| Hoskins' Headlines
2009 - 2010
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Virginia AAA State Championship Tournament
February 19th and 20th
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Westfield finishes third in the AAA Virginia State Championship tournament!
With Nick Grinups and Tanner Karl out of the tournament due to injuries sustained in the Northern Region tournament just two days earlier, it was a tough start for the Bulldogs. However, our remaining wrestlers battled hard and at the end of the tournament, six of our grapplers had medaled. Austin Fallon won his second state championship title at 189 lbs, followed by Kyle Arnold’s third place finish at 140 lbs. John Orchard-Hays topped off his high school career with a fifth place finish at 130 lbs, Brett Campbell had placed sixth at 103 lbs, and Stephen Aiello and Harry Van Trees captured eighth place finishes at 112 lbs and 145 lbs, respectively. Congratulations to these wrestlers and the entire Westfield team for their outstanding accomplishments!
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| AAA Virginia State Championship Medalist
Stephen Aiello, Harry Van Trees, Austin Fallon, Kyle Arnold, Brett Campbell, and John Orchard-Hays
(Also featured is Coach Hoskins holding the team trophy)
Stephen is Westfield's first freshman state placer.
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| Austin Fallon
2010 State Chamption - 189 lbs
Austin is Westfield's first 2X State Champion!
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Northern Region Championship Tournament
February 16th and 17th
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It's a Three-peat! For the third year in a row the Westfield Grappling Bulldogs are the Northern Region Champions, outdistancing the always tough Robinson Rams by almost 60 points. In total, the Bulldogs had 4 individual champions and advanced all 14 wrestlers to the State tournament. Congratulations to our four champions - Kyle Arnold (140), Kevin Koch (152), Austin Fallon (189), Tyler Deleon (285), our six runnerups - Brett Campbell (103), Stephen Aiello (112), Dennon Caranza-kee (125), John Orchard-Hays (130), Beau Donahue (135), Nick Grinups (160), our third place medalist Harry Van Trees (145), and our fourth place medalists - Tanner Karl (119), Dylan Doty (171), Raphael Bamezon (215).
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It was a tough two days, but at the end of the tournament,
the Bulldogs were at the top of the leader board.
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2010 Northern Region Champions
Austin Fallon, Kevin Koch, Kyle Arnold, and Tyler Deleon
(Tyler is Westfield's first 285 lb champion and state qualifier)
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Super Quad - Senior Night
January 29th
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The grappling Bulldogs completed the regular season at home, wrestling against the Hayfield Hawks, the Langley Saxons, and the South County Stallions, and paying homage to our Seniors. At the end of the night, Westfield won all three matches resulting in a dual team record of 30 wins and 2 losses for the season.
To our 2009 - 2010 Seniors:
Kyle Arnold, Raphael Bamezon, Dylan Doty, Austin Fallon, Nick Grinups, Kevin Koch, John Orchard-Hays, Stephanie Poppe, and Phillip Quinones;
We wish you all the best.
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| Kyle Arnold earned his 100th career win on January 29, 2010. To make this achievement even more special, Kyle's 100th win was on the last match of the regular season, with a pin, and in front of the home fans. Congratulations Kyle!
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Vikings Duals
January 22rd and 23rd
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It was long but very successful weekend for the Bulldogs at the Viking Duals. Touted on the Virginia wrestling forum as "Clash of the Top Met Teams", Westfield wrestled against teams from Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia. The Dogs won the tournament going undefeated with 8 wins including victories over the # 8 ranked metro team, Urbana High School, and the # 5 ranked AA VA team, Sherando High School.
Congratulations to Brett Campbell, Steven Aiello, Beau Donahue, Kyle Arnold, Kevin Koch, and Austin Fallon who went undefeated with 8 wins.
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Westfield Wrestling won its 200th dual team match with their win against Freedom High School.
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Brett Campbell not only went undefeated at the Viking Duals, but he also had 7 pins for the weekend and has pinned his last ten opponents. He now has 25 pins for the season and has a high possibility of breaking the current school record of 31 pins in a season.
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| Brett Campbell and Beau Donahue were named Westfield's outstanding wrestlers for the Viking Duals.
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JV Concorde District Jamboree
January 23rd
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With the Varsity team away, the JV Bulldogs stayed back at the home pound to host the JV Concorde District Jamboree. Our wrestlers were dominate in the tournament with a total of 17 placewinners and 8 JV District Champions, which included Artie Pickett (112), Frank Aiello (125), Ben Cameron (130), Tommy Weston (135), Ben Kendrick (152), Brian Bentz (171), Mike Boyles (189) and Jacob Deleon (215).
Thanks to Ben Kendrick for enduring and tolerating our computer software errors.
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Battlefield Duals
January 8th and 9th
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The Westfield Bulldogs had a busy week. After defeating Centreville and Oakton at home, our wrestlers journeyed to Colonial Forge HS to compete in the highly acclaimed Battlefield Duals where some of the top wrestling programs from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, West Virginia and Virginia competed. The tournament began with Westfield taking on our district rival, the Robinson Rams. The Bulldogs wrestled well with Stephen Aiello losing to state runner-up Jake Smith by a 1 point match and Kyle Arnold beating state champion Roman Perryman in a close 6-5 match. But, in the end, Robinson won the match 31-27. Westfield’s other lose came at the hands of Pennsylvania powerhouse Connellsville; however, the Bulldogs wrestled strong to beat defending state champions Colonial Forge 25-22. The team won 5 of their 7 matches and ended up taking 3rd place out of 12 teams.
