Freestyle State Strength in Numbers- Hobbs Takes 3rd

The Suburban Sprawl Wrestling Club took 41 wrestlers down to compete at the 2012 IL Freestyle State tournament this past weekend in Champaign, IL.  22 of those wrestlers are current or future DGS wrestlers.  The club number was the fourth most of any club, and the 22 wrestlers from South was the 2nd most in the entire state as far as participants from one school.  It was a great experience for the kids as the IL State Freestyle Tournament has become one of the toughest in the nation.  IL has dominated on the national level in recent years, so the competition to reach Cadet/Junior Nationals out of the Freestyle State Tournament has been fierce.  Enclosed is a list of participants:

Participants (Current and Future DGS Wrestlers)

Schoolboy Division: 

Ryan Olsen- 98 lbs

Cormac Burke- 112 lbs

Ryan Gurski- 160 lbs-  5^th Place

Jake Chisholm- 105 lbs- Wrestled for Beebe Trained 

Cadet: 

Brandon Smikoski- 113 lbs

Perry Tonoff- 145 lbs

Shane Varghese- 145 lbs- Advanced to 2^nd day of competition

Azam Mohammed

Grant Hall

Sam Patula

Patrick Wilson

Michael Hobbs- 3^rd Place- first Alternate for IL National Team.  Will have opportunity to qualify for Cadet Nationals at 2^nd chance tournament in Sycamore, IL. 

Marcus Rutledge

Junior:

Anthony DiCristofano

Dan Holakovsky

RJ Hickok- Advance to 2nd day of competition

Thomas Nimakoh

Alex Anaya

John Nugent

Marquez Williams

Sal Oceguera

Non-DGS Club Placers: 

Cullen Cummings- Junior 138- DGN- 5^th place

Andrew Posegay- Cadet 152- Glenbard West- 6^th Place