CAWL-Stars for VAC Holiday Duals

Dec. 19-21, 2008

Hampton, VA

The CAWL Allstars wrestled in the 2008 Virginia Challenge on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 12/19 - 12/21 at the Boo Williams Sports Complex in Hampton Virginia.  The tournament was a 16 team Dual meet broken up into (2) 8 team pools.  The "CAWLSTARS" won 4 and lost 3 matches in their pool and finished in 4th place in the pool.  That qualified them to wrestle in the Championship bracket against some of the best teams in the country including Michigan, PA Gold, PA Blue, NJ Lightning, NJ Allstars, and Georgia.  In the Championship bracket, it was difficult to win as a team giving up 5 forfiets but the CAWL wrestlers got to wrestle some of the best in the country and they held there own finishing 8th at the tournament.  It was a great experience and special thanks should be given to Gary Sanchez for behind the scenes organization and Ken Wolfe and Tony Neis for coaching the team.  The following CAWLSTARS deserve recognition for their accomplishments:

70 - Jimmy Allen
75 - Morgan Way
80 - Brandon Plante
85 - Brendon Colbert
90 - Alex Wolfe
95 - Tyler Cross
100 - Nick Frank
105 - FF
112 - FF
119 - Billy Krop
126 - Tristan Frias
135 - Zack Martinez
145 - Seth Baker
155 - FF
170 - Henry Weber
190 - FF
HWT - FF

70 lbs. CAWL-Star Brendon Gallagher (Declined)

Alternates:  Jimmy Allen (Accepted), Brendan Grammes, Quinn Devaney, Raaqim Wright

75 lbs. CAWL-Star Morgan Way (Accepted)

Alternates:  Tanner Chaplin, Zach Hensley, Andrew Barnes, Tommy Aloi, Adam Whitesell

80 lbs. CAWL-Star Brandon Plante (Accepted)

Alternates:  Colin Kowalski, Conor Grammes, Andrew Peterson, Shane Wilson, Michael Hundley

85 lbs. CAWL-Star Brendon Colbert (Accepted)

Alternates:  Cameron Harrell, Justin Elwell, Max Pickett, Hunter Manley, Bryan Ramey

90 lbs. CAWL-Star Hunter Sutton (Declined)

Alternates:  Alex Wolfe (Accepted), Zack Smith, Brock Jacobson, Michael Still, Vito Camarca

95 lbs. CAWL-Star Jason Murphy (Declined)

Alternates:  Tyler Cross (Accepted), Mason Manville, Will Witkop, David Aiello

100/105 lbs. CAWL-Star Daniel Sanchez (Declined)

Alternates:  Jack Bass (Declined), Derek Arnold (Declined), Brett Stein (Unconfirmed), Bennett Payne (Unconfirmed), Logan Smith (Unconfirmed), Nick Frank (Accepted)

105/112 lbs. CAWL-Star Stephen Aiello (Declined)

Alternates:  Tony Neis (Declined), Michael Sprague (Declined), Sam Rowell (Declined), Tom Whitaker (Declined), Alfred Bannister (Declined), Eddie Gerow (Declined)

112/119 lbs. CAWL-Star Billy Krop (Accepted 119 lbs.)

Alternates:  Matthew Gancayco (Declined), Cole Graves (Declined), Seth Rowell (Declined), Frank Aiello (Declined), Drew Schmidtknecht (Declined)

119/126 lbs. CAWL-Star Austin Jenkins (Unconfirmed)

Alternates:  Tommy Weston (Declined), Chad Ellis (Unconfirmed), Jack Harrison, Will Savion, Daniel Mika

126/135 lbs. CAWL-Star Beau Donahue (Declined)

Alternates:  Troy Murtha (Declined), Mason Mignogna (Declined), Tristen Frias (Accepted 126 lbs.), Mike Bolhman, Alek Schultz

135/145 lbs. CAWL-Star Seth Baker (Accepted 145 lbs.)

Alternates:  Zach Martinez (Accepted 135 lbs.), Tyler Morson (Declined), Charlie Banazak, John Townshend, Matthew Notarangelo

145/155 lbs. CAWL-Star Collin Schildt (Declined)

Alternates:  Spencer Neff (Declined), Erik Walters (Declined), Patrick Wenzlaff (Declined), Kyle Cusimano (Declined), Will McNaughton (Declined)

170 lbs. CAWL-Star Henry Weber (Accepted)

Alternates:  Zach Causey, Garrett Smith, Wyatt Burgette, CJ Tanenbaum, Barrett White

190/HWT lbs. CAWL-Star Jake Pinkston (Accepted/Withdrew HWT)

Alternates:  none

CAWL Stars line-up for VAC Holiday Duals:

70    Jimmy Allen *

75    Morgan Way *

80    Brandon Plante *

85    Brendon Colbert *

90    Alex Wolfe *

95    Tyler Cross *

100   Nick Frank *

105   (open)

112   (open)

119   Billy Krop *

126   Tristen Frias *

135   Zach Martinez *

145   Seth Baker *

155   (open)

170   Henry Weber *

190   (open)

HWT   (open)

Embassy Suites hotel rooms blocked under "CAWL Stars" at $93 per night.  Call 757-827-8200 and ask for "in-house" reservations.

"2008 Team CAWL" T-shirts:  $20

To accept invitation, higher place finisher gets priority, send e-mail by Friday, Dec. 12 (deadline extended to Tues., Dec. 16) to: 

Gary Sanchez, garywsanchez@aol.com

Copy:  CAWL Stars coach Ken Wolfe, 240-405-5671, ken.wolfe@md.usda.gov, CAWL Stars coach Tony Neis, 540-379-1877, wrestlehighlander@yahoo.com, and Jarrod Elwell, jarrodelwell@juno.com, as well as your own team coaches.

* Accepted CAWL Star