Escape the Rock Seeds

[dicemen99]

107					114
Seed	Name	Team	Grade		Seed	Name	Team	Grade
1	Joe Bachmann	FCA	9		1	Ayden Smith	Notre Dame GP	12
2	Colby Martinelli	Pennridge	11		2	Paul Kenny	CBA	9
3	Killian Coluccio	CBA	9		3	Johnathon McGinty	St. Joseph's Regional	10
4	Alex Diaz	CR North	12		4	Liam Davis	Lake Highland Prep	10
5	Charlie Esposito	St. Joseph's Regional	10		5	Tyler Conroy	Malvern	10
6	Carter Shin	Chantilly	10		6	Sal Borrometi	St. Peter's Prep	10
7	Anthony Mason	Southern Regional	10		7	Connor Lenahan	CR South	12
8	Chazz Robinson	Lake Highland Prep	9		8	Caden Smith	JW Robinson	12
9	Justin Farnsworth	Germantown Academy	9		9	Eli Campbell	Legacy Christian	12
10	Dom Morrison	Hatboro Horsham	9		10	Aidan Shufelt	Independence	11
11	Jordan Segal	Shawnee	10		11	Colton Hagerty	Washington Twp	10
12	Tommy Boyce	Conwell Egan	9		12	Noah Rankin	St. Christopher's	10
13	Chase Martino	Camden Catholic	9		13	Reef Dillard	Bethlehem Catholic	9
14	Jason Meola	Kingsway	11		14	Dom DiGiacomo	Camden Catholic	11
15	Tyler Hildebrandt	Williamstown	11		15	Logan Katz	Battlefield	10
16	Noah Young	State College	9		16	Adaias Ortiz	Osceola Kissimmee	9
121						127
Seed	Name	Team	Grade		Seed	Name	Team	Grade
1	Gauge Botero	FCA	11		1	Anthony Mutarelli	CR South	11
2	Ethan Rivera	Lake Highland Prep	12		2	Eren Sement	CR North	11
3	Lucas Littleton	Malvern	10		3	Mason Ziegler	Quakertown	12
4	Keanu Dillard	Bethlehem Catholic	10		4	Sammy Spaulding	Camden Catholic	10
5	Carson Dupill	Greeneville (TN)	11		5	Alden Allen	Cincinnati LaSalle	12
6	Roman Lermer	Jesuit	12		6	Jackson Slotnick	Williamstown	11
7	Mikey Bautista	St. Joseph's Regional	10		7	Vincent Paino	St. Joseph's Regional	11
8	Tyeler Hagensen	Mt. Olive	12		8	Charlie Desena	Lake Highland Prep	10
9	Cole Coffin	Pennridge	12		9	Quinn McBride	Pennridge	10
10	Bobby Duffy	CBA	10		10	Jason Torres	Malvern	11
11	Luke Reitter	CR South	12		11	Laudan Henry	St. Peter's Prep	10
12	Jake Talarico	St. Peter's Prep	12		12	Nathan Attisano	Legacy Christian	10
13	Kevin Bagnell	Conwell Egan	12
14	Greyson Music	Bishop McDevitt	9
15	Calvin Werden	Western Reserve	12
16	Luke Sherlock	Shawnee	11
133					139
Seed	Name	Team	Grade		Seed	Name	Team	Grade
1	Nick O'Neill	Malvern	12		1	Colin Kacena	Lake Highland Prep	12
2	Dillon Campbell	Legacy Christian	12		2	Tyler Traves	Mountain View	10
3	Adrian DeJesus	St. Joseph's Regional	11		3	Mason Wagner	FCA	10
4	Camden Baum	Bishop McDevitt	10		4	Holden Huhn	Cincinnati LaSalle	11
5	Jayce Paridon	Lake Highland Prep	11		5	Blase Mele	Princeton	11
6	Charlie Robson	Conwell Egan	12		6	Dylan Ross	Paramus Catholic	12
7	Chris Dennis	Central Bucks West	10		7	Donny Almeyda	St. Joseph's Regional	11
8	Gino Schinina	St. Peter's Prep	10		8	Walker Turley	St. Christopher's	10
9	Arment Waltenbaugh	FCA	10		9	Steven Harris	Conwell Egan	12
10	Tristan Corbin	JW Robinson	12		10	Pat Kelly	Central Bucks West	11
11	Geoff Whalen	Mountain View	12		11	Jayden Bowles	Jesuit	11
12	Pat Woloshyn	CR South	10		12	Dominic Moyer	Delaware Valley	12
13	Bryce Manera	Southern Regional	11		13	Scottie Sarie	Southern Regional	11
14	Eddie Radecki	Caravel Academy	11		14	AJ Falcone	CBA	11
15	Marco Alcaron	Don Bosco Prep	12		15	Marco Frinzi	Bethlehem Catholic	11
16	James Whitbred	State College	9		16	Ajay Bhatt	CR South	12
145					152
Seed	Name	Team	Grade		Seed	Name	Team	Grade
1	Pierson Manville	State College	12		1	Kollin Rath	Bethlehem Catholic	11
