Adamczyk, Wilner help Stevenson take third at York
Some of the top boys gymnastics teams in the state competed at the 33rd annual Ken Scorza Invitational on Saturday afternoon at York.
The fourth-ranked host Dukes received a run for their money from St. Charles and Stevenson, but York captured the championship with an impressive 156.87.
St. Charles edged Stevenson 149.33 to 148.35 for second place, while Fremd placed fourth in the 12-team field with 137.73 points.
The York duo of Kyle Carmona and Caleb Strejc dominated the all-around competition. Carmona took home the title with a 9.31 average to outdistance runner-up Strejc (8.94).
Stevenson junior Lukasz Adamczyk had a strong performance with a fourth-place 8.87 average, but the Patriots fell short of their season-high 153.4.
"We're in the middle of a training phase, but they competed hard and did a good job today," said Stevenson coach Mike Farina, whose team scored 26.95 points on vault. "Lukasz looked alright, and we're doing everything we can to heal Bryan's (Pusateri) ankle as soon as possible."
Pusateri, a standout senior all-arounder, did compete for the second time this season. He performed his routines on still rings and high bar, but he is still not able to compete in the other four events.
Stevenson sophomore Mike Wilner continued to be a solid contributor, hitting a sixth-place 8.35 average in the all-around, including a third on still rings (8.7).
Mundelein sophomore Scott Marthinsen placed 10th with a 7.77 all-around average.
"I'm very happy with myself except for my parallel bars routine and it was my best vault of the year," said Marthinsen, who qualified for state on vault last year. "My goal this year is to try to get a 50 all-around score, and I just need to add more tricks on high bar because that is my weakest event."
Mundelein is still not at full strength, with Mike Agosto and Tim Beranek coming off injuries.
"Today we looked really good for what we have, and two of our best gymnasts are very limited due to injury," said Mundelein coach Jesse Piland. "Our sophomore Alfredo Maldonado moved up to varsity today to fill in some holes and he did a great job."
Brandon Trostrud was Fremd's top all-arounder with a 12th-place 45.87 total, and teammate Dante Digangi placed third on vault with a 9.43 and fifth on floor exercise with a 9.15.
"The boys were a little tired after competing at Conant last night, but they fought through and it is a good thing for them to go back to back once in a while," said first-year Fremd coach Tim Hamman. "Our freshman Bobby Wongkamalasai looked good on vault, and Brandon Trostrud did alright on parallel bars with an 8.7."
Juan Cervantes (43.2 points) was Hersey's top all-arounder, but the Huskies will be without standout sophomore Evan Reynolds for the remainder of the season after he broke his arm in practice.
Rolling Meadows hit a season-high 133.1 Friday night in a close dual-meet loss to Elk Grove, but the Mustangs managed only a ninth-place 123.3 Saturday.
The Mustangs' John Scallon was the runner-up on pommel horse with a 9.3, while sophomore Marc Herff was 16th in all-around with a 43.55.
"We struggled pretty much the whole meet," said Rolling Meadows coach Chris Cassidy. "I just think they were tired with back-to-back meets, and we'll regroup next week."