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Sharks Finish 3-2 at St. Petersburg Catholic Duals

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By MARTY MILLER

Hernando Today correspondent

Published: January 4, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG - Normally, when a team finishes a dual meet tournament with a 3-2 record, the coach would be fairly pleased with the result. And in the case of Nature Coast Technical Head Coach Mike Lastra, before this year, that would have probably sufficed.
But this winter, things are different for the fifth-year Sharks' program.
Lastra and his team finally are starting to show signs of putting together a squad that can compete with anyone in the area.
So a 3-2 record in Saturday's St. Petersburg Catholic Duals Wrestling Tournament was not exactly what the Sharks mentor wanted.
"Three and two is OK but after going 4-1 in the Gulf Tournament, we expect more now," explained Coach Lastra. "I don't know, we started off wrestling well this morning, but I think the kids got tired as the day went on. I know the coaches did, so I'm not surprised the kids felt that way."
Originally, the tournament was to have 10 teams, but St. Pete-Admiral Farragut Academy failed to show up. Because of that, the field was split up into three, three-team brackets. Every school wrestled five times Saturday; four of them counting toward the team title and the fifth match was a bonus bout.
In the tournament, NCT went 3-1 as they beat St. Petersburg High (39-32) and Tampa Jesuit (33-29). In their bonus match, the Sharks beat St. Petersburg Catholic (45-26) before they lost to Tampa Alonso (43-28) and New Port Richey-Gulf (50-19).

Lambert, Gracteroly rule

The Sharks had two wrestlers go unbeaten on the day as senior Matt Lambert went 5-0 as he wrestled twice at 145 pounds and three times at 152.
Also senior Shayne Gracteroly went 5-0 at 171 pounds and registered a team-leading three pins.
"Matt Lambert and Shayne (Gracteroly) both did really well today for us," said Lastra. "Matt just got off running cross country and he's unbeaten and Shayne surprised me today by going unbeaten."
On the day, the Sharks collectively went 31-36 with 12 pins as Lambert and Gracteroly each won individual gold medals for the tournament.
Other Shark wrestlers that had winning records on the day included: Scott Cronin, who went 2-1 at 125 pounds and 1-1 at 130. Rockkhem Greene went 3-2 with one pin at 189 pounds and senior Sean Caldwell was 4-1 with one pin at heavyweight.
While ending up over the .500 mark on the day would be happy news, Lastra believes his team has gotten past that point.
"It used to be I could be happy with a winning record, but now we're looking to do better," summed up Lastra. "The kids now have gotten used to winning and now once you start doing that, you want to do better. We go into tournaments now looking to win," he said.
With a tie for seventh at the Kiwanis Invitational and having a 4-1 record at the Gulf Duals, Lastra says that he expects more from his team.
"Next week we've got the Springstead Invitational and I believe that we can get a top-five finish," forecasted Lastra.

Nature Coast Technical Individual Results
Wgt Name W L Pins
103 Matt Henn 1 4 0
112 Tyler Forand 2 2 0
112 Robert Chandler 0 1 0
119-125 David Simonson 1 4 0
119-125 Carter Bolesta 0 2 0
125-130 Scott Cronin 3 2 0
130 Steven Richardson 2 1 1
135-140 Mitch Lambert 1 4 1
140-145 Mack McManus 2 2 2
145-152 Matt Lambert 5 0 2
152-160 Carlos Carasquillo 0 4 0
160 Luke McCarty 1 3 1
171 Shayne Gracteroly 5 0 3
189 Rockkhem Greene 3 2 1
215 Jeff Gilbert 1 4 0
285 Sean Caldwell 4 1 1
Totals 31 36 12

Nature Coast Technical 39, St. Petersburg 32
103 - Jimmy Perino (STP) pin Matt Henn, 1:07.
112 - Tyler Forand (NCT) tech. fall Dillen Piner, 18-0.
119 - Dan Hawthorne (STP) pin David Simonson, 3:30.
125 - Scott Cronin (NCT) won by forfeit.
130 - Steven Richardson (NCT) won by forfeit.
135 - O'Shane Goslin (STP) tech. fall Mitch Lambert, 18-0.
140 - Joesph Frieler (STP) won by forfeit.
145 - Mack McManus (NCT) pin Donovan Morgan, 3:56.
152 - Matt Lambert (NCT) won by forfeit.
160 - Omar Tucker (STP) dec. Luke McCarty, 10-3.
171 - Shayne Gracteroly (NCT) maj. dec. Bo Kennedy, 14-2.
189 - Jameel Bryant (STP) dec. Rockkhem Greene, 7-4.
215 - Nick McNeal (STP) dec. Jeff Gilbert, 11-4.
285 - Sean Caldwell (NCT) won by forfeit.
Records – Nature Coast Technical (7-4).

