Fr) 25-10 vs. Jeramie Joy, jr. (Co) 3-1. 135: Zach Hamilton, so. (TV) 12-11 vs. Brandon Eck, so. (Co) 22-15; Sean Obringer, fr. (CP) 1-9 vs. 4. Tim Meahl, so. (SV) 21-6; Greg Tenney, jr. (OC) 23-14 vs. Mike Chludzinski, sr. (McD) 10-23. 140: Joe Anderson, fr. (TV) 20-16 vs. Kevin Ochalek, fr. (OC) 15-12; Chris Frits, jr. (McD) 16-16 vs. Brandon Saraceno, jr. (GM) 22-13; Alex Anderson, sr. (Fr) 21-16 vs. Dan Tursky, jr. (CL) 14-13. 145: Michael Parsons, fr. (CP) 8-19 vs. Matt Russo, jr. (OC) 7-16; Matt Morian, fr. (CL) 20-13 vs. Matt Ahrens, so. (EC) 0-23; Christian Snyder, sr.. (Fr) 3-21 vs. Brian Clark, jr. (GM) 18-13; Nick Gardner, so. (McD) 13-11 vs.. Kurtis Kernan, so. (SV) 2-10. 152: Ross Runstedler, fr. (CP) 5-17 vs. Dorald Ward, jr. (EC) 6-11. 160: 1. Jon Wentz, jr. (CP) 19-4 vs. Shane O'Day, sr. (CL) 10-1; David Pierce, jr. (Wa) 7-2 vs. 2. Dana Goodwill, jr. (Co) 26-9. 171: 4. Ryan Smith, so. (Co) 23-9 vs. Mike Hayes, so. (CP) 2-7; Tony D�Albora, so. (EC) 8-13 vs. Jared McClure (McD). 189: Nick Kelley, fr. (OC) 4-10 vs. Tony Parsons, sr. (CP) 10-22. 215: Adam Berkey, so. (MV) 9-22 vs. Kurt Ledebur, fr. (TV) 9-20. Quarterfinals 103: 1. Steve Mancuso, so. (McD) 32-5 bye; 4. Mike Gustafason, so. (Wa) 26-12 vs. Cyrus Parlin, fr. (GM) 13-8; 3. Kenny Hammer, fr. (CP) 16-6 vs. Eric Wilson, fr. (MV) 11-24; Zach Zimmerman, so. (EC) 3-11 vs. 2. David Pondel, jr. (TV) 28-8. 112: 1. Joe McCullough, so. (CP) 27-4 vs. Jason Parrett, jr. (EC) 4-11; Matt McCulloch, fr. (McD) 17-16 vs. 4. J.C. Hammond, jr. (Co) 19-14; 3. Bobby Steetle, jr. (Fr) 28-8 vs. Eric Gustafason, sr. (Wa) 18-17; Tyler Thomas, so. (CL) 15-15 vs. 2. Ashton Osterberg, sr. (GM) 27 3. 119: Jerry Nieminski (McD) vs. Heynoski-Wegner winner; Glen Sult, so. (GM) 12-14 vs. 4. Jimmy Rowland, jr. (Fr) 16-12; 3. Dan Pascuzzi, so. (Wa) 26-10 vs. Doug Jones, jr. (Co) 13-17; Tim Beers, fr. (TV) 4-9 vs. 2. Adam Green, sr. (CL) 27-6. 125: 1. Nick Perrine, so. (Fr) 23-9 vs. Rood-Rapp winner; Brad Crolli, sr. (CP) 19-15 vs. 4. David Tudor, fr. (Wa) 24-15; Kelly Jackson, sr. (Co) 13-11 vs. Copeland-Carlson winner; 2. Eric Zelina, so. (GM) 24-11 vs. Amato-Bennett winner. 130: 1. Donald Osinski, jr. (GM) 30-1 vs. Squeglia-Perrine winner; Jordan Easter, fr. (SV) 16-12 vs. 4. Travis Booth, fr. (McD) 21-15; Andy Travis, so. (Wa) 18-18 vs. Miller-Joy winner; Ben Anderson, fr. (TV) 11-15 vs. 2. Jacob Spuck, sr. (OC) 34-5. 