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Neiman falls win short of state medal Senior closes out career tied for ninth in career wins at BASH
Senior Jon Neiman closed out his high school wrestling career on Friday at the PIAA Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey. He went 1-2 in the prestigious tournament...one win shy of capturing his first state medal in two trips to Hershey. In his first match, he lost by major decision to eventual 5th place finisher Tyler Manion of Pittsburgh Central Catholic. Neiman rebounded with a 15-0 technical fall of Mike Carr from Abington Heights. In his next match, he dropped a tough 3-0 decision to eventual 6th place finisher Dillon Gavlock from Central Mountain. He closes out his final season with a record of 39-7 and a career record of 119-47, good for a tie for ninth place on the all-time wins list at Boyertown. He is tied with Fred Rodgers (2006) and Zach Brower (2004). His 55 career pins put him in a tie for 12th place in school history with Joel Brower (2001). Jon will be heading to East Stroudsburg next fall on a partial scholarship for football.
Boyertown wrestlers at War at the Shore On April 6th and 7th, the 9th Annual War at the Shore wrestling tournament took place in Wildwood, NJ. Eight Boyertown wrestlers participated in this popular offseason tournament and seven placed.
Wood, Fretz, and Mathias place at PJW States
On March 23rd and 24th, the PJW State Championships were held at Hersheypark Arena. Boyertown was represented by five wrestlers, and three came home with medals. In the 13-14 age group, Jordan Wood won the gold medal at 212 pounds and Michael Fretz took 8th place at 167 pounds. For Wood, it was his third gold medal (also won in 2009 and 2011) at PJW States. In the 8 and under age group, Kellan Mathis took third at 80 pounds. Also competing in the tournament were Jacob Miller (9-10 yrs; 95 pounds) and Lucas Miller (13-14 yrs; 102 pounds). Jacob went 0-2 while Lucas went 2-2 BAWA Annual Golf Outing scheduled for June 16th The BAWA Annual Golf Outing will be held on June 16, 2012 at Linfield National Golf Club in Linfield, PA. Shotgun start at 12:00 noon. This is a fun event that always brings alumni wrestlers, coaches, friends and fans together for a day of fellowship and competition. In addition, it is an important fundraiser for our organization. The financial demands to provide quality training, safe equipment, tournament competitions, facility maintenance and various other expenses mandate our fundraising activities. BAWA and the Boyertown Youth Wrestling Club (BYWC) commit thousands of volunteer hours each year in the mission of developing young wrestlers into champions on the mat and in life. Join us as a golfer, a sponsor, or BOTH. $80 per golfer includes door prizes, lunch, dinner and drinks. $35 for Dinner only. Our MAJOR Gold package of $500 includes personal banner and 4 golfers. An Event Sponsor of $250 also gets Banner recognition and 2 golfers. Cart sponsor is $100 and Hole sponsor is $50. For more information on how to register and/or become a sponsor for this year's outing, check the links below.
CIA Wrestling Camp at BASH Boyertown HS will be hosting the CIA (Champions In Action) wrestling clinic on June 18-20, 2012 for wrestlers in kindergarten up to 8th grade. The camp is run by Dave Kennedy and will feature clinicians Quentin Wright (Penn State, 2011 NCAA Champion, 2012 NCAA Runner-up), Fred Rodgers (BASH grad, Rider University, PIAA Silver Medalist), and Eric Hess (Lehigh University, 2-time PIAA State Champ). Cost is $120 if you pre-register or $140 walk up.
Ches-Mont Wrestling Club runs March-June at YMCA
Spaid inducted into SE PA Wrestling Hall of Fame
Former Boyertown wrestler Mike Spaid was inducted into the South East Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame on March 3rd before the finals of the South East AAA regional. Spaid (Class of 2004) was honored for his career on the mat at both Boyertown and then in college at Bloomsburg. A two-time state medal winner, including Boyertown's only state championship, Spaid finished his BASH career with a record of 116-14 in just three varsity seasons (first BASH wrestler to get to 100 wins without wrestling as a freshman). He was the District and Regional OW during his senior season when he won all contested bouts in the post-season by pin. While at Bloomsburg, he earned All American status in 2007 by placing eighth. Mike was presented his Hall of Fame plaque by former coach Bruce Hallman. Coach Hallman was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006. Spaid and Hallman are the only Boyertown members of the Hall. Congratulations to Mike on a well-deserved honor! Youth Club Wrestlers compete at Berks School Boy Invitational
On February 26th, twenty-two wrestlers from the Boyertown Youth Wrestling Club competed in the 55th Annual Berks County School Boy Invitational. Of those competitors, seventeen came home with medals. Champions honors were earned by: Chase Stehman, Kellen Mathias, Zane Alderfer, Nick Moccia and Zak Reck. Runners-up were Teague Miller, Ethan Detwiler, Justin Davidson, Billy Coleman, Broc Babb, Tony Xanthopolous, Dominic DeRafelo and Brent Davidson. Third place went to Chance Babb, Evan Detwiler, and Elijah Jones. A hard fought fourth went to Jacob Miller. In just his second year of wrestling, additional honors went to Nick Moccia as he was crowned the Division II Outstanding Wrestler. East and West participate in SEPA JH/MS Tournament On February 17th and 18th, Boyertown East and West competed in the annual SEPA Junior High/Middle School Tournament at Quakertown HS. East tied for the tournament championship (with Spring-Ford), while West finished in 6th place out of the 27 teams competing. East crowned a tournament high 6 champions in Jacob Campbell (75), Lucas Miller (100), J.T. Cooley (110), Gregg Harvey (145), Mike Fretz (165), and Jordan Wood (210). West had two champions in Jacob Gambone (140) and Lance Kokonos (157). Each team took home a silver as John Davidson (155) was second for East and Garrett Mauger (95) was second for West. Hunter Vogels (115, East), Brody O'Connell (210, West), and Zack Davis (250, East) finished third while Mason Breyer (145, West) placed fifth. Introducing the newest member of the BASH wrestling family
Aiden James Ventresca was born on July 26, 2011 at 8:05am weighing in at 8 lbs 15 oz. Coach Ventresca may have a future heavyweight on his hands for the Class of 2029 as Aiden is already up to 20 pounds! Congrats again to Pete and Maritza! |
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If you are looking for a wrestling club this spring, check out the Ches-Mont Wrestling Club. The Club provides high-level instruction in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling and runs from late March to early June. This year the Club will be operating out of the William S. Hollenbach YMCA Center (3065 N. Charlotte Street, Gilbertsville). For all the details on the club as well as how to register, download the flyer below and check out their website.
Congratulations to high school head coach Pete Ventresca and his wife Maritza as they adopted a baby boy recently! |
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