Pennsbury Wrestling

Philadelphia Inquirer By Joe Santoliquito Someone always seemed to be standing between Brian Sellers and his dream of winning a state wrestling championship. In his sophomore and junior years, the Pennsbury 119-pounder just happened to be in the same weight class, 112 pounds, as a two-time state champion Jermaine Jones. In his freshman year, Sellers' own inexperience got in his way. Now, in his senior year, no one seems likely to block Sellers' path to the PIAA Class AAA state championship. It's taken time and patience, and many, many hours of hard work, but Sellers appears unstoppable this season. The 5-foot-3 senior is ranked No. 1 at 119 in Southeast Pennsylvania by The Inquirer with a 34-1 record. He's approaching the all-time Pennsbury career victory mark of 130, held by Chuck Connors (a 112-pound state champ in 1996) and Kip Kiefer (a 119-pound state champ in '92). Sellers has a career mark of 122-19, with at least another month left in the season. He's a two-time Section 1 champion at 112. He earned District 1 North Class AAA and Southeast Regional titles at 112 when he was a sophomore. Last season, his 44-6 record tied Connors for a school record of victories in a season. All that's left for Sellers is winning a state title. His quest will begin in the Section 1 championship at Pennsbury on Saturday at 10 a.m. "I'm ready to get out there and just go, because I think I can really do well this year," said Sellers, who lives in Yardley, Bucks County. "Last year, there was a two-time state champion who I knew I'd have to face sooner or later, which doesn't give you much hope. This year, I don't think there is anyone out there that I can't beat. I feel good about my chances." Sellers actually finished higher than Jones, now at Ohio State on a wrestling scholarship, placing fifth at 112. Jones, weakened by mononucleosis, didn't medal in the top eight, although he did beat Sellers in the Southeast regional, which kept Sellers from being a higher seed in the state tournament. Of Sellers' six losses last year, five came against state-caliber opponents. Sellers dropped two decisions to Jones (including the loss in the regional), two to Easton's Chad Sportelli, now on a full wrestling scholarship at Nebraska, and one to Cedar Cliff's Jared Royer, who finished third in the state at 112 last year. Sellers will campaign for a state title at 119 this season because it just became too difficult to stay down at 112, where he lost his only match in December, dropping a double-overtime rideout to Littlestown High's (Pa.) Mike Anderson at the DeLeone Catholic Invitational. Since then, Sellers has won 17 straight, 10 coming by way of fall. He's pinning more opponents than he ever has as a four-year starter for the Falcons, who are the No. 1-ranked team in Southeast Pennsylvania by The Inquirer. "Brian is definitely more focused and more directed, and that shows in just about everything he's doing," Pennsbury coach Joe Kiefer said. "You could say he's driven, and I think it's accurate to say nothing gets in his way. His goal is to get at or near the top, and the chances are certainly good that he can do that. Brian without a doubt will go down as one of the best, if not the top two or three in the history of the program." Sellers, 18, who is getting attention from Drexel, Virginia, Penn State, Millersville, Bloomsburg and Rider, realizes what's still ahead - and what he needs to reach his goal. "My mentality has changed, I'm just a lot hungrier this year," Sellers said. "It's my last year to go out there and win. I never went into a match thinking I couldn't win last year, but there was some intimidation facing guys like Jones and Sportelli. That affected the way I was wrestling. I'm a lot more confident than I was last year." It shows. "Every match, I try to get focused," Sellers said. "When I go out on the mat, I'm as focused as a I can be, and I looked at guys last year who placed better than me. I knew on any given day I could beat them. I want to make sure that I'm the one looking down, standing up higher in the podium this year."

