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2014-2015 Season Achievements — Continued from page 24
state champion. A determined his opponents back, lift him into It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone
Buckley would not lose again. He the air, and put him on the mat for has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that
achieved two straight hard-fought the win and his third straight state matters.
victories in the consolation bracket, title, the 7th individual claim for
guaranteeing himself a third-place Catoctin High School. The Nymeo/ ~ Paul “Bear” Bryant
finish and a third state medal to add WFMD March 2015 Athlete of
to his collection. Buckley posted an the Month posted a perfect 13-0
11-2 dual meet record, went 7-1 at dual meet total, as well as an 8-0, Courtesy Photo
Bauerlien, and wrestled to a fifth- undefeated showing at the Bauerlien Catoctin Track and
place finish at the Hub Cup. He Duals. He was a Hub Cup finalist Field State Champ
was undefeated, boasting a perfect and went 7-1 at the Catoctin Duals.
7-0 showing at the Catoctin Duals He claimed his fourth consecutive in 800 Meter Race
and placed second in the county Frederick County title, the first
tournament, losing in finals to the Catoctin wrestler to achieve that Patrick Van Der Cruyssen is the
eventual state champion on the 3A- feat and only the eleventh overall. 2015 State Champion in the 800 meter
4A side. Buckley excited the crowd He was also named the tournament’s race, backing up his indoor state title
with his unique, hard-charging and outstanding wrestler and received in the 800 meter run. The Maryland
fast-paced wrestling style as he the Fred Burgee Award for the State Championship meet was held
swept the state-ranked competition second time in his career. He won on Thursday, May 21 and Saturday,
en route to winning the regional his third consecutive regional crown May 23 at Morgan State University
championship. He was recognized en route to the third state title and in Baltimore. The boys 4 x 800 relay
with a Fredrick News Post All- was recognized by the Frederick team—Eric Myers, Zach Gascho,
Area First Team team bid and an News Post with an All-Area First and Demetrius Patterson, anchored
honorable mention selection to the Team bid and as the 2015 wrestler by Patrick Van Der Cruyssen—won
MVAL All-Conference team. Buckley of the year. He received a first team silver medals; the 4 x 400 relay
holds the rank of number ten in the MVAL All-Conference designation, team—Tony Reina, Justin Herman,
state, wraps up his senior year with a Maryland Minds-in-Motion Demetrius Patterson, and Patrick Van
a 37-8 record and an outstanding Scholar-Athlete award, and an Der Cruyssen—won bronze medals.
146-35 career record, giving him the MSWA All-Academic team selection. The Catoctin High School boys’ team Catoctin’s Patrick Van Der Cruyssen backs up his
indoor state title in the 800 meter race with an
second greatest number of wins by He is ranked No. 3 in the state by came in fourth overall. outdoor state title.
any wrestler in Catoctin High School the MSWA and has been ranked as
history. high as No. 25 nationally by USA
Like Buckley, Charlie Perella, Wrestling Magazine. He concludes
the 152-pound senior, also made his senior year with a 40-2 record Catoctin High Schools’s unified Sports
his fourth consecutive appearance and a career mark of 159-18 with Team Members Compete in Special
at the state tournament in as 94 pins, to tie the Frederick County
many years. He placed fourth as wins record and making him the Olympic Games
a freshman and twice became the all-time leader in wins for Catoctin
Maryland state champion, winning High school and No. 7 all-time for Catoctin High School (CHS) has three Unified Sports Teams: Tennis, Bocce,
back-to-back titles by pin his Maryland public high school wins. and Track and Field. Unified teams are comprised of special needs students
sophomore year and in overtime CYA wrestler, seventh grader and partners who help out. Being considered special needs in this sense may
his junior year. Achieving this feat Jacob Baker, wrestling in the 12 simply mean that a student has a learning impairment, a physical disability, a
made Perella the only Catoctin and under division at 122 pounds, learning disability, or even a slight attention deficit.
High wrestler ever to win two state won his second straight Maryland This spring, while CHS’s Track Team was at states, the regional director of
titles. Perella overwhelmed his first State Wrestling Association title the Special Olympics Maryland Summer Games invited our Unified Track and
two opponents, winning by pin in with a dominating performance that Field Team to participate in the games.
prelims and by a 17-2 technical included a 15-0 technical fall at 2:51 CHS junior Shannon Grimes ran the 400 at the state track meet, coming in
fall in quarter-finals. A 9-4 victory in his first match, a 53 second pin in first place, and scored second in the long jump. She participated at the Special
by decision in semis launched him semis, and a 1:22 pin in finals. Jacob Olympic competition, where she placed second place in the 400 and first in
into his third straight state finals becomes the sixth CYA wrestler the long jump. “I made new friends. Even if I was beat, they would hug and
exhibition against the rival that took to win a Maryland state title and come together,” said Grimes.
