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2008-03-14 10:00:22

Hyde Woodstock Wolfpack - 2008 SENE Wrestling Champions 2/22/2008

Hyde vs. Marianapolis and Moses Brown @ Moses Brown in Providence, RI.

The Varsity Wrestling squad traveled to Providence, RI on Wednesday to compete in the SENE Wrestling Championships. The SENE group consists of four teams: Marianapolis Prep School, Moses Brown, Providence Country Day School, and Hyde School. PCD chose not to attend this year.

The grapplers faced Marianapolis in our opening match to see who would face the host Quakers for the Championship. Our neighbors from Thompson put up a good fight, but our team was tougher and very motivated.

We started at 130lbs and everyone in the line up won by PIN! Derwyn Johnson '09, Brian Petrello '09, Dane Mason '10, Ryan Cunniff '08, David Tobias '08, Jeff Irwin '08, Dillon Sands '09, Stephen Jay '09, Kevin Stanners '10, Jacob Gabel '11, Taiga Koda '08, and Ari Marom '09 finished things up at 119!

Against MB we started at 135lbs and Brian Petrello '09 faced MB's toughest wrestler and fought hard, but lost by pin. Dane Mason '11 back from a trip to the wilderness with no practice for 5 days came out and won an amazing overtime thriller 8-6 at 140lbs!

Ryan Cunniff '08 was next and thoroughly dominated his match with a win by pin. David Tobias '08, with his delighted father Allen looking on, head locked his man in the second period and stuck him for his final win in a Hyde singlet! Thank you David for three years of hard work and effort in our room! Jeff Irwin '08 at 160lbs had a back and forth match where he spend a good bit of time on his back, but Jeff summoned the courage and intensity to reverse his man right to his back and win by pin in his final match of his wrestling career! Jeff really developed nicely over the past two seasons on the mat and he should be proud of the way he finished at MB!

At 171lbs, Dillon Sands '09 dispatched his opponent quickly to record his first period win by pin! Stephen Jay '09 rose to the challenge and won by pin at 189lbs!

At 215lbs Kevin Stanners '10 had a great day! He has really worked hard in the second half of the season and he recorded his second win of the day by pin!

The whole school heard last week about the exploits of Lawrence Goldfarb '09 who pinned a 290lbs wrestler from Pomfret in a JV match! Now LARRY was being sent out in a Varsity match to face Moses Brown's 275lb wrestler. After being taken down early in the match Lawrence did not crumble under all that weigh and he summoned the strength and courage to roll his opponent and put him to his back for the win by pin! I caught some major air time as flew out of my seat in excitement with this amazing win!!!

Jacob Gabel '11 won a tough decision at 103lbs and is battled tested and ready for his trip to the big stage at the National Prep School Tournament that starts tomorrow at Lehigh University! Taiga Koda '08 also tuned up for Nationals by dispatching his man by pin at 112lbs! Ari Marom '09 fought hard but lost a decision at 119lbs.

The last match of the day was very exciting. Derwyn Johnson '09 was pinned by his opponent back on the second of February and he was motivated to record a different result in his last match of his rookie season on the mat. He took his man down and put him to his back and finished our triumphant day with a win by pin!

SENE CHAMPIONS for 2008- your Hyde School Wolf Pack!

To learn more about Hyde Schools check out: on this page

or Marianpolis Prep School: on this page

Posted by lina