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WRESTLING: Clarkston rules Oakland County with first title since 2006

Dan Stickradt | December 22, 2018 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT

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LAKE ORION — During the previous decade, Clarkston was the most dominant wrestling program inside Oakland County.

The Wolves won six straight county titles in that stretch (2001-2006) and have maintained a top-10 presence at the prestigious tournament for more than three decades.

Clarkston returned to the top of the charts Dec. 21-22 at Lake Orion High School, rolling up an impressive 300.5 points to capture its first team title since 2006 and 12th overall spanning 29 seasons — all since 1990.

Two-time defending champion Oxford finished a close second with 272 points, while Rochester Adams was third (204), giving the OAA Red Division the top three slots.

Clarkston captured its first Oakland County Wrestling Tournament championship since 2006 and 12th overall Dec. 22 behind 300.5 points.

The league also had five of the top eight team finishers and six in the top 10.

Holly placed fourth with 176.5 points, followed by Waterford Kettering (157.5), Lake Orion (152), Novi Detroit Catholic Central ‘B’ (141), Rochester (130.5), Ferndale (119.5) and Birmingham Seaholm (103) in the top 10.

A total of 38 schools registered points at the 59th annual meet.

Ranked fifth in Division 1, Clarkston only had one champion over the 14 weight classes, but had 12 wrestlers finish in the top eight to medal and had five competitors finish in the runner-up slot.

“We only had one champion, but we had most of our kids get to the second day and had 12 place, which is good. I think we could have done even better, but we’ll take it,” said Clarkston coach Joe Wood, who competed for Wolves during the previous decade. “Joe DeGain was the coach the last time we won it and Joe was an All-State wrestler for Clarkston, His dad, Mike (DeGain) coached the 2001 team and we were really good back then. I’m hoping that we’re on our way back up there.”

Devin Trevino was Clarkston’s sole champion, as he defeated Oxford’s Trent Myre in the finals, 8-4, to improve to 13-1 on the young campaign. He captured his third individual county title.

“This is what we were (hoping) for,” said Tervino, a senior. “Our ultimate goal is to compete in the state championships and get us to the Final Four. We’ve been hitting it extra hard in the (wrestling) room lately and we’re going to do what it takes to reach our goals.”

Seventh-ranked Oxford had won three titles (2000, 2016, 2017) and has not finished lower than fourth place over the past 20 seasons.

“It’s something that we take a lot of pride in,” admitted Oxford coach Ross Wingert. “You always want to do well here and try to win it. But we have always done well here and I think we (competed) well (this year). Clarkston was just a little better this year.”

Oxford had a pair of individual champions, as Jack Thompson (119) and Austin Schlicht (215) came away with titles.

Novi Detroit Catholic Central, which won seven straight team championship from 2009-2015, sent its “B’ team for the fourth straight season and still finished in the top 10 with several placers. The top-ranked Shamrocks sent their ‘A’ team to an out-of-state tournament for the third straight season.

Rochester Adams had its highest finish since the early 2000s, a nice surprise for a team that graduated three county placers and state qualifiers.

“I honestly didn’t know how we’d do, to be completely honest,” offered Adams coach Mike Holtz. “We have some nice seniors, but some very good underclassmen.

Novi Detroit Catholic Central, which won seven straight from 2009-2015, sent its “B’ team for the fourth straight season and still finished in the top 10 with several placers. The top-ranked Shamrocks sent their ‘A’ team to an out-of-state tournament for the third straight season.

Catholic Central’s tremendous depth was proven once again, as the Shamrocks still came away with one individual champion. Logan Sanom (145) won his first county crown.

Rochester’s Kavan Troy was the Lower Weights Meet MVP. The freshman pinned Ferndale’s Dylan Coleman in 53 seconds to complete the victorious weekend.

Lake Orion’s Dylan Wellbaum captured the 171-pound title, posting a 20-3 technical fall victory over Oxford’s Caleb Talbert to finish off the day. He was named the Upper Weights MVP.

Holly had a trio of champions, the most of any school. Jacob Gonzales (135), Cade Dallwitz (189) and Blake Querio (285) were victorious for the Bronchos.

Waterford Kettering produced a pair of champions behind stellar performances by Mark Brado (125) and TJ Daugherty (130).

Rochester Stoney Creek’s Andy Hampton (112), Birmingham Seaholm’s Jackson Vance (140) and Lake Orion’s Jaden Fisher (152) rounded out the individual winners.

ALL-TIME TEAM CHAMPIONS

(An asterisk * denotes a team champion of a school located outside of Oakland County but was allowed to compete in the county tournament due to proximity.)

