RISING STAR DUALS (3-17-02)

The Thunderbolts had three wrestlers go 5-7 BEN KILLEEN, COLBY WAGAMAN, & TYLER ZITTLE HELP THE CEN-PENN ALL-STAR TEAM PLACE 5th!

BEN KILLEEN Match #1 - Won 15-0 Match #2 - Lost 0-4 Match #3 - Won 4-1 Match #4 - Lost 1-6 Ben finished his terrific 28 win season with four outstanding performances. Although he only won two, the other two were both close losses to kids who have placed at Eastern Nationals a total of four separate times. LYW says goodbye to one of their most successful wrestlers ever. Good luck in Junior High next year, Ben! TYLER ZITTLE Match #1 - Lost 1-4 Match #2 - Lost 0-5 Match #3 - Won 8-0 Match #4 - Won 2-0 Tyler showed how hungry he was in the first bout, losing 1-4 to an Eastern National Champ. He went on to win twice and notch his 32nd win on the season. COLBY WAGAMAN Match #1 - Lost 2-4 OT Match #2 - Lost by Pin Match #3 - Won by Pin Match #4 - Lost 0-4 Colby wrestled hard in all four close bouts, but lost two of them by close heartbreaking scores. Colby finished his highly successful third season with 22 wins! LYW is extremely happy knowing Colby will be returning next season to be one of our leaders. FOOTNOTE: Two other LYWrestlers picked to be on the Cen-Penn All-Star team, CORY BEAVER & PHILIP MACY, were not able to attend due to sickness.

MAWA DISTRICT QUALIFIER at WAYNESBORO (3-16-02)

The Thunderbolts had four wrestlers go 4-3 CORY BEAVER WINS CHAMPIONSHIP!!! TYLER ZITTLE GETS 3RD PLACE

CORY BEAVER Match #1 - Won by Pin Match #2 - Won by Pin Cory fought through a 101 degree temperature to get two quick pins and qualify for the MAWA Regional tournament at Millersville University. TYLER ZITTLE Match #1 - Won 12-0 Match #2 - Lost 0-1 Match #3 - Won 7-1 Tyler also Qualified for the regional tournament with his 3rd place finish. He wrestled well in his first & last bouts. His middle bout was a heartbreaking loss, but valuable lessons can and will be learned because of it. PHILIP MACY Match #1 - Lost by Pin Philip closed out another highly successful season with 27 wins. Philip has a goal to be the best he can when it really counts, in high school. The losses he suffered this year will actually help him reach that goal some day. RYAN VAUGHN Match #1 - Lost by Pin Ryan closed out a tremendous season with 28 wins. He won two tournament championships, and was runner-up twice. He is also one of the fastest improving wrestlers I've ever coached.

LEHIGH VALLEY TOURNAMENT (3-16-02)

The Thunderbolts had three wrestlers go 6-2 CORBIN WOOD WINS CHAMPIONSHIP!!! RON WETHERSON IS RUNNER-UP TYLER SMALL GETS 3RD PLACE

CORBIN WOOD Match #1 - Won by (?)score Match #2 - Won by (?)score Although scores were not available yet, news of Corbin's second tournament championship is completely true! Corbin has finished his highly successful first year on a high note by racking up 2 tournament championships, and an impressive 14-6 record. RON WETHERSON Match #1 - Won by Forfeit Match #2 - Won by Pin Match #3 - Lost 3-5 Ron notched his 15th win of the year, and brought home another trophy in what proved to be an outstanding second season of wrestling. TYLER SMALL Match #1 - Won by Pin Match #2 - Lost by Pin Match #3 - Won 9-4 Tyler finished his first season with 18 wins, and an exciting come from behind win. LYW is extremely happy knowing this superstar in the making, will be returning next season. OUTSTANDING SEASON, TYLER!!!

