Broncos traveled to Marmion, came away with win, continue with gauntlet by hosting Marist
Looking at the schedule for Montini Catholic, Ill., at the start of the season, one could see this midseason seven week gauntlet and call it a lot of things -- including sadistic. The last week of that stretch is finally in sight. The penultimate week came to roost this past Saturday, as the No. 20 ranked Broncos beat No. 30 Marmion Academy, Ill. 36-28 in dual meet action.
The first four matches of this dual meet were forfeits. Montini Catholic earned three of them as Edgar Ruano (220), No. 10 Michael Johnson, Jr. (285), and Jimmy Pawleski (106) got their hands raised for showing up; then it was Marmion Academy's turn with No. 16 Anthony Bosco (113) cutting the deficit to 18-6. After those four non-matches, the host Cadets won three consecutive weights to tie the dual meet at 18-all. A.J. Jaffe picked up an 8-2 decision over Kegan Calkins at 120, No. 13 Johnny Jimenez upended Dylan Duncan 7-2 at 126, and Anthony Cheloni scored a fall in 2:43 over Caleb Fortuna at 138.
In response, Montini Catholic picked up consecutive wins from middle-weight anchors Vince Turk (138) and No. 20 Chris Garcia (145), which gave them a 25-18 lead that would hold up through the rest of the dual meet. Trace Carello would cut into that deficit slightly for the Cadets with a 21-4 technical fall at 152 pounds; however, another pair of consecutive wins for Montini Catholic would open the lead up to 33-23 with two matches left in the dual. Those wins came from Lucas Fortuna and No. 13 Xavier Montalvo who bumped up one weight class each.
The host Cadets would flip their wrestlers for the last two weights in hopes of stealing the dual meet. Josh Myers did his part with a 20-5 technical fall at 182 pounds, which kept the dual in reach for Marmion Academy. However, Anthony Ferraro gave the Broncos the match-sealing victory at 195 pounds by 5-1 decision over Nathan Traxler.
Now on Friday night, it will be the capper to the gauntlet, as Montini Catholic will host No. 13 Marist in dual meet action starting at 7 p.m. Central. There will be a live web stream/broadcast of the dual meet on the Illinois Matmen website. Projected lineups are below.
106: Jimmy Pawleski (Mon) vs. Jim McAuliffe (Mar)
113: TBD vs. Nick Lukanich (Mar)
120: Kegan Calkins (Mon) vs. Mark Duda/Andy O'Brien (Mar)
126: Dylan Duncan (Mon) vs. Mike Mullaney/Mark Duda (Mar)
132: Caleb Fortuna (Mon) vs. Ameen Hamdan (Mar)
138: Vince Turk (Mon) vs. Mario Leveille (Mar)
145: No. 20 Chris Garcia (Mon) vs. David Kasper/Nick Gasbarro (Mar)
152: Luke Fortuna (Mon) vs. Jakada Hull (Mar)
160: No. 13 Xavier Montalvo (Mon) vs. Peter Andreotti (Mar)
170: TBD vs. Jake Poole (Mar)
182: Mitch Navarro (Mon) vs. Alex Benoit (Mar)
195: Anthony Ferraro (Mon) vs. Sam Feldner (Mar)
220: Edgar Ruano (Mon) vs. Pat O'Connor (Mar)
285: No. 10 Michael Johnson, Jr. (Mon) vs. Jake Ford (Mar)
Marmion Academy travels to Michigan for two dual meets against Fab 50 opposition
Like Montini Catholic in the previous piece, the No. 30 ranked Cadets is ending their own seven-week gauntlet of rigorous competitions this weekend. They'll be traveling to Michigan for tri-meets on Friday and Saturday. On each day, they'll face on Fab 50 team -- on Friday, it'll be No. 15 Lowell (Mich.), while on Saturday they compete against No. 18 Detroit Catholic Central (Mich.). Also, on Saturday, they'll match up against Cincinnati Moeller (Ohio).
