Pennsbury Wrestling

Pennsbury Falcons

Kyle Allen Sr 152-171 Chris Bechis So 145-152 Joe Bergen Jr 189-275 Joe Bowman Sr 140-152 Bill Bramwell Jr 171-215 Joe Bulger So 140-152 Matt Byelich Sr 130-140 Sean Caines Jr 140-152 Rob Capozzi So 103-112 John Chesko So 215-275 Kevin Chisnell Sr 135-145 Victor Cortes Sr 145-160 Mike Curnew Jr 145-160 Andrew Darnell So 135-145 Joe Dawicki So 135-145 Sanjay Deendyal So 130-135 Nate DeTample Jr 103-119 Matt Donahue So 140-152 Pat Frain Sr 171-215 Kevin Goring So 119-130 Cori Gribbon So 135-145 Kevin Hepler So 152-171 Corey Howard Jr 160-189 Dan Jones So 135-145 Brendan Kott So 189-215 Pat McDonald So 125-135 Joe McHugh Jr 125-135 Lee Milas So 103-112 Don Moyer So 103-119 Dan Nau Sr 160-189 Tom O'Neill Sr 215-275 Tyrus O'Neill Jr 215-275 Kyle Palucis Jr 103-119 Brian Phillips So 160-189 Chuck Puusti So 152-171 Ben Rees So 130-140 Chris Ryan Jr 145-160 Bill Seiple So 119-130 Brian Sellers Sr 112-125 Jarrod Soltys So 145-160 Bobby Speer Sr 171-215 Jeff Spiker Sr 152-171 Chris Strickland Sr 112-125 Kurt Sunderland Sr 140-152 Bill Trimble So 130-140 Dan Vagnozzi Sr 125-135 Phil Wind Jr 145-160 Joe Zizzo Sr 135-145

THE FACTS Head Coach: Joe Kiefer Assistant Coaches: Tony Incollingo Jim Parsons Dick Tosti League: Suburban One Patriot Division 2001-02 league record: 10-0 2001-02 overall record: 22-1 Lettermen returning: 16 Starters Returning: 12   Look Back: Pennsbury won the KSA Tournament in Orlando, the SOL Patriot championship and the District One Class AAA Dual Meet Tournament. Look Ahead: The Falcons are ranked third in Pennsylvania, behind Northampton and Easton, according to one poll.  That's almost unheard of for a team from District One. Pennsbury will likely have several wrestlers qualify for the PIAA Class AAA championships, especially now that the Southeast Region will send four wrestlers, not three, to states this year. Key Matches: The Falcons will get a tough test from Hoover, the Alabama state champion, in a tournament in Florida next month.  Pennsbury's toughest challenger for SOL supremacy will probably be Neshaminy.  The Falcons will probably at least make a return trip to the state dual meet semifinals. This is the best Pennsbury team since at least 1992, when the Falcons won the Section One, District One North and Southeast Regional titles. Coach's comment: "We're real excited.  We have been since the season ended last year with so much experience returning.  But, we have to prove it on the mat.  We do have a fair amount of depth, but we have to get everybody in the right weight and healthy."

WRESTLERS TO WATCH Top Returnees: The Falcons have 22 wrestlers with some varsity experience.  Kiefer thinks Sellers, who placed fifth at states at 112 last season, can win a PIAA title this year.  The coach believes Bowman, who placed eighth at 140 pounds, can place in the top eight or higher again.  Vagnozzi, fourth at regionals at 119 pounds, is a good bet to get to Hershey. Top Newcomers: The rich get richer.  Pennsbury benefits by the addition of Cortes and Howard, last seen at Bensalem.  Also, Spiker returns to the program after a one-year hiatus.  Ryan returns from an injury.  Moyer was 11-0 on JV last season. Key Loss: Jon Schimpf (34-7) was the only senior starter on last year's team.

