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2002 News through the end of November.
11/04/02 -
St.
Mary's schedule posted.
* Kane
schedule posted
* Dubois
roster/ coaching changes posted
* Bradford
schedule posted
* Rules interp meeting was tonight. Ye Olde Editor attended the
District VII meeting @ Brashear HS. Will post a summary later, but
it's going to be an interesting season folks. It would be a good idea
to start including a summary of the rules changes in your programs,
otherwise there will be a LOT of confused fans out there. There have
been changes! PA has adopted the National Rules Book in its
entirety, with one exception. There can be no designated "other
person" for weigh-ins - the referee MUST do weigh-ins.
11/03/02 -
Clarion
schedule posted - coaching changes noted.
* Dubois
schedule posted.
* Coudersport
schedule posted (and roster)
* Punxsy
coaching changes posted - no schedule yet.
* There are several openings for the Mid Season Classic Tournament.
The date is January 18 and we presently have 13 teams that came last
year. Teams interested can contact Randy
Cathcart.
* The District IX Hall of Fame Committee is looking for some nominees
for this year. It can be a past wrestler, coach, contributor or
whatever. The Committee would like to have 8-9 nominees and let
everyone vote on-line through the website.
* On Sunday, October 27th, Brian Belcher was injured during a
wrestling match. He had a severe neck injury and underwent emergency
surgery to reconstruct the vertebrae in his neck. Only time will tell
if he will regain feeling from his neck down.
Brian is a freshman at Mt. View and a 2002 District 2 Jr. High
Champion. He is the only freshman starter on Mt. View's undefeated
soccer team. His family would never ask for help, however, they could
use all of the help and prayers they could get.
A recovery fund has been set up for donations. Please talk to your
booster clubs, varsity teams and friends.
Donations can be sent to:
"Brian Belcher Recovery Fund"
Pennstar Bank
Lenox Branch
Routes 92 & 106
Kingsley, PA 18826
Any help would be appreciated.
If you have any questions or need more information, please don't
hesitate to e-mail me or phone (570) 756-3619.
Thank you.
Mike Panasevich
Mt. View Wrestling
* Clearfield's Brad Pataky is ranked preseason # 6 in the nation at
103lbs by Amateur Wrestling News. Go to http://www.amateurwrestlingnews.com/index.htm
and click on the link for "High School Individual".
Brad is also ranked # 6 out of all sophomores and freshman in the
nation by WrestlingUSA:
http://www.wrestlingusa.com/02%20wusa%20web%20root/highschoolbest/hsbestsophfrosh.html
and is ranked # 13 in the nation overall: http://www.wrestlingusa.com/02%20wusa%20web%20root/highschoolbest/hsbestallclass.html
* Brockway's Scott Rendos is ranked # 14 out of all juniors in the
nation at 145 by Wrestling USA: http://www.wrestlingusa.com/02%20wusa%20web%20root/highschoolbest/hsbestjuniors.html
10/30/02 -
Ridgway
schedule in place.
10/29/02 -
Clearfield
schedule posted as well.
* 18th
Annual Clearfield Elem/ JH Tourney info
posted.
* Interesting opportunity for overseas competition. [Well, the
WORD file didn't work. Try this - converted to HTML] -
George
Sports Exchange.
* 3rd
Annual Gene Mills Tourney info and
Entry
Form.
* Starting to work on the 02-03 Calendar
- files are in place, but largely blank. Will enter the Redbank and
Clearfield data.
10/28/02
- Redbank
schedule is posted. First one in. Send 'em in if'n you want to see
'em.
10/18/02
- A new tournament available. 3rd Annual
Gene Mills. Info.
Application.
Randy Cathcart steps down at Clarion; Lee Weber (Punxsy) takes over
at Clarion; Eric Eddy (Oswayo Valley) takes over at Punxsy. Any other
changes out there?
* Nice story on Kurt
Angle
6/16/02 -
4th
Annual Clearfield Fall Brawl
4/28/02 -
Wanna go on the road? Try the
San
Diego Holiday
Invitational!
4/20/02 -
Two summer camp
opportunities...
*
Coach
Robbie
Waller
has a Summer
Camp - details at the link here.
* USA Wrestling has a new comprehensive developmental camp system.
The camps are designed for the serious wrestler who wishes to achieve
elite status.
There are six camps, each geared towards the campers ability, from
the Open development Camp to the East and West Coast Select
Development to the Elite 250 and the 2008 Junior
Olympic Super Elite 80 Camp, and new this year, a Women's
Development Camp. If you know any athlete that can benefit
from these camps, you can nominate , or register them on line. Some
of these camps are by invitation only, and they are filling up. Don't
miss this All-star cast of Kevin Jackson, Steve Fraser, Lincoln
McIlravy, Mike Houck, Lee Kemp, and many more! For more information
contact us at web site USAWrestlingCamps
or call 612-746-5054. GOLD MEDALS START HERE! - USA Wrestling Camps
staff
4/11/02 -
Posted the RV Christmas Tournament
Archive
of Past Placewinners
4/8/02 -
I've received a number of Parting
Comments. Thank you all. I officially end
my time at Redbank Valley and will continue to work the site up until
then - and as time allows after that, until a new webmaster
surfaces!
