Takedown Report

Crebs wins 450th as #21 Warriors sweep Jim White Duals

TDR Editor’s Notes; Coach Crebs’ 450th win places him at 17th in the list of All-Time College Coaches. He moved up 4 spots in the list of all coaches. He is 7th in the All-Time D-III Coaches list. Among Active head coaches Crebs is 3rd behind Pat Pecora of Pitt-Johnstown and John Smith of Oklahoma State. Those schools are Division II and I respectively. Coach Crebs is the top Active Coach in the Division III programs.
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WASHINGTON, Pa. – Junior heavyweight Robbie West (Washington, Pa./Fort Cherry) clinched the 450^th dual meet win in the 31-year career of head coach Roger Crebs ’87 with a first-period pin in his hometown to lift the 21^st-ranked Lycoming College wrestling team to a 24-18 win over Division II Seton Hill before Lycoming beat Washington & Jefferson, 27-17, to wrap up the Jim White Duals on Saturday, Jan. 20.  
Lycoming (9-2 overall) won six of the 10 bouts against the Griffins (4-6 overall), helping Crebs become the seventh Division III coach and the 17^th collegiate wrestling coach to reach 450 dual meet wins.
Junior Kaden Majcher (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run), ranked 11^th in Division III by the Open Mat, forced overtime with Division II’s 19^th-ranked William Burgess, getting a third-period reversal before earning a riding-time point to comeback from a 4-1 deficit. In the first ride-out part of overtime, Majcher got another reversal and locked in a pinning combination for a key six points.
The Warriors increaded the lead to 15-4 after junior 157-pounder Logan Bartlett (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) won a scramble for a takedown in sudden victory against Christian Hirak for a 4-1 win after decisions from junior 141-pounder Cooper Gilham (Bellefonte, Pa./Bald Eagle Area) and senior 149-pounder Wiley Kahler (Pottsville, Pa./Nativity BVM).
Seton Hill took an 18-15 lead with wins in the next three bouts, but first-year 197-pounder Ivan Neal (Georgetown, Del./Sussex Central) tied the bout with a 7-2 decision over Brendan Finnerty before West pinned Lucas Allen to end the match in 1:41.
Lycoming won six bouts again in the 27-17 win over Washington & Jefferson (3-8 overall), posting four bonus-point wins in the victory.
Majcher pinned Michael Cruz at 125 pounds to kick off the meet with the Presidents and junior 133-pounder Thomas Conselyea (Landing, N.J./Roxbury) followed with a 9-3 decision over Max Jackman. The Presidents won three straight bouts to take an 11-9 lead, but junior Chase Chapman (Philipsburg, Pa./Philipsburg-Osceola) responded with a second-period pin of Kevin Corseault to take the lead back at 165. … story at … Lycomingathletics.com/Crebs-wins-450th-as-21-warriors-sweep-jim-white-duals

January 23, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized