Livonia
Franklin's Dan Martinez is pictured hitting a cradle to pin Livonia
Stevenson's Sheldon Kabrovich in a 103-pound match. (photo by Kirt Amos)Patriots
pin down fifth straight
district
wrestling title
BY CHARLES ROTHWELL
Feb. 12, 2010,
11:55 a.m.
Livonia Franklin captured its fifth consecutive team district title
with convincing wins over Livonia Churchill and Livonia Stevenson. In the first match of the evening, Franklin was
looking for revenge after falling to the Chargers 38-36 on January 13.
The Patriots started out strong, winning the first four
matches, but Churchill countered by winning three of the next four. Franklin’s
light weights were just overpowering and ripped off five straight
victories, leading to a rather lopsided score of 55-18.
The most exciting match of the dual occurred when Churchill’s
Jacob Meadows bumped up to take on Steve Tuyo at 119 pounds.
With the match knotted at 2-all midway through the third period,
Tuyo hit a headlock and Meadows rolled through and ended up behind Tuyo. Meadows obviously took too long to roll
through because the referee scored it a take-down with 2 near fall and
a reversal. The final score was 6-4, Tuyo.
Livonia Stevenson had little trouble with host Garden City, winning 54-17. The Cougars have a very young team and they wrestled hard, but the more experienced Spartans seemed to turn every Garden City mistake into a fall. However, in the district final, it was Franklin that seemed to turn every Spartan mistake into a fall.
On paper, it seemed like Stevenson should have the upper hand at the
higher weights, but “on paper” doesn’t count. The
duel started at 145 pounds and Franklin won
the first five matches, essentially wrapping up the district
championship.
The biggest blows to Stevenson happened at 160 and 171
pounds where Franklin
wrestlers worked off their backs and ended up pinning their opponents. The final score was 45-20, Livonia Franklin.
Livonia Churchill 18
140: Jordan McGuire (LF) pinned Jared Buhagiar, 1:54
145: Josh Hatfield (LF) defeated Tyler Farnstrom, 12-4
152: Matt Roos (LF) pinned Josh Bridge, 0:40
160: Zach Leuenberger (LF) pinned Cody Carrier, 0:50
171: Curtis Castleberry (LC) pinned Matt Horne, 2:59
189: Mike Harp (LC) defeated Alex O’Connor, 6-0
215: Nick Simmons (LF) pinned Dillon Morantes, 4:41
285: Jon Shekell (LC) defeated Omar Haymour, 1-0
103: Dan Martinez (LF) pinned Jon Locklear, 0:40
112: Gabe Martinez (LF) won by void
119: Steve Tuyo (LF) defeated Jacob Meadows, 6-4
125: Eric Czech (LF) pinned James Locklear, 2:31
130: Ryan Derry (LF) pinned Addel Yaffai, 1:36
135: Jon Bannoura (LC) won by void
Garden City 17
140: Charlie Kokenakes (LS) defeated Kevin Allard, 6-3
145: Jake Mailloux (LS) pinned Kevin Liske, 1:45
152: Chris Arnold (LS) pinned Matt Wisniewski, 4:20
160: Trevor Drenyk (LS) pinned Allie Hamblin, 0:32
171: Josh Seibert (LS) pinned D. J. Giese, 0:57
189: Dan McCarthy (LS) defeated Austin Caudill, 9-2
215: Andrew Schramm (LS) pinned Zach Cooper, 1:42
285: Jacob Range (LS) pinned Zack Brock, 2:24
103: Rob Doane (GC) defeated Sheldon Kabrovich, 13-4
112: Britton Borlace (GC) won by void
119: Nick Doane (GC) defeated Ash Al-haj, 4-1
125: Robert Schramm (LS) pinned Devin Marchio, 5:03
130: Samer Shebak (LS) defeated Brian Spehar, 4-1
135: Devin Ashley (GC) defeated Kody Roy, 20-9
Livonia Stevenson 20
145: Josh Hatfield (LF) defeated Jake Mailloux, 7-3
152: Matt Roos (LF) pinned Nate Cavanaugh, 0:53
160: Zach Leuenberger (LF) pinned Chris Arnold, 3:33
171: Alex O’Connor (LF) pinned Josh Seibert, 5:49
189: Nick Simmons (LF) defeated Dan McCarthy, 4-1
215: Andrew Schramm (LS) defeated Ryan Simmons, 16-1
285: Jacob Range (LS) defeated Omar Haymour, 7-2
103: Dan Martinez (LF) pinned Sheldon Kabrovich, 0:49
112: Gabe Martinez (LF) won by void
119: Eric Czech (LF) pinned Ash Al-haj, 1:48
125: Robert Schramm (LS) defeated Brian Nisun, 6-1
130: Ryan Derry (LF) defeated Samer Shebak, 6-1
135: Kody Roy (LS) won by disqualification over Jordan McGuire
140: Charlie Kokenakes (LS) defeated Avery Opperman, 4-2
