Harrison had a very good season last year.  They   moved up a division in their league and won the OAA Division II individual tournament by 30 points, but finished second in the league to North Farmington based on dual meet results.  They finished sixth at Observerland.  Individually, four Hawks made it to regionals and Kevin Beazley placed seventh at the state tournament, giving Harrison its first all-state wrestler in many years.

  Head Coach Jim Stuef and assistant Jon Herstein are going to have a challenge to have a better season this year. Harrison only lost three wrestlers to graduation, Evan Hahn (130), Dan Leeb (145, regional qualifier), and Brandon Martin (189). 

  However, it appears that several others have not joined the team this year.  These include Fortune Martin (103), Ryan Ruspaj (140), and Kevin Beazley (160), who transferred to Detroit Catholic Central.  Not only do the Hawks lose their captain and best wrestler, Kevin’s father will now be coaching the DCC big men instead of Harrison’s kids.

  Harrison will have a core of accomplished wrestlers to rely upon.  Regional qualifiers Andre Sanders and James Roberts return, as do Evan Doyle, Marcus Shepherd, and Sultan Hubbard.  Other returning varsity kids include Austin Jarvis, Kevin Johnson, Kyle Lake, Gabe Unick, and Lido Zefi.  Doyle, Lake, Roberts, Sanders, and Shepherd all participated in the Grappler Fall Classic, and Sanders did very well.  Because of graduation, attrition, and clumping of experienced wrestlers at ~135 pounds, the Hawks will have to bump up kids and put in untested wrestlers to fill their line-up.

  Below is my best guess at the FHH varsity line-up:

103 – Dylan Krauthofer (So)

112 – Evan Doyle (Sr)

119 – Andre Sanders (Sr) - captain

125 – Andrew Fialka (Fr)

130 – George Gardner III (So)

135 – James Roberts (Sr) - captain

140 – Kyle Lake (Jr)

145 – Marcus Shepherd (Jr) - captain

152 – Antonio Harris (Fr)

160 – Sultan Hubbard (Jr) - captain

171 – Mike Robinson (Fr)

189 – Lido Zefi (Sr)

215 – Austin Jarvis (Jr)

285 – Kevin Johnson (Jr)

  This team may be similar to last year’s squad in that they will do well at individual tournaments, but not fare so well in duals against teams with solid wrestlers throughout the line-up.  Look for Roberts and Sanders to make it to the state meet and perhaps place.