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| Wildcats Beat Susquehanna Twp 53-12 and Repeat as Keystone Division Champs |
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The Mechanicsburg grapplers fell behind early with the match starting at 285. Sawyer Mundorf wrestled a great match going the distance with Averee Robinson, defending state champ, and only giving up a 3 point decision. From there it was pretty much a downward spiral for the Indians with a decision at 120 and a fall from Daniel King at 132 being their only other scoring. The wildcats middle and upper weights took control and never looked back.
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| Wildcats Beat Middletown on Sr. Night 44-20 |
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The 11 seniors and their parents were introduced on what may have been their last home match. That all depends on the power ratings and how far we go in the team championships. Leaving nothing to chance the wildcats jumped out to an early lead with the starting weight of 138 and had the match put away before Middletown's powerful lightweights ever saw the mat. Getting pins for the wildcats were Weaver, Barr and Mundorf.
The team's next match is at Susquehanna Twp next Thursday.
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| Wildcats Take CV Winter Duals and Get 500th Win |
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The Mechanicsburg wrestling program reached a milestone 500th win today when we beat the Cumberland Valley Eagles in the first round of the CV Winter Duals. It was also the first time since the 1988-89 season that we defeated the Eagles. The Wildcats went on to post three more wins to finish the duals 4-0 in first place and now have a 9-0 record for the season.
match scores:
Mechanicsburg 43 Cumberland Valley 23
Mechanicsburg 55 Boyertown 15
Mechanicsburg 54 Southwestern 24
Mechanicsburg 51 Lower Dauphin 18
The Wildcats were led by Rustin Barrick, Joey Krulock and Josh Thomson who all went 4-0 on the day! For more information there is a nice article on Cumberlink (The Sentinel's website) that can be found here.
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| Wildcats Roll Over Red Land 61-6 |
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With 4 falls in 2 minutes 18 seconds of wrestling and 3 forfeits this match was over quickly. Pinning for the cats were Ramsey, Thomson, Weaver and Mundorf. The next match is Saturday the 14th at the Cumberland Valley Duals. We are scheduled to wrestle CV at 11am.
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| Mechanicsburg Pins 8 in 55-18 Rout of Warwick |
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The wildcats won 10 of the 14 bouts and eight were by fall. Pinners for the wildcats were T. Skelly, Shuler, C. Skelly, Ramsey, Barrick, Thomson, Weaver and Barr.
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| Wildcats Earn 3rd Win Over Chambersburg 49-15 |
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The wildcats jumped to an early lead and never looked back winning 10 of the 14 bouts. Getting pins for the wildcats were Davis, Thomson, Barr and Mundorf.
Click here for a nice article from The Sentinel.
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| 4 Wildcats Claim Individual Championships and The Team Takes 1st |
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Four individuals (Mitch Ramsey at 152, Rustin Barrick at 160, Joey Krulock at 170 and Josh Thomson at 182) claimed championships as the Wildcats capped an outstanding 2 days at the Conestoga Valley Holiday Classic. Also, Rustin Barrick was awarded the Outstanding Wrestler trophy by the coaches. Luke Weaver and Bryton Barr each took second place, Sawyer Mundorf came back to take 3rd after a disappointing quarterfinal loss, Mike Crosson claimed 5th after a long trip back through the consolation bracket and Kyle Shuler took 8th.
The team title was well in hand after the quarterfinal and semi-final rounds with 6 wildcats advancing to the finals. The final team standings had Mechanicsburg in first place by 32 points followed by Owen J. Roberts, Manheim Township and the rest of the 23 team field.
For complete brackets, team standings and JV brackets click here.
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| Conestoga Valley Holiday Classic - Day 1 |
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Wildcats in 1st After Day 1
After the first day of competition 6 Mechanicsburg wrestlers (Ramsey, Barrick, Krulock, Thomson, Weaver and Barr) are headed to Friday's semi-final round. Several others are still in contention for 3rd place. This effort has put the team in first place out of 23 teams as they look to win this event for the first time.
JV Grabs 2nd Place in JV Event
The JV wrestlers fell 6 points short of 1st place winner Owen J. Roberts in a valiant comeback effort. They closed the gap from 34 points in the quarterfinals by placing 5 wrestlers in the finals and 4 of them winning (3 of the 4 were by falls). Placing for the Wildcats were:
1st - Fake, Marsicano, Capasso, Chestnut
2nd - Peel
3rd - Shumaker, Wills, Gochenaur
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| Rustin Barrick gets 100th Win |
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Rustin Barrick claimed his 100th victory today and becomes only the 3rd wildcat wrestler to do so. The others are Danny Estricher class of 2008 and Zach Thomson class of 2011. The next milestone in sight for Barrick will be the school record for wins which is currently held by Thomson at 112. Barrick's 100th came in the quarterfinals of the Conestoga Valley Holiday Classic where he has advanced to the semi-finals.
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| JV Wrestlers Take 2nd at West Perry Tournament on 12/27 |
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With only 9 wrestlers participating the Wildcat JV took home second place as a team. Warrior Run won the team championship. This was an individual tournament utilizing madison weights. Participating teams included: Camp Hill, Carlisle, Central Dauphin, Cumberland Valley, Big Spring, Gettysburg, Mechanicsburg, Northern, Warrior Run and West Perry. Placing 1st for the wildcats were Fake, Marsicano and Gochenaur. Placing 2nd were Shumaker, Myers and Chestnut with Wills taking 4th. The JV will be in action Thursday and Friday at Conestoga Valley along with the Varsity.
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