WVHS Wrestling Season Recaps
- 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
- 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
- 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990
- 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980
- 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976
Varsity: 20-10 overall, 6-0 in Conference (Conference Champions), Regional Champs
JV: 7-5 Overall, 4-3 in Conference (5th Place)
Freshman: 15-3-1 overall, 7-0-1 in Conference (Conference Champions)
We started the season finishing 12th at the Barrington Tournament out of 28 strong teams. Sean Sarkauskas led the way finishing 3rd at 152 lbs. Another strong showing followed at the Stagg Tournament where we finished 4th out of 12 teams. Howard Beatty earned a championship at 145 lbs. and Anthony Touchstone placed 2nd. The team placed 7th at the Dekalb Flavin Team Tournament. On January 4th, the Warriors beat Neuqua and earned a Conference Championship in the Valley Division. At the UEC Tournament, but had some very strong showings by Anthony Touchstone (Champion), Jimmy Davis and Howard Beatty (2nd Place). The wrestlers claimed a Regional Team Championship, qualifying for the team sectional meet. At the regional, Jimmy Davis, Howard Beatty and Anthony Touchstone all won championships, Mitch Kroening and Anthony Napolitano placed 2nd, and Sean Sarkauskas placed 3rd, qualifying for Sectionals. Davis, Beatty & Touchstone then qualified for the IHSA State meet in the Sectional competition.
Nate Otten and Nate Marple earned JV Conference Championships. The WV freshmen team won the Bartlett Tourney and the UEC tournament. Trevor Bon and Max Ihry were Frosh Conference Champions.
- Jack Timberlake: Sportsmanship Award, All-Academic
- Jimmy Davis: MVP, All-Conference, Regional Champ, Sectional Qualifier, State Qualifier
- Howard Beatty: All-Conference, Regional Champ, Sectional Qualifier, State Qualifier
- Anthony Napolitano: All-Conference, Sectional Qualifier
- Anthony Touchstone: All-Conference, Conference Champion, Regional Champ, Sectional Qualifier, State Qualifier
- Sean Sarkauskas: All-Academic, Sectional Qualifier
- Mitch Kroening: Sectional Qualifier
- Justin Foster: All-Academic
- Jacob Laws: All-Academic
Varsity: 13-15 Overall, 3-4 in Conference (4th Place), 4th in Regionals
JV1: 8-4 Overall, 4-1 in Conference
JV2: 3-3 Overall, 2-2 in Conference
Frosh: 11-5 Overall, 6-1 in Conference (3rd Place)
- Howard Beatty: Sectional Qualifier
- Luis Cisneros: Sectional Qualifier
- Jimmy Davis: All-Conference, Sectional Qualifier, State Qualifier
- Mitch Kroening: Sectional Qualifier
- Elton Manuel: MVP, All-Conference, Sectional Qualifier, State Qualifier
- Malcolm McSwain: All-Conference, Regional Champion, Sectional Qualifier, Sportsmanship Award
- Andrian Morrison: All-Conference
- Sean Sarkauskas: All-Academic
- Adam Szott: All-Academic, All-Conference
Varsity: 11-16 Overall, 5-3 in Conference (4th Place), 7th in Regionals
JV1: 10-5 Overall, 5-2 in Conference
JV2: 5-7 Overall, 3-2 in Conference
Frosh: 13-0 Overall, 9-0 in Conference, Conference Champions
We had 3 wrestlers place 2nd at the Stagg Invite, Jason O'Brien, Elton Manuel, and Adam Szott. Luis Cisneros was an All-Conference selection with his 2nd place finish at the Conference Tournament. Anthony Touchstone and Adam Szott qualified for the Sectional meet.
The JV squad had many top finishers in the JV Conference Tournament.
The Freshman team went undefeated on the season, 13-0. They placed in the top three in all of their tournaments. They were the Freshmen Conference Champions.
- Luis Cisneros: All-Conference
- Elton Manuel: MVP
- Andrian Morrison: Sportsmanship Award
- Andrew Myrna: All-Academic
- Sean Sarkauskas: All-Academic
- Brandon Sarkauskas: All-Academic
- Adam Szott: All-Academic, Sectional Qualifier
- Anthony Touchstone: Sectional Qualifier
Varsity: 10-17 Overall, 3-2 in Conference (5th Place)
JV: 7-12 Overall, 3-2 in Conference (5th Place)
Freshmen: 15-3 Overall, 6-0 in Conference (Champions)
We had some exciting moments throughout the season on all levels. We had our first state qualifier in the the last few years, our freshmen team recaptured the conference championship, and we had two Varsity conference champions at the Varsity level.
