Shamrocks send 3 to IKWF State Finals.

The Shamrock Wrestling Club will be represented by 3 wrestlers at this weekend's State Finals at the Rockford Metro Centre in Rockford, IL. Novice wrestler, "Frankie" Trevino finished in 2nd place, while Seniors Anthony Jarvis and Wayne Sobotka both placed 3rd in their respective sectional brackets. The State tournament will take place all day Friday and Saturday. It's a fairly short trip to Rockford for anyone wishing to see the best wrestlers in the State compete for a State Championship. Complete details and schedules can be found on the IKWF web site: www.ikwf.org. Congratulations to this year's qualifiers and good luck at State!

In the Intermediate Division, 10 year old Jake Stiles capped off his season with a Sectional Championship. Intermediate wrestlers cannot qualify for the state tournament, so this marks the final tournament of the year for our 10 and under wrestlers. An excellent finish to a great season. Stiles earned his 7th Title for the year bringing his season record to 25 wins and 2 losses. Great job Jake!

Tournament Results: Wolfpack Tournament

The Shamrocks competed in the Wolfpack Tournament held at East Leyden High School on January 9, 2011.  It was an excellent showing by the 'Rocks' as they captured six 1st place medals, and 16 medals overall.  Among the champs were Bantam wrestlers Juan Lopez, Ethan Stiles, and Jake Nunez, Intermediate wrestlers, Jake Stiles, and Elija Vega, and Senior division wrestler, Wayne Sobotka.  Congrats to you on a job well done.

12/19/10 Sharks Tournament Results

It was a great day for the Shamrocks.  A total of 20 wrestlers participated in the Sharks Tournament held at Maine East High School.  Of the 20 wrestlers, six placed 1st including 6 year old Ethan Stiles, 8 year old Jake Nunez, 7 year old Juan Lopez, 10 year old Anthony Greco, 13 year old Anthony Jarvis, and 14 year old Wayne Sobotka.  Great job to all.

St. Tars Tournament Results

Congratulations to all who participated at the season opener at Notre Dame High School today.  In all, the wrestlers showed great promise for a successful year.  We have lots to work on at practice still, but a good foundation was demonstrated today upon which can easily build.  Special recognition is given to our lone champ, 10 year old, Jake Stiles, who finished the day 3-0 with two falls.  In addition, we compiled four 2nd place finishes, ten 3rd place finishes, two 4th place finishers, and three 6th place finishers.  In total we had 22 wrestlers participate.  The key to making progress in the sport is to wrestle as many matches as you can, and these 22 boys are now on the right path.  See you all Tuesday.

Novice, 177# Shamrock Adrian Salinas finishes 5th in State

The Shamrocks had 3 wrestlers competing in this weekend's IKWF State Tournament. Senior 177# wrestler Anthony Escobar won his 1st round bout by pin, but then dropped the Quarterfinal bout to the eventual State Champ. He then came up short in the wrestlebacks, and was knocked out of the tournament with 12 wrestlers remaining. Novice 156# wrestler, Anthony Jarvis faced a similar fate, dropping his 1st round bout to the eventual state finalist, winning his 1st wrestleback, and then losing his second wrestleback - 1 match away from a medal. Novice 177# shamrock, Adrian Salinas marched right into the Semi-Final match by pinning his 1st 2 opponents in a combined time of 1:00. He ended up losing his semi-final match and subsequent wrestleback, but came back in the end to win the 5th place match and earn the Shamrock Wrestling Club's 6th State Medal in history.

Shamrocks Qualify 3 for State Tournament

The Shamrocks will have 3 wrestlers competing in this weekend's IKWF State Tournament. Novices Anthony Jarvis and Adrian Salinas both took 1st place honors at the Sectional Tournament last weekend, which will give them a 1st round bye at the State competition. Senior Anthony Escobar added another 1st place for the Shamrocks and will enjoy a 1st round bye as well. Wins in their 1st two matches at State will guarantee them a place, so we wish them luck. The State Tournament will be held in Rockford, IL at the Rockford Metro Center March 11 - 13th. Weigh-ins will take place Thursday evening, and wrestling will begin Friday morning around 9AM. If you wish to drive up and cheer on your fellow shamrocks, the Address and Directions are posted below. If you can't make it, you can always check up-to-date results on Trackwrestling.com (search for IKWF State Tournament and log in as a 'Viewer'). Congratulations to our 2009 - 2010 State Qualifiers! More details regarding the State tournament can be found on the IKWF web site (www.ikwf.org)

Rockford Metro Center
300 N. Elm St.
Rockford, IL 61101


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Sectional Brackets

If you're interested in where you fall in your sectional bracket, you can see the current version on Track Wrestling. Many changes have taken place overnight, and may also take place Saturday morning, so take it with a grain of salt. Also, if you won't be attending the sectional on Saturday, and wish to follow your teammates you can see real-time results at the same site. Here is a direct link to the tournament. If that doesn't work, go to www.trackwrestling.com and search for the North Chicago Sectional held in Bartlett, IL. Sign-in as a Viewer, go to brackets, and then choose the appropriate bracket. Here's a tip, in the Quick Search Box, Type "North Chicago Sectional" in the Event Name field and click Go. Just make sure to select this year's Sectional (03/06/2010) and not last year's.