Congratulations to Austin Fallon who went undefeated with 7 wins and was named the team's outstanding wrestler.
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| Nick Grinups earned his 100th career win on January 8, 2010. Congratulations to Nick on this outstanding achievement!
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Just two days after getting off the bus from the Conestoga Valley tournament, the Bulldogs hit the road again, but this time the team headed south to Hanover High School to wrestle in the Hawk Duals. Competing against 16 Virginia teams, the Bulldogs carried the momentum from their victory in Lancaster PA, winning all five of their matches to clinch the 2010 Hawk Duals championship.
Kevin Koch was named the team's outstanding wrestler.
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Conestoga Valley Holiday Classic
December 29th and 30th
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Conestoga Valley Holiday Classic Champions!
While everyone else stayed home enjoying holiday gifts, drinking eggnog, and eating pumpkin pie, our grapplers headed to Lancaster, PA to wrestle in the Conestoga Valley Holiday Classic. Competing against some of the toughest competition from Central PA, Delaware, and New Jersey the mighty Bulldogs won the team’s first Conestoga Valley championship. A total of seven wrestlers placed. Freshmen Beau Donahue (135) and Stephen Aiello (112) made their tournament debuts by placing 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Brett Campbell (103) placed 3rd; John Orchard-Hays (130), Nick Grinups (160), and Austin Fallon (189) placed 2nd; and Kevin Koch (152) was a CV tournament champion for the second year in a row. Congratulations to the team for a job well done!
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| 2009 Conestoga Valley Classic Placewinners |
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Congratulations to Kevin Koch on his first place finish making him Westfield's first two-time Conestoga Valley Classic tournament champion!
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Conestoga Valley Holiday Classic JV Champions!
Not to be outdone by the Gold team, our JV wrestlers brought home the 1st place trophy for the Conestoga Valley JV tournament. Demonstrating the team’s deep bench, the Bulldogs had 15 wrestlers place with 5 individual champions.
Champions: Derek Arnold (112), Nick Lehman (130), Ben Kendrick (145),
Tyler Morson (160), and Jacob DeLeon (215)
Runner-ups: Frank Aiello (125), Ben Cameron (130), Tommy Weston (140), and
Kristian Allen (171)
3rd Place: Brian Bentz (160), Mitch Polizzi (189), and Kenny Carrera (215)
4th Place: Artie Pickett (112), Jacob Millson (171), and Michael Boyles (189)
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Border War Battles
December 18th and 19th
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| 2009 Border War Champions |
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To compete in the team’s first dual matches of the season, Westfield trekked up interstate 95 North to Paulsboro NJ to wrestle in the fourth annual Border War Battle. The team wrestled well in their first two matches, defeating Great Valley 63-12 and Springford 49-18. However, due to heavy snowfall the tournament ended early, but not before Westfield wrestled 2009 NJ Group 1 State Champions and the defending Border War tournament champions Paulsboro, HS. After the first 11 matches Paulsboro lead Westfield by 1 point, but then Brett Campbell added 6 points with a first period pin, and Stephen Aiello solidified a Westfield victory with a 5 – 1 decision over his opponent.
The team’s second biggest challenge of the weekend was making it back to Virginia through the snow.
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NOVA Classic
December 11th and 12th
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The Grappling Bulldogs dominated the 2009 NOVA Classic by outscoring second place Fairfax High School by over 140 points. In all, the team had 13 placewinners (a new school record) and 5 champions. Congratulations to Brett Campbell (103), John Orchard-Hays (130), Beau Donahue (135), and Nick Grinups on their first NOVA Classic Championships; Austin Fallon (189) on this 3rd NOVA Classic Championship; Runner-ups Stephen Aiello (112) and Kyle Arnold (140); 3rd place medalist Derek Arnold (112) and Kevin Koch (152); 4th place medalist Tanner Karl (119); 7th place finishers Dennon Caranza-Kee (125) and Dylan Doty (171), and 8th place finisher Tyler DeLeon (215).
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| 2009 NOVA Classic Individual Champions |
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Hopewell Classic
December 4th and 5th
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The Westfield Bulldogs opened the 2009 - 2010 season with a fourth place finish at a very competitive Hopewell Wrestling Classic. Coach Hoskins put one of his strongest teams out on the mat; however, the Bulldogs had their paws full with teams that included Wyoming Seminary (ranked #4 in the nation by AWN), Christiansburg (ranked #23 in the nation by AWN), Cox (ranked # 1 VA AAA), St. Christophers (#1 private school in VA), James River (ranked # 8 VA AAA), and Hopewell (ranked # 10 VA AAA). The Dawgs won 54 matches and had 10 place winners. Steven Aiello (112), Derek Arnold (112), and Beau Donahue (135) started their high school careers strong; Steven and Beau finished at 4th place, and Derek finished at 6th place. Additional placers include Brett Campbell (4th - 103), Kyle Arnold (5th - 140), Kevin Koch (5th - 152), Nick Grinups (5th - 160) and Tyler Morson (6th - 160). John Orchard-Hays finished with a strong 2nd Place, and Austin Fallon was the 189 lb tournament champion.
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| John Orchard-Hays |
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| Kevin Koch |
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John Orchard-Hays and Kevin Koch earned their 100th career win on December 4th, 2009.
Congratulations to both wrestlers on this outstanding achievement!
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