Pomfret School's Josha Wildes (112) finished fourth in the 2002 National Prep School Tournament in Lehigh, Pa. Matt Piselli from Hamden Hall took 8th at 140 pounds. Click on the link for full tournament results. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., March 3 -- While none of the three wrestlers that Loomis Chaffee had in the championship matches earned New England titles, Loomis won the New England Prep School championship with an 12-point win over host Northfield-Mt. Hermon Saturday. |
2002 WNEISWA championships. At New Milford Team results : 1. Trinity Pawling 230½, 2. Pomfret 201½, 3. Brunswick 169½, 4. Suffield Academy 154, 5. Williston-Northampton 141, 6. Taft School-Watertown 136, 7. Avon Old Farms 119, 8. Hopkins-New Haven 82, 9. Gunnery School-Washington, Conn., 76½, 10. Canterbury and Salisbury 67, 12. Hotchkiss 65, 13. Hamden Hall 47, 14. Green Farms 37, 15. New York Military Academy 35, 16. St. Margaret McTernan-Waterbury, 32, 17. Forman-Litchfield 18, 19. American School for the Deaf-West Hartford 8, 20. Marvelwood-Cornwall 4. Individual results 103: Final: Matt Sullivan (TP) dec. Chris VanLang (Brunswick), 12-9 112: Final: Joshua Wildes (Pomfret) pin Jon Fawcett (Brunswick), 5:05 119: Final: Sam Astor (Williston) dec. Chris McLaren (Hopkins), 10-1 125: Final: Jeff Johnson (TP) dec. Rich Tyson (Suffield Acad), 12-6 130: Final: Rob Rosario (TP) dec. James Eberhart (Hotchkiss), 9-5 135: Final: Erik Lundberg (AOF) dec. Matt Bockhorst (TP), 4-1 140: Final: Matt Piselli (Hamden Hall) injury default over Kevin Rubottom (Canterbury) 145: Final: Ralph Fedele (TP) pin Jeff Voling (Taft), 2:58 152: Final: Casey Venet (Pomfret) pin Adam Klein (TP), 2:20 160: Final: Ryan Horton (Pomfret) pin Caffrey Garass (Gunnery)., 1:54 171: Final: Dave Bartlett (Williston) pin Aaron Margolis (Hopkins), 0:21 189: Final: James French (Brunswick) pin Bruce Trammell (Taft), 0:35 215: Deon Anderson (AOF) dec. Brock Bell (Salisbury), 11-0 275: Zamian Charles (Williston) pin Eric Rakus (Suffield), 0:44 Team results 1. Loomis Chaffee 256½, 2. Northfield-Mt. Hermon 239½, 3. Exeter 217, 4. Choate-Wallingford 128½, 5. Hyde (Maine) 103, 6. Andover 102½, 7. Deerfield [Mass.] Academy 100½, 8. Moses Brown 93½, 9. New Hampton 82, 10. Wilbraham & Monson 73 Loomis medal winners: 1st: Andrew Wilcox, Mike Tousignant, 1st 2nd: Greg Konover, Steve Camerota, Chris Jones 3rd: Peter Lawrence, Kelly Tripplehorn, Ian Barrett, Ravid Chowdhury 4th: John Clark, Dave Ruddy 5th: Derron Richardson |
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Suffield Acad. 75, ASD 0 SUFFIELD, Feb. 6, 2002 -- Suffield Academy scored the most points it has in over three years after a 75-0 win over American School for the Deaf to improve to 11-4 on the year. Sarah Glass (103) set the tone coming right off the bat pinning her opponent in the first minute. Sei Shimura (135), David Coe (119), undefeated Eric Rakus(275) Rich Tyson (125) and post-graduate Dan LaMountain (215) each had first period pins for the Tigers. Coe pinned in 17 seconds, his fastest pin of the season. Sean Green (112) won by technical fall in a tough match while teammate Will Taylor (189) had a major decision, 15-4. Suffield took four forfeits at some of its stronger weight classes with New England contenders Makto Hirabayashi and Rollie Hermoso and first-year wrestler David Lewis getting a free pass against ASD. Suffield was only the second team to shutout ASD this season. Pomfret also shut out ASD but Pomfret received five forfeits and had three close matches. Storm King was schedule to participate but did not show up. The 2001-02 campaign has been very successful for Suffield Academy with three close losses to Williston (1 point), Choate (8 points) and Pomfret (10) Suffield has been hurt with the loss of its varsity wrestler at 140 pounds the past 11 matches. With one match left and a week away from Western New England championship tournament, Suffield is making its name renown once again after