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1997-1998 RESULTS

This year saw the Buccaneers capture their 18th consecutive National Prep Title and 19th overall. The high school team finished the year ranked number two in the country by most major wrestling publications, and the college team posted another winning dual meet season and captured the team championship at the Middlesex Invitational.

This section provides summary information about the season. Here, you will find information about the college team's season, the high school team's season, as well as individual and team results from the State Prep and the National Prep tournaments.


College Team Results

Date

Opponent

Time/Result

12/07/97

Middlesex Invitational

1st Place

12/13/97

Navy Prep

won 34-0

12/30/97

Wilkes Open

no team score

01/04/98

Nassau Community College Tournament

no team score

01/10/98

at Penn State J.V.

lost 7-12

01/14/98

at Middlesex Community College

won 29-13

01/17/98

at Bucknell University J.V.

won 25-0

01/28/98

at U.S. Military Academy J.V.

lost 16-31

01/29/98

at Lehigh University J.V.

won 21-16

01/31/98

at Morrisville Community College Tournament

5th Place

02/04/98

at Gloucester Community College

lost 18-21

02/05/98

at Bergen Community College

won 21-12

02/07/98

Howard J.V.

won 11-0

02/07/98

at University of Virginia J.V.

lost 15-28

02/08/98

at U.S. Naval Academy J.V.

won 30-6

02/15/98

at University of Pennsylvania J.V.

lost 5-27

02/19/98

at Rutgers University J.V.

won 19-16

02/21/98

New Jersey State Prep Tournament

1st Place

02/28/98

National Prep Tournament

1st Place

Final Dual Meet Record

8-5

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High School Team Results

Date

Opponent

Time/Result

12/06/97

Orefield Duals vs. Dallastown

won 48-12

12/06/97

Orefield Duals vs. Waynesburg

won 40-15

12/06/97

Orefield Duals vs. Parkland

lost 22-35

12/13/97

Ironman Tournament

3rd Place

12/20/97

Delaware Mid-Atlantic Tournament

1st Place

12/20/97

Germantown Academy Tournament

4th Place

12/22/97

Delaware Duals vs. Temecula Valley (CA)

won 47-9

12/22/97

Delaware Duals vs. Hillcrest (SC)

won 51-15

12/27/97

Kittatiny Tournament

6th Place

12/30/96

Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic

1st Place

01/03/98

United States Open

1st Place

01/14/98

The Hill School

won 58-12

01/16/98

St. Edward High School (OH)

lost 22-31

01/17/98

National Prep Duals vs. St. Paul's (NH)

won 72-0

01/17/98

National Prep Duals vs. Mt. St. Joe's (MD)

won 62-6

01/17/98

National Prep Duals vs. Germantown Academy

won 64-3

01/21/98

at Archbishop Wood

won 67-0

01/21/98

Malvern Prep

won 54-3

01/24/98

Neshaminy

won 61-13

01/28/98

at Bound Brook

won 71-0

01/31/97

Gilman Duals vs. Calvert Hall (MD)

won 54-6

01/25/97

Gilman Duals vs. DeMatha (MD )

won 39-16

01/25/97

Gilman Duals vs. St. Mark's (DE)

won 32-21

02/04/98

at Peddie

won 62-3

02/07/98

Empire Duals vs. Glens Falls (NY)

won 74-6

02/07/98

Empire Duals vs. Saranac (NY)

won 79-0

02/07/98

Empire Duals vs. Queensbury (NY)

won 66-6

02/11/98

Lawrenceville

won 64-12

02/11/98

Wardlaw-Hartridge

won 77-3

02/14/98

St. Alban's Tournament

1st Place

02/18/98

Rutgers Prep

won 71-6

02/21/98

New Jersey State Prep Tournament

1st Place

02/28/98

National Prep Tournament

1st Place

Final Dual Meet Record

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State Prep Results

Team Scores

 

Individual Results

Blair

299

103 Cory Cooperman

1st

St. Benedict's

175

112 Joseph Crecca

3rd

Peddie

145.5

119 Zach Stevens

1st

Lawrenceville

114

125 Jason VanVolkenburgh

2nd

Newark Academy

101

130 Joseph Casella

1st

Montclair Kimberly

67

135 Chris Danchise

1st

Rutgers Prep

42

140 Jason Gorski

1st

Wardlaw Hartridge

33

145 Frank Casella

2nd

Hun

32

152 Rob Black

1st

Pennington

25

160 Chris Ayers

1st

Gill St. Bernard's

10

171 Mark McLean

1st

189 J.J. Koch

2nd

215 Alan Goussov

1st

275 Chris Chaft

2nd

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National Prep Results

Team Scores (Top 15 Schools):

Individual Results

Blair

368

103 Cory Cooperman

1st

DeMatha (MD)

166

112 Michael Carbonaro

3rd

Germantown (PA)

139

119 Robert Apgar

7th

Calvert Hall (MD)

132.5

125 John Giacche

1st

Archbishop Curley (MD)

115

130 Jody Giuricich

2nd

Mt. St. Joseph's (MD)

111.5

135 Marat Tomaev

1st

Hill (PA)

110.5

140 Jason Gorski

3rd

St. Benedict's (NJ)

110.5

145 Jeremy Kirk

2nd

Peddie (NJ)

104.5

152 Chris Ayers

3rd

Gilman (MD)

85.5

160 Jason Landi

1st

Boys Latin (MD)

78

171 Devin Pardun

5th

Archbishop Wood (PA)

70

189 Ryan McGrath

1st

Mercersburg (PA)

68

215 Alan Goussov

2nd

NE Catholic

60.5

275 Chris Chaft

2nd

McDonough (MD)

59.5

St. Mary's

59.5

For the State and National Prep Tournaments the high school and college teams are combined.

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