Sees and Bertulis Post Championship Wins at Slippery Rock Open

SLIPPERY ROCK- 2005 NCAA Qualifiers Mike Sees (Northumberland/Shikellamy) and Jim Bertulis (Aston/Garnett Valley) each posted wins in their weight classes at the 2005 Slippery Rock Open. Sees wrestled at 125 pounds while Bertulis competed at 165. Both were the EWL Champions at those weight classes last season.

Several other Bloomsburg wrestlers also had strong showings at the event. Brad Forbes placed second in the 141 pound bracket while Aric Furhman (Spring Grove/Delone Catholic) and Blaine Cohick (Williamsport/Loyalsock) each placed third, Furhman at 157 and Cohick at 197 pounds.

Bloomsburg also had a solid tournament at the 149 pound class, with Alex Canover (Mendham/Mendham) going 4-1 and Darren Kern (Pennsburg/Upper Perkiomen) finishing 3-1. George Hickman (Wilmington, NC/Riverside) also wrestled at 149, going 1-2.

At 133 pounds, Ricky Donald (Millville/Bloomsburg) had a strong tournament, winning four of his five matches while at 197 pounds Jesse Hasseman (Franklin, IN/Franklin) went 3-1.

Other Bloomsburg wrestlers who competed in the tournament were Jason Crawford (New Albany/Wyalusing Valley) who went 0-2 at 157, Frank Beasley (Oden, IL/Centralia) who went 3-2 and Andrew Jordan (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) who went 1-2 both at 174 pounds and at 184 pounds, Nate Shirk (Middleburg/Middleburg) went 2-1 while Chris Swan (Saylorsburg/Pleasant Valley) went 0-2.

The Bloomsburg wrestlers are idle until November 12 when they travel to Brockport, NY for the Oklahoma Gold Classic at 10:00 a.m.