Gold Medal 103 1...Seth Ciasulli(SO)....Easton...11 2...Bill Spencer(SR)....Highlands...7** 3...Steven Mytych(SO)....Pleasant Valley...11* 4...Ryan Bosso(SO)....Penn Manor...3 5...Morgan Baublitz(JR)....Cumberland Valley...3* 6...Kyle Fluke(FR)....State College...6 7...Andrew Winters(JR)....Indian Valley...6 8...Chris Neidermeier(SO)....Waynesburg...7 9...Jeremy Cresswell(SO)....Blue Mountain...11 10...Jon Bittenger(JR)....Albert Gallatin...7 11...Hadley Harrison(FR)....General McClane...10 12...Paul Bacci(JR)....Conestoga...1 13...Dave Thorn(SR)....Ringold...7 14...Joe Radicioni(SR)....North Penn...1 15...Ray Ward(FR)....Stroudsburg...11 16...Anthony Zehring(JR)....Middletown...3 112 1...Coleman Scott(JR)....Waynesburg...7*** 2...Brad Pataky(SO)....Clearfield...9** 3...Tim Harner(JR)....Norristown...1** 4...Nate Nauroth(SO)....Quakertown...1** 5...Micheal Goslicky(SR)....Thomas Jefferson...7** 6...Alex Krom(SO)....Easton...11* 7...Joe Kemmerer(JR)....Crestwood...2* 8...Jeremy Griffith(SR)....Berwick...2** 9...Mikey Pena(JR)....Liberty...11 10...Scott Sehar(SR)....Central Dauphin...3 11...Matt McClellan(JR)....Oil City...10* 12...Garrett Barbush(SR)....Manheim Central...3* 13...Eric Albright(SO)....West York...3* 14...Steve Bell(SO)....Connellsville...7 15...Billy Stenack(SO)....Northampton...11 16...Jarrett Hostetter(SO)....Oxford...1* 119 1...Mark McKnight(SR)....Chartiers Valley...7** 2...Drew Headlee(SR)....Waynesburg...7*** 3...Brian Sellers(SR)....Pennsbury...1** 4...Jared Royer(JR)....Cedar Cliff...3** 5...Casey Moore(JR)....Central Mountain...6* 6...Mike Sees(SR)....Shikellamy...4** 7...Sean Clair(SO)....Plum...7** 8...Ashtin Primus(FR)....Connellsville...7 9...Brian Jones(SR)....Phillipsburg-Osceola...6* 10...Reinaldo Merced(SR)....Freedom...11 11...John Paukovits(SO)....Northampton...11 12...Josh Barrick(SO)....Big Spring...3 13...Nick Nauroth(SR)....Quakertown...1* 14...Kevin Vinh(JR)....Nazareth...11 15...Wes Kuser(JR)....Governor Mifflin...3 16...Evan Pritchard(JR)....Pleasant Valley...11 125 1...Tim Haas (SR)....Cedar Cliff...3*** 2...Dave Morgan(JR)....West Scranton...2** 3...Kyle Keane(SO)....Bradford...9* 4...Joe Ciampoli(JR)....Altoona...6** 5...Tim McGoldrick(SO)....Pleasant Valley...11 6...Mark Throckmorton(JR)....Waynesburg...7* 7...Clinton Shirk(JR)....Bald Eagle Area...6** 8...Dan Burkholder(SO)....Trinity...7 9...Charles Griffin(JR)....Reading...3* 10...Joe Creazzo(SR)....Easton...11 11...Dave Gilo(SO)....Northampton...11 12...Joe Provini(SR)....Nazareth...11** 13...Dan Enciso(SR)....Valley...7 14...Darren Kern(JR)....Upper Perkiomen...1 15...AJ Moore(SR)....Kiski Area...7 16...Mike Moley(SO)....Spring Ford...1 130 1...Bryan Hart(SR)....Easton...11 2...Jay Morrison(JR)....Whitehall...11** 3...Chris Ramos(JR)....Governor Mifflin...3** 4...Donnie Jones(SO)....Greensburg-Salem...7* 5...Clint Collins(SO)....Upper Merion...1* 6...Joe Caramanica(SO)....Nazareth...11 7...Joey Ecklof(SO)....Northampton...11 8...Mark Fisher(SR)....Bald Eagle Area...6* 9...Mark Powell(JR)....Trinity...7* 10...Nathan Geesaman(SR)....Waynesboro...3 11...Luke