Gold Medal 103 1...Coleman Scott(JR)....Waynesburg...7*** 2...Brad Pataky(SO)....Clearfield...9** 3...Mark McKnight(SR)....Chartiers Valley...7** 4...Bill Spencer(SR)....Highlands...7** 5...Tim Harner(JR)....Norristown...1** 6...Nate Nauroth(SO)....Quakertown...1** 7...Micheal Goslicky(SR)....Thomas Jefferson...7** 8...Clinton Shirk(JR)....Bald Eagle Area...6** 9...Joe Kemmerer(JR)....Crestwood...2* 10...Steven Mytych(SO)....Pleasant Valley...11* 11...Brian Jones(SR)....Phillipsburg-Osceola...6* 12...Garrett Barbush(SR)....Manheim Central...3* 13...Alex Krom(SO)....Easton...11* 14...Morgan Baublitz(JR)....Cumberland Valley...3* 15...Jarrett Hostetter(SO)....Oxford...1* 16...Quint Eno(SR)....Elizabethtown...3* 112 1...Drew Headlee(SR)....Waynesburg...7*** 2...Jared Royer(JR)....Cedar Cliff...3** 3...Brian Sellers(SR)....Pennsbury...1** 4...Sean Clair(SO)....Plum...7** 5...Jeremy Griffith(SR)....Berwick...2** 6...Casey Moore(JR)....Central Mountain...6* 7...Matt McClellan(JR)....Oil City...10* 8...Kyle Keane(SO)....Bradford...9* 9...Jon Paukovits(SO)....Northampton...11 10...Mark Day(SR)....Trinity...7 11...Kevin Henning(SR)....Spring Grove...3 12...JJ Zanetta(SR)....Keystone Oaks...7 13...Wes Kuser(JR)....Governor Mifflin...3 14...Mike Moley(SO)....Spring Ford...1 15...Brandon Behrer(JR)....State College...6 16...Tim McGoldrick(SO)....Pleasant Valley...11 119 1...Tim Haas (SR)....Cedar Cliff...3*** 2...Mike Sees(JR)....Shikellamy...4** 3...Dave Morgan(SR)....West Scranton...2** 4...Chris Ramos(JR)....Governor Mifflin...3** 5...Joe Campioli(JR)....Altoona...6** 6...Clint Collins(SO)....Upper Merion...1* 7...Charles Griffin(JR)....Reading...3* 8...Donnie Jones(SO)....Greensburg-Salem...7* 9...Bart Wylie(JR)....Seneca Valley...7* 10...Dan Vagnozzi(SR)....Pennsbury...1 11...Mitch Pankiewicz(SO)....Ringgold...7 12...Nathan Geesaman(SR)....Waynesboro...3 13...Mike Catalano(SO)....Canon McMillan...7 14...Dave Gilio(SO)....Northampton...11 15...Austin Blaschak(SR)....State College...6 16...Brad Cipriani(SR)....Franklin Regional...7 125 1...Jay Morrison(JR)....Whitehall...11** 2...Joe Provini(SR)....Nazareth...11** 3...Daren Murray(SR)....Central Dauphin...3** 4...Mark Throckmorton(JR)....Waynesburg...7* 5...Nick Nauroth(SR)....Quakertown...1* 6...Mark Fisher(SR)....Bald Eagle Area...6* 7...Kyle Fiekles(SR)....Erie Prep...10 8...Joey Ecklof(SO)....Northampton...11 9...Dan Burkholder(SO)....Trinity...7 10...Mike Mowbray(SR)....Upper Darby...1 11...Nick Yalch(SR)....Berwick...2 12...Dustin Layton(JR)....Seneca Valley...7 13...Matt Lower(SR)....State College...6 14...Scott Rokosky(SR)....Pottsville...11 15...Zac Knorr(SR)....Spring Ford...1 16...Matt Shank(JR)....Indian Valley...6 130 1...Jeff