Panthers' Wrestling Downs Bloomsburg 22-12
12/10/1998 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Panthers' Wrestling Downs Bloomsburg 22-12
12/10/1998
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Panther wrestling team defeated Bloomsburg tonight, 22-12, in an Eastern Wrestling League matchup and the Panthers' first dual meet of the season.
Wrestling at 133 pounds, sophomore Shawn Amistade (Washington, Pa./Trinity) opened the scoring for Pittsburgh, winning his bout over Brian Chartowich, 6-3. The Huskies then pulled ahead, 6-3, by winning both the 141 and 149-pound bouts.
Junior Mike Ziska (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) put the Panthers ahead once again with a major decision (13-4) over Bloomsburg's Justin Jackson in the 157 pound weight class. Wins by both Brian Pardini (Upper St. Clair, Pa./Upper St. Clair) and Nick Mengerink (Upper Sandusky, Ohio/Sandusky) at 165 and 174 pounds, respectively, gave Pittsburgh a 13-6 lead.
The Huskies pulled within one by winning the next two bouts before Matt Mueller (North Pathcogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) pinned Bloomsburg's Phil Yzeik at the 3:00 mark, giving the Panthers six points and a 19-6 advantage. Mueller's fall was his third of the season.
Sophomore Brian Legarth (Fairview Park, Ohio/ Fairview) clinched the win for Pittsburgh with an 11-6 decision over Russ Witt in the final bout.
The Panthers return to the mat Dec. 29-30 when they compete in the Midlands and Wilkes Tournaments.
1998-99 Individual Results
NAME OVERALL DUAL TOUR. FALLS TF MD
Shawn Amistade 1-3 1-0 0-3 0 0 0
Patrick Bainbridge 2-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 0
Kevin Bednarski 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 0
Aaron Bibro 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0
Rob Black 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Sam Davis 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Chris DeGuiseppe 4-5 0-1 4-4 0 0 1
Mike Dixon 7-5 0-0 7-5 0 0 0
Carl Fronhofer 5-1 0-0 5-1 0 0 0
Bobby Fulton 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0
Dave Galati 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Mike Germano 7-4 0-0 7-4 1 1 1
Zachary Hasse 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Chad Jesko 11-5 0-1 11-5 1 1 3
Kevin Johnson 8-6 0-0 8-6 0 0 1
Matt Kaus 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Brian Legarth 9-4 1-0 8-4 0 0 0
Rob Loper 13-2 0-0 13-2 1 0 2
Josh McCullough 2-4 0-0 2-4 0 0 0
Nick Mengerink 4-0 1-0 3-0 1 0 0
Mark Mosley 2-2 0-0 2-2 0 0 0
Blaise Mucci 4-1 0-0 4-1 1 0 0
Matt Mueller 10-8 1-0 9-8 3 0 0
Jake Nelson 0-6 0-0 0-6 0 0 0
Kristoffer Neu 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Brendan O'Connell 2-1 0-0 2-1 0 0 0
Brian Pardini 5-6 1-0 4-6 0 1 0
Fabian Sciullo 1-5 0-0 1-5 0 0 0
Dan Stine 16-7 0-1 16-6 2 0 3
James Thornton 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0
Andy Villecco 8-5 0-0 8-5 0 0 1
Brad Wood 9-8 0-1 7-5 0 0 1
Mike Ziska 7-4 1-0 6-4 0 0 1
Pittsburgh 22, Bloomsburg 12
125 - Brian Legarth (Pitt) def. Russ Witt (Bloom), 11-6
133 - Shawn Amistade (Pitt) def. Brian Chartowich (Bloom), 6-3
141 - Brett Tullo (Bloom) def. Chris DeGuiseppe (Pitt), 9-2
149 - George Carter (Bloom) def. Chad Jesko (Pitt), 4-2
157 - Mike Ziska (Pitt) def. Justin Jackson (Bloom), 13-4 MD
165 - Brian Pardini (Pitt) def. Chris Froelich (Bloom), 6-2
174 - Nick Mengerink (Pitt) def. Brad Gilbert (Bloom), 4-1
184 - Jim Hogan (Bloom) def. Brad Wood (Pitt), 3-2
197 - Chad Eckert (Bloom) def. Dan Stine (Pitt), 7-2
HWT - Matt Mueller (Pitt) def. Phil Yzeik (Bloom), WBF 3:00
