Alumni Spotlight: Angelo Broglia

Last week we highlighted Mike Hull, an athlete that had successes in a sport other than wrestling after HS. This week, we’re taking a similar approach with our Alumni Spotlight on Angelo Broglia.

Source: Instagram

Angelo graduated from Canon-McMillan HS in 2013. He was a dual athlete on the football field and on the wrestling mat. While Angelo struggled to make the lineup behind heavyweight Cody Klempay, he earned major successes as a senior. In the 2012-2013 season, Angelo won a heavyweight Section title; additionally, he made it to the WPIAL finals and qualified for the PIAA State tournament. The Big Mac excelled in other tournaments in his senior year by placing 7th at Powerade and 3rd at Reno Tournament of Champions by winning 8 straight matches after an early loss in the tournament, making him a high school All-American. The heavyweight was also selected to wrestle on the WPIAL team in the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic. On the team side, he was a part of 3 WPIAL team titles and 2 PIAA State titles.

Source: Instagram

Angelo continued his education at St. Francis, playing on the football squad for one year. Realizing that he missed the sport, Angelo transferred to Clarion University to wrestle. He ultimately ended up participating in a club sport instead. While Angelo has been pursuing his Marketing degree at Clarion, he has also been working on his mixed martial arts skills with his collegiate club: Clarion MMA. This past October, the Golden Eagle brought home a gold medal at the Western PA BJJ State Grappling Championship. Some of his highlights from the tournament can be found by clicking on the linked video here. Over the summer the grappler showed off some of his skills when he taught Jiu-Jitsu to the current generation of wrestlers at the CM Alumni Wrestling Camp, which was a lot of the camper’s favorite session.

Angelo has been honing his skills, working with old CM Head Coach Jason Cardillo and other MMA champions, such as Renato Canuto and Jean Jacques Machado. The former heavyweight thinks that there are many opportunities in MMA for wrestlers after they finish their wrestling careers. The CMWAA talked to Angelo in one of our funniest and most enjoyable interviews, found below:

Cover Photo Source: Facebook

Alumni Spotlight: Mike Hull

Source: Pittsburgh Sports Report

So far in this series, we’ve highlighted past CM wrestlers who have become college coaches and Division I wrestlers. Taking a slightly different approach this week, the Alumni Association is removing our headgears and picking up helmets as we tackle 2010 CM graduate, Mike Hull.

During his days as a Big Mac, Mike was a four-sport athlete, excelling in football, wrestling, baseball, and track. On the football team Mike played linebacker and running back as a captain. #49 helped the Big Mac football team to a winning season record, a feat which has not happened since his time under Coach Montecalvo.

To Mike, fall was for football and spring was for baseball, when the Big Mac was a part of the 2008 AAAA State Championship team and made into a captain over time. In his senior year, Mike was not satisfied with three sports, so he picked up another; in track & field, Mike competed in the 100 meter and shot put. His high school wrestling days are remembered by many wrestling fans because of the 2010 WPIAL finals match against Kiski. Coming down to the last bout, the captain put his shoulder injury aside to clinch the Big Mac’s first of four straight WPIAL AAA Team Championships.

Mike furthered his education at Penn State University, where he continued to play football, following in his father’s footsteps. After a 2010 redshirt year, the Nittany Lion played special teams in 2011. In 2012 “Hull” started to become a household name in State College as he started as an outside linebacker, eventually switching to inside linebacker in the 2014 season. The defenseman was also named a captain in his final season under Coach James Franklin, when he lead his team and the Big 10 in tackles. #43 ended his college football career on a high note after PSU sanctions were lifted and Mike became a Pinstripe Bowl Champion.

Source: Daily Collegian

The Nittany Lion graduated with a degree in finance and signed with the Miami Dolphins after being undrafted. Cut from the lineup in 2015, Mike persevered on the practice squad. He was pulled up later that season for three games. #45 eventually earned a spot as the starting inside linebacker for Miami. During his three seasons with the team in the NFL, he has amassed 35 tackles and 1 interception.

Mike has had quite the career as a Big Mac, Nittany Lion, and now Dolphin. In 2015 he met us to discuss tips with the current wrestlers for the CM Alumni Wrestling Camp. That video can be found below:

Cover Photo Source: Dolphins Wire

Alumni Spotlight: Dalton Macri

The Alumni Association is back with our Alumni Spotlight series, this week showcasing Dalton Macri. The redshirt sophomore is wrestling 125 lbs. at the University of North Carolina.

Photo Source: UNC Instagram

As a Big Mac, Dalton was a 3X PIAA State placer and a PA State Champion at 126 lbs. in his senior year. He was a 3X Section Champion, as well as a WPIAL Champion and Outstanding Wrestler at the tournament. Furthermore, the grappler earned the Outstanding Wrestler award at the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic in 2014 when he shut out #1 ranked Nathan Boston. Fans may also remember Dalton winning a Powerade title his senior year by hitting a lat drop in the final seconds of the match. In addition to his individual accomplishments, Dalton was a member of 3 WPIAL team titles (2011-2013) and 2 PIAA State team titles (2012-2013). His career record ended 133-15, and he finished as the #7 pound-for-pound nationally ranked high schooler by FloWrestling.

