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Wrestlers set school record!

11 Bulldogs Move on to Individual Regionals

On Saturday, February 12 the Romeo wrestling team traveled to Rochester High School to compete in the Individual District Tournament.  It was a great day of competition between some fantastic teams from Oakland and Macomb Counties, not to mention, some terrific individual wrestlers also!  Romeo sent a school record 11 wrestlers to the Individual Regional Tournament!  The regionals will be held at Midland Dow High School on Saturday, February 19.  

Here are the individual results:

MHSAA District 2-1 Results for Romeo

112  Drake Garrisi (25-16) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 – Drake Garrisi (Romeo) 25-16 won over Ian Guisinger (Utica Eisenhower) 21-11 (Fall 0:30)
  • Quarterfinal – Caleb Weiand (Macomb Dakota) 39-0 won over Drake Garrisi (Romeo) 25-16 (MD 20-6)
  • Cons. Round 1 – Drake Garrisi (Romeo) 25-16 won over Benito Tinaj (Stoney Creek) 24-8 (Fall 0:49)
  • Cons. Semi – Zack Gittens (Stoney Creek) 31-7 won over Drake Garrisi (Romeo) 25-16 (Dec 7-0)

112  Owen Youngblood (29-8) placed 4th and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 – Owen Youngblood (Romeo) 29-8 won over Gavin Shattuck (Port Huron) 8-15 (Fall 1:41)
  • Quarterfinal – Owen Youngblood (Romeo) 29-8 won by fall over Benito Tinaj (Stoney Creek) 24-8 (Fall 1:52)
  • Semifinal – Caleb Weiand (Dakota) 39-0 won over Owen Youngblood (Romeo) 29-8 (MD 10-1)
  • Cons. Semi – Owen Youngblood (Romeo) 29-8 won over Colin Choranziak (Anchor Bay) 28-14 (Fall 0:42)
  • 3rd Place Match – Zack Gittens (Stoney Creek) 31-7 won over Owen Youngblood (Romeo) 29-8 (Dec 6-2)

125  Jake Turley (24-12) placed 4th and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Quarterfinal – Jake Turley (Romeo) 24-12 won over Alex MacLean (Port Huron Northern) 17-11 (Fall 1:45)
  • Semifinal – Fritz Mueller (Macomb Dakota) 34-5 won by fall over Jake Turley (Romeo) 24-12 (Fall 2:51)
  • Cons. Semi – Jake Turley (Romeo) 24-12 won over Harrison Fletcher (Port Huron Northern) 26-16 (MD 9-0)
  • 3rd Place Match – Dakota Quinlan (Adams) 35-9 won by decision over Jake Turley (Romeo) 24-12 (Dec 5-0)

130  Alex Angelo (28-12) placed 2nd and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Quarterfinal – Alex Angelo (Romeo) 28-12 won by fall over Dario Tempest (Utica) 12-10 (Fall 3:33)
  • Semifinal – Alex Angelo (Romeo) 28-12 won by decision over Oliver Youngman (Adams) 23-10 (Dec 6-0)
  • 1st Place Match – Sam Agnello (Eisenhower) 30-4 won by decision over Alex Angelo (Romeo) 28-12 (Dec 7-4)

130  Rylan Watson (24-12) placed 4th and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 – Rylan Watson (Romeo) 24-12 won by fall over Jack Karl (Port Huron) 4-16 (Fall 0:38)
  • Quarterfinal – Rylan Watson (Romeo) 24-12 won by fall over Andrew Kovach (Utica Ford) 22-21 (Fall 0:33)
  • Semifinal – Sam Agnello (Eisenhower) 30-4 won over Rylan Watson (Romeo) 24-12 (MD 14-3)
  • Cons. Semi – Rylan Watson (Romeo) 24-12 won by decision over Collin Oliver (Stoney Creek) 28-17 (Dec 6-5)
  • 3rd Place Match – Oliver Youngman (Adams) 23-10 won by fall over Rylan Watson (Romeo) 24-12 (Fall 4:57)

135  Jack Zehnder (17-3) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 – Jack Zehnder (Romeo) 17-3 won Benjamin Howison (Port Huron Northern) 22-20 (Fall 1:18)
  • Quarterfinal – Hunter Thomson (Utica) 14-7 won by decision over Jack Zehnder (Romeo) 17-3 (Dec 10-5)
  • Cons. Round 1 – Jack Zehnder (Romeo) 17-3 won by decision over Elia Thomas (Adams) 21-19 (Dec 9-3)
  • Cons. Semi – Bryce Choranziak (Anchor Bay) 36-7 won over Jack Zehnder (Romeo) 17-3 (Dec 9-2)

