Wrestling

January 29, 2007

Wrestling Notes on the City Championship

from a LaneTechFan.com reader:

• It was a stressful day for the Lane Tech Wrestling team. Lane took 4th in city, after leading in the semi-finals. The turning point of the tournament was the 189 semifinal match between Koshion Barfield, and defending city champion Raymond Brown. Barfield lost a close 7-6 match, after questionable reffing calls, and afterwards was DQ'ed for his actions afterward. This caused Lane to lose all of his contributed team points which decided the championship.

• Lane was led by Champion Scott Minneci (140), All-City runner up Jamelle Williams (160), and All-City Selections Tog Ganbold (119, 3rd), David Mihaila(145, 4th, first yr. wrestler), Justin Vargas (215,4th) and Yuriy Koverko (171 5th). With a chance of losing Barfield for the Regionals Lane must rise to the occasion if they want to repeat as IHSA regional Champions, after a lackluster performance in the second day of the City Championships. The IHSA regional will be held at Mather HS, on Saturday.

Lane Tech wrestling captains (Left to Right) Scott Minneci (standing), Koshion Barfield, and Jamelle Williams.

Teams wrestling in the State Regional held at Mather this Saturday, February 3, 2007

Chicago (Amundsen)
Chicago (Gordon Tech)
Chicago (Lake View)
Chicago (Lane)
Chicago (Mather)
Chicago (Northside)
Chicago (Roosevelt)
Chicago (Senn)
Chicago (Taft)
Chicago (Von Steuben)
Norridge (Ridgewood)