The Bishop Ireton Wrestlers wrapped up a busy five days of wrestling and ten individual dual matches on Monday. The highlight of this busy schedule was the participation in the Cavalier Duals at Archbishop Spalding in Severn, MD. This “duals” tournament guaranteed eight matches to each of the fourteen schools that participated. Among those teams that competed were several of Maryland’s top wrestling teams and over twenty The competition was fierce, but Ireton grapplers stepped up to this challenge without hesitation and surprised many of their opponents by demonstrating just how tough a Cardinal can be. Coach Don Dight’s team went 3-5 but the wrestlers were hardened by the higher level of competition, according to the Ireton skipper. “This will pay us dividends hopefully when the WCAC and state tournament time comes. We will be used to tough competition and a lot of it.”
The week began on Thursday of last week with the match against Maryland School for the Deaf. Despite having to forfeit matches at two weight classes the Cardinals rolled over MSD 53-24. All but two of our wrestlers walked away from their matches victorious and five were with pins. Among those who pinned their opponents were Darcy Gomez in 1:11 at 112lbs, Ricky Baier in 2:54 at 140lbs, Ryan Delaney in 4:30 at 152lbs, Kevin Galloway in 3:01 at 171lbs, and Jacob Manley in 3:04 at heavyweight. Fastest pin of the match was achieved by Darcy Gomez.
The matches at the Cavalier Duals on Friday and Saturday are were too numerous for a blow by blow description, but the scores with a few highlights are reflected below.
Bishop Ireton (36) vs. Stone Bridge (35): This was the most exciting of all our matches at this event. With wins from Elliot Mondragon (Pin-:24), Darcy Gomez (Pin-:29),, Ryan Delaney (Dec: 9-5), Kevin Galloway (Pin-1:10), Andrew Lutterloh (Forfeit), and Jacob Manley (Pin-4:32), the fate of the match was left to the final bout between Joe Vitale and his talented opponent from Stone Bridge. Joe scored two points with a take down in the first period and prevented his opponent from scoring throughout the remaining two periods. His final match score of 2-0 was just enough for the team victory. The fastest pin of this match was achieved by Elliot Mondragon.
Bishop Ireton (55) vs. George Mason (12): In our second match against another Virginia School, Cardinal wrestlers achieved the highest point spread of 43 points. Once again, all but two of Ireton wrestlers walked away from their individual matches victorious, and five were with pins. Among those who pinned their opponent were Nick Womach, Ricky Baier, Kevin Galloway, Andrew Lutterloh and Jacob Manley. The fastest pin of the match was achieved by Nick Womach, who pinned his opponent in his personal best time of :32.
Bishop Ireton (45) vs. Northeast (30): Our match against Northeast was challenging and although eight of our Cardinal wrestlers recorded wins, only two pinned their opponents. Those pins were achieved by Joe Vitale, who pinned his opponent in 1:53 and Andrew Lutterloh, who achieved the fastest pin of this match in :51.
Bishop Ireton (18) vs. Old Mill (60): In the first match of the tournament, the “good guys” were schooled by very powerful Old Mill. Only three grapplers recorded wins against the Patriots. Elliot Mondragon pinned his opponent in :54, Andrew Lutterloh pinned his opponent in 1:48, and Jacob Manley won by forfeit. The fastest pin in this match was achieved by Elliot Mondragon.
Bishop Ireton (9) vs. Arch. Spalding (55): In the second match of the tournament against top-ranked Archbishop Spalding, only three Ireton wrestlers beat their opponents and none were by pin. Joe Vitale beat his opponent with a 4-2 decision, Ryan Delaney with a 3-2 decision and Scott Martin with a 8-5 decision.
Bishop Ireton (26) vs. River Hill (44): Against tournament runner-up River Hill, the Cards won six individual matches, only two of which were by pin. Elliot Mondragon pinned his opponent in :46, and Andrew Georgeiff pinned his opponent in 2:00. Additional wins were achieved by Darcy Gomez (Technical Fall: 15-0), Joe Vitale (Dec: 4-2), Kevin Galloway (Dec: 4-1), and Andrew Lutterloh (Dec: 9-2). Fastest pin of this match was achieved by Elliot Mondragon.
Bishop Ireton (17) vs. Arundel (54): Against Arundel, our grapplers won only four individual matches, and only one was by pin. The only and fastest pin of this match was achieved by Elliot Mondragon in :25. Additional wins were achieved by Joe Vitale, who achieved a technical fall by beating his opponent 16-0, Kevin Galloway who beat his opponent with a 7-0 decision, and Andrew Lutterloh, who beat his opponent with a 11-7 decision.
Bishop Ireton (21) vs. Hatboro-Horsham (50): In our final match of the tournament, we went up against Hatboro-Horsham, a Pennsylvania school. In this match-up only five individual matches were won, two of which were by pin. Elliot Mondragon pinned his opponent in :34, and Andrew Lutterloh pinned his in 2:14. Three additional wins were achieved by Darcy Gomez (Dec: 4-3), Ricky Baier (Dec: 5-1), and Jacob Manley (Dec: 4-3).
Ireton heads into IAC country on Friday (1/22) against the Landon Bears at 4:30 at the Landon School (6101 Wilson Lane Bethesda, MD 20817). This match will be followed on Saturday (1/23) by the Catholic Schools Tournament at Benedictine School (304 N. Sheppard St, Richmond, VA 23221).
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