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01-14-2007, 09:05 AM
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BY GARY LARSEN
Daily Herald Correspondent
Send six wrestlers into the semifinals of a 17-team tournament and see five of them get through to the title mat, and you’re bound to be in for a good day.
Wheaton North had a good day at the Batavia tournament Saturday.
One year after Batavia edged them for the team title, the Falcons scored 176 points to second-place Lemont’s 153 to win the tournament. Maine South was third, followed by Batavia and Naperville Central.
“Obviously, our goal was to come in here and take first place, and it was a complete team effort,” said Falcons junior Eric Terrazas. “Everybody did their part.”
Terrazas, Nate Fitzenreider and Ryan Early won individual crowns, Adrian Laskero and Jake Denhof placed second, and the Falcons got a third from third from Josh Simpson. Bobby Munro, Isaac Seeland and Trevor Adeszko also earned team points for the Falcons.
“We were able to maintain a consistent effort throughout the tournament and win the majority of close matches that we had,” said Falcons coach Steve Holland.
Fitzenreider’s second Batavia title came via 10-2 decision over Romeoville’s Julian Brooks at 125 pounds, and Early won his first crown at 135 in a 5-3 decision over Maine South’s Steve Jaworski.
Early won an individual title at Fenton earlier this year, and the sixth seed at Batavia got his second title thanks to a pair of first-period takedowns and an escape in the third.
“There were a lot of good kids here for me to wrestle against, and I was pretty solid in all three positions today,” Early said.
A year after placing second at Batavia, Terrazas won by technical fall over Downers Grove North’s Mandela Johnson for the title at 145.
Denhof’s day featured an 8-6 decision over top-seeded Mike Mahan of Batavia and an 11-7 decision win over Lincoln-Way East’s A.J. Knoll, before he lost in overtime to McHenry’s Neil Anderson for the title at 130.
“Jake wasn’t even seeded, and he came within an overtime period of winning it,” Holland said. “That was nice to see.”
It was a rough semifinal round that left the Redhawks out of contention for the team title. Of six semifinal matchups only Chris Graeber at 160 got through to the title mat.
Graeber won by fall and technical fall before winning a 7-1 semifinal decision over Lincoln-Way East’s Kyle Geary, before losing by major decision to highly touted Brenton Valentine of Morris.
The Redhawks got a pair of thirds from Matt Hammack at 112 and Jon Colluzzi at 152, and fourths from Chase Muscato, Keenan Marr and Adam Kamykowski.
“We had a couple matches there that we could have won or should have won,” said Redhawks coach Rob Porter. “We’ve just got to keep working to get better.”
In addition to Johnson’s second, Downers Grove North also got a third from Joe Foremen at 140 pounds. Foremen was a point away from winning by technical fall in his semifinal match but got stuck with five seconds left by Buffalo Grove’s Kyle Czarnecki. Foremen bounced back with a 7-2 decision win over the Falcons’ Bobby Munro.
Czarnecki left Batavia with his right eye nearly shut after butting heads in his finals match with Romeoville’s Jeff Abney, who had to eventually default to Czarnecki after running out of blood time.
Czarnecki used a trio of pins to reach the title mat, and his reversal of fortune against Foremen reinforced an age-old approach for him.
“He kept taking me down, but in the third period I got to choose top and he was feeling a little weak,” Czarnecki said.
“I could tell I could run the chicken-wing, and later on I got it. I just never gave up today. I just kept going until six minutes ended, all day.”
Buffalo Grove placed 10th, getting a third from Jon Camporese at 135, a fourth from Jeff Streu at 103, a sixth from Kyle Barbosa at 171, a seventh from Stephen Vyskocil at 145 and an eighth from Sean Bailey at 130 pounds.
Streamwood got a title win from Chris Dunning, who won by pin and 7-1 decision before winning 6-3 over Maine South’s Mark Corsello for the title at 215 pounds.
Streamwood also got a fourth from heavyweight Ross Petrov, and a fifth from Jeff Mason at 103.