Our freshmen ended with a 6-0 conference record and 15-3 Overall. They placed first at many of the tournaments that were entered. They won the Conference Meet by 85 points.
The JV team had three Conference Champions, Scott Etheridge, Andrew Heinen and Dylan Kulikowski. The Varsity team had two Conference Champions in Max Garbis at 125 and Daniel Kelly at 189.
- Kevin Dubbins: All-Academic
- Max Garbis: All-Conference, Sectional Qualifier
- Daniel Kelly: All-Academic, All-Conference, MVP, Sectional and State Qualifier
- Matthew Martin: All-Academic
- Brandon Sarkauskas: All-Academic, Sportsmanship Award
- David Scarano: Sectional Qualifier
- Adam Szott: All-Academic
Varsity: 9-9 Overall, 3-2 in Conference (3rd Place), 7th at Regionals, 11th at Barrington (Moore/Pettyman Invitational), 3rd at the Stagg Charger Invite, 24th at the Al Dvorak Memorial Invite
JV: 11-5 Overall, 4-0 in Conference (2nd Place)
JV2: 7-4 Overall, 3-1 in Conference
Freshmen: 5-9 Overall, 2-3 in Conference
This was a year in which some young wrestlers grew up in a hurry and found out what it takes to become competitive and eventually champions. The varsity highlights were placing 3rd at Stagg and 3rd in the Upstate Eight Conference meet, missing 2nd by half a point. The JV team ended the season with a hard fought 2nd place finish in the Conference meet, coming in one-half point behind Neuqua. Two varsity wrestlers made it through to the Sectional Meet, Daniel Kelly and Michael Lyons.
- Frances Cruz: All-Academic
- Daniel Kelly: All-Academic, Sectional Qualifier
- Preston Lachowicz: All-Conference
- Preston LaRoche: All-Conference
- Jason Lockowitz: Sportsmanship Award, All-Conference
- Michael Lyons: All-Academic, All-Conference, Sectional Qualifier
- Justin Salerno: All-Academic
- David Scarano: All-Academic, All-Conference
- Trey Waldman: All-Academic
Varsity: 15-8 Overall, 4-2 in Conference (4th Place), 2nd in Regionals
JV2: 6-4 Overall, 5-3 in Conference (2nd Place)
Freshmen: 16-1 Overall, 7-0 in Conference (Champions)
The Varsity team finished 2nd at the Stagg Tournament and made a nice run at 1st place coming up only 10 points short. We had two conference champions and five All-Conference wrestlers. There were eight Sectional Qualifiers and the team was 2nd at Regionals. Another first was our trip to Mentor, Ohio to compete in a mega-dual. It proved to be a great time for everyone involved and we went 3-2 in our duals while there.
- Nick Capristo: Sportsmanship Award, All-Conference, Conference Champ at 285,
Sectional Qualifier - Ryan Durso: Sectional Qualifier
- Chad Kubinski: Sectional Qualifier
- Preston Laroche: Sectional Qualifier
- Nathan Lorance: Sectional Qualifier
- Mike Lyons: All-Academic, Sectional Qualifier
- Jeremiah Myers: All-Conference, Sectional Qualifier
- Kyle Rasmussen: All-Conference, Conference Champ at 135, Sectional Qualifier
- Kevin Roth: All-Conference
- Melissa Roth: All-Academic
- Justin Salerno: All-Academic
- David Scarano: All-Academic
- Frank Trubiano: All-Conference
Varsity: 14-4 Overall, 5-1 in Conference (2nd place), 3rd in Regionals
JV: 10-7 Overall, 6-1 in Conference (3rd place)
JV2: 4-6 Overall, 2-1 in Conference
FrA: 18-0 Overall, 7-0 in Conference (Champs)
- Nick Capristo: All-Conference, Sectional Qualifier
- Brittany Davidson: All-Academic
- Kevin Garbis: Beacon News All-Area Honorable Mention, Sectional Qualifier
- Alfonso Herrera: All-Conference, Sectional Qualifier
- Jessica Kawabata: All-Academic
- Mike Lyons: Sportsmanship Award, All-Academic
- Shaun McCoy: All-Conference, Sectional Qualifier
- Jared Morar: All-Conference, MVP, Sectional Qualifier, State Qualifier,
Beacon News All-Area - Jeremiah Myers: All-Conference, Beacon News All-Area Honorable Mention,
Sectional Qualifier - Kyle Price: All-Conference
- Kyle Rasmussen: All-Conference
- Kevin Roth: All-Conference
- Justin Salerno: All-Academic
- Adam Stoeckigt: Sectional Qualifier
Varsity: 8-6 Overall, 4-2 in Conference (4th Place). 7th in Regionals
JV: 15-2 Overall, 6-1 in Conference (2nd Place)
Frosh: 14-3 Overall, 7-0 in Conference (Champions)
- Brittany Davidson: All-Academic
- Ryan Durso: All-Conference
- Jessica Kawabata: All-Academic
- Brian Kenney: Sportsmanship Award
- Jared Morar: All-Conference, MVP
- John Murphy: All-Conferenece
- Jeremiah Myers: All-Academic
Varsity: 13-4 Overall, 5-1 in conference (2nd Place)
JV: 9-8 Overall
Soph: 4-3 Overall
Frosh: 10-1 Overall, Conference Champs
- Joe Kampf: State Qualifier
- Brennan Kenney: All Conference
Varsity: 3rd in Conference with a 4-2 record, 8-13 overall.
