Warrior Wrestlers Breeze to 6th Straight League Title

Winning 11 of 14 matches, the Deerfield High School wrestling team dominated Maine West, 57-12, Friday in Park Ridge for its sixth consecutive Central Suburban League North Division championship.

Ranked 12th among teams in Illinois, the Warriors finished the conference season 5-0 ending Maine West’s perfect league campaign. Deerfield is 19-1 overall. The Warriors notched six pins against Maine West, won two matches by technical fall, took two major decisions and a decision.

Pinning their opponents were Colton Emmerich (220), Chris Moran (195), T.J. Thompson (182), Jack Powen (160), Brady Glantz (145) and Joey Bloom (120).

Kyle Clough (106) won his match by a technical fall as did Sage Heller (138). Major decisions went to Brian Spinello (126) and Andrew Mehrholtz (132). Nick Kupets defeated his opponent, 4-3.

Deerfield competes in the league meet Friday and Saturday at Niles North in Skokie before heading into the qualifying process for the State Tournament.

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