Jr High

2004/2005 Jr. High MVP's: Jared Psensky and Conrad Branchen. 

The Conference Matches are finished and the Avonworth wrestlers finished a solid 4 - 2 in our conference.

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This was an out standing season for this Jr. High team finishing a Solid 9 - 5 on the season this improves on last seasons 5 - 5 finish.  We had 7 wrestlers with 11 or more wins and out of that 6 had 15 or more wins and 3 of those had 20 or more wins.  The real thing great thing about this is it was done with only 11 wrestlers filling the 18 weight classes at the Jr. High level.  That means if you are wrestling a full team we could be starting the match down by as much as 42 points.

South Side Area Jr. High HopeWell Jr. High Riverview Jr. High Canon McMillan Jr. High Carlynton Jr. High Freedom Jr. High
Loss

This was the third match of the season for these young men.  They were beaten by the South Side team giving the Avonworth team there first loss.  The team score was 58 - 20 in favor of the South Side Beavers.

Conrad Branchen Won by Forfeit

Andrew Puciata Loss by Major decision

Bryan Brown Loss by Fall

Joe Maruscak Loss by Fall

Dan Hedglin Won by Decision

Donte Iannelli Loss by Fall

Jared Psensky Won by Fall

Dave Herschk Won by Tech Fall

Ron Heinold Loss by Fall

Adam Harvey Loss by Fall

Exhibitions:

Conrad Branchen Won by Fall

Dave Herschk Won by Fall

Adam Harvey Won by Fall

Dan Hedglin Won by Fall

Loss

This was a Loss for the Avonworth Lopes.  The numbers were stacked against the team from the start.  We had 2 people out because of being sick and injured so that gave Hopewell and overwellming 8 Forfeits for an already stron well rounded team.  The final score was 75 - 18 in favor of Hopewell.

Conrad Branchen Won by Fall

Bryan Brown loss by Decision

Andrew Puciata won by Decision

Joe Maruscak Loss by Fall

Dan Hedglin Loss by Major Decision

Jared Psensky Won by Decision

Justin Okinski Loss by Fall

Ron Heinold Loss by Decision

Adam Harvey Loss by Decision

Exhibitions

Conrad Branchen Won by Major Decision

Jared Psensky Won by Decision

Joe Maruscak Won by Decision

Justin Okinski Won by Fall

 

 

Win

This was the final match of the year for this team and they came out with a strong finish to they solid season.  In this match up We gave up 4 Forfeits and received 3 Forfeits making this match a even match up.   The final Score was 54 - 30 in favor of the Avonworth team.

Conrad Branchen Won by Fall

Ben Kramer Won by Fall

Bryan Brown Won by Fall

Andrew Puciata Won by Fall

Joe Maruscak Won by Forfeit

Dan Hedglin Won by Fall

Donte Iannelli Loss by Fall

Jared Psensky Won by Fall

Ron Heinold Won by Forfeit

David Herschk Won by Forfeit 

Exhibitions:

Justin Okinski Won by Fall

Win

This was a solid match by the Avonworth team.  Avonworth gave up 4 forfeits and they received 2 forfeits.  The Final team score was 59 - 24 in favor of the Avonworth wrestlers.

Conrad Branchen Won by Fall

Ben Kramer won by Technical Fall

Bryan Brown Won by Fall

Andrew Puciata Won by Fall

Joe Maruscak Won by Fall

Dan Hedglin Won by Forfeit

Jared Psensky Won by fall

Donte Iannelli Won by Forfeit

Ron Heinold Won by Fall

David Herschk Won by Fall

 

Win

This was a the second match of the season the wrestler did not perform as well as the previous match and they did do well.  the team score was 34 - 23 with the win in Favor of the Avonworth Wrestlers.

Conrad Branchen Won by Forfeit

Andrew Puciata Won by Forfeit

Bryan Brown Lost by Technical Fall

Joe Maruscak Won by Forfeit

Dan Hedglin Won by Major Decision

Jared Psensky Won by Fall

Ron Heinold Lost by Fall

Adam Harvey Won by Forfeit

Exhibitions:

Andrew Puciata Won by Decision

Adam Harvey Won by Fall

Win

This was Our first match of the year and was a strong showing from these young men.  The team score was 60 - 12 with a Win in Favor of the Avonworth wrestlers.  We gave up 2 forfeits in this match.

