Articles filed under Wrestling
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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...
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Horcer, Lukowski advance to semisFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- The news is very good from Champaign. Dundee-Crown's Ryan Horcher and Mike Lukowski each advanced into today's Class AA state wrestling tournament semifinal...
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Our photographers join the fans in the standsFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - The images appearing in the Daily Herald from this weekend's girls gymnastics state meet at Palatine High School and from the wrestling state tournament at Assembly Hall...
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Johnson joins the funFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- No wonder wrestling fans are so keen on the competition at 215 pounds at the Class AA wrestling state tournament. Arguably one of the most exciting groups h...