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By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor
Purcellville (Jan. 26, 2009) – It was an intense and enjoyable day of wrestling Saturday at the Loudoun Valley High School Duals as 14 teams took to six mats spread throughout the western Loudoun school. In the end it was Westfield standing alone with a 9-0 record but the Loudoun schools earned their respect with Potomac Falls (8-1), Loudoun Valley (7-2), Heritage (7-2) and Freedom (6-3) all finishing with stellar marks.
Please see below for:
*Team Records
*Scores from all 11 reports … 126 total match scores!
*Team MVPs
*Team Reports from Westfield, Potomac Falls, Heritage, Loudoun Valley and Freedom!
2008-09 Loudoun Valley Dual Wrestling Tournament Results
Overall Team Record
Westfield 9-0
Potomac Falls 8-1
Loudoun Valley 7-2
Heritage 7-2
Freedom 6-3
Osbourn 5-4
Woodbridge 5-4
Osbourn Park 4-5
North Stafford 4-5
Yorktown 3-6
Liberty 2-7
Manassas Park 2-7
Broad Run 1-8
McLean 0-9
Round 1
Loudoun Valley 78, McLean 6
Heritage 46, Liberty 26
Westfield 47, Freedom 27
Yorktown 45, Broad Run 25
Potomac Falls 44, Osbourn Park 22
Woodbridge 41, Osbourn 33
Round 2
Woodbridge 36, North Stafford 33
Manassas Park 69, McLean 6
Potomac Falls 48, Yorktown 25
Westfield 42, Heritage 28
Freedom 39, Liberty 30
Osbourn Park 50, Broad Run 22
Round 3
Loudoun Valley 70, Broad Run 12
Osbourn 36, Freedom 30
Heritage 54, Osbourn Park 20
Potomac Falls 53, Liberty 20
Westfield 56, Manassas Park 15
North Stafford 41, Yorktown 27
Round 4
Loudoun Valley 35, Heritage 34
Westfield 45, Woodbridge 21
North Stafford 44, Liberty 34
Osbourn Park 42 , Manassas Park 24
Potomac Falls 51, Osbourn 16
Yorktown 61, McLean 15
Round 5
Loudoun Valley 51, Woodbridge 24
North Stafford 52, Broad Run 24
Freedom 50, Manassas Park 24
Osbourn 63, McLean 5
Osbourn Park 39, Yorktown 34
Westfield 55, Liberty 18
Round 6
Loudoun Valley 52, Yorktown 15
Heritage 44, North Stafford 33
Freedom 39, Woodbridge 29
Broad Run 54, McLean 21
Potomac Falls 66, Manassas Park 12
Westfield 59, Osbourn 9
Round 7
Loudoun Valley 51, Freedom 22
Heritage 48, Woodbridge 26
North Stafford 41, Osbourn Park 25
Liberty 53, Manassas Park 21
Potomac Falls 63, McLean 14
Osbourn 53, Broad Run 24
Round 8
Potomac Falls 57, Loudoun Valley 13
Yorktown 42, Liberty 31
Freedom 68, McLean 3
Woodbridge 47, Broad Run 30
Westfield 63, Osbourn Park 6
Heritage 44, Osbourn 22
Round 9
Westfield 37, Potomac Falls 27
Heritage 53, Yorktown 24
Freedom 48, North Stafford 30
Manassas Park 53, Broad Run 24
Osbourn Park 51, McLean 12
Woodbridge 37, Liberty 31
Round 10
Westfield 57, Loudoun Valley 18
Woodbridge 42, Manassas Park 10
Freedom 49, Osbourn Park 21
Liberty 39, Broad Run 37
Potomac Falls 60, North Stafford 9
Osbourn 40, Yorktown 28
Round 11
Loudoun Valley 64, Manassas Park 8
Heritage 68, McLean 9
Osbourn 45, North Stafford 14
Team MVP’s
School Wrestler
Westfield 152 Kevin Koch
Loudoun Valley 189 Garrett Swankowski
Manassas Park 112 Maximo Gonzalez
Woodbridge 215 Evan Greenleaf
Freedom 112 Steven Marquina
Osbourn Park 119 Eric Dromazos
Liberty 275 Kory Gough
Broad Run 160 Morris Mendoza
Potomac Falls 145 Joshua Belin
North Stafford 140 Joey Wilkins
Osbourn 160 Tom Ameen
Yorktown 171 Nathan Young
McLean 119 Palmer Dickson
Heritage 135 Sean Dunn
Loudoun Valley Duals Wrap-up
Westfield: The Bulldogs rolled to a 9-0 record with their toughest match coming against Potomac Falls, won 37-27 by Westfield. The Bulldogs will compete in a key Northern Region quad this Friday at Hayfield with Robinson and Langley joining Westfield and Hayfield for a powerhouse evening of wrestling.