> LZ on record pace (http://www.dailyherald.com/localsports/story.asp?id=269375)
> Raney snares a title for BC (http://www.dailyherald.com/localsports/story.asp?id=269373)
> Deerfield just way too tough (http://www.dailyherald.com/localsports/story.asp?id=269365)
> BG’s Czarnecki has eyes on 140 crown at Batavia (http://www.dailyherald.com/localsports/story.asp?id=269334)
> Fourth place and a champ (http://www.dailyherald.com/localsports/story.asp?id=269291)
BY GARY LARSEN
Daily Herald Correspondent
Send six wrestlers into the semifinals of a 17-team tournament and see five of them get through to the title mat, and you’re bound to be in for a good day.
Wheaton North had a good day at the Batavia tournament Saturday.
One year after Batavia edged them for the team title, the Falcons scored 176 points to second-place Lemont’s 153 to win the tournament. Maine South was third, followed by Batavia and Naperville Central.
“Obviously, our goal was to come in here and take first place, and it was a complete team effort,” said Falcons junior Eric Terrazas. “Everybody did their part.”
Terrazas, Nate Fitzenreider and Ryan Early won individual crowns, Adrian Laskero and Jake Denhof placed second, and the Falcons got a third from third from Josh Simpson. Bobby Munro, Isaac Seeland and Trevor Adeszko also earned team points for the Falcons.
“We were able to maintain a consistent effort throughout the tournament and win the majority of close matches that we had,” said Falcons coach Steve Holland.
Fitzenreider’s second Batavia title came via 10-2 decision over Romeoville’s Julian Brooks at 125 pounds, and Early won his first crown at 135 in a 5-3 decision over Maine South’s Steve Jaworski.
Early won an individual title at Fenton earlier this year, and the sixth seed at Batavia got his second title thanks to a pair of first-period takedowns and an escape in the third.
“There were a lot of good kids here for me to wrestle against, and I was pretty solid in all three positions today,” Early said.
A year after placing second at Batavia, Terrazas won by technical fall over Downers Grove North’s Mandela Johnson for the title at 145.
Denhof’s day featured an 8-6 decision over top-seeded Mike Mahan of Batavia and an 11-7 decision win over Lincoln-Way East’s A.J. Knoll, before he lost in overtime to McHenry’s Neil Anderson for the title at 130.
“Jake wasn’t even seeded, and he came within an overtime period of winning it,” Holland said. “That was nice to see.”
It was a rough semifinal round that left the Redhawks out of contention for the team title. Of six semifinal matchups only Chris Graeber at 160 got through to the title mat.
Graeber won by fall and technical fall before winning a 7-1 semifinal decision over Lincoln-Way East’s Kyle Geary, before losing by major decision to highly touted Brenton Valentine of Morris.
The Redhawks got a pair of thirds from Matt Hammack at 112 and Jon Colluzzi at 152, and fourths from Chase Muscato, Keenan Marr and Adam Kamykowski.
“We had a couple matches there that we could have won or should have won,” said Redhawks coach Rob Porter. “We’ve just got to keep working to get better.”
In addition to Johnson’s second, Downers Grove North also got a third from Joe Foremen at 140 pounds. Foremen was a point away from winning by technical fall in his semifinal match but got stuck with five seconds left by Buffalo Grove’s Kyle Czarnecki. Foremen bounced back with a 7-2 decision win over the Falcons’ Bobby Munro.
Czarnecki left Batavia with his right eye nearly shut after butting heads in his finals match with Romeoville’s Jeff Abney, who had to eventually default to Czarnecki after running out of blood time.
Czarnecki used a trio of pins to reach the title mat, and his reversal of fortune against Foremen reinforced an age-old approach for him.
“He kept taking me down, but in the third period I got to choose top and he was feeling a little weak,” Czarnecki said.
“I could tell I could run the chicken-wing, and later on I got it. I just never gave up today. I just kept going until six minutes ended, all day.”
Buffalo Grove placed 10th, getting a third from Jon Camporese at 135, a fourth from Jeff Streu at 103, a sixth from Kyle Barbosa at 171, a seventh from Stephen Vyskocil at 145 and an eighth from Sean Bailey at 130 pounds.
Streamwood got a title win from Chris Dunning, who won by pin and 7-1 decision before winning 6-3 over Maine South’s Mark Corsello for the title at 215 pounds.
Streamwood also got a fourth from heavyweight Ross Petrov, and a fifth from Jeff Mason at 103.