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The Lincoln Park wrestling team traveled to Salem this weekend to wrestle in an individual tournament, where they took fourth place as a team.
Brandon Duvall won the 140-pound weight class and was tournament MVP.
Christian Villarreal (171) placed second, Quinn Chapman (135) and Roberto Davis (145) placed third, Blake Johnson (284) placed fourth and Zander Moore (152) and Tyler Castillo (112) placed fifth.
“We improved a lot today,” Coach Don McKenzie said. “(I was) proud of the way our team wrestled.”
The Rails are now off until Jan. 9 when they face Allen Park.
Melvindale also traveled to Salem over the weekend.
The Cardinals only took five wrestlers and all of them placed in the top four.
Matt Curmi (103), Ameer Munassar (119) and Skylar Slotka (125) all took second, Ramzy Yousef (112) took third and Andrew Barron (135) took fourth.
Titans stay strong
The strong Anderson Titans traveled to the Goodrich invitational last weekend, a tournament that Coach Jerry Frazier likes for his team to participate in over each Christmas break.
Alex Molloy (130) led Southgate with his second-place finish, losing only to a nationally ranked opponent.
“He wrestled really, really tough today,” Frazier said.
Tyler Carson (135) and Logan Parks (140) took fifth, Josh Lockwood (152), Cody Stanley (160) and heavyweight Austin Sloan took sixth, and Chris Pauly took seventh.
Frazier enjoys this tournament because it allows his Titans to see eight or nine state-ranked teams.
“It’s just a fun tournament,” he said. “You really get to see where you’re at. It’s nice to know where the kids are at this point in the year.”
The Titans have put themselves in position to win the Downriver League for the second year in a row, but know they still have work to do.
“We’ve put ourselves in a good spot,” Frazier said. “We’ve still got a long way to go. We have to wrestle though every time.”
The Titans still face Carlson and Lincoln Park in the final Downriver League quad meet, and rival Roosevelt in a dual meet before the season ends.
Anderson will face Summit and Canton on Jan. 9.
Trojans in Milford
The Trenton Trojans do not typically wrestle the week in between Christmas and New Years, but they traveled to the Milford team tournament for the first time this year.
Trenton placed seventh out of the sixteen teams there.
The teams were placed into pools and in their pool the Trojans defeated Dexter 45-22, Lakeland 61-17 and Milford 60-22 and fell to Swan Valley 39-33 and L’Anse Creuse 39-33.
Swan Valley is ranked fourth in D3 and 14th overall in the state and Coach Tom Bluhm was pleased with the way his team performed against them.
The undefeated Vikings were impressed with the performance of the Trojans and said it was their hardest match all year.
Dean Noffsinger (135) and Tom Stackpole (285) both went 5-0 on the day and were named to the all-tournament team.
Maverick Johnson (119), Gabe Wykle (152) and Tyler Purcell (189) all finished 4-1, and Ian Collier (112), Rob Cosgrove (140) and Josh Berry (215) all finished 3-2.
“I thought the kids wrestled real well, especially against Swan Valley,” Bluhm said. “The kids kinda took it all out in the match.”
The Trojans now turn to the Lakeland individual tournament this weekend, where they have fared well in the past.
“We’ve won it the last three years,” Bluhm said. “But every year’s a new year, so you gotta go out there and wrestle.”
Bucs finish 3rd
Riverview competed in the Summit Academy Holiday Duals on Saturday and finished third in a nine-team field.
Snow moved the tournament from Thursday to Saturday and only nine of the original 16 teams were able to compete.
Riverview defeated Grosse Ile 68-7, Summit Academy 60-15, the Dragon “Bandits” jayvee team 64-9, but fell to eventual champion Ida 40-31 in the pool final.
The Bucs went on to defeat Dearborn Heights Annapolis in the third-place match 44-27.
Three Pirates went 5-0 on the day including senior John Logan at 285 pounds, freshman Brandon Garcia at 140 and sophomore Jeremy House at 130.
Senior Mathew Rossi (152), junior Ted Lossing (135) and sophomores (Kyle Sparks (103) and Marcus Wright (160) all went 4-1 on the day.