135  Caleb Youngblood (20-3) placed 1st and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Quarterfinal – Caleb Youngblood (Romeo) 20-3 won by fall over Greg Isler (Stoney Creek) 14-13 (Fall 0:37)
  • Semifinal – Caleb Youngblood (Romeo) 20-3 won by fall over Bryce Choranziak (Anchor Bay) 36-7 (Fall 0:42)
  • 1st Place Match – Caleb Youngblood (Romeo) 20-3 won over Reese WIlling (Eisenhower) 32-2 (TF 4:00 (16-0))

140  Marcus Donovan (14-5) placed 2nd and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 2 – Marcus Donovan (Romeo) 14-5 won by fall over Hunter Carr (Anchor Bay) 20-19 (Fall 5:56)
  • Quarterfinal – Marcus Donovan (Romeo) 14-5 won over Nathan marah (L`Anse Creuse) 14-9 (MD 16-6)
  • Semifinal – Marcus Donovan (Romeo) 14-5 won by decision over Jake Ferguson (Dakota) 27-11 (Dec 3-1)
  • 1st Place Match – Austin Alkazir (Dakota) 35-5 won by decision over Marcus Donovan (Romeo) 14-5 (Dec 2-1)

145  James Rivers (34-4) placed 1st and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Semifinal – James Rivers (Romeo) 34-4 won over Benjamin Kekhoua (Adams) 18-15 (TF-1.5 2:30 (16-0))
  • 1st Place Match – James Rivers (Romeo) 34-4 won over Nicholas Wojtal (L`Anse Creuse) 30-14 (TF16-0)

152  Nathan Miller (15-15) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Quarterfinal – Miles Curtis (Utica) 24-10 won by decision over Nathan Miller (Romeo) 15-15 (Dec 6-3)
  • Cons. Round 1 – Nathan Miller (Romeo) 15-15 won by fall over Kaiden Bayer (Utica Eisenhower) 6-8 (Fall 0:48)
  • Cons. Semi – Michael Ackerman (Adams) 11-4 won by decision over Nathan Miller (Romeo) 15-15 (Dec 7-4)

160  Brayden Mirjavadi (35-2) placed 1st and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 2 – Brayden Mirjavadi (Romeo) 35-2 won by fall over David Cartee (Port Huron) 11-8 (Fall 0:42)
  • Quarterfinal – Brayden Mirjavadi (Romeo) 35-2 won over Tristen Arnold (Anchor Bay) 26-18 (TF (18-2))
  • Semifinal – Brayden Mirjavadi (Romeo) 35-2 won over Dayne Gaskell (Chippewa Valley) 26-6 (TF (18-2))
  • 1st Place Match – Brayden Mirjavadi (Romeo) 35-2 won by fall over Tyler Pressel (Romeo) 24-14 (Fall 1:47)

160  Tyler Pressel (24-14) placed 2nd and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 2 – Tyler Pressel (Romeo) 24-14 won by fall over Skylar Latvis (Anchor Bay) 14-22 (Fall 1:03)
  • Quarterfinal – Tyler Pressel (Romeo) 24-14 won over Thaddeus Kustarz (Utica) 30-14 (MD 19-7)
  • Semifinal – Tyler Pressel (Romeo) 24-14 won by decision over Zach Hagar (Stoney Creek) 26-10 (Dec 9-5)
  • 1st Place Match – Brayden Mirjavadi (Romeo) 35-2 won by fall over Tyler Pressel (Romeo) 24-14 (Fall 1:47)

189  Brenton Wehrley (14-7) placed 2nd and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Quarterfinal – Brenton Wehrley (Romeo) 14-7 won by fall over Liam Fleming (Rochester) 15-11 (Fall 1:59)
  • Semifinal – Brenton Wehrley (Romeo) 14-7 won over Ben Norrito (Utica Ford) 23-12 (MD 12-4)
  • 1st Place Match – Adam Bazzi (Stoney Creek) 37-8 won over Brenton Wehrley (Romeo) 14-7 (Dec 8-2)

215  Ian Antonelli (20-12) placed 3rd and scored 0.0 team points.

  • Quarterfinal – Ian Antonelli (Romeo) 20-12 won by fall over Jacob Vermeesch (Anchor Bay) 23-11 (Fall 1:56)
  • Semifinal – Brad Haver (Macomb Dakota) 22-7 won by fall over Ian Antonelli (Romeo) 20-12 (Fall 3:58)
  • Cons. Semi – Ian Antonelli (Romeo) 20-12 won over Matthew Chapdelaine (Port Huron) 7-5 (Dec 11-4)
  • 3rd Place Match – Ian Antonelli (Romeo) 20-12 won over Jacob Vermeesch ( Anchor Bay) 23-11 (Inj. 0:00)