1960: Hazel Park

1961: Hazel Park

1962: Hazel Park

1963: Hazel Park

1964: Pontiac Northern

1965: Walled Lake High

1966: Pontiac Northern

1967: Pontiac Northern

1968: Walled Lake High

1969: Pontiac Northern

1970: Detroit Catholic Central*

1971: Royal Oak Kimball

1972: Warren Lincoln*

1973: Detroit Catholic Central*

1974: Hazel Park

1975: Hazel Park

1976: Redford Detroit Catholic Central*

1977: Hazel Park

1978: Warren Lincoln*

1979: Hazel Park

1980: Lake Orion

1981: Hazel Park

1982: Hazel Park

1983: Hazel Park

1984: Hazel Park

1985: Hazel Park

1986: Hazel Park

1987: Lake Orion

1988: Lake Orion

1989: Lake Orion

1990: Clarkston

1991: Clarkston

1992: Troy

1993: Clarkston

1994: Clarkston

1995: Clarkston

1996: Walled Lake Central

1997: Rochester Adams

1998: Rochester Adams

1999: Novi

2000: Oxford

2001: Clarkston

2002: Clarkston

2003: Clarkston

2004: Clarkston

2005: Clarkston

2006: Clarkston

2007: Lake Orion

2008: Lake Orion

2009: Novi Detroit Catholic Central

2010: Novi Detroit Catholic Central

2011: Novi Detroit Catholic Central

2012: Novi Detroit Catholic Central

2013: Novi Detroit Catholic Central

2014: Novi Detroit Catholic Central

2015: Novi Detroit Catholic Central

2016: Oxford

2017: Oxford

2018: Clarkston

MOST TEAM CHAMPIONS

14 — Hazel Park

12 — Clarkston

10 — Detroit Catholic Central (located in Detroit, Redford and now Novi)

8 — Lake Orion

4 — Pontiac Northern

3 — Oxford

3 — Walled Lake High/Walled Lake Central

2 — Rochester Adams

2 — Warren Lincoln

1 — Novi

1 — Troy

59TH ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY

WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

(Dec. 21-22 at Lake Orion H.S.)

TEAM SCORES — 1. Clarkston, 300.5; 2. Oxford, 272; 3. Rochester Adams, 204; 4. Holly, 176.5; 5. Waterford Kettering, 157.5; 6. Lake Orion, 152; 7. Novi Detroit Catholic Central ‘B’, 141; 8. Rochester, 130.5; 9. Ferndale, 119.5; 10. Birmingham Seaholm, 103; 11. Rochester Stoney Creek, 95; 12. Novi, 93.5; 13. Hazel Park, 72; 14. Southfield A&T, 71.5; 15. Farmington, 64; 16. West Bloomfield, 60; 17. Ortonville Brandon, 59; 18. (tie) Walled Lake Northern, 57; Birmingham Groves, 57; 20. Walled Lake Western, 56.5; 21. Milford, 51.5; 22. Walled Lake Central, 55.5; 23. Royal Oak, 51.5; 24. South Lyon East, 47,5; 25. White Lake Lakeland, 47; 26. Troy, 45; 27 South Lyon, 44; 28. Waterford Mott, 41; 29. Berkley, 40.5; 30. Birmingham Brother Rice, 36.5; 31. Troy Athens, 36; 32. Auburn Hills Avondale, 34.5; 33. Bloomfield Hills, 31; 34. North Farmington, 27.5; 35. (tie) Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 21; Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, 21; 37. (tie) Farmington Harrison, 20; Pontiac, 20; 39. (tie) Clawson, 0; Madison Heights Lamphere, 0; Madison Heights Bishop Foley Catholic/Madison Heights Madison Unified, 0; Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, 0; Pontiac Academy For Excellence, 0; Troy Bethany Christian, 0; Lake Orion Baptist, 0; Waterford Oakdale Christian Academy, 0; Rochester Hills Christian, 0.

TOP 8 MEDALISTS

103 POUNDS — 1. Kavan Troy (Rochester) p. Dylan Coleman (Ferndale) 0:53; 3. Dougie Bombard (Rochester Adams) d. Josh Bisdorf, (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 8-6; 5. Dru Martin (Clarkston) p. Thaddeus Swanigan (South Lyon East) 2:50; 7. Zach Call (Oxford) p. Zack Gittens (Rochester Stoney Creek) 3:34.

112 POUNDS — 1. Andy Hampton (Rochester Stoney Creek) d. Austin Bashi (West Bloomfield) 6-4; 3. Darren McLeod (Oxford) d. Andrew Kolman (Holly) 4-3; 5. Cheikh Indiaye (Hazel Park) d. Kyle Spengler (Clarkston) 8-3; 7. Justin Corcoran (Waterford Kettering) d. Aiden Calma (White Lake Lakeland) injury default.

119 POUNDS — 1. Jack Thompson (Oxford) d. Blake Noonan (Rochester Stoney Creek) 6-4 (OT); 3. Ashton Anderson (Clarkston) p. Jacob Postek (Rochester Adams) 2:29; 5. Nick Gale (Pontiac) d. Adrian Adiwidjaja (Rochester) 5-1; 7. Jacob Corcoran (Waterford Kettering) d. Joseph McKay (Birmingham Brother Rice) 6-5.

