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Emmerich, Heller, Mehrholz Qualify For State Wrestling Tournament!

The Warrior Wrestlers qualified 7 wrestlers to the Barrington Sectional from the grueling Regional at McHenry.  All 7 wrestlers won matches and Deerfield finished 7th overall out of 37 teams in the Barrington Sectional.

Wrestlers competing in Sectionals
Joey Bloom 113 pounds
Andrew Mehrholz 120
Brian Spinello 126
Jeff Spinello 132
Sage Heller 138
Colton Emmerich 182
David Vanderkloot HWT


Three wrestlers qualified for state by finishing in the top 4 in their weight classes.

Colton Emmerich (Sr.) took first place beating 3 quality opponents improving his record to 43-1.  Colton had to beat wrestlers from Prospect, Libertyville, and Dundee Crown on the way to the title.  2 of these opponents Colton had wrestled before.  Beating a good wrestler multiple times is a very tough task.

Sophomore Andrew Mehrholz makes a return trip to Champaign by placing 3rd place in arguably the toughest weight class in the tournament.  Andrew had to beat the 4th ranked wrestler in the state to qualify.  In the quarter finals Andrew lost a tough match to the 2nd ranked wrestler in he state. Andrew's record improves to 46-4 breaking the all-time win record previously held by Josh Katz (43-5 in 2010)

Sage Heller made an incredible run to the placing matches by beating 3 tough opponents in a row.  Sage is only a sophomore and has taken huge strides on his first full year on varsity.  Sage improved his record to 42-9.

The state tournament opens up on Thursday and continues through Saturday.

State Qualifiers since 2007
Marc Harris                 2007
Josh Katz                   2008, 2009, 2010-4th in state
Andrew Rixon            2008, 2009
Morgan Sanden         2008
Jeremy Fahler            2009, 2010-5th in state
Artie Bess                  2011, 2012-3rd in state
Lenny Bloom              2011, 2012
Keven Hoogheem      2011
Ari Sapinsley              2013
Jim Kirby                    2013
Andrew Mehrholz      2013, 2014 
Colton Emmerich       2014
Sage Heller               2014

Complete Deerfield Wrestling Records can be found at  http://dhs.dist113.org/ATHLETICS/WR/Pages/default.aspx


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