SouthWest Suburban, Southwest Prairie, East Suburban Catholic and South Suburban Conference roundups
By Chris Walker – for the IWCOA
Carl Sandburg wins SouthWest Suburban Conference Tom Lahey Tournament
With 12 wrestlers finishing in fourth place or better, Carl Sandburg won Saturday’s SouthWest Suburban Conference Tom Lahey Tournament in Flossmoor with 269.5 points.
Competition was strong as expected with Lockport Township right on the heels of the Eagles with 252 points. Lincoln-Way East (220), Lincoln-Way West (218.5) and Homewood-Flossmoor (202.5) rounded out the top five teams. Lincoln-Way Central (135) was sixth followed by Bradley-Bourbonnais (82), Andrew (57) and Stagg (39).
1 – Carl Sandburg
Coach Clinton Polz’s Eagles had three champions to go along with three placewinners who took second, third and fourth. Rocco Hayes (113), Madden Parker (132) and Ryan Hinger (144) won titles while Anthony Hayes (106), Vince Gutierrez (150) and Malic Breish (215) took second place.
Oscar Kalman (120), Ahmad Alomari (175) and Omar Alhmoud (285) placed third and Tyson Bruce (126), Wyatt Hochgraber (165) and Chris Davis (190) took fourth. Laith Alomari (138) finished sixth while Davin Spencer (157) also contributed to the cause.
2 – Lockport Township
Justin Wardlow (150) brought home the lone title for coach Jameson Oster’s runner-up Porters while Liam Zimmerman (132), Jaedon Calderon (157) and Chris Miller (165) placed second. Anthony Sutton (113), Isaac Zimmerman (126), Naseem Jaber (138), Drew Silzer (190) and Bryson Melgoza (215) took third and Jake Kratz (285) was fourth. Caleb Russell (106), Anthony Diorio (144) and Christian Czerwinski (175) took fifth and Timmy O`Connor (120) placed sixth.
3 – Lincoln-Way East
Colton Zvonar (190) paced coach Collin McKillip’s third-place Griffins as their lone champion. Brayden Mortell (138), Kaidreaus Richardson (144) and Jackson Zaeske (175) placed second while Nathan Powers (106), Tyson Zvonar (132) and Christian Darnell (165) took third. Noah Ciolkosz (113), Joshua Theis (126), Connor Schultz (150) and Justin Powers (215) placed fifth and Alex Lizak (157) took sixth.
Coach Jim Sokoloski’s host Vikings had the most SWSC champions with four, and they were Davion Henry (106), Chazz Robinson (120), Jovan Vukajlovic (157) and RJ Robinson (175).
Coach Tyrone Byrd’s Lincoln-Way Central Knights had three reach the top of the podium, Jadon Zimmer (138) Jalen Byrd (165) and Aiden Hennings (285). And coach Brian Glynn’s Lincoln-Way West Warriors had two champions, Shane Stream (126) and Nate Elstner (215).
Hinger led all champions with 29.5 team points while Hennings and Wardlow were right behind with 29 points. Six individuals tied for fourth with 28 team points and they were Byrd, Hayes, Henry, Parker, RJ Robinson and Stream. Chazz Robinson and Zvonar tied with 27.5 points.
Also finishing in second place were Lincoln-Way West’s Brady Glynn (113), Jimmy Talley (190) and Brandon Bavirsha (285), Andrew’s Nadeem Haleem (120) and Homewood-Flossmoor’s Adante Washington (126).
The closest title matches included Stream edging Washington 8-7 at 126, Parker getting past Zimmerman 11-9 at 132 and Vukajlovic prevailing over Calderon 5-4 at 157.
Others who took third place were Lincoln-Way Central’s Ethan Harvey (150) and Caden Harvey (157) and Lincoln-Way West’s Jack Strezo (144).
Bradley-Bourbonnais had four fourth-place finishers, Evan Johnson (106), Zach Hoffner (120), Cameron Borneman (150) and Kayden Roach (175). Also taking fourth were Lincoln-Way West’s Carter Dibenedetto (132), Henry Finley (138) and Charlie Stream (157), Homewood-Flossmoor’s Ethan Hamilton (113) and Jon Santiago (215) and Stagg’s Samer Suleiman (144).
Lockport Township’s Isaac Zimmerman had three pins in 5:46 to lead the way with the most pins in the least time. And the Porters’ Justin Wardlow had two wins by technical fall in 5:56 for the most of those in the least time. Lincoln-Way East’s Nathan Powers had the most match points with 47 while Wardlow collected 46. Homewood-Flossmoor’s Xavier Mohead and Lincoln-Way West’s Charlie Stream had the largest seed to place difference of four spots.
SouthWest Suburban Conference Tom Lahey Tournament
Team scores
1. Carl Sandburg 269.5, 2. Lockport Township 252, 3. Lincoln-Way East 220, 4. Lincoln-Way West 218.5, 5. Homewood-Flossmoor 202.5, 6. Lincoln-Way Central 135, 7. Bradley-Bourbonnais 82, 8. Andrew 57, 9. Stagg 39.
Place Matches
106
1st Place Match
Davion Henry (Homewood-Flossmoor) 30-6, Sr. over Anthony Hayes (Carl Sandburg) 21-14, Jr. (TF-1.5 6:00 (21-4))
3rd Place Match
Nathan Powers (Lincoln-Way East) 24-10, Fr. over Evan Johnson (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 14-8, Fr. (Dec 17-11)
5th Place Match
Caleb Russell (Lockport Township) 8-22, Fr. over Charlie Tustin (Lincoln-Way West) 16-23, Fr. (Fall 0:44)
113
1st Place Match
Rocco Hayes (Carl Sandburg) 37-1, Sr. over Brady Glynn (Lincoln-Way West) 32-9, So. (MD 15-2)
3rd Place Match
Anthony Sutton (Lockport Township) 31-11, Jr. over Ethan Hamilton (Homewood-Flossmoor) 22-9, Fr. (Fall 1:47)
5th Place Match
Noah Ciolkosz (Lincoln-Way East) 24-15, Sr. over Jerry Donnelly (Andrew) 26-10, So. (Fall 5:47)
120
1st Place Match
Chazz Robinson (Homewood-Flossmoor) 33-5, So. over Nadeem Haleem (Andrew) 29-5, Jr. (Dec 7-2)
3rd Place Match
Oscar Kalman (Carl Sandburg) 27-12, So. over Zach Hoffner (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 30-10, So. (Dec 7-6)
5th Place Match
Max Munn (Lincoln-Way West) 25-16, Jr. over Timmy O`Connor (Lockport Township) 18-9, Sr. (M. For.)
126
1st Place Match
Shane Stream (Lincoln-Way West) 31-11, So. over Adante Washington (Homewood-Flossmoor) 24-9, So. (Dec 8-7)
3rd Place Match
Isaac Zimmerman (Lockport Township) 30-11, Jr. over Tyson Bruce (Carl Sandburg) 25-14, Sr. (Fall 0:46)
5th Place Match
Joshua Theis (Lincoln-Way East) 19-19, So. over Alex Kedzior (Lincoln-Way Central) 2-9, So. (Fall 3:24)
132
1st Place Match
Madden Parker (Carl Sandburg) 32-8, Sr. over Liam Zimmerman (Lockport Township) 35-7, Sr. (Dec 11-9)
3rd Place Match
Tyson Zvonar (Lincoln-Way East) 34-6, Sr. over Carter Dibenedetto (Lincoln-Way West) 26-17, Jr. (MD 10-2)
5th Place Match
Roan Dukes (Homewood-Flossmoor) 25-13, Jr. over Dinero Garcia (Stagg) 13-15, Sr. (MD 14-5)
138
1st Place Match
Jadon Zimmer (Lincoln-Way Central) 37-6, So. over Brayden Mortell (Lincoln-Way East) 23-10, Sr. (Dec 7-0)
3rd Place Match
Naseem Jaber (Lockport Township) 17-10, Jr. over Henry Finley (Lincoln-Way West) 16-11, Jr. (Fall 1:15)
5th Place Match
Andrew Clark (Homewood-Flossmoor) 5-7, Fr. over Laith Alomari (Carl Sandburg) 2-3, So. (Fall 3:02)
144
1st Place Match
Ryan Hinger (Carl Sandburg) 36-3, Sr. over Kaidreaus Richardson (Lincoln-Way East) 27-11, Jr. (Fall 2:25)
3rd Place Match
Jack Strezo (Lincoln-Way West) 22-18, Jr. over Samer Suleiman (Stagg) 21-6, So. (Dec 10-5)
5th Place Match
Anthony Diorio (Lockport Township) 24-19, Jr. over Nick Rociola (Andrew) 16-15, So. (TF-1.5 4:35 (19-3))
150
1st Place Match
Justin Wardlow (Lockport Township) 38-3, Jr. over Vince Gutierrez (Carl Sandburg) 21-10, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:13 (19-4))
3rd Place Match
Ethan Harvey (Lincoln-Way Central) 25-11, So. over Cameron Borneman (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 23-15, Sr. (Fall 3:56)
5th Place Match
Connor Schultz (Lincoln-Way East) 15-11, Sr. over Haden Anderson (Lincoln-Way West) 16-22, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:46 (17-0))
157
1st Place Match
Jovan Vukajlovic (Homewood-Flossmoor) 24-5, Sr. over Jaedon Calderon (Lockport Township) 27-12, So. (Dec 5-4)
3rd Place Match
Caden Harvey (Lincoln-Way Central) 29-10, Sr. over Charlie Stream (Lincoln-Way West) 6-24, Sr. (Fall 1:59)
5th Place Match
Coen McGill (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 11-12, So. over Alex Lizak (Lincoln-Way East) 27-11, Sr. (M. For.)
