For the second straight win, Coast Guard has won a collegiate wrestling tournament with a win at the Ted Reese Invitational on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Coast Guard Academy)
Not only did Coast Guard win on Saturday at the Ted Reese Invitational in Gorham, Maine but the Bears won with bonus points with a major decision (eight points), a technical fall or pin to beat No. 22 Castleton University to win the tournament for the fifth straight year.
With eight finalists and seven individual champions in 10 weight classes, Coast Guard outlasted Castleton, 187½ to 168 to win the championship. The Bears won 57 matches in the tournament and 46 were bonus point victories. Coast Guard has won tournament in consecutive weeks, having won the Doug Parker Invitational at Springfield College a week ago.
In Maine at the Ted Reese Invitational, Coast Guard’s Steven Rochard (165) went 4-0 with a technical fall, two pins and a major decision to beat the No. 2 ranked wrestler in New England – Castleton’s Michael Angers (Tolland) — to win the tournament. Rochard was named the tournament’s most outstanding wrestler.
Also winning individual titles today were Chase Randall (133), Joe Chapman (157), David McCullough (184) and Coy Spooner (197). Coast Guard teammates Noah Caskey (Montville) and A.J. Pagliarulo shared the title at 141 pounds.
Castleton’s Cooper Fleming (Granby) also won a championship at 174 pounds with a pin of Coast Guard’s Daniel Gibson in 2:12.
Coast Guard returns to action on Wednesday (Dec. 7) when they host the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at 7 p.m. in their annual Superintendent’s Trophy dual meet.
2022 Ted Reese Invitational
At Gorham, Maine
Top five results – 1. Coast Guard 187½, 2. Castleton University 168, 3. Southern Maine 119½, 4. WPI 98½, 5. AIC 55½
Individual results
Championship
125 Jake Craig (Southern Maine) dec. Kaya Bogle (Castleton Univ.), 3-0
133 Chase Randall (Coast Guard) dec. Michael Gonyea (Castleton Univ.), 3-2
141 James Rodriguez (Castleton Univ.) dec. Antonios Sevastos (WPI), 7-5 OT
149 Noah Caskey (Coast Guard) share title with A.J. Pagliarulo (Coast Guard)
157 Joe Chapman (Coast Guard) dec. Jashon Holmes (Castleton Univ.), 13-1
165 Steven Rochard (Coast Guard) dec. Michael Angers (Castleton Univ.), 15-2
174 Cooper Fleming (Castleton Univ.) pin Daniel Gibson (Coast Guard), 2:12
184 David McCullough (Coast Guard) dec. Sampson Wilkins (Castleton Univ.), 13-5
197 Coy Spooner (Coast Guard) medical forfeit Haven Tatarek (Castleton Univ.)
285 Jake Peavey (Southern Maine) pin Abbas Abdulrahman (Castleton Univ.), 2:13
3RD PLACE
125 Gavin Bradley (Castleton Univ.) dec. Tanner Thatcher (Worcester Polytechnic), 5-2
133 Andrew Marchese (Castleton Univ.) M FOR Ethan Ford (Southern Maine)
141 Liam Logue (Coast Guard) dec. Caden Frost (Southern Maine), 3-1
149 Tommy Nichols (AIC) dec. Elijah Cyr (Castleton Univ.), 2-2 TB2
157 Jeremy Sendrowski (Southern Maine) dec. Darius Mangiafico (Castleton Univ.), 8-1
165 Mario Barberio (Worcester Polytechnic) FOR Izaiah Otero (Castleton Univ.)
174 Kenneth Marra (Coast Guard) pin Desmond McLaughlin (Castleton Univ.), 1:38
197 Tyler Riggs (WPI) dec. Anthony Mears (Southern Maine), 6-3
5TH PLACE
125 Nikko Beato (Coast Guard) medical forfeit over Brock Laggini (Coast Guard)
133 Aaron Morocho (AIC) dec. Shamar Schand (AIC), 10-6
141 Owen Woolcott (Coast Guard) dec. Chris Lee (Maine Maritime Ac174ademy), 10-5
149 Nick Roeger (Castleton Univ.) M FOR Colby Frost (Southern Maine), 0-0 0:00
157 Tyler O’Mara (Plymouth State) dec. Daniel Veleas (UConn club), 4-1
165 Agustus Edwards (Coast Guard) dec. Magnus Heisler (Southern Maine), 12-6
174 Ethan Edmondson (WPI) pin Samuel Calvert (MIT club), 1:25
197 Dillion Worster (Maine Maritime Academy) dec. Owen Bufagna (Southern Maine), 9-2
285 Lucas Wilson-Wuestefeld (WPI) M FOR Tim Ganuncio (Coast Guard)
Ted Reese Invitational brackets and results