For Cincinnati Moeller, which started inside the top 15 in the preseason, these last two weeks have kind of been the start to their season. The Crusaders are getting back their upper-weight core to the lineup, at least to some extent. Here are projected lineups for Lowell, Marmion Academy, Detroit Catholic Central, and Cincinnati Moeller for this weekend; the "old weights" are used in Michigan competition.
103: Sam Russell (Low), TBD (Marm), Davis Rastigue/Trevor Geelhood (DCC), Connor Graves (Moe)
112: Lucas Hall (Low), No. 16 Anthony Bosco (Marm), Tommy Herrmann (DCC), Jalen Summerours (Moe)
119: Zeth Dean (Low), A.J. Jaffe (Marm), Parker O'Brien (DCC), Conner Ziegler (Moe)
125: Bailey Jack (Low), No. 13 Johnny Jimenez (Marm), Trevor Zdebski (DCC), Connor Borton (Moe)
130: Derek Krajewski (Low), Anthony Cheloni (Marm), Evan Toth (DCC), Jacoby Ward (Moe)
135: Jordan Hall (Low), Michael Callahan (Marm), Eli Joseph (DCC), Tiese Gideon (Moe)
140: Josh Kinsley (Low), Eli Baltazar (Marm), Myles Amine (DCC), Drew Hobbs (Moe)
145: Danny Kruse (Low), Matt Ferraro (Marm), Malik Amine/Ryan O'Connor (DCC), Campbell Morton (Moe)
152: Jacob Garcia (Low), Trace Carello (Marm), No. 12 Nick Bennett (DCC), Jonathan Tallarigo (Moe)
160: Kanon Dean (Low), Sammy Breen (Marm), Tyler Morland (DCC), Austin Bohenek (Moe)
171: Max Dean (Low), Nick Ferraro (Marm), No. 12 Andrew Garcia (DCC), Quinton Rosser/Brett Bryant (Moe)
189: Garrett Stehley (Low), Josh Myers/Nathan Traxler (Marm), No. 17 at 182 Logan Marcicki (DCC), Dakota Sizemore/William Smallwood (Moe)
215: No. 13 Josh Colegrove (Low), Myers/Traxler (Marm), Nick Giese/Jimmy Russell (DCC), Jerry Thornberry/No. 5 Chalmer Frueauf (Moe)
285: Logan Wilcox (Low), TBD (Marm), Russell/Mark Bilger, Joe Hensley (Moe)
Additional Fab 50 clashes in the Wolverine State
Two additional dual meets in the coming week up in the state of Michigan will feature a pair of Fab 50 teams going up against one another. This afternoon starting at 1:30 p.m., No. 15 Lowell will host No. 18 Detroit Catholic Central in an assembly match. Projected lineups for each squad are featured in the item above.
Then on Friday, No. 28 Davison and No. 36 St. Johns will compete in a dual meet before the University of Michigan's home match against Michigan State at Cliff Keen Arena in Ann Arbor. Projected lineups for each team are below.
103: Jacob Alvarez (D) vs. Emilio Sanchez (SJ)
112: Max Johnson (D) vs. Ian Parker (SJ)
119: Jacob Madrigal (D) vs. Lucas McFarland (SJ)
125: Lincoln Olson (D) vs. Derek Droste (SJ)
130: Derek Humphrey (D) vs. Bret Fedewa (SJ)
135: Matt Miller (D) vs. Jacob Zelenka (SJ)
140: No. 13 at 138 Justin Oliver (D) vs. No. 3 at 138 Zac Hall/Mark Bozzo (SJ)
145: Dominic Russ (D) vs. Hall/Bozzo (SJ)
152: Brenan McRill (D) vs. No. 5 Logan Massa (SJ)
160: Thomas Garty (D) vs. Drew Wixson (SJ)
171: Mark Lange (D) vs. TBD (SJ)
189: No. 15 at 182 Jordan Cooks (D) vs. No. 11 Angus Arthur (SJ)
215: Jake Ellis (D) vs. Tyler Wildmo (SJ)
285: Dakota Powers (D) vs. Nic Sturgis/Jake Gnegy (SJ)
Wyoming Seminary with a statement victory over Bergen Catholic
This past Friday night at the University of Pennsylvania, No. 6 Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) laid a statement on No. 8 Bergen Catholic (N.J.) in the form of a 39-19 victory. It was a second very decisive dual meet win for the Blue Knights over a team ranked in the top ten this season. The opening four matches of the dual meet set the tone, and were in essence the margin at the end of the match.
