NOVEMBER 6, 2004
BOB ZIADIE
KING'S GRAPPLERS SECOND AT MESSIAH TOURNAMENT
GRANTHAM -- The King's College wrestling team opened
the 2004-05 season with a second-place finish in the Messiah College
Invitational Tournament Saturday in Grantham.
King's scored 72.0 points to trail team champion
Ursinus which posted 96.5.
Jason Reilly won King's only title by pin in just
0:45 in the 197-pound finals. John Houssock, Joe Arnone and James Bishop
were second at 133, 165 and 285 respectively. Houssock fell by technical
fall to Messiah's Geoff Harner; Arnone fell 3-1 to Scott Roesch of Ursinus;
while Bishop lost a 10-8 decision to Ray Rowe of Case Western. Chris
Sullivan finished fourth at 149 pounds for the Monarchs.
King's will next host the Monarch Invitational
Tournament Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in Scandlon Gymnasium.
TEAM RESULTS
1. Ursinus
96.5
2.
King's
72.0
3.
Messiah
66.0
4. Thaddeus
Stevens
56.5
5. Washington and Jefferson 51.5
6. Case Western Reserve
48.5
7. Bridgewater
State
44.5
8. Johns
Hopkins
42.5
9.
Waynesburg
28.0
10. Williamson
Trade
8.0
11. Baptist
Bible
5.0
FINALS SUMMARY
125 1st: #1 Eddie Murray (Ursinus) DEC #2 Jimmy VanDinker (Johns Hopkins)
4-0
3rd: #4 Jake Habel (W&J) DEC Dan Bowden (Bridgewater) 2-1
133 1st: #1 Geoff Harner (Messiah) TFALL #3 John
Houssock (Kings) 4:08 19-4
3rd: Mark Day (W&J) WBF #2 Tim Lawlor (Bridgewater) 2:41
141 1st: #1 Ryan Bunting (Stevens Tech) M FORF #3
Ken Stone (Bridgewater)
3rd: Matt Gorkos (Messiah) DEC #4 Sean Donahoe (Ursinus) 3-1
149 1st: #1 Jake Warner (Stevens Tech) DEC #3 Ken
Laird (Waynesburg) 6-0
3rd: Joshua Sabol (Ursinus) DEC Chris Sullivan (Kings) 11-4
157 1st #2 Russ Tischer (Case Western) DEC #1 Mark
Barber (Ursinus) 3-0
3rd: #3 Harry Keyser (Ursinus) DEC Anthony Dill (Messiah) 9-4
165 1st: #2 Scott Roesch (Ursinus) DEC #1 Joe Arnone
(Kings) 3-1
3rd: Derek Ricker (Messiah) DEC #4 Mike Sanchez (Case Western) 3-2
174 1st: #1 Kyle Cappella (Ursinus) M FORF #2 Davis
Kraus (Johns Hopkins)
3rd: #6 Trey Kohl (Johns Hopkins) DEC #5 Tony Valenti (Messiah) 6-2
184 1st: #1 Mike Troutman (Ursinus) DEC #3 Matt
Smith (W&J) 11-4
3rd: #2 Tim Pentz (Messiah) M DEC Matt Heisler (Stevens Tech) 12-2
197 1st: #1 Jason O'Reilley (Kings) WBF #3 Ryan
Wiles (W&J) 0:45
3rd: Thomas Sanders (Case Western) DEC #2 Tony Dambro (Johns Hopkins) 5-4
285 1st: #2 Ray Rowe (Case Western) DEC #4 James
Bishop (Kings) 10-8
3rd: Dave DeGaravilla (Johns Hopkins) WBF Daniel Goulart (Waynesburg) 2:58