Conrad Branchen Won by Fall

Ben Kramer Won by Fall

Andrew Puciata Won by Forfeit

Bryan Brown Won by Fall

Joe Maruscak won by Forfeit

Dan Hedglin Won by Fall

Jared Psensky Won by Forfeit

Donte Iannelli Won by Forfeit

Ron Heinold won by Fall

Adam Harvey won by Forfeit

Burgettstown Jr. High Tournament

West Alleghany Jr. High Burgettstown Jr. High Avella Jr. High BlackHawk Jr. High
Another Strong Showing by the Avonworth team at this tournament.   Taking 9 wrestling and placing 6 into the top 4 of the tournament.  With 1 Champion pinning his way through the Tournament.

90 lbs Conrad Branchen finished 3rd with a 3 - 1 record

110 lbs Andrew Puciata finished 2nd with a 2 - 1 record

115 lbs Bryan Brown finished with a 0 - 2 record

122 lbs Joe Maruscak finished with a 1 - 2 record

130 lbs Dan Hedglin finished 4th with a 3 - 2 record

145 lbs Jared Psensky finished 1st with a 4 - 0 record

155 lbs Dave Herschk finished 2nd with a 2 - 1 record

165 lbs Ron Heinold finished with a 1 - 2 record

210 lbs Adam Harvey Finished 4th with a 1 - 2 record

Win

West allegheny and Avonworth since they weren't in the same conference We decided not to send out forfeits and let the one's that have a match wrestle head to head against each team.  I believe when this happen Avonworth wrestlers are some of the best around and will Win most matches.  The score ended 37 - 18 in favor of the Avonworth Lopes.  West Allegheny would have recieved 5 forfeits and give them an extra 30 points.

Conrad Branchen Won by Tech fall

Ben Kramer Won by Major Decision

Bryan Brown Won by fall

Andrew Puciata Won by Fall

Joe Maruscak Loss By Fall

Dan Hedglin Won by Major Decision

Jared Psensky Won by Fall

Donte Iannelli Won by Fall

Dave Herschk Loss by Fall

Ron Heinold Loss by Fall

Exhibitions:

Justin Okinski Won by Fall

 

Loss

The Avonworth wrestler had a strong showing but the Forfeit against us did us in again.  The final Score was 34 - 60 in favor of the Burgettstown Team.   With that if we just take out the forfeit given to them we would win 36 - 30.

Conrad Branchen Won by Fall

Ben Kramer Won by Forfeit

Bryan Brown Won by Decision

Andrew Puciata Won by Major Decision

Joe Maruscak Loss by Fall

Dan Hedglin Won by Decision

Donte Iannelli Loss by Fall

Jared Psensky Won By Fall

Dave Herschk Won by Fall

Ron Heinold Loss by Fall

Adam Harvey Loss by Fall

Exhibitions:

Ben Kramer Won by Fall

Win

This ended up being a very close match between Avella and Avonworth.  The final score was 28 - 24 with Avonworth coming out on top.

Conrad Branchen Won by Fall

Ben Kramer Won by Fall

Bryan Brown Loss by Fall

Andrew Puciata Won by Major Decision

Joe Maruscak Loss by Fall

Dan Hedglin Loss by Fall

Donte Iannelli Loss by Fall

Jared Psensky Won by Decision

Ron Heinold Won by Decision

Adam Harvey Won by Forfeit

Win

This was the Teams forth Match of the season and in comparison a much better showing then they did the the previous one against South Side.  The team score was 41 - 21 in favor of the Avonworth Wrestlers.