Ecklof(SR)....Northampton...11** 2...Doug Surra(SR)....St. Mary's...9** 3...Tommy Picarsic(SO)....Penn Trafford...7* 4...Dan Geib(JR)....Souderton...1* 5...Mark Powell(JR)....Trinity...7* 6...Bryan Hart(SR)....Easton...11 7...Sean Cote(SR)....Chartiers Valley...7 8...Nate Cain(SR)....Dowingtown...1 9...Andrew Sherry(JR)....Central Catholic...7 10...Luke Harrison(SR)....General McLane...10 11...Joe Creazzo(SR)....Easton...11 12...Jacob Meyer(SR)....Upper Dublin...1 13...Kyle Martin(JR)....Connellsville...7 14...Erik Goodling(SO)....Cumberland Valley...3 15...Jake Keefe(SR)....Liberty...11 16...Angelo Manifest(SR)....Kiski Area...7 135 1...Mike Rodgers(JR)....Easton...11*** 2...Jarrod King(JR)....Connellsville...7** 3...Matt Kocher(SR)....State College...6** 4...Scott Heckman(SR)....Bangor...11** 5...Chris Renninger(SR)....Blue Mountain...11** 6...Hayden Harrison(JR)....General McClane...10* 7...Jared Mowl(JR)....Moon...7* 8...Scott Maney(SR)....Bald Eagle Area...6* 9...Bob Ireland(SR)....Neshaminy...1* 10...Ian McGoldrick(SR)....Pleasant Valley...11 11...Eric Svec(SR)....Greensburg Salem...7 12...Matt Bush(SR)....Phillipsburg Osceola...6 13...Bryan Lekawa(SR)....Latrobe...7 14...Nathan Kennedy(JR)....McGuffey...7 15...Chris Tate(SR)....Garnet Valley...1 16...Dave Gentile(SR)....Nazareth...11 140 1...Brad Herman(SR)....Parkland...11** 2...Brandon Guenot(SR)....Bald Eagle Area...6** 3...Matt Barnett(SR)....Hempfield...3** 4...Kirk Main(SR)....McGuffey...7** 5...Joe Bowman(SR)....Pennsbury...1** 6...Bryan Kuhn(JR)....Erie McDowell...10* 7...Ben Young(SR)....Downingtown...1* 8...Ian Tobin(JR)....Titusville...10* 9...Corey Murphy(SR)....Corry...10 10...Nate Picarsic(SR)....Penn trafford...7 11...Zach Gill(SR)....Selinsgrove...4 12...Bill Morosetti(SR)....West Allegheny...7 13...Matt Horne(SR)....Conneaut Lake...10 14...Justin Barnett(SR)....Glen Mills...1 15...Jase Stats(SR)....Latrobe...7 16...Jonathen Riley(SR)....Huntingdon...6 145 1...Eric Fisher(SR)....Bald Eagle Area...6** 2...Taylor Letters(SR)....Shaler...7** 3...Chad Sutliff(SR)....Conneaut Lake...10* 4...Mike Dimotsis(SR)....North Penn...1* 5...Ed Sholtz(SR)....Wissahickon...1* 6...Mark Murphy(SR)....Northern...3* 7...Jake Rathfon(SR)....Downingtown...1* 8...Brendon Steele(JR)....Canon McMillan...7* 9...Chris Murray(JR)....Central Dauphin...3 10...Sean Richmond(JR)....Easton...11 11...Justin Smith(JR)....Penn Trafford...7 12...Hudson Harrison(SR)....General McLane...10 13...Brad Giandomenico(SR)....Dieruff...11 14...Rick Haarbauer(SO)....Baldwin...7 15...Pat Warusz(SR)....Neshaminy...1 16...Nick Boos(SR)....Solanco...3 152 1...Matt Lear(SR)....Easton...11** 2...Albert Miles(SR)....Canon McMillan...7** 3...Anthony Angeline(SR)....Lampeter Strasburg...3** 