What a showing!

The Shamrocks hosted the North Chicago Regional on Saturday, February 27. 333 total wrestler participated in the regional from 15 Teams. The Shamrocks had 39 participants broken up as follows; 15 bantams, 9 intermediates, 8 novice and 7 senior. The Bantams place 2nd overall as a team with 139 total points. They fell just 3.5 point short of the 1st place team, St. Tarcissus (142.5 points). The bantams wrestled their best tournament of the year. What a great way to finish the season. Dominic Covington took 1st place honors at the Regional.
As you're probably aware, for the rest of the divisions, this was a qualifying tournament for the Sectional to be held next weekend. Of the 24 wrestlers eligible to make it to Sectionals, the Shamrocks advanced 21. The Intermediates will have 7 wrestlers advancing to the Sectionals led by Regional Champs, Jake Stiles and Frankie Trevino. Others qualifying include: Connor McDermott, Noah Colello, Sam Correa, Quinn Riley, and Charles Jurca. The Intermediates finished the tournament in 6th place overall. The Shamrocks also qualified all 8 novice wrestlers led by Regional Champs, Anthony Jarvis and Adrian Salinas. Other Novice Qualifiers include: Luke King, Jerry Reyes, Cole Riley, Michael Moncada, Dan Allegretti, and Ricky Crawford. The Intermediate group placed 4th overall. Lastly the Senior group had 6 qualifiers including Regional Champs Mike Kozyra and Anthony Escobar. Others qualifying included Ryan McDermott, Ruben Bahena, Brian Sama and Wayne Sobotka. The Seniors just missed a team award by placing 3rd overall. The Novice and Seniors will attempt to qualify for the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation (IKWF) State Tournament this Saturday by placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in the Sectional Tournament. Good Luck!

Tournament Results: Tomcat Invitational

Another strong showing by the Shamrocks last weekend at Aurora East High School for the Tomcat Invitational. 19 wrestlers participated and 4 walked away with 1st place trophies. Among them included 11 year olds, Jerry Reyes and Dan Allegretti, as well as 13 year old Mike Kozyra and 14 year old Paul Samatas. Great job to all who participated.

OPRF Tourney Recap

28 Shamrocks competed at the OPRF tournament last Sunday, probably the most yet! It's good to see some new wrestlers competing in tournaments. As we always say, mat time directly translates to improved wrestling. Congratulations goes out to our champs, 6 year old Dominic Covington, 12 year old Ricky Crawford, 12 year old Adrian Salinas, and 13 year old Mike Kozyra. Great job to all.

Jake Stiles Finishes 5th at IKWF Kids Open

We send our congratulations out to Jake Stiles on his 5th place finish at the Kid's Open last Sunday in Peoria IL. After dropping his 1st bout, Jake came back to win 2 in a row to secure a medal (one by pin and one by technical fall). Great Job Jake!

Wheaton North Tournament Wrap-up

We had a really nice showing at last week's tournament. Many of the wrestlers are showing vast improvements. The hard work in wrestling room is starting to pay off. 1st place finishers included 6 year old Payton Dalessandro, 9 year old Sam Correa, 12 year old Adrian Salinas, and 13 year old Mike Kozyra. Great job to all who participated. For all but one of our wrestlers, this weekend is a weekend off. Enjoy parents!! This weekend is the famed IKWF Kid's Open in Peoria. We typically only invite our top wrestlers since one of the stipulations is that there is to be no coaching allowed, so the wrestlers are completely on their own on the mat. We'll send our good wishes and luck with 9 year old Jake Stiles as he competes in the Open.

SWC Tourney Wrap-up

527 wrestlers participated in the Shamrock Wrestling Club Tournament on 1/3/10. In all, it was a very successful tournament finishing all bouts by 3PM. We cannot thank enough those parents/family members/friends for all their hard work to make this tournament a success! If you were involved in a specific task, i.e. Head Table, Concessions, Admissions, Bull-Pen, Weigh-ins, Security, etc... we would be very interested in hearing from you on how we can make things better in the future. Specifically, how many people are needed for each of these jobs throughout the day. For example, does running the concessions take 2 volunteers who are there all day, should we break it into 2 time slots (7AM - 11AM and 11AM - 3PM), information such as this will help us develop a better plan to be more organized for future tournaments.

Post-Tourney Wrap-up: 12/20/09 Villa Lombard

The Shamrock Wrestlers competed very well at a competitive Villa Lombard Cougar Tournament. This tournament is traditionally tough, and the Shamrocks stepped up their game to rise to the occasion. 27 wrestlers participated, and 3 wrestlers finished in 1st place including, 6 year old Dominic Covington, 12 year old Anthony "A2" Jarvis, and 12 year old Adrian Salinas. Congrats on a job well done. Many other Shamrocks finished with medals. In total, 7 wrestlers finished 2nd, 6 wrestlers finished 3rd, and 2 took home consolation championships (5th place). As a team, we went 34 wins and 31 losses throughout the day. Great job to all, and keep of the hard work.