42nd Annual  POWERade
Christmas Wrestling Tournament

 

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December 29 & 30, 2008 @ Canon McMillan High School
The Toughest in Pa and the 4th Best Tournament in the USA by WrestlingReport

Tournament Director - Frank Vulcano, Jr.   vulcanojr@hotmail.com
 Work (412) 429-2244 . Fax (412) 429-3754 . Home (724) 746-3671 . Cell 412.298.5247
 

 Countdown to POWERade 2008

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 SCHEDULE

MONDAY, DECEMBER 29 

  • 8:30 AM 
    Opening Round Pigtail
    1st Consolation Round
  • 6:00 PM
     2nd Consolation Round 
  • 7:30 PM
    Quarter-finals 
    3rd Consolation Round 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30

  • 10:00 AM
    4th Consolation Round 
  • 11:30 AM
    Semi-finals 
    5th Consolation Round
  • 1:30 PM
    6th Consolation Round 
  • 5:00 PM
    Consolation Finals 
  • 7:30 PM
    Championship Finals 

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

1.    Albert Gallatin                          
2.    Bellefonte (Pa District 6)
3.    Benton  (PA District 4)
4.    Bethel Park
5.    Blue Mountain (Pa District 11)  
6.    Burgettstown 
7.    Burrell
8.    Camden Catholic (New Jersey)
9.    Canon McMillan                  
10.  Cedar Cliff (Pa District 3)               
11.  Central Dauphin (Pa District 3)           
12.  Chancellor (Virginia)
13.  Chapel Hill (North Carolina)
14.  Chartiers-Houston    
15.  Clovis (California)               
16.  Clovis West (California)              
17.  Council Rock North (PA District 1)
18. Connellsville  
19.  Derry 
20.  Franklin Regional    
21.  Harrison (Georgia)  		 22.  Hempfield 
 23.  Latrobe 
24.  McGuffey 
25.  Mt. Pleasant 
26.  Mt. St. Joseph (Maryland)     
27.  North Star (Pa District 5) 
28.  Parkersburg (West Virginia) 
29.  Penn Trafford 
30.  Pleasant Valley (Pa District 11)
31.  Ripley (West Virginia)
32.  Shady Side Academy
33.  South Side Beaver
34.  Southern Regional (New Jersey)
35.  State College (Pa District 6) 
36.  Trinity 
37.  Waverly (New York)
38.  Waynesburg 
39.  West Allegheny
40.  West Greene
41.  Westmont Hilltop (Pa District 6)

BOLD - New teams in 2008

FAST FACTS:

      5       RETURNING POWERade CHAMPIONS
2       RETURNING POWERade RUNNER-UPS
46     RETURNING POWERade PLACE WINNERS
17     INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
      41     WRESTLERS WHO COMPETED IN THE 2008 PENNSYLVANIA STATE TOURNAMENT
5       WRESTLERS WHO COMPETED IN THE 2008 NEW YORK STATE TOURNAMENT
8       WRESTLERS WHO COMPETED IN THE 2008 CALIFORNIA  STATE TOURNAMENT
10     WRESTLERS WHO COMPETED IN THE 2008 NATIONAL PREP TOURNAMENT
9       WRESTLERS WHO COMPETED IN THE 2008 GEORGIA STATE TOURNAMENT
3       WRESTLERS WHO COMPLETED IN THE 2008 NORTH CAROLINA STATE TOURNAMENT
6       WRESTLERS WHO COMPETED IN THE 2008 NEW JERSEY STATE TOURNAMENT
8       WRESTLERS WHO COMPETED IN THE 2008 WASHINGTON  STATE TOURNAMENT
     12      WRESTLERS WHO COMPETED IN THE 2008 WEST VIRGINIA STATE TOURNAMENT

