Wilkes Wrestling Match Notes at Southeast Duals
2018 VBR Sports Southeast Duals
Saturday, November 17
Start Time: 12:00 p.m.
Salem, VA – Salem Civic Center
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Match Notes
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Live Results
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Entry Fee:
$15.00 Adults
$7.00 Kids 12 and under
Free for children 2 and under
(cash or credit accepted)
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Colonels Notebook
• The Colonels wrestle at the 2018 VBR Sports Southeast Duals hosted by Ferrum College Saturday, November 17 where they will face four teams starting with a match against Otterbein University at 12:00 p.m. Then Wilkes faces Averett University, Greensboro College and Bluefield College (Va.).
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Nicholas Racanelli (West Creek, NJ/Southern Regional) placed second at 165-pounds at the Ned McGinley Invitational two weeks ago to open the 2018-19 season.
Thomas Stokes (Bensalem, PA/Bensalem) placed third at 141-pounds and
Ashton Gyenizs (Madison, CT/Daniel Hand) placed fourth at 174-pounds. Wilkes finished fifth of 16 teams.
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• Racanelli wrestled his way to the 165-pound title last Saturday at the Gettysburg Invitational.
Nicholas Bauer (Coplay, PA/Wyoming Seminary) won the 125-pound title and
Jessie Lopez (Everett, WA/Everett) captured the 141-pound championship.
Kyle Medrow (West Chester, PA/West Chester Henderson), Gyenizs and
Moustafa Almeky (Shavertown, PA/Dallas) placed second while
Dylan O'Connor (Somerset, NJ/Bishop George Ahr),
Joshua Brown (Plains, PA/Coughlin) and
John Ritter (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) placed third. Wilkes finished second overall out of six teams.
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• Racanelli moved into the NWCA Individual Rankings this week coming in at No. 8 in the 165-pound weight class.
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• The Colonels 2018-19 roster goes 35 deep with a class breakdown of: 4 seniors; 7 juniors; 8 sophomores; and 16 freshmen.
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• The roster features athletes from nine states: Pennsylvania - 19; New Jersey - 7; Virginia - 2; Connecticut - 2; California - 1; New York - 1; Delaware - 1; Maryland - 1; Washington – 1
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Weighing-In
125 – N. Bauer (5-2)
125 – A. Gundlah (0-4)
125 – D. Sweeney (1-4)
125 – K. Trout (5-4)
133 – B. Horton (2-4)
133 – P. Miko (0-4)
133 – D. O'Connor (4-3)
141 – J. Lopez (4-0)
141 – K. Medrow (6-2)
141 – M. Shaffer (4-4)
141 – T. Stokes (5-1)
149 – J. Brown (6-3)
149 – C. Dix (3-4)
149 – A. Kokilananda (3-4)
149 – M. Madden-Edwards (3-4)
149 – A. Rivera (1-4)
157 – J. Ritter (4-1)
157 – M. Brown (5-4)
165 – B. Belfonti (2-2)
165 – N. Racanelli (8-1)
165 – C. Walters (3-4)
174 – J. DeBoard (4-2)
174 – A. Gyenizs (7-2)
184 – M. Judge (4-3)
184 – H. Lowe (2-4)
184 – A. Santana-Quintana (1-3)
184 – A. Sphar (2-4)
184 – J. Swentzel (0-2)
197 – M. Almeky (2-3)
197 – A. Cominsky (3-4)
285 – R. Horton (2-4)
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