Montini Knocks Off Perennial Power St. Ed's of Ohio

Monday, January 5, 2009

By Seth Schwartz
Special to Illinois Matmen

Over the last few decades Blair Academy and St. Ed’s have set standard of excellence on the mat which no school in the country has been able to match. Several years ago St. Paris Graham joined that elite club.

Saturday night in Rochester, Minn. at The Clash VII, Montini made a sizable statement with a 34-33 win over St. Ed’s in day two of the championship bracket.

“We knew we matched up well,” said Montini assistant coach John Dziewiatkowski. “They have six or seven nationally ranked kids, but they are down a little this year and were vulnerable in a few weights. I had it as a two-point match.”

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Redhawks Edge Downers Grove North

Sunday, January 4, 2009

By Gary Larsen
Special to Illinois Matmen

Naperville Central coach Rob Porter knows his team, and he knows what it will take for the Redhawks to have success this year.

“We’re not a team that’s going to roll over anybody. We have to find a way to gain an advantage, and conditioning is helping us,” Porter said. “If we can be able to push the pace and win matches at the end of the third period, that’s big.”

The Redhawks won 30-28 over visiting Downers Grove North on Saturday, with each team winning seven matches but Naperville Central earning the edge in bonus points.

“Rob does a great job with his team, and they outworked us. That’s the ...

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Clash 7 Day 2 Results

Sunday, January 4, 2009

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Montini Catholic
Day 2 Bracket: Second Bracket (1st)
Day 2 Record: 2-1

Montini Catholic 34 St Edward 33
112 Gus Sako St Edward technical fall Christ Divito Montini Catholic 17 - 1 ...

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Morgan Wins at Dana Open for Nebraska-Omaha

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Mario Morgan won the 141-pound title

BLAIR, Neb. -- The top-ranked University of Nebraska at Omaha wrestling team returned to action Saturday at the Dana Open and crowned three champions and had eight wrestlers in the finals of the meet. UNO had 16 place-finishers in the tournament.

Sophomore Mario Morgan placed first at 141 pounds finishing the day with a 4-0 record. Morgan (Mt. Carmel - Chicago, IL) ranked 8th in NCAA DII defeated the NAIA's top-ranked wrestler, Eric Graham (Oak Park, MO) of Missouri Valley, in the championship bout.

Senior Tony Lewis and freshman Elijah Madison who was wrestling unattached, were crowned ...

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Two Huskies Win Titles at "Flash" Flanagan

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Montemayor, Ruettiger come away with first place accolades

DUBUQUE, Iowa - True freshman Izzy Montemayor and redshirt junior Dan Ruettiger each took first place, Saturday, at the "Flash" Flanagan Open.

Montemayor (Barrington, Ill./Grant Community), wrestling at 125 pounds, earned his first collegiate tournament victory. He had taken third at the Kaufman-Brand Open, and placed fifth at the Pointer Open earlier this year.

"Izzy showed a tremendous amount of determination and focus en route to his championship," Associate Head Coach Ryan Ludwig said.

Ruettiger (Joliet, ...

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Is the Illinois wrestling community cheap?

Sunday, January 4, 2009

With over 11,400 post on this website over the last 10 years I have had a lot of opinions on a lot of things. But when I read J.D. Oliva's recent post called "Do We Really Want A State Finals DVD" I was truly amazed that the state of Illinois wrestling community had gotten to this point. I just could not bite my tongue on this one.

Wrestling fans are always complaining about the lack of publicity / coverage for their sport. They want daily newspaper coverage yet the coaches won't even fax in scores to the local newspaper to get the coverage they want. Or the fans complain that there is no television coverage of the state finals. Next best thing is a DVD that every fan can take home and play over and over again.

Four years ago JD Oliva decided to do something about it. Aong with Mike Bare, ...

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Lockport Rolls Through the Competition

Saturday, January 3, 2009

By Curt Herron
Special to Illinois Matmen

Lockport showed the last two weeks that it has one of the state's top tournament teams after placing second at the Dvorak invite and first at Palatine's Berman Classic.

But on Saturday the No. 4 Porters returned to dual meet action and again demonstrated why it has one of the best squads in that competition, too.

The 13-1 Porters won 35 of their 42 matches and recorded 17 pins as they rolled to three easy victories in a quadrangular meet in Lockport on Saturday.

"These were three good duals for us after the long two weeks we've ...

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High School Tournaments 1/3

Saturday, January 3, 2009

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