In college, Dalton placed at the EIWA championships and earned a wild card bid to the NCAA Championships in his rookie season when he wrestled for Cornell University. At the NCAA tournament, Dalton upset #11 seed Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State, a wrestler who just recently beat the “Iron Man” Spencer Lee.  In his true freshman year, he earned a unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection. Throughout his college career, Dalton has carried on his wrestling style from high school by winning more than 50% of his matches by bonus decision; he is hungry to pin his opponents so he can wear his team’s new “Pin Chain.” At the end of the 2016-2017 school year, Dalton made the decision to transfer to the University of North Carolina to carry out his wrestling career. While battling injuries over the past few years, the Tar Heel still has over 20 wins overall and is looking to win an ACC Championship to earn a 2018 NCAA Championship berth.

We caught up with Dalton over the summer at the CM Alumni Wrestling Camp, where he shared his thoughts on wrestling. Check it out:

Cover Photo Source: FloWrestling

Alumni Spotlight: Connor Schram

Alumni Spotlight this week is on a CM wrestler who is still in college. Connor Schram entered his final year in the sport as a redshirt Senior at Stanford University, pursuing a degree in Science, Technology & Society.

Source: Wrestlers are Warriors

Before he graduated CMHS in 2013, Connor was a 2X Powerade champ, 3X WPIAL champ, and Fargo All-American. At the top of his HS accomplishment list is his participation in four straight PIAA State finals, in which he came away with two titles at 103 lbs. and 126 lbs. In addition to his individual accolades, he was also a large part of the 4X WPIAL, 2X PIAA State, and 3X PIAA State-Individual champion teams from 2010-2013. Connor finished his career by being ranked #3 nationally with a 159-11, the third most wins in CM history.

In his collegiate wrestling career at Stanford, Connor won the Reno Tournament of Champions, a Pac-12 title, has earned PAC-12 Wrestler of the week, and has been ranked up to #4 nationally at 125 lbs. Last year, he bumped up in weight to wrestle at 133 lbs., a weight at which he qualified for the NCAA tournament for the 3rd time. Connor was an NCAA All-American in 2016 and is also an NWCA Academic All-American. For the 2017-2018 season, he is back down to 125 lbs.; this weight change has worked in his favor, as Connor won the Hokie Open and placed 6th at Cliff Keen Las Vegas last weekend. With over 60 collegiate wins, the Cardinal is currently ranked #16 in the country at 125 lbs by FloWrestling. Unfortunately, Connor suffered an undisclosed knee injury last weekend, and it is unknown whether he will be wrestling this weekend. We certainly wish him the best on his road to recovery!

To discover more about the Cardinal, make sure to watch the video:

Cover Photo Source: Stanford Athletics

Alumni Spotlight: Colt Shorts

Source: Waynesburg Athl.

We move from one coach to the next in this week’s Alumni Spotlight on local Waynesburg University Graduate Assistant, Colt Shorts. This is Colt’s first year coaching at Waynesburg (3-2 record on the season), as he just finished his degree in Kinesiology Exercise Science at Cal Poly State University earlier this year.

Colt graduated from Canon Mac in 2012 with a Powerade Championship, WPIAL Championship, and an 3rd place finish at the PIAA State tournament. He was a part of two WPIAL team titles, a team-individual State title, and a team State title. Colt is also a member of CM’s 100 Win Club with a HS record of 129-30, with 50 of those wins coming just from his junior year (an in-season wins record at CM).

In college, he jumped up to 157lbs after wrestling 103lbs for most of his high school life. Through his college career, Colt made the finals of Reno Tournament of Champions, finished 7th at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, placed three times at the PAC-12 Championships, was nationally ranked at #19 by FloWrestling, qualified for the DI NCAA tournament this past year, became a Papa John's and Coca-Cola student-athlete of the week, and earned a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Colt gives back to the Canon-McMillan wrestling program by helping with CM Alumni Wrestling Camp and stopping in to practices and local clubs. Check out his video below to learn more about the Big Mac turned Mustang turned Yellow Jacket:

Cover Photo Source: The Tribune

Alumni Spotlight: Bobby Patnesky

Source: Penn State News

As another way to discover the history of the Canon-McMillan Wrestling program in its 90th anniversary year, the CMWAA is rolling out a new video series. On Monday, we unveiled the Wrestler of the Week series, which will help to connect the CM wrestling community to the current high school wrestlers. Today we are launching the Alumni Spotlight, which will catch the community up with some of Canon Mac’s finest wrestlers whom have graduated.

In this first edition, the Alumni Association is shining the spotlight on Bobby Patnesky for propelling the Penn State Behrend wrestling team to its first dual meet victory in 40 years as the new head coach. Having transferred as a head coach at Davidson College, Bobby enters his first year coaching at the school that just relaunched its program after a 38 year hiatus.

Bobby’s time at CMHS consisted of winning a WPIAL championship, placing 3X at the PIAA State tournament -- making the finals once -- being a 3X Junior Nationals All-American and National finalist, and becoming a 2X Cadet Nationals All-American -- earning 3rd place in the Cadet World team trials. In addition, he was a part of the 1995 WPIAL Championship team. His career record ended 141-28. Bobby went on to wrestle at West Virginia University where he had over 100 college wins, won the EWL championship, and qualified 3X for NCAAs. Bobby was a DI head coach for over 10 years and was inducted into the Washington-Greene County Chapter PA Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.

Make sure to watch the Alumni Spotlight video below to learn more about this Big Mac wrestler!

Cover Photo Source: Davidson Wrestling News