General McLane
Coach (season/record): Ryan Cook (9th/103-42)
2011-12 overall record: 15-3
2011-12 region record: 8-1
Top wrestler lost: Tim Wheeling, D.J. Myers.
Top wrestlers returning: Joe Wheeling, Keller Watkins, Deane Twitchell, Ken Stoll, Parker McDermott, Tyler Hendricks, Cody Lentz, Alex Thayer, Chris Laird, Jake Baker, Nick Soboleski
Assistant coaches: Hunter Harrison, Kevin Welsh, Curt Hendricks, Evan Dahl, Tim Mulholland, C.J. Barbaro, Paul Hayes
Outlook: The Lancers lost 2011-12 PIAA seventh-place finisher Tim Wheeling, but plenty of firepower returns. Hendricks (59-36 career) was a state qualifier last season and Watkins (28-13) came up one win short of a trip to Hershey. Joe Wheeling (62-16) has posted back-to-back outstanding seasons in his first two years and looks to break through as a junior. McLane has a nice mix of experience — five returning wrestlers with at least 41 career wins — and newcomers, including another solid incoming freshman group led by former PJW seventh-place finisher Hunter Hendricks and former PJW qualifiers Dylan Myers, Kyle Sult and Briggs Twitchell. Senior Ossie Bowers was at Fort LeBoeuf the past three seasons and could become a force at either 145 or 152, and talented junior Mike Sutton, a transfer from Somerset who has 61 career wins. Cook also expects a big contribution from sophomore Ian Mallory, a former PJW third-place finisher. McLane has more than enough talent and depth to contend for a District 10 Class AAA team title and make some serious noise in the postseason.
Schedule
December
7 Fort LeBoeuf 6
13 Central Tech 6
14-15 at King of the Mountain Tournament (Mill Hall)
18 at Strong Vincent
20 McDowell 6
January
2 at Meadville
4-5 at Tool City Tournament (Meadville)
9 Cathedral Prep 6
12 Titusville
16 at Warren
19 at Clearfield Duals
23 East 6
25-26 at Fred Bell Tournament (Grove City)
February
6 at Oil City
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Schedule
December
11 at Franklin 6
13 at West Middlesex 6
14-15 at Jamestown (N.Y.) Tournament
18 at Greenville 6
20 at Slippery Rock 6
28-29 at Southmoreland Tournament
January
3 Lakeview 6
4-5 at Niagara (N.Y.) Tournament
9 at Sharpsville 6
16 Mercer 6
23 at Sharon 6
25-26 Fred Bell Tournament
29 Reynolds 6
February
2 Hickory 6
Tuesday: Strong Vincent and Northwestern
– John Dudley
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