Four Riders win wrestling titles

The Riders of Caesar Rodney claimed 4 Individual State Titles at the 2006 Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association State Open Wrestling Tournament that was held at Delaware State University on Saturday, February, 25, 2006. St. Marks claimed 3 Individual Champions. For the first time Caravel Academy claimed 2 individual champions. Sussex Central, Hodgson, William Penn, Cape Henlopen and Milford each had 1 champion.

Total Number of School with Most Individual State Championsd from 1957 to 2006

St. Marks 70

Caesar Rodney 70

William Penn 64

St. Andrews 47

Sussex Central/Georgetown 34

Salesianum 33

Newark 26

Milford 26

Smyrna 24

Alexis I DuPont 18

Brandywine 17

Hodgson 17

Dover 16

Dickinson 13

DeLaWarr 12

Tatnall 11

Christiana 10

Cape Henlopen 10

Concord 9

Conrad 9

Lake Forest/Harrington 9

Laurel 9

Tower Hill 8

PS DuPont 7

Claymont 6

Indian River 6

Mt. Pleasant 6

Delcastle 5

Delmar 5

Glasgow 4

Middletown 3

Polytech 3

Archmere 2

Caravel 2

Wilmington Friends 2

Howard 2

Seaford 2

Sussex Tech 2

McKean 1

St. Elizabeth 1

Wilmington/Wilmington Charter 1

Woodbridge 1

Top 6 Placewinners of the 2006 Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association State Open Wrestling Tournament

103-1. Chris Keech, CR, 32-6 2. Mike Magaha, IR 34-4 3. Matt Buckworth, Car 26-5 4. Colton McFatridge, Hod 33-7 5. Joe Potts, Sal 30-15 6. Evan Bartle, Fr 27-8

112-1. Connor McDonald, SC (Wins 2nd State Title) 30-0 2. Luis Burgos, CR 31-11 3. Zach Taylor, Hod, 35-6 4. Jake Sawyer, SM 23-21 5. Daniel Graham, Sal 26-14 6. Ryan Douglas, WP 30-9

119-1. Nick Tiberi, Hod 29-6 2. Jarrod Garnett, Car (Runnerup in last years state tournament) 24-5 3. Scott Lawrence, Laurel 21-8 4. Tyler Snook, SM 18-24 5. PJ Barch, IR 30-7 6. Damien Ringstaff, Br 30-19

125-1. Ian Moser, CR (Wins 3rd State Title and named Outstanding Wrestler of the State Open Wrestling Tournament) 42-6 2. Nate Fleming, Mil 34-6 3. Jeremy Shaw, SM (2005 State Wrestling Champion),39-9 4. Ben Altman, Fr 35-4 (2004 State Wrestling Champion) 5. Ben Thomes, Sal, 36-13 6. Matt Hagerty, Br 31-12

130-1. Chris Diaz, CR (2 time state runnerup) 40-5 2. Andrew Riley, CR 3. Alfonso Hoggard, Car 34-9 4. Terence Fletcher, 34-5 5. Ryan Goodman, Mid 30-11 6. Dan Shultie, LF 27-10

135-1. Eli Norvall, SM 40-4 2. Kyle Klinkenborg, PT 47-4 3. Brandon Bruce, Hod, 25-10 4. Marc Saylor, SC 30-11 5. Derrick Diksa, Sal, 17-24 6. Mike Small, PT 34-15

140-1. Tommy Abbott, SM 43-3 2. Orlando Colon, Hod 37-9 3. Dustin Jones, 33-4 4. Travis Dorman, CH 5. Dominique Morris, IR 31-10 6. Ryan Agan, Smy 24-12

145-1. Matt Cathell, CR (Wins 3rd State Title) 41-5 2. Bud Croswell, Sanford (First Independent Conference Champion and State Runnerup in Sanford School Wrestling History under Head Coach and former St. Marks Standout Mark Bosick) 36-5 3. Brian Lagarelli, WP 33-4 4. Zack Frederick, SM 37-12 5. Brandon Hazel, SC 38-11 6. Mike Tiberi, Hod 29-13

152-1. Andrew Bradley, SM (Wins 3rd State Title) 43-5 2. Brian Ribolla, CR 28-10 3. Matt West, SC, 30-9 4. Gregg Cross, Mck, 36-11 5. John Kuderka, Sal 23-13 6. George Glover, WP, 33-7

160-1. Luke Rebertus, Car(First Caravel State finalist since 1990 when Chad Poultney was state runnerup. Made history by becoming Caravel's first state wrestling champion in school history and first under Matt Zambinini) 40-5 2. Jacque Scott, MP 36-4 (Became Mount Pleasant's first state finalist since 1994 Eddie Tucker. First state finalist for Mt. Pleasant head coach Dione Lum. Mt. Pleasant's last state champion was in 1974 when Mickey Butler won) 3. Darryle Tilghman, Dov 30-6 4. Nick Dominelli, Sal, (2005 State Champion) 23-5 Brock Buddesheim, SC 39-14 6. Eric Ryan, Smy 24-15

171-1. Vinnie Ranauto, Car (2005 State Runnerup. Became Caravel Academy's 2nd state Champion) 33-5 2. Andy Bokinski, IR (2005 State Champion) 37-2 3. Chris Cordrey, SC 33-9 4. Mike Wright, Sea 21-11 5. Matt Boyles, Sea 26-14 6. Tim Bisson, AI 39-8

189-1. Kaamil Alghanee, WP (Marvin Dooley's First Champion. First Colonial State Champion since Julius Fletcher in 2003) 2. Craig Koch, CR 31-13 3. Mike Crowe, PT 45-7 4. Perry Townsend, IR 33-10 5. Justin Bowie, N 28-12 (First State Placewinner under new Head Coach Jason Pope) 6. Justin Illian, SC 28-10

215-1. Brian Riggin, CH (First Cape Henlopen State Champion since Matt Graviet won in 1999) 34-3 2. Scott Gardner, N (First State finalist under head coach Jason Pope. First since Bram Walker won state title in 2000 and was defeated in 2001 state finals) 3. Luke Pierson, Mil 14-2 4. Martin Guy, Dov 24-7 5. Nate Gregg, Hodg 33-12 6. Dave Neal, AI 22-15

275-1. Brandon Kendzierski, Mil (2005 State runnerup) 36-3 2. Anthony West, L 29-4 3. Darren Collins, Delm (2 time 3rd place finisher in states) 40-4 4. Kenny Zell, SM 5. Mike Maynard, WP 24-5 6. Chris Carey, 27-8