Prep wrestling: D'Alie sets the pace
By Journal Times staff
Anthony D'Alie has been a dominant force all four times he's wrestled in the Ed Stech Invitational at West Allis Central High School.
Saturday, the Waterford senior got the top honor he could at the event.
D'Alie ran the table in the 140-pound weight class, capping the day with his third weight-class title at the prestigious tournament that features several of the top teams in the state.
Behind D'Alie and five other placewinners, the Wolverines finished seventh for the second straight year, scoring 106.5 points. Case, led by third-place finisher Jon Otto, tied South Milwaukee for 16th place with 39 points.
Mukwonago, ranked third in Division 1 in the Crossface Magazine rankings, won the tournament with 178 points, 1.5 points ahead of runner-up Oak Park-River Forest (Ill.) and 7.5 ahead of third-place Hartford, ranked fifth in Division 1.
D'Alie, who won titles at 103 as a freshman and at 119 as a sophomore, was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.
"That's an awesome accomplishment," Waterford coach Henry Agallar said. "There's a couple ranked kids at each weight and a handful of them are going to place high at state. He's focused and was dominant."
The championship match was anticlimactic as D'Alie dom-inated WIAA Division 1 state qualifier Andy Simmons of South Milwaukee in a 15-0 technical fall at just 2:48 of the match.
"He just walked through the tournament," Agallar said of D'Alie, who improved to 10-0 this season and is one of just a few wrestlers to win three Ed Stech titles. "There are tough people here, but he was a man among boys."
The next best finisher for the Wolverines was Eric Czaja, who finished second at 160 pounds. The sophomore, who is 9-2, lost to Tom Fendyk of Mukwonago 9-2 in the title match.
"Eric really stepped up," Agallar said. "He's starting to open up. When he opens up, it's pretty hard to stop him."
Freshman Trevor Weinkauf was fourth at 152 pounds. Senior Brandon Henderson (9-3) was fifth at 215 as were junior Chris Collins (11-2) at 171 pounds and freshman Tim Czaja (8-2) at 125.
Jon Otto was the only wrestler to place for the Eagles. Otto, a senior, won the third-place match at 275 pounds when Ryan Peterson of Janesville Craig, who sustained a concussion in his semifinal match, defaulted the match.
Case coach Mark Petersen said that the top four wrestlers in Otto's weight class were all state qualifiers last year.
HORLICK: There were just five Rebels wrestling in varsity matches at the Westosha Central Holiday Challenge, but none of the five finished worse than fourth as Horlick placed eighth of 11 teams with 91 points.
Junior Lane Olson, the No. 1 seed at 152 pounds, led the Rebels' brigade. He won his first two matches by pin, then beat No. 2 seed Lenard Hale of Milwaukee Pulaski in 3:59 on a technical fall (18-2) in the championship match. Olson improved to 17-0 with his perfect day.
The toughest match of the day for Olson, Horlick coach Jerry Kupper said, was in the semifinals, where Olson faced Southeast Conference foe Troy Landry of Kenosha Bradford.
Landry got the first takedown of the match, but Olson came back in the second period and got the pin in 2:52.
"He took him down and put him down," Kupper said.
Sophomore Steve Sanchez was involved in the closest final of the tournament. At 135 pounds, Sanchez was the No. 3 seed, but pinned his first opponent and then beat No. 2 seed Chris Allman of Milwaukee Bradley Tech on an 18-3 technical fall in the semifinals.
In the final, Sanchez (12-5) took No. 1 seed Nick Tadeo of Franklin, who finished sixth at 125 pounds in Division 1 last year at the WIAA State Tournament, to two overtimes before losing 9-6.
Junior Xavier Marquez, at 189, was seeded No. 1, but the tables were turned on him in the final. Marquez (14-3) won his first two matches on pins of 45 seconds and 5:20, but got caught by No. 2 seed Jamie Jacobo of Warren, Ill., and was pinned in 1:17 in the title match.
Junior Marsha Boucher (4-2), wrestling in her first tournament of the season, was unseeded at 103 pounds, but went 2-1 and finished third, getting both of her victories by pins. She beat Wantee Waort of Pulaski in 57 seconds in her first match and beat Martin Grasswick of Wilmot in 2:37 in the third-place match.
Senior Anthony Aviles (10-7) was fourth at 275 for Horlick, going 1-2. He won his first match on a 51-second pin, but lost to eventual champion Maxx Daniels of Westosha 3-0 in the semifinals.
Warren won the team title with 208 points.
PARK: Frank Swift and Ryan Brown held their own against tough competition, going 3-1 to finish second in their respective weight classes to help the Panthers finish fifth at the eight-team Hatchet Invitational at Tomahawk.
Park scored 90 points. Marshfield edged runner-up Chetek-Prairie Farm 140-138.
Swift, at 160 pounds, was wrestling in one of the toughest weight classes of the tournament, Park coach Andy Fenderson said. He pinned his first three opponents, then lost a tough 8-4 decision to Jordan Wendlandt of Chetek-Prairie Farm and finished second.
"Frank wrestled tough all day," Fenderson said. "He got the first takedown, but he gave up five points on a mistake. It's hard to get five points back."
Matt Burdick, at 152, went 2-2 and was also second in his weight class.
