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The Oviedo Florida Men's Wrestling Report, 12-19-06 |
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Beast of the East Tournament @ The University of Delaware on 16-17 Dec 2006 Competing at the 14th Annual Beast of the East at the University of Delaware's Bob Carpenter Center on 16-17 Dec, the Oviedo Men's Wrestling team placed 21st amongst 79 teams from 29 states, with a total of 665 of the top wrestlers in the nation competing. OVIEDO MEN'S WRESTLING RECORDS 103 Jon Tran FR 1-0 103/112 Ryan Leatherman FR 13-3, 7 pins 112 Stephon Jenkins FR 5-4, 3 pins 112/119 Thrasher Porcher JR 6-4, 1 pin 119 Chase Gordon FR 9-3, 3 pins 119/125 Brett Leatherman JR 7-1, 5 pins 125/130 Justin Tortora SR 12-2, 5 pins 130/135 Josh Keebler JR 10-4, 6 pins 140 John Christiansen JR 13-3, 7 pins 145 Tyler Davis SR 13-2, 7 pins 152 Jake Schalles JR 10-3, 7 pins 160 Davin Morris JR 7-3, 2 pins 160/171 Brandon Hatchett SR 14-2, 5 pins 171 Jesse Robbins SR 7-2, 2 pins 189 Anthony Salerno SR 12-3, 7 pins 215 Nic Chase SR 13-3, 6 pins 285 Justin Moriarty SR 5-5, 3 pins OVIEDO MEN'S WRESTLING NOTEBOOK BULLETS Two-time State Champion and nationally-ranked Brandon Hatchett led the Lions with an individual 6th place finish at The Beast. After reeling off four consecutive wins to start the tourney, Brandon lost in the tourney semi-finals to nationally-ranked Luke Rebertus of Caravel (DE) HS by a 1-0 score. In the consolation semi-finals, Brandon again lost a 1-0 decision, this time to Waynesburg (PA) HS opponent Ethan Headlee. With nagging injuries from the tough tourney, Brandon injured defaulted his match for 5th/6th place. Anthony Salerno won his first three matches of the tourney, knocking off the #7 seeded wrestler along the way. He finished one match away from the top eight placement round. Nic Chase, unseeded at this tournament went 4-2 with two pins and finished one match short of the placement round, narrowly losing his final match by a 3-2 score to the 10th seeded wrestler. Nic beat the #8 seed in one of his wins. Nine of the Oviedo wrestlers entered in this national-level tournament won two or more matches. Brandon Hatchett leads the team in wins with 14 on the season, closely followed by Ryan Leatherman, John Christiansen, Tyler Davis, and Nic Chase at 13 each. Justin Tortora and Anthony Salerno check in with 12 apiece. The pin leaders at seven each include Ryan Leatherman, John Christiansen, Tyler Davis, Jake Schalles, and Anthony Salerno. Next on the slate for the Oviedo grapplers is the Southside Duels @ Boca Ciega HS on 22-23 Dec, followed by its own-hosted and two years running nationally ranked tourney, the Zac Jarzynka Memorial Ironman Tournament on 29-30 Dec that features teams from eight states. Included in "The Zac" are five teams who were team State Champions from four different states last season, to include this year's nationally ranked Oviedo and Brandon teams from Florida and Bishop Lynch from Texas. |