PJW AREA IX TOURNAMENT (3-10-02)

The Thunderbolts had four wrestlers go 4-5 CHARLES WALLS WINS CHAMPIONSHIP!!! CORY BEAVER IS RUNNER-UP FOR COMPLETE AREA IX RESULTS, CLICK HERE

CHARLES WALLS Match #1 - Won 2-0 Charles earned his first ever trip to PJW States in his first ever try with a hard fought 2-0 victory. Charles got a takedown in the first period, and it proved to be enough to win the championship, and qualify for Johnstown. CORY BEAVER Match #1 - Won by Pin Match #2 - Lost 3-7 Match #3 - Won 4-0 Cory was hit with his first loss this year by last year's Eastern National Champ, and the 2000 PJW State Champ. PHILIP MACY Match #1 - Lost 4-15 Match #2 - Lost 4-9 Philip was no doubt in the toughest weight at Area 9. Could he have qualified for states? In my oppinion, yes, but what he left with was much more valuable than states at this level. A few areas he needs to improve was exposed. The rest is up to him to work hard and improve in these areas. There is plenty of time. RYAN VAUGHN Match #1 - Won by Forfeit Match #2 - Lost by Pin Match #3 - Lost by Pin Ryan showed enormous courage wrestling as a 8 year old against kids 10 & under in this tournament. He was afraid of no one, and wrestled very hard in both his matches. This is the kind of tournament that may not be the funnest for a kid so much younger, but the experience Ryan gained will be sure to help him in PJW tournaments in the years to come.

NEW OXFORD TOURNAMENT (3-9-02)

The Thunderbolts had seven wrestlers go 6-6 CHARLES WALLS WINS CHAMPIONSHIP!!! RYAN VAUGHN IS RUNNER-UP COMPLETE NEW OXFORD TOURNAMENT RESULTS WILL BE POSTED HERE ASAP

CHARLES WALLS Match #1 - Won 6-0 Match #2 - Won 6-1 Match #3 - Won 6-0 Charles has over 40 wins this season!!!! RYAN VAUGHN Match #1 - Won by Pin Match #2 - Won by Pin Match #3 - Lost 9-11 OT Ryan looked fabulous pinning his opponents to reach the finals. There, he faced the same kid that beat him 12-4 a couple of weeks earlier. This time it was a complete different story! Ryan's opponent had to scramble for a late reversal to send it into overtime. What looked like what may be the winning takedown for Ryan, turned into one of the biggest LYW heartbreaking losses of the year. TONY POPP Match #1 - Lost 0-9 Tony fought hard against this multi-year experience wrestler, but came out on the losing end. JOSHUA RUPPERT Match #1 - Won by Pin Match #2 - Lost 0-6 Josh added to his pin total on the year, then faced the same kid that beat him in the Shippensburg Tournament. Josh did a great job defensively, but had trouble scoring against this Eastern National wrestler. TIMOTHY VALENTINE Match #1 - Lost by Pin I thought Timmy was in the proccess of taking down and putting his opponent on his back, but things got turned around at the last moment. This does nothing to dim the brilliant first season Tim put together! His day will come. RON WETHERSON Match #1 - Lost 1-2 Soooooooo close to getting the tying escape was Ron, it made you want to cry. This was one of those matches that just simply couldn't be any closer. Ron may have missed getting a trophy by less than a hair, but the effort he gave in this match was gold! CORBIN WOOD Match #1 - Lost 1-12 First year wrestler, Corbin, was faced wrestling one of the weights toughest right off the bat. Once again, the less experienced wrestler was on the losing end.

INDIAN VALLEY TOURNAMENT (3-2-02)

The Thunderbolts had nine wrestlers go 13-8 GARRETT BILL, PAUL PRICE & CORBIN WOOD WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS!!! JACOB GRAMMER GETS 3RD PLACE TYLER SMALL & RON WETHERSON GET 4TH PLACE.