By Journal Times staff
Anthony D'Alie has been a dominant force all four times he's wrestled in the Ed Stech Invitational at West Allis Central High School.
Saturday, the Waterford senior got the top honor he could at the event.
D'Alie ran the table in the 140-pound weight class, capping the day with his third weight-class title at the prestigious tournament that features several of the top teams in the state.
Behind D'Alie and five other placewinners, the Wolverines finished seventh for the second straight year, scoring 106.5 points. Case, led by third-place finisher Jon Otto, tied South Milwaukee for 16th place with 39 points.
Mukwonago, ranked third in Division 1 in the Crossface Magazine rankings, won the tournament with 178 points, 1.5 points ahead of runner-up Oak Park-River Forest (Ill.) and 7.5 ahead of third-place Hartford, ranked fifth in Division 1.
D'Alie, who won titles at 103 as a freshman and at 119 as a sophomore, was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.
"That's an awesome accomplishment," Waterford coach Henry Agallar said. "There's a couple ranked kids at each weight and a handful of them are going to place high at state. He's focused and was dominant."
The championship match was anticlimactic as D'Alie dom-inated WIAA Division 1 state qualifier Andy Simmons of South Milwaukee in a 15-0 technical fall at just 2:48 of the match.
"He just walked through the tournament," Agallar said of D'Alie, who improved to 10-0 this season and is one of just a few wrestlers to win three Ed Stech titles. "There are tough people here, but he was a man among boys."
The next best finisher for the Wolverines was Eric Czaja, who finished second at 160 pounds. The sophomore, who is 9-2, lost to Tom Fendyk of Mukwonago 9-2 in the title match.
"Eric really stepped up," Agallar said. "He's starting to open up. When he opens up, it's pretty hard to stop him."
Freshman Trevor Weinkauf was fourth at 152 pounds. Senior Brandon Henderson (9-3) was fifth at 215 as were junior Chris Collins (11-2) at 171 pounds and freshman Tim Czaja (8-2) at 125.
Jon Otto was the only wrestler to place for the Eagles. Otto, a senior, won the third-place match at 275 pounds when Ryan Peterson of Janesville Craig, who sustained a concussion in his semifinal match, defaulted the match.
Case coach Mark Petersen said that the top four wrestlers in Otto's weight class were all state qualifiers last year.
HORLICK: There were just five Rebels wrestling in varsity matches at the Westosha Central Holiday Challenge, but none of the five finished worse than fourth as Horlick placed eighth of 11 teams with 91 points.
Junior Lane Olson, the No. 1 seed at 152 pounds, led the Rebels' brigade. He won his first two matches by pin, then beat No. 2 seed Lenard Hale of Milwaukee Pulaski in 3:59 on a technical fall (18-2) in the championship match. Olson improved to 17-0 with his perfect day.
The toughest match of the day for Olson, Horlick coach Jerry Kupper said, was in the semifinals, where Olson faced Southeast Conference foe Troy Landry of Kenosha Bradford.
Landry got the first takedown of the match, but Olson came back in the second period and got the pin in 2:52.
"He took him down and put him down," Kupper said.
Sophomore Steve Sanchez was involved in the closest final of the tournament. At 135 pounds, Sanchez was the No. 3 seed, but pinned his first opponent and then beat No. 2 seed Chris Allman of Milwaukee Bradley Tech on an 18-3 technical fall in the semifinals.
In the final, Sanchez (12-5) took No. 1 seed Nick Tadeo of Franklin, who finished sixth at 125 pounds in Division 1 last year at the WIAA State Tournament, to two overtimes before losing 9-6.
Junior Xavier Marquez, at 189, was seeded No. 1, but the tables were turned on him in the final. Marquez (14-3) won his first two matches on pins of 45 seconds and 5:20, but got caught by No. 2 seed Jamie Jacobo of Warren, Ill., and was pinned in 1:17 in the title match.
Junior Marsha Boucher (4-2), wrestling in her first tournament of the season, was unseeded at 103 pounds, but went 2-1 and finished third, getting both of her victories by pins. She beat Wantee Waort of Pulaski in 57 seconds in her first match and beat Martin Grasswick of Wilmot in 2:37 in the third-place match.
Senior Anthony Aviles (10-7) was fourth at 275 for Horlick, going 1-2. He won his first match on a 51-second pin, but lost to eventual champion Maxx Daniels of Westosha 3-0 in the semifinals.
Warren won the team title with 208 points.
PARK: Frank Swift and Ryan Brown held their own against tough competition, going 3-1 to finish second in their respective weight classes to help the Panthers finish fifth at the eight-team Hatchet Invitational at Tomahawk.
Park scored 90 points. Marshfield edged runner-up Chetek-Prairie Farm 140-138.
Swift, at 160 pounds, was wrestling in one of the toughest weight classes of the tournament, Park coach Andy Fenderson said. He pinned his first three opponents, then lost a tough 8-4 decision to Jordan Wendlandt of Chetek-Prairie Farm and finished second.
"Frank wrestled tough all day," Fenderson said. "He got the first takedown, but he gave up five points on a mistake. It's hard to get five points back."
Matt Burdick, at 152, went 2-2 and was also second in his weight class.
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