Conrad Branchen Won by Technical Fall

Andrew Puciata Won by Fall

Joe Maruscak Won by Forfeit

Dan Hedglin Won by Fall

Jared Psensky Won by Forfeit

Donte Iannelli Loss By Decision

Ron Heinold Won by Fall

Adam Harvey Won by Fall

Exhibitions:

Dave Herschk Won by Fall

Bryan Brown Won by Major Decision

Seneca Valley Invitational

Seneca Valley Jr High

Moon Jr High

North Hills Jr. High

Fort Cherry Jr. High

Very good showing from the Avonworth team.  Being the second smallest team at the Tournament they worked to a 6th place finish out of 16 teams. Team Results:

1. 260 State College

2. 215 Plum

3.196 Kiski Area

4. 183 Bethel Park

5. 179 Hopewell

6. 142 Avonworth

7. 116 Montour

8. 110 Seneca Valley

9. 105 Laurel Highlands

10. 98 Fort Leboeuf

11. 74 Butler  and West Mifflin

13. 73 Gateway

14. 34 Baldwin

15. 24 Mt. Lebonan

16. 3 Moon

Wrestler Results

90lbs Conrad Branchen Champion 4 - 0

100lbs Ben Kramer 3rd Place 5 - 1

110lbs Bryan Brown 1 - 2

115lbs Andrew Puciata 3rd Place 4 - 1

122lbs Joe Maruscak 1-2

130lbs Dan Hedglin 2 - 2

138 lbs Donte Iannelli 1-2

145lbs Jared Psensky Champion 3 - 0

155lbs Dave Herschk 3rd Place 5 - 1

165 lbs Ron Heinold 2 - 2

210lbs Adam Harvey 1-2

 

Loss 

This was another of those match that I would say is a tough loss.  Avonworth just gave up to many forfeit 8 to be exact which is 48 points. The score was 69 - 31 in favor of Seneca Valley but if the Forfeits are removed the score end up 31 - 21 in favor of Avonworth

Conrad Branchen Won by Fall

Ben Kramer Won by Fall

Bryan Brown Won by Major Decision

Andrew Puciata Won by Fall

Joe Maruscak Loss by Decision

Dan Hedglin Won by Fall

Donte Iannelli Loss by Fall

Jared Psensky Won by Decision

Ron Heinold Loss by Fall

Adam Harvey Loss by fall

Win

This was a solid win for the Avonworth Jr. High.  Moon and Avonworth match up well with matches for just about everyone.   Forfeits were not sent out but I am awarding a forfeit win for those wrestlers because they made weight.  The Final without Forfeits was 40 - 6 in favor of the Avonworth team.

Conrad Branchen Won by Fall

Ben Kramer Won by Fall

Bryan Brown Won by Forfeit

Andrew Puciata Won by Major Decision

Joe Maruscak Loss by Fall

Dan Hedglin Won by Fall

Donte Iannelli Won by Forfeit

Jared Psensky Won by Fall

Dave Herschk Won by Fall

Ron Heinold Won by Fall

Exhibitions:

Joe Maruscak Won by Fall

 

Loss

Well this won is just a tough loss because of Us giving up just to many Forfeits.  North Hills had a full line up of 18 kids this meaning we gave up 8 forfeits and a total of 48 points to even start the matches.  The final was 75 - 27 but taking away all 8 forfeits leaves a tie at 27 - 27 I know I was proud of them.

Conrad Branchen Won by Fall

Bryan Brown Won by Decision

Andrew Puciata Loss by Decision

Joe Maruscak Loss by Fall

Dan Hedglin Won by Fall

Donte Iannelli Loss by Fall

Jared Psensky Won by Fall

David Herschk Won by Fall

Ron Heinold Loss by Fall

Adam Harvey Loss By Fall

Win

In this Match up Fort Cherry also has a limited number of wrestler so we did not send out for Forfeits but I did count it as wins for the wrestler since they worked so hard to make weight.  So there were 7 match that I added up for team score. and Avonworth won with a 23 - 6 score.  There were also  Exhibitions Match for wrestler to get to wrestle 2 times.

Conrad Branchen Won by Decision

Bryan Brown Won by Fall

Andrew Puciata Won by Major Decision

Ben Kramer Won by Major Decision

Joe Maruscak Loss by Decision

Ron Heinold Won by Fall

Adam Harvey Loss by Decision

Forfeit wins go to:

David Herschk

Jared Psensky

Donte Iannelli

Dan Hedglin

Exhibitions:

Ben Kramer won by Decision

Andrew Puciata Won by Fall