165
1st Place Match
Jalen Byrd (Lincoln-Way Central) 39-5, Jr. over Chris Miller (Lockport Township) 30-13, Jr. (Dec 7-0)
3rd Place Match
Christian Darnell (Lincoln-Way East) 19-14, Sr. over Wyatt Hochgraber (Carl Sandburg) 24-15, Jr. (Dec 3-1)
5th Place Match
Angelo Jura (Andrew) 18-16, Jr. over Brennan Whitesell (Lincoln-Way West) 2-4, Jr. (Fall 0:27)
175
1st Place Match
RJ Robinson (Homewood-Flossmoor) 32-6, Sr. over Jackson Zaeske (Lincoln-Way East) 34-7, Sr. (Dec 4-1)
3rd Place Match
Ahmad Alomari (Carl Sandburg) 32-11, Sr. over Kayden Roach (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 29-12, So. (Fall 3:07)
5th Place Match
Christian Czerwinski (Lockport Township) 19-19, So. over Jihad Suleiman (Stagg) 14-12, So. (Fall 1:04)
190
1st Place Match
Colton Zvonar (Lincoln-Way East) 26-6, So. over Jimmy Talley (Lincoln-Way West) 30-12, Jr. (MD 10-2)
3rd Place Match
Drew Silzer (Lockport Township) 19-5, Jr. over Chris Davis (Carl Sandburg) 22-17, Sr. (Dec 6-4)
5th Place Match
Xavier Mohead (Homewood-Flossmoor) 8-11, Sr. over Peter Rafacz (Stagg) 16-11, Jr. (Fall 2:41)
215
1st Place Match
Nate Elstner (Lincoln-Way West) 35-4, Sr. over Malic Breish (Carl Sandburg) 28-14, Sr. (Dec 7-0)
3rd Place Match
Bryson Melgoza (Lockport Township) 22-20, Sr. over Jon Santiago (Homewood-Flossmoor) 10-13, Sr. (Dec 8-3)
5th Place Match
Justin Powers (Lincoln-Way East) 19-21, So. over Eli Wiggins (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 0-3, So. (Fall 1:59)
285
1st Place Match
Aiden Hennings (Lincoln-Way Central) 34-7, Jr. over Brandon Barvisha (Lincoln-Way West) 31-9, Sr. (MD 14-0)
3rd Place Match
Omar Alhmoud (Carl Sandburg) 23-16, Sr. over Jake Kratz (Lockport Township) 17-17, Sr. (Fall 5:15)
5th Place Match
Alecos Gerretse (Andrew) 5-25, Sr. over Idris Akeeb (Homewood-Flossmoor) 8-20, Jr. (Fall 3:21)
Yorkville continues streak of Southwest Prairie Conference titles
Advancing 10 wrestlers to the finals and producing four champions, Yorkville won the Southwest Prairie Conference title for the fourth consecutive year with 554 points on Saturday in Joliet.
Host and runner-up Joliet West finished with 488 points while Minooka was third with 422 and Plainfield South (365.5) and Oswego (338) rounded out the top five teams. The rest of the teams in the field were Joliet Central (323), Plainfield North (291), Bolingbrook (251.5), Plainfield Central (194.5), Plainfield East (176), Romeoville (168) and Oswego East (167.5).
1 – Yorkville
Dominic Recchia (138), Jack Ferguson (157), Luke Zook (175) and Ryder Janeczko (190) won titles to lead coach Jake Oster’s Foxes to the Southwest Prairie Conference championship while Ramsey Barton (106), Nathan Craft (126), Vincent Konecki (132), Donncha Souza (144), Donovan Rosauer (150) and Luke Chrisse (215) placed second.
Landon Jenkins (113), Maximus Delgado (150), Caleb Viscogliosi (165) and Xavion Ulloa (285) took third, Nolan Chrisse (120), Julius Cole (132) and Josh Stockl (144) placed fifth and Liam Fenoglio had to medical forfeit but placed eighth and delivered 18 team points. Others who were in on the title effort were Logan Cassell (106), John Petty V (113), Jaxson Kocur (120), Owen Middleton (165), Cameron Burke (215) and Avery Lane (285).
“We had a really good tournament with four champs and 14 guys in the top three,” Oster said. “Heading into regionals next week gives our guys confidence in themselves having seven of the regional teams in this tournament. The kids are working hard and improving to give themselves the best opportunity in these next few weeks. They get to focus a little on themselves and their individual goals these next few weeks before we chase down another team trophy.”
2 – Joliet West
Coach Awais Arain’s runner-up Tigers had four champions, Nicholas Murdock-Schey (106), Joseph Pedrosa (120), Adrian Hernandez (132) and Carson Weber (150) while Jakob Crandall (113) and Aiden Brown (157) placed second and Jacob Tyderek (190) took third. Logan Hudson (106), Joseph Jaburek (126), Marquan Godfrey (138), Andy Ruiz (144) and Zachary Cronk (175) placed fourth, Tristan Radeke (165) and Andre De Leon (215) took sixth while Andrew Klobnak (285) scored 17 team points and took 10th.
3- Minooka
Robbie Murphy (285) won a title for coach Michael Kimberlin’s third-place Indians while Noah Avina (120), Kaden Meyer (165) and Santino Capodice (190) took second. Cole Spivey (157) and AJ Frescura (175) placed third, Casey Janicki (126) and Ben Cyrkiel (150) took fifth, Justin Majewski (106) and Mason Vogt (138) placed sixth, Chase Musser (132) was seventh, Lucas Heap (113) and Justin Jones (215) placed ninth and Stephen Cameron (144) placed 10th.
Other SPC champions were Plainfield North’s Maddox Garbis (113) and Aidan Durell (126), Oswego’s Brayden Swanson (144), Bolingbrook’s Tommy McDermott (165) and Joliet Central’s Charles Walker (215).
Zook had the most team points with 50 while Janeczko, Swanson and Weber tied for second with 49.5 points. Hernandez scored 48.5 points, Garbis and Murphy both got 48 points, Ferguson and Walker scored 47.5 points and Recchia collected 47 team points.
Also taking second place were Oswego East’s Braeden Grisham (138), Plainfield South’s Colin Bickett (175) and Romeoville’s Jamir Thomas (285).
Some of the closest title matches included Pedrosa over Avina 1-0 at 120, Durell edging Craft 13-12 at 126 and McDermott beating Meyer 7-4 at 165.
Additional third-place finishers were Oswego’s Aiden Ortiz (126) and Lazar Krstic (132), Plainfield South’s Drew Ritchie (106), Bolingbrook’s Isaac Harris (120), Oswego’s Aiden Ortiz (126) and Lazar Krstic (132), Plainfield Central’s Jack Bowen (138), Joliet Central’s Tremaine Cooper (144) and Oswego East’s Josh Edwards (215).
Fourth-place finishes were also turned in by Joliet Central’s Liam Walsh (113), Aleck Allende (120) and Mark Bew (157), Plainfield South’s Sean Volf (132), Chase Pierceall (165) and Ian Portillo (285), Oswego’s Dillon Griffin (150) and Cooper Wynn (190) and Plainfield Central’s Anthony Minnito (215).
Oswego East’s Josh Edwards was the only individual who had four pins and Plainfield North’s Maddox Garbis was the lone competitor to get four wins by technical fall and also had the most match points with 83. Bolingbrook’s Joshua Shanahan had the largest seed to place difference as he was seeded 11th and placed sixth at 190 pounds.
Southwest Prairie Conference Tournament
Team scores
1. Yorkville 554. 2. Joliet West 488, 3. Minooka 422, 4. Plainfield South 365.5, 5. Oswego 338, 6. Joliet Central 323, 7. Plainfield North 291, 8. Bolingbrook 251.5, 9. Plainfield Central 194.5, 10. Plainfield East 176, 11. Romeoville 168, 12. Oswego East 167.5
Place matches
1st Place Match
Jack Ferguson (Yorkville) 40-2, Sr. over Aiden Brown (Joliet West) 26-13, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:28 (20-4))
3rd Place Match
Cole Spivey (Minooka) 16-15, Sr. over Mark Bew (Joliet Central) 16-8, Jr. (Dec 8-4)
5th Place Match
Cole Svara (Plainfield North) 7-7, Jr. over Ethan Essick (Oswego) 22-14, Sr. (Dec 7-5)
7th Place Match
Joaquin Gaskin (Bolingbrook) 11-15, So. over Brad Surwillo (Plainfield South) 10-10, Sr. (Dec 1-0)
9th Place Match
Christian Walsh (Oswego) 24-11, Fr. over Emiliano Ramirez (Plainfield Central) 10-18, Fr. (MD 14-5)
11th Place Match
Collin Speice (Oswego East) 2-14, So. over Colin Adams (Plainfield East) 7-17, Jr. (Inj. 0:00)
165
1st Place Match
Tommy McDermott (Bolingbrook) 29-6, Jr. over Kaden Meyer (Minooka) 31-6, So. (Dec 7-4)
3rd Place Match
Caleb Viscogliosi (Yorkville) 31-13, Jr. over Chase Pierceall (Plainfield South) 15-6, Jr. (MD 15-4)
5th Place Match
Raphael Tovar (Plainfield North) 16-13, Jr. over Tristan Radeke (Joliet West) 12-15, So. (Dec 8-1)
7th Place Match
Owen Middleton (Yorkville) 3-4, So. over Joseph Nino (Plainfield East) 15-16, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:47 (20-5))
9th Place Match
Kevin O`Grady (Oswego) 16-21, Sr. over Tyler Lewis (Romeoville) 12-9, Jr. (Fall 1:10)
11th Place Match
Aiden Machalski (Plainfield Central) 6-11, So. over Demetrius Walker-Hill (Oswego East) 8-5, Sr. (M. For.)