Alysia Deem of DigitalSports will be on hand for Friday’s quad at Hayfield with video and photo coverage! For more on Westfield’s day at Loudoun Valley, check out this Washington Post article.
Potomac Falls: Panther assistant coach Paul Rowane reports: The Panthers went 8-1, falling in a close match with Westfield HS 27-37. The Panthers defeated Osborn Park HS 44-22, Yorktown HS 48-25, Liberty HS 53-20, Osborn HS 51-16, Manassas HS 66-12, McLean HS 63-19, host Loudoun Valley HS 57-13, and North Stafford HS 60-9. Josh Belin (145 lbs) was selected as the most valuable wrestler for the Panthers and went 8-1 during the tournament. Undefeated wrestlers for the Panthers during this event included Paul Rowane (125 lbs) who was 7-0 and David Zedan (215 lbs) who went 9-0. Other Panther wrestlers who had an exceptional tournament include Nick Rae (103 lbs) 7-1, JoJo Koenig (119 lbs) 6-1, Ryan Snead (130 lbs) 8-1, Charlie Haislip (140 lbs) 6-2, Ryan Hagen (152 lbs) 7-1, Aaron Rowane (160 lbs) 5-1, and Zachery Duffen (HWT) 7-1. Ryan Snead won hist 100th
win during the Viking Duals. The Panthers will conclude their regular season with a district dual against Dominion HS on Wednesday, January 28th, starting at 6:30 PM.
Heritage: The Pride went an impressive 7-2 with their only losses coming to Westfield and host Loudoun Valley. The Pride improved to 29-9-1 in dual meets this season. Three Heritage wrestlers not only had undefeated days but also added to their brilliant prep wrestling resumes: Justin Smith (125) improved to 40-1 on the season and 134-17 in his career; Sean Dun (135) improved to 36-4 on the season and 85-34 overall; and Jimmy Jurado (145) improved to 32-1 on the season and 111-37 overall.
Loudoun Valley: Coach Troy Mezzatesta reports: ” We ended up 7-2 … We beat McLean, Yorktown, Woodbridge, Freedom, Heritage, Manassas Park, and Broad Run. The Heritage match was 35-34. A good match. Garrett Swankowski was our team MVP for the tournament … We had a ton of guys hurt and even more hurt after the long weekend duals … Just hoping to get healthy for the Districts.
Freedom: Eagle coach Patrick McNanley reports: “The Freedom wrestling team went 6-3 on Friday and Saturday at the Loudoun Valley Duals. Charles Constantino, Steven Marquina, Marshall Haas, and Joseph Sheptock all had very strong showings at the Valley duals. Charles Constantino went 8-1 while moving between 171 and 189 throughout the weekend, his only lost was to Bolan of Valley 3-1. Charles improved to 31-7 on the year.
Steven Marquina went 7-1 on the weekend and defeated Jeremy Ryan of Westfield, who is currently ranked 5th in AAA and 1st in the Northern Region. His only loss came to Dakota Thompson of North Stafford 10-9 who is currently ranked 6th in AAA and is undefeated on the season. Steven is now 35-5 on the year and already has 56 wins in his first two years of wrestling! Marshall Haas improved to 27-12 this weekend while moving between 189 and 215. Marshall went 7-2 on the weekend and has won 16 of his last 18 matches. Joseph Sheptock went 7-2 on the weekend as well losing to Nick Grinups of Westfield by decision and Matt Smith of Woodbridge wrestling up at 152 to get a tougher match. Joseph is now 37-6 on the season with 22 pins. We are now 18-7 overall and 4-2 in the district … also individually we have 12 out of 14 wrestlers with winning records! Our 2 freshmen are the only two wrestlers that don’t have winning records and that could change this week.
Do you have a report from this duals tournament for your school? Send it to Dan Sousa (dsousa@digitalsports.com).
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