Steve Finkernagel Pankil Chander has started 7-0 to lead Wilkes on the mat this season Wilkes Match Notes at NY/PA Challenge 11/13/2014 1:28:00 PM Wilkes Match Notes at NY/PA Challenge Wilkes (3-1) at NY/PA ChallengeSaturday, November 15Start Time: 11:00 a.m.Wilkes-Barre, PA • Scandlon Gymnasium Match Notes Colonels Notebook• The NY/PA Challenge features squads from Pennsylvania and New York. The Colonels face Nassau at 11:00 a.m. before matches with NYU at 12:30 p.m. and Hunter at 3:30 p.m. to conclude the day. • Wilkes finished 2-1 at the John Reese Duals posting wins over Johns Hopkins (38-6) and Gloucester (27-11). • Wilkes posted a 51-0 victory over Penn College in its season opening dual match. Four Colonels earned extra point wins in the match. • The Colonels finished fourth at the 2014 Monarch Invitational to open the season. Wilkes had ten wrestlers finish in the top-six including two individual champions at 133-pounds (Michael Fleck (Easton, PA/Wilson Area)) and 141-pounds (Pankil Chander (Cedarhurst, NY/Lawrence)). • Eight other Colonels earned top-six finishes joining Fleck and Chander at the Monarch Invitational. Matthew Grossmann (Lancaster, PA/Manheim Township) finished second at 133, Corey Fleming (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris) sixth at 133, Thomas Stokes (Bensalem, PA/Bensalem) third at 133, Ryan Smith (Honesdale, PA/Honesdale) fifth at 141, Mason McIntyre (Bethlehem, PA/Easton) sixth at 165, Kyle Diesel (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley) third at 174, James McNally (Scranton, PA/Scranton) fourth at 184, and David Oberrender third at 285. • Nine wrestlers have started with five wins or better and 25 wrestlers stand .500 or better through the first two weeks of competition for Wilkes. Weighing In125 #10 G. Rea (5-0)125 D. Zuzulock (1-1)133 M. Fleck (7-0)133 M. Grossmann (4-1)133 C. Flemming (4-3)141 P. Chander (7-0)141 R. Smith (4-2)141 K. Alston (2-0)141 B. Bici (1-0)141 M. Evans (4-2)149 J. Palys (6-2)149 A. Tonnesen (5-2)149 N. Racanelli (2-3)149 M. Fuller (2-1)157 S. Lombardi (4-4)157 S. Turner (3-3)165 M. McIntyre (6-2)165 M. Maloney (2-2)165 R. Wright (0-0)174 #6 K. Diesel (4-1)174 K. Gerrity (1-4)174 J. Ilvento (3-2)184 J. McNally (6-2)184 L. Veppert (4-3)184 D. VanBrunt (0-1)197 E. Bach (1-1)285 D. Oberrender (6-2)285 D. Wilke (4-2)Print Friendly Version