Virginia Independent Schools Wrestling Association (VISWA)
State Tournament Results
February 21-22, 1997
-held at Virginia Episcopal School [VES], in Lynchburg, Virginia-

PARTICIPATING TEAMS KEY:
BEN-Benedictine
BI-Bishop Ireton
BR-Blue Ridge
CATH-Catholic
CC-Christ Church
CHC-Cape Henry Collegiate
DJO-Dennis J. O'Connell
COLL-Collegiate
EHS-Episcopal
FMA-Fishburne Military Academy
FUMA-Fork Union Military Academy
GCA-Greenbriar Christian Academy
HMA-Hargrave Military Academy
LCA-Lynchburg Christian Academy
MI-Miller School
NA-Norfolk Academy
NC-North Cross
NCOL-Norfolk Collegiate
PC-Peninsula Catholic
POT-Potomac School
PVI-PAUL VI
RMA-Randolph Macon Academy
SSSA-St. Stephens
STAB-St. Annes-Belfield
STC-St. Christophers
TES-Trinity Episcopal School
VES-Virginia Episcopal School
WFS-Woodberry Forest School

103
1)Hardin Brotherton (VES)
2)Reed Landry (POT)
3)Niles Foskett (CC)
4)Leif Lindjhem (NA)
5)Michael Zubovnik (FMA)
6)Rudd Olmstead (WFS)

SEMI-FINALS
Brotherton maj dec Foskett 15-7
Landry pinned Lindjhem 2:57

112
1)Ryan Ingram (NA)
2)Joe Marconyak (CATH)
3)Tack Richardson (SSSA)
4)Le Ben Wan (VES)
5)Sandy Bautista (WFS)
6)Rob Reid (NCOL)

SEMI-FINALS
Ingram tf Reid 16-1 4:00
Marconyak dec Richardson 8-2

119
1)Gordon Kolb (WFS)
2)Asher Rolfe (STC)
3)David Bickford (EHS)
4)Dan Hodermarsky (CATH)
5)Rob Fian (BI)
6)Jordon Yelverton (VES)

SEMI-FINALS
Kolb dec Bickford 5-3
Rolfe pinned Hodermarsky 3:23

125
1)Jon Long (PVI)
2)Patrick Boswell (COLL)
3)Kyle Turner (WFS)
4)Laurin Fedora (VES)
5)Shawn Conway (PC)
6)Jack Moores (EHS)

SEMI-FINALS
Long dec Fedora 4-2
Boswell maj dec Conway 12-4

130
1)Jon Gehres (BR)
2)Josh Thompson (CHC)
3)Dustin Greene (COLL)
4)Alex Csontos (PVI)
5)Brian Pinckney (EHS)
6)Doug Drumheller (CC)

SEMI-FINALS
Gehres dec Pinckney 6-4
Thompson dec Csontos 4-1

135
1)Jimmy Carr (COLL)
2)Walker Inman (EHS)
3)Rob McLaughlin (EHS)
4)Nick Williamson (STC)
5)Kirch Clausen (BI)
6)Kelvin Alarcon (VES)

SEMI-FINALS
Carr pinned Clausen 2:17
Inman pinned Williamson 2:58

140
1)Tucker Foote (SSSA)
2)Brendan Harney (POT)
3)Vic Wells (WFS)
4)Jamil Muasher (NA)
5)Sean Sullivan (PVI)
6)Jonathan Barnes (FUMA)

SEMI-FINALS
Foote dec Wells 3-0
Harney maj dec Muasher 14-3

145
1)Maurice Wilson (BR)
2)Cary Bowmer (STC)
3)Eddie Smith (POT)
4)Chris Sica (COLL)
5)Stephen Grover (VES)
6)Scott Harris (EHS)

SEMI-FINALS
Wilson pinned Smith 3:52
Bowmer dec Sica 5-3

152
1)John McLeod (COLL), Most Oustanding Wrestler Award Winner
2)Chris Davis (PVI)
3)Jim Ratliff (HMA)
4)Stephen Bannat (CATH)
5)Brian Burchett (BI)
6)Raphael Sydnor (WFS)

SEMI-FINALS
McLeod pinned Burchette 1:48
Davis dec Ratliff 11-9

160
1)Chase Stock (POT)
2)Douglas Yates (GCA)
3)Evan Ratkowski (WFS)
4)Seane King (HMA)
5)Logan Owens (EHS)
6)Mark Kelley (CHC)

SEMI-FINALS
Stock dec Ratkowski 7-2
Yates pinned King 4:55

171
1)Marvin McLain (BR)
2)Jim Clary (STC)
3)Kevin Fields (NCOL)
4)Jeff Smart (VES)
5)Chris Arpaio (HMA)
6)Keith Just (BEN)

SEMI-FINALS
McLain dec Smart 9-4
Clary dec Fields 3-1

189
1)Josh Webster (EHS)
2)Trey Harris (WFS)
3)Andy Deck (COLL)
4)J.D. Patton (STC)
5)Ryan Edwards (BR)
6)Eric Brookman (FMA)

SEMI-FINALS
Webster dec Edwards 4-1
Harris dec Deck 8-4

215
1)Charles Waldron (WFS)
2)Peyton Studebaker (STC)
3)Chris Koh (EHS)
4)Brett Berry (FUMA)
5)David Lacy (COLL)
6)J.R. Spencer (HMA)

SEMI-FINALS
Studebaker dec Lacy 4-2
Waldron pinned Spencer 3:38

275
1)Andrew Bogle (STC)
2)Kris King (HMA)
3)Will Brush (STAB)
4)Ryan Law (NA)
5)Paul Gibrall (BEN)
6)Brandon Spence (FUMA)

SEMI-FINALS
Bogle pinned Brush 3:05
King pinned Gibrall 2:37

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*A female wrestler from which pioneering Virginia high school became the first female, statewide, ever to win a match in the VISWA state tournament?   Answer: Collegiate's  Sunny Clemons '97.

*Title IX (and how a lack of gender equity has forced our increasingly popular self defense-oriented sport to lose several hundred  official college teams).

*Considering the USA's record-high $5.9 trillion dollar national debt, which is straining law enforcement budgets nationwide like never before, would self defense-oriented sports (even at the mere exhibition level) not seem more potentially useful than ever to already diet-conscious women?   Doesn't traveling overseas (especially where handguns are outlawed), and at night here in the USA already involve enough inherent risks for ambitious & career-oriented folks?  Women's amateur wrestling is an Olympics sport now, and may become an NCAA and high school one at the rate it's growing.  Wouldn't that seemingly help our sport rebound from Title IX?

*InterMat´s women´s amateur wrestling site
*TheMat.com's women's amateur wrestling site

*National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA, the rapidly growing college club league).
*Off-season Virginia wrestling tournaments (courtesy of Mat Talk Online)
*Off-season wrestling camps (courtesy of InterMat)
*VirginiaWrestling.com´s private school results & rankings page.  
*Prep Page
*InterMat´s very comprehensive Virginia wrestling site.

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