125 POUNDS — 1. Mark Brado (Waterford Kettering) d. Cole Wiegers (Clarkston) 5-0; 3. Matt Curtis (Oxford) maj. dec. Max Honiss (South Lyon) 13-1; 5. Jesse Matti (Troy Athens) d. Noah Vibert (Rochester Adams) 1-0; 7. Jeremy Sarter (West Bloomfield) p. Nick Nowakowski (Lake Orion) 2:58.

130 POUNDS — 1. TJ Daugherty (Waterford Kettering) d. Mac Hanselman (Clarkston) 10-4; 3. Nate Young (Holly) Sean Phalen (Rochester Adams) 7-2; 5. Liam Hilary (Oxford) p. Jack Greenstein (Walled Lake Northern) 1:40; 7. Terry Johnson (Southfield A&T) d. Luke Borman (Berkley) injury default.

135 POUNDS — 1. Jacob Gonzales, (Holly) d. Grady Castle (Clarkston) 6-3; 3. Brandon Troy (Rochester) d. Nate Call (Oxford) 3-1; 5. Dejon James (Southfield A&T) d. Jacob Bisdorf (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 8-5; 7. Robert LaMacchio (Rochester Stoney Creek) p. Jack Culvey (Ortonville Brandon) 5:00.

140 POUNDS — 1. Jackson Vance (Birmingham Seaholm) p. Ethan Polick (Clarkston) 5:05; 3. Scott Hampton (North Farmington) d. Joe Vackaro (Oxford) 7-2; 5. Jack Dunn (Rochester Adams) d. Aiden Fitzgerald (Rochester) 7-0; 7. Brendan McCluskey (Ortonville Brandon) p. Torrance Ringgold (Southfield A&T) 2:05.

145 POUNDS — 1. Logan Sanom (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) tech. fall Conor Donahue (Clarkston) 19-1; 3. Torey Coleman (Auburn Hills Avondale) d. Ryan Heur (Novi) 3-2; 5. Justin VanVaerenb (Walled Lake Central) p. Junior Martin (Waterford Kettering) 2:14; 7. Joey Eble (Rochester Adams) d. Giorgio Hama (Rochester) 4-3.

152 POUNDS — 1. Jaden Fisher (Lake Orion) d. Damon Dunbar (Birmingham Groves) 13-8; 3. Jake Billette (Clarkston) maj. dec. Matt George (Novi) 12-3; 5. Chaz Strecker (Birmingham Seaholm) d. Elijah Kidder (Royal Oak) 9-8; 7. Allen Martin (Waterford Kettering) maj. dec. Jack Wandrie (Oxford) 13-2.

160 POUNDS — 1. Devin Trevino (Clarkston) d. Trent Myre (Oxford) 8-4; 3. Earle Weaver (Royal Oak) d. Joe Urso (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 3-2; 5. Vincent Savaya (Walled Lake Western) d. Maurice Swain (Rochester Adams) 7-3; 7. Ronnel Best (Hazel Park) d. David Thickston (White Lake Lakeland) injury default.

171 POUNDS — 1. Dylan Wellbaum (Lake Orion) tech. fall Caleb Tabert (Oxford) 20-3; 3. Mikey Nicaj (Ortonville Brandon) d. Zenon Stepien (Troy) 9-2; 5. John Browning (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) p. Drew Heur (Novi) 1:34; 7. Devon Isaac (West Bloomfield) p. Drake Spencer (Waterford Kettering) 2:12.

189 POUNDS — 1. Cade Dallwitz (Holly) d. Greg Zavalnitsk (Walled Lake Central) 8-5; 3. Kyler O’Grady (Rochester Adams) d. Angel Defay-Marr (Ferndale) 8-4; 5. Anthony Smith (Hazel Park) p. Tyler Firestone (Birmingham Seaholm) 1:56; 7. Frank Davis (Clarkston) d. Matthew Cepak (South Lyon East) by inj. def.

215 POUNDS — 1. Austin Schlicht (Oxford) maj. dec. Donovan Pitts-Reed (Ferndale) 10-1; 3. Jacob Jones (Clarkston) p. Zac Foote (Lake Orion) 1:39; 5. Timmy Anderson (Rochester Adams) d. Ethan Jones (Walled Lake Western) 9-3; 7. Kyle Heslop (Novi) p. Kameron Carter (Milford) 1:00

285 POUNDS — 1. Blake Querio (Holly) d. Donovan King (Farmington) 4-2 (OT); 3. Hunter Chambers (Lake Orion) p. Joe Dreisbach (Walled Lake Northern) 0:51; 5. Bobby Anderson (Rochester Adams) d. Shane Guberiu (Auburn Hills Avondale) 3-1; 7. Torian Belton (Ferndale) maj. dec. Michael Dragoo (Novi) 10-1.

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