Austin Gomez claimed a Junior freestyle title in Fargo this past summer (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Over recent years, the Al Dvorak Memorial Invitational has positioned itself as the biggest and best regular season wrestling tournament in Illinois. While the event lacks that "big ticket" out-of-state team as defending champion Lake Highland Prep (Fla.) is not returning to the tournament, and four of five in-state teams ranked within the Fab 50 are not in the field, there is a plethora of excellent teams and individuals present.
Anchoring the field is No. 40 Chicago Mt. Carmel. Other notable in-state teams include Providence Catholic, Crystal Lake Central (ranked second to Washington in Class 2A), and Dakota (ranked first in Class 1A). Also in the field are a pair of ranked Wisconsin teams, Milton (fourth in Division 1) and Luxemburg-Casco (second in Division 2); and a team ranked top ten in Ohio's big-school division, Mason. The 35 schools in the field come from five states.
Wrestling starts at 9:30 a.m. CT on Thursday, with competition going through the quarterfinals on the front side. Friday morning competition resumes at 9 a.m. with the consolation round of 12 followed by the semifinals. After the consolation semifinals, there will be a brief break, then the consolation medal matches, followed by championship finals conducted two weights at a time.
Below is a weight-by-weight list of wrestlers to watch in the field.
106: No. 17 Eric Barnett (Hortonville, Wis.), Enzo Silva (Planfield South), Pacey Nasdusak (Mason, Ohio), Mason Dutcher (Milton, Wis.), Lucas Joniaux (Luxemburg-Casco, Wis.)
113: Jacob Lindsey (Providence Catholic), Anthony Pisciotta (Timberland, Mo.), Luke Odom (Edwardsville), Tyler Podnar (Wheaton North), Marcus Nasdusak (Mason, Ohio)
120: No. 8 Tommy Hoskins (Legacy Christian, Ohio), No. 10 Michael McGee (Plainfield East), Josh Stenger (Huntley), Colin Schuster (Mason, Ohio), Cameron Spires (Timberland, Mo.), Bryce Bosman (Luxemburg-Casco, Wis.), Rehan Uribe (Chicago Mt. Carmel), Noah Surtin (Edwardsville), Dalton Shea (Milton, Wis.)
126: Dylan Burnoski (Bolingbrook), Anthony Zamora (Plainfield East), Caleb Guzior (Chicago Mt. Carmel), Aaron Schulist (Mukwonago, Wis.), Jamien Hood (Mason, Ohio), Caleb Conedera (Timberland, Mo.), Zach Spencer (Huntley), A.J. Warner (Legacy Christian, Ohio), Jacob Dado (Marist), Isaac Figueroa (Sterling), Alex Porter (Dakota)
132: No. 5 Zack Donathan (Mason, Ohio), Frankie Indelli (Wheaton North), Josh Ramos (Providence Catholic), Aaron Leppert (Hononegah), Jacob Barnett (Hortonville, Wis.)
138: No. 2 Austin Gomez (Glenbard North), Kendall Coleman (Chicago Mt. Carmel), Lenny Petersen (Crystal Lake Central), We Rachal (Chicago Washington), Chris Donathan (Mason, Ohio), Dominick Ambrose (Providence Catholic)
145: Yahya Thomas (Chicago Mt. Carmel), Duncan Nelson (Wheaton North), Abe Assad (Glenbard North), Juan Bazaldua (Providence Catholic), Nathan Lichtfuss (Hortonville, Wis.)
152: No. 4 Austin O'Connor (St. Rita), No. 19 Nelson Brands (Iowa City West, Iowa), Cole Smith (Providence Catholic), Jack Stein (Mason, Ohio), David Ferrante (Huntley), Dillon Hoey (Chicago Mt. Carmel), Anthony Marre (Glenbard North), Mason Sauseda (Bishop McNamara)
160: Devin Donovan (Wheaton North), Jack Mulay (Chicago Mt. Carmel), Pat Schoenfelder (Antioch), Josh McKinney (Midwest Central), Carter Rohweder (Iowa City West, Iowa)
170: No. 4 Jack Jessen (Willowbrook), David Riojas (Chicago Mt. Carmel), Andrew Wenger (Dakota), Trevor Swier (Providence Catholic), Elliott Luker (Hortonville, Wis.), Eric Vermillion (Mason, Ohio), Major Dedmond (Freeport)
182: Billy Pitzner (Milton, Wis.), Adrian Cervantes (Plainfield South), Jordan Shahrikian (Hononegah), Dalton Smercheck (Luxemburg-Casco, Wis.)
195: Dalton Hambrock (Machesney Park Harlem), Isaiah Herrera (Bolingbrook), Seamus O'Donnell (Crystal Lake Central), Jacob Dykes (Iowa City West, Iowa)
220: Diata Drayton (Marist), Blake Zalapi (Hononegah), George Bessette (Antioch), Maverick McPeek (Dakota), Aric Bohn (Mukwonago, Wis.), Nate Lloyd (Luxemburg-Casco, Wis.), Jordain Buckland (Iowa City West, Iowa)
285: No. 6 Anthony Cassioppi (Hononegah), Phil Rasmussen (Luxemburg-Casco, Wis.)
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