OBSERVERLAND AND PINCKNEY JV ON 1/18!!!
This Saturday, 1/28, the Varsity will travel to Livonia Churchill to compete at the prestigious Observerland Tournament! Wrestle tough and earn the right to wrestle under the spotlight! Varsity wrestlers need to be at Livonia Churchill at 8am!
The JV squad will be traveling to Pinckney High School! It's a hike, so you need to be here at Wayne at 7am to catch a ride! If your parents are driving you, please stop up at Wayne first so that some of your teammates can catch a ride! Click
HERE for directions!
WOLFPACK KLAA SOUTH CO-CHAMPIONS! TEAM 11-1....
For more info regarding the KLAA Conference and the current standing, visit:
http://www.klaastandings.com/winter/wrestling/wrestling.htm
The KLAA South has unfolded, and the Wolfpack has earned the title of KLAA South Division Co-Champions. We were able to do this because on 1/25, the Wolfpack had another first by defeating Livonia Franklin 36-31. The team finished 4-1 in the KLAA South, as did Livonia Franklin and John Glenn. Yet, Livonia Franklin beat John Glenn 30-29 on 1/18, and the Pack's only loss of the season was to Glenn. Because of the three way tie, all three teams earn the title of KLAA South Division Co-Champions. This has been a year of firsts, and we couldn't be more proud of our 11-1 Wolfpack Wrestling Team! We have seen how much we have
improved and how much better we can still be. On top of the stellar performance on 1/25, the team has
beaten many KLAA schools like Novi, Salem, Lakeland, Plymouth,
Churchill, and last years Kensington Conference Champions
in the Canton Chiefs. Last year the team lost to Canton 52-12, only
winning 3 matches. All the hard work paid off gentlemen! We couldn't be more proud!
On 1/18, the team traveled to Canton and proved how
far we have come by beating the Chiefs 36-30. Our wrestlers fought hard
to win this dual, pinning when we had opponents on their backs and
fighting off of our own. We couldn't be more proud of the team. Yet,
right after the celebration ended the team took on cross-town rival John
Glenn. The Rockets came out firing, and handed the boys their first
loss of the season 49-18. Despite the loss, on 1/25 we were able to knock off Livonia Franklin who handed Glenn one of their few losses this season. No worries, we'll see them again at Districts!
On 1/11, the wrestlers tossed around Livonia
Churchill and won 63 to 14, and then the team had to use some strategy
to beat a
tough Plymouth team 47 to 28. Helping the team was Jake
Preiss, Tyler Mulligan, Tim Way, Mike Gossett, Tristan Jarosiewicz,
Devon Adams,
Mike Nicholson, Allen Parker, Micheil Hood, Sharif Hegazi, Sam Ekanem,
Lucas
Hofbauer, Devin Korzetki, Aaron Mauldin, Colin Mullins, and Dimitrus
Renfroe. It all came down to bonus points, and we are proud of all of
you for giving 100%.
On 1/4, the Wolfpack wrestled at home and beat Salem 46-27 in the
first match of the night. In the second round, the team came out fired
up and tossed around the Novi Wildcats, winning 49-21. Huge wins came
from Tyler Mulligan who avenged a loss, Tim Way, Tristan Jarosiewicz,
Devon Adams, Kevin Marz, Allen Parker, Sharif Hegazi, Lucas Hofbauer,
Devin Korzetki, Dimitrus Renfroe, and Aaron Mauldin. The biggest win of
that round came from Sam Ekanem, who defeated Salem Captain Tyler Gross
6-1 .
On Thursday 12/22 the Wolfpack defeated Romulus Summit Academy 59-15 and
White Lake Lakeland 62-9! The team looked great out there, knocking
off many regional qualifiers and County placers!
All the hard work paid off on 12/7! The Wolfpack
will wrestled their first two duals of the season and looked strong! The
team had a flawless dual against Romulus, winning 84-0. That's a pin
in every weightclass! Then the team turned it's sights to Garden City,
handling the Cougars 56-18.
1ST PLACE FINISHES FOR VARSITY AND JV ON 1/21!!!
The Varsity squad competed at Lincoln Park on 1/21 and walked over
the competition! Of the wrestlers we sent, all 12 finished in the top 4
in their weight class! In addition, each wrestler got atleast 4 or 5
matches! That gave us a 100 point lead over the 2nd place team, Lincoln
Park, and a 1st place trophy! Champs were Devon Adams, Allen Parker,
Sam Ekanem, Lucas Hofbauer, Devin Korzetki, and Dimitrus Renfroe! Tyler
Mulligan and Aaron Mauldin finished 2nd, Sharif Hegazi and Tim Way took
3rd, and Micheil Hood and Mike Nicholson ended up 4th on the day. On
top of all that success, Allen Parker was awarded Most Outstanding
Wrestler for dominating the toughest weightclass of the day! Congrats
to Allen and all the wrestlers for another great Saturday! Way to go!