175
1st Place Match
Luke Zook (Yorkville) 40-2, Sr. over Colin Bickett (Plainfield South) 23-6, Sr. (Fall 0:21)
3rd Place Match
Aj Frescura (Minooka) 27-7, Sr. over Zachary Cronk (Joliet West) 27-10, Jr. (Dec 1-0)
5th Place Match
Robert Vogel (Plainfield East) 15-11, Jr. over Garrett Patnoudes (Oswego East) 15-10, So. (Fall 1:07)
7th Place Match
Christian Paige (Oswego) 14-11, So. over Jacob Reece (Plainfield North) 7-21, Jr. (Fall 1:30)
9th Place Match
Michael Laudadio (Plainfield Central) 6-15, Jr. over Connor Gualandi (Joliet Central) 6-21, Jr. (Fall 5:37)
190
1st Place Match
Ryder Janeczko (Yorkville) 28-5, Sr. over Santino Capodice (Minooka) 24-10, Jr. (Fall 1:35)
3rd Place Match
Jacob Tyderek (Joliet West) 22-13, Fr. over Cooper Wynn (Oswego) 24-12, Sr. (Fall 1:37)
5th Place Match
Hugh Callaghan (Plainfield East) 23-11, Jr. over Joshua Shanahan (Bolingbrook) 2-2, Sr. (Dec 8-2)
7th Place Match
Xavier Eggert (Joliet Central) 24-20, Sr. over Brady Mitchell (Plainfield North) 6-18, Sr. (Fall 0:43)
9th Place Match
Julius Pierscionek (Plainfield South) 8-19, Fr. over Nicholas Breier (Plainfield Central) 3-14, Jr. (Fall 1:40)
11th Place Match
isiah escobar (Romeoville) 16-5, Sr. over Charles Anderson – Medical Forfeit (Oswego East) 10-13, Jr. (DFF)
215
1st Place Match
Charles Walker (Joliet Central) 38-2, Sr. over Luke Chrisse (Yorkville) 35-7, Sr. (Dec 8-4)
3rd Place Match
Josh Edwards (Oswego East) 31-13, Sr. over Anthony Minnito (Plainfield Central) 24-7, Sr. (Fall 2:00)
5th Place Match
Jamal Jones Jr (Plainfield South) 15-13, Sr. over Andre De Leon (Joliet West) 21-9, Jr. (Fall 1:40)
7th Place Match
Mohamad Almadani (Romeoville) 13-7, Jr. over Cameron Burke (Yorkville) 5-6, Jr. (Fall 3:26)
9th Place Match
Justin Jones (Minooka) 2-2, Sr. over Colin Dominiak (Plainfield East) 14-17, Jr. (MD 11-2)
11th Place Match
Aiden Heiden (Oswego) 15-11, Sr. over Jayvyn Gray (Bolingbrook) 0-4, Jr. (Fall 0:48)
285
1st Place Match
Robbie Murphy (Minooka) 24-11, Jr. over Jamir Thomas (Romeoville) 20-2, Sr. (Dec 4-0)
3rd Place Match
Xavion Ulloa (Yorkville) 17-13, Jr. over Ian Portillo (Plainfield South) 22-13, Sr. (Dec 3-1)
5th Place Match
Jakub Kowal (Plainfield South) 12-4, Jr. over Liam Corona (Plainfield North) 16-17, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:34 (17-1))
7th Place Match
Avery Lane (Yorkville) 2-2, So. over Evan Patton (Joliet Central) 19-20, Jr. (DQ)
9th Place Match
Nathaniel Zeffeld (Bolingbrook) 2-2, Fr. over Andrew Klobnak (Joliet West) 10-23, So. (Fall 2:43)
11th Place Match
Antonio Montoya (Plainfield Central) 10-6, Sr. over Brodie Slou (Oswego) 17-12, Sr. (M. For.)
Marist captures East Suburban Catholic Conference championship
Behind six individual titles, Marist won the East Suburban Catholic Conference tournament title at Joliet Catholic Academy. The RedHawks scored 226.5 points, the hosts and two-time defending champion Hilltoppers took second place with 159.9 points and third-place Notre Dame College Prep collected 135 points.
St. Patrick (109), Marian Catholic (51), Carmel Catholic (37.5), Nazareth Academy (22.5) and Saint Viator (19) also competed.
1 – Marist
Michael Esteban (126), George Marinopoulos (132), Donavon Allen (144), Ethan Sonne (157), Will Denny (165) and Tommy O`Brien (215) won championships while Joe Bronske (113), Caden Campo (120), Johnathan Fields (138) and Kyle Herzog (190) placed second to lead coach Brendan Heffernan’s champion RedHawks to their first ESCC title since 2022.
Dylan Weber (113) and Jack Watson (285) took third while Elio Gil (106), Eddie Astorga (132), Sean Loughney (138), Thiago Estrada (144), Jack Lorenz (150), Ronin Haran (157) and Kevin Bartolotta (175) placed fourth. Logan Mishka (126), Tyrese Johnson (150), Dave Wolski (190) and Dan Mahoney (285) also helped the cause.
2 – Joliet Catholic Academy
Maddux Tindal (120), Dawson Mack (138) and Nico Ronchetti (190) won titles for coach Ryan Cumbee’s runner-up Hilltoppers and Jason Hampton (126), Elias Gonzalez (144) and Derrick Pomatto (215) took second. Placing third were Kane Robles (106), Matthew Laird (132) and Vince Tindal (157) while Elijah Watt (285) took fourth.
3 – Notre Dame College Prep
Ray Long (106) picked up the lone championship for coach Anthony Genovesi’s third-place Dons while Brady Krueger (132) and Deniz Ozturk (157) each placed second. John Sheehy (126) was one of six third-place finishers for the Dons and the others were John Carr (144), Joseph McCarthy (150), Dean Lazaris (165), Peter Escamilla (175) and Michael Keany (190). Taking fourth were Waide Moravek (113) and Ian McKendrick (215).
St. Patrick had three champions, Daniel Goodwin (113), Van Grasser (175) and Abraham Bonano (285), while Carmel Catholic’s David Farjado (150) also captured a title.
Mack led all competitors with 24 team points, O’Brien was next-best with 23 points and Bonano, Marinopoulos and Rochetti tied for third with 22 team points. Denny and Sonne scored 21.5 points, Allen had 21 while Esteban and Grasser collected 20 team points.
Other second-place finishers were St. Patrick’s Jack Koenig (106) and Andrew Rieger (150), Marian Catholic’s Joey Baranski (165) and Adrian Esparza (175) and Carmel Catholic’s Noah Breckenridge (285).
Two of the closest title matches were Goodwin winning 3-0 by sudden victory over Bronske at 113 and Long edging Koenig 8-6 at 106.
Also finishing in third place were Nazareth Academy’s Alek Ramos (120) and Sammy Swais (215) and St. Patrick’s Patrick Hulne (138). Additional fourth-place finishers were Marian Catholic’s Tristan Cooks (120), Chace Tankson (126) and Jadyn Thomas (190) and Saint Viator’s Caleb Jendras (165).
Marist’s Jack Watson had three pins in 3:52 to be the individual with the most pins in the least time. Marist’s Donavon Allen has two wins by technical in 7:01 for the most tech falls in the least time. St. Patrick’s Patrick Hulne had the most total match points with 56. The largest seed-place difference came from Marist’s Kyle Herzog, who took second as the seventh-seed at 190.
East Suburban Catholic Conference Tournament
Team scores
1. Marist 226.5, 2. Joliet Catholic Academy 159.5, 3. Notre Dame College Prep 135, 4. St. Patrick 108, 5. Marian Catholic 51, 6. Carmel Catholic 37.5, 7. Nazareth Academy 22.5, 8. Saint Viator 19.
Place matches
106
1st Place Match
Ray Long (Notre Dame College Prep) 35-4, So. over Jack Koenig (St. Patrick) 38-5, So. (Dec 8-6)
3rd Place Match
Kane Robles (Joliet Catholic Academy) 25-12, Fr. over Elio Gil (Marist) 22-11, So. (Fall 1:00)
113
1st Place Match
Daniel Goodwin (St. Patrick) 38-3, Jr. over Joe Bronske (Marist) 16-18, Jr. (SV-1 3-0)
3rd Place Match
Dylan Weber (Marist) 10-8, Jr. over Waide Moravek (Notre Dame College Prep) 11-21, Sr. (TF-1.5 1:54 (18-1))
120
1st Place Match
Maddux Tindal (Joliet Catholic Academy) 28-8, So. over Caden Campo (Marist) 22-18, Fr. (MD 13-2)
3rd Place Match
Alek Ramos (Nazareth Academy) 14-6, So. over Tristan Cooks (Marian Catholic) 7-12, Jr. (Fall 1:03)
126
1st Place Match
Michael Esteban (Marist) 28-6, Sr. over Jason Hampton (Joliet Catholic Academy) 30-10, Jr. (Dec 10-3)
3rd Place Match
John Sheehy (Notre Dame College Prep) 35-6, Sr. over Chace Tankson (Marian Catholic) 17-10, Sr. (Fall 1:24)
132
1st Place Match
George Marinopoulos (Marist) 30-6, Sr. over Brady Krueger (Notre Dame College Prep) 28-15, Jr. (Fall 1:32)
3rd Place Match
Matthew Laird (Joliet Catholic Academy) 22-7, So. over Eddie Astorga (Marist) 18-16, So. (MD 15-7)
138
1st Place Match
Dawson Mack (Joliet Catholic Academy) 19-14, Fr. over Johnathan Fields (Marist) 11-8, Fr. (Fall 0:52)
3rd Place Match
Patrick Hulne (St. Patrick) 34-11, So. over Sean Loughney (Marist) 12-4, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:39 (21-5))
144
1st Place Match
Donavon Allen (Marist) 21-5, Sr. over Elias Gonzalez (Joliet Catholic Academy) 24-17, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:01 (19-3))
3rd Place Match
John Carr (Notre Dame College Prep) 7-7, Jr. over Thiago Estrada (Marist) 10-6, Jr. (MD 14-5)
150
1st Place Match
David Farjado (Carmel Catholic) 12-1, Sr. over Andrew Rieger (St. Patrick) 28-14, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:24 (18-2))
3rd Place Match
Joseph McCarthy (Notre Dame College Prep) 13-13, Sr. over Jack Lorenz (Marist) 11-5, So. (Fall 0:54)
157
1st Place Match
Ethan Sonne (Marist) 27-9, So. over Deniz Ozturk (Notre Dame College Prep) 23-13, Sr. (Fall 1:46)
3rd Place Match
Vince Tindal (Joliet Catholic Academy) 17-9, Sr. over Ronin Haran (Marist) 8-10, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:35 (17-2))
165
1st Place Match
Will Denny (Marist) 33-1, Sr. over Joey Baranski (Marian Catholic) 26-7, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:34 (19-4))
3rd Place Match
Dean Lazaris (Notre Dame College Prep) 22-16, Sr. over Caleb Jendras (Saint Viator) 23-12, So. (MD 13-5)
175
1st Place Match
Van Grasser (St. Patrick) 28-9, Jr. over Adrian Esparza (Marian Catholic) 12-8, Jr. (Fall 5:07)
3rd Place Match
Peter Escamilla (Notre Dame College Prep) 10-15, So. over Kevin Bartolotta (Marist) 13-17, Jr. (Inj. 1:43)
190
1st Place Match
Nico Ronchetti (Joliet Catholic Academy) 29-6, Sr. over Kyle Herzog (Marist) 11-9, Jr. (Fall 1:40)
3rd Place Match
Michael Keany (Notre Dame College Prep) 22-13, Sr. over Jadyn Thomas (Marian Catholic) 6-11, Sr. (Fall 3:48)
215
1st Place Match
Tommy O`Brien (Marist) 19-10, Jr. over Derrick Pomatto (Joliet Catholic Academy) 5-4, So. (MD 10-2)
3rd Place Match
Sammy Swais (Nazareth Academy) 16-5, Fr. over Ian McKendrick (Notre Dame College Prep) 11-22, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:09 (19-3))
285
1st Place Match
Abraham Bonano (St. Patrick) 20-18, Sr. over Noah Breckenridge (Carmel Catholic) 4-4, Fr. (Fall 1:19)
3rd Place Match
Jack Watson (Marist) 26-16, Jr. over Elijah Watt (Joliet Catholic Academy) 5-5, Sr. (Fall 1:37)
Oak Forest claims top honors in the South Suburban Conference
Oak Forest had nine who finished among the top-three placewinners, including five champions, to help it win the South Suburban Conference Tournament title at Shepard in Palos Heights.
