2022 District 1 AAA West Tournament
West Wrestlers started their post season this past Saturday, in Oxford, at District 1 AAA West Tournament. While this marked the completion of the 2022 regular season for some of our wrestlers, five West wrestlers will be wrestling this coming weekend at our Regional Tournament. Chase Sigle (106), Dom Findora (138) and Troy Mack (285) all stood on top of the podium taking home top spot in our district, while Mason Hall (215) placed 2nd and Kevin Bernhard (120) placed 4th. Also, Jordan Barry (145) took 5th place, one place short of qualifying for regionals.
Along with winning in his weight class Dom Findora was named Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament!
Great job West! Let’s support our wrestlers heading to regionals next week!
Chesmont League Tournament
After a snow delay, West traveled to Oxford on Sunday, January 30th to participate in the annual Chesmont League Tournament. West showed up strong and captured six spots on the podium and coming in 2nd in the overall team standings. Earning 1st place were Dom Findora, Chase Sigle, Mason Hale and Troy Mack. Taking home 4th place was Quinn Rock while Kevin Bernhard and Jordan Barry earned 5th place. Congratulations also to Mason Hale who took home the Outstanding Wrestler.
Ches-Mont Championships
Team Standings
1. West Chester Henderson, 226; 2. Downingtown West, 168; 3. Kennett, 142; 4. Sun Valley, 140; 5. West Chester Rustin, 124.5; 6. Unionville, 107; 7. Oxford, 98; 8. Downingtown East, 79.5; 9. Coatesville, 74; 10. West Chester East, 73.5; 11. Great Valley, 59.5; 12. Avon Grove, 15
Championship Finals
106- Sigle (Downingtown West) pinned Haines (Unionville), 3:17
113- Szczesniuk (Coatesville) won by forfeit over T. Kearney (Sun Valley)
120- Hershey (Oxford) dec. Holefelder (Sun Valley), 3-1
126- M. Jackman (WC Henderson) maj. dec. Strickland (Sun Valley), 13-5
132- Wilson (WC Henderson) dec. McMillan (Oxford), 5-3
138- Findora (Downingtown West) pinned E. Seagreaves (Coatesville), 3:47
145- P. Delaney (WC Henderson) won by medical forfeit over Maiers (Kennett)
152- Tryon (Unionville) tech. fall Patton (WC Henderson), 15-0
160- Barlow (Kennett) dec. Corp (WC Rustin), 6-4
172- Yanko (WC Rustin) dec. Huntoon (Downingtown East), 7-0
189- M. Seaman (WC Rustin) dec. Thompson (Sun Valley), 8-3
215- Hale (Downingtown West) pinned Pardo (Kennett), 2:55
285- Mack (Downingtown West) dec. Shindle (Kennett), 5-3
Big Red Duals
West participated in the Big Red Duals this past Saturday, January 15, at Souderton High School. After a close first round loss against Neshaminy, 38-35, West went on to win against Wissahickon (63-12), Great Valley (63-8) and North Penn (42-29), ending up 3-1. Standing out with 4-0 records for the day were Kevin Bernhard, Dom Findora, Mason Hale, Troy Mack and Chase Sigle. The entire team worked hard and had strong matches all day.
Looking ahead we travel to Avon Grove on Wednesday, 1-19-22, and then to Exeter High School on Saturday, 1-22-22, to compete in the Exeter Blue/White Duals.
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Downingtown West’s Findora celebrates milestone win in romp of West Chester East
DOWNINGTOWN >> In a blowout of a dual meet, most fans stayed around for the final bout.
The spotlight was literally and figuratively on Downingtown West senior, Dom Findora, in the Whippets’ gym.
Fans watched as the returning fourth-place state medalist put an exclamation point on West’s first dual of the season, while Findora’s artistry was unavoidable for a young Whippet team, no doubt inspired by what it saw.
Prior to the meet, Findora was honored for winning his 100th career match the week before, and he closed things out with a technical fall over West Chester East’s top wrestler, Max Parnis, to give West a 59-11 win in the Ches-Mont National Division contest.
Findora, who has as many wins this year (17) as matches wrestled as a junior, is up to 105 for his career.
“I was happy to be able to get (100 wins),” Findora said. “With the shortened season last year, COVID messed up some of my goals with wins, but I am grateful I was able to get it my senior year.”
The Whippets came off a brutal December, where they competed at the Cumberland Valley, Beast of the East and Trojan Wars tournaments. Only Chase Sigle (106 pounds), Findora (138), Mason Hale (215) and Troy Mack (285) had winning records, entering Wednesday, but the elevated competition paid off against the visiting Vikings.
West (1-0 division, 1-0 overall) had nine pins, eight from underclassmen — Jordan Barry (152), Cameron Pate (160), Mason Hale (215), Troy Mack (285), Chase Sigle (106), Levi Richmond (113), Kevin Bernhard (120) and Sienna Landrum (126). Zach Borkowski (172) added a fall, as a senior.
https://papreplive.com/2022/01/05/downingtown-wests-findora-celebrates-milestone-win-in-romp-of-west-chester-east/
Photos: Nate Heckenberger
Trojan Wars Tournament 12-29 and 12-30
JV
Congratulations to Sienna Landrum for taking 3rd place at the MyHouse Trojan Wars JV tournament.
Varsity
Congrats to Troy Mack, who took 5th place on Thursday at the MyHouse Trojan Wars in Chambersburg, PA.
On Thursday after two days of bouts Mason Hale took 3rd place at the MyHouse Trojan Wars in Chambersburg, PA.
Dom Findora achieved his 100th career win at the MyHouse Trojan Wars along with earning the Trojan Helmet by taking 1st place! This is the first Helmet that our West wrestling team has brought home, way to go Dom.
