Friday, December 11, 2009

NAZARETH WRESTLING

Nazareth

-- 2008-09 record: 6-8 overall, 5-3 conference.

-- Coach: Dave Crowell (seventh season, 98-32).

-- Returning starters: So. 103 Doug Giamoni (7-13), Jr. 119 Franco Ferraina (25-10), Jr. 125 Zach Horan (34-4), Jr. 130 Greg Noll (21-17), Sr. 135 Eric Hurd (17-15), Jr. 140 Ian Stout (10-13), Jr. 140-45 Ryan Krecker (34-10), Sr. 145-52 Tyler Torcivia (11-10), Sr. 160 Ethan Dilcherd (7-20), Jr. 171 Ben Bradley (20-15), Sr. 285 D.J. King (17-16).

-- Key returnees: Sr. 112 Jarrett Sutter (2-6), So. 112 Eric Peterson (5-4), Jr. 135 Wyatt Miller (2-6), So. 160-71 Eric Wolak (4-10), So. 189 David Wilke (1-5), Jr. 189 Mike Oleniacz (0-1).

-- Promising newcomers: Fr. 103 Brandon Sutter, Fr. 215 Aaron Bradley.

Coach Dave Crowell: "We had the best offseason of training I've ever had in all my years of coaching. I'm excited for the season; I can't wait to see our kids wrestle and see how much they've improved. The atmosphere in our room is like night and day from last season."

-- Outlook: The Blue Eagles are coming off their first losing dual meet season since 1963. It was also first losing season in Crowell's coaching career. Expect Nazareth to rebound in big way this season. Horan is poised for state gold and Krecker will be premier middleweight.

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