135: 1. Hadley Harrison, jr. (GM) vs. Hamilton-Eck winner; Cash Horne, fr. (CL) 27-12 vs. Obringer-Meahl winner; 3. Bryan Towers, so. (MV) 31-8 vs. Ben Mellring, sr. (Fr) 24-11; 2. Alex Lauffunburger, jr. (Wa) 31-7 vs. Tenney-Chludzinski winner. 140: 1. Stephen Bell, sr. (SV) 27-1 vs. Anderson-Ochalek winner; 4. Devon McCray, sr. (Co) 26-10 vs. Nathan Heagy, sr. (MV) 21-12; 3. Jason Ardillo, jr. (CP) 27-8 vs. Frits-Saraceno winner; 2. Brian Pascuzzi, sr. (Wa) vs. Anderson-Tursky winner. 145: 1. Greg Murphy, sr. (Co) 11-3 vs. Parsons-Russo winner; 4. Joe Snyder, jr. (TV) 21-11 vs. Morian-Ahrens winner; 3. Toby Williams, sr. (Wa) 28-9 vs.. Snyder-Clark winner; 2. Richard Towers, sr. (MV) 29-8 vs. Gardner-Kernan winner. 152: 1. Ryan Uber, sr. (Wa) 34-2 vs. Runstedler-Ward winner; 4. Thomas Kaiser, so. (MV) 21-10 vs. Jared Durlin, jr. (Co) 17-9; 3. Ryan Ochalek, so.. (OC) 30-11 vs. Lou Decker, so. (GM) 21-14; 2. Jake Jurkiewicz, jr. (SV) 19-2 vs. Terry Sedney, jr. (McD) 17-19. 160: Brent Williamson, so. (SV) 8-21 vs. Wentz-O'Day winner; 4. Alex Hamilton, so. (MV) 25-14 vs. Nathan Kucnick, jr. (McD) 24-15; 3. Shane Klingler, sr. (TV) 22-8 vs. Clay Steadman, so. (GM) 11-8; Anthony Rose, sr. (EC) 6-9 vs. Pierce-Goodwill winner. 171: 1. Branden Stearns, sr. (GM) 31-2 vs. Brian Shantz, sr. (OC) 2-13; Mike Flickner, sr. (Wa) 16-14 vs. Smith-Hayes winner; 3. Kory Hubbard, jr. (CL) 17-5 vs. Dom Knapp, so. (MV) 14-18; 2. Andrew Riddle, sr. (Fr) 29-7 vs. D�Albora-McClure winner. 189: 1. Jeremy Little, jr. (McD) 31-5 vs. Kelley-Parsons winner; 4. Joel Goodwill, jr. (Wa) 19-12 vs. Ryan Courtney, sr. (CL) 9-7; 3. Travis Goss, sr. (GM) 25-13 vs. Robert Slava, jr. (Co) 14-12; 2. Mike Murkens, sr. (Fr) 31-7 vs. Brad Mealy, sr. (MV) 16-14. 215: 1. Kevin Deiner, sr. (CP) 31-8 vs. Berkey-Ledebur winner; 4. Sam Schwabenbauer, jr. (Fr) 22-10 vs. Jordan Heberle, jr. (CL) 20-14; 3. Matt Tenney, sr. (OC) 21-9 vs. Ben Rucker, jr. (GM) 13-16; 2. Nick Roussin, jr. (Co) 27-8 vs. Tyler Wagner, so. (Wa) 6-8. 275: 1. Joe Welton, sr. (EC) 19-2 vs. Dane Ketchum, fr. (CL) 4-14; 4. Travis Chappel, fr. (TV) 13-18 vs. Kyfer Rumburd, jr. (Wa) 6-3; 3. Brandon Edwards, sr. (Co) 25-6 vs. Joel Stearns, jr. (GM) 9-14; 2. Stefan Tighe, sr. (CP) 19-2 vs. Charles Wilson, fr. (McD) 2-7. Note: The top three wrestlers advance to the Northwest Region Tournament on March 4-5 at Altoona High School. Add a comment |
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