Harrison(SR)....General McLane...10 12...AJ Milinak(SO)....Kiski Area...7 13...Matt Shank(JR)....Indian Valley...6 14...Matt Lower(SR)....State College...6 15...Billy Martin(SR)....Avon Grove...1 16...Josh Martin(SO)....Connellsville...7 135 1...Doug Surra(SR)....St. Mary's...9** 2...Daren Murray(SR)....Central Dauphin...3** 3...Ian McGoldrick(SR)....Pleasant Valley...11 4...Chris Renninger(SR)....Blue Mountain...11** 5...John Deery(SR)....North Penn...1 6...Tommy Picarsic(SO)....Penn Trafford...7* 7...Scott Maney(SR)....Bald Eagle Area...6* 8...Dave Gentile(SR)....Nazareth...11 9...Mazen Kholi(JR)....Parkland...11 10...Joe Zizzo(SR)....Pennsbury...1 11...Scott Rokosky(SR)....Pottsville...11 12...Zach Gill(SR)....Shikellamy...4 13...Eric Svec(SR)....Greensburg Salem...7 14...Archie McConnell(SO)....Solanco...3 15...Chad George(JR)....Erie McDowell...10 16...Brandon Baldin(SR)....Ringold...7 140 1...Mike Rodgers(JR)....Easton...11*** 2...Matt Barnett(SR)....Hempfield...3** 3...Scott Heckman(SR)....Bangor...11** 4...Andrew Sherry(JR)....Central Catholic...7 5...Jared Mowl(JR)....Moon...7* 6...Dan Geib(JR)....Souderton...1* 7...Eric Fisher(SR)....Bald Eagle Area...6** 8...Hayden Harrison(JR)....General McClane...10* 9...Jake Rathfon(SR)....Downingtown...1* 10...Corey Murphy(SR)....Corry...10 11...Kyle Martin(JR)....Connellsville...7 12...Jereme Heisey(SO)....Manheim Central...3 13...Mike Depellegrini(SO)....State College...6 14...Erik Goodling(SO)....Cumberland Valley...3 15...Matt Bush(SR)....Phillipsburg Osceola...6 16...Mike Dimotsis(SR)....North Penn...1* 145 1...Jeff Ecklof(SR)....Northampton...11** 2...Brandon Guenot(SR)....Bald Eagle Area...6** 3...Matt Kocher(SR)....State College...6** 4...Bryan Kuhn(JR)....Erie McDowell...10* 5...Ben Young(SR)....Downingtown...1* 6...Joe Bowman(SR)....Pennsbury...1** 7...Ian Tobin(JR)....Titusville...10* 8...Kirk Main(SR)....McGuffey...7** 9...Chad Sutliff(SR)....Conneaut Lake...10* 10...Eddie Sholtz(SR)....Wissahickon...1* 11...Brandon Steele(JR)....Canon McMillan...7 12...Chris Murray(JR)....Central Dauphin...3 13...Mike Ferrara(SR)....Pleasant Valley...11 14...Bryan Lekawa(SR)....Latrobe...7 15...Rob Melly(SR)....Lower Dauphin...3 16...Pat Smith(JR)....Erie Prep...10 152 1...Jarrod King(JR)....Connellsville...7** 2...Albert Miles(SR)....Canon McMillan...7** 3...Taylor Letters(SR)....Shaler...7** 4...Sean Richmond(JR)....Easton...11 5...Brad Herman(SR)....Parkland...11** 6...Mark Murphy(SR)....Northern...3* 7...Anthony Angeline(SR)....Lampeter Strasburg...3** 8...Zach Brower(JR)....Boyertown...1** 9...Billy Haydt(JR)....Northampton...11 10...Brandon Hill(SR)....North Penn...1* 11...Rich Brooks(SR)....State College...6 12...Nate Cain(SR)....Dowingtown...1 13...Hudson Harrison(SR)....General McClane...10 14...Nate Picarsic(SR)....Penn Trafford...7 15...Brad Giandomenico(JR)....Dieruff...11 16...Anthony Dill(SR)....Red Land...3 160 1...Zach Fryling(SR)....North Penn...1*** 2...Neil Bretz(JR)....Cumberland Valley...3* 3...Matt Lear(SR)....Easton...11** 4...John Ptak(SR)....Albert Gallatin...7* 5...Mickey Moran(JR)....Shaler...7* 6...Dave