National Preps Semi's Set!

Feb 22, 2013 by Willie Saylor

National Preps Day II Preview

Willie Saylor, Editor

On the first day of National Preps things went pretty much to script on the team front.

On the individual side...not so much. Upsets were everywhere and top seeds falling were the norm, rather than the exception. Although no #1’s fell, and just one #2, the 3’s and 4’s didn’t quite fair to well.

Of the 56 Top 4 seeds, 42 were able to wrestle to their qualification. Just 5 of the 14 #4’s made it unscathed.

Top 4 Seeds That Didn’t Make Semi’s:

2 Seeds

Logan Harvich, Cape Henry, 106

3 Seeds

Steve Simpson, St. Mary Ryken, 113

Alex Rinaldi, Blair, 126

Geoff Verallis, Northfield Mt. Hermon, MA

Freddie Perrine, Peddie, NJ

4 Seeds

Christian Doyle, McKinney Christian, 126

Tyler Ponte, Seminary, 132

Michael Sprague, Georgetown, 145

Logan Breitenbach, Archbishop Curley, 152

Jack Wedholm, Blair Academy, 160

Travis Bradford, St. Thomas, TX 170

Zach Abey, Archbishop Spaulding, 195

Jake Anderson, Malvern Prep, 220

Viktor Pendchenko, New Church, HWT

On the team side, Blair Academy, the #1 team in the nation, still has all 14 of its wrestlers alive entering Day II, 10 of which remain in the title hunt. Their 174 team points are 28.5 better than Wyoming Seminary’s 145.5. The Knights have 9 on the front side and one in consolations. Good Counsel is in 3rd with 95 . McDonogh (86) is in 4th with John Carroll and Malvern Prep tied for 5th with 65.

Now the rubber meets the road. And with what occurred on Friday, who know’s what will happen in Saturday’s sessions.

Catch all the action live on Tech Wave! Semi’s start at 8:30 AM (ET) with finals slated for Noon.

Watch for...
- #1's Brooks Black and Eric Morris wrestle their last high school bouts.
- Black goes for his 4th final and 3rd title.
- Morris goes for his 4th final and 2nd title.
- Joey McKenna goes for 3rd straight title.
- Kyle Snyder goes for 3rd straight title.
- Jack Clark goes for 3rd final and 2nd straight title.
- An anticipated #6-Myles Martin vs. #7-Josh Llopez final.

Weight Class Briefs and Tomorrow’s Match-Ups

106:

Early Rounds: Top seeded Jack Mueller pinned a tough Michael Doetsch in the first round. Fargo AA, Joey Prata (St. Chris) beat Blair’s Matt Deehan.

Quarterfinals: Mueller won a controlled bout over Prata, 5-0. McCoy looked extra sharp. Megonigal rode out the period for a 1-0 win. Whitesell beat the #2 seeded Logan Harvich (Cape Henry).

Saturday Semi’s:

#12-Fr. Jack Mueller, Trinity, TX vs. Fr. TK Megonigal, McDonogh, Md

Fr. Ethan McCoy, Kiski, Pa vs. Jr. Adam Whitesell, Good Counsel, Md

113:

Quarterfinals: Boychuck won a good bout over St. Chris’s Will Kelly. And in one that caught me by surprise, Verallis knocked off the 3rd seeded Steve Simpson (Good Counsel).

Saturday Semi’s:

HM-So. Chaz Tucker, Blair, NJ vs. HM-So. Danny Boychuck, Seminary, Pa

So. Ryan Friedman, St. Paul’s vs. Fr. Will Verallis, Northfield Mt. Hermon, MA

120:

Quarterfinals: The top four seeds all advanced. Budock, the two seed, won a tight 3-1 bout, while the others rolled.

Saturday Semi’s:

#2-So. Matt Kolodzik, Blair, NJ vs. Sr. Will Crisco, Seminary, Pa

Fr. Matt Lattance, Malvern, Pa vs. Fr. Kevin Budock, Good Counsel, Md

126:

Early Rounds: Christian Doyle (McKinney, TX), the 4th seed, was upset by Tyshawn Williams (Arch. Curley) in Rd. 1.

Quarterfinals: Williams kept the momentum rolling, earning late nearfall to get himself to the semi’s.

Simmons took out 3rd seeded Alex Rinaldi (Blair).

Saturday Semi’s:

HM-Judson Preskitt, Seminary, Pa vs. So. Tyshawn Williams, Archbishop Curley, Md

Jr. Jack Mutchnik, St. Paul’s Md vs. Sr. Jehrad Simmons, Good Counsel, Md

132:

Quarterfinals: Strappelli avoided danger with three points in the third to win 3-2 over Sem’s Tyler Ponte. Brooman upset 3rd seeded Geoff Verallis (NMH).

