9th
Annual Wrestling USA / Cliff Keen Dream Team Classic Dual Meet
2005 USA Dream Team Member
189 Pounder Patrick Bond
Great Bridge High School
Chesapeake, Virginia
GPA: 2.3
Senior Year Record: 25-2
College Plans: Undecided
Patrick is one of those guys who is phenomenal no matter how
you examine or analyze his performance. He has accomplished in
three years what almost no high school wrestler does in four.
In fact, only one other Virgnia high school wrestler has copped
two national titles in freestyle competition. He came to Great
Bridge as a freshman with Virginia state Middle School championships
and national titles in all three wrestling styles. As an eighth
grader, he won the State Cadet Freestyle Championship and went
on to cop fifth place in Fargo in the National Cadet Freestyle
Championships, earning All-American honors in the process. In
his freshman year, Patrick finished fourth in the Ironman, first
in the Reno Tournament of Champions, first in the Hornet Holiday
Classic, first in the SE District, first in the East Region, first
in the State AAA Tournament, first in the 2002 State Cadet and
Junior Freestyle tournaments, and was first in the nation at the
Naional Cadet Freestyle Tournament in Fargo. Patrick also won
the Super 32 Tournament in North Carolina in 2002 and again in
2003. He won the 2002 Ironman, finished fourth at the 2002 Beast
of the East, won the Hornet Holiday Classic in 2002, was first
in the SE District, first in the East Region, first in the State
AAA Tournament, first in the 2002 state junior freestyle tournament,
and second in the nation at the National Junior Freestyle Tournament
in Fargo. In the summer of 2003, he attended the Olympic Training
Camp in Colorado. In the 2003-04 season, he won the Ironman, the
Tiger Classic, the GB Elite Classic, the California's 5-Counties
Tournament, the SE District, East Region, AAA State, and the National
Junior Freestyle titles. He is currently ranked first in the nation.
The position is well earned.
BEST 2005 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
189
1. Patrick Bond (Great Bridge, VA)
2. Jake Varner (Bakersfield, CA)
3. Mike Pucillo (Walsh Jesuit, OH)
4. Max Askren (Arrowhead, WI)
5. Hudson Taylor (Blair Academy, NJ)
6. Dennis Drury (Germantown Academy, PA)
7. Vince Jones (Winslow Twp., NJ)
8. Louis Caputo (Blue Springs, MO)
9. Mike Ward (Mayfield, OH)
10. Taylor Moore (Oak Grove, MO)
11. Mike Hurst (Grace Davis, CA)
12. Jake Cranford (Clackamas, OR)
13. Ron Lee (Crater, OR)
14. Kelsey Empting (Ponca City, OK)
15. Josh Arnone (Honesdale, PA)
16. Torben Walters (Crowley County, CO)
17. Spencer Dye (Sandusky St. Mary CC, OH)
18. Levi Wofford (Aurora, NE)
19. Ryan Allen (Coeur d' Alene, ID)
20. Arman Kucakkoseoglu (Ayala, CA)
21. Andrew Haile (Greensburg-Salem, PA)
22. Sean Pietrzyk (Salina South, KS)
23. Neil Cisper (St. Thomas Aquinas, KS)
24. Mike Mucha (Lombard Montini, IL)
25. Jon Jones (Union Endicott, NY)
26. Trevor Perry (Davison, MI)
27. Levi Bullerman (Adrian, MN)
28. Scott Sands (St. Laurence, IL)
29. Mark Jahad (Cary, NC)
30. Tyler D. Gonzales (Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights, KS)
Special Mention:
John Barone (William Floyd, NY)
John Bauman (Woodbridge, VA)
Bryce Boehm (Urbandale, IA)
Addison Chipoletti (Hernando, FL)
Josh Collins (Cedar Ridge, NC)
Romeo Djoumessi (Waverly-Shell Rock, IA)
John Kardoulias (Bryant, NY)
Matt Kittelson (Velva/Garrison, SD)
Orrin Kleinhenz (Columbus North, IN)
Elijah Martinez (Pawnee, OK)
Clayton Norberg (Newman Central Catholic, IL)
Kevin O'Connor (Mount St. Joseph, MD)
Jonathan Rothman (Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ)
Chris Smith (Mountain Valley, ME)
Tyler Sorenson (Garretson, SD)
Ryan Soviar (Burns Flat, OK)
Jimmy Stormo (San Jacinto, CA)
Bret Thomas (Marion Harding, OH)
Mike Toomey (Kingsway, NJ)
Matt Tricarico (Danbury, CT)
Dusty Vliem (Hettinger, ND)
April
9, 2005, will mark two firsts in the history of the Wrestling
USA/Cliff Keen Dream Team Classic Dual Meet competition. It will
be the first time that the competition will travel to TEXAS, the
Lone Star State. It will also mark the first time the competition
will feature female wrestlers. Both will contribute to showcasing
the development of the sport in the state since the UIL (University
Interscholastic League) decided to adopt wrestling as an official
high school sport and also incorporate a girl's division.
