1/27/23
 
SCRANTON, Pa. – Lackawanna College wrestling is back in action this Saturday, January 28^th, when the Falcons host a quad match with Keystone College, Bergen CC, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
 
The duals are set to start at 11:00am ET inside the Lackawanna Student Union gymnasium. Admission is open to the public, with tickets sold at the door for students ($3) and adults ($5). There will be free admission to Lackawanna College students with their student ID. There will also be two video livestreams available, with a camera for both mats, for free, at lackawannafalcons.com/LIVE.
 
About The Falcons
Lackawanna College (3-0) won all three of its duals last week against PSU Mont Alto, Thaddeus Stevens, and Garrett College in Mont Alto, PA. The Falcons were led by Kordell Waiters, Evan Raposo, Dylan Hogan, and Shannon Core, who all went undefeated on the afternoon. Simeon Hunte also picked up a pair of victories to help the Falcon cause.  
 
Dylan Hogan (Bushkill, PA) leads the Falcons with eight victories on the year at 165-lbs. Hogan has won six matches by fall, and has picked up a pair of tech fall decisions as well. Last week, he defeated his counterparts from Thaddeus Stevens (0:52) and Garrett (0:48) before the first minute of their respective bouts, and then racked up points in his third match with PSU Mont Alto to secure the tech fall. His only loss this season came by decision back on December 3^rd, when he fell 6-1 to Eric Tigue from Niagara County CC.
 
Evan Raposo (East Stroudsburg, PA) is 7-1 this season, wrestling at 149-lbs for the Falcons. Raposo earned a forfeit win, plus two victories by fall last week. Against Thaddeus Stevens, he wrestling up at 157 for the Falcons and pinned his opponent at 0:49. Then, against Garret, he earned a fall at 149 in just 0:52. Raposo has earned four wins by fall so far this year, and has also picked up a pair of decision victories. Evan's only loss this year also came back on December 3^rd, where he dropped a decision to Niagara County CC's Hassan Dobbins, 12-5.
 
Kordell Waiters (Macungie, PA) is also 7-1 overall this season, wrestling at 141-lbs. Waiters has five fall victories, and picked up a pair in short order last weekend, on top of a forfeit win at 141. Against Thaddeus Stevens, he wrestled up at 149 and pinned his opponent in just 27 seconds. Then, back at 141 against Garrett, Waiters was even quicker, dispatching his opponent in 22 seconds. Waiters's lone loss this season came against Luke Potts from Jamestown CC, in a 2-1 match that took overtime to decide back on December 3^rd.
 
Shannon Core (Scranton, PA) is 6-3 this year, wrestling as the Falcons' heavyweight. Core has three victories by fall, as well as a pair of decisions on the year. Last weekend, Core won a pair of matches by decision, as well as a forfeit. Against Thaddeus Stevens, he beat his opponent by a 5-0 decision. Then, while facing his counterpart from Garrett, Core came out with a 3-2 decision, the second straight time he defeated Connor Saladin from Garrett, who Core faced earlier this year at Niagara.  
 
Simeon Hunte (Burlington Twp, NJ) is 5-5 on the season, competing at 184-lbs. Hunte picked up a pair of wins last weekend grabbing a major decision, 10-2, over his opponent from Thaddeus Stevens, before then winning by a 10-4 decision at 184 against Garrett. His lone loss on the weekend came against PSU Mont Alto's Luke Lardarello, who got a fall with just over 30 seconds remaining in the third period to knock off Hunte.
 
The Falcons are coached by Frank Barbrie, now in his second season with the Falcons. Barbrie, who was a three-time District 2 PIAA champion at Pittston Area here in Northeast PA, has a great deal of wrestling and coaching experience. His stops include locally with Lake Lehman and Danville Area, as well as the Zachary School in Louisiana, prior to his appointment at Lackawanna College. Barbrie was also responsible for rejuvenating the dormant wrestling program at Luzerne County CC in the early 2000's, turning the program around and producing several national qualifiers. Barbrie wrestled at the junior college level for national champion Garden City CC, starting for the Broncbusters for two years, where he was named to the 1996 NJCAA All-American team. Barbrie went on to a full scholarship at Bloomsburg, where he graduated with both a communications, and later, an education degree, before earning his Master's in education from Wilkes University.
 
