Livonia Franklin captured its sixth straight Livonia City Meet title Wednesday night. (Charles Rothwell photo)

Patriots rule Livonia City Meet
for sixth consecutive year

  The Patriots are enjoying a very nice start to the 2010-2011 wrestling season.  They beat some ranked teams on Saturday, were ranked #8 in Division 1 by MichiganGrappler.com Wednesday morning, and have convincingly won their sixth consecutive Livonia City Meet this evening at Livonia Stevenson High School.

   Franklin won nine of 14 weight classes and scored 253.5 team points, both team records.

   Champions were: Gabe Martinez (125 pounds), Jordan Atienza (130), Steve Tuyo (135), Jordan McGuire (140), Josh Hatfield (145), Avery Opperman (152), Allen Steele (160), Alex O’Connor (171), and Matt Roos (189).

  Churchill did well in the lower weights, with champions Jon Locklear (103), Josh Perez (112), and Jacob Meadows (119).  The fourth Charger champion was Dillon Morantis (215).  Churchill finished second with 151 team points.

   The host Spartans are in a rebuilding year and had to void five weight classes.  Still, they had one champion, heavyweight Jake Range, and finished third.

   Clarenceville brought a larger team than in past years and only voided one weight.  However, they had a tough opening round and only advanced two wrestlers to the finals.  Even though they had no champions and finished fourth, the Trojans amassed more team points than they did last year.

TEAM SCORES: 1. Franklin, 253.5 points; 2. Churchill, 151; 3. Stevenson, 116.5; Clarenceville, 103.5.

INDIVIDUAL PLACERS
103: 1. Jon Locklear (LC); 2. Jack Newa (LF).

112: 1. Josh Perez (LC); 2. Ian Bunker (CL); 3. Kenneth Steele (LF).

119: 1. Jacob Meadows (LC); 2. Dan Martinez (LF); 3. Michael Weiss (CL).

125: 1. Gabe Martinez (LF); 2. James Locklear (LC); 3. Ash Alhaj (LS); 4. Shane Martin (CL).

130: 1. Jordan Atienza (LF); 2. Corey Davis (LS): 3. Justin Baker (LC); 4. Lee Sloan (CL).

135: 1. Steve Tuyo (LF); 2. Jonny Bannoura (LC); 3. Samer Shebak (LS); 4. Steve Spens (CL).

140: 1. Jordan McGuire (LF); 2. Kody Roy (LS); 3. Jacob Boettcher (CL); 4. Tony Sewell (LC).

145:  1. Josh Hatfield (LF); 2. Coy Sillanpaa (CL); 3. Zack Auner (LS); 4. Matt Siemasz (LC).

152: 1. Avery Opperman (LF); 2. Aaron Bibik (CL); 3. Josh Bridge (LC).

160: 1. Allen Steele (LF); 2. Nate Collins (LS); 3. Brendan Groves (CL); 4. Jacob Wirick (LC).

171: 1. Alex O’Connor (LF); 2. Joe Scott (LS); 3. Jon Ristola (LC); 4. Chris Edwards (CL).

189: 1. Matt Roos (LF); 2. Mike Harp (LC); 3. Ryan Groves (CL); 4. Kyle Agar (LS).

215: 1. Dillon Morantis (LC); 2. Ryan Simmons (LF); 3. Jeremy Smith (CL).

285: 1. Jake Range (LS); 2. Omar Haymour (LF); 3. Anthony Giordano (CL); 4. Killian Diaz (LC).

Franklin's Steve Tuyo earned the meet's MVP trophy. (Charles Rothwell photo)