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After winning the Lakeland Invitational the past three years, the Trenton wrestling team finished third this year narrowly missing second place.
The Trojans finished with 171 points, just behind Walled Lake Central’s 174.5 point second place finish. Host Lakeland won the tournament with 280 points.
Before the final match of the night, the Trojans were ahead of Walled Lake by a half point, but the Vikings won the last match and moved into second place.
Trenton did suffer one injury (Dean Noffsinger) and lost a couple of tough matches.
“We lost a couple tough matches,” Coach Tom Bluhm said. “We could have won them and they could have been a lot different.
“Walled Lake has got a really good team. They wrestled well and you never know if someone’s gonna get hurt.”
The Trojans had nine wrestlers place.
Gabe Wykle (152) finished first and pinned his opponent in the finals.
Tom Stackpole (285) also finished first, beating the Oakland County champion 5-1 in the finals.
Maverick Johnson (119) took second after losing 18-16 in overtime.
Ian Collier (112) and Shane Danyko (160) finished third, and Noffsinger took fourth. Before he was injured in the semifinals, he was seeded first and had to default to fourth.
Nolan Rickman (125), Rob Cosgrove (140) and Josh Berry (215) all finished in fifth place.
The Trojans travel to the Waterford quad tonight before traveling to Port Huron for another tournament this weekend, a tournament they won last year in their first year participating.
“We should be close again,” Bluhm said. “If everybody wrestles up to their level, we should be in the hunch.”
As the league meet draws nearer, Bluhm and his team will focus on finishing their season strong with a few tournaments and quad meets left.
“We keep working hard and working towards the end of the year,” Bluhm said.
Three Warriors place
Woodhaven traveled to the Novi Detroit Catholic Central tournament on Saturday where it placed three wrestlers.
Derek Hillman led the Warriors with his third-place finish. Mickey Sutton and Chris Gutman both finished fifth.
Woodhaven will travel to Durand for a team tournament this Saturday.
Wyandotte Invitational
The Bears hosted the annual Wyandotte Invite, playing host to local teams Melvindale and Allen Park.
Roosevelt placed sixth out of the 16 teams in attendance and had seven wrestlers place in the top six.
Quentin Santiago (135) led the Bears with his second-place finish.
Vincent Pizzo (285) finished third, Austin Rice (112) and Andrew Storms (215) finished fourth, and Vinnie Puelo (119), Collin Vargo (130) and Joe Schaffer (285) all finished sixth.
The Jaguars finished tied for seventh place out of the 16 teams in attendance, and had four place winners.
Sean Speer (125) finished first for Allen Park and was also voted MVP in the light weights. Speer came in to the tournament seeded fifth and pinned his way to the finals.
Other placers were Robbie Brown (171), who finished second, Tony Dunlap (152) who finished third and Dan Schmidt (135) who finished fifth.
The Jags host a quad tonight with Lincoln Park, Caesar Chavez Academy and New Boston Huron B-team before traveling to Warren on Saturday for the Warren Lincoln team tournament.
Melvindale was also at the Wyandotte invitational where they played five wrestlers.
Ramzy Yousef (112) finished second, Matt Curmi (103) and Nathan Derocco (140) placed fourth, and Skylar Slotka (125) and Manuel Roldan (171) finished in fifth.
The Cardinals will be at the Wayne Memorial tournament this weekend.
WRESTLING: Defending champ Trojans third at Lakeland (PHOTO)
Quentin Santiago was second at 135 pounds Saturday for the host Bears.
The Trojans finished with 171 points, just behind Walled Lake Central’s 174.5 point second place finish. Host Lakeland won the tournament with 280 points.
Before the final match of the night, the Trojans were ahead of Walled Lake by a half point, but the Vikings won the last match and moved into second place.
Trenton did suffer one injury (Dean Noffsinger) and lost a couple of tough matches.
“We lost a couple tough matches,” Coach Tom Bluhm said. “We could have won them and they could have been a lot different.
“Walled Lake has got a really good team. They wrestled well and you never know if someone’s gonna get hurt.”
The Trojans had nine wrestlers place.
Gabe Wykle (152) finished first and pinned his opponent in the finals.
Tom Stackpole (285) also finished first, beating the Oakland County champion 5-1 in the finals.
Maverick Johnson (119) took second after losing 18-16 in overtime.
Ian Collier (112) and Shane Danyko (160) finished third, and Noffsinger took fourth. Before he was injured in the semifinals, he was seeded first and had to default to fourth.
Nolan Rickman (125), Rob Cosgrove (140) and Josh Berry (215) all finished in fifth place.
The Trojans travel to the Waterford quad tonight before traveling to Port Huron for another tournament this weekend, a tournament they won last year in their first year participating.
“We should be close again,” Bluhm said. “If everybody wrestles up to their level, we should be in the hunch.”
As the league meet draws nearer, Bluhm and his team will focus on finishing their season strong with a few tournaments and quad meets left.
“We keep working hard and working towards the end of the year,” Bluhm said.
Three Warriors place
Woodhaven traveled to the Novi Detroit Catholic Central tournament on Saturday where it placed three wrestlers.
Derek Hillman led the Warriors with his third-place finish. Mickey Sutton and Chris Gutman both finished fifth.
Woodhaven will travel to Durand for a team tournament this Saturday.
Wyandotte Invitational
The Bears hosted the annual Wyandotte Invite, playing host to local teams Melvindale and Allen Park.
Roosevelt placed sixth out of the 16 teams in attendance and had seven wrestlers place in the top six.
Quentin Santiago (135) led the Bears with his second-place finish.
Vincent Pizzo (285) finished third, Austin Rice (112) and Andrew Storms (215) finished fourth, and Vinnie Puelo (119), Collin Vargo (130) and Joe Schaffer (285) all finished sixth.
The Jaguars finished tied for seventh place out of the 16 teams in attendance, and had four place winners.
Sean Speer (125) finished first for Allen Park and was also voted MVP in the light weights. Speer came in to the tournament seeded fifth and pinned his way to the finals.
Other placers were Robbie Brown (171), who finished second, Tony Dunlap (152) who finished third and Dan Schmidt (135) who finished fifth.
The Jags host a quad tonight with Lincoln Park, Caesar Chavez Academy and New Boston Huron B-team before traveling to Warren on Saturday for the Warren Lincoln team tournament.
Melvindale was also at the Wyandotte invitational where they played five wrestlers.
Ramzy Yousef (112) finished second, Matt Curmi (103) and Nathan Derocco (140) placed fourth, and Skylar Slotka (125) and Manuel Roldan (171) finished in fifth.
The Cardinals will be at the Wayne Memorial tournament this weekend.
Last Updated: 1/8/2013 2:53:36 PM EST