JV: 8-4 Overall, 4th in Conference
Freshmen: 3rd in Conference with a 4-1 record, 8-4 overall.
The 2004 team was represented by 140 lb Phil Borshell in the IHSA Wrestling Tournament at the University of Illinois in Champaign. His first match was against Adam Bieschke (Sr.) of Hoffman Estates (Conant) who has a record of 24-9. Phil Borshell a junior at Waubonsie Valley entered the tournament with a record of 22-12. Phil was leading in the match when he was forced to default due to a tournament ending injury.
- Phil Borshell: Sectional Qualifier, State Qualifier
- Sam Chidley: Sectional Qualifier
- Tom Gochis: All Academic, All Conference, Regional Champion, Sectional Qualifier
- Joseph Kampf: Sportsmanship Award Winner, All Academic, All Conference, Sectional Qualifier
- Brennan Kenney: All Conference, Regional Champion, Sectional Qualifier
- John Murphy: All Conference, Sectional Qualifier
- Alex Reveles: All Conference
- Monica Rodriguez: All Academic
Some of the team highlights include:
- Finishing 6th at the 32 team Barrington Tournament
- Finishing 3rd in the Upstate Eight Conference Meet
- Taking 4th in the Regional Meet and having 6 qualifiers for the Sectional Tournament, all who will return next year.
- Having a Conference Champion, two Regional Champions and a State Qualifier
Vars: 9-12 Overall, 4-3 in Conference (6th Place)
JV: 12-6 Overall, 2nd in Conference
Soph: 5-5 Overall
Frosh: 8-5 Overall, 4th in Conference
- Phil Borshell: All-Conference
- Joe Kampf: All-Academic
- PJ Schinkoeth: All-Conference, Sectional Qualifier
- Roberto Torres: All-Conference, MVP, State Qualifier
- Rye Waldman: All-Academic, Sportsmanship Award, All-Conference, Sectional Qualifier
- Billy Mackey: All-Academic
Varsity: 10-13 Overall, 5th in Conference
JV: 8-11 Overall, 5th in Conference
Soph: 5-5 Overall
Frosh: 14-5 Overall, 2nd in Conference
- Phil Borshell: All-Conference
- Chris Jensen: All-Academic, Sportsmanship Award
- William Mackey: All-Academic
- Mark Phillips: All-Conference, All-Area Regional
- Earl Ross: All-Area Regional
- PJ Schinkoeth: All-Conference
- Jason Shaw: All-Area Regional
- Roberto Torres: MVP, All-Conference, All-Area Regional, All-Sectional, 4th in State,
All-State - Bruce Uhter: All-Area Regional
- Rye Waldman: All-Academic, All-Area Regional
Varsity: 11-14 Overall, 4-2 in Conference (4th Place)
JV: 10-7 Overall, 5-3 in Conference
Soph: 6-10 Overall, 4-3 in Conference
Frosh: 9-7 Overall, 4-3 in conference
- Drew Weimer: All-Conference, MVP, All-Area First Team, Sectional Champ, 4th in State, All-State
- Chris Jensen: All-Academic, All-Conference
- Chris McCaskill: All-Conference
- Randy Mitty: Sportsmanship Award, All-Conference, All-Are Second Team
- Mark Phillips: All-Conference
- Tito Torres: All-Conference
- Rye Waldman: All-Academic
Varsity 14-11 Overall, Regional Champs
JV: 5-10 Overall
Soph: 7-11 Overall
Frosh: 7-8-1 Overall
- Drew Weimer: State Qualifier, All-State, 6th in State
- Danny Alcocer: State Qualifier, All-State, 5th in State
- Brain Dennert: All-Academic
- Chris Jensen: All-Academic
Varsity: 7-14 Overall, 3rd in Conference
JV1: 7-10 Overall, 3rd in Conference
JV2: 4-5 Overall, 3rd in Conference
Frosh: 3-12 Overall, 5th in Conference
- Danny Alcocer: All-Conference
- Matt Bowles: All-Academic
- Brian Dennert: All-Academic
- Randy Mitty: All-Academic