4...Zach Brower(JR)....Boyertown...3** 5...Neil Bretz(JR)....Cumberland Valley...3* 6...John Ptak(SR)....Albert Gallatin...7* 7...Brandon Hill(SR)....North Penn...1* 8...Mickey Moran(JR)....Shaler...7* 9...Dave Schreiner(JR)....William Tennent...1* 10...Kyle Rauch(SR)....Jersey Shore...4 11...Buck Smodic(JR)....Kiski Area...7 12...Jon Shorts(SR)....West York...3 13...Tommy Shultz(JR)....Latrobe...7 14...Jason Reilly(SR)....Crestwood...2 15...Derek Ricker(SR)....West Perry...3 16...Joe Davis(SR)....Butler...7 160 1...Zach Fryling(SR)....North Penn...1*** 2...Jake Herbert(SR)....North Allegheny...7** 3...Nick Guida(SO)....Parkland...11** 4...Ryan Nowicki(SR)....Northampton...11** 5...Josh Arnone(SO)....Honesdale...2** 6...Stephen Breese(SR)....McGuffey...7** 7...Joe Ammendola(SR)....Wissahickon...1* 8...Logan Downes(SO)....Valley...7* 9...Matt Fetzer(SR)....Indian Valley...6* 10...Matt Waterman(SR)....Carrick...8* 11...TJ Morrison(SR)....Cedar Cliff...3 12...Nick Wood(SR)....Corry...10 13...Nick Pedezan(JR)....Penn Trafford...7 14...Ed Kenzakoski(JR)....Coughlin...2 15...Jess Kulp(SR)....Southern Lehigh...11 16...Andrew Haile(SO)....Greensburg Salem...7 171 1...Josh Weitzel(SR)....Oxford...1** 2...Josh Haines(JR)....Northampton...11** 3...Eric Cassidy(SR)....North Alleghany...7** 4...Mike Metzger(SR)....Governor Mifflin...3* 5...Kyle Narkiewicz(SR)....Warwick...3* 6...Mike Heist(SR)....Parkland...11* 7...Steve Chirieleison(SR)....Plum...7 8...Mike Corcetti(SR)....Kiski Area...7 9...John Lavoranti(JR)....Pittston Area...2 10...Lance Wilt(SR)....Central Mountain...6 11...Matt Pizzaro(SR)....Easton...11 12...Mike Pierson(SR)....Upper Perkiomen...1 13...Bret Caldwell(SR)....Solanco...3 14...Gideon Short(SR)....West Mifflin...7 15...Mike Viti(JR)....Berwick...2 16...Andy Bateman(SR)....Owen J. Roberts...1 189 1...Jon Oplinger(JR)....Northampton...11** 2...Adam Lopiccolo(SR)....Susquehannock...3** 3...Phillip Davis(SR)....Harrisburg...3** 4...Scott McKillop(JR)....Kiski Area...7* 5...Nick Voelker(SR)....Erie Prep...10* 6...Marc Decker(SR)....State College...6* 7...Marcus Millen(JR)....Easton...11 8...Adam Atiyeh(JR)....Parkland...11 9...Nick Engler(SR)....Hempfield...7 10...Curtis Kriner(SR)....Red Lion...3 11...Brandon Reiss(SO)....Emmaus...11 12...Jim Martin(SR)....Wyoming Valley West...2 13...Chris Glomb(SR)....North Allegheny...7 14...Ryan Collins(SR)....Council Rock...1 15...Nic San Doval(SR)....Central Catholic...7 16...Kyle Sprenkle(JR)....Spring Grove...3 215 1. 