him to overtime the year before, just the third individual to claim CHS freshman Kaleb Welch earned first place in shot put in his division,
an undefeated returning finalist a pair of titles in his youth league and participated in the 4x100 relay. At Special Olympics, he earned fourth
looking for revenge. The match wrestling career. Catoctin High place in the competitive age group of 15-21. Ironically, Kaleb wasn’t going
was similar to their prior meeting: School wrestlers Charlie Perella won to participate in track, because he didn’t “want to run.” That’s why he chose
a scoreless first period and a one- MSWA championships in 2010 and shot put. It was a surprise that he took off running at the first practice even
point advantage by Perella in the 2011, and Zachary Bryant prevailed though he didn’t have to. He then participated in shot put and some running
second by way of escape. After an in 2010 and 2012. events. “I did have fun!” Welch said.
assertive ride by Perella in the third Former CYA wrestler Colby At the State Competition, the CHS Track team earned a bronze (third
period, his opponent managed to Keilholtz, representing the place) medal; at Special Olympics States, the CHS Unified Track and Field
tie the score with thirteen seconds Warhawks Wrestling Club, placed team earned a silver (second place) medal.
left in regulation, once again forcing second after a 3-1 loss in finals in CHS senior Nick Dolly earned a gold medal in the 15-21 age division. CHS
overtime action. Seconds into the the 10 and under, 85 pound bracket. senior Destiny Knestout would have participated in the 100 meter run and the
sudden-death period, Perella, in Colby won a state title in 2013 mini javelin for women, but she was ill for the Special Olympics competition.
his typical calm, but deliberate while representing the Frederick Mrs. Pamela Adams-Campbell and Mr. Donald Roberts are the coaches
punishing style, was able to gain Fight Club. for the Unified Track Team, as well as Catoctin’s Unified Bocce Team. Mrs.
Adams-Campbell said, “I’m proud of these guys. We’re a tiny school. Some
schools had two schools combined, and we placed ahead of them.” Catoctin’s
We Invite You to Share Your Good News! unified sports had about eighteen participants on the Unified Bocce team,
while Unified Track had approximately twenty. Congratulations to our
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2014-2015 Season Achievements — Continued from page 24
state champion. A determined his opponents back, lift him into It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone
Buckley would not lose again. He the air, and put him on the mat for has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that
achieved two straight hard-fought the win and his third straight state matters.
victories in the consolation bracket, title, the 7th individual claim for
guaranteeing himself a third-place Catoctin High School. The Nymeo/ ~ Paul “Bear” Bryant
finish and a third state medal to add WFMD March 2015 Athlete of
to his collection. Buckley posted an the Month posted a perfect 13-0
11-2 dual meet record, went 7-1 at dual meet total, as well as an 8-0, Courtesy Photo
Bauerlien, and wrestled to a fifth- undefeated showing at the Bauerlien Catoctin Track and
place finish at the Hub Cup. He Duals. He was a Hub Cup finalist Field State Champ
was undefeated, boasting a perfect and went 7-1 at the Catoctin Duals.
7-0 showing at the Catoctin Duals He claimed his fourth consecutive in 800 Meter Race
and placed second in the county Frederick County title, the first
tournament, losing in finals to the Catoctin wrestler to achieve that Patrick Van Der Cruyssen is the
eventual state champion on the 3A- feat and only the eleventh overall. 2015 State Champion in the 800 meter
4A side. Buckley excited the crowd He was also named the tournament’s race, backing up his indoor state title
with his unique, hard-charging and outstanding wrestler and received in the 800 meter run. The Maryland
fast-paced wrestling style as he the Fred Burgee Award for the State Championship meet was held
swept the state-ranked competition second time in his career. He won on Thursday, May 21 and Saturday,
en route to winning the regional his third consecutive regional crown May 23 at Morgan State University
championship. He was recognized en route to the third state title and in Baltimore. The boys 4 x 800 relay
with a Fredrick News Post All- was recognized by the Frederick team—Eric Myers, Zach Gascho,
Area First Team team bid and an News Post with an All-Area First and Demetrius Patterson, anchored
honorable mention selection to the Team bid and as the 2015 wrestler by Patrick Van Der Cruyssen—won
MVAL All-Conference team. Buckley of the year. He received a first team silver medals; the 4 x 400 relay
holds the rank of number ten in the MVAL All-Conference designation, team—Tony Reina, Justin Herman,
state, wraps up his senior year with a Maryland Minds-in-Motion Demetrius Patterson, and Patrick Van
a 37-8 record and an outstanding Scholar-Athlete award, and an Der Cruyssen—won bronze medals.
