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It was another first in 34 years as the 5th ranked Reitz Panthers snuck away with a narrow victory in the annual Southern Indiana Athletic Conference Tournament at Castle High School on Saturday, January 23, 2010. The team wrestled their tails off and placed all 14 wrestlers in the top 4, even with backup James Vasquez a 189 pounder substituting at 215 lbs, earning a 4th place finish. Seven wrestlers worked their way into the finals and 4 of them took home the championship ribbon. Reitz claimed 4 champions, 3 runner-ups, 3 at third place, and 4 fourths. The team earned 209.5 points to take the team championship followed by Mater Dei with 202.5, Castle 199, Memorial 125.5, Central 61, Harrison 53.5, North 50, and Bosse 6.
This week, the 11 remaining high school wrestlers who advanced from last weekend's sectional tournament will be practicing hard in preparation for the upcoming weekend. The second round of the state tournament series will be this weekend at Castle High School where the Regionals will take place. Wrestling is scheduled to begin at 9:00 am. It should be a great day of wrestling for our 11 remaining wrestlers.
Congrats to the high school wrestling team on their decisive win over west side rivals and 2nd ranked Mater Dei. The panthers won by a decisive 15 points. The team took it to Mater Dei in their home gym, proving they could handle the pressure and atmosphere. It has been 35 years since the last time a Reitz team has beaten the Mater Dei Wildcats, winning in their gym only makes this one a bittersweet victory.
On Tuesday night, January 5th, the Reitz freshmen took first place at the SIAC freshman invitational. Three wrestlers were crowned champions, 103 Damon Kuhn, 112 Blake Johns, and 125 Mitchell Schnarr. Also placing were 119 Eric Deig 3rd, 152 Austin Lewis 3rd, and 215 Austin Belanger 3rd. The team won by one point over Castle.
Team Scores: 1 Reitz 122, 2. Castle 121, 3. Mater Dei 116, 4 Memorial 99, 5. Jasper 70, 6. Southridge 66, 7. Mount Vernon 47, 8. Harrison 46, 9. North 31, 10. Central 12, 11. Bosse 4
For the second time in 3 years, the Reitz wrestling team pulled off a big victory, outscoring 32 teams in the annual Connersville Spartan Classic Tournament in Connersville, Indiana. The panthers had 3 wrestlers in the finals, resulting in 2 champions and one runner-up. This two-day tournament proved the teams strength as they outscored some top ranked teams in Indianapolis Roncoli and Indianapolis Cathedral. The team had 13 of 14 make it to the second day of wrestling with 10 wrestlers winning their first two matches on the first day.
On December 18, 2009, the Reitz Wrestling Team went for a
shot at winning the Harrison 10 Way for a third time in a row.The weekend included 9 dual-matches, four on
Friday night and five on Saturday.After the team warmed up against Memorial they were ready to match up
against the remaining 8 teams.Four of the
Reitz wrestlers went undefeated all weekend.Seniors Brian Kuhn and Zach Wimpleburg went 9-0. They weren't going
toallow another wrestler to take the
glory from them at their last Harrison 10-way
Tournament. Sophomore Trevor Moody and junior Derek Dowdy were 9-0 as
well.Reitz Wresting finished in first
place with a polished record of 9-0.Heritage Hills followed at 8-1 and Memorial 7-2.The team heads back to the wrestling room to prepare
for the Connorsville tournament coming up between Christmas and New Years.
On Thursday December 10, 2009 the Reitz
Wrestling Team took North on in a dual match. It was not much different
than last year as the team posted 62-3 win. Kuhn (picture to
the left) successfully pinned his opponent, in 1
minute and 02 seconds. Trevor Moody followed up behind him with a
pin in 1 minute and 26 seconds. Chase Schenk had an exciting match.
Fighting until the last second, but ended up two points short. Dowdy
pulled out six more team points with a pin and got the team back on the
winning streak. After Rueger's forfeit, Reed won his match 13-3. By
that time, the Reitz Wrestling team decided they hadn't shed any
blood all night, then Voegel, Boyle, and King change that. All three
matches having blood stops numerous times. Voegel won with an 8-0
shutout and Boyle 8-2. King had the most exciting match of the
night against Bo Rushing. It was 0-0 until the third period with King
on bottom. He finally got his escape and then two take-down points in the
last 20 seconds to finish the match 3-0. Mason Schnarr gave the team
a 4-0 win, almost pulling out a pin in the last second, but the buzzer cut
him short. JCV had a forfeit and Kempf followed in after him with a
pin in first period. Zach Wimpleburg struggled with his opponent because of
his injury, but won with a final score of 10-4. VanHook finished up the
night with a pin in 1 minute and 17 seconds giving the Reitz
Wrestling team the 62-3 win over their inter-city rival North. The next
morning the boys were back in the wrestling room getting ready for
the tournament in Zionsville.
After Rueger's forfeit, Reed won his match 13-3. By
that time, the Reitz Wrestling team decided they hadn't shed any
blood all night, then Voegel, Boyle, and King change that. All three
matches having blood stops numerous times. Voegel won with an 8-0
shutout and Boyle 8-2. King had the most exciting match of the
night against Bo Rushing. It was 0-0 until the third period with King
on bottom. He finally got his escape and then two take-down points in the
last 20 seconds to finish the match 3-0. Mason Schnarr gave the team
a 4-0 win, almost pulling out a pin in the last second, but the buzzer cut
him short. JCV had a forfeit and Kempf followed in after him with a
pin in first period. Zach Wimpleburg struggled with his opponent because of
his injury, but won with a final score of 10-4. VanHook finished up the
night with a pin in 1 minute and 17 seconds giving the Reitz
Wrestling team the 62-3 win over their inter-city rival North. The next
morning the boys were back in the wrestling room getting ready for
the tournament in Zionsville.