Bulldogs finish 9th in wrestling tourney
Published 11:23 pm Wednesday, December 21, 2011
King’s Fork finished ninth out of 18 “A” wrestling squads in the Craney Island Holiday Tournament held at Churchland High School Friday and Saturday.
Granby won the team title edging Princess Anne.
Individually, the Bulldogs were led by three third-place finishers.
At 138 pounds, Austin Wall took third, beating McKinnis Spadoni of Princess Anne by a 12-2 major decision in the third-place match.
Matt Hommell took third at 170 pounds. Hommell pinned McLean’s Bryson Davis at the 2:54 mark of the third-place match.
Ethan Banks was third-place in 220 pounds. Banks pinned Dsean Lee of Kecoughtan four seconds into the second period of his last match.
Craney Island Holiday Tournament
Team results
1. Granby 245.5
2. Princess Anne 219
3. Grassfield 192.5
4. Langley 191
5. Kecoughtan 171
6. Hampton 167.5
7. Deep Creek 146.5
8. Bayside 146
9. King’s Fork 119
10. Lafayette 116
11. Norfolk Collegiate 114
12. Bishop Sullivan 102
13. McLean 97
14. Grafton 88
15. Norfolk Academy 79
16. Norfolk Christian 53
17. Churchland 45
18. Norcom 6
King’s Fork’s individual results
126 pounds
Quest Weedon (Princess Anne) pin Richawn Turner (KF) 0:53, Turner forfeit Joshua Ballard (Bayside), Brian Dicesare (Grafton) pin Turner 1:28
132 pounds
Josh Ramirez (KF) forfeit Roman Camerillo (Deep Creek), Robert Saunders (Princess Anne) dec. Ramirez 7-5, Ramirez forfeit Tevon Williams (Norcom), Ramirez forfeit Austin Hogancamp (Granby), Ramirez pin Logan Pethtell (Norfolk Christian) 1:31, Ramirez dec. Anthony Gillespie (Churchland) 12-0, Nick Echeverria (McLean) pin Ramirez 0:54, Ramirez dec. Ryan Edwards (Grafton) 9-0
- Ramirez finished in fifth place
138 pounds
Austin Wall (KF) dec. Max Daniels (Grassfield) 17-1, Zach Taylor (Kecoughtan) dec. Wall 15-10, Wall dec. Jacob Trochelman (Deep Creek) 17-1, Wall dec. Zach Regan (Langley) 14-4, Wall dec. Chad Simmons (Deep Creek) 12-2, Wall dec. McKinnis Spadoni (Princess Anne) 12-2
- Wall finished in third place
145 pounds
Aaron Hommell (KF) dec. Rick Ravida (Lafayette) 6-2, Chris Burns (Granby) pin Hommell 0:44, Hommell forfeit Colton Watson (Bayside), Reid Bixler (Norfolk Academy) pin Hommell 0:52
152 pounds
Noah Roistacher (Norfolk Collegiate) pin Locksley Jones (KF) 4:47, Holland Bankston (Grafton) dec. Jones 10-1
160 pounds
Kal Martindale (KF) pin Cam Ghafarri (Norfolk Collegiate) 0:18, Konnor Pritchard (Princess Anne) pin Martindale 3:22, Blake Sibley (Norfolk Collegiate) pin Martindale 0:58
170 pounds
Matt Hommell (KF) pin Elijah Williams (Lafayette) 0:55, Taylor Hill (Grafton) dec. Hommell 4-1, Hommell forfeit Eli Oser (Norfolk Collegiate), Hommell pin Will Wilson (Norfolk Academy) 0:19, Hommell pin Zach Vandergift (Kecoughtan) 2:18, Hommell dec. Spencer Matthews (Granby) 10-5, Hommell dec. Taylor Hill (Grafton) 7-3, Hommell pin Bryson Davis (McLean) 2:54
- Hommell finished in third place
182 pounds
Austin Smenda (KF) pin John Garland (Granby) 2:38, Thomas Tuberville (Lafayette) pin Smenda 1:02, Smenda forfeit Grayson Haynes (McLean), Nico Hawkins (Princess Anne) pin Smenda 1:37
220 pounds
Ethan Banks (KF) pin Daniel Colonna (Norfolk Christian) 1:35, Elijah Alford (Bayside) pin Banks 1:33, Banks pin Mathew Sawarm (McLean) 0:49, Banks pin Chris Sutton (Grassfield) 2:43, Banks dec. Sherrod Ryland (Granby) 7-1, Banks pin Dsean Lee (Kecoughtan) 2:04
- Banks finished in third place