The event will be a collaborative effort between Texas USA
Wrestling and the Wrestling Association of Arlington (hosts of
the Hilton Arlington / Cliff Keen Athletic Lone Star Duals). Dream
Team members will travel to Dallas, Texas, and be housed in the
Hilton Arlington (boys) and the Hawthorn Suites (girls) in Arlington,
Texas. These hotels are next to each other and right across from
the Ballpark in Arlington and Six Flags, 10 minutes from the Dallas
Fort Worth airport. Twenty minutes west is the Stock Yard area
of Ft. Worth and twenty minutes east is the West End area of Dallas.
Team members will arrive on Friday the 8th and get an opportunity
to absorb some of the local culture. Dinner will be held to allow
the competitors to meet.
On Saturday, April 9th, two competitions will be held at the
South Grand Prairie HS Warrior Coliseum (site of the Lone Star
Duals), beginning with the first ever Girls Dream Team versus
Texas' best at 5:30 PM. Hopes are high in Texas that the Lone
Star girls will be very competitive. Since the UIL sanctioned
the sport, the number of girls participating has skyrocketed and
the enthusiastic support on the part of the coaches has resulted
in a tremendous increase in the quality of the competition. Texas
wrestlers have joined the girls teams at Neosho College, Cumberland
College, Minnesota Morris, and Missouri Valley. With Bacone College
and Pacific adding new programs, we expect to see even more.
At 7:00 PM, the best senior boys in Texas will take to the
mat against the Dream Team. While Texas has had wrestlers on the
Dream Team in the past (Buck McLamb and Danny Ruiz), there has
never been a competition between Texas and the Dream Team. Will
Rowe's matches with Mike Poeta last year, and the success of wrestlers
like Brandon Slay (2000 Olympic Champion and 2x NCAA finalist),
Ben Heizer (2x Div I NCAA All- American and Runner-up), Mohammad
Lawal (NCAA Div II National Champion and Div I Runner-up), and
JJ Holmes (NJCAA National Champ and current Eastern Michigan team
member) demonstrate the depth of talent in the Lone Star State.
Wrestlers like Matt Sansone, James Aston, and Justin Wren are
likely Texas Team members and Texas native Olympic Champion Brandon
Slay has offered to assist with coaching the Texas Team. Actual
team members will be announced at a later date. We anticipate
a great competition and a tremendous opportunity for Texas wrestlers
to meet some of the best in the country. We are also looking forward
to the opportunity to expose the Dream Team members to Texas hospitality
and culture.
Many fans may have come to the Dallas Ft. Worth Metroplex for the 2000 Olympic Trials and discovered that there are many things to do in the area. The location is terrific and the hotels will be providing great rates, so come down and enjoy the wrestling and support the greatest sport in the world. Tickets will be available on the Hilton Arlington/ Cliff Keen Athletic Lone Star Duals website (www.lonestarduals.com) and at Texas USA Wrestling website (www.txusawrestling.com).