146-35 career record, giving him the MSWA All-Academic team selection. The Catoctin High School boys’ team Catoctin’s Patrick Van Der Cruyssen backs up his
indoor state title in the 800 meter race with an
second greatest number of wins by He is ranked No. 3 in the state by came in fourth overall. outdoor state title.
any wrestler in Catoctin High School the MSWA and has been ranked as
history. high as No. 25 nationally by USA
Like Buckley, Charlie Perella, Wrestling Magazine. He concludes
the 152-pound senior, also made his senior year with a 40-2 record Catoctin High Schools’s unified Sports
his fourth consecutive appearance and a career mark of 159-18 with Team Members Compete in Special
at the state tournament in as 94 pins, to tie the Frederick County
many years. He placed fourth as wins record and making him the Olympic Games
a freshman and twice became the all-time leader in wins for Catoctin
Maryland state champion, winning High school and No. 7 all-time for Catoctin High School (CHS) has three Unified Sports Teams: Tennis, Bocce,
back-to-back titles by pin his Maryland public high school wins. and Track and Field. Unified teams are comprised of special needs students
sophomore year and in overtime CYA wrestler, seventh grader and partners who help out. Being considered special needs in this sense may
his junior year. Achieving this feat Jacob Baker, wrestling in the 12 simply mean that a student has a learning impairment, a physical disability, a
made Perella the only Catoctin and under division at 122 pounds, learning disability, or even a slight attention deficit.
High wrestler ever to win two state won his second straight Maryland This spring, while CHS’s Track Team was at states, the regional director of
titles. Perella overwhelmed his first State Wrestling Association title the Special Olympics Maryland Summer Games invited our Unified Track and
two opponents, winning by pin in with a dominating performance that Field Team to participate in the games.
prelims and by a 17-2 technical included a 15-0 technical fall at 2:51 CHS junior Shannon Grimes ran the 400 at the state track meet, coming in
fall in quarter-finals. A 9-4 victory in his first match, a 53 second pin in first place, and scored second in the long jump. She participated at the Special
by decision in semis launched him semis, and a 1:22 pin in finals. Jacob Olympic competition, where she placed second place in the 400 and first in
into his third straight state finals becomes the sixth CYA wrestler the long jump. “I made new friends. Even if I was beat, they would hug and
exhibition against the rival that took to win a Maryland state title and come together,” said Grimes.
him to overtime the year before, just the third individual to claim CHS freshman Kaleb Welch earned first place in shot put in his division,
an undefeated returning finalist a pair of titles in his youth league and participated in the 4x100 relay. At Special Olympics, he earned fourth
looking for revenge. The match wrestling career. Catoctin High place in the competitive age group of 15-21. Ironically, Kaleb wasn’t going
was similar to their prior meeting: School wrestlers Charlie Perella won to participate in track, because he didn’t “want to run.” That’s why he chose
a scoreless first period and a one- MSWA championships in 2010 and shot put. It was a surprise that he took off running at the first practice even
point advantage by Perella in the 2011, and Zachary Bryant prevailed though he didn’t have to. He then participated in shot put and some running
second by way of escape. After an in 2010 and 2012. events. “I did have fun!” Welch said.
assertive ride by Perella in the third Former CYA wrestler Colby At the State Competition, the CHS Track team earned a bronze (third
period, his opponent managed to Keilholtz, representing the place) medal; at Special Olympics States, the CHS Unified Track and Field
tie the score with thirteen seconds Warhawks Wrestling Club, placed team earned a silver (second place) medal.
left in regulation, once again forcing second after a 3-1 loss in finals in CHS senior Nick Dolly earned a gold medal in the 15-21 age division. CHS
overtime action. Seconds into the the 10 and under, 85 pound bracket. senior Destiny Knestout would have participated in the 100 meter run and the
sudden-death period, Perella, in Colby won a state title in 2013 mini javelin for women, but she was ill for the Special Olympics competition.
his typical calm, but deliberate while representing the Frederick Mrs. Pamela Adams-Campbell and Mr. Donald Roberts are the coaches
punishing style, was able to gain Fight Club. for the Unified Track Team, as well as Catoctin’s Unified Bocce Team. Mrs.
Adams-Campbell said, “I’m proud of these guys. We’re a tiny school. Some
schools had two schools combined, and we placed ahead of them.” Catoctin’s
We Invite You to Share Your Good News! unified sports had about eighteen participants on the Unified Bocce team,
while Unified Track had approximately twenty. Congratulations to our
[email protected] • Message Line 240-288-0108 • Publisher’s Line 301-271-1050 • Fax 301-447-2946 athletes! Your community is proud of you.
