Boys Wrestling
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Harper pins title hopes on 8 national qualifiersFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Will eight qualifiers be enough for Harper College in the NJCAA Division III national wrestling tournament next weekend? Harper coach Dan Loprieno hopes it will be -- al...
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Third motivates Gonzalez for moreFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- It wasn't what he came for, so he wasn't the least bit satisfied with his third-place finish at 189 pounds at this year's Class AA individual state wrestlin...
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Area competitors find little success downstateFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Looking back, it seems impossible to think that the always powerful North Suburban Conference and its surrounding neighbors were unable to advance but three wrestlers in...
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State championship for D-C's LukowskiFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Wrestling fans get great theater when watching Mike Lukowski and Saturday night the Dundee-Crown senior was the star on center stage. Lukowski, always one t...
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Grant's Montemayor oh-so-close to crownFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Always in the shadow of countless elite wrestlers at Grant, Izzy Montemayor stepped into the spotlight Saturday night. Although the four-year star fell just...
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Domination for Montini's heavyweightFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Montini's heavyweight used three pins to reach the title mat in Champaign's Assembly Hall and improved to 52-1 with a 5-0 decision over St. Rita's Kevin Galeher for his ...
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Nowry leaves no doubtFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- With the word "brilliant" attached to his name all season, senior Max Nowry was able to add state champion to that moniker. The Wheeling star captured the C...
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Gonzalez reaches semisFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- West Aurora's Mario Gonzalez had to wrestle a trio of top-shelf 189-pounders on Friday, just to get to Saturday's semi-final round in this year's Class AA i...
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Izzy gets busy for GrantFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- If Izzy Montemayor continues like this, the Grant senior could succeed in winning the big prize at the Class AA wrestling state tournament at 125 pounds. Mo...
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Semis toughFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Twenty-two local Class AA wrestlers reached the quarterfinal round of the individual state wrestling finals Friday and tried to fight their way to today's s...