District II AA Golf Playoff Schedule Announced

Quarterfinal Matchups (Thursday September 27th)

  1. Scranton Prep vs. 8. Lakeland/OF

4. Dunmore vs 5. Mid-Valley

2. Carbondale vs 7. Lakeland/Old Forge

3. Western Wayne vs 6. Montrose at Red Maples

Lakeland and Old Forge have a match today (9/25), the winner of this match will be the 7 seed and the loser of the match will be 8 seed……..All other seeds are set.

Semifinal Matchups (Friday or Saturday)

Winner of 1/8 vs. 4/5

Winner of 2/7 vs. 3/6

Barcarola, Firmstone, and McCormick make the cut!

Congratulations to Johnny Barcarola (Senior), with a score of 82, Landon Firmstone (Junior), with a score of 90, and Jacob McCormick (Junior) with a score of 86, all three have qualified for the District 2, Class AA Golf Championships.  The trio will represent Western Wayne rather well.  The WW Golf team is enjoying a solid season under coach Marty O’Hora, with a 12-2 season, losing only to Prep and Carbondale. They will play on October 1, 2018 at Elmhurst Country Club starting at 9:00 AM.  Good luck to them and stay tuned for results.

 

Golf Team off to a 2-0 start!

Coach Marty O’Hora has a big smile on his face these past couple days. Could it be that his golf team is off to a 2-0 start? Well, yes, that and the fact that he is really excited about his team this year, REALLY excited. O’Hora stated that “this is one of best teams I ever coached”. The Cats beat Dunmore (ranked #2 last year) and Blue Ridge.

In the 1st match at Red Maples on Monday they beat Dunmore 8-1.

Individuals: Johnny Barcarola (WW) over Will McHale, 2 and 1; Frank Ruggiero (DUN) over Robert Carey, 2 and 1; Connor Kwiatkowski (WW) over Cole Blasko, 2-up; Jacob McCormack (WW) over Jake McNeff, 3 and 1; Landon Firmstone (WW) over Owen Haggerty, 2 and 1; Hunter Frable (WW) over Alec DeSando, 1-up.

Better-ball: Barcarola-Carey over McHale-Ruggiero, 1-up; Kwiatkowski-McCormack over Blasko-McNeff, 2 and 1; Firmstone-Frable over Haggerty-DeSando, 2-up.

On Tuesday the Cats traveled to Glen Oak to take on Blue Ridge. Jacob McCormick shot 38 and teamed up with Landon Firmstone to sweep three points for Western Wayne and they picked up the win with a score of 7 1/5 to 1 1/2.

Individuals: Robert Carey (WW) over Jake Dowton, 2 and 1; Matt Stone (WW) over Kyle Spoller 1-up, Johnny Barcarola (WW) over Andrew Scott, 2 and 1; Kevin Silfee (BR) over Connor Kwiatkowski (WW), 1-up; Jacob McCormick (WW) over Joe Curtis, 5 and 4; Landon Firmstone (WW) over Tyler Hillard,, 1-up.

Better-ball: Carey-Stone over Dowton-Spoller, 2 up; Barcarola-Kwiatkowski and Scott Silfee split; McCormick-Firstone over Curtis-Hillard, 2 and 1.

Updates for today’s practice (8/14/18)

Girls soccer practice is moved to this evening. All other practices are on as scheduled. Golf & tennis will notifiy players. Keep the faith…it’s has to stop at some point.

 practice this evening (6:00) will be moved from the Evergreen school to the High School.

1st Day of Practice Schedule for Monday – Aug, 13, 2018

Practice Schedule for Monday, 8/13/18- Fall Sports:
Varsity Football & JH Football – Session #1 9:00 AM to 11:00
Varsity Football – Session #2 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
AM Monday through Friday
Boys Varsity Soccer – 5:00 PM
Girls Varsity Soccer – 5:30 PM
Girls Varsity Volleyball 9:00 AM at Wallenpaupack
Girls Varsity Tennis – 3:30 PM
JH Boys and Girls Soccer – 5:30 PM

Western Wayne Alumni and Former Wrestler Casey Fuller Top Cop

Western  Wayne graduate Casey Fuller, class of 2011 not only graduated from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy, but graduated with the “Most Outstanding Cadet of the Year 2018”! 

Casey was an outstanding wrestler while attending Western Wayne.  He was a member of the “Wrestling 100 Win Club” among many other records. After graduation Casey attended Edinboro University, (Division I Wrestling).

From Edinboro University Wrestling Page:

2011-12
Started as a true freshman at 157 lbs., ending the year with a 22-20 record with 3 falls, a technical fall and a major decision … captured third place at the PSAC Championships, going 4-1 … was fourth at the EWL Championships, going 2-2 … was fifth at the UB Open and also fifth at the Michigan State Open (freshman & sophomore division).

2012-13
Posted a 7-12 record with a fall while competing at 157 lbs… went 3-2 at the MSU Open (freshman & sophomore division) and was 2-2 at the UB Invite … five of his losses were to ranked wrestlers.

2013-14
Redshirted … went 16-6 while competing in open tournaments at 165 lbs… had 2 falls, a technical fall, and 3 major decisions … took second place at the CSU Open, going 3-1 … was third at the Storm Open with a 5-1 record, winning twice by fall and once by major decision  … added a third place finish at the Simonson Open , winning four of five matches … also placed in the MSU Open.

2014-15
Finished with a 16-17 record while serving as the starter at 165 lbs… won by technical fall once, and by major decision three times … captured second place at EWL Championships, falling to Rider’s Connor Brennan, 6-4 in sudden victory, in the finals … won a 4-1 decision in tiebreaker over Aaron McKinney of Lock Haven in the semifinals … won his first PSAC title with a 3-2  decision over McKinney in the finals … took home third place at the Clarion Open thanks to a 10-5 decision over teammate Kasey Burnett-Davis in the third place match.

He has a 68-56 career record.

Casey is the son of Mary and Jerry Fuller .  He majored in Criminal Justice with minors in Psychology and Political Science, with a 3.03 GPA.  He  has three brothers (Beau, Morgan, and Cole all wrestled for Western Wayne) and a sister (Sasha).

Elementary Girls Basketball Camp

Wayne County Commissioners Girls Elementary Camp will be held at the Evergreen School on Aug 6-8, 2018 from 8:30 AM to 12:00 Noon.  Hosted by Western Wayne Girls Varsity Coach Natalie Winters-Aniska and staff.