275 1...Tyler Rees(SR)....Northern...3** 2...Ryan Marovich(SR)....Erie McDowell...10** 3...Geoff Donahue(SR)....Neshaminy...1** 4...Zach Sheaffer(JR)....Cumberland Valley...3* 5...Doug Weidner(JR)....Pennridge...1* 6...Josh Evans(SR)....Pottsville...11* 7...Joel Yoder(SR)....Bald Eagle Area...6* 8...Adam Parcell(SR)....Interboro...1* 9...Jeremy Hockenberry(JR)....West Perry...3 10...Jason Groller(JR)....Easton...11 11...Nick DeBartolo(JR)....Upper St. Clair...7 12...Rocky Schoenberger(SR)....Nazareth...11 13...Sam Ansel(SR)....Latrobe...7 14...Kyle Chandler(SR)....Coatesville...1 15...Ryan Kittrick(SR)....Coughlin...2 16...Jason Fronczak(SR)....Montour...7 ***=Returning State Champion **=Returning State Placewinner *=Returning State Qualifier TOP 10 AAA DUAL MEET TEAMS 1....Easton...11 2....Northampton...11 3....Bald Eagle Area...6 4....Nazareth...11 5....Trinity...7 6....Central Dauphin...3 7....State College...6 8....Waynesburg...7 9....Cumberland Valley...3 10....Clearfield...9 HONORABLE MENTION Boyertown...3 Beth. Freedom...11 Pennsbury...1 St. Mary's...9 Connellsville...7

Preseason Team Rankings (AAA)
(based upon returning placers' data)
Rank	School	Points	District
1	Northampton	2105	11
2	Easton	1750	11
3	PENNSBURY	1743	1
4	Erie Cathedral Prep	1657	10
5	Bald Eagle Area	1615	6
6	Kiski Area	1360	7
7	Waynesburg	1340	7
8	State College	1271	6
9	Parkland	1268	11
10	Central Dauphin	1263	3
11	North Penn	1253	1
12	North Allegheny	1196	7
13	Shaler	1190	7
14	Downingtown	1155	1
15	General McLane	1113	10
16	West Perry	1108	3
17	Trinity	1100	7
18	Canon-MacMillan	1088	7
19	Clearfield	1084	9
20	Oxford	1080	1
21	Cedar Cliff	1060	3
22	Neshaminy	1035	1
23	Northern	1031	3
24	Connellsville	1025	7
25	Penn Trafford	991	7

Top Wrestlers (based on returning placers' computer ranking data)
Rank	Name	School	Wt.	Class	Dist. Pl.	Reg. Pl.	SP	Rec
1	Fryling, Zac	North Penn	160	AAA	01-N-1	SE-1	S1	41-1
2	Strayer, Jake	Forest Hills	103	AA	06-1	SW-1	S1	40-1
3	Haas, Tim	Cedar Cliff	119	AAA	03-1-1	SC-1	S1	39-0
4	Brenner, Kurt	Freedom	171	AA	07-1	SW-1	S1	38-1
5	Headlee, Drew	Waynesburg	112	AAA	07-5-1	SW-3	S1	40-5
6	Wilcox, Matt	Maplewood	189	AA	10-1	NW-2	S1	38-2
7	Scott, Coleman	Waynesburg	103	AAA	07-5-1	SW-1	S1	42-3
8	Fisk, Matt	Wyalusing	103	AA	04-1	NE-1	S2	45-2
9	Ecklof, Jeff	Northampton	130	AAA	11-1	NE-1	S3	40-1
10	Weitzel, Josh	Oxford	171	AAA	01-S-1	SE-1	S2	42-3
26	Sellers, Brian	Pennsbury	112	AAA	01-N-2	SE-3	S5	44-6
80	Bowman, Joe	Pennsbury	140	AAA	01-N-3	SE-3	S8	40-11

Notable Returning Pennsbury Wrestlers
Name	Wt.	Grad Yr.	Dist. Pl.	Reg. Pl.	SP	Rec.
Palucis, Kyle	103	2004				19-10
Strickland, Chris	103	2003	01-N-5			27-12
Sellers, Brian	112	2003	01-N-2	SE-3	S5	44-6
Vagnozzi, Dan	119	2003	01-N-2	SE-4		28-12
Trimble, Bill	125	2005				25-11
Rees, Ben	135	2005				23-13
Bowman, Joe	140	2003	01-N-3	SE-3	S8	40-11
Allen, Kyle	145	2003	01-N-6			23-19
Frain, Pat	171	2003	01-N-4			29-15
Speer, Bobby	189	2003	01-N-6			5-5
Bergen, Joe	275	2004	01-N-5			30-11