Coach Shawn Forst’s champion Bengals finished with 213 points, distancing themselves from runner-up Evergreen Park, who scored 174.5 points. Lemont was third with 104.5 points while Bremen (84) and Oak Lawn (68.5) rounded out the top five in the 14-team field.
Reavis (66), Hillcrest (65.5), Argo (65.5), Shepard (60.5), Thornton Fractional North (57.5), Eisenhower (56.5), Richards (53.5), Tinley Park (47) and Thornton Fractional South (45.5) were the others who competed.
1 – Oak Forest
Jason Schickel (106), Jacob Sebek (113), Austin Perez (144), Blake Bussie (165) and Jason Janke (175) won titles to lead the first-place Bengals. James Mair (120) and Jose Montesino (285) placed second and Nathan Izguerra (190) and Andrius Vasilevskas (215) took third. Others who contributed to the championship effort were Hunter Kroll (126), Dylan McBride (132), Josh Schickel (138), Derek Rodriguez (150) and Brendan Boman (157)
2 – Evergreen Park
Brothers Jayden Cervantes (120) and Adrian Cervantes (126) won titles along with teammates Chance Woods (138) and David Johnson (150) to lead coach Ron Zimmerman’s runner-up Mustangs. Christian Ramirez (113) and Genesis Ward (215) both took second, Esau Rubalcava (144) placed third and Braden Mateja-Bates (106) and Ashton Gray (157) took fourth.
3 – Lemont
Lemont coach Egan Berta had five individuals place among the top five, including Cory Zator (132) who was his team’s lone champion. Judah Heeg (190) took second, Alex Powers (106) and Nico LoCoco (165) took third and Jullian Vallianatos (138) was fourth.
The remaining four champions came from four teams that were outside of the top three. They were Reavis’ William Swiercynski (157), Richards’ Mike Taheny (190), Tinley Park’s Sebastin Sanderson (215) and Bremen’s Marco Olvera (285).
Adrian Cervantes, Olvera, Perez and Zator led the champions for the most team points with 26. Janke, Johnson and Sanderson tied with 25.5 points, Sebek scored 24.5 points and Jayden Cervantes and Swiercynski both collected 24 team points.
Other second-place finishers were Argo’s Aldo Gutierrez (138) and Jacob Van Allen (144),
Shepard’s TaVayris Howard (150) and Aidan Hill (175), Reavis’ Andy Casmiro (106), Richards’ Amir Akilani (126), Bremen’s Izaiah Gonzalez (132), Oak Lawn’s Charles Shane (157) and Thornton Fractional South’s Titus Woodring (165).
The closest title matches featured Taheny prevailing over Heeg 4-1 by sudden victory at 190 and Swiercynski edging Shane 1-0 at 157.
Additional third-place finishers were Bremen’s Sean Unzueta (120) and Walter Hoevker (150), Thornton Fractional North’s Deshawn Jones (132) and Joseph Merritt (157), Hillcrest’s Amari Brown (113), Thornton Fractional South’s Adonis Wilson (126), Oak Lawn’s Johnathan Diaz (138), Eisenhower’s Edgar Juan (175) and Argo’s Remy Avalos (285).
Also finishing in fourth place were Hillcrest’s LeKeith Rogers (120), Derrione Collier (132) and Kiaven Sullivan (144), Shepard’s Kenny Banks (113) and Isaiah Martinez (165), Eisenhower’s Marvelous Akhalu (190) and Rayshawn Doles (215), Bremen’s Malachi Turner (126), Tinley Park’s David Albright (150), Oak Lawn’s Ayman Shaikh (175) and Reavis’ Daniel Ramirez (285).
Eisenhower’s Edgar Juan was the only individual who recorded four pins and he and Oak Lawn’s Ayman Shaikh tied for the biggest difference from seed to place with eight positions. Lemont’s Judah Heeg had two wins by technical fall in 3:14 for the most of those in the least time. Evergreen Park’s Esau Rubalcava collected the most total match points with 51 while Hillcrest’s Kiaven Sullivan scored 50 points.
South Suburban Conference Tournament
Team scores
1. Oak Forest 213, 2. Evergreen Park 174.5, 3. Lemont 104.5, 4. Bremen 84, 5. Oak Lawn 68.5, 6. Reavis 66, 7. Hillcrest 65.5, 7. Argo 65.5, 9. Shepard 60.5, 10. Thornton Fractional North 57.5, 11. Eisenhower 56.5, 12. Richards 53.5, 13. Tinley Park 47, 14. Thornton Fractional South 45.5.
Place matches
106
1st Place Match
Jason Schickel (Oak Forest) 21-13, So. over Andy Casmiro (Reavis) 13-19 (Fall 2:11)
3rd Place Match
Alex Powers (Lemont) 23-15, Fr. over Braden Mateja-Bates (Evergreen Park) 18-11, Jr. (Fall 3:56)
113
1st Place Match
Jacob Sebek (Oak Forest) 35-2, So. over Christian Ramirez (Evergreen Park) 20-5, Sr. (MD 13-0)
3rd Place Match
Amari Brown (Hillcrest) 20-10, Jr. over Kenny Banks (Shepard) 18-14, So. (Fall 3:57)
120
1st Place Match
Jayden Cervantes (Evergreen Park) 27-2, Jr. over James Mair (Oak Forest) 23-14, Sr. (Fall 3:39)
3rd Place Match
Sean Unzueta (Bremen) 9-3, Jr. over LeKeith Rogers (Hillcrest) 11-8, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:16 (22-5))
126
1st Place Match
Adrian Cervantes (Evergreen Park) 27-3, Jr. over Amir Akilani (Richards) 13-10 (Fall 1:30)
3rd Place Match
Adonis Wilson (Lansing (Thornton Fractional South), IL) 20-6, Sr. over Malachi Turner (Bremen) 20-9, Jr. (Fall 2:47)
132
1st Place Match
Cory Zator (Lemont) 32-8, Jr. over Izaiah Gonzalez (Bremen) 16-4, Jr. (Fall 1:37)
3rd Place Match
Deshawn Jones (Thornton Fractional North) 16-10, Jr. over Derrione Collier (Hillcrest) 15-10, Sr. (Fall 2:57)
138
1st Place Match
Chance Woods (Evergreen Park) 29-2, Jr. over Aldo Gutierrez (Argo) 23-7, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:38 (19-1))
3rd Place Match
Johnathan Diaz (Oak Lawn) 13-12, So. over Jullian Vallianatos (Lemont) 29-13, Sr. (Fall 3:24)
144
1st Place Match
Austin Perez (Oak Forest) 23-1, Jr. over Jacob Van Allen (Argo) 26-6, Sr. (Fall 1:27)
3rd Place Match
Esau Rubalcava (Evergreen Park) 24-9, So. over Kiaven Sullivan (Hillcrest) 23-4, Sr. (Dec 16-10)
150
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
David Johnson (Evergreen Park) 29-4, Sr. over TaVayris Howard (Shepard) 23-19, Sr. (Fall 0:33)
3rd Place Match
Walter Hoevker (Bremen) 18-14, Sr. over David Albright (Tinley Park) 19-15, Jr. (Dec 16-11)
157
1st Place Match
William Swiercynski (Reavis) 20-5 over Charles Shane (Oak Lawn) 14-8, Jr. (Dec 1-0)
3rd Place Match
Joseph Merritt (Thornton Fractional North) 21-6, Sr. over Ashton Gray (Evergreen Park) 22-9, Sr. (Fall 0:22)
165
1st Place Match
Blake Bussie (Oak Forest) 26-15, Sr. over Titus Woodring (Thornton Fractional South) 29-5, Jr. (MD 11-3)
3rd Place Match
Nico LoCoco (Lemont) 23-14, Sr. over Isaiah Martinez (Shepard) 22-21, Jr. (Fall 1:20)
175
1st Place Match
Jason Janke (Oak Forest) 6-0, Jr. over Aidan Hill (Shepard) 21-8, Jr. (Fall 5:51)
3rd Place Match
Edgar Juan (Eisenhower) 12-2, Sr. over Ayman Shaikh (Oak Lawn) 19-13, Sr. (Fall 1:09)
190
1st Place Match
Mike Taheny (Richards) 29-1 over Judah Heeg (Lemont) 31-2, Jr. (SV-1 4-1)
3rd Place Match
Nathan Izguerra (Oak Forest) 3-1, Jr. over Marvelous Akhalu (Eisenhower) 15-14, Sr. (Fall 3:12)
215
1st Place Match
Sebastin Sanderson (Tinley Park) 31-2, Jr. over Genesis Ward (Evergreen Park) 23-5, Sr. (Fall 4:51)
3rd Place Match
Andrius Vasilevskas (Oak Forest) 35-7, Jr. over Rayshawn Doles (Eisenhower) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 2:22)
285
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Marco Olvera (Bremen) 12-4, Sr. over Jose Montesino (Oak Forest) 25-13, Sr. (Fall 4:00)
3rd Place Match
Remy Avalos (Argo) 17-5, Sr. over Daniel Ramirez (Reavis) 14-14 (Fall 3:00)
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From:curtwherron@gmail.com
To:Mick Torres,Curtis Herron
Thu, Jan 30 at 10:28 AM
Mick,
Here is Chris’ roundup of the SouthWest Suburban, Southwest Prairie, East Suburban Catholic and South Suburban Conference.