* VOLUNTEERS? Job description: manages a web page for
all of District IX, including 19 area schools - coordinate a
calendar, post results on all dual meets and tournaments, and
generally transmit information of interest to the fans of D9
Wrestling! Can involve as much as two to fours hours a day in the
height of season. Pay: zero. Satisfaction: immense. Sufficient
contributions have been received to fund the upgraded Tripod service
for about half a year - the Redbank Valley Wrestling Club is
contributing enough to fund another full year past that.
* If you haven't seen it yet, there is a new page up for the
Redbank
Valley Fast Fall Club. This is our first
entry into the world of "Frames" pages and it came out pretty
well.
* From the AmateurWrestling Fan Addicts List: "I was just thinking
about this article and your post the other day. We don't have a
Mike Tyson type "hero"...we just have Cael. We don't have
riots after our wrestling teams win National Championships.....just
satisfaction from a job well done. We don't have people
dying every year while they are doing our sport....just four deaths
that we will pay for as if the number were a
thousand. Maybe we should develop a "hero" like Tyson for
our sport? Cael would have been a better interview on the Tom
Arnold Show if he could have told about a shooting he was involved
in, or denied some domestic abuse charges. He would have
been more interesting if he would have cussed Tom out and
talked some trash about Dan Gable. Maybe we
should have a group that goes around and stages riots on the
campus of whatever team wins the Championship. This would get
us in the "News" more. It is too bad that, seemingly,
ugliness is what it takes to get recognized. Like you, I would
not minimize the little girls death at the Hockey game, but SI
chose the ugly over the good. They had a chance to put the
ultimate winner on the cover. They had a chance to put someone
that is pure class on the cover. They had a chance to put a
wrestler on the cover that exemplifies what is good throughout our
sport. As a whole wrestlers are what America truly
needs....people who work hard, seldom complain, and normally do the
right thing. I am not saying that everyone should want their
child to grow up to be a wrestler, but I do believe that it is pretty
easy to find a positive role model if one looks to the
ranks of our College wrestlers. I guess I should get off of the
soap box.... "
4/6/02
- Dear members of the D9 wrestling
community:
I have been provided with a unique opportunity to serve as a Uniserv
Director for PSEA. The position I have been offered is in the Western
Region office of PSEA - in Pittsburgh.
Therefore, effective April 26 of this year, I am retiring from
teaching at Redbank Valley and starting a new career. Lots of changes
in a very short period of time.
Unfortunately, that means that I can no longer serve as webmaster of
D9 wrestling. While I have enjoyed my time with all of you immensely
- and I hope I have been of some assistance in promoting the greatest
sport in the world! - the duties of my new position will be
all-consuming. I will do all I can in assisting in finding my
replacement - and making the transition as seamless as possible. Any
suggestions you may have in making this process easier would be
appreciated.
To paraphrase the hobbit Bilbo Baggins:
"I am immensely fond of you.all, and twenty-five years is too short a
time to have lived and worked among such excellent and admirable
people. I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I
like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. But, as I
said, although twenty-five years is far too short a time to spend
among you - this is the end. Goodbye."
Daniel F. Carey
District IX webmaster
4/4/02 - Teams
Wanted. Two teams for the Mid-Season
Classic next January.
* D9
Alumni in College summary
3/31/02 -
Duals announced at Upper
Dauphin Area for next
December
3/30/02 -
Redbank forms the Fast
Fall! club for post-season wrestling.
Hosting freestyle tourney April 14.
* AA and AAA group photos of Champions
at Districts posted.
* Area
V PJW results posted
* Area
V Placewinners at Johnstown posted
* for those who are interested, PAWF runs women's brackets at all
Freestyle Qualifiers, Women may also "bump up" and enter the men's
brackets as well. PAWF will be taking a Women's team to the first
Women's Junior Nationals in Fargo, ND this summer.
3/17/02 -
Warren
Stout also qualifies for NCAA's. Info on other alums as
well.
3/14/02
-
* Brookville alums Reitz
and Ceileski both qualify for NCAA's.
Reitz qualifies by virtue of a rideout victory over former teammate
Jason Gilligan...
* Additional photos posted at links below, courtesy of The
Courier-Express and Tom Bukouski! Excellent action shots!