Danny Boychuck opened the proceedings with a 19 second pin over Bergen Catholic backup Connor Laspina at 138 pounds. Tyler Ponte extended the lead for Wyoming Seminary with a 6-4 decision over Zach Spira. No. 10 Nick Reenan continued the barrage, earning an injury default at the 1:30 mark against Joe Grello at 152, while the stretch of dominance ended with a 14-1 major decision victory for No. 18 Chris Weiler over Jordan Pagan at 160.
Bergen Catholic would cut into the lead with Kevin Mulligan's 5-3 decision victory over Ryan McMullan at 170 pounds and a pin in 3:38 by Danny DeLorenzi against Greg Kleinsmith at 182. However, it was still a 19-9 deficit for the Crusaders, who did not wrestle No. 2 Johnny Sebastian in this dual meet, either at 182 or up at 195.
Seeing the lead cut down to ten, Wyoming Seminary would go on another four bout winning streak to put the dual meet out of reach. At 195 pounds, it was Mike Rogers with a 7-1 decision over Connor O'Brien. Matthew Doggett continued to sap out the hopes of the Crusaders, this one was a 7-6 victory over Christian Jenco at 220. Then, it was Jake Scanlan scoring a pin in 3:52 over Joe Caggiano at 285. Finally, John Busiello earned a 16-0 technical fall in four minutes over Evan Quinn at 106.
Bergen Catholic would win three of the evening's last four bouts, but the damage was done during the first ten matches of the dual meet. Those wins came from No. 2 Nick Suriano at 113 pounds, an 11-3 major decision over Trent Olson; Pete Lipari with a 2-0 decision over Will Verallis at 126; and a 5-4 victory for J.P. Ascolese over C.J. Moyer at 132. The disruption came in the form of Jimmy Overheiser scoring a 3-2 victory over the Crusaders' Tyler Casamenti at 120.
Each team will see another nationally ranked opponent this coming Saturday in dual meet action. The Blue Knights make a trip to Maryland for the Gilman Duals, where they will most likely face No. 50 McDonogh, Md. Bergen Catholic will wrestle No. 21 Bound Brook, N.J. as part of a quad meet at High Point -- Raritan is the fourth team in that event.
It's a total muddle behind Bergen Catholic in the Garden State
Among schools that compete in the NJSIAA, No. 1 Blair Academy does not (they feed into National Preps), there is much confusion about who is second best behind Bergen Catholic this season. The happenings of the past week validate such an assertion.
On Saturday, Bound Brook traveled to Don Bosco Prep. They earned a 36-19 victory, taking home victories in ten of fourteen weight classes. However, the defeated Ironmen were without one starter and lost five of six matches decided by two points or less. Full details of that dual meet are available here.
On Monday, Don Bosco Prep traveled to St. Peter's Prep and bounced back with a 30-27 victory. It was a meet in which both teams won seven of the weight classes. Full details of that dual meet are available here.
Also on Monday, Bound Brook went to unranked Delbarton, and was trailing 20-12 after eight weight classes. However, it was consecutive victories from their back four weight classes -- including three pins -- that assured a Crusaders victory. The final score was 33-29, with the two teams splitting the fourteen weight class. For full details, click here.
