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Greensboro’s Josh Wilson named ODAC Wrestler of the Week

Forest, VA – The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) has announced that Greensboro College’s Josh Wilson has been named its Light Wrestler of the Week.  Wilson, a two-time NCAA Division III All-American from Greensboro, NC, went undefeated this past weekend at the Jim Ctytzer Invitational to win the 141lb weight class championship.  This was Wilson’s second championship this season, having previously won the Messiah Invite, while being named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler.  Overall, he is 24-3 in matches this season and is currently ranked #7 nationally at 141lbs. … rest of story at Greensborocollegesports.com/news/2023/1/9/general-greensboros-josh-wilson-named-odac-wrestler-of-the-week

January 16, 2023 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Number 639 – Most Ever

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Coach Pat Pecora led the Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats to their 639th win under his leadership. This increases his lead as the winningest college wrestling coach of all-time. Pecora surpassed Dale Thomas of Oregon State at the end of the 2019-2020 season with his 618th win. No dual meets were wrestled in the following covid pandemic plagued season. With 13 wins the following season and an undefeated record so far this season it does not look like Pecora and his Mountain Cats will slow down soon. Congratulations to Coach Pecora and his team.

No. 7 Wrestlers Roll to 39-0 Win Over American International

Pitt-Johnstown, ranked seventh in the most recent NWCA National Poll, used falls from No. 11 Dillon Keane (165 lbs.), Alex Weber (174 lbs.), and No. 5 Isaiah Vance (285 lbs.) in a 39-0 shutout over American International (MA) College, Saturday afternoon at Kutztown University.  The Mountain Cats improved to 8-0.
 
Pitt-Johnstown opened-up a 12-0 with straight wins by decision.  At 125 lbs., Trevon Grey earned a 10-4 win over Lima Prichard-Holland, before Dajauhn Hertzog shut out Aaron Morocho, 6-0 at 133 lbs.  Following a double forfeit at 141 lbs., top-ranked Jacob Ealy (149 lbs.) defeated Tommy Nichols, 9-4, and No. 9 Nate Smith scored a 6-3 win over Joel Moreth at 157 lbs.
 
The Mountain Cats then began to add some bonus points to their victories.
 
Keane pinned Tommy Caracciolo at 2:28 of the 165-lb. bout, and Weber pinned Jaron Brown at 5:50 at 174 lbs. to increase the lead to 24-0.
 
Pitt-Johnstown kept in going with eight-ranked Brock Biddle’s (184 lbs.) 13-1 major decision over ,,, rest of story at Pittjohnstownathletics.com/news/2023/1/7/wrestling-no-7-wrestlers-roll-to-39-0-win-over-american-international

January 16, 2023 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment