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Parkland Trojan Wrestling

Congratulations to our Wrestlers, Coaches and Managers! Congratulations to Nezar Haddad 2nd place, Ethan Lizak 4th place, Jake Lizak 5th place, Josh Ortman 6th place, and Omar Haddad 7th place Follow the tournament from the website for this year's tournament below [|PIAA State Tournament]

Parkland High School Finishes in 2nd Place at the Northeast Regional Tournament Congratulations to Ethan Lizak winning his 4th Northeast Regional Championship Congratulations to Champions Nezar Haddad and Jacob Lizak Congratulations to Runner Ups Josh Ortman and Omar Haddad All 5 wrestlers advance to Hesrhey next weekend to compete in the PIAA AAA State Championships Follow the tournament from the website for this year's tournament below [|Northeast Regional Tournament]

Parkland High School Finishes in 3rd Place at the District XI Wrestling Tournament Congratulations to 3x District XI Champions Ethan Lizak and Nezar Haddad (1st in School History) Congratulations to Josh Ortman 2nd Place, Omar Haddad 2nd Place, Jacob Lizak 3rd Place, and Lee Todora 5th Place Follow the tournament from the website for this year's tournament below <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|District XI Varsity Tournament]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Parkland Junior High Finishes in 3rd Place at the District XI Wrestling Tournament <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Congratulations to Zack Ortman 1st Place, Nathan Feyrer 1st Place, Jahan Worth 2nd Place, Nick Dolak 3rd, Brandon Kassis 3rd, <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Adam Lizak 4th Place, Tyler Krisher 4th Place, Alex Reede 5th Place, Alex Van Woert 5th Place, and Blake Schalbert 8th Place. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Follow the tournament from the website for this year's tournament below <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|District XI Junior High Tournament]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Parkland Junior Varsity Finishes in 4th Place at the District XI Wrestling Tournament <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Congratulations to Jacob Geist 2nd Place, Alex Neith 2nd Place, Malcolm Christman 3rd Place, Mike Ye 3rd Place, <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Omar Akbar 4th Place, Abe Kheir 5th Place, and Anthony Chidiac 6th Place. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Follow the tournament from the website for this year's tournament below <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|District XI Junior Varsity Tournament]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Congratulations Mike Ottinger as MAC Wrestler of the Week <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Mike Ottinger is a 2x MAC Champion and is currently ranked #8 in the country at 174 LBS <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Mike went 3 - 1 at the national duals this weekend with his only loss coming to #1 ranked Andrew Howe <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">of the University of Oklahoma 4 - 2. Mike also beat #11 Tanner Weatherman of Iowa State 4 - 3.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Parkland High School Finishes in 3rd Place at the Escape the Rock Tournament <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Congratulations to Nezar Haddad 1st Place, Omar Haddad 2nd Place, Ethan Lizak 3rd Place, Jacob Lizak 3rd Place, <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Josh Ortman 5th Place, and Marques Sturdivant 8th Place <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Follow the tournament from the website for this year's tournament below <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Escape the Rock Tournament]

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Congratulations Josh Ortman and Nezar Haddad on 100 career wins

<span style="color: #3100ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Parkland Junior High Finishes in 1st Place at the Bangor Wrestling Tournament <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Congratulations to Brandan Kassis 1st Place, Zack Ortman 1st Place, Alex Reede 1st Place, Alex Van Woert 1st Place, <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Nathan Feyrer 1st Place, Jahan Worth 1st Place, Tyler Krisher 1st Place, Nick Dolak 2nd Place, Mason Lansenderfer 3rd Place, <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">KJ Vrablik 4th Place, Ryan Seibert 4th Place, Victor Yuan 4th Place, and Adam Lizak 4th Place

<span style="color: #3100ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Parkland High School Finishes in 3rd Place at the Powerade Tournament <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Congratulations to Omar Haddad 1st Place, Ethan Lizak 2nd Place, Nezar Haddad 2nd Place, and Jacob Lizak 3rd Place <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Follow the tournament from the website for this year's tournament below <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Powerade Tournament]