being put in a slump for a decade and a half. Head coach Roger Moran, now assisted by Tom Roselli in his first year coaching at Suffield, see a bright future with the program. Suffield faces Avon Old Farms next Wednesday with WNEISWA championships the following Saturday. Suffield Academy 75, ASD 0 103: Sarah Glass (S) pin Mohan, 0:50; 112: Sean Green (S) dec. Salinas, 15-0; 119: David Coe (S) pin Kyle Trask, 0:19; 125: Rich Tyson (S) pin A. Russo, 0:42; 130: Hermoso (S) win by forfeit; 135: Sei Shimura (S) pin Traverzo; 140: no match; 145: Lewis (S) win by forfeit; 152: Hirabayashi (S) win by forfeit; 160: Prichavongwikul (S) win by forfeit; 171: Henderson (S) pin N. Russo, 2:45; 189: Will Taylor (S) dec. L. Casella, 15-4; 215: Dan LaMountain (S) pin J. Soto, 1:24; 275; Eric Rakus (S) pin R. Milme, 0:42 Suffield Acad. 48, Wilbraham Monson 22 SUFFIELD, Jan. 25 -- Suffield Academy avenged its loss from the previous year to Wilbraham dominating the Coachmen 48-22. Suffield post-graduate (PG) Dan LaMountain, who came out for the team barley two weeks ago pinned his opponent in the first period. Sei Shimura, Rich Tyson, Sarah Glass, David Coe and Rollie Hermosa each won for Suffield Academy (8-3). Suffield's Sean Green and defending state champion Eric Rakus, both now 10-0, were disappointed as they were forced to accept forfeits. Will Taylor lost a close, exciting match against Wilbraham senior Tony Pearlman. Post-graduates Justin Danhof, Ethan Doss and Luke Cardone also won for Wilbraham. Faruk Aliju also took a forfeit from Suffield. After the match in exhibitions, Julian Pie-Spellman won in overtime while Alex Candee, Sei Shimura, and David Lewis all pinned their opponents. |
Suffield Academy 48, Avon Old Farms 27 AVON, Feb. 13, 2002 -- Suffield Academy ended their regular season on a high note with a 48-27 victory at Avon Old Farms. The Tigers wrestled an extremely well fought match. Sean Green(112), Rich Tyson( 125), Rollie Hermoso (130), Makoto Hirabayashi (152) and Will Taylor (189) each won by pin. Hirabayshi went up against a former teammate from his previous school but kept his head clear and pinned friend Brian Sapir in the first minute. Suffield Academy's David Coe (119) and Santi Prichavongwikul (160) both had close and exciting matches and wrestled extremely well. Colin Henderson (171) and David Lewis were happy to take forfeits from Avon. Suffield's Eric Rakus, who is ranked first in WNEISWA and sixth in New England at 215 pounds, battled with Avon Old Farms' Deon Anderson, the top-ranked wrestler in New England and ranked fourth in the nation at 275 pounds. Anderson scored three points in the final 40 seconds of the match to earn an thrilling 7-3 victory. Rakus had been close to getting some near fall points but Anderson turned the tables. It was the second loss of the season for Rakus, who previous defeat had come in the final of the Doug Parker Invitational in January. Rakus has received little competition at 215 this season but now at 275 pounds, he is looking forward to the competition. The Tigers (11-4) will compete in the Western New England Independent School Wrestling Association (WNEISWA) on Sat. Feb. 16 and Sunday, Feb. 17 at Canterbury. The New England Tournament will be March 1-2 at Williston-Northampton. Suffield Academy 48, Avon Old Farms 27 At Avon 103: Miller (A) dec. Glass, 18-3; 112: Green (S) pin Keyes; 119: Coe (S) dec. Tang, 9-7; 125: Tyson (S) pin Rabbitt. 0:27; 130: Hermoso (S) pin Nishioka; 135: Lundberg (A) pin Shimura; 140: Hains (A) win by forfeit; 145: Lewis (S) win by forfeit; 152: Hirabayashi (S) pin Devin Sapir; 160: Prichavongwikul (S) dec. Jones, 15-14; 171: Henderson (S) win by forfeit; 189: Will Taylor (S) pin Hayer; 215: Hayer (A) pin LaMountain; 275: Anderson (A) dec. Eric Rakus, 10-4. |