  • 2004, 05, 06, 07, 08 NEW JERSEY STATE TEAM CHAMPIONS - CAMDEN CATHOLIC

  • 2008 CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONS - CLOVIS

  • 2008 CALIFORNIA 7TH PLACE TEAM - CLOVIS WEST

  • 2008 GEORGIA AAAAA STATE 2ND PLACE TEAM - HARRISON

  • 2008 NATIONAL PREP 6TH PLACE TEAM - MT. ST. JOSEPH

  • 2008 NEW YORK DIVISION II 5TH PLACE TEAM -WAVERLY

  • 2008 NORTH CAROLINA AAA STATE 2ND PLACE TEAM - CHAPEL HILL

  • 2008 PENNSYLVANIA AA STATE CHAMPIONS - SHADY SIDE ACADEMY

  • 2008 PENNSYLVANIA AA STATE 6TH  PLACE TEAM - BENTON

  • 2008 PENNSYLVANIA AA STATE 3RD  PLACE TEAM - BURRELL

  • 2007 & 2008 PENNSYLVANIA AAA STATE CHAMPIONS - CENTRAL DAUPHIN

  • 2008 PENNSYLVANIA AAA STATE 6TH  PLACE TEAM - HEMPFIELD

  • 2008 PENNSYLVANIA AAA STATE 7TH  PLACE TEAM - BLUE MOUNTAIN

  • 2008 VIRGINIA AA STATE 10TH PLACE TEAM - CHANCELLOR

  • 2007 & 2008 WEST VIRGINIA AAA STATE TEAM CHAMPIONS- PARKERSBURG

  • 2008 WEST VIRGINIA AAA STATE 8TH PLACE TEAM - RIPLEY

 

2008

TOP PARTICIPANTS

 

WT. CLASS

(2007-08)

 

 

WRESTLER

 

 

SCHOOL

 

RECORD

(2007-08)

 

2007-2008 TOURNAMENT PLACE
STATE REGIONAL POWERADE

 

103

 

Coltin Fought

 

Benton (PA District 4)

 

39-7

 

Q

 

3

 

New - 2008

 

103

 

Brandon Choate

 

Blue Mountain (PA District 11)

 

35-6

 

 

 

5/6

 

 

 

103

 

Dave Makara

 

Burrell

 

25-9

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

103

 

Matt Sausman

 

Camden Catholic (New Jersey)

 

30-11

 

Q

 

2

 

New - 2008

 

103

 

Charles Amory

 

Chancellor (Virginia)

 

35-12

 

 

 

5

 

New - 2008

 

103

 

Madison Gambrell

 

Clovis  (California)

 

39-12

 

8

 

5

 

New - 2008

 

103

 

Zach Zimmer

 

Clovis West (California)

 

49-4

 

2

 

2

 

New - 2008

 

103

 

Nico Megaludis

 

Franklin Regional

 

37-1

 

3

 

1

 

1

 

103

 

Nick Christakis

 

Harrison (Georgia)

 

35-15

 

Q

 

3

 

 

 

103

 

Paul Bewak

 

Hempfield

 

24-15

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

103

 

Alex Dunaway

 

McGuffey

 

35-7

 

Q

 

3

 

 

 

103

 

Alex Rice

 

Mt. St. Joseph (Maryland)

 

39-16

 

Q

 

2

 

 

 

103

 

Kyle Bratke

 

Parkersburg (West Virginia)

 

44-6

 

2

 

2

 

7

 

103

 

Ryan Bohince

 

Penn Trafford

 

31-14

 

8

 

2

 

 

 

103

 

Tyler White

 

Ripley (West Virginia)

 

37-17

 

Q

 

1

 

New - 2008

 

103

 

Geoff Alexander

 

Shady Side Academy

 

50-5

 

5

 

1

 

4

 

103

 

Zach McGinnis

 

Waynesburg

 

26-8

 

 

 

5/6

 

 

 

103

 

Tanner Hough

 

Westmont Hilltop (PA District 6)

 

33-10

 

6

 

3

 

8

 

112

 

Mitchell Port

 

Bellefonte (PA District 6)

 

31-8