Adding to that confusion is results from earlier in the season. St. Peter's Prep beat a short-handed Bound Brook squad 35-28 at the Clash, though the teams split the fourteen weight classes. In addition, St. Peter's Prep split the fourteen weight classes during last weekend's 32-29 victory over Delabrton. Sorting it all out, Bound Brook and St. Peter's Prep will switch places in this week's Fab 50 -- Bound Brook to No. 21 and St. Peter's Prep to No. 25 -- while Don Bosco Prep stays at No. 23.
Golden State update
Two major tournaments took place this past weekend in California. No. 32 Poway used mass volume in winning the championship at the Battle for the Belt hosted by Temecula Valley this past weekend. Despite no champions, the Titans placed ten individuals on the way to a 199.5 to 190 victory over No. 46 Vacaville. Leading the Poway effort were runner-up finishes from Sergio Enloe (138) and No. 14 Ralphy Tovar (145).
Vacaville had two wrestlers win weight class titles. Gionn Peralta made his debut at 113, came up with a title, and jumps into the rankings at No. 14; and No. 4 Jeramy Sweany (220) continued his dominance this season with pins in all six of his matches. The Bulldogs placed six wrestlers in all.
Other notable weight class champions were Evan Wick (San Marino), who upset the previous ranked Sean Cannon (Green Valley, Nev.) 4-3 at 120; No. 9 Nikko Villarreal (Gilroy), a 4-2 winner over Ralphy Tovar at 145; No. 15 Paul Fox (Gilroy) at 152; and No. 5 Nick Fiegener (Folsom), who beat No. 6 Corey Griego (Sultana) 3-2 in the 182 final.
No. 33 Buchanan was the dominant champion at the Five Counties Invitational this past weekend hosted by Fountain Valley. The Bears were led by four weight class champions: Jason Delacruz (120), Conner Francis (145), Abner Romero (152), and Kai Dill (220). In all nine wrestlers placed. Finishing second in the tournament was Santiago Corona with 211 points, led by three weight class champions -- Chris Lacayo (106), No. 4 Michael Longo (138), and Freddie Garcia (160). Two additional nationally ranked wrestlers won weight class titles: No. 9 Mason Pengilly (Porterville) at 126 and Nour Abdullatif (Roosevelt) at 285.
On Wednesday evening, it will be a battle of Fab 50 squads when No. 35 Clovis West travels to No. 33 Buchanan. Then on Saturday at 4 p.m. Pacific Time, Buchanan and No. 4 Clovis will travel to No. 46 Vacaville as part of a double-dual. Buchanan and Clovis will both dual Vacaville and James Logan, but will not dual each other. Here are projected lineups for Clovis West, Buchanan, Clovis, and Vacaville.
106: Chris Marin (CW), Ross Arve (B), No. 5 Justin Mejia (C), Jordan Aquino (V)
113: Bryce Morita (CW), Jake Levatino/Durbin Lloren (B), Tristan Gilliland (C), No. 14 Gionn Peralta (V)
120: Isack Espina (CW), Jason Delacruz (B), Julian Gaytan (C), Anthony Hernandez (V)
126: No. 16 Michael Knoblauch (CW), Greg Gaxiola (B), Khristian Olivas (C), Bobby Ehman (V)
132: Bobby Miguel (CW), Kyle Hansen (B), Isaiah Hokit (C), Kyle Moore (V)
138: Chris Lane (CW), Dean Esquibel (B), Lane Barnes (C), Eric Udall (V)
145: Chris Garcia (CW), Conner Francis (B), Jared Hill (C), Hayden Fry (V)
152: Tyler Zimmer (CW), Abner Romero (B), Dominic Kincaid (C), Quintin Cardoza (V)
160: Luke Lierly (CW), Isaiah Jones (B), Josh Hokit (C), Jesse Johnson (V)
170: Eric Glikbarg (CW), Esequiel Olivera (B), Brody Brand (C), Cole Tigert (V)
182: George Espana (CW), Young Woo An (B), A.J. Nevills (C), Zach Myers/James Probis (V)
195: Alex Ku (CW), Zekary Levatino (B), Adam Prentice (C), Steven Gomez (V)
220: Cortes Morales (CW), Kai Dill (B), Matt Weiss (C), No. 4 Jeramy Sweany (V)
285: Austin Cox (CW), David Robles (B), No. 1 Nick Nevills (C), Mike McCauley (V)
Broken Arrow and Stillwater in tight battle for Sooner State supremacy
This past weekend the top three teams in Oklahoma, all of which are ranked in the top 15 nationally, competed in the Bobby Lyons Invitational hosted by Sand Springs. The team race was razor tight, and came down to the last weight class of the evening. Trailing by 1.5 points with the championship and consolation finals at 285 pounds to go, Broken Arrow got a 2-1 overtime victory from Trenton Lieurance in the third place bout. That gave the Tigers the championship when No. 15 Andrew Dixon (Edmond North) pinned Stillwater's James Brower in the championship bout.