Nature Coast Technical 33, Tampa Jesuit 29
103 - Henn (NCT) won by forfeit.
112 - Forand (NCT) dec. Mike Popp, 10-4.
119 - Austin Boudreau (TJ) dec. Simonson, 8-4.
125 - Cronin (NCT) dec. Mike Sanford, 13-12.
130 - David Gonzalez (TJ) tech. fall Richardson, 16-1.
135 - Andrew Alizzi (TJ) won by forfeit.
140 - Stephen Hamilton (TJ) dec. Mitch Lambert, 6-2.
145 - Kevin Nichols (TJ) dec. McManus, 11-8.
152 - Matt Lambert (NCT) pin George Barrett, 1:35.
160 - Trey Warnock (TJ) pin Carlos Carasquillo), 0:45.
171 - Gracteroly (NCT) dec. Vince Lombardo, 8-4.
189 - Greene (NCT) pin Connor Gallogly, 2:24.
215 - Mike Lamoreaux (TJ) dec. Gilbert, 5-2.
285 - Caldwell (NCT) won by forfeit.
Records – Nature Coast Technical (8-4).

Tampa-Alonso 43, Nature Coast Technical 28
103 - Joe Pizza (TA) maj. dec. Henn, 9-0.
112 - Chris Fitzess (TA) pin Forand, 5:43.
119 - Mike Milanes (TA) dec. Simonson, 8-7.
125 - Michael Schepman (TA) maj. dec. Cronin, 10-1.
130 - Richardson (NCT) pin Luis Arrayo, 5:18.
135 - Bobby Moore (TA) won by forfeit.
140 - Wes Spinner (TA) maj. dec. Mitch Lambert, 15-6.
145 - Thomas Ryan (TA) pin McManus, 4:57.
152 - Matt Lambert (NCT) maj. dec. David Williams, 15-3.
160 - Russ Roach (TA) maj. dec. McCarty, 17-8.
171 - Gracteroly (NCT) pin Mike Johnson, 1:05.
189 - Greene (NCT) won by forfeit.
215 - Jim Ivy (TA) pin Gilbert, 3:57.
285 - Caldwell (NCT) pin Darrell Hahn, 3:57.
Records – Nature Coast Technical (8-5).

Gulf 50, Nature Coast Technical 19
103 - Jarrett Carpenter (GF) pin Henn, 0:29.
112 - Rex O'Connor (GF) pin Forand, 0:51.
119 - Jeff Myers (GF) pin Carter Bolesta, 0:51.
125 - Simonson (NCT) dec. Mike Centani, 6-5.
130 - Josh Isom (GF) pin Cronin, 0:51.
135 - Nick Lalafiore (GF) maj. dec. Mitch Lambert, 13-1.
140 - McManus (NCT) pin Brian Mumaw, 2:26.
145 - Matt Lambert (NCT) maj. dec. Bobby King, 10-2.
152 - Mike Masagno (GF) pin Carasquillo, 0:40.
160 - Freddie Jackson (GF) pin McCarty, 1:00.
171 - Gracteroly (NCT) pin Jake Ritter, 5:10.
189 - Matt Gallagher (GF) dec. Greene, 6-4.
215 - Matt Palasky (GF) dec. Gilbert, 7-2.
285 - Matt Peleger (GF) pin Caldwell, 0:37.
Records – Nature Coast Technical (8-6).
NOTE: Gulf was penalized two team points.

Nature Coast Technical 45, St. Petersburg Catholic 26.
103 - Brian Travis (SPC) tech. fall Henn (NCT), 17-0.
112 - Rocky Niger (SPC) pin Chandler, 0:41.
119 - Mick Travis (SPC) dec. Simonson, 1-0.
125 - Anthony Melillo (SPC) pin Bolesta, 1:12.
130 - Cronin (NCT) won by forfeit.
135 - Mitch Lambert (NCT) pin Jake Duff, 3:35.
140 - double forfeit.
145 - Matt Lambert (NCT) won by forfeit.
152 - Spencer Buskirk (SPC) pin Carasquillo, 1:22.
160 - McCarty (NCT) pin Jeremy Jones, 0:54.
171 - Gracteroly (NCT) pin Steve Butler, 0:10.
189 - Greene (NCT) dec. Paul Medling, 11-4.
215 - Gilbert (NCT) won by forfeit.
285 - Caldwell (NCT) won by forfeit.
Records – Nature Coast Technical (9-6).

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