2	Jack Consiglio	Malvern	12		2	Collin Gaj	Quakertown	11
3	Chase Van Hoven	Brooke Pointe	11		3	Matt Henrich	Southern Regional	12
4	Alex Nini	CBA	12		4	Zach Ballante	St. Joseph's Regional	11
5	August Hibler	Leonia	12		5	Nathan Rickards	Malvern	12
6	Anderson Heap	Osceola Kissimmee	12		6	Mitch Faglioni	St. Christopher's	12
7	Tyler Hood	St. Christopher's	11		7	Max Stein	FCA	11
8	Chase Hontz	FCA	11		8	Jonathan Fuller	St. Peter's Prep	12
9	Ryan Lawler	Bishop McDevitt	11		9	Ben Weader	Chantilly	11
10	Zeno Moore	Lake Highland Prep	10		10	Carson Main	Riverbend	12
11	Wyatt Stout	Southern Regional	11		11	Drew Roskos	Delran	12
12	Shane McFillin	Bethlehem Catholic	11		12	Austin Smith	Abington Heights	12
13	Gavin Carroll	Quakertown	11		13	Austin Craft	Camden Catholic	12
14	Richie DeFulvio	Holy Cross	12		14	Brayden Brown	Legacy Christian	12
15	Michael Craft	Camden Catholic	10		15	Draven McCall	Jesuit	11
16	Ben Brillhart	CR South	11		16	Roman Onorato	Paulsboro	12
160					172
Seed	Name	Team	Grade		Seed	Name	Team	Grade
1	Asher Cunningham	State College	11		1	Ryan Burton	St. Joseph's Regional	11
2	Cael Weidemoyer	FCA	10		2	Adam Waters	FCA	10
3	Charlie Scanlon	Bethlehem Catholic	11		3	Carson Thomas	Cincinnati LaSalle	11
4	Frank DiBella	St. Joseph's Regional	12		4	Bekhruz Sadriddinov	CR South	12
5	Jake Zearfoss	Gloucester Cty	12		5	Sam Gautreau	OJR	12
6	Jack Willen	Cincinnati LaSalle	12		6	Brian Heard	Abington Heights	11
7	Kage Jones	Camden Catholic	10		7	Gunnar Holland	Osceola Kissimmee	12
8	Dominic Sumpolic	Notre Dame GP	10		8	Omer Barak	Lake Highland Prep	12
9	Max Nevlin	St. Peter's Prep	11		9	Michael Fuccilli	Don Bosco Prep	12
10	Gavin Cole	CR South	11		10	Ed Terreri	Paramus Catholic	12
11	Luke Sugalski	Germantown Academy	11		11	Talan Hogan	Pennridge	11
12	Hayden Hochstrasser	Southern Regional	11		12	Mitch Bivona	Southern Regional	12
13	Brandon Cody	Jesuit	12		13	Corey Bell	Mountain View	12
14	Ben Garcia	Don Bosco Prep	12		14	Anthony Verdi	St. Peter's Prep	10
15	TJ Langley	Western Reserve	12		15	Jaden Simpson	Camden Catholic	10
16	Gabriel Cortes	Mountain View	12		16	Deryk Hannold	Williamstown	11
189					215
Seed	Name	Team	Grade		Seed	Name	Team	Grade
1	Harvey Ludington	Brick Memorial	11		1	Dillon Bechtold	OJR	12
2	Robert Kucharczk	Lake Highland Prep	11		2	Aidan Schlett	St. Joseph's Regional	12
3	Daniel Rella	Paramus Catholic	12		3	Alex Smith	Lake Highland Prep	11
4	Nick Wehmeyer	Malvern	12		4	Caleb Marzolino	Abington Heights	12
5	Vincenzo Lavalle	Hanover Park	11		5	Jason Singer	FCA	10
6	Tyler Bienus	Mt. Olive	12		6	Xavier Williams	Paramus Catholic	11
7	Lucas Lawler	Bishop McDevitt	11		7	Collin French	Southern Regional	12
8	Nathan Campbell	Norwin	12		8	Stosh Zalota	Malvern	11
9	Dante Burns	Conwell Egan	12		9	Soren Pirhoun	George C Marshall	12
10	Alexander Reyes	Holmdel	10		10	Kamrn Harden	Cincinnati LaSalle	12
11	Colin Wooldridge	Cincinnati LaSalle	10		11	Dante Deluca	Don Bosco Prep	10
12	Cody Wagner	FCA	12		12	Noah Onkst	McDonogh (MD)	12
13	Connor Smalley	Notre Dame GP	10
14	Nevin Mattessich	Don Bosco Prep	10
15	Kaleb Wright	Gloucester Cty	12
16	James Deluise	Bethlehem Catholic	11
285
Seed	Name	Team	Grade
1	Nick Pavlechko	State College	12
2	Calvin Lachman	Quakertown	12
3	Rocco Dellagatta	St. Joseph's Regional	11
4	Dean Bechtold	OJR	10
5	Mark Effendian	FCA	10
6	Maxwell Roy	St. Joe's Prep	11
7	Robert Ekins	Don Bosco Prep	10
8	Connor Reynolds	St. Peter's Prep	11

