On January 18th, the Lakeland wrestling team competed in the Lakes Valley Conference team championship in the Lakeland fieldhouse.

In the opening match Lakeland’s varsity lost to South Lyon 45-34. Lakeland wrestlers won 6 of 14 matches.

In the second match for 3rd and 4th place Lakeland beat Walled Lake United 47-27 winning 9 of 14 matches and taking 3rd place in the conference.

Kettering beat South Lyon 42-30 in the finals to earn the LVC team championship.

These were the individual Lakeland varsity winners:

106 lbs-Andrew Day: 1 win, major decision

113 lbs-Ben Rickard: 1 win, forfeit

120 lbs-Sam Broome: 2 wins, pin, forfeit

126 lbs-Matt Eblen: 2 wins, pin, forfeit

132 lbs-Mustafa Al-freeji: 1 win, major decision

138 lbs- Mark Smith: 1 win, decision

144 lbs- Seth Zimmerman: 2 wins, major decision, forfeit

165 lbs- Jordan Lancaster: 1 win, pin

165 lbs- Vince Juhasz: 1 win, pin

190 lbs- Everet Ross: 1 win, pin

215 lbs- Zach Sutherland: 1 win, pin

285 lbs- David Clayton: 1 win, pin

It was also senior night honoring Lakeland’s 6 senior wrestlers: Tyler Grabczynski, Mark Huntoon, Jordan Lancaster, Jake Law, Everet Ross, and Seth Zimmerman.

Lakeland’s JV wrestlers also competed in several matches against Kettering, South Lyon and Walled Lake opponents. The JV wrestlers won 15 of 18 matches.

These were the individual JV winners:

Jacob Beck: 1 win, pin

Camran Wilson: 3 wins, 2 pins, major decision

Evan Cotton: 1 win, pin

Kellen Romano: 1 win, pin

Gino Donnarumma: 1 win, pin

Jordan Brooke: 1 win, pin

Dane Rice: 1 win, pin

Ezio Santia: 3 wins, 2 pins, decision

RJ Baron: 2 wins, pin, decision

Jacob Green: 1 win, decision (SV)

On Saturday Jan 21st we will host the annual Lakeland invitational

tournament. All the Lakeland Varsity and JV wrestlers will compete. We will also be holding a fundraiser to support Luke Jaworski (2022 Lakeland graduate) in his fight against cancer. Come out and watch the team compete in the Fieldhouse and donate to Luke’s cause.