I have included pictures of three of the title teams: Carl Sandburg (SWSC), Yorkville (SPC) and Marist (ESCC).
Thanks for your help with this,
Curt
SouthWest Suburban, Southwest Prairie, East Suburban Catholic and South Suburban Conference roundups
By Chris Walker – for the IWCOA
Carl Sandburg wins SouthWest Suburban Conference Tom Lahey Tournament
With 12 wrestlers finishing in fourth place or better, Carl Sandburg won Saturday’s SouthWest Suburban Conference Tom Lahey Tournament in Flossmoor with 269.5 points.
Competition was strong as expected with Lockport Township right on the heels of the Eagles with 252 points. Lincoln-Way East (220), Lincoln-Way West (218.5) and Homewood-Flossmoor (202.5) rounded out the top five teams. Lincoln-Way Central (135) was sixth followed by Bradley-Bourbonnais (82), Andrew (57) and Stagg (39).
1 – Carl Sandburg
Coach Clinton Polz’s Eagles had three champions to go along with three placewinners who took second, third and fourth. Rocco Hayes (113), Madden Parker (132) and Ryan Hinger (144) won titles while Anthony Hayes (106), Vince Gutierrez (150) and Malic Breish (215) took second place.
Oscar Kalman (120), Ahmad Alomari (175) and Omar Alhmoud (285) placed third and Tyson Bruce (126), Wyatt Hochgraber (165) and Chris Davis (190) took fourth. Laith Alomari (138) finished sixth while Davin Spencer (157) also contributed to the cause.
2 – Lockport Township
Justin Wardlow (150) brought home the lone title for coach Jameson Oster’s runner-up Porters while Liam Zimmerman (132), Jaedon Calderon (157) and Chris Miller (165) placed second. Anthony Sutton (113), Isaac Zimmerman (126), Naseem Jaber (138), Drew Silzer (190) and Bryson Melgoza (215) took third and Jake Kratz (285) was fourth. Caleb Russell (106), Anthony Diorio (144) and Christian Czerwinski (175) took fifth and Timmy O`Connor (120) placed sixth.
3 – Lincoln-Way East
Colton Zvonar (190) paced coach Collin McKillip’s third-place Griffins as their lone champion. Brayden Mortell (138), Kaidreaus Richardson (144) and Jackson Zaeske (175) placed second while Nathan Powers (106), Tyson Zvonar (132) and Christian Darnell (165) took third. Noah Ciolkosz (113), Joshua Theis (126), Connor Schultz (150) and Justin Powers (215) placed fifth and Alex Lizak (157) took sixth.
Coach Jim Sokoloski’s host Vikings had the most SWSC champions with four, and they were Davion Henry (106), Chazz Robinson (120), Jovan Vukajlovic (157) and RJ Robinson (175).
Coach Tyrone Byrd’s Lincoln-Way Central Knights had three reach the top of the podium, Jadon Zimmer (138) Jalen Byrd (165) and Aiden Hennings (285). And coach Brian Glynn’s Lincoln-Way West Warriors had two champions, Shane Stream (126) and Nate Elstner (215).
Hinger led all champions with 29.5 team points while Hennings and Wardlow were right behind with 29 points. Six individuals tied for fourth with 28 team points and they were Byrd, Hayes, Henry, Parker, RJ Robinson and Stream. Chazz Robinson and Zvonar tied with 27.5 points.
Also finishing in second place were Lincoln-Way West’s Brady Glynn (113), Jimmy Talley (190) and Brandon Bavirsha (285), Andrew’s Nadeem Haleem (120) and Homewood-Flossmoor’s Adante Washington (126).
The closest title matches included Stream edging Washington 8-7 at 126, Parker getting past Zimmerman 11-9 at 132 and Vukajlovic prevailing over Calderon 5-4 at 157.
Others who took third place were Lincoln-Way Central’s Ethan Harvey (150) and Caden Harvey (157) and Lincoln-Way West’s Jack Strezo (144).
Bradley-Bourbonnais had four fourth-place finishers, Evan Johnson (106), Zach Hoffner (120), Cameron Borneman (150) and Kayden Roach (175). Also taking fourth were Lincoln-Way West’s Carter Dibenedetto (132), Henry Finley (138) and Charlie Stream (157), Homewood-Flossmoor’s Ethan Hamilton (113) and Jon Santiago (215) and Stagg’s Samer Suleiman (144).
Lockport Township’s Isaac Zimmerman had three pins in 5:46 to lead the way with the most pins in the least time. And the Porters’ Justin Wardlow had two wins by technical fall in 5:56 for the most of those in the least time. Lincoln-Way East’s Nathan Powers had the most match points with 47 while Wardlow collected 46. Homewood-Flossmoor’s Xavier Mohead and Lincoln-Way West’s Charlie Stream had the largest seed to place difference of four spots.
SouthWest Suburban Conference Tom Lahey Tournament
Team scores
1. Carl Sandburg 269.5, 2. Lockport Township 252, 3. Lincoln-Way East 220, 4. Lincoln-Way West 218.5, 5. Homewood-Flossmoor 202.5, 6. Lincoln-Way Central 135, 7. Bradley-Bourbonnais 82, 8. Andrew 57, 9. Stagg 39.
Place Matches
106
1st Place Match
Davion Henry (Homewood-Flossmoor) 30-6, Sr. over Anthony Hayes (Carl Sandburg) 21-14, Jr. (TF-1.5 6:00 (21-4))
3rd Place Match
Nathan Powers (Lincoln-Way East) 24-10, Fr. over Evan Johnson (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 14-8, Fr. (Dec 17-11)
5th Place Match
Caleb Russell (Lockport Township) 8-22, Fr. over Charlie Tustin (Lincoln-Way West) 16-23, Fr. (Fall 0:44)
113
1st Place Match
Rocco Hayes (Carl Sandburg) 37-1, Sr. over Brady Glynn (Lincoln-Way West) 32-9, So. (MD 15-2)
3rd Place Match
Anthony Sutton (Lockport Township) 31-11, Jr. over Ethan Hamilton (Homewood-Flossmoor) 22-9, Fr. (Fall 1:47)
5th Place Match
Noah Ciolkosz (Lincoln-Way East) 24-15, Sr. over Jerry Donnelly (Andrew) 26-10, So. (Fall 5:47)
120
1st Place Match
Chazz Robinson (Homewood-Flossmoor) 33-5, So. over Nadeem Haleem (Andrew) 29-5, Jr. (Dec 7-2)
3rd Place Match
Oscar Kalman (Carl Sandburg) 27-12, So. over Zach Hoffner (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 30-10, So. (Dec 7-6)
5th Place Match
Max Munn (Lincoln-Way West) 25-16, Jr. over Timmy O`Connor (Lockport Township) 18-9, Sr. (M. For.)
126
1st Place Match
Shane Stream (Lincoln-Way West) 31-11, So. over Adante Washington (Homewood-Flossmoor) 24-9, So. (Dec 8-7)
3rd Place Match
Isaac Zimmerman (Lockport Township) 30-11, Jr. over Tyson Bruce (Carl Sandburg) 25-14, Sr. (Fall 0:46)
5th Place Match
Joshua Theis (Lincoln-Way East) 19-19, So. over Alex Kedzior (Lincoln-Way Central) 2-9, So. (Fall 3:24)
132
1st Place Match
Madden Parker (Carl Sandburg) 32-8, Sr. over Liam Zimmerman (Lockport Township) 35-7, Sr. (Dec 11-9)
3rd Place Match
Tyson Zvonar (Lincoln-Way East) 34-6, Sr. over Carter Dibenedetto (Lincoln-Way West) 26-17, Jr. (MD 10-2)
5th Place Match
Roan Dukes (Homewood-Flossmoor) 25-13, Jr. over Dinero Garcia (Stagg) 13-15, Sr. (MD 14-5)
138
1st Place Match
Jadon Zimmer (Lincoln-Way Central) 37-6, So. over Brayden Mortell (Lincoln-Way East) 23-10, Sr. (Dec 7-0)
3rd Place Match
Naseem Jaber (Lockport Township) 17-10, Jr. over Henry Finley (Lincoln-Way West) 16-11, Jr. (Fall 1:15)
5th Place Match
Andrew Clark (Homewood-Flossmoor) 5-7, Fr. over Laith Alomari (Carl Sandburg) 2-3, So. (Fall 3:02)
144
1st Place Match
Ryan Hinger (Carl Sandburg) 36-3, Sr. over Kaidreaus Richardson (Lincoln-Way East) 27-11, Jr. (Fall 2:25)
3rd Place Match
Jack Strezo (Lincoln-Way West) 22-18, Jr. over Samer Suleiman (Stagg) 21-6, So. (Dec 10-5)
5th Place Match
Anthony Diorio (Lockport Township) 24-19, Jr. over Nick Rociola (Andrew) 16-15, So. (TF-1.5 4:35 (19-3))
150
1st Place Match
Justin Wardlow (Lockport Township) 38-3, Jr. over Vince Gutierrez (Carl Sandburg) 21-10, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:13 (19-4))
3rd Place Match
Ethan Harvey (Lincoln-Way Central) 25-11, So. over Cameron Borneman (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 23-15, Sr. (Fall 3:56)
5th Place Match
Connor Schultz (Lincoln-Way East) 15-11, Sr. over Haden Anderson (Lincoln-Way West) 16-22, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:46 (17-0))
157
1st Place Match
Jovan Vukajlovic (Homewood-Flossmoor) 24-5, Sr. over Jaedon Calderon (Lockport Township) 27-12, So. (Dec 5-4)
3rd Place Match
Caden Harvey (Lincoln-Way Central) 29-10, Sr. over Charlie Stream (Lincoln-Way West) 6-24, Sr. (Fall 1:59)
5th Place Match
Coen McGill (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 11-12, So. over Alex Lizak (Lincoln-Way East) 27-11, Sr. (M. For.)