 

[BrockBronson]

Faith is so tough. Bachman wins easy. Ayden smith and Kenny will be a fun one again. Kenny wins the rematch. Calling an upset, Littleton wins 121. Botero just back from injury. I am impressed by him holding 123. Where is knox? Isn’t this where he got punched last year after his match. Mut, Sement and Zeigler will be very fun. I say Mut takes this one. Baum Vs Campbell in the finals at 133. 139 is weak, Wagner from faith wins it. Pierson Vs Jack round 7. Pierson wins again. Rath Vs Gaj again! Rath wins again. Asher has arrived. He is going to be a star at psu. Waters beats Burton for the title. Harvey is a man amongst boys.

Great competition. Faith wins the team title

 

[smalls103]

ETR seeds are annually among the best of any independent tournament

 

[dicemen99]

ETR seeds are annually among the best of any independent tournament

Thanks, Willie. We work very hard to try to get it as right as possible.

I know a lot of old school wrestling people shrug off seeding with the "you need to beat them all anyway" attitude. But making the podium at a power tournament really means something and poor seeding can drop bombs into the consys that leave deserving kids off the stand.

Upsets are going to do that anyway, but no reason for the tournament to add to it by charting a collision course for two top guys in the bloodround or before by not paying attention to all of the results.

 

[oldcougar65]

I ran a little youth tournament for a couple of decades, and I set up a different seeding method: the star method. If a superstar entered, we gave him a bye to the semi-finals. We put the weaker kids together in the opening rounds on the theory that they might get a win but they also might learn a little bit even if they lose, rather than being blown out in the first period by some stud looking for a notch on his belt.

 

[smalls103]

i think that's fine for 'a little youth tournament'. probably a good method.

not for high profile tournaments that's literally going to affect 1) the product of the event and 2) recruiting exposure

 

[oldcougar65]

i think that's fine for 'a little youth tournament'. probably a good method.

not for high profile tournaments that's literally going to affect 1) the product of the event and 2) recruiting exposure

Of course not. Seeding at a youth tourney is crazy anyway, with parents filling out false records, kids changing age groups and weight classes regularly. We computerized the whole thing around 1982, so we could go straight from the seeding meeting to printing the wall charts and bout sheets.

 

[El-Jefe]

ETR seeds are annually among the best of any independent tournament

One less tourney that needs Willie to take over.

 

[El-Jefe]

I know a lot of old school wrestling people shrug off seeding with the "you need to beat them all anyway" attitude.

That's the right attitude for the wrestlers, and completely imbecilic for a tournament organizer.

On top of the reasons you noted, all of which are correct: the tournament organizer's job is to make the event compelling. Screwing up the seeds makes the finals -- the event showcase -- less compelling.

Keep doing what you're doing.

 

[voltz99]

Council rock was jim volrath's high school. I would have like to see him get a shot at wrestling in the ncaa tournament. I think he would have been AA. Beat Deringer at the southern scuffle.

 

[PAgeologist]

Is PCN broadcasting the finals again? Always a great watch.

 

[dicemen99]

Is PCN broadcasting the finals again? Always a great watch.

Yes, they will tape our finals and broadcast them on Saturday, January 20th.

To watch them live, you need to attend or have a FLO subscription.

 

[dicemen99]

Council rock was jim volrath's high school. I would have like to see him get a shot at wrestling in the ncaa tournament. I think he would have been AA. Beat Deringer at the southern scuffle.

