Boys Wrestling

Jacobs takes rivalry match over Dundee-Crown

Posted January 16, 2020 12:00 am

By Dave Hess Daily Herald Correspondent

Jacobs's Jake Harrier, top, gets the fall on Dundee-Crown's Cruz Sanchez at the 0:35 mark in their 145 pound bout during their dual wrestling meet at Jacobs High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Algonquin. Matt Apgar/Shaw Media Illinois

Ryan Golnick certainly epitomizes the word toughness.

The Jacobs junior 220-pounder, who was stunned by a shot to the nose, rebounded to post a 20-3 technical fall win over Carter Fitch of Dundee-Crown.

Golnick's gutsy effort propelled Jacobs to a 48-26 Fox Valley Conference win over District 300 rival Dundee-Crown Thursday night in Algonquin.

"When I get injured it usually super energizes me," said Golnick. "I have a tougher mentality and I am focused and ready to execute my game plan."

Jacobs (7-6, 3-1) was able register 6 pins in the match. Picking up pins for the Golden Eagles were Dom Ducato (106), James Wright (113), Bart Grudek (138), Jake Harrier (145), Vince Ducato (170) and Antonio Carlos (285).

"Dom and James at the beginning of our lineup are very quick and scrappy," said Jacobs coach Gary Conrad. "We call them dynamite. Bart, Jake, Antonio and Jake had nice pins. They had nice nights. D-C came to ready to wrestle and caught us by surprise at the beginning of the match. We rebounded after a slow start and wrestled pretty well."

Joel Ridle (132) won by major decision and Jorge Adams (160) claimed a win by decision.

D-C (12-6, 4-3), which was hindered by the flu bug, won 3 matches on the mat and 2 by forfeit.

With the match starting at 126 pounds, junior Amare Jones gave the Chargers an early 5-0 lead with an 18-3 tech fall win over Jacobs' Jack Baruck.

The Chargers got their only pin of the night as sophomore Matt Impostato (120) ended the match with a pin of Ethan Pagnalis of Jacobs in 18 seconds.

"Amare and Matt are practice partners and they really get after it in the wrestling room," said D-C coach Tim Hayes. "They drive each other and make each other better. Matt is a sophomore and Amare is a junior. So, they get another shot next season to wrestle with each other again next year. They both wrestled well tonight and have wrestled well all season. They are only going to get better on the mats."

Hayes also got a gutsy 5-3 overtime win by Gabe Scales (152) over Jacobs' Alex Epstein.

Wyatt Griggel (182) and Damian Sandoval (195) won by forfeit for the Chargers.

"I liked that we were able to field a full lineup but we had a lot of kids battling the flu," said Hayes, "A lot of kids gutted it out tonight. Jacobs is a very good team with a lot of good wrestlers. They really took it to us in some of the matches."

Dundee-Crown's Gabriel Scales takes control of Jacobs' Alex Epstein in their 152 pound bout during their dual wrestling meet at Jacobs High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Algonquin. Scales won 5-3. Matt Apgar/Shaw Media Illinois

Jacobs's Vince Ducato, front, tangles up with Dundee-Crown's Dominick Poremba in their 170 pound bout during their dual wrestling meet at Jacobs High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Algonquin. Matt Apgar/Shaw Media Illinois

Jacobs's Ryan Golnick, top, tries to flip Dundee-Crown's Carter Fitch in their 220 pound bout during their dual wrestling meet at Jacobs High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Algonquin. Golnick won with a technical fall. Matt Apgar/Shaw Media Illinois

Dundee-Crown's Amaire Jones, top, takes control of Jacobs' Jack Baruck in their 126 opening bout during their dual wrestling meet at Jacobs High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Algonquin. Jones won with a technical fall. Matt Apgar/Shaw Media Illinois

Dundee-Crown's Amaire Jones, top, takes control of Jacobs'Jack Baruck in their 126 opening bout during their dual wrestling meet at Jacobs High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Algonquin. Jones won with a technical fall. Matt Apgar/Shaw Media Illinois

Jacobs's Joel Ridle, right, takes control of Dundee-Crown's Patrick Sierzputowski in their 132 pound bout during their dual wrestling meet at Jacobs High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Algonquin. Ridle won with a major decision. Matt Apgar/Shaw Media Illinois

Jacobs's Bart Grudek takes control of Dundee-Crown's Chino Aquirre in their 138 pound bout during their dual wrestling meet at Jacobs High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Algonquin. Grudek won with a fall in 3:56. Matt Apgar/Shaw Media Illinois

Jacobs's Bart Grudek pins Dundee-Crown's Chino Aquirre in their 138 pound bout during their dual wrestling meet at Jacobs High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Algonquin. Grudek won with a fall in 3:56. Matt Apgar/Shaw Media Illinois

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