165
1st Place Match
Jalen Byrd (Lincoln-Way Central) 39-5, Jr. over Chris Miller (Lockport Township) 30-13, Jr. (Dec 7-0)
3rd Place Match
Christian Darnell (Lincoln-Way East) 19-14, Sr. over Wyatt Hochgraber (Carl Sandburg) 24-15, Jr. (Dec 3-1)
5th Place Match
Angelo Jura (Andrew) 18-16, Jr. over Brennan Whitesell (Lincoln-Way West) 2-4, Jr. (Fall 0:27)
175
1st Place Match
RJ Robinson (Homewood-Flossmoor) 32-6, Sr. over Jackson Zaeske (Lincoln-Way East) 34-7, Sr. (Dec 4-1)
3rd Place Match
Ahmad Alomari (Carl Sandburg) 32-11, Sr. over Kayden Roach (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 29-12, So. (Fall 3:07)
5th Place Match
Christian Czerwinski (Lockport Township) 19-19, So. over Jihad Suleiman (Stagg) 14-12, So. (Fall 1:04)
190
1st Place Match
Colton Zvonar (Lincoln-Way East) 26-6, So. over Jimmy Talley (Lincoln-Way West) 30-12, Jr. (MD 10-2)
3rd Place Match
Drew Silzer (Lockport Township) 19-5, Jr. over Chris Davis (Carl Sandburg) 22-17, Sr. (Dec 6-4)
5th Place Match
Xavier Mohead (Homewood-Flossmoor) 8-11, Sr. over Peter Rafacz (Stagg) 16-11, Jr. (Fall 2:41)
215
1st Place Match
Nate Elstner (Lincoln-Way West) 35-4, Sr. over Malic Breish (Carl Sandburg) 28-14, Sr. (Dec 7-0)
3rd Place Match
Bryson Melgoza (Lockport Township) 22-20, Sr. over Jon Santiago (Homewood-Flossmoor) 10-13, Sr. (Dec 8-3)
5th Place Match
Justin Powers (Lincoln-Way East) 19-21, So. over Eli Wiggins (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 0-3, So. (Fall 1:59)
285
1st Place Match
Aiden Hennings (Lincoln-Way Central) 34-7, Jr. over Brandon Barvisha (Lincoln-Way West) 31-9, Sr. (MD 14-0)
3rd Place Match
Omar Alhmoud (Carl Sandburg) 23-16, Sr. over Jake Kratz (Lockport Township) 17-17, Sr. (Fall 5:15)
5th Place Match
Alecos Gerretse (Andrew) 5-25, Sr. over Idris Akeeb (Homewood-Flossmoor) 8-20, Jr. (Fall 3:21)
Yorkville continues streak of Southwest Prairie Conference titles
Advancing 10 wrestlers to the finals and producing four champions, Yorkville won the Southwest Prairie Conference title for the fourth consecutive year with 554 points on Saturday in Joliet.
Host and runner-up Joliet West finished with 488 points while Minooka was third with 422 and Plainfield South (365.5) and Oswego (338) rounded out the top five teams. The rest of the teams in the field were Joliet Central (323), Plainfield North (291), Bolingbrook (251.5), Plainfield Central (194.5), Plainfield East (176), Romeoville (168) and Oswego East (167.5).
1 – Yorkville
Dominic Recchia (138), Jack Ferguson (157), Luke Zook (175) and Ryder Janeczko (190) won titles to lead coach Jake Oster’s Foxes to the Southwest Prairie Conference championship while Ramsey Barton (106), Nathan Craft (126), Vincent Konecki (132), Donncha Souza (144), Donovan Rosauer (150) and Luke Chrisse (215) placed second.
Landon Jenkins (113), Maximus Delgado (150), Caleb Viscogliosi (165) and Xavion Ulloa (285) took third, Nolan Chrisse (120), Julius Cole (132) and Josh Stockl (144) placed fifth and Liam Fenoglio had to medical forfeit but placed eighth and delivered 18 team points. Others who were in on the title effort were Logan Cassell (106), John Petty V (113), Jaxson Kocur (120), Owen Middleton (165), Cameron Burke (215) and Avery Lane (285).
“We had a really good tournament with four champs and 14 guys in the top three,” Oster said. “Heading into regionals next week gives our guys confidence in themselves having seven of the regional teams in this tournament. The kids are working hard and improving to give themselves the best opportunity in these next few weeks. They get to focus a little on themselves and their individual goals these next few weeks before we chase down another team trophy.”
2 – Joliet West
Coach Awais Arain’s runner-up Tigers had four champions, Nicholas Murdock-Schey (106), Joseph Pedrosa (120), Adrian Hernandez (132) and Carson Weber (150) while Jakob Crandall (113) and Aiden Brown (157) placed second and Jacob Tyderek (190) took third. Logan Hudson (106), Joseph Jaburek (126), Marquan Godfrey (138), Andy Ruiz (144) and Zachary Cronk (175) placed fourth, Tristan Radeke (165) and Andre De Leon (215) took sixth while Andrew Klobnak (285) scored 17 team points and took 10th.
3- Minooka
Robbie Murphy (285) won a title for coach Michael Kimberlin’s third-place Indians while Noah Avina (120), Kaden Meyer (165) and Santino Capodice (190) took second. Cole Spivey (157) and AJ Frescura (175) placed third, Casey Janicki (126) and Ben Cyrkiel (150) took fifth, Justin Majewski (106) and Mason Vogt (138) placed sixth, Chase Musser (132) was seventh, Lucas Heap (113) and Justin Jones (215) placed ninth and Stephen Cameron (144) placed 10th.
Other SPC champions were Plainfield North’s Maddox Garbis (113) and Aidan Durell (126), Oswego’s Brayden Swanson (144), Bolingbrook’s Tommy McDermott (165) and Joliet Central’s Charles Walker (215).
Zook had the most team points with 50 while Janeczko, Swanson and Weber tied for second with 49.5 points. Hernandez scored 48.5 points, Garbis and Murphy both got 48 points, Ferguson and Walker scored 47.5 points and Recchia collected 47 team points.
Also taking second place were Oswego East’s Braeden Grisham (138), Plainfield South’s Colin Bickett (175) and Romeoville’s Jamir Thomas (285).
Some of the closest title matches included Pedrosa over Avina 1-0 at 120, Durell edging Craft 13-12 at 126 and McDermott beating Meyer 7-4 at 165.
Additional third-place finishers were Oswego’s Aiden Ortiz (126) and Lazar Krstic (132), Plainfield South’s Drew Ritchie (106), Bolingbrook’s Isaac Harris (120), Oswego’s Aiden Ortiz (126) and Lazar Krstic (132), Plainfield Central’s Jack Bowen (138), Joliet Central’s Tremaine Cooper (144) and Oswego East’s Josh Edwards (215).
Fourth-place finishes were also turned in by Joliet Central’s Liam Walsh (113), Aleck Allende (120) and Mark Bew (157), Plainfield South’s Sean Volf (132), Chase Pierceall (165) and Ian Portillo (285), Oswego’s Dillon Griffin (150) and Cooper Wynn (190) and Plainfield Central’s Anthony Minnito (215).
Oswego East’s Josh Edwards was the only individual who had four pins and Plainfield North’s Maddox Garbis was the lone competitor to get four wins by technical fall and also had the most match points with 83. Bolingbrook’s Joshua Shanahan had the largest seed to place difference as he was seeded 11th and placed sixth at 190 pounds.
Southwest Prairie Conference Tournament
Team scores
1. Yorkville 554. 2. Joliet West 488, 3. Minooka 422, 4. Plainfield South 365.5, 5. Oswego 338, 6. Joliet Central 323, 7. Plainfield North 291, 8. Bolingbrook 251.5, 9. Plainfield Central 194.5, 10. Plainfield East 176, 11. Romeoville 168, 12. Oswego East 167.5
Place matches
1st Place Match
Jack Ferguson (Yorkville) 40-2, Sr. over Aiden Brown (Joliet West) 26-13, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:28 (20-4))
3rd Place Match
Cole Spivey (Minooka) 16-15, Sr. over Mark Bew (Joliet Central) 16-8, Jr. (Dec 8-4)
5th Place Match
Cole Svara (Plainfield North) 7-7, Jr. over Ethan Essick (Oswego) 22-14, Sr. (Dec 7-5)
7th Place Match
Joaquin Gaskin (Bolingbrook) 11-15, So. over Brad Surwillo (Plainfield South) 10-10, Sr. (Dec 1-0)
9th Place Match
Christian Walsh (Oswego) 24-11, Fr. over Emiliano Ramirez (Plainfield Central) 10-18, Fr. (MD 14-5)
11th Place Match
Collin Speice (Oswego East) 2-14, So. over Colin Adams (Plainfield East) 7-17, Jr. (Inj. 0:00)
165
1st Place Match
Tommy McDermott (Bolingbrook) 29-6, Jr. over Kaden Meyer (Minooka) 31-6, So. (Dec 7-4)
3rd Place Match
Caleb Viscogliosi (Yorkville) 31-13, Jr. over Chase Pierceall (Plainfield South) 15-6, Jr. (MD 15-4)
5th Place Match
Raphael Tovar (Plainfield North) 16-13, Jr. over Tristan Radeke (Joliet West) 12-15, So. (Dec 8-1)
7th Place Match
Owen Middleton (Yorkville) 3-4, So. over Joseph Nino (Plainfield East) 15-16, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:47 (20-5))
9th Place Match
Kevin O`Grady (Oswego) 16-21, Sr. over Tyler Lewis (Romeoville) 12-9, Jr. (Fall 1:10)
11th Place Match
Aiden Machalski (Plainfield Central) 6-11, So. over Demetrius Walker-Hill (Oswego East) 8-5, Sr. (M. For.)