Yes, Jimmy attended CR South and participated in four Escape the Rocks. He wrestled as a FR in the inaugural tournament, which was a dual meet tourney, and then finished 4th, 3rd, and finally 1st as a SR beating Pat LaBuz of Hazelton in the finals. When he was a soph, he knocked off top seed Josh Roosa in the quarters, giving everyone a glimpse of the great wrestler he would become.

He was blocked by Dylan Alton at PSU, but still had a memorable career including the Scuffle win in the semis over Dieringer and the pin in the 7th place bout at B1Gs which gave PSU the title.

Great family, great kid, taken far, far too soon. RIP.

 

[voltz99]

Yes, Jimmy attended CR South and participated in four Escape the Rocks. He wrestled as a FR in the inaugural tournament, which was a dual meet tourney, and then finished 4th, 3rd, and finally 1st as a SR beating Pat LaBuz of Hazelton in the finals. When he was a soph, he knocked off top seed Josh Roosa in the quarters, giving everyone a glimpse of the great wrestler he would become.

He was blocked by Dylan Alton at PSU, but still had a memorable career including the Scuffle win in the semis over Dieringer and the pin in the 7th place bout at B1Gs which gave PSU the title.

Great family, great kid, taken far, far too soon. RIP.

Alton was hurt that year and probably was not 100% in the tournament.

 

[KCLion]

That's the right attitude for the wrestlers, and completely imbecilic for a tournament organizer.

On top of the reasons you noted, all of which are correct: the tournament organizer's job is to make the event compelling. Screwing up the seeds makes the finals -- the event showcase -- less compelling.

Keep doing what you're doing.

👍 that’s awesome work!

 

[oldcougar65]

The reason I always went to the prelims at the PIAA states was the awkward randomness of the seeding. One of the greatest bouts I've seen at states was 15-20 years ago in the quarters between two 160 pound studs who should have been #1 and #2. The match was down in the corner of the stadium, and we went down to the first row right next to the mat and watched some amazing fireworks along with 1 or 2 other fans who showed up. Should have been the finals. I'll figure out who the wrestlers were..
And the answer is....
Jake Kemmerer vs. Jimmy Sheptock 2009 160
Others in the weight class:
Kenny Courts, James Fleming, J D Staudenmayer
not a bad weight class. Kemmerer won and Sheptock was 3rd.
Again, that bout should have been the finals even with the other studs.

 

[District four]

That's the right attitude for the wrestlers, and completely imbecilic for a tournament organizer.

On top of the reasons you noted, all of which are correct: the tournament organizer's job is to make the event compelling. Screwing up the seeds makes the finals -- the event showcase -- less compelling.

Keep doing what you're doing.

Lol you said Imbecilic lmfao. And in a sentence wtf jefe stepping up your game. Don't try that on gia the state of Iowa will sell out it's dictionaries

 

[Firemans2711]

The reason I always went to the prelims at the PIAA states was the awkward randomness of the seeding. One of the greatest bouts I've seen at states was 15-20 years ago in the quarters between two 160 pound studs who should have been #1 and #2. The match was down in the corner of the stadium, and we went down to the first row right next to the mat and watched some amazing fireworks along with 1 or 2 other fans who showed up. Should have been the finals. I'll figure out who the wrestlers were..
And the answer is....
Jake Kemmerer vs. Jimmy Sheptock 2009 160
Others in the weight class:
Kenny Courts, James Fleming, J D Staudenmayer
not a bad weight class. Kemmerer won and Sheptock was 3rd.
Again, that bout should have been the finals even with the other studs.

I was thinking that frick vs. ed Ruth quarter won by Ruth 9-6. The winner had then had Wright in the semis. Then in the finals was Matt Ryan of cannon Mac who took second the year before.

 

[kingslayer_85]

Faith is so tough. Bachman wins easy. Ayden smith and Kenny will be a fun one again. Kenny wins the rematch. Calling an upset, Littleton wins 121. Botero just back from injury. I am impressed by him holding 123. Where is knox? Isn’t this where he got punched last year after his match. Mut, Sement and Zeigler will be very fun. I say Mut takes this one. Baum Vs Campbell in the finals at 133. 139 is weak, Wagner from faith wins it. Pierson Vs Jack round 7. Pierson wins again. Rath Vs Gaj again! Rath wins again. Asher has arrived. He is going to be a star at psu. Waters beats Burton for the title. Harvey is a man amongst boys.

Great competition. Faith wins the team title

Burton and Waters wrestled last month and if I recall correctly at no point was Burton in trouble during that match. That was a fairly Controlled match by Burton

 

[ChillW]

Wow this tournament keeps getting better. Great job with the seeding and continuing to up the talent level.

 

[BrockBronson]

What Happened to Colin Gaj. He is one of my favorites and saw he defaulted out.

