Maroon Outlasts White in Cumberland Intrasquad Battle
LEBANON, Tenn. - James Casadaban, Mikey Davis, Eric Metzler, Adam Myers and BJ Stewart all posted victories, leading the Maroon over the White, 24-21, Saturday during the Cumberland wrestling team's best-of-three intrasquad scrimmage at the practice facility.
Casabadan defeated Brian DeCormier in the 157-pound weight class, while Davis was victorious at 141 over Matt Craig. Myers defeated Miles Taylor at 174 and Metzler posted a win at 184 against Landon Barabas. Stewart registered the final victory for the Maroon, at 285 over Justin Virtue.
Desean Willis was victorious for the White at 125 over Bryan Waller, while Anthony Melillo posted a win at 133 against Nathan Godsey. Corey Bleaken triumphed at 149 over Andy Shoultz, and Adam Myers collected a victory at 165 over Nick Sasfy. Kyle Studer also won for the White team, at 197 against Tyson Loy.
Head coach Jarad Swint and the Bulldogs will have one more intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday, October 25 at 10:30 a.m. in the practice facility. The squad opens the season on Sunday, November 2 at the University of the Cumberlands. The Bulldog JV squad will participate in the University of the Cumberlands Open on November 1.
Maroon 24, White 21
125 Desean Willis, SR (White) def. Bryan Waller, FR (Maroon)
133 Anthony Melillo, FR (White) def. Nathan Godsey, JR (Maroon)
141 Mikey Davis, SO (Maroon) def. Matt Craig, SO (White)
149 Corey Bleaken, JR (White) def. Andy Shoultz, r-FR (Maroon)
157 James Casabadan, r-SO (Maroon) def. Brian DeCormier, FR (White)
165 Adam Myers, r-FR (White) def. Nick Sasfy, SO (Maroon)
174 Trey Myers, r-JR (Maroon) def. Miles Taylor, FR (White)
184 Eric Metzler, SO (Maroon) def. Landon Barabas, JR (White)
197 Kyle Studer, JR (White) def. Tyson Loy, r-SO (Maroon)
285 BJ Stewart, SO (Maroon) def. Justin Virtue, FR (White)
Cumberland's Wrestling Brothers
Cumberland University wrestling has three sets of brothers for the Fall 2008 school year; Adam and Estil (Trey) Myers, Cody and Corey Bleaken, and Andrew and James Casadaban. Adam and Trey Myers were true freshman and a junior last year and both redshirted in the 2007-2008 season. This year they will be redshirt freshman and redshirt junior at 157 and 174 respectively. The Myers brothers went to Vandalia Butler High school in Dayton, Ohio. Trey Myers is a two-time NAIA national qualifier and led all freshmen in 2005-2006 with 21 wins. Adam is a two-time state alternate and will compete for a starting spot this season at 157 or 165.
This season two more sets of brothers will be added to the roster as Cody and Andrew will join their brothers Corey and James. Cody and Corey Bleaken are from Clifton High school in Clifton, New Jersey. Cody will compete at the 133 or141 weight class and Corey will compete at the 149 or157 weight class. Cody was high school athlete of the year last year at Clifton High. Corey was 3rd in the NAIA national tournament in 2007 as a true freshman at 149 and had a school record 40 wins that season and was a national qualifier in 2008.
Andrew and James Casadaban are from Brother Martin High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Andrew will compete at 133 or 141 weight class and James will compete at 157 weight class. Andrew was a 2008 state champion for Brother Martin last year. James was a redshirt freshman last year and was a NAIA national qualifier.
Head coach Jarad Swint said "It is pretty unique to have three sets of brothers. It is great to see the family support that these young men get. They are all very different but one thing is for sure they all get good family support. We see each of their families during the season every year. The Myers family started things off this year by being at the first conditioning run. Adam and Trey's younger brother Jesse and Mr. Myers ran with us and Mrs. Myers was also present supporting the guys. Mr. Bleaken has been out to the national tournament every year and you can see how much he enjoys the sport. The Casadaban family is like an entire crew. Their parents, grandparents, girlfriends and other family members will show up at any number of tournaments. I know all of the families are excited about the season and we are looking forward to all of the family support. We had great family support at the national tournament in 2008 and we look forward to having that kind of support again and hopefully even better from the entire team. Our success is very dependent on the family support these young men receive each year. I know one thing for sure most of our guys wrestle better when their family is around. Even a phone call to see how they did helps them!"