Happy Holidays to the Cherokee Family

Happy Holidays to the Cherokee Family

THE TAKEDOWN

CHEROKEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING NEWSLETTER

January 1, 2008

www. cherokeewrestling. org Volume 1, Number 3

Bill Roller Head Coach T. J. Viereck Assistant Coach Pete Corelli Assistant Coach Matt Kuhlow Assistant Coach Doug Easlick Assistant Coach Robert Columbo Assistant Coach Jeff Wood Athletic Trainer

Last Season Highlights Dual Record 18 – 9 South Jersey Group 4 Sectional Qualifier District 27 Coach/Year: Bill Roller District 27 Champions: Kyle Packer (130) (Outstanding Wrestler) Shawn Steets (140) Kenny Wilkinson (160) Jonavin Webb (189) Region 7 Champions: Kenny Wilkinson (160) Jonavin Webb (189) (Outstanding Wrestler) 2007 NJ State Qualifiers: Kyle Packer (130) Kenny Wilkinson (160) Jonavin Webb (189)

Happy Holidays to the Cherokee Family

Mike Rinaldi walks away in disbelief claiming he was setup, “how can I take down Jolly Old Saint Nick”?

Heavyweight Santa Claus stopped by the wrestling room to register his first victory of the new season.

 

“WRESTLING It’s what men do during boy’s basketball season” “Pain is temporary, pride is forever” “Once you have wrestled, everything else in life is easy!” “No Regret No Remorse No Mercy…. Wrestle“ “I make Singlets look good” “I will train hard, I will practice longer, I will keep my body strong, I keep my mind sharp, I will win …. I am a wrestler” “King of the mat” “Wrestling is real, every last second of it” “The sight I adore on a basketball floor is wrestling mats from door to door!”

Donald Tran is the only senior captain on this year’s varsity wrestling team and has taken an unusual path to the position. As a football player since age 8, Donald’s passion for wrestling was not discovered until he began freshman year. In the locker room before a normal day of practice, Coach Roller approached him, looking for freshman recruits in his first year as head coach. Donald filled out a card, possibly weighing the idea of using wrestling to stay in shape for football.

Captain’s Corner:

Over his four years of wrestling, two of them were spent mostly on JV learning the sport from the ground up. His first varsity action came during his sophomore year following the injury of then senior Captain Voris Tejada. Donald now has two varsity letters in wrestling and two in football. Don believes that hard work and the willingness to learn are his ingredients to success. Wrestling is the toughest sport there is, and for this year’s team to have success, it will take more work than in the past.

 

Wrestlers help the Christmas Toy campaign

Our wrestlers participated in a local community service project during the holidays. In conjunction with the Marlton Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) along with the Cherokee National Honor Society, our kids spent hours shopping and collecting gifts for the under privileged children in our community.

Congratulations to everyone that participated in making the holiday season a little more enjoyable for those in need.

Welcome Class of 2011 Wrestlers

Welcome to all of the Freshman wrestlers to the wrestling season. Thank you for joining and becoming involved in the Cherokee Wrestling Program.

The freshman class has over 20 wrestlers. Several of these individuals are experienced wrestlers and have helped to fill vacancies on the varsity squad.

Each of you is part of unique program that makes a successful team. Work hard, learn new techniques, make new friends and have fun in the process.

“Attitude is everything” “Practice is…. the effort that makes winning possible” “The only requirement is guts” ‘And one is left standing” “Fueled by sweat, driven by desire…100% wrestler” “Intensity, is what it takes to be a champion” “If the shoulders are flat….slap the mat!” “It’s not how good you are…it’s how bad you want it”

Pine Barrens Tournament: (6 Teams)

First place Ben Fanjoy 130 lbs

First place Mike Rinaldi 275 lbs

Second place Matt DiFilippo 119 lbs

Second place Deven Thomas 152 lbs

Holy Cross Tournament: (16 Teams)

Third place Deven Thomas 152 lbs

Fifth place Mike Rinaldi 275 lbs

Sixth place Ben Fanjoy 130 lbs

Sixth place Jeff Schaeffer 160 lbs

Hunterdon Central Tournament: (16 teams)

Third place Deven Thomas 152 lbs

Fourth place Mike Rinaldi 275 lbs

Sixth place Don Tran 189 lbs

Hunterdon Central JV Tournament

First place Mike Unterbrink 112 lbs

First place Jake Borys 119 lbs

First place Brandon Capaldi 152 lbs

“WRESTLING Is about respect, train to learn it, wrestle to earn it” “Takedown specialist” “Wrestler; one who trains like a maniac to have the power to force his opponent’s body into the shape of a pretzel and gently pin him into a soft mat where his mommy can tuck him in” “6 minutes alone with me will be an eternity for you“ “Toughest sport bar none!” “Cherokee Wrestling, taking down the competition” “Bring it on!”

New Assistant Coach

This is Bob Colombo’s first year of coaching at Cherokee High School. Bob has coached at Mainland High School and Pond Road Middle School.  

Bob graduated from Shawnee High School in 2001 where he was a 4 year varsity wrestler. He was the team captain for 2 years and was a 3 time district place winner as well as placing in the Regions. He was also picked as an All-County/All-Conference selection.

Coach Colombo graduated from The College of New Jersey in 2006. He wrestled 2 years for TCNJ and 1 year at North Carolina State University (member of the 2001 ACC Championship team).

Bob is currently a Health and Physical Education teacher at Atlantic County Institute of Technology. Please welcome Bob to the Cherokee Family.

Help Wanted

The Cherokee Wrestling program is in need of parental help. Wrestling experience is not necessary in order to participate.

We are looking for adults to help with fundraising, selling 50/50 tickets, concessions, JV tournament, district programs, fashion show, banquet and our golf tournament.

If you would like to help, please speak with any of the booster club officers for more information.

Web Site

Lisa Turner has volunteered to be our new “Webmaster”. I am pleased that Lisa will provide updates and effectively take our website to the next level.

Lisa’s first accomplishment was to create “Mapquest” links with directions for all away matches on the schedule page. Just click on the school name and you can print out detailed directions from Cherokee High to an opponent.

Construction is ongoing so check the site often for updates. The URL address is: www. cherokeewrestling. org