Despite going 1-6 in first place matches, Broken Arrow scored the 234 to 233.5 victory over Stillwater, which went 5-2 in those matches. The lone champion for Broken Arrow was No. 11 Markus Simmons, who scored a 12-2 major decision over John Jimanez (Sand Springs) at 120 pounds. Runner-up finishes came from Damon Hail (113), Davion Jeffries (126), Zack Edwards (132), Shea Conley (138), Tanner Bailey (145), and Paden Bailey (152). Six additional Tigers wrestlers earned a placement finish to make it thirteen in all for Broken Arrow.
Weight class champions for runner-up Stillwater included Andrew Nieman (106), No. 13 Kaid Brock (132), Tristan Moran (138), No. 5 Joe Smith (145), and No. 5 Chandler Rogers (170). Nieman made his season debut at 106, earned a victory over No. 14 Paxton Rosen (Edmond North), which puts him in the rankings this week at No. 13. Brock, Moran, and Smith scored victories over Broken Arrow opposition. Runner-up finishers for the Pioneers were Jordan Dieringer (182) and Brower. Additional wrestlers placed third, fifth, and sixth for Stillwater.
Finishing third in the event was Edmond North, who despite having four weight class champions only could muster 207.5 points. Those four weight class champions were No. 10 Joel Dixon (182), No. 5 Derek White (195), No. 12 Lance Dixon (220), and No. 15 Andrew Dixon (285).
Rounding out the weight class champions were No. 3 Daton Fix (Sand Springs) at 113 pounds; Cody Karstetter (Sand Springs), who beat Jeffries 3-2 in the 126 final to knock him out of the weight class rankings; Jonce Blaylock (Berryhill) at 152; and Jacobe Smith (Muskogee) at 160.
This coming Tuesday, No. 12 Stillwater will travel to No. 11 Broken Arrow for a dual meet. Edmond North dropped three spots to No. 14 in the Fab 50 this week, and will travel to Yukon for the Jay Hancock Memorial, a tournament that also includes No. 49 Collinsville.
Bettendorf competes against top Iowa rivals in past and present weekends
For a second tournament this season, it was No. 22 Bettendorf (Iowa) finishing slightly ahead of No. 37 Waverly-Shell Rock (Iowa) to secure a tournament victory. The first time came in the opening weekend at the Keith Young Invitational. This past weekend, it was at the Geneseo Wrestling Invitational in Illinois. Both the Bulldogs and Go-Hawks placed nine wrestlers in the top six podium spots, but it was Bettendorf's five champions out-pointing the eight top three finishers for Waverly-Shell Rock.
Winning weight class titles for Bettendorf were Jack Wagner (106), Jacob Schwarm (113), Paul Glynn (120), No. 4 Fredy Stroker (132), and No. 10 Logan Ryan (138). Jacob Woodard (145) finished in second place, while an additional Bulldogs wrestler placed fifth and two others were sixth.
