Monday, January 25, 2010

Tigers at The Gilman Duals



The Tigers traveled to Baltimore this past weekend to compete in the Gilman Duals. Our first match was against longtime opponent St. Benedict’s of Newark, New Jersey. Duke Pickett secured a big win over Chris Dowdy 6-0, who had defeated him last year at National Preps. Taylor Reuss prevailed over his opponent, 7-2, scoring three key takedowns to secure the win. Jeff Smith and Phil Rogers both had close losses, 3-7 and 2-4, respectively. Cary Jones picked up a hard-fought 7-3 victory, and Chad Kolumber secured a win by fall. Josh Trudgeon ended the match with a 2-0 win by decision. The Tigers were tough throughout the day, but in the end, St. Benedict’s prevailed, 24-42.

In the second match the Tigers dropped a decisive loss to Baltimore’s Gilman School, 12-54. Duke Pickett won by fall in the first period and Phil Rogers had a close 4-3 win. Cary Jones endured four overtimes, ultimately winning a hardfought match. Nick Cirillo, Raymond Fenstermaker, Taylor Reuss, and Pierre Courpron all had close losses.

In the final round of the tournament the Tigers faced a very strong team from Northfield Mount Hermon in Massachusetts. Duke Pickett continued his strong performance with a first-round pin; Taylor Reuss contributed his own 9-2 win. Chad Kolumber also won a 3-1 decision. Despite these successes, the Tigers fell, 12-63, to the very tough NMH team.


Woodberry wrestles next at home on Friday, Jan. 29, at 4:00 p.m. in a quad against FUMA, Liberty Christian Academy, and Fauquier High School.