175
1st Place Match
Luke Zook (Yorkville) 40-2, Sr. over Colin Bickett (Plainfield South) 23-6, Sr. (Fall 0:21)
3rd Place Match
Aj Frescura (Minooka) 27-7, Sr. over Zachary Cronk (Joliet West) 27-10, Jr. (Dec 1-0)
5th Place Match
Robert Vogel (Plainfield East) 15-11, Jr. over Garrett Patnoudes (Oswego East) 15-10, So. (Fall 1:07)
7th Place Match
Christian Paige (Oswego) 14-11, So. over Jacob Reece (Plainfield North) 7-21, Jr. (Fall 1:30)
9th Place Match
Michael Laudadio (Plainfield Central) 6-15, Jr. over Connor Gualandi (Joliet Central) 6-21, Jr. (Fall 5:37)
190
1st Place Match
Ryder Janeczko (Yorkville) 28-5, Sr. over Santino Capodice (Minooka) 24-10, Jr. (Fall 1:35)
3rd Place Match
Jacob Tyderek (Joliet West) 22-13, Fr. over Cooper Wynn (Oswego) 24-12, Sr. (Fall 1:37)
5th Place Match
Hugh Callaghan (Plainfield East) 23-11, Jr. over Joshua Shanahan (Bolingbrook) 2-2, Sr. (Dec 8-2)
7th Place Match
Xavier Eggert (Joliet Central) 24-20, Sr. over Brady Mitchell (Plainfield North) 6-18, Sr. (Fall 0:43)
9th Place Match
Julius Pierscionek (Plainfield South) 8-19, Fr. over Nicholas Breier (Plainfield Central) 3-14, Jr. (Fall 1:40)
11th Place Match
isiah escobar (Romeoville) 16-5, Sr. over Charles Anderson – Medical Forfeit (Oswego East) 10-13, Jr. (DFF)
215
1st Place Match
Charles Walker (Joliet Central) 38-2, Sr. over Luke Chrisse (Yorkville) 35-7, Sr. (Dec 8-4)
3rd Place Match
Josh Edwards (Oswego East) 31-13, Sr. over Anthony Minnito (Plainfield Central) 24-7, Sr. (Fall 2:00)
5th Place Match
Jamal Jones Jr (Plainfield South) 15-13, Sr. over Andre De Leon (Joliet West) 21-9, Jr. (Fall 1:40)
7th Place Match
Mohamad Almadani (Romeoville) 13-7, Jr. over Cameron Burke (Yorkville) 5-6, Jr. (Fall 3:26)
9th Place Match
Justin Jones (Minooka) 2-2, Sr. over Colin Dominiak (Plainfield East) 14-17, Jr. (MD 11-2)
11th Place Match
Aiden Heiden (Oswego) 15-11, Sr. over Jayvyn Gray (Bolingbrook) 0-4, Jr. (Fall 0:48)
285
1st Place Match
Robbie Murphy (Minooka) 24-11, Jr. over Jamir Thomas (Romeoville) 20-2, Sr. (Dec 4-0)
3rd Place Match
Xavion Ulloa (Yorkville) 17-13, Jr. over Ian Portillo (Plainfield South) 22-13, Sr. (Dec 3-1)
5th Place Match
Jakub Kowal (Plainfield South) 12-4, Jr. over Liam Corona (Plainfield North) 16-17, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:34 (17-1))
7th Place Match
Avery Lane (Yorkville) 2-2, So. over Evan Patton (Joliet Central) 19-20, Jr. (DQ)
9th Place Match
Nathaniel Zeffeld (Bolingbrook) 2-2, Fr. over Andrew Klobnak (Joliet West) 10-23, So. (Fall 2:43)
11th Place Match
Antonio Montoya (Plainfield Central) 10-6, Sr. over Brodie Slou (Oswego) 17-12, Sr. (M. For.)
Marist captures East Suburban Catholic Conference championship
Behind six individual titles, Marist won the East Suburban Catholic Conference tournament title at Joliet Catholic Academy. The RedHawks scored 226.5 points, the hosts and two-time defending champion Hilltoppers took second place with 159.9 points and third-place Notre Dame College Prep collected 135 points.
St. Patrick (109), Marian Catholic (51), Carmel Catholic (37.5), Nazareth Academy (22.5) and Saint Viator (19) also competed.
1 – Marist
Michael Esteban (126), George Marinopoulos (132), Donavon Allen (144), Ethan Sonne (157), Will Denny (165) and Tommy O`Brien (215) won championships while Joe Bronske (113), Caden Campo (120), Johnathan Fields (138) and Kyle Herzog (190) placed second to lead coach Brendan Heffernan’s champion RedHawks to their first ESCC title since 2022.
Dylan Weber (113) and Jack Watson (285) took third while Elio Gil (106), Eddie Astorga (132), Sean Loughney (138), Thiago Estrada (144), Jack Lorenz (150), Ronin Haran (157) and Kevin Bartolotta (175) placed fourth. Logan Mishka (126), Tyrese Johnson (150), Dave Wolski (190) and Dan Mahoney (285) also helped the cause.
2 – Joliet Catholic Academy
Maddux Tindal (120), Dawson Mack (138) and Nico Ronchetti (190) won titles for coach Ryan Cumbee’s runner-up Hilltoppers and Jason Hampton (126), Elias Gonzalez (144) and Derrick Pomatto (215) took second. Placing third were Kane Robles (106), Matthew Laird (132) and Vince Tindal (157) while Elijah Watt (285) took fourth.
3 – Notre Dame College Prep
Ray Long (106) picked up the lone championship for coach Anthony Genovesi’s third-place Dons while Brady Krueger (132) and Deniz Ozturk (157) each placed second. John Sheehy (126) was one of six third-place finishers for the Dons and the others were John Carr (144), Joseph McCarthy (150), Dean Lazaris (165), Peter Escamilla (175) and Michael Keany (190). Taking fourth were Waide Moravek (113) and Ian McKendrick (215).
St. Patrick had three champions, Daniel Goodwin (113), Van Grasser (175) and Abraham Bonano (285), while Carmel Catholic’s David Farjado (150) also captured a title.
Mack led all competitors with 24 team points, O’Brien was next-best with 23 points and Bonano, Marinopoulos and Rochetti tied for third with 22 team points. Denny and Sonne scored 21.5 points, Allen had 21 while Esteban and Grasser collected 20 team points.
Other second-place finishers were St. Patrick’s Jack Koenig (106) and Andrew Rieger (150), Marian Catholic’s Joey Baranski (165) and Adrian Esparza (175) and Carmel Catholic’s Noah Breckenridge (285).
Two of the closest title matches were Goodwin winning 3-0 by sudden victory over Bronske at 113 and Long edging Koenig 8-6 at 106.
Also finishing in third place were Nazareth Academy’s Alek Ramos (120) and Sammy Swais (215) and St. Patrick’s Patrick Hulne (138). Additional fourth-place finishers were Marian Catholic’s Tristan Cooks (120), Chace Tankson (126) and Jadyn Thomas (190) and Saint Viator’s Caleb Jendras (165).
Marist’s Jack Watson had three pins in 3:52 to be the individual with the most pins in the least time. Marist’s Donavon Allen has two wins by technical in 7:01 for the most tech falls in the least time. St. Patrick’s Patrick Hulne had the most total match points with 56. The largest seed-place difference came from Marist’s Kyle Herzog, who took second as the seventh-seed at 190.
East Suburban Catholic Conference Tournament
Team scores
1. Marist 226.5, 2. Joliet Catholic Academy 159.5, 3. Notre Dame College Prep 135, 4. St. Patrick 108, 5. Marian Catholic 51, 6. Carmel Catholic 37.5, 7. Nazareth Academy 22.5, 8. Saint Viator 19.
Place matches
106
1st Place Match
Ray Long (Notre Dame College Prep) 35-4, So. over Jack Koenig (St. Patrick) 38-5, So. (Dec 8-6)
3rd Place Match
Kane Robles (Joliet Catholic Academy) 25-12, Fr. over Elio Gil (Marist) 22-11, So. (Fall 1:00)
113
1st Place Match
Daniel Goodwin (St. Patrick) 38-3, Jr. over Joe Bronske (Marist) 16-18, Jr. (SV-1 3-0)
3rd Place Match
Dylan Weber (Marist) 10-8, Jr. over Waide Moravek (Notre Dame College Prep) 11-21, Sr. (TF-1.5 1:54 (18-1))
120
1st Place Match
Maddux Tindal (Joliet Catholic Academy) 28-8, So. over Caden Campo (Marist) 22-18, Fr. (MD 13-2)
3rd Place Match
Alek Ramos (Nazareth Academy) 14-6, So. over Tristan Cooks (Marian Catholic) 7-12, Jr. (Fall 1:03)
126
1st Place Match
Michael Esteban (Marist) 28-6, Sr. over Jason Hampton (Joliet Catholic Academy) 30-10, Jr. (Dec 10-3)
3rd Place Match
John Sheehy (Notre Dame College Prep) 35-6, Sr. over Chace Tankson (Marian Catholic) 17-10, Sr. (Fall 1:24)
132
1st Place Match
George Marinopoulos (Marist) 30-6, Sr. over Brady Krueger (Notre Dame College Prep) 28-15, Jr. (Fall 1:32)
3rd Place Match
Matthew Laird (Joliet Catholic Academy) 22-7, So. over Eddie Astorga (Marist) 18-16, So. (MD 15-7)
138
1st Place Match
Dawson Mack (Joliet Catholic Academy) 19-14, Fr. over Johnathan Fields (Marist) 11-8, Fr. (Fall 0:52)
3rd Place Match
Patrick Hulne (St. Patrick) 34-11, So. over Sean Loughney (Marist) 12-4, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:39 (21-5))
144
1st Place Match
Donavon Allen (Marist) 21-5, Sr. over Elias Gonzalez (Joliet Catholic Academy) 24-17, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:01 (19-3))
3rd Place Match
John Carr (Notre Dame College Prep) 7-7, Jr. over Thiago Estrada (Marist) 10-6, Jr. (MD 14-5)
150
1st Place Match
David Farjado (Carmel Catholic) 12-1, Sr. over Andrew Rieger (St. Patrick) 28-14, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:24 (18-2))
3rd Place Match
Joseph McCarthy (Notre Dame College Prep) 13-13, Sr. over Jack Lorenz (Marist) 11-5, So. (Fall 0:54)
157
1st Place Match
Ethan Sonne (Marist) 27-9, So. over Deniz Ozturk (Notre Dame College Prep) 23-13, Sr. (Fall 1:46)
3rd Place Match
Vince Tindal (Joliet Catholic Academy) 17-9, Sr. over Ronin Haran (Marist) 8-10, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:35 (17-2))
165
1st Place Match
Will Denny (Marist) 33-1, Sr. over Joey Baranski (Marian Catholic) 26-7, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:34 (19-4))
3rd Place Match
Dean Lazaris (Notre Dame College Prep) 22-16, Sr. over Caleb Jendras (Saint Viator) 23-12, So. (MD 13-5)
175
1st Place Match
Van Grasser (St. Patrick) 28-9, Jr. over Adrian Esparza (Marian Catholic) 12-8, Jr. (Fall 5:07)
3rd Place Match
Peter Escamilla (Notre Dame College Prep) 10-15, So. over Kevin Bartolotta (Marist) 13-17, Jr. (Inj. 1:43)
190
1st Place Match
Nico Ronchetti (Joliet Catholic Academy) 29-6, Sr. over Kyle Herzog (Marist) 11-9, Jr. (Fall 1:40)
3rd Place Match
Michael Keany (Notre Dame College Prep) 22-13, Sr. over Jadyn Thomas (Marian Catholic) 6-11, Sr. (Fall 3:48)
215
1st Place Match
Tommy O`Brien (Marist) 19-10, Jr. over Derrick Pomatto (Joliet Catholic Academy) 5-4, So. (MD 10-2)
3rd Place Match
Sammy Swais (Nazareth Academy) 16-5, Fr. over Ian McKendrick (Notre Dame College Prep) 11-22, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:09 (19-3))
285
1st Place Match
Abraham Bonano (St. Patrick) 20-18, Sr. over Noah Breckenridge (Carmel Catholic) 4-4, Fr. (Fall 1:19)
3rd Place Match
Jack Watson (Marist) 26-16, Jr. over Elijah Watt (Joliet Catholic Academy) 5-5, Sr. (Fall 1:37)
Oak Forest claims top honors in the South Suburban Conference
Oak Forest had nine who finished among the top-three placewinners, including five champions, to help it win the South Suburban Conference Tournament title at Shepard in Palos Heights.
