All-Area wrestling team

Wrestler of the Year: Austin Marsden, CL Central

Coach of the Year: Justen Lehr, CL Central

First Team

TREVOR JAUCH

CL Central, jr., 125 pounds, 41-3

Jauch won his second consecutive state championship in Class 2A and went 3-0 at the Dual Team State Tournament to help the Tigers to a second-place finish.  

BRIAN CULLEN

Prairie Ridge, jr., 103 pounds, 36-7

Cullen made it to the finals in his first state tournament, finishing second in Class 2A.

NICK FONTANETTA

CL South, so., 103 pounds, 42-1

Fontanetta suffered his only loss of the season in the quarterfinals at state but came back to take third place in Class 3A.

MIKO VILLANUEVA

Dundee-Crown, sr., 112 pounds, 42-6

Villanueva finished third at state for the second consecutive year in Class 3A.

JOEY KIELBASA

CL Central, jr., 145 pounds, 44-3

Kielbasa won his second consecutive state tournament in Class 2A and also won the Al Dvorak Memorial Wrestling Tournament at Harlem at 152 pounds.

TAYLOR SERVANT

CL Central, sr., 140 pounds, 41-4

Servant qualified for state for the second time, making it to the finals in Class 2A for a second-place finish.

Joey Moorhouse

Marengo, sr., 152 pounds, 33-2

Moorhouse placed at state for the second consecutive year, making it to the finals for a second-place finish in Class 2A.

Jack Dechow

R-B, so., 160 pounds, 43-6

Dechow finished third at the Sterling Sectional but made it to the finals at state in Class 2A for a second-place finish.

Dan Stott

Harvard, so., 160 pounds, 37-8

Stott qualified for state for the second time and finished third in Class 1A.

Jared Koch

Marian Central, jr., 171 pounds, 25-5

Koch placed at state for the second consecutive year, finishing fourth in Class 2A.

Austin Marsden

CL Central, jr., 189 pounds, 49-2

The Northwest Herald Wrestler of the Year, Marsden had the most wins of any area wrestler.
 

David Vinton

Prairie Ridge, sr., 215 pounds, 33-6

After losing in the regional and sectional finals, Vinton capped his senior season with a state championship in Class 2A.

Gage Harrah

CL Central, so., 215 pounds, 33-5

Harrah placed at state for the second consecutive year, finishing fourth in Class 2A.

Second Team

Zach Synon – Prairie Ridge, so., 112 pounds, 34-10
Chance Shelton – Harvard, fr., 112 pounds, 37-10

Mike Smith – Prairie Ridge, sr., 119 pounds, 29-9

Joe Ellis – Richmond-Burton, jr., 125 pounds, 37-6

Jason Fugiel SEnD Crystal Lake Central, so., 130 pounds, 30-10

Lucas Rogers – Huntley, jr., 130 pounds, 35-8

Dillon Cowan – Harvard, jr., 135 pounds, 38-5     

Christian Malouf –CL Central, sr., 135 pounds, 38-6 

Josh Nelson – Cary-Grove, sr., 145 pounds, 27-6

Connor Graves – Richmond-Burton, jr., 145 pounds, 36-8

Kean Loupee – Crystal Lake South, jr., 160 pounds, 34-6

Justin Peete – Johnsburg, sr., 160 pounds, 36-5

Cody Melson – Harvard, so., 189 pounds, 32-14    

Angel Botzoc – Marengo, jr., 189 pounds, 36-7

– Rob Smith, rsmith@nwherald.com

All-Area

Honorable Mention

Bobby McKay – Johnsburg, so., 103 pounds, 32-10
Jake Keefer – Marengo, jr., 119 pounds, 37-6
Jeremy Gricar – Alden-Hebron, sr., 125 pounds, 29-8

Tom Gerszewski – Crystal Lake South, so., 135 pounds, 30-18

Tyler Henken – Alden-Hebron, jr., 135 pounds, 33-5

Torben Hoffmeyer – Marengo, so., 135 pounds, 32-9

Mark Mohler – CL South, sr., 140 pounds, 32-11

Damon Cloe – Marengo, fr., 140 pounds, 28-11

Shawn Hovlid – Woodstock, sr., 152 pounds, 25-14

Mike Rust – Dundee-Crown, sr., 160 pounds, 31-8

Andy Kick – Harvard, sr., 171 pounds, 29-15

Richard Kersten – Cary-Grove, jr., 215 pounds, 28-7

Tim Zegers – Prairie Ridge, sr., 285 pounds, 28-14

Derek Bush  – Jacobs, jr., 285 pounds, 20-10