About Keystone College
The Giants (1-10) have dropped their last six duals, and are 1-2 against Region 19 opponents heading into this weekend. Earlier this season, against RCSJ Gloucester, the Giants earned a 33-21 win over the Roadrunners. The dual, which happened at the Electric City Duals in November, was a wild one, which saw Keystone come back from an early 21-0 hole to run off the next 33 points for the win. Back on January 20^th, the Giants fell to Camden CC 53-6, and this past Thursday, Keystone lost to Bergen 36-21, as part of a tri-meet with the University of Scranton.
 
The Giants and Falcons did wrestle together very early this season, in the Keystone Open. The Falcons went 5-5 in those individual match-ups.
 
Keystone has a full roster of wrestlers, and have been more competitive at the heavier weight classes so far this season. Codi Bomboy and Dalten Klinges have been effective for the Giants at 165 and 157, respectively.
 
The head coach for the Giants is Lance Moore, now in his fourth year with Keystone College. Coach Moore took over a program that had previously won four duals in each of the preceding seasons. After a tough first year, and then a year away due to the pandemic, Moore won eight duals last season, the first time since the 2016-2017 campaign that Keystone had eight wins. He had two wrestlers earn top-eight at the NCAA Mideast Regionals last year, earning All-Region. Coach Moore was previously an assistant with the University of Scranton, and was a part of the staff that got Scranton a school-record 15 wins in 2016. Before that, Moore was an outstanding wrestler for both Niagara County CC and SUNY Cortland. With Niagara, Moore was 44-5, and finished third at the NJCAA Wrestling Championships, earning All-American status. Then, at Cortland, he was the runner up at the DIII Northeast Regional Championships, and made the NCAA Championships as a result. Before college, he was a two-time PIAA medalist at Lackawanna Trail HS, before transferring to Johnson City HS in New York, where he was an undefeated state champion as a senior.
 
About RPI
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a member of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) as a Division I club program. The Red Hawks have a full complement of wrestlers, and have competed in several invitationals and opens this year.
 
Andrew Brevot, wrestling at 149, leads the team with 12 victories, and is 12-5 this year. Brevot has eight wins by fall this year. In his last appearance, he was 2-1 last Sunday at the Builder Invitational, winning by fall and a major decision over his opponents from Alderson Broaddus and Liberty University, before dropping a tech fall (18-3) to Zachary Ortega from the Apprentice School.
 
At 174, Season Haas is second on the team with a 7-4 record. Haas has four wins by fall this year, and had won his first six bouts to start the season. In his last appearance, back on December 11^th, Haas went 1-2, winning by fall, but then dropping a pair of matches in a major decision and a fall.
 
At 165, David Rowe is 7-10 this year, with four victories by fall. Rowe went 2-2 at the Builder Invitational last weekend, picking up a pair of wins by fall, but also dropping a pair of bouts by fall.
 
RPI is coached by Brad Nelson.
 
Bergen CC
The Bulldogs have a full complement of wrestlers this year, and are fellow Region 19 mates with Lackawanna College. Bergen split a tri-match at Garrett back on January 13^th, and are 2-1 in duals this season.
 
Bergen is coached by Chris Disanto.
  
The Match-Up
The duals are set to start at 11:00am ET inside the Lackawanna Student Union gymnasium. Admission is open to the public, with tickets sold at the door for students ($3) and adults ($5). There will be free admission to Lackawanna College students with their student ID. There will also be two video livestreams available, with a camera for both mats, for free, at lackawannafalcons.com/LIVE.
 
The next scheduled match for the Falcons is a dual at Union County College on February 12^th in Cranford, NJ.