Varsity B and JV Compete at Macomb

The Macomb County Invitational is a big event for all teams from Macomb County at the beginning of the wrestling season.  It is a two day tournament that took place on Friday, December 17 and Saturday, December 18.  Romeo entered 8 wrestlers in the varsity tournament and 11 in the JV tournament.  

There are 35 teams entered and some of the top wrestlers from around the state.  Romeo was well-represented with 3 varsity place winners.  Congratulations to the following individual medalists:

125  Jake Turley – 4th

125  Justin Cooper – 5th

140  Luke Packan – 4th

The JV wrestlers also took some hardware home.  It was a great opportunity to get experience and practice some of the things we have been working on in practice.  Here are the JV medal winners:

103  Sean Williams – 5th

119  Jeffrey Damschroder – 3rd

130  Noah Williams – 5th

135  Edgar Martinez – 1st

145  Trevor McCartney – 1st

152  Marcello Ioco – 3rd

160  John Jaynes – 4th

Great Job Bulldogs!!

Varsity A travels to Ohio

The Romeo High School varsity A wrestling team went to Defiance College in Ohio to compete in the Fricker’s Duals on Friday, December 17 and Saturday, December 18.  The tournament had 22 teams from Ohio and Michigan.  There were 9 top ten ranked teams and over 110 ranked wrestlers competing for two days.  The competition was fantastic and the tournament was a great chance to come together as a team.  Overall it was an unforgettable experience.

Every wrestler battled for 10 matches.  It’s the kind of tournament where you can see growth from day 1 to day 2.  Romeo went 7-3 as a team.  The Bulldogs definitely rose to the challenge!

Here are the team results:

Romeo  32  Oregon Clay  37

Romeo  63  Archbold  12

Romeo  19  Coffman  45

Romeo  55  Crestview  22

Romeo  51  Liberty Center  24

Romeo  49  Miami Trace  27

Romeo  62  Evergreen  6

Romeo  15  Wauseon  50

Romeo  69  River Valley  6

Romeo  49  Ayersville  24

Here are the individual results for Romeo at Fricker’s Duals:

106 Blake Barnette  6-4
113/120 Owen Youngblood 9-1
113/120 Drake Garrisi 6-4
126 Alexander Cvetanovski 6-4
132 Rylan Watson 8-2
138 Alex Angleo 7-3
144 Caleb Youngblood 9-1
150 James Rivers 10-0
157 Josh McMillan 8-2
165 Tyler Pressel 6-4
175 Brayden Mirjavadi 8-2
190 VOID
215 Austin Finley 3-7
285 Iban Contreras 1-9