NORTH CATHOLIC FINISHES 6th AT REGIONALS....QUALIFY 2 WRESTLERS TO STATES!!!!

this past weekend the north catholic wrestling team traveled to Council Rock North HS to take part in the Southeast PA Regional Tournament. This tournament is the final qualifier to the PIAA State Tournament. To qualify, you must place in the top 4 in your weight class. The regional tournament contains all of the schools from the city and the suburbs. NC finished in 6th place, our highest finish in the two years of the event. here is a breakdown of all of the place-winners....

103 - mike mccall - 4th place - PIAA State Qualifier. Mike dropped his first match of the tournament then stormed through the consolation bracket with 3 straight wins to punch his ticket to states. He dropped the 3rd place match 6-5 and finished 4th in the Region.

125 - David Davidson - 5th place - david also dropped his first match. he then won his next two matches to set up the consolation semi-final. David dropped a 8-4 decision to a two time state qualifier. david then exacted some revenge for his earlier loss, winning the 5th place match by major decision. david finishes his career with 103 career wins.

140- Anthony White - REGIONAL CHAMPION!!! - anthony white became the first regional champion in North Catholic and PCL history. on his way to the championship, he defeated the #15, #4 and #5 ranked wrestlers in the state! his performance was so dominating in the finals, the wrestler he was facing QUIT with about 5 seconds left! anthony is now 38-2 on the year and needs 3 more victories to reach 100 career wins.

215 - AJ Vizcarrondo - 6th place - AJ finished his sophomore year with a 6th place finish at the regional tournament. The 215 bracket was one of the toughest brackets in the tournament. AJ dropped his first match, won his next two and had a show-down with last years PIAA 3rd place finisher with a trip to states on the line. AJ fought hard but dropped a 3-1 decision in OT. AJ currently has the most wins by a freshman and sophomore in North Catholics history.

285 - Jeremy Reith - 6th place - Jeremy lost 3 - 1 point decisions in the tournament. He dropped his semi-final match 3-2, his consolation semi-match 3-2 and his 5th place match 4-3 in ot. Jeremy was denied a shot to states by some shady officiating which i still lose sleep over. Lets hope that this motivates jeremy to be more offensive and train hard during the off-season.

Congrats to the Regional Place winners and also congrats to our other regional qualifiers: Erik Stankiewicz, Nick Cancelliere, Thomas Goodyear, and Will Trainor. also, best of luck to our departing seniors and keep it going at the next level.....

stay tuned to the PIAA States and the update to follow.....

NC WRESTLING SENDS 9 TO REGIONALS!!!!

hey everyone, i havent had a ton of time to write up a new post. we have been very busy picking up our intensity for the regionals this week! the whole nc community is very excited about our chances this weekend and feel that good things are gonna happen for north catholic wrestling.....

here is the tournament breakdown
Place: Council Rock North High School
Times: Friday - 5:30 - pigtails, pre-lims, and quarterfinals
: Saturday - 9:30 - 1st and 2nd round consolations
- 11:00 - Semi-finals
- 1:00 - Consolation semi-finals
- 6:00 - Regional Finals
I hope to see many of you at the regional tournament this weekend......

sav

NORTH WRESTLING BEGINS THEIR RUNS FOR STATE GLORY!!!!!!!!!

NORTH CATHOLIC WRESTLING ADVANCES 11 WRESTLERS TO THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT.



This weekend, the north catholic wrestling team began the grueling march to the state tournament. The PIAA state tournament is 4 weeks of advancement tournaments that ends the second week in march in Hershey PA. this week, 13 wrestlers from north catholic began their runs in the section 8 wrestling tournament held on saturday at north catholic. Out of 13 wrestlers, we advanced 11 to next weeks district 12 tournament. here is a breakdown of all our individuals....



103 - Mike McCall - 1st place.... mike became north catholics 4th sectional champion after a dominating performance in which he did not give up a single point. Mike is now 29 - 4 on the season and currently has 98 career wins. he is looking for his 100 victory this coming weekend at Districts.



112 - Tim Markert - 5th place.... tim came into sectionals dealing with some shoulder issues. despite not wrestling in about 4 weeks in live competition, time went 2-2 and finished in 5th place. unfortunately only the top 4 wrestlers move on to districts....tim finished his senior campaign with a 8-12 record.



119 - Erik Stankiewcz - 2nd place.... erik came into the sectional tournament as the 3rd seed. he wrestled a great semi-final match to reach the finals. unfortunately, nick bongard from bonner is one of the best wrestlers in southeast pa. Erik is now 24-9 on the season.



125 - David Davidson - 2nd place....for the second consecutive year david fell to a tough opponent in the sectional final. david got into a strange scramble position and gave up a takedown and backpoints to go into a 5-0 deficit. that type of hole is tough to come back from on a very tough opponent and david lost 7-2. right now, david's record stands at 31-6 and also has 98 career wins.



130- Tad Meyers - 6th place....tad finished his first year on varsity with a 6th place sectional tournament. Tad needs to improve on his technique and strength during the off-season. He finished his season with 7 wins.

135 - Nick Cancelliere - 2nd place....nick came from the 6th seed and fought his way all the way to the finals. Nick defeated the 3rd and 2nd seed before falling to the 1st seed in the finals. Nick now has a season record of 12-15 going into this weeks district tournament.

140 - Anthony White - 1st place....anthony became north catholics 5th sectional champion with a dominating tech-fall in the finals. anthony is having a monster year and continues to improve each and every day. He currently 32-2 on the season and has not lost nor given up a takedown since early janurary.

145 - Thomas Goodyear - 1st place...thomas was north's 6th sectional champion and 3rd on the day. Thomas is another wrestler who never wrestled in high school and wrestles the old school north style. Thomas is currently 20-8 on the season going into this weeks district tournament.

152 - Will Trainor - 2nd place....will had a very strong tournament and finished in 2nd place. will wrestles extremely hard and wins many matches by outlasting his opponents. Will is now 21-15 on the season.

160 - Tim Maguire - 2nd place....tim has come very far this season and is wrestling as well as anyone on the team. tim wrestled very tough in the final losing by a score of 7-1. Tim currently has a record of 17-16 for the season and has a chance to finish with 20 wins for his sophomore campaign.

171 - Brian Sweeney - 3rd place....brian was seeded last in his weight class (9th)...all he did was go 4-1 on the day and finished in 3rd place. brian is another north wrestler who has improved drastically since the beginning of the season. Brian currently has 9 varsity wins this season and has a chance to be a regional qualifier.

215 - AJ Vizcarrondo - 1st place....aj keeps cementing his legacy as one of the best sophomores in the country with a first place finish in the sectional tournament. aj had 3 falls on the day, pinning bonners talented marcus collins in the finals. aj wrestles a very aggressive style and keeps working for takedowns and for falls. aj currently has a record of 32-3 on the season and currently has 61 career wins in two years.

285 - Jeremy Reith - 3rd place....jeremy was upset in the semi-finals on a fluke throw. jeremy showed his grit by winning his next two matches to finish the day with a 3rd place finish. Jeremy will have a shot to avenge his loss in the semi-finals of the district tournament. Jeremy currently has a record of 31-4 going into the districts.

This weeks district tournament begins at 930am at lasalle....hope to see many of our north fans there.....