Head Coach: Joe Russo 6th season
Assistant Coaches:
Jon Reed
Mike Rusnock
Joe Stofko
Brandon Strohl
Vinnie Pellechia
Sport: Wrestling
Team Name: Catasauqua Rough Riders
League: Colonial League West
2021 Record: 13-8
Key Wrestlers Lost:
Jaryn Hartranft (39-6) (109-25 career) Wrestling at Wilkes University
Cole Brown (26-15) (56-40 career)
Luis Del Rosario (14-16) (21-33 career)
Alex Oakley (7-15)
Dominic Melendez (5-13) (10-37 career)
Dominic Gorr (0-3) (1-8 career)
Carlos Cruz (8-20)
Juliza Rodriguez (2-5)
Key Returning Wrestlers:
Gavin Fehr 37-13 (72-29 career) 145-152 Prepared for another strong year 28 wins away from 100 which is amazing considering it is basically in 3 seasons (covid year). He qualified for states and hopes to return home this year with a state medal
2019-2020 District 6th
2020-2021 District 4th
2021-2022 District 3rd, Regional 4th, State Qualifier
1st in the Rough Rider tournament
1st in the Jim Thorpe tournament
7th in the Coal Cracker tournament
Mikhail Hartranft (20-18) (26-20 career) 114-120 one win from a district medal a season ago
Chad Beller (16-14) 215-285 one win from a district medal a year ago
Miles Melendez (12-17) 152-160 also one win from a district medal last year
Jon Cordon-Pinto (19-17) 127-133
Vincenzo Limandri (8-11) 139
Christian Fye (4-17) (4-23 career) 174-189
Caroline Rodriguez (4-9) 113
Allen Starr (1-0) 174-189
Trevor Regits (2-8) 152-160
Zach Rizzo (0-3) 160-174
Key Newcomers:
Brendan Nye 12th 123-133
Evan Reed 107
Will Bear 160-174
2022 Outlook: I think our strength might be our experience and our balance. We seem to have every spot filled with each wrestler having some level of varsity experience. We also have a few newcomers that have found their back on the mat some from other sports and some from injury last year. The question will be how fast can we get this team in wrestling shape with some still on the football field involved in the Turkey Day game. Can we stay injury free will also go a long way to determine how we will do this season.
