Deerfield Wrestling Nation Strives Down State

We just finished another outstanding year of Wrestling at all levels in the Deerfield Wrestling Nation (DWN). I will break down our accomplishments at each level. The DWN had 21 total state qualifiers at our respective state tournaments with 8 state placers. Special thanks to all the coaches at each level who work tirelessly at every level to keep our tradition of success going. There is a lot of help behind the scenes. Special thanks to all junior high coaches and volunteers. We can’t do it without you!

Also a very special THANK YOU to all the parents for your support.

Complete stats can be found on:

https://sites.google.com/a/dist113.org/marc-pechter-s-site/home/wrestling

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State Qualifiers and Placers:

High school:

Reece Heller: Freshmen 106

Holden Heller: Sophomore 113 4th in state

Nick Kupets: Senior 126 one match from placing

Kenny Kerstein: Sophomore 132

Andrew Mehrholz: Senior injured in sectional finals, schools only 4x state qualifier, also 2x placer

Sage Heller: Senior 170 2nd in state

Fresh/Soph Qualifiers and Placers:

Jonny Bloom: Freshmen 101 8th in state

Max Pomerantz: Sophomore 106

Matt Templeton: Sophomore 106

Shlomi Zilberman: Sophomore 113 6th in state

Jon Brown: Sophomore 126

Jake Reicin: Freshmen 132

Brock Emmerich: Freshmen 138 2nd in state

Junior High:

Caruso

Lucio Morgan: 6th grade 80 lbs. 5th in state

Renzo Morgan: 5th grade 70lbs

Kai Neumark: 6th grade 75 lbs 3rd in state

Shepard

James Bickmore: 8th grade 119 lbs

Zack Fishman: 8th grade 145 lbs

TJ Mock: 8th grade 105 lbs

Tod Tackbary: 7th grade 85 lbs

IKWF

Cody Goodman: 8th grade 215 lbs STATE CHAMPION

I would also like to honor these outstanding student/athletes:

This year’s Illinois state scholars which are the top 10% Senior students in Illinois based on combo of GPA and ACT scores are:

Brendan Beyer

Ben Charlson

Aaron Emalfarb

Thomas Powen

Will Sardi.

SCHOLAR ATHLETES

Scholar athletes must have at least 2 years in wrestling, one of those years as a senior (must be a senior), must have either a 3.0 un-weighted or 4.0 weighted semester grade point.

Brendon Beyer

Benjamin Charlson

Aaron Emalfarb

Andrew Grossman

Nickolas Kupets

Brady Platt

Thomas Powen

William Sardi

Maxwell Savin

High School:

This is our second year in a row with 6 state qualifiers. We also have placed wrestlers in state 3 years in a row and 5 out of the last 7 years.

We also won Regionals for the second year in a row, qualifying our team for the team sectionals. Unfortunately, we were a little banged up and lost to a tough team from Rockton Hononegah to qualify for team state again. Deerfield finished the season ranked 7th in state in 3A (large school division). We produced 5 Regional champs this year: Holden Heller, Nick Kupets, Kenny Kerstein, Andrew Mehrholz, and Sage Heller. Sectional Champions: Holden Heller, Kenny Kerstein, and Andrew Mehrholz.

Our Varsity, JV, and Freshmen wrestling teams repeated as conference champions. Our lower levels continue to produce competitive varsity wrestlers. For the varsity wrestling team this is the 8th Conference Championship in a row. In addition, the wrestlers won the entire 12 team CSL tournament. I am also very proud that a Deerfield Wrestler has been voted by the coaches as the Most Outstanding Wrestler in the CSL Conference for the North Division for 9 out of the last 10 years and 8 years in a row. This year the honor goes to 170 pound 2x state qualifier, 2x conference champion, and 2nd in state, Sage Heller.

Previous OW award winners

2007 - Marc Harris (189) SQ
2009 - Andrew Rixon (189) 2x SQ
2010 - Jeremy Fahler (171) 5th in state
2011 - Lenny Bloom (145) 2x SQ
2012 - Artie Bess (220) 3rd in state
2013 - Andrew Mehrholz (106) SQ
2014 - Colton Emmerich (182) State Champion
2015 - Andrew Mehrholz (138) 4x SQ, 3rd in state, 5th in state
2016 - Sage Heller (170) 3x SQ and 2nd in state

This year we had 4 Conference Champions...

Holden Heller (So)

Kyle Clough (Jr) 3x

Nick Kupets (Sr) 2x

Sage Heller (Sr) 2x

Even though this was by far our toughest schedule we were still able to finish the season with a 26-4 record. We finished the season ranked 7th in state.