- Cliff Schinkoeth: Sportsmanship Award
Varsity: 13-9 Overall, 5-1 in Conference (Champs)
JV1: 10-6 Overall, 3rd in Conference
JV2: 5-2 Overall, 4th in Conference
Frosh: 9-8 Overall, 3rd in Conference
- Terry Garbis: State Qualifier, All-State (2nd in State)
- Dominic Valvano: State Qualifier
- Mike Mitty: State Qualifier
Varsity: 19-5-2 Overall, 6-0-1 in Conference (2nd Place),
Regional Champs, Sectional Champs. 4th in State
JV1: 11-3 Overall, 2nd in Conference
JV2: 7-1 Overall, Conference Champs
Frosh: 11-1 Overall, Conference Champs
- Chris Rodriguez: All-Conference, State Qualifier, All-State, 5th in State
- Terry Garbis: All-Conference, State Qualifier
- Dominic Valvano: All-Conference, All-Academic
- Brian Weimer: All-Conference
- Tony themas: All-Conference
- Matt Eickoff: All-Academic
- Joseph Macek: All-Academic
- Michael Mitty: All-Academic
- Brett Schneider: All-Academic
Varsity: 16-4-1 Overall, 2nd in Conference
JV1: 11-0 Overall, Conference Champs
JV2: 8-0 Overall, Conference Champs
Frosh: 8-3 Overall
- Seth Malley: All-Academic, All-Conference, State Qualifier (2nd Place), All-State
- Chris Rodriguez: All-Conference, State Qualifier, 6th in State, All-State
- Terry Garbis: All-Conference
- Jeremy Martin: All-Academic
- Brett Schneider: All-Academic
- Dominic Valvano: All-Academic
- Mikchael Mitty: All-Academic
Varsity: 22-2 Overall, 7-0 in Conference (Champs - 3 years in a row), Regional Champs
JV1: 14-5 Overall, Conference Champs
JV2: 10-1 Overall, Conference Champs
Frosh: 15-1 Overall, Conference Champs
- Ruben Saldana: All-Conference, State Qualifier, State Champion, All-State,
Undefeated 47-0 - Javier Quintanilla: State Qualifier, 5th in State, All-State
- Tony Tomei: State Qualifier
- Chris Rodriguez: State Qualifier
- Paul Garbis: State Qualifier
- Alphonsus Olieh: State Qualifier, 4th in State, All-State
- Seth Malley: State Qualifier
Varsity: 26-5 Overall, 7-1 in Conference, Conference Champs,
Regional Champs, Sectional Champs, 2nd in State
JV1: 12-4 Overall, Conference Champs
JV2: 6-3 Overall
Frosh: 11-0 Overall, Conference Champs
- Jim LeDuc: State Qualifier, State Champion, All-State, Undefeated 50-0
- Javier Quintanilla: State Qualifier, State Champion, All-State
- Gerardo Quintanilla: State Qualifier, 2nd in State, All-State
- Ruben Saldana: State Qualifier, 4th in State, All-State
- Alphonsus Olieh: State Qualifier
- Tony Tomei: State Qualifier
Varsity: 25-1 Overall, 8-0 in Conference (Champions),
Regional Champions, Sectional Champions, 2nd in State
JV1: 13-1-1 Overall, Conference Champions
JV2: 8-3 Overall
Frosh: 11-1 Overall
- Jim LeDuc: State Qualifier, 4th in State, All-State
- Javier Quintanilla: State Qualifier, 5th in State, All-State
- Gerardo Quintanilla: State Qualifier
- Bob Ott: State Qualifier
- Ruben Saldana: State Qualifier
- Geoff Ruble: State Qualifier
- Jim Sutter: State Qualifier
- Alphonsus Olieh: State Qualifier
Varsity: 21-3 Overall, Second in Conference, Regional Champions, Fifth in State
JV1: 12-3 Overall, Second in Conference
Frosh: 13-3 Overall, Second in Conference
- Oswaldo Quintanilla: State Qualifier, 2nd in State, All-State
- Gerardo Quintanilla: State Qualifier, 6th in State, All-State
- Javier Quintanilla: State Qualifier
Varsity: 16-5 Overall, Conference Champions, Regional Champions
JV1: 12-4 Overall
