Wayne Memorial's program
experiencing resurgence

BY CHARLES ROTHWELL
Nov. 28, 2009, 7 p.m.

  The Wayne Memorial Wolfpack is led by fifth-year head coach Steve Vasiloff. Vasiloff was voted Co-Regional Coach of the Year by his peers last year because of the tremendous turnaround in the number of wrestlers and academic achievement over past years.

  Coach Vasiloff is again assisted by rich Donahee (fourth year) and Robert Freeman (third year). Joining the staff this year is Pat Gorring, a former Wayne captain and standout wrestler.

  The Wolfpack went 13-11 last year, its first winning season in a long time. More than 20 wrestlers had a GPA of 3.5 or above. Tevin Hines, a second-year wrestler, was a regional qualifier.

  The Wolfpack lost senior starters Hines (135) and Max Hershey (160) to graduation, and junior Mike Wallace (27-12, 125 pounds) transferred to Romulus.

  Leading this year's team will be captains Josh Mills, Darryl Ison and Dylan Korzetki. Mills and Ison attended the 28-day J. Robinson camp in Minnesota and will be counted on to help continue the resurgence of wrestling at Wayne Memorial.

  Many other wrestlers worked throughout the summer to improve their skills, participating in the Milan Summer Duals, the Churchill summer tournament, Border Wars, and various technique camps.

  The number of wrestlers in the program remains high thanks in part to a very large, athletic and enthusiastic freshman class. Several weight classes appear wide open, but an early read on the varsity line-up is given below:

112 - Tristan Jarosicwicz, sophomore (26-16);
119 - Darryl Ison, junior (23-17);
135 - Terry McCartney, junior;
140 - Anwar Oliver, senior;
145 - Jalen Jones, junior (19-16);
152 - Brandon Whittenberg, senior (27-17);
160 - Josh Mills, senior (30-13);
189 - Dimitrus Renfroe, sophomore (18-22);
215 - Dylan Korzetki, senior (23-22); and
285 - Chris Bowie, senior (11-15).

  The Wolfpack's goal for the 2009-10 wrestling season is to continue the turnaround that began last season. This means having another winning season, improving upon last year's fifth-place finish in the KLAA South and having multiple wrestlers competing in the individual regional and/or state tournament.