Quartet of regional qualifiers lead Tigers

BY CHARLES ROTHWELL
Dec. 1, 2009, 1:45 p.m.

  Head coach Anthony Munoz will try to have his Belleville Tigers bounce back from a relatively down year for this historically formidable program.

  He will have to do it without six of his starters from last year. Seniors Tommy Kozak (state qualifier at 130 pounds), Victor Enriquez (125), Robert Chapman (145), Alex Juchartz (171) and Kaare Cigan (189) graduated, and junior Angel Enriquez will not return.

  Participation appears solid, with approximately 35 wrestlers coming out for the team. Key returnees are senior regional qualifiers Tyler Schneider, Forrest Sampson, Brendan Papin and Dustin Staton.

  Below is a guess at what the Tigers' varsity line-up might look like:

103 - Christopher O'Keefe, freshman;
112 - Doren Garcia, junior;
119 - Brendan Papin, junior;
125 - Josh Wooten, freshman;
130 - Casey O'Keefe, senior;
135 - Tyler Schneider, senior;
140 - Carter Sherman, senior;
145 - Andrew Majewski, senior;
152 - Cameron McCoy, sophomore;
160 - Alex Landa, senior;
171 - Tyler Styrk, junior;
189 - Devin Kelemen, sophomore;
215 - Forest Sampson, senior; and
285 - Dustin Staton, senior.

  The lower weights, with the exception of Papin, appear to be inexperienced and may take some lumps early in the season. From 135 on up, this team seems pretty solid with even the sophomores having a full year of varsity experience.