- Raphael Wilson: Conference Champion, State Qualifier, State Champion, All-State
- Tracey Taylor: State Qualifier
- Jeff Cerefice: Conference Champion
- Mike Staffeldt: Conference Champion
- Martez Benas: Conference Champion
- Scott Trench: Conference Champion
Varsity: 20-3 Overall, Conference Champions, Regional Champions
JV1: 11-4 Overall
JV2: 9-3 Overall, 5-3 in Conference
- Hugh Williams: State Qualifier, 3rd in State, All-State
- Raphael Wilson: State Qualifier
- Tracey Taylor: State Qualifier
Varsity: 21-2-1 Overall, Second in Conference
JV1: 13-2 Overall
JV2: 11-2 Overall
Frosh: 5-2 Overall
- Dan Driscoll: Conference Champion, State Qualifier, 3rd in State, All-State
- Tracey Taylor: Conference Champion
- High Williams: Conference Champion
- Raphael Wilson: Conference Champion
- Jason Hunter: Conference Champion
- Dean Swick: Conference Champion
- Jason Vasconez: Conference Champion
Varsity: 16-3 Overall, 6-1 in Conference (2nd Place)
JV1: 10-1 Overall, Second in Conference
JV2: 10-1 Overall, Second in Conference
Frosh: 1-3 Overall
- Armando Sanders: Conference Champion, State Qualifier, State Champion, All-State, MVP
- Dan Driscoll: Conference Champion
- Rob Begala: Conference Champion
- Tony Sanders: Conference Champion
- Rich Dedic: Conference Champion
Varsity: 19-2 Overall, Second in Conference
JV1: 10-4 Overall, Third in Conference
Soph: 7-4 Overall, Third in Conference
Frosh: 1-0 Overall
- Geoff Woodcock: State Qualifier, 2nd in State, All-State
- Tim Driscoll: State Qualifier, 2nd in State, All-State
- Jason Welsh: State Qualifier
Varsity: 21-3 Overall, Conference Champions, Regional Champions
JV1: 10-2-1 Overall, Second in Conference
JV2: 10-9 Overall
- Jeff Kragh: State Qualifier, 5th in State, All-State
- Kirk Siegler: State Qualifier
- Jack Modaff: State Qualifier
Varsity: 18-2 Overall, 6-1 in Conference (2nd Place)
JV1: 6-2 Overall
Frosh: 1-0 Overall
- Kirk Siegler: State Qualifier, Co-MVP
- Jeff Kragh: State Qualifier, Co-MVP
Varsity: 17-3 Overall, Third in Conference
Soph: 14-1 Overall, Third in Conference
Frosh: 3-6 Overall
Varsity: 16-4 Overall, Third in Conference, Regional Champions, 9th in State
Soph: 15-3 Overall, Dual Meet Conference Champions
Frosh: 3-5 Overall
- Gregg Woodcock: State Qualifier, 4th in State, All-State
- Larry Olsen: State Qualifier, 3rd in State, All-State, MVP
- Dale Johnson: State Qualifier
Varsity: 5-9-1 Overall, 7th in Conference, 3rd in Districts
Soph: 7-7-1 Overall, 4th in Conference
- Tom Welsh: MVP
- Brian Lodwig: State Qualifier
Varsity: 13-3 Overall
Soph 10-5 Overall
- John Tuliglowski: State Qualifier
Varsity: 11-7 Overall, District Champions
Soph: 15-3 Overall, 5th in Conference
- John Tuliglowski: State Qualifier, 3rd in State, All-State
Varsity: 6-7 Overall, 2nd at Districts
Soph: 9-4 Overall
Frosh: 9-3 Overall
- Mike Kos: State Qualifier, State Champion, All-State, Class A Outstanding Wrestler, MVP
- Ray Tuliglowski: State Qualifier
- Steve Tenute: State Qualifier
- Darryl Morris: Conference Champion
Varsity: 10-5 Overall, 5th in Conference
Soph: 4-11 Overall
Frosh: 1-6 Overall
- Mike Kos: State Qualifier, State Champion, All-State, MVP
First State Champion in WVHS History - Darryl Morris: Conference Champion
Varsity: 3-11 Overall, 5th of 10 teams in Districts
Soph: 2-0 Overall
Frosh: 3-7 Overall
Varsity: 0-12 Overall, 6th out of 10 teams in Districts
Frosh: 1-6 Overall