Recent News
02/02/08
Glenbrook South Regional wrapup--Lake Forester

01/19/08
On Saturday, the varsity earned wins over Grayslake North and North Chicago with scores of 46-27 and 57-15, respectively, to finish the year at 10-10.  Colin Porter, Josh Wren, Charlie DeYoung, Dane Shea, Chris Habjan, Chris Casper, and Colton Kunde picked up two more wins each.   Freshmen, Bonamico Jacobs, won his first varsity match with a come from behind pin against Grayslake North.

Also on Saturday, the younger Scout wrestlers had a great finish at the 50th Annual Sophomore Ott Bay Tournament in Waukegan.  Although the Scouts entered wrestlers in only 9 of the 14 weight classes, they earned an impressive 4th place finish out of the 10 schools entered.  They were led by tournament champions Matt Ten Pas (fall, tech fall, major decision, and decision at 135 lbs.) and Max Bagnoli (fall, tech fall and 2 decisions at 140 lbs.).  Sam Howard added a 3rd place at 152 lbs., and freshmen Nick Van Antwerp (171 lbs.) and Max Keefe (189 lbs.) each earned 4th place medals.

01/18/08
The LFHS wrestling team is peaking at the right time. On Friday, the Scouts earned an impressive win over Zion-Benton by a score of 45-30.  Josh Wren (fall 2:40), Charlie DeYoung (fall :53), Kyle Palmer (fall 5:45), Dane Shea (fall 1:22), Robert Nelson (fall 3:54), Chris Habjan (fall 2:25), and Colton Kunde (fall :31) led the way.  Nick Sandstrom earned another win by decision. 

01/10--01/12/08--Varsity
The Scouts continued this season's tradition of wrestling well, but giving up too many points on forfeits.  On Thursday, after giving up 18 points on forfeits, LF lost to Stevenson with a final score of 43-27.  In the eight matches wrestled, Josh Wren and Chris Casper each had pins, Chris Habjan won by a tech fall and Colin Porter, Charlie DeYoung, and Kyle Palmer each won by decision.

On Friday, the Scouts again gave up 18 points on forfeits and lost to Lake Zurich 42-15. Palmer, Peter Bassick, and Patrick Looby each wrestled well.

On Saturday, the Scouts ran into a tough Glenbrook North team and lost 58-9.  Jake Quaid, DeYoung, and Casper were the only Scout winners.  In the second competition, they recovered to defeat Glenbrook South 32-28.  Palmer pinned his opponent in 1:02 and DeYoung won by a tech fall.  Wren, Jake Quaid, Bassick, Sam Howard, and Habjan each won by decision

01/12/08
On Saturday, the Freshmen wrestling team competed at the prestigious Fred Tessler Invitational at Woodstock High School. The young Scouts placed 5th out of 12 teams at this event.  Several Scouts had outstanding efforts, including three champions.  Connor Bull (103 lbs.) won a hard-fought 4-1 decision to claim the tournament crown.  Max Keefe (189 lbs.) recorded a pin in the finals over a highly-regarded opponent from Fremd.  Jason Fleisner (215 lbs.) won the 3rd championship for the Scouts with a thrilling 6-4 decision over his opponent.  

The Scouts had several other strong efforts on Saturday.  Nick Van Antwerp placed 2nd at 171 lbs..  Van Antwerp made the match exciting as he put his opponent on his back in the final period.  At 125 lbs., Bonamico Jacobs wrestled a strong tournament to place 3rd. Liam Connell placed 4th at 160 lbs and  Tyson Dethlefsen placed 6th.  Joe Hargit placed 6th at 152 lbs.

12/31/07 
At the Carmel Tournament on New Year's Eve, the Scouts had four placers with tournament champs in Connor Bull and Kyle Palmer who each won with pins in the finals.  Chris Casper took 2nd and Ben Howard came in 3rd.

12/28/07 
Charlie DeYoung improved his record to 15-3 with two wins over Wheeling and Carmel!  Jake Quaid, Andrew Keller, and Chris Habjan also picked up two more wins.  The Scouts won 6 of 9 matches against Carmel but lost the meet because of forfeits.  Patrick Looby, Chris Habjan, Jake Quaid, Charlie DeYoung, and Colton Kunde dominated the triangular with pins.  Other winners were Dane Shea and Sam Howard.