On top of the success the Varsity had, the JV took home a 1st place
trophy from the John Glenn JV Tournament at the U of M Dearborn
Fieldhouse! Results will be posted soon!
UNDERCLASSMEN SHINE AT GARDEN CITY NOVICE!
On 1/14, the Wolfpack showed their depth by winning the Sophomore
Tournament and taking 5th in the Freshman Tournament out of over 30
teams at the Garden City Novice! On top of it, we had three MVPs in
Aaron Mauldin, Kevin Marz, and Aaron Heinonen, who all dominated their
respective weight classes! Besides those three winning their weight
classes we also had Dominick Sanders who took 2nd, Jake Preiss 3rd,
Clinton Dildy 5th, Derek Pomerico 4th, Cody Markland 4th, Tyler Mulligan
2nd, JJ Frazee 2nd, Tim Way 3rd, Timmy Flores 6th, Matt Iwanka 4th,
James Hjeltness 5th, and James Pomerico 3rd. Nice job underclassmen! The future looks bright!
HOLIDAY BREAK SUMMARY...
On 1/7, the Wolfpack varsity finished 3rd at the Wyandotte
Invitational with only 11 wrestlers! Winning the tournament was
Dimitrus Renfroe, and finishing 2nd was Sam Ekanem and Devin Korzetki. Allen Parker took 3rd, while Devon Adams took 4th. Sharif Hegazi
finished 4-1 on the day to take 5th, and Tyler Mulligan finished 6th. Nice job Gentlemen!
On 12/30, a banged up Varsity lineup competed at the Salem Elks
Tournament. Despite having a tough day, Dimitrus Renfroe managed to
finish 1st at 215. Sam Ekanem took 5th at 160, and finishing 7th was
Lucas Hofbauer at 171 and Micheil Hood at 145.
On 12/28, the JV team took 3rd at the Salem JV tournament, led by
Colin Mullins (1st at 215), Aaron Mauldin (2nd at HVY), Nick Wagnitz
(2nd at 160a), James Hjeltness (2nd at 160b), Shamen Hall (3rd at 152),
JJ Frazee (3rd at 119), and Blaine Bartos (3rd at 112). Congrats JV
wrestlers!
VARSITY TEAM SECOND BEST IN THE COUNTY!!!
| 1. | Livonia Franklin | 163.50 |
| 2. | Wayne Memorial | 132.50 |
| 3. | Brownstown Woodhaven | 126.50 |
| 4. | Plymouth | 125.50 |
| 5. | Westland John Glenn | 108.00 |
| 6. | Northville | 100.00 |
| 7. | Dearborn Heights Crestwood | 84.50 |
| 8. | Highland Park | 84.00 |
| 9. | Melvindale | 80.00 |
| 10. | Canton | 78.00 |
| 11. | Wyandotte Roosevelt | 69.00 |
| 12. | Dearborn Fordson | 61.00 |
| 13. | Gibraltar Carlson | 59.00 |
| 14. | Belleville | 58.00 |
| 15. | Romulus Summit Academy North | 57.00 |
| 16. | Allen Park | 53.00 |
| 17. | Dearborn Heights Annapolis | 48.50 |
| 18. | Dearborn Divine Child | 46.00 |
| | Livonia Stevenson | 46.00 |
| 20. | Dearborn | 45.00 |
| 21. | Garden City | 35.50 |
| 22. | Lutheran Westland | 33.00 |
| 23. | Lincoln Park | 31.00 |
| 24. | Redford Union | 30.00 |
| 25. | Romulus | 26.00 |
| 26. | Dearborn Edsel Ford | 19.00 |
| | Dearborn Heights Robichaud | 19.00 |
| 28. | Allen Park Inter-City Baptist | 0.00 |
This year the Wolfpack proved how far we have come
by finishing 2nd out of the 28 schools competing at the Wayne County
tournament with 8 All-County wrestlers, 2 Champions, and the upperweight
most valuable wrestler in Devin Korzetki! Wrestling was Jake Preiss
(8th @ 103), Tyler Mulligan (7th @ 112), Tim Way(10th @ 119), Tristan
Jarosiewicz (10th @ 125), Devon Adams (7th @130), Mike Nicholson (7th @
135), Allen Parker (4th @ 140), Micheil Hood, Sharif Hegazi, Sam Ekanem
(6th@160), Lucas Hofbauer (10th @ 171), Devin Korzetki (1st @ 189),
Dimitrus Renfroe (1st @ 215), and Aaron Mauldin. With 8 All-County
wrestlers, its no surprise the Wolfpack did so well! A big congrats to
Devin Korzetki, who was a #5 seed coming into the tournament that beat
the #4, #1, and #2 ranked wrestlers to earn the Upper Weight MPV award! Keep up the good work guys!
