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Jacket wrestlers overwhelmed by Gannon
Johnston's win at 149 highlights Waynesburg's 39-3 loss to fifth-ranked school in Division II
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Match Results

 

ERIE, Pa. (Feb. 3) – With several of its usual starters out for various reasons, the Waynesburg wrestling team was overwhelmed by a powerful Gannon squad on Wednesday. The Golden Knights won nine of 10 bouts and picked up a 39-3 victory.

 

Gannon, the fifth-ranked team in Division II improved to 5-3 in duals this season, while the Yellow Jackets fell to 6-9.

 

The Jackets’ lone win on the night came courtesy of sophomore Garrett Johnston, who looked strong in an 8-1 victory over Kevin McElhaney at 149 pounds. Several of Johnston’s teammates wrestled gritty, close matches, including sophomore Chris Pihiou who, in just his second bout of the year, dropped a hard-fought 4-1 contest to seventh-ranked Zack McKendree.

 

Waynesburg will participate in their final tune-up before the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships this Saturday, when they travel to Baldwin-Wallace College to participate in the John Summa Invitational on Saturday. The PAC Championships will be held on Friday, Feb. 12, at Thiel College.  

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Athletes of the Week
Jessi Drayer
Jessi Drayer
Women's Basketball
Drayer poured in a team-high 21.0 points per game for the 1-1 Yellow Jackets this past week. She was the team’s leading scorer in both games, going for a game-high 23 points against Westminster, before pouring in a contest-best 19 points in a win over Geneva. The Waterford, Ohio native averaged 21 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game this week.
Dan Bruni
Dan Bruni
Wrestling
Bruni went 3-0 during Waynesburg’s home quad-match against Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State Beaver and Penn State Fayette. The sophomore won two matches by major decision and scored a fall in just 31 seconds over Greater Allegheny’s Soham Salvi.
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Did You Know...
The Three Musketeers
Dominick Hunter, Ivan Hawkins and Paul D'Imperio, who rank 1-2-3 in career receptions , all played together from 2002 to 2004.
Champions in the classroom
During the 2009-10 school year, no school in the conference boasted more honorees on the PAC Academic Honor Roll than Waynesburg.
Jackets own Nittany Lions
The Waynesburg football team is 2-0 all-time against Penn State. The last time they met was in 1932, when the Jackets won 7-6.
Don Herrman
Former Waynesburg football great Don Herrman played for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints from 1969 to 1977.
Unbreakable record
In 2009, Scott Cree ran an interception back 100 yards for a touchdown, a record that can't be broken.
TV Football
Waynesburg played in the first televised football game. The Yellow Jackets faced Fordham on Sept. 20, 1939 in Randalls Island, N.Y.
Going nowhere fast
Waynesburg held Westminster to minus-105 yards rushing in a game in 1967.
Headlee's All-American resume
Head wrestling coach Ron Headlee was a three-time NAIA All-American at Messiah College and the school's first NCAA All-American.
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