John Ehret Varsity and Junior Varsity Tournaments
December 21st and 22nd, 2007, at John Ehret High School
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John Ehret Varsity Tournament (December 22nd, 2007) 3rd Place Winner (@215#s) Ross Oliveri. |
John Ehret Junior Varsity Place Winners (December 21st, 2007): Brandon Belisle (2nd @ 145#s), Ryan Cremaldi (3rd @ 171#s) & Jacob Kornman (4th @ 140#s). |
Four wrestlers, including three first-year wrestlers, took home "the hardware" from the John Ehret varsity and junior varsity tournaments.
In the varsity tournament, experienced senior Ross Oliveri (3-1) easily garnered his second 3rd place finish of the season at 215#s, winning three of his four matches with pins at 1:14 & 1:29 and a 9-4 decision.
In the junior varsity tournament:
Brandon Belisle (1-1) placed 2nd, participating in a three-wrestler round-robin at 145#s, comfortably beat his first opponent 12-7. He lost his championship match 10-9, being awarded only a two-point reversal in the final seconds rather than what looked like a one-point escape and two-point takedown which would have sent the match into overtime.
Ryan Cremaldi (0-1) placed 3rd at 171#s, which is an odd record to have and still place. But he was on the mat ready for his consolation finals match, and his opponent was not.
Jacob Kornman (3- 2) may have had the best day for the Cavaliers in the junior varsity tournament, placing 4th at 140#s. He lost his first match 7-2, but then stormed back to win his next three matches in a pin at 0:53, a close 5-4 decision and an unexpected 4-2 decision over a wrestler who beat him 16-4 a week ago. Jacob was comfortably ahead 6-3 in his match for third place, but then had a significant learning experience and finished 4th.
Robbie Evans also won a match for the Cavaliers.
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Jacob Kornman planning a takedown against his Holy Cross opponent. |
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Ross Oliveri testing his Bonnabel opponent in the match for 3rd place. |
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Ross deciding he had tested his opponent enough and that it was time to pin him, which he did at 1:29. |