Wrestling: Heartbreak for Freedom as Eagles Lose Cedar Run District Title to Battlefield by a Half Point

(Feb. 7, 2012) - It was a heartbreak of a finish for the Freedom High School wrestling team at the Cedar Run District meet as the regular-season champion Eagles, down two starters, lost the tournament title to Battlefield by a slim half point, 191.5 to 190.

In the amazingly close tournament, Osbourn was just 1.5 points away from the Bobcats at 190. Broad Run finished fourth in the 6-team meet at 168.

Freedom crowned four champions: Matt Allison (126), Tyler Young (182), Brandon Kammerdeiner (195) and DaQuante Timbers (285). Broad Run crowned two champs: Angel Rios (120) and Mustafa Ahmet (152).


Freedom Report: Cedar Run Tournament
The Freedom Eagles finished just 1/2 point behind Battlefield High School to finish 2nd in the closest Cedar Run District Championship ever. The Eagles who had beaten the Bobcats 43-18 in the regular season and 3rd Place Osbourn 40-22, fell to some bad luck at the end of the season, losing two starters in the final week, yet despite their losses battled gallantly.

The Eagles day started slow, as they only had four first round matches due to byes, and were in last place after the first round of competition. Yet they slowly began to climb their way out of the basement as they placed six wrestlers into the finals. The Eagles continued to gain ground as they placed five more wrestlers into the consolation finals including taking home, three third place medals.

As the finals began the Eagles found themselves 10.5 points behind Battlefield and just six points ahead of 3rd place Osbourn. At 106lbs, Battlefield's Freshmen sensation Matt Asper pinned Freedom's Senior Anthony Chau to give Battlefield a 16.5 point lead. At 126lbs, Freedom's Matt Allison would chip away at that lead when he scored a 6-3 win over Battlefield's Caleb Peltzer. Allison used a reversal and a pair of takedown's to seal the victory.

At 132lbs, Osbourn would begin a run which would place them into the thick of the race. Nathan Tabelon's 3rd period pin over Broad Run's State Qualifier Tarkan Martin would tie them with Freedom for 2nd place, just 12.5 points back of Battlefield. After a major decision by Kyle Holcroft at 138lbs and a pin by Christian Garcia 145lbs, Osbourn had passed Freedom, for second and remained just one and half points back of Battlefield.

Mustafa Ahmet of Broad Run would delay any hope of an immediate Freedom comeback after scoring a 10-4 decision over Freedom Junior Tyler Beck.

At 160lbs Osbourn would temporarily take the lead when Wael Al-Haj scored a come from behind 8-5 decision over Dillon Creswell of Patriot. With Al Haj's win, Osbourn would gain a 2 and a half point advantage over Battlefield.

After Patriot's first ever district Champion Anthony Olsen secured his title over Battlefield's Alex Thomas, the stage was set for a pair of Freedom vs. Osbourn show downs. The first would pit Freedom's State Qualifier Tyler Young vs. Osbourn's Robin Garcia. Young would use an escape and a pair of take downs to secure the match 5-1. However, without scoring bonus points the Eagles still stood 8.5 points behind Battlefield and 10.5 behind Osbourn.

With the Eagle's All American DaQuante Timber's still to come, Brendan Kammerdeiner would need to score a major decision or a pin in order to keep Freedom's hopes alive. Kammerdeiner would jump out to an early 5-0 lead on Luiz Mendez, whom he had beaten previously in overtime. In the second period, Kammerdeiner would bring the Freedom crowd to their feet when he escaped and took down Mendez to his back for the fall.

With this win, the Eagle's remained 2 and a half points behind battlefield and 3 and a half behind Osbourn, with Timbers still to come. However it was Battlefield which would get the last laugh as 220lber Jake Payne would choose top position down 2-1 in the final period and turn Stonewall Jackson's Thomas DeLeon twice to secure a 7-2 victory and the tournament championship for Battlefield, much to the dismay of the Osbourn and Freedom fans.

Timber's pin at 285lbs marked his 3rd consecutive district championship, yet was slightly bitter sweet as it scored only 6 points leaving the Eagles 1/2 point behind Battlefield for the title.

Regional Qualifiers for the Eagles were
106- Anthony Chau(2nd)
120- Alex Kleinsmith(4th)
126- Matt Allison(1st)
132- Andrew Carney(4th)
145- Andy Hinrichs(3rd)
152- Tyler Beck(2nd)
170- Patrick Haggerty(3rd)
182- Tyler Young(1st)
195- Brendan Kammerdeiner(1st)
220- Chris Freda(3rd)
285- DaQuante Timbers(1st)

Broad Run Report: Cedar Run Tournament
The Broad Run Wrestling team qualified 9 to the Region on Saturday, including 5 District finalists and 2 Champions. Placing 4th for the Spartans was sophomore Connor Bryant at 170lbs. In third place was a trio of Logan Shain (160), Diego Loya (195) and Phillip James (285). Making it to the finals were seniors Akhil Gowda (113), Angel Rios (120), Neil Hartman (138) and Mustafa Ahmet (152) and a junior Tarkan Martin (132). Both Angel Rios and Mustafa Ahmet would come out victorious with a 3rd period fall and a 10-4 victory respectively. The Spartans placed 4th overall in the tournament with considerable distance between them and the last two teams in the District. Regionals will start Friday at 4pm at Forest Park HS.

Cedar Run 2012 Wrestling Tournament
Team Scores
1,Battlefield 191.5
2,Freedom 191
3,Osbourn 190
4,Broad Run 168
5,Patriot 133
6,Stonewall Jackson 100

Finals (By weight class)
106: Asper (Battlefield) def. Chau (Freedom) Fall
113: Berios (Osbourn) def. Gowda (Broad Run)
120: Rios (Broad Run) def. Belcher (Stonewall Jackson)
126: Allison (Freedom) def Peltzer (Battlefield), 6-3
132: Tabelon (Osbourn) def Martin (Broad Run), Fall
138: Hollcroft (Osbourn) def. Hartman (Broad Run), 10-0
145: Garcia (Osbourn) def. Weaver (Battlefield), Fall
152: Ahmet (Broad Run) def. Beck (Freedom), Decision
160: Al-haj (Osbourn) def. Creswell (Patriot), 8-5
170: Olsen (Patriot) def. Thomas (Battlefield), 8-4
182: Young (Freedom) def. Garcia (Osbourn), 5-1
195: Kammerdeiner (Freedom) def. Mendez (Osbourn), Fall
220: Payne (Battlefield) def. DeLeon (Stonewall Jackson), 7-2
285: Timbers (Freedom) def. Newton (Battlefield) Fall