<span style="color: #2300ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Parkland High School Finishes in 5th Place at the King of the Mountain Tournament <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Congratulations to Ethan Lizak 2nd Place, Nezar Haddad 2nd Place, Omar Haddad 3rd Place, <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Jacob Lizak 5th Place, Josh Ortman 7th Place and Frank Guida 7th Place <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Follow the tournament from the website for this year's tournament below <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|King of the Mountain Tournament]

<span style="color: #1200ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Parkland Junior High Finishes in 4th Place at the Whitehall Zepher Tournament <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Congratulations to Nathan Feyrer 1st Place, Brandan Kassis 2nd Place, Zack Ortman 2nd Place, Joe Guida 2nd Place, <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Alex Reede 2nd Place, Tyler Krisher 2nd Place, Nick Dolak 3rd Place, and Alex Van Woert 3rd Place

<span style="color: #1200ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">2x District Champion Nezar Haddad to Drexel <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Drexel University once again tapped into the Lehigh Valley to land the verbal commitment of 2x District XI Champion Nezar Haddad (Parkland, PA). Haddad has won district titles at 182 pounds the last two years.

<span style="color: #1400ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">PWBC Membership <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thank you to the following PWBC Family Members who have recently joined: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Worth Family, Avizof Family, Hoh Family, Lansenderfer Family, Hasan Family, Krishes Family, Kassis Family, Geist Family, Vrablick Family, Royer Family, Bower Family, Bauer Family, Christman Family, Fitzgerald Family, Shalbert Family, Sturdivant Family, Neith Family, Noll Family, Haas Family, Guida Family, Mallia Family, Chidiac Family, Ortman Family and Lizak Family <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">We encourage all families to support our Wrestling Program as we strive to be the best <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Each year it gets more challenging with budgets being cut from the school district <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">We want to provide our athletes with the best possible opportunities to be successful this season <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">We will be traveling to various tournaments at both the high school and junior high level which is a great expense to our program <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">We need help hosting our events at the high school throughout the season including Parkland Duals and D11 Junior High Districts <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Please join today and fill out the form below

<span style="color: #1400ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Parkland Varsity Jacket and Parkland Wrestling Spirit Wear <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Please return the form for the Parkland Varsity Jacket by Tuesday, October 22 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Please return the form for the Parkland Wrestling Spirit Wear by Thursday, November 14 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Mail all orders to the following: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wendy Shalbert <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5521 Sunset Drive <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Schnechsville, PA 18078

<span style="color: #000aff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">2x State Champion Ethan Lizak to Minnesota <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The University of Minnesota tapped into the Keystone State to land the verbal commitment of two-time state champion Ethan Lizak (Parkland, PA) on Monday. Lizak, ranked No. 61 overall in the Class of 2014, has won state titles at 106 and 113 pounds the last two years going a combined 87 - 3 in that time. When added to a 33 - 10 season, in which he finished second in the state at 103 pounds, Lizak has amassed a career record of 120 - 13.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">During the last two off-seasons, Lizak has been highly productive in freestyle, finishing third in Junior freestyle during the summer of 2012 and then representing the United States at 50 kilos (110 pounds) on the FILA Junior World freestyle team this past summer. He projects as a 125 pound wrestler for the Golden Gophers, and will join No. 23 Tommy Thorn (St. Michael-Albertville, Minn.) and Nathan Rose (Sibley East, Minn.) as top 100 commits in the Class of 2014.

<span style="color: #000aff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Parkland Wrestling Donations <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">We are reaching out to alumni, parents, fans, etc. to help raise money for our program. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">We have a Gold, Silver, and Bronze Level donation that can be accumulated over the years. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">All donors will be placed on a plaque to hang in the wrestling room. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Please see the attachment for more information.