Shane Preston contributed to this report.
WRESTLING: Roundup
Brandon Duvall won the 140-pound weight class and was tournament MVP.
Christian Villarreal (171) placed second, Quinn Chapman (135) and Roberto Davis (145) placed third, Blake Johnson (284) placed fourth and Zander Moore (152) and Tyler Castillo (112) placed fifth.
“We improved a lot today,” Coach Don McKenzie said. “(I was) proud of the way our team wrestled.”
The Rails are now off until Jan. 9 when they face Allen Park.
Melvindale also traveled to Salem over the weekend.
The Cardinals only took five wrestlers and all of them placed in the top four.
Matt Curmi (103), Ameer Munassar (119) and Skylar Slotka (125) all took second, Ramzy Yousef (112) took third and Andrew Barron (135) took fourth.
Titans stay strong
The strong Anderson Titans traveled to the Goodrich invitational last weekend, a tournament that Coach Jerry Frazier likes for his team to participate in over each Christmas break.
Alex Molloy (130) led Southgate with his second-place finish, losing only to a nationally ranked opponent.
“He wrestled really, really tough today,” Frazier said.
Tyler Carson (135) and Logan Parks (140) took fifth, Josh Lockwood (152), Cody Stanley (160) and heavyweight Austin Sloan took sixth, and Chris Pauly took seventh.
Frazier enjoys this tournament because it allows his Titans to see eight or nine state-ranked teams.
“It’s just a fun tournament,” he said. “You really get to see where you’re at. It’s nice to know where the kids are at this point in the year.”
The Titans have put themselves in position to win the Downriver League for the second year in a row, but know they still have work to do.
“We’ve put ourselves in a good spot,” Frazier said. “We’ve still got a long way to go. We have to wrestle though every time.”
The Titans still face Carlson and Lincoln Park in the final Downriver League quad meet, and rival Roosevelt in a dual meet before the season ends.
Anderson will face Summit and Canton on Jan. 9.
Trojans in Milford
The Trenton Trojans do not typically wrestle the week in between Christmas and New Years, but they traveled to the Milford team tournament for the first time this year.
Trenton placed seventh out of the sixteen teams there.
The teams were placed into pools and in their pool the Trojans defeated Dexter 45-22, Lakeland 61-17 and Milford 60-22 and fell to Swan Valley 39-33 and L’Anse Creuse 39-33.
Swan Valley is ranked fourth in D3 and 14th overall in the state and Coach Tom Bluhm was pleased with the way his team performed against them.
The undefeated Vikings were impressed with the performance of the Trojans and said it was their hardest match all year.
Dean Noffsinger (135) and Tom Stackpole (285) both went 5-0 on the day and were named to the all-tournament team.
Maverick Johnson (119), Gabe Wykle (152) and Tyler Purcell (189) all finished 4-1, and Ian Collier (112), Rob Cosgrove (140) and Josh Berry (215) all finished 3-2.
“I thought the kids wrestled real well, especially against Swan Valley,” Bluhm said. “The kids kinda took it all out in the match.”
The Trojans now turn to the Lakeland individual tournament this weekend, where they have fared well in the past.
“We’ve won it the last three years,” Bluhm said. “But every year’s a new year, so you gotta go out there and wrestle.”
Bucs finish 3rd
Riverview competed in the Summit Academy Holiday Duals on Saturday and finished third in a nine-team field.
Snow moved the tournament from Thursday to Saturday and only nine of the original 16 teams were able to compete.
Riverview defeated Grosse Ile 68-7, Summit Academy 60-15, the Dragon “Bandits” jayvee team 64-9, but fell to eventual champion Ida 40-31 in the pool final.
The Bucs went on to defeat Dearborn Heights Annapolis in the third-place match 44-27.
Three Pirates went 5-0 on the day including senior John Logan at 285 pounds, freshman Brandon Garcia at 140 and sophomore Jeremy House at 130.
Senior Mathew Rossi (152), junior Ted Lossing (135) and sophomores (Kyle Sparks (103) and Marcus Wright (160) all went 4-1 on the day.
Shane Preston contributed to this report.
Last Updated: 1/4/2013 11:41:35 AM EST