Schreiner(JR)....William Tennent...1* 7...Logan Downes(SO)....Valley...7* 8...Matt Fetzer(SR)....Indian Valley...6* 9...TJ Morrison(SR)....Cedar Cliff...3 10...Dan Goetter(SO)....Pennridge...1 11...Mike Heist(SR)....Parkland...11* 12...Jason Hollar(SR)....Red Lion...3 13...Chris Banket(SR)....Blue Mountain...11 14...Zek Lane(JR)....Allen...11 15...Nick Wood(SR)....Corry...10 16...Pat Warusz(SR)....Neshaminy...1 171 1...Jake Herbert(SR)....North Allegheny...7** 2...Josh Weitzel(SR)....Oxford...1** 3...Ryan Nowicki(SR)....Northampton...11** 4...Nick Guida(SO)....Parkland...11** 5...Jason Reilly(SR)....Crestwood...2 6...Josh Arnone(SO)....Honesdale...2** 7...Joe Ammendola(SR)....Wissahickon...1* 8...Mike Metzger(SR)....Governor Mifflin...3* 9...Charlie Pienaar(SR)....Penn Trafford...7 10...Steve Chirieleison(SR)....Plum...7 11...Jon Kokinda(SR)....Council Rock North...1 12...Mike Corcetti(SR)....Kiski Area...7 13...Jesse Kulp(SR)....Southern Lehigh...11 14...Sean Connole(JR)....Erie Prep...10 15...Lance Wilt(SR)....Central Mountain...6 16...Adam Weaver(SR)....West Perry...3 189 1...Phillip Davis(SR)....Harrisburg...3** 2...Josh Haines(JR)....Northampton...11** 3...Eric Cassidy(SR)....North Alleghany...7** 4...Tyler McCall(SR)....Central Mountain...6 5...Nick Voelker(SR)....Erie Prep...10* 6...Marc Decker(SR)....State College...6* 7...Kyle Narkiewicz(SR)....Warwick...3* 8...Nick Pedezan(JR)....Penn Trafford...7 9...Monty Rockey(JR)....Bald Eagle Area...6 10...Bret Caldwell(SR)....Solanco...3 11...Andrew Haile(SO)....Greensburg Salem...7 12...Pat Heim(SR)....Conestoga...1 13...Justin Terhune(SO)....Dallastown...3 14...Sean McCracken(JR)....East Stroudsburg South...11 15...John Laboranti(JR)....Pittston Area...2 16...Gideon Short(SR)....West Mifflin...7 215 1...Jon Oplinger(JR)....Northampton...11** 2...Adam Lopiccolo(SR)....Susquehannock...3** 3...Josh Evans(SR)....Pottsville...11* 4...Scott McKillop(JR)....Kiski Area...7* 5...Adam Parcell(SR)....Interboro...1* 6...Marcus Millen(JR)....Easton...11 7...Adam Atiyeh(JR)....Parkland...11 8...Sam Ansel(SR)....Latrobe...7 9...Jim Martin(SR)....Wyoming Valley West...2 10...Bryan Reiss(SO)....Emmaus...11 11...Kyle Sprenkle(JR)....Spring Grove...3 12...Nic San Doval(SR)....Central Catholic...7 13...Matt Howard(JR)....Upper Perkiomen...1 14...Doug Weidner(JR)....Pennridge...1* 15...Chris Koziarski(SR)....Erie Prep...10 16...Damien Gresko(JR)....Huntingdon...6 275 1...Joel Yoder(SR)....Bald Eagle Area...6* 2...Tyler Rees(SR)....Northern...3** 3...Ryan Marovich(SR)....Erie McDowell...10** 4...Geoff Donahue(SR)....Neshaminy...1** 5...Zach Sheaffer(JR)....Cumberland Valley...3* 6...Tim Frank(SR)....Fox Chapel...7 7...Mike Wilson(JR)....Stroudsburg...11 8...Jason Groller(JR)....Easton...11 9...Brandon Rupert(SR)....Kiski Area...7 10...Jay O'Hora(SR)....Selinsgrove...4 11...Jason Fronczak(SR)....Montour...7 12...Mike Powell(SR)....Canon McMillan...7 13...Ryan Kittrick(SR)....Coughlin...2 14...Mike Spaid(JR)....Boyertown...1 15...Joe Breshnahan(SR)....Spring Grove...3 16...Josh Blanchard(SR)....Lampeter Strasburg...3 ***=Returning State Champion **=Returning State Placewinner *=Returning State Qualifier TOP 10 AAA DUAL MEET TEAMS 1....Easton...11 2....Northampton...11 3....Nazareth...11 4....Kiski Area...7 5....State College...6 6....Pennsbury...1 7....Bald Eagle Area...6 8...Connellsville...7 9....Upper Perkiomen...1 10....Cumberland Valley...3 HONORABLE MENTION Central Dauphin...3 Trinity...7 General McLane...10 Erie Prep...10 Neshaminy...1