Wayne Memorial not only has the 2nd best Varsity
Team in Wayne County, but the #1 Junior Varsity squad as well! Out of
31 teams in attendance, the JV squad finished on top. The freshman team
has some work to put in, finishing 14th out of 31. The following
wrestlers placed:
JV:
Blaine Bartos - 1st at 112
Dwayne Dewyer - 2nd at 112
Mike Gossett - 5th at 125
Kevin Marz - 2nd at 135
Tim Flores - 6th at 140
Kyle Szalai - 1st at 145
James Hjeltness - 3rd at 152
Nick Wagnitz - 3rd at 160
Mike Accerano - 6th at 171
James Pomerico - 3rd at 189
Colin Mullins - 1st at 215
Tyler Casteels - 2nd at 285
Freshman:
Clinton Dildy - 4th at 119
Aaron Heinonen - 3rd at 145
Way to go on earning a WAYNE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP BELT!!!!
WOLFPACK WINS 47th ANNUAL GARDEN CITY XMAS TOURNAMENT!
The wrestlers slaughtered the competition on 12/10
with an impressive performance at the Garden City Christmas Tournament! Out of 14 teams, the Wolfpack finished 1st with 244.5 team points! The
second place team, North Farmington, finished with 159 team points. That's a huge margin! This happened because all 13 Wolfpack wrestlers
placed in the top 5 in their weight class. Devon Adams, Micheil Hood,
and Dimitrus Renfroe finished 1st, while Sam Ekanem, Lucas Hofbauer, and
Mike Nicholson finished 2nd. Jake Preiss, Tyler Mulligan, and Colin
Mullins won their final match for a 3rd place finish, while Sharif
Hegazi ended up 4th. Taking home a 5th place medal was Tim Way, Allen
Parker, and Devin Korzetki. On top of it all, Dimitrus Renfroe was the
tournament upper-weight MVP after defeating the #6 ranked wrestler in
the State in an overtime barn burner for the title! Congrats to all the
wrestlers. You made us very proud...
The B team went to the Blissfield
Invitational, another Varsity tournament, and finished 5th overall! Taking home a gold medal was Aaron Mauldin, and Kevin Marz took home a
silver one. James Hjeltness, Nick Wagnitz, and Marcus Jordan all earned
the bronze. Timmy Flores and Tyler Casteels finished 4th, and Dominick
Sanders, Glen McFadden, and Sam Moody tied for 5th due to match limit. Nice job gentlemen!
The JV wrestlers went to Ann Arbor
Pioneer and brought home alot of medals as well! James Pomerico and
Dwayne Dewyer both finished 1st, and Cody Markland and Aaron Heinonen
finished 2nd. Shamen Hall placed third. Finishing 4th was Marc Reed
and Zak Nichols, and coming in 5th was Antoine Powers, Antoine Battle,
Derrek Pomerico, and Malik Jordan. Clinton Dildy finished his day in 6th
place. Way to go JV wrestlers!
GOLD TEAM WINS BLUE vs GOLD SCRIMMAGE!
Congratulations are in order for the Gold Team, winner of this years Blue Vs Gold Scrimmage!
BLUE TEAM VS GOLD TEAM
Tyler Mulligan vs Tim Way
Tristan Jarosiewicz vs Devon Adams
Mike Nicholson vs Kevin Marz
Allen Parker vs Kyle Szalai
Michiel Hood vs Sharif Hegazi
Mike Accerano vs Nick Wagnitz
James Hjeltness vs Zak Nichols
Sam Ekanem vs Lucas Hoffbauer
Devin Korzetki vs Dimitrus Renfroe
Tyler Casteels vs Colin Mullins
Aaron Mauldin vs James Pomerico
Luckily most of the
wrestlers that squared off in the Blue Vs Gold scrimmage are not in the
same weight class, so the coaches see it as a victory for all! This is
good news going into our first two dual meets of the season next
Wednesday!
PRACTICE HAS STARTED!
Official practice
began on Monday, November 21st from after school till 5:30! We meet
down in room 91 for Study Table right after school. Attendance is
MANDATORY! If you cannot make a practice because of family functions or
going out of town, I need a letter from your parents! If I don't get
one, you don't wrestle in our first competition! Our first competition
is at home on Wednesday, December 7th!
This years schedule is done, and you can find it by clicking the schedule link on the left!
WELCOME NEW MANAGERS!
This year the
Wolfpack will get some help from long time manager Shelby Hooper, who
has dedicated tons of time and effort to help the coaches with their
duties. She will get some help this year from Kyler
Meilleur, Valarie Pintar, and Raquel Johnson! Thank you
ladies for choosing to help out the Wolfpack this season!
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