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Wrestling
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By David A. Willauer-Staff Reporter
St. Marks High School-Wilmington, DE: In the twenty-second meeting between No 1 and
No 2 in the State of Delaware, the second ranked Colonials of William Penn High School
defeated the top ranked Spartans of St. Marks by a 25-21 score to raise its record to 13-0
while the Spartans fell to 6-4. William Penn leads the all-time series 14-8
The Spartans jumped out to a 12-3 lead on Bob Shaws fall at :44 at 103, Pat Atkinson's 6-5
overtime win over Gregg Quailes on a point for stalling at 119, Matt McConnell's 8-3 win
over Shawn Taylor at 125. William Penn's Ken Krygier put them on the board at 112 with a
7-6 win over Ryan Ball.
William Penn pulled within 2, 12-10, on Harry Kettners 8-4 win over Chris Collins at 130
and Shemarr Thompson's 20-10 major decision victory AJ Cesario at 135. At 140 St. Marks
went up by 5 points at 15-10 as Andrew Donofrio, a defending state champion,
defeated Joe Ferrara 5-2.
The Colonials, with help from their middleweights, went up 25-15 over the Spartans.
At 145, James Fromal defeated Tyler Bastianelli 7-2. Stoney Graves's escape in the closing
seconds of the third period tied his bout at 6-6 and with 21 seconds left in sudden death
used an inside trip near the edge of the mat defeated Shawn Willis 8-6 at 152. Ray
Callawaywon by forfeit at 160 and Mark Harmon won 6-4 over Jeff Grieder at 171.
The Spartans took the next two weight classes when Geoff Ashton defeated Willie
Singleton by a 9-5 score. Heavyweight Nick Meyer's 8-4 win over Luke Fresconi at 275
made the final score 25-21.
Result of 22nd Meeting between William Penn vs. St. Marks
103-Bob Shaw, SM pinned Matt Weber :44
112-Ken Krygier, WP dec Ryan Ball 7-6
119-Pat Atkinson, SM dec Greg Quailes 6-5 Sudden Death, Atkinson wins on stalling point
125-Matt McConnell, SM dec Shawn Taylor 8-3
130-Harry Kettner, WP dec Collins 8-4
135-Shemarr Thompson, WP maj dec over AJ Cesario 20-10
140-Andrew Donofrio, SM dec Joe Ferrara, 5-2
145-James Fromal, WP dec Tyler Bastianelli 7-2
152-Stoney Graves, WP dec Shawn Willis 8-6
160-Ray Callaway, WP win by forfeit
171-Mark Harmon, WP dec Jeff Grieder 6-4
189-Geoff Ashton, SM dec Willie Singleton 9-5
245-Nick Meyer, SM dec Luke Fresconi 8-4
"They were all exciting bouts, a typical St. Marks-William Penn Wrestling match is
always fun to be to see. 26 kids give everything they got and that is what you saw
tonight. It is very special for high school wrestling when you see this many people to
come out on a Thursday night and to appreciate the job the media did publicizing the match
I think that it shows when you have something exciting all through the crowds, to me it is
all about fun. That is what amateur and high school wrestling is all about and you have to
applaud both groups of kids and next week in the dual meet tournament it means
something." said William Penn Coach Jack Holloway.
"Stoney Graves had the heart and mind, and he did it for us. They were both tired but
a superb effort on both Graves and Willis. Same with Kenny Krygier at 112, down 6-1 won
7-6 that had to be the match of the day. We had two of our top wrestlers beat tonight and
we still won and I like that because next week could be a different story with the
upcoming Delaware Dual Meet State Wrestling Tournament on Wednesday at Delaware State.
In one match I remember we were down 26-9 and came back with 3 matches to go this was one
of the best comebacks that I have seen in a long time."
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St Marks Freshman Patrick Atkinson defeated defending state
champion Greg Quailes in sudden death overtime by one point. |
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The meets only pin came in the first match when Spartan Bobby
Shaw decked Matt Weber in 44 seconds. |
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William Penns Ken Krygier came back from a 6-0
deficit to win 7-6 over Ryan Ball |
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All pictures from the Delaware Sports Video Files
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