Philadelphia Inquirer Records through Sunday. Individuals 103 Pounds 1. Paul Bacci, Conestoga 23-0 2. Joe Weygand, Archbishop Wood 22-1 3. Joe Radicioni, North Penn 18-7 4. Brett Gardy, Owen J. Roberts 20-1 5. Andrew Jones, Haverford High 25-2 112 Pounds 1. Nate Nauroth, Quakertown 22-4 2. Tim Harner, Norristown 26-2 3. Brett McCurdy, Germantown Acad. 31-8 4. Brad Canterbury, Wissahickon 24-3 5. Brandon Clemmer, Upper Perkiomen 22-3 119 Pounds 1. Brian Sellers, Pennsbury 31-1 2. Nick Nauroth, Quakertown 16-1 3. Ryan Jablonski, Norristown 25-5 4. Jerry Balasco, Council Rock South 18-6 5. Matt Rizzo, Truman 20-1 125 Pounds 1. Trevor Beard, Germantown Acad. 32-4 2. Darren Kern, Upper Perkiomen 30-2 3. Mike Moley, Spring-Ford 28-2 4. Andy Boyd, Oxford 26-8 5. Dan Vagnozzi, Pennsbury 24-3 130 Pounds 1. Clint Collins, Upper Merion 16-0 2. Mike Mowbray, Upper Darby 22-3 3. Billy Martin, Avon Grove 25-3 4. Jeff Warusz, Neshaminy 23-3 5. Steve Biggin, Conestoga 23-0 135 Pounds 1. John Deery, North Penn 21-6 2. Dan Hoffman, Hill School 22-1 3. Nick Salvo, Malvern Prep 21-1 4. Joe Zizzo, Pennsbury 22-3 5. Mustafa Flemming, Academy Park 22-0 140 Pounds 1. Dan Geib, Souderton 21-3 2. Mike Dimotsis, North Penn 22-6 3. Jake Rathfon, Downingtown 24-1 4. Rob Hitschler, Penn Charter 40-1 5. Ken McLaughlin, Ply. Whitemarsh 23-2 145 Pounds 1. Ed Scholtz, Wissahickon 26-2 2. Ben Young, Downingtown 25-2 3. Joe Bowman, Pennsbury 32-0 4. Chris Tate, Garnet Valley 24-0 5. Ryan Kennett, Haverford School 26-2 152 Pounds 1. Rick Mascino, North Catholic 34-1 2. Brandon Hill, North Penn 23-3 3. Nate Cain, Downingtown 26-6 4. Ray Resnick, Haverford School 29-1 5. Ben Shull, Valley Forge 24-0 160 Pounds 1. Zac Fryling, North Penn 24-2 2. Dave Schreiner, William Tennent 20-1 3. Dan Goetter, Pennridge 21-4 4. Tim Lair, West Chester Henderson 22-6 5. Pat Warusz, Neshaminy 16-7 171 Pounds 1. Josh Weitzel, Oxford 26-1 2. Joe Ammendola, Wissahickon 25-1 3. Jon Koninda, Council Rock North 15-1 4. Colin Hitschler, Penn Charter 41-0 5. Mike Pierson, Upper Perkiomen 28-3 189 Pounds 1. Dennis Drury, Germantown Acad. 27-10 2. Pat Heim, Conestoga 25-1 3. Joe Maroney, Bensalem 24-1 4. Stu Wahlig, Oxford 23-7 5. Jake Engle, Upper Perkiomen 27-6 215 Pounds 1. Adam Parcell, Interboro 18-0 2. Zach McCann, St. Pius X 20-0 3. Ryan Collins, Council Rock North 19-4 4. Joe Bergen, Pennsbury 28-4 5. Doug Weidner, Pennridge 22-3 Heavyweight 1. Geoff Donahue, Neshaminy 20-2 2. Matt Intoccia, Malvern Prep 29-2 3. Shane Seaver, Conestoga 21-3 4. Brian Nicholson, Radnor 18-1 5. Pete McCormick, North Penn 23-6 Teams 1. Pennsbury 25-0 2. Upper Perkiomen 20-3 3. Neshaminy 13-2 4. Oxford 13-1 5. North Penn 8-5 6. Conestoga 19-1 7. Pennridge 11-6 8. Downingtown 9-3 9. Norristown 11-4 10. Upper Darby 9-1