GARRETT BILL Match #1 - Won 2-0 Match #2 - Won by Pin Garrett finished his first year of wrestling in style, bagging his first ever wrestling championship. He rolled up an impressive 21-5 overall record. PAUL PRICE Match #1 - Won by Pin Match #2 - Won by Pin Match #3 - Won by Pin Talk about successful first years. Paul has had a dream season, adding to it with this tournament championship. It's quite amazing when you see a kid like Paul come into a new sport, and proceed to put together a 24-2 record. CORBIN WOOD Match #1 - Won by Pin Match #2 - Won by Pin I knew Corbin would be something special after watching him at the first couple of practices. He has been just that, racking up an impressive 12-5 rookie record. He now has his first of what should be many, tournament championships. JACOB GRAMMER Match #1 - Won 5-1 Match #2 - Lost 5-7 Match #3 - Won 17-10 Jacob was so close to bagging his first tournament championship, it's not funny. Leading 5-1 late in the third period, Jacob made a rookie mistake and got too high on his opponent. Although he ended up losing in heartbreaking, 7-5 fashion, he shook it off, and performed superbly in the consulation finals. Jacob was magnificant in his first season of wrestling, putting together an impressive 21-6 record! TYLER SMALL Match #1 - Won by Pin Match #2 - Lost by ?score Match #3 - Lost 10-17 Tyler rolled up his 16th win of his rookie season, and bagged a 4th place trophy to boot. RON WETHERSON Match #1 - Won 9-0 Match #2 - Won by Pin Match #3 - Lost by Pin Match #4 - Lost by Pin Ron wrestled with heart in this tournament, and it showed by the 4th place trophy he won. TANNER SMALL Match #1 - Won 7-0 Match #2 - Lost 2-4 Tanner got so close to the trophy rounds, he could taste it. He has been in several close losses this season, and still managed to put together a 20-5 record. TIM VALENTINE Match #1 - Lost by Pin Timmy ran into a hammer right off the bat at this tournament, which happends to all wrestlers at one time or another. CHRIS WETHERSON Match #1 - Lost by Pin Chris had the same experience that Timmy did, running into a tough wrestler in his first bout.

HANOVER YMCA TOURNAMENT (3-2-02)

The Thunderbolts had eight wrestlers go 13-6 CORY BEAVER & TYLER ZITTLE WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS!!! BEN KILLEEN & PHILIP MACY ARE RUNNER-UPS CHARLES WALLS GETS THIRD PLACE COMPLETE HANOVER YMCA TOURNAMENT RESULTS WILL BE POSTED HERE ASAP

CORY BEAVER Match #1 - Won 2-0 Match #2 - Won by Pin Cory was hit with the flu this week, and the lingering effects showed in his wrestling. Although he was sluggish, he did what he had to do to win and run his record to 44-0. TYLER ZITTLE Match #1 - Won 7-0 Match #2 - Won by Pin Match #3 - Won 4-1 Tyler is on the top of his game, and that spelled bad news for the others in his weight class. Most impressive was his championship bout. Tyler beat, and for the most part, shut down a wrestler with a huge reputation for winning championships BEN KILLEEN Match #1 - Won 7-2 Match #2 - Won by Pin Match #3 - Won 4-0 Match #4 - Lost 0-9 Ben lost in the finals to one of the top wrestlers in the state, but in no way does it dim how well he is wrestling. He was nothing short of magnificant on his way to the finals, beating hammer after hammer in this LOADED weight bracket! PHILIP MACY Match #1 - Won by Pin Match #2 - Won 6-0 Match #3 - Won 7-4 Match #4 - Lost 0-2 I am still waiting for the overtime period of Philip's championship bout to happen. Although it never will happen, it should have! The fact that Philip got ROBBED of a takedown doesn't take away from his outstanding performance he had at this tournament. CHARLES WALLS Match #1 - Lost 0-1 Match #2 - Won 9-0 Charles lost a tight match where both strong wrestlers had trouble scoring against the other. RYAN VAUGHN Match #1 - Won by Pin Match #2 - Lost 2-7 Ryan wrestled extremely hard but lost a tough bout much closer than the score indicated. MICHAEL BATTAGLINI Match #1 - Lost 0-17 Mike had the task of facing one of the toughest wrestlers at this weight right off the bat. JOSHUA RUPPERT Match #1 - Lost 0-6 Josh had trouble getting on track against this particular opponent, but there will be another day. Josh is the kind of kid that I have no doubts will avange this loss sometime in the future.

DREXEL HILL TOURNAMENT (2-27-02)

The Thunderbolts had one wrestler go 2-1 CHARLES WALLS GETS 3rd PLACE!

CHARLES WALLS Match #1 - Won by Pin Match #2 - Lost by Pin Match #3 - Won 9-3 Fresh off his Cen-Penn Championship, Charles made the long trip to this tough tournament and brought home a third place trophy. He is getting tons of tournament experience along with those trophys which will pay dividends in the years to come.