Stednitz gets it done at Alderson Broaddus
Gov. Mifflin grad claims first at USCAC Championship
Keith Stednitz is on a roll competing with the Alderson Broaddus wrestling team.
The senior, a Governor Mifflin grad, captured the 165 pound title at the United States Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship on Feb. 12 in Penn State’s Rec Hall in State College. He recorded a pin in the finals.
“Keith was dominant on the mat as we have come to expect,” coach Sam Gardner told the media after the tournament. “There’s really not much to say. If you are going to go underneath him, he’s going to make that time miserable for you.”
Prior to the USCAA meet, Stednitz captured the title in the Panther Open Feb. 34 in Ferrum, Va.
“Keith had an interesting day,” Gardner said after the Panther tourney. “We talked about how if you can win wrestling matches, win a tournament when you aren’t feeling well and not wrestling at your very best, that’s not a terrible thing. Today Keith displayed heart and guts and I’m proud of him.”
In his latest match, a tough 22-19 home mat loss to Ohio Valley on Feb. 15 in Vienna, W.Va. he kept the Battlers in the match with an 11-0 victory.
Stednitz has been doing the job in tournaments since the first of the year. He captured the title at the Will Abele Tournament on Jan. 14 in Collegeville and finished second in the West Virginia Invitational on Jan. 21 in West Liberty, WV.
Up next for Stednitz will be the NCAA Super Region I East Regionals next weekend in Erie.
XAVIER SMITH (DANIEL
BOONE) >> The Penn State junior is in a prime spot to score points at the Big Ten Indoor Track Championships starting Friday at the SPIRE Complex in Geneva. OH. Smith is seeded second in the 60 meter dash with a 6.69 time which he recorded while finishing first at the Penn State National on Jan. 27-28. He’s also a member of the 4x4
relay which is seeded second after finishing first in the SPIRE NCAA Division I Track & Field Meet on Feb. 10-11 in Geneva with a time of 3:07.81. And, he’s seeded ninth in the 200 meter dash (21.23) after finishing third at the Geneva meet. ALEX KRAMER (EXETER) >> The Ursinus senior captured the 149-pound title at the Centennial Conference wrestling championships on Feb. 11 in Hoboken, N.J. After scoring two technical falls – 15-0 over McDaniel’s Clint Wright and 17-1 over Washington and Lee’s Zachary Papin – to earn a trip to the finals,
Kramer defeated Zach Wilhelm of Stevens Tech 7-5 in the title match. Wilhelm had beaten Kramer 3-2 earlier in the season, one of five losses he has against 32 victories. He’s one of the leaders in Division III with 14 technical falls.
MARCUS JOHNSON (GOVER
NORMIFFLIN)>> The junior is 7-8 wrestling behind fellow junior Nick Kee of Scotland at 174 pounds with the Appalachian State wrestling team. Kee is ranked 17th in the country. Johnson is 7-8 overall and 2-2 in dual meets. He got off to a 2-0 start in dual action with a pin against Belmont Abbey and a 3-2 decision against Oregon State on Nov. 12 in Boone, N.C. In his next two dual matches, he was beaten against North Carolina on Nov. 27 and North Carolina State on Nov. 30. Johnson is 15-22 in his career with the Mountaineers.
CARLY JABLONSKI (BERKS
CATHOLIC) >> The sophomore competed with the Albright women’s team in the Middle Atlantic Conference swim championships Feb. 9-12 in York. Jablonski finished 13th in the 100 breaststroke in 1:13.46 and 13th in the 200 breaststroke in 2:40.78. She also finished 27th out of 52 swimmers in the 50 freestyle in 26.82 and she rounded out her meet by helping the 400 medley relay finish fifth in 4:06.24. The Lions finished fifth in the team standings.
BRANDIVALLELY(OLEYVAL
LEY) >> The Muhlenberg junior picked up two awards and the women’s basketball season isn’t even over. The 5-foot-7 guard was named to the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Team of the Year on Feb. 14 and was named to the CoSIDA Division III Academic AllDistrict 4 team on Feb.9. She’s a double major (media & communications and business administration). On the court, she leads the Mule in scoring (13.1), assists (157) and steals (68). The stats got a hit on Feb. 15 in an easy 98- 40 victory over Bryn Mawr. She had four points, seven rebounds, four assists and a steal – in just 10 minutes of action.
MADDY MCDONALD (OLEY
VALLEY) >> The freshman has seen limited action on the junior-senior dominated Ball State women’s gymnastics team. In a 195.475-194.000 Mid-American Conference victory over Central Michigan on Feb. 12, she finished tied for seventh on vault with a score of 9.775. In her only other appearance she finished 18th on the beam in a non-league meet against Missouri of the Southeast Conference and Illinois of the Big Ten Conference on Jan. 6 in Columbia, Mo. with a score of 8.250. The Cardinals lost both matches.
CODY RICHMOND (BOYER
TOWN) >> The Ursinus junior was runner-up at 184 pounds at the Centennial Conference wrestling championships on Feb. 11 in Hoboken, N. J. Richmond entered the tourney as the No. 3 seed. He posted a 9-2 decision to earn a bid into the semifinals. He faced second-seed Danny Moore of Stevens Tech and defeated him 4-3 with an escape in the second sudden death period. No. 1 seed Patrick Rooney of the Merchant Marine Academy ended Richmond’s run with an 11-6 victory in the title bout.
MADISON WAGNER (OLEY
VALLEY) >> The freshman had a big meet to help Cedar Crest finish second in the North Eastern Athletic Conference women’s swim championships Feb. 10-12 in Cazenovia, N.Y. Wagner finished second in the 100 IM(1:07.08) and second in the 100 butterfly (1:06.20) and third in the 200 freestyle (2:14.10). And, she swam legs on four winning relays – the 200 (1:57.79) and 400 medley (4:24.96) and the 200 (school record 1:45.52) and 400 freestyle (3:52.43). The Falcons scored 463 points
LUCAS MILLER (BOYER
TOWN) >> The 25th-ranked Kutztown wrestling team pulled out a come-from-behind 24-16 victory over East Stroudsburg on Feb. 14 and Miller had a key sudden-victory effort in his 133-pound match. His match was tied 6- 6 at the end of regulation and he won the match when his opponent was called for stalling in overtime. He’s 13-7 overall and 11-3 in dual matches for the Golden Bears who are 12-5 overall and 4-3 in the PSAC in dual matches.