Wrestling: Freedom Wins Pair of Cedar Run Matches, Runner-up Finish at Wolverine Duals

Special to VivaLoudoun
(Jan. 12, 2012) - The Freedom High School wrestling team had another outstanding week of wrestling as they competed on both Wednesday in Cedar Run District competition as well as Saturday at the Wolverine Duals at North Stafford.


Cedar Run District Competition
The Eagles kicked off Cedar Run District competition on Wednesday Jan. 4 against Battlefield and Patriot High Schools. The Eagles defeated a very game Battlefield team 43-18 to start the evening before handling Patriot 66-6 in the later match.

Double Winners on the evening were, Dua Silva (120), Matt Allison (126), Cody Hamm (138), Tyler Beck (152), Tyler Young (182), Brendan Kammerdeine r(195), Chris Freda (220), and DaQuante Timbers (285).

Wolverine Duals
The Eagles Suffered their first dual meet loss of the year, but not before rattling off four straight solid victories in route to an anticipated finals match up with AA state powerhouse New Kent. Though New Kent ultimately won a hard fought 40-35 win over the Eagles, the match was not without a ton of excitement, and they came home with a 2nd place trophy.

After a flurry of pins in the first four matches the score stood at 24-0 in favor of New Kent, when senior Andrew Nelson took the mat. After gaining a 2-0 advantage over him opponent, Nelson once again took down the New Kent wrestler and would eventually turn and pin him, giving the Eagles their first win of the match.

After Patrick Haggerty's technical fall, and Tyler Young's decision at 182, it was junior, Brendan Kammerdeiner who would once again bring Eagle fans to their feet. His first period pin, closed the gap to a 24-20 lead in favor of New Kent. After Chris Freda's battle to pin his opponent resulted in only a decision Freedom's All American DaQuante Timbers snatched the lead from New Kent with his 2nd period pin, 29-24. After a tactical forfeit to Freedom's defending district champion at 106, which gave the Eagles a 35-24 lead going into the final three matches. Unfortunately for the Eagles they were shut out in the final three, and ultimately suffered a 35-30 defeat, despite splitting the matches evenly, 7-7.

In the other matches on the day the Eagles defeated traditional AA state power Poquoson 61-9, before beating Mount Vernon 50-16. In their 3rd match the Eagles surprised Vineland New Jersey with a 45-27 win, before beating Richmond's J.R. Tucker 52-24.

Having outstanding weekends for the Eagles were
106-Anthony Chau (4-1)
145- Andy Hinrichs (4-1)
152-Tyler Beck (4-1)
160- Andrew Nelson (4-0)
170- Patrick Haggerty (4-1)
182- Tyler Young (4-1)
220- Chris Freda (5-0)
285- DaQuante Timbers (5-0)

DaQuante Timbers was named the tournaments Most Valuable Upper Weight as he improved his season record to 25-2 on the season. He is also ranked No. 1 for the Washington metro area by the Washington Post.