Wrestling | 1/16/2015 4:45:00 PM

SENIOR DAY
 
CLARION WRESTLERS HOST GEORGE MASON SATURDAY AT 2PM
              
            The Golden Eagle wrestling team will honor 5 seniors and former All-Americans on Sunday when the Golden Eagles host EWL opponent George Mason on January 18 at Waldo S. Tippin Gymnasium. Match time is set for 2pm.
 
            The Clarion – George Mason match will be available on WCCR-FM – 92.7 for listeners in Clarion area, as well as on the internet on Redzonemdia.com with Rich Herman, Bob Bubb and John Stroup calling the action.
 
            Seniors honored in pre-match ceremonies include Sam Sherlock (141- West Mifflin), Kyle Braddock (165- Beaver Falls/Blackhawk), Daniel Sutherland (184- N. Bellmore, N.Y.), Ryan Darch (197- Batavia, N.Y.) and Victor LiPari (125- Canonsburg/Chartiers Houston).
 
            Sherlock, who transferred to Clarion from Penn state in 2012, has a career record of 38-38. Sam is 7-13 this year at 141-pounds, while he was 18-14 in 2014 at 133-pounds placing 2^nd at PSAC's and 3^rd at EWL's, and was 13-11 in 2013 placing 2^nd at PSAC's and 3^rd at EWL's at 141-pounds.
 
            Braddock, voted the team's captain for the 2015 season, has put together a 3-11 mark at 165-pounds this season. He was 1-8 in 2014, 2-9 at 157 in 2013 and 2-14 at 157 in 2011.
 
            Sutherland, came to Clarion from Nassau Community College and posted a 4-17 record in 2014 wrestling at 197-pounds. He was 6^th at EWL's last year. This season he dropped to 184 pounds and placed 5^th at PSAC's while posting a record of 13-14.
 
            Darch, a 4-year starter at Clarion, moved up to 197-pounds this season and is 12-10 overall and placed 3^rd at PSAC's. Prior to this season he has wrestle at 174 and was 16-22 in 2014 placing 4^th at EWL's and 5^th at PSAC's, 12-16 in 2013 placing 3^rd at EWL's and 2^nd at PSAC's and also 8-12 in 2012 while taking 4^th at PSAC's. He has a career record of 48-60.
 
            LiPari, who has had some injuries through his career, is not wrestling this season but dedicated to helping the program. A 125-pounder in his career he was 4-7 in 2012, and 0-3 in 2014.
 
            Clarion, under head coach Keith Ferraro, enters the match with a 1-10 dual meet record against a very tough schedule. Last Saturday the Golden Eagles dropped a 34-7 decision to Eastern Michigan, while also losing in January to #28 Ohio University 42-5. On December 19 Clarion posted its first dual meet victory under coach Ferraro with an exciting 20-19 criteria win over EWL and PSAC rival Bloomsburg at Waldo S. Tippin Gym.
 
            The Golden Eagles opened the 2014-15 wrestling season hosting the Clarion Open on November 2 with three Clarion wrestlers in Saturday's lineup earning places including Daniel Sutherland (3^rd at 174), Michael Pavasko (4^th at 174) and Evan DeLong (4^th at 157). On November 15 Clarion participated in the Eastern Michigan duals and lost four dual matches to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (19-12), #19 Northwestern (39-6). Central Michigan (34-6) and Northern Illinois (31-7). Then on November 22, Clarion hosted four-time and defending NCAA D-I National Champion #4 Penn State at Tippin Gym and lost a 44-0 decision in front of 2,875 fans. On November 30 the Golden Eagles traveled to #17 Rider and lost a 38-3 decision to the Broncs and a 25-13 loss to Penn.
 
            Clarion placed 5^th at the PSAC Championships on December 6^th at Bloomsburg with Evan Daley finishing second and Slade Horner, Mike Pavasko and Ryan Darch finishing third, while losing a week later at #10 ranked Edinboro 32-6.
 
            Clarion's lineup for Ohio University will likely be: Hunter Jones (6-6; So. New Rochelle, N.Y.) at 125, Joel Rosko (3-10; Fr. Campbell, N.Y.) at 133; Sam Sherlock (7-13; Sr. West Mifflin) or John Pezze (2-14  ; Jr. N. Huntingdon/Norwin) at 141; Brodie Zacherl (13-15; Fr. Brookville, Pa.) at 149; Evan DeLong (11-16; Fr. Kane) at 157; Kyle Bradock (3-11; Sr. Beaver Falls/Blackhawk) or Slade Horner (12-8; Jr. Ridgway) at 165; Michael Pavasko (15-10; Jr. Munhall/Steel Valley) at 174; Daniel Sutherland (13-14; Sr. N. Bellmore, N.Y./Mepham) at 184, Ryan Darch (12-10; Sr. Batavia, N.Y.) at 197 and Evan Daley (11-7; So. Erie/Fort LeBoeuf) or Joshua Davis (5-7; Jr. Freehold, N.J.) at 285.
 
            George Mason, led by ninth year head coach Joe Russell, has a dual meet record of 5-4, before traveling to Bucknell on Saturday, and then to Clarion on Sunday. The Patriots feature wins over VMI (25-6), Anderson (35-6), Maryland (17-16), F&M (28-10) and Cleveland State (19-12). Losses were to Virginia (34-6), Navy (23-9), Duke (24-9) and Drexel (25-11).
 
            The GMU lineup will likely have Ibrahim Bunduka (3-10) at 125, Vince rodriguez (8-7) at 133, Sahid Kargbo (7-7) at 141, Konbeh Koromoa (8-7) at 149, Greg Flournoy (13-7) at 157, Patrick Davis (4-6) at 165, Ryan Forrest (6-7) at 174, Ryan Hembury (0-5) at 184, Matt Meadows (7-8) at 197 and Jake Kettler (16-7) at 285.
 
            CLARION NOTES:  There will be a halftime break during the George Mason match – Clarion's previous all-time All-Americans have been invited to attend and will be introduced at halftime…  Clarion owns a 1-0 series history against George Mason --- 2014 was the first meeting between the two schools…
 
CLARION 23 GEORGE MASON 12
W.S. Tippin Gym – Feb. 1, 2014
125- Hunter Jones (CL) maj. dec. Bryce Gentry (GM) 15-1
133- Vince Rodriguez (GM) dec. Sam Sherlock (CL) 4-3
141- Sahid Kargbo (GM) dec. Tyler Bedelyon  (CL) 7-2 OT
149- Justin Arthur (CL) maj. dec. Shohei Takagi (GM) 12-0
157- Austin Matthews (CL) dec. Greg Flournoy (GM) 8-2
165- Ryan Forrest (GM) Michael Pavasko (CL) 5-4
174- Ryan Darch (CL) dec. Zach Martinez (GM) 4-3
184- Dustin Conti (CL) dec. Ryan Hembury (GM) 7-5 OT
197- Matt Meadows (GM) dec. Daniel Sutherland (CL) 6-5
285- Evan Daley (CL) wbf Jake Kettler (GM) 6:37
Clarion 8-10; 2-2
George Mason 6-11; 0-1
Ref: John Mulgrave