2002 WNEISWA championships. At New Milford Team results : 1. Trinity Pawling 230½, 2. Pomfret 201½, 3. Brunswick 169½, 4. Suffield Academy 154, 5. Williston-Northampton 141, 6. Taft School-Watertown 136, 7. Avon Old Farms 119, 8. Hopkins-New Haven 82, 9. Gunnery School-Washington, Conn., 76½, 10. Canterbury and Salisbury 67, 12. Hotchkiss 65, 13. Hamden Hall 47, 14. Green Farms 37, 15. New York Military Academy 35, 16. St. Margaret McTernan-Waterbury, 32, 17. Forman-Litchfield 18, 19. American School for the Deaf-West Hartford 8, 20. Marvelwood-Cornwall 4. Individual results 103: Final: Matt Sullivan (TP) dec. Chris VanLang (Brunswick), 12-9 112: Final: Joshua Wildes (Pomfret) pin Jon Fawcett (Brunswick), 5:05 119: Final: Sam Astor (Williston) dec. Chris McLaren (Hopkins), 10-1 125: Final: Jeff Johnson (TP) dec. Rich Tyson (Suffield Acad), 12-6 130: Final: Rob Rosario (TP) dec. James Eberhart (Hotchkiss), 9-5 135: Final: Erik Lundberg (AOF) dec. Matt Bockhorst (TP), 4-1 140: Final: Matt Piselli (Hamden Hall) injury default over Kevin Rubottom (Canterbury) 145: Final: Ralph Fedele (TP) pin Jeff Voling (Taft), 2:58 152: Final: Casey Venet (Pomfret) pin Adam Klein (TP), 2:20 160: Final: Ryan Horton (Pomfret) pin Caffrey Garass (Gunnery)., 1:54 171: Final: Dave Bartlett (Williston) pin Aaron Margolis (Hopkins), 0:21 189: Final: James French (Brunswick) pin Bruce Trammell (Taft), 0:35 215: Deon Anderson (AOF) dec. Brock Bell (Salisbury), 11-0 275: Zamian Charles (Williston) pin Eric Rakus (Suffield), 0:44 Team results 1. Loomis Chaffee 256½, 2. Northfield-Mt. Hermon 239½, 3. Exeter 217, 4. Choate-Wallingford 128½, 5. Hyde (Maine) 103, 6. Andover 102½, 7. Deerfield [Mass.] Academy 100½, 8. Moses Brown 93½, 9. New Hampton 82, 10. Wilbraham & Monson 73 Loomis medal winners: 1st: Andrew Wilcox, Mike Tousignant, 1st 2nd: Greg Konover, Steve Camerota, Chris Jones 3rd: Peter Lawrence, Kelly Tripplehorn, Ian Barrett, Ravid Chowdhury 4th: John Clark, Dave Ruddy 5th: Derron Richardson |
Pomfret School's Josha Wildes (112) finished fourth in the 2002 National Prep School Tournament in Lehigh, Pa. Matt Piselli from Hamden Hall took 8th at 140 pounds. Click on the link for full tournament results. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., March 3 -- While none of the three wrestlers that Loomis Chaffee had in the championship matches earned New England titles, Loomis won the New England Prep School championship with an 12-point win over host Northfield-Mt. Hermon Saturday. |
2002 New England Prep School championships at Williston-Northampton Top 10 teams: 1. Loomis, 163; 2. Northfield Mt. Hermon, 151; 3. Phillips Exeter, 145.5; 4. Belmont Hill, 97; 5. Brooks, 92; 6. Pomfret, 89; 7. Williston-Northampton, 85.5; 8. Trinity-Pawling, 83; 9. Roxbury Latin, 75; 10. Milton Academy, 51.5. Other Connecticut teams: 11. Choate, 49.5; 14. Taft, 41; 18. Suffield Academy, 33; 21. Hyde-Woodstock, 22; 23. (tie) Hamden Hall, 20; 33. (tie) Avon Old Farms, 12; 37. Salisbury, 8; 43. Canterbury, 2; 44. Hotchkiss, 1. Individual results 103: Matt Sullivan, Trinity Pawling pinned Ravid Chowdhury, Loomis, 1:05 112: Josh Wildea, Pomfret, def. Jon Kim, Milton Academy, 13-0 119: Matt Beck, St. Mark's, def. Ike Stonberg, Belmont Hill, 13-12 125: Charlie Davies, Brunswick, def. Grant Condon, Northfield-Mt. Hermon, 6-3 130: Kyle Harger, Brunswick, def. Ian Barrettt, Loomis, 6-1 135: Dan Shvartsman, Phillips Andover, def. Lars Ojukwu, Phillips Exeter, 6-5 140: Jay Haley, Landmark, def. Matt Piselli, Hamden Hall, 5-4 145: Mike Parziale, Phillips Exeter, def. Mike Dermody, Northfield-Mt. Hermon, 7-3 152: Dave Buckingham, Roxbury Latin, pinned Andrew Wilcox, Loomis, 1:59 160: Matt Stolpinski, Phillips Exter, def. Ryan Horton, Pomfret, 17-8 171: Dave Bartlett, Williston-Northampton, def. Mike Tousignant, Loomis, 13-4 189: Kane Peverly, New Hampton, def. Jason Allukian, Northfield-Mt. Hermon, 17-4 215: Ken Bianchi, Northfield-Mt. Hermon, def. Bob DiMatteo, Belmont Hill, 9-4 275: Zamian Charles, Williston-Northampton, def. Eric Rakus, Suffield Academy, 9-1. Outstanding wrestler: David Bartlett, Williston; Fastest fall: Matt Sullivan, Trinity-Pawling. |