Bucks County Courier Times Wrestlers listed by winning percentage (minimum of 12 matches, .667 winning percentage) Name, School Record (Through Tuesday) 103 POUNDS Joe Weygand, Wood 21-1 Rick Rappo, CR-South 14-2 Lee Milas, Pennsbury 28-6 112 POUNDS Brian Sellers, Pennsbury 32-1 Mike Rappo, CR-South 17-5 Lou Paglaiccetti, Bensalem 20-6 Kevin Radley, Tennent 16-7 119 POUNDS Brian Norcross, George 18-3 Tom Brooks, Wood 22-7 Chris Strickland, Pennsbury 25-8 Jerry Balasco, CR-South 16-7 125 POUNDS Matt Rizzo, Truman 20-1 Dan Vagnozzi, Pennsbury 25-3 130 POUNDS Jeff Warusz, Neshaminy 23-4 Bill Trimble, Pennsbury 23-4 Tim Rink, Bensalem 18-5 135 POUNDS Joe Zizzo, Pennsbury 22-3 Joe Leary, Tennent 17-3 Brian Wambold, CR-North 17-3 Ben Rees, Pennsbury 26-6 140 POUNDS Chris Chambers, CR-South 21-4 Brian Rowan, Neshaminy 21-5 Shaun Gould, George 19-6 Matt Mulherin, Tennent 17-8 Kyle Weir, Bristol 8-4 145 POUNDS Joe Bowman, Pennsbury 33-0 Matt McTague, Wood 21-4 Mike Olds, Truman 17-4 Ben Miles, Neshaminy 15-5 152 POUNDS Curt Beardsell, Tennent 23-0 Cody Young, CEC 24-5 Chris Ryan, Pennsbury 12-3 Dave Titus, George 15-4 Kyle Karpinski, Neshaminy 13-5 Phil Mirabile, Wood 16-7 160 POUNDS Dave Schreiner, Tennent 21-1 Kyle Allen, Pennsbury 27-7 Alex Haworth, George 15-4 Pat Warusz, Neshaminy 16-8 171 POUNDS Jon Kokinda, CR-North 15-1 Sonny Flood, Tennent 20-4 Nick Wolk, Neshaminy 21-6 Bobby Speer, Pennsbury 22-7 Bryan Warriner, Truman 19-7 189 POUNDS Joe Maroney, Bensalem 24-1 Pat Frain, Pennsbury 28-5 Tom DeZolt, CEC 22-6 215 POUNDS Joe Bergen, Pennsbury 29-4 Ed Ruiz, Tennent 20-3 Ryan Collins, CR-North 19-4 Ryan Norris, Truman 14-4 Bill Dove, Bensalem 18-8 275 POUNDS Geoff Donahue, Neshaminy 21-2 Sean Reynolds, Bensalem 20-3 Drew Walters, Bristol 11-5 Tom Reardon, Tennent 13-6 Stefan Verleysen, George 15-7

Philadelphia Inquirer By Joe Santoliquito Pennsbury coach Joe Kiefer is calling this edition of the Falcons special. But he isn't going so far as to say it's the best team he's ever had. One of the best, but not the best. Kiefer may find out where the Falcons stand this weekend, when District 1 champion Pennsbury, the No. 1 team in Southeast Pennsylvania, competes in the PIAA Class AAA state dual-meet championship. The Falcons open tomorrow against District 6 champion State College, at Hershey Park's Giant Center. Pennsbury (26-0) has five wrestlers ranked in Southeast Pennsylvania. "This is a very special group of kids, with a great deal of experience," said Kiefer, whose team reached the state semifinals last season before falling to state champion Easton. "The kids on this team have wrestled for a long time, but I wouldn't go as far as saying this is the best team I've had. I had a team in '92 that was undefeated and very good. I would say we are better prepared than we were last year." If Pennsbury wins its opener, it would wrestle the Erie Prep-Kiski Area winner in the semifinals at 10 a.m. Saturday. The championship is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Giant Center.