Waverly-Shell Rock had Bryce Steiert (145) and Spencer Derifield (160) pick up weight class titles. Nate Sands (120), Izaak Miller (182), and Thomas Foy (195) placed second; while Justin Reither (132), Corey Abernathy (170), and Kaleb Staack (285) placed third.
This coming weekend, Bettendorf will be joined by No. 27 Southeast Polk in the field at the Ed Winger Invite hosted by Urbandale, Iowa. Sixteen teams will compete in the individual bracket tournament on Saturday. Bettendorf won eight weight classes in a 37-27 dual meet victory against Southeast Polk at Iowa State a week ago from this past Sunday. Additional ranked teams from The Predicament polls in the field include North Scott and Iowa City West.
Quick hitters
Blair Academy, N.J., yet again showed why they are the number one team in the country. This past weekend in the Escape the Rock Tournament held outside of Philadelphia, the Buccaneers placed 13 wrestlers (every weight class but for 160, where No. 3 Dylan Milonas is out injured), and won four titles. Champions included No. 12 Chaz Tucker (120), who beat three nationally ranked wrestlers on the weekend, No. 1 Joey McKenna (138), No. 9 Mason Manville (152), and No. 15 Brandon Dallavia. Finishing in second place with four champions and 197.5 points, but 80 back of Blair Academy, was No. 16 Bethlehem Catholic, Pa. The Hawks were led by weight class champions Jake Riegel (106), No. 19 Luke Karam (113), No. 3 Zeke Moisey (126), and Andrew Dunn (220). For full results, click here.
This coming week, top-ranked Blair Academy hosts a pair of Fab 50 teams as part of a Super Quad at 12:30 p.m. The Buccaneers will wrestle all four teams in the following order: No. 23 Don Bosco Prep (N.J.), Tulsa Union (Okla.), Smyrna (Del.), and No. 26 St. Edward (Ohio). On the opposite mat, the following dual meets will take place: St. Edward vs. Smyrna, St. Edward vs. Don Bosco, St. Edward vs. Tulsa Union, and Don Bosco Prep vs. Tulsa Union.
The two matches for St. Edward on Saturday against Fab 50 opposition mark a fourth consecutive Saturday in which the Eagles have taken on a Fab 50 opponent in dual meet competition. This past weekend they hosted No. 5 St. Paris Graham, Ohio in their annual match. The visiting Falcons came away with a 34-25 victory, as they won eight of the fourteen weight classes. However, St. Edward won the only match involving a pair of nationally ranked wrestlers, as No. 11 L.J. Bentley upended No. 17 Eli Stickley by a 2-1 score at 113 pounds.
In the WPIAL, which is the regional governing body for schools around Pittsburgh, sub-section championship dual meets will be taking place tonight. Most notable among those is the sub-section 1 tournament in Class AAA (big-school) to be held at No. 41 Greater Latrobe starting at 6 p.m. The host Wildcats are the second seed and will dual Kiski Area in one semifinal, while No. 9 Franklin Regional takes on Hempfield Area. The two winners and losers will meet to determine placement positions for next week's WPIAL team championship tournament.
No. 42 Kuna and No. 45 Centennial, the top two teams in the state of Idaho, will both be at the Red Halverson Memorial Wrestling Invitational this weekend in Minico. This past weekend, Kuna dominated their way to a title at the Tiger-Grizz Invitational; while Centennial was short a key starter, who placed at the Reno TOC in December, and was in fourth place behind No. 38 Pleasant Grove (Utah) and two others at The Rumble in Orem, Utah.
No. 4 Clovis (Calif.) outlasted No. 8 Massillon Perry (Ohio) in a relatively tight point race at the Alliance Top Gun Wrestling Tournament this past weekend. A recap of the event was written and posted on InterMat Sunday morning. To read the article, click here.
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