 

[SlipperyPete12]

Escape the Rock 2024

The only PSU recruit I found while skimming through the brackets was Asher Cunningham, who is ranked #1 at 160 pounds.

Matches:
R32: #1 A.Cunningham FALL #32 L.Youtz (1:20)
R16: #1 A.Cunningham MD #16 B.Dryden 12-4
QF: #1 A.Cunningham DEC #8 D.Sumpolec 5-0
SF: #1 A.Cunningham DEC #4 F.DiBella 3-0
Finals: #1 A.Cunningham WBF #2 C.Weidemoyer (1:13)


160# Finals: #1 A.Cunningham vs. #2 C.Weidemoyer
P1:
Cunningham TD 2-0
Cunningham locks up a cradle & gets the pin!

A.Cunningham FALL C.Weidemoyer (1:13)

Asher Cunningham takes 1st place!

 

[oldcougar65]

Gauge Botero had an interesting start to his season. In the ETR semi's he threw a Jonesy for 5 points. In the finals he threw another Jonesy for 5 points.
I might be wrong, but it looked to me that he attempted a win-dixie later in the finals. And it appeared his opponent saw it and bailed.
Botero won the finals 11-4 over Dillard of BECA.

 

[BrockBronson]

Botero just coming back and putting it on Dillard is a beautiful win. He is going to be tough to beat at 120. Seidel will drop. So it will be a collision course Botero Vs Gill.

 

[oldcougar65]

The first Jonesy I ever saw was back in like '01, in the state AAA semi-finals. West Chester Henderson's Jermaine Jones threw it against Sportelli of Easton. No one could believe it. Sportelli was in on Jones' leg, and suddenly the ref was counting back points against him.
Jones was a little animal. He was a 2x state champ. One year he hammered Mark McKnight in the finals, 12-3. Unfortunately he caught mono his Senior year and never was the same again. I saw him tech a kid in December that year who took him to OT at Regions. He was a shadow of himself.

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

Botero just coming back and putting it on Dillard is a beautiful win. He is going to be tough to beat at 120. Seidel will drop. So it will be a collision course Botero Vs Gill.

Gill wont touch Botero

 

[oldcougar65]

Gill wont touch Botero

Yeah, I had the same reaction.

 

[El-Jefe]

Gill wont touch Botero

Yeah, it'll be a collision ...

 

[BrockBronson]

I am trying to play up the two state champs meeting. I think y’all are right. Botero is a different level. Do y’all think Seidel does drop.

 

[RoverNation05]

The first Jonesy I ever saw was back in like '01, in the state AAA semi-finals. West Chester Henderson's Jermaine Jones threw it against Sportelli of Easton. No one could believe it. Sportelli was in on Jones' leg, and suddenly the ref was counting back points against him.
Jones was a little animal. He was a 2x state champ. One year he hammered Mark McKnight in the finals, 12-3. Unfortunately he caught mono his Senior year and never was the same again. I saw him tech a kid in December that year who took him to OT at Regions. He was a shadow of himself.

That’s why it’s called a Jonesy. Jordan Oliver did it in college, and in an interview after he called it a Jonsey because he saw Jermaine Jones hit it at states when he was a kid and he wanted to learn how to do it.

 

[oldcougar65]

That’s why it’s called a Jonesy. Jordan Oliver did it in college, and in an interview after he called it a Jonsey because he saw Jermaine Jones hit it at states when he was a kid and he wanted to learn how to do it.

It's a familiar story. And that's why I referred back to Jermaine's signature move, specifying he beat an Easton kid.

It happened like this:
As a 9th grader, Jones had a decent season but nothing overwhelming. He was pretty good. The next year, WC Henderson changed coaches. They brought in Downingtown state champ Glenn Koser as coach. I watched Henderson wrestle my old team in December. Jones wrestled one of my former wrestlers, who was frankly pretty weak. He never achieved anything with my team and went on to a 50-50 career. And Jones had trouble with him, winning 4-2 finally. At that point, I was done with Jones.
Three months later, Jones was a superstar. I'm convinced that Glen Koser transformed Jermaine Jones, who made the biggest single year improvement of anyone I've ever watched. In December he barely edged one of my weakest kids. In March he won states with ease.
Thursday night at states that year, I watched the prelims. Afterwards I called a friend who hadn't made it up yet. We always bet on Thursday night on the projected finalists --- rarely right I might add.
But I called my friend and said, "It looks like Jones is planning to win this thing!"
And he did.

 

[tullfan68]

where can I find the ETR final's?

 

[kingslayer_85]

where can I find the ETR final's?

Floarena

 

[tullfan68]

Floarena

thanks