Coach Shawn Forst’s champion Bengals finished with 213 points, distancing themselves from runner-up Evergreen Park, who scored 174.5 points. Lemont was third with 104.5 points while Bremen (84) and Oak Lawn (68.5) rounded out the top five in the 14-team field.
Reavis (66), Hillcrest (65.5), Argo (65.5), Shepard (60.5), Thornton Fractional North (57.5), Eisenhower (56.5), Richards (53.5), Tinley Park (47) and Thornton Fractional South (45.5) were the others who competed.
1 – Oak Forest
Jason Schickel (106), Jacob Sebek (113), Austin Perez (144), Blake Bussie (165) and Jason Janke (175) won titles to lead the first-place Bengals. James Mair (120) and Jose Montesino (285) placed second and Nathan Izguerra (190) and Andrius Vasilevskas (215) took third. Others who contributed to the championship effort were Hunter Kroll (126), Dylan McBride (132), Josh Schickel (138), Derek Rodriguez (150) and Brendan Boman (157)
2 – Evergreen Park
Brothers Jayden Cervantes (120) and Adrian Cervantes (126) won titles along with teammates Chance Woods (138) and David Johnson (150) to lead coach Ron Zimmerman’s runner-up Mustangs. Christian Ramirez (113) and Genesis Ward (215) both took second, Esau Rubalcava (144) placed third and Braden Mateja-Bates (106) and Ashton Gray (157) took fourth.
3 – Lemont
Lemont coach Egan Berta had five individuals place among the top five, including Cory Zator (132) who was his team’s lone champion. Judah Heeg (190) took second, Alex Powers (106) and Nico LoCoco (165) took third and Jullian Vallianatos (138) was fourth.
The remaining four champions came from four teams that were outside of the top three. They were Reavis’ William Swiercynski (157), Richards’ Mike Taheny (190), Tinley Park’s Sebastin Sanderson (215) and Bremen’s Marco Olvera (285).
Adrian Cervantes, Olvera, Perez and Zator led the champions for the most team points with 26. Janke, Johnson and Sanderson tied with 25.5 points, Sebek scored 24.5 points and Jayden Cervantes and Swiercynski both collected 24 team points.
Other second-place finishers were Argo’s Aldo Gutierrez (138) and Jacob Van Allen (144),
Shepard’s TaVayris Howard (150) and Aidan Hill (175), Reavis’ Andy Casmiro (106), Richards’ Amir Akilani (126), Bremen’s Izaiah Gonzalez (132), Oak Lawn’s Charles Shane (157) and Thornton Fractional South’s Titus Woodring (165).
The closest title matches featured Taheny prevailing over Heeg 4-1 by sudden victory at 190 and Swiercynski edging Shane 1-0 at 157.
Additional third-place finishers were Bremen’s Sean Unzueta (120) and Walter Hoevker (150), Thornton Fractional North’s Deshawn Jones (132) and Joseph Merritt (157), Hillcrest’s Amari Brown (113), Thornton Fractional South’s Adonis Wilson (126), Oak Lawn’s Johnathan Diaz (138), Eisenhower’s Edgar Juan (175) and Argo’s Remy Avalos (285).
Also finishing in fourth place were Hillcrest’s LeKeith Rogers (120), Derrione Collier (132) and Kiaven Sullivan (144), Shepard’s Kenny Banks (113) and Isaiah Martinez (165), Eisenhower’s Marvelous Akhalu (190) and Rayshawn Doles (215), Bremen’s Malachi Turner (126), Tinley Park’s David Albright (150), Oak Lawn’s Ayman Shaikh (175) and Reavis’ Daniel Ramirez (285).
Eisenhower’s Edgar Juan was the only individual who recorded four pins and he and Oak Lawn’s Ayman Shaikh tied for the biggest difference from seed to place with eight positions. Lemont’s Judah Heeg had two wins by technical fall in 3:14 for the most of those in the least time. Evergreen Park’s Esau Rubalcava collected the most total match points with 51 while Hillcrest’s Kiaven Sullivan scored 50 points.
South Suburban Conference Tournament
Team scores
1. Oak Forest 213, 2. Evergreen Park 174.5, 3. Lemont 104.5, 4. Bremen 84, 5. Oak Lawn 68.5, 6. Reavis 66, 7. Hillcrest 65.5, 7. Argo 65.5, 9. Shepard 60.5, 10. Thornton Fractional North 57.5, 11. Eisenhower 56.5, 12. Richards 53.5, 13. Tinley Park 47, 14. Thornton Fractional South 45.5.
Place matches
106
1st Place Match
Jason Schickel (Oak Forest) 21-13, So. over Andy Casmiro (Reavis) 13-19 (Fall 2:11)
3rd Place Match
Alex Powers (Lemont) 23-15, Fr. over Braden Mateja-Bates (Evergreen Park) 18-11, Jr. (Fall 3:56)
113
1st Place Match
Jacob Sebek (Oak Forest) 35-2, So. over Christian Ramirez (Evergreen Park) 20-5, Sr. (MD 13-0)
3rd Place Match
Amari Brown (Hillcrest) 20-10, Jr. over Kenny Banks (Shepard) 18-14, So. (Fall 3:57)
120
1st Place Match
Jayden Cervantes (Evergreen Park) 27-2, Jr. over James Mair (Oak Forest) 23-14, Sr. (Fall 3:39)
3rd Place Match
Sean Unzueta (Bremen) 9-3, Jr. over LeKeith Rogers (Hillcrest) 11-8, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:16 (22-5))
126
1st Place Match
Adrian Cervantes (Evergreen Park) 27-3, Jr. over Amir Akilani (Richards) 13-10 (Fall 1:30)
3rd Place Match
Adonis Wilson (Lansing (Thornton Fractional South), IL) 20-6, Sr. over Malachi Turner (Bremen) 20-9, Jr. (Fall 2:47)
132
1st Place Match
Cory Zator (Lemont) 32-8, Jr. over Izaiah Gonzalez (Bremen) 16-4, Jr. (Fall 1:37)
3rd Place Match
Deshawn Jones (Thornton Fractional North) 16-10, Jr. over Derrione Collier (Hillcrest) 15-10, Sr. (Fall 2:57)
138
1st Place Match
Chance Woods (Evergreen Park) 29-2, Jr. over Aldo Gutierrez (Argo) 23-7, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:38 (19-1))
3rd Place Match
Johnathan Diaz (Oak Lawn) 13-12, So. over Jullian Vallianatos (Lemont) 29-13, Sr. (Fall 3:24)
144
1st Place Match
Austin Perez (Oak Forest) 23-1, Jr. over Jacob Van Allen (Argo) 26-6, Sr. (Fall 1:27)
3rd Place Match
Esau Rubalcava (Evergreen Park) 24-9, So. over Kiaven Sullivan (Hillcrest) 23-4, Sr. (Dec 16-10)
150
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
David Johnson (Evergreen Park) 29-4, Sr. over TaVayris Howard (Shepard) 23-19, Sr. (Fall 0:33)
3rd Place Match
Walter Hoevker (Bremen) 18-14, Sr. over David Albright (Tinley Park) 19-15, Jr. (Dec 16-11)
157
1st Place Match
William Swiercynski (Reavis) 20-5 over Charles Shane (Oak Lawn) 14-8, Jr. (Dec 1-0)
3rd Place Match
Joseph Merritt (Thornton Fractional North) 21-6, Sr. over Ashton Gray (Evergreen Park) 22-9, Sr. (Fall 0:22)
165
1st Place Match
Blake Bussie (Oak Forest) 26-15, Sr. over Titus Woodring (Thornton Fractional South) 29-5, Jr. (MD 11-3)
3rd Place Match
Nico LoCoco (Lemont) 23-14, Sr. over Isaiah Martinez (Shepard) 22-21, Jr. (Fall 1:20)
175
1st Place Match
Jason Janke (Oak Forest) 6-0, Jr. over Aidan Hill (Shepard) 21-8, Jr. (Fall 5:51)
3rd Place Match
Edgar Juan (Eisenhower) 12-2, Sr. over Ayman Shaikh (Oak Lawn) 19-13, Sr. (Fall 1:09)
190
1st Place Match
Mike Taheny (Richards) 29-1 over Judah Heeg (Lemont) 31-2, Jr. (SV-1 4-1)
3rd Place Match
Nathan Izguerra (Oak Forest) 3-1, Jr. over Marvelous Akhalu (Eisenhower) 15-14, Sr. (Fall 3:12)
215
1st Place Match
Sebastin Sanderson (Tinley Park) 31-2, Jr. over Genesis Ward (Evergreen Park) 23-5, Sr. (Fall 4:51)
3rd Place Match
Andrius Vasilevskas (Oak Forest) 35-7, Jr. over Rayshawn Doles (Eisenhower) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 2:22)
285
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Marco Olvera (Bremen) 12-4, Sr. over Jose Montesino (Oak Forest) 25-13, Sr. (Fall 4:00)
3rd Place Match
Remy Avalos (Argo) 17-5, Sr. over Daniel Ramirez (Reavis) 14-14 (Fall 3:00)