Saturday Semi’s:

#7-Jr. Joey McKenna, Blair, NJ vs. Sr. Scott Strappelli, John Carroll, Md

Sr. Luke Brooman, Episcopal, Pa vs. #18-Sr. Andrew Atkinson, Liberty Christian, VA

138:

Quarterfinals: Bannister looked incredible, posting three falls each under a minute. He’ll now have Xavi Ramos in the semi’s, who he teched last week.

Mt. Hermon’s Spencer Slishman beat 2x Prep Placer Freddie Perrine.

Saturday Semi’s:

#4-Jr. Alfred Bannister, Bishop McNamara, Md vs. Sr. Xavi Ramos, McDonogh, Md

Sr. Spencer Slishman, Northfield Mt. Hermon, MA vs. Jr. Walker Dempsey, Blair, NJ

145:

Quarterfinals: Weber avenged last week’s loss to Georgetown’s Michael Sprague.

Saturday Semi’s:

#12-Jr. Jack Clark, McDonogh, Md vs. HM-Sr. George Weber, John Carroll, Md

Jr. Ty White, Seminary, Pa vs. #7-Fr. Mason Manville, Blair, NJ

152:

Early Rounds: In a loaded weight class, Ricky Regas (St. Thomas, TX) took out Fargo Greco Finalist, Joey Nelson (Seminary).

Quarterfinals: Parsons handled Regas, 11-2. Hague avenged last week’s lost to Logan Breitenbach (Arch. Spaulding).

Saturday Semi’s:

#5-Sr. Russ Parsons, Blair, NJ vs. HM-Jr. Toby Hague, McDonogh, Md

Sr. Robert Janis, St. Christopher’s, VA vs. So. Zach Kelly, Kiski, Pa

160:

Quarterfinals: Martin had a tight one with Andrew Konovalchik (Brooks). Weiller and Wedholm had an entertaining see-saw battle.

Saturday Semi’s:

#6-So. Myles Martin, McDonogh, Md vs. HM-Fr. Chris Weiller, Seminary, Pa

#7-Jr. Josh Llopez, Ryken, Md vs. Sr. Greg Bacci, Malvern, Pa

170:

Quarterfinals: Reall good final four here. Coover cruised. Murtha, Ritter, and Hall all looked great and were in control.

Saturday Semi’s:

HM-Jr. Patrick Coover, Blair, NJ vs. Sr. Troy Murtha, Georgetown, Md

HM-Sr. Nicky Hall, Seminary, Pa vs. So. Hunter Ritter, John Carroll, Md

182:

Quarterfinals: Of the top four seeds twelve combined bouts, ten of them were pins or techs.

Saturday Semi’s:

#1-Sr. Eric Morris, Seminary, Pa vs. Jr. Isaiah Bellamy, Lawrence, MA

Sr. Tyler Patrick, McDonogh, Md vs. HM-Sr. Addison Knepshield, Blair, NJ

195:

Quarterfinals: In stark contrast to the preceding weight, all of the quarters here were tight. Mattiace got past a tough Henry Mauk (Malvern), 5-0. Barlow won over Sem’s Doggett in OT. And Neff beat talented sophomore Desmond Johnson (Chestnut Hill), 3-2.

Saturday Semi’s:

#3-Sr. Frank Mattiace, Blair, NJ vs. Jr. Daniel Hawkins, Mt. St. Joe’s, Md

#20-Sr. Spencer Neff, Good Counsel, Md vs. So. LJ Barlow, Haverford, Pa

220:

Quarterfinals: Garrett Ryan looked good in dispatching of fellow Ironman placer, Marshall Hollerith.

Saturday Semi’s:

#1-Jr. Kyle Snyder, Good Counsel, Md vs. Sr. Shane Cockerille, Gilman, Md

PG-McZiggy Richards, St. Benedict’s, NJ vs. #11-Sr. Garrett Ryan, Seminary, Pa

HWT:

Quarterfinals: The final four at HWT posted falls in 11 of their 12 bouts, including an upset by 5th seeded Henry Anderson over 4-seed, Viktor Pedchenko.

Saturday Semi’s:

#1-Sr. Brooks Black, Blair, NJ vs. Sr. Henry Anderson, Northfield Mat Hermon, MA

PG-Steven Dwight, Hyde, CT vs. #7-So. Michael Johnson, Seminary, Pa