3/11/02
-
* District
Results w/ photos (AA)
* AA
Regions w/ photos
* AAA
Regions w/ photos
* AA
States w/ photos
3/10/02
-
* Any digital photos that you may have from Districts, Regions, and
States would be welcome. I especially need a copy of the group photo
taken of the District Champions and The Region Champions. Past that,
podium shots at Districts and Regions are welcome - and identified
action shots.
3/9/02 -
* D9 AAA advances 1 to Finals
(Pataky), Sutter in for 7/8 Team scores available as of close
of business Friday night! See D9
Progress at 2002 States
* D9, Saturday afternoon! Pavlekovsky, 5th!
Anderson - 4th, Hornung - 7th
* Rendos, Iorfido, Cathcart - all three take 2nd in AA
* Pataky 2nd in AAA, Surra 5th, Sutter 8th
* AAA finals are still progressing at 9:30 PM Sat, but D9 is done for
the year.
3/8/02 -
* D9 AA advances 3 to finals, 3 others to medal. See
D9
Progress at 2002 States
AAA advances 2
to semis
3/7/01
-
* EWL Wrestler
of the Week - Dom Surra!! of St.
Mary's
* D9
Progress at 2002 States
* Additional contributions have been received from Generous
Benefactors.
3/5/01
-
* Bravenet was hacked and the minipolls are offline until the damage
is repaired... ASAP.
* One great ticket
for sale.
3/4/01 -
* Substantial Analysis is available for AA
Regions. Who's
Moving On, Team
Scores, Placewinners,
and Post-Tourney
Analysis.
* D9 Wrestling has received the first
donation from a Generous
Benefactor.
* Brackets for AA and AAA are available online through
Tom Elling's
PA Wrestling site (link is correct, now).
This is where the Live Updates will be posted as well. D9 wrestling
will be providing analysis and focusing on the progress of our D9
guys through the brackets.
3/3/01 -
* Placewinners from AA
NW Regions - more analysis to follow, now
that brackets are here to work with, courtesy of Bob Imhof of
Ridgway. Reynolds runs with team score.
* AA
NW Region Team Scores (calculated from the
brackets)
* compare Predictions
vs Actual Results at AA NW Regions
* compare Predictions
vs Actual Results at AAA NW
Regions
* More Tickets
for Sale
(States).
* Detailed results from AAA
NW Region
* Summary of scoring from AAA
NW Region
* Adams of Clearfield was 2nd at 119, not Andrulonis of Dubois as
reported here. Results have been reworked and reposted. Apologies for
the error. They both start with "A"...
* It is worth mentioning that there was no "featured singer" for the
Star-Spangled Banner tonight. The announcer volunteered to lead IF
everybody would join in. So they did. It was wonderful. There hasn't
been anything like that for many a moon - remember the days when
EVERYBODY always sang i/o standing around listening?? It was much
better that way...
* And thanks to CUP for blocking off a major parking lot next to the
gym the night of Regions. Nice touch. Everybody enjoyed scrambling
for parking spaces, I'm sure.
3/1/01 -
* The Quigley Duals were cancelled, so
there are no results to report for that event.
* Updated
AA and AAA Predictions for NW Regions,
courtesy of Fearless Dan Albaugh!!
* D9's Not-So-Fearless Prediction for AA Regions - Reynolds by 3 over
Brockway...
* Generous
Contributors Page set up. It will take
about $70 to purchase the upgrade for one year. That will give us 3
Gig of bandwidth (i/o the current 1 gig) and some extra storage
space. Additional bandwidth can be purchased if we hit a wall with
that level of usage.
* It's a bit unsure as to what level of reporting will be available
for NW Regions this year. The webmaster for D10 has indicated that
the Tournament Director for AA Regions will not be honoring press
passes for websites this year - with that info in hand, D9 Wrestling
will not be travelling to Sharon; it's a long drive for
a quick turnaround. If anybody in attendance at AA Regions will
supply a completed set of brackets, a detailed report can be posted
here. Gold Medal Rankings will NOT be doing Live Updates from AA
Regions, due to the fees being charged for live reporting. D9
Wrestling will probably be in attendance at AAA Regions - management
there being far more hospitable - and detailed results will be
provided.
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Rankings (02-03) - our favorite
rankings!
Dan Albaugh's NW Region Rankings! 2/28/02
Gold Medal Rankings District IX Rankings
Dan Carey's District
IX Team Standings
will
start at end of December
The
Tournament Listing - links to the files
reporting results of EVERY tourney involving D9 teams will be
reported here.
2001-2002 News of
interest:
Tom Elling's PA Wrestling Handbook is out for
2002-03. This is an incredibly useful compendium of information,
including a Directory of ALL coaches in PA, a list of the Top 100
wrestlers, and pre-season team rankings, as well a list of ALL
returning District, Region, and State Placewinners.
Go to PA
Wrestling for your copy
Kane gets kudos again for being the first team to submit information for the 2001-02 season!
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