'10-11 Escanaba HS Wrestling Results

Date	Result	Opponent	Record
Dec 4 Dec 9 Dec 11 Dec 18 Dec 21 Jan 5 Jan 8 Jan 11 Jan 13 Jan 15 Jan 20 Jan 22 Jan 25 Jan 25 Jan 29 Feb 3 Feb 5 Feb 9 Feb 12 Feb 16 Feb 19	4 wins, 1 loss W, 65-15 3 wins, 2 loss ----- L, 12-52 W, 56-21 3rd; 210 pts W, 34-33 W, 48-25 3rd, 191 pts W, 70-6 1st, 203 pts W, 50-25 W, 48-24 5th, 99.5 pts W, 33-27 1st, 214 pts W, 44-28 Five Qualify L, 19-60 Two Qualify	at Rogers City Invitational at Negaunee at Sheboygan Falls Invitational at Marquette Challenge at Coleman, Wis. ISHPEMING ELKS INVITATIONAL at Gladstone MARQUETTE at Peshtigo, Wis. Invitational at Kingsford at U.P. Finals (@Marquette) MENOMINEE IRON MOUNTAIN at Gaylord Wrestling Invite GLADSTONE Great Northern Conf (@Mqt) at Marquette Individual Districts at Gaylord Greenville (@West Branch) Individual Regionals at DeWitt	4-1-0 (2nd plc) 5-1-0 8-3-0 ----- 8-4-0 9-4-0 ---- 10-4-0 11-4-0 ---- 12-4-0 ---- 13-4-0 14-4-0 ---- 15-4-0 ---- District Final District Final Regional Semi Johnson/Heller

Johnson, Heller Advance To Finals At Palace                Two Escanaba Eskymos finished fourth in their respective weight classes Saturday at the MHSAA Indvidual Regional Tournaments. With the fourth place finishes, the four boys qualified for the MHSAA State Finals, to be held at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Escanaba freshman Travis Heller (125) and Eskymo senior Garrett Johnson (152) both qualified at the D-2 Regionalsin DeWitt. CLICK HERE to see the Division Two brackets. Pictured above: Heller wrestling against Greenville in the regionals. Left photo: Johnson wrestling earlier this season in Gaylord. (Linda Bockman photos)

Eskymo Wrestlers Fall In Regional Semifinals                  The Escanaba High School wrestling team was eliminated from the MHSAA Division Two wrestling tournament Wednesday, losing to a tough Greenville team, 60-19. Escanaba's Sherri Berube and Devon Slaga won by pin, while freshmen Travis Heller and Zach Priebe won by decision. The team may be done, but five Eskymos will wrestle in the Individual Regionals this Saturday. Berube (pictured above) is one of them, and she is one of only eight girls in Michigan wrestling history to make it to a regional. (Linda Bockman photo)

Five Eskymos Qualify For Wrestling Regionals  The Escanaba High School wrestling team had a good day at the Division Two Individual District Tournament on Saturday in Gaylord. Kyle Lajoie (285), Devin Slaga (103), Garrett Johnson (152), and Travis Heller (125) all made it to the district finals, and all finished second. Sherri Berube (112) finished fourth. CLICK HERE  for the results. All five will wrestle in the individual regionals next week in DeWitt. The Eskymo team will face Greenville in the regionals Wednesday in West Branch. Pictured: Devin Slaga (white) in Saturday's MHSAA district finals. (Linda Bockman photo)

Esky Wrestlers Top Redmen For District Title   The Escanaba Eskymos won the Division Two district championship Wednesday, beating the Marquette Redmen, 44-28, in Marquette. Devin Slaga, Jeff Lyle, Zach Priebe, and Dalton Spear all pinned their opponents. Garrett Johnson and Chris Lynch both won by major decision. Other Eskymo winners included Sherri Berube, Travis Heller (by forfeit), and Jared Maycunich.

Esky Wrestlers Win Great Northern Conference                        The Escanaba High School wrestling team completed a clean sweep of the season's major tournaments on Saturday, beating Marquette by three points to win the Great Northern Conference Championship. The 214.5-211 victory added to the Eskymo trophy case, which already includes the U.P. regular season (Mariucci Trophy) and U.P. Finals (Duvall Trophy) championships. Escanaba had seven guys win individual titles: Devin Slaga (103), Kyle Barton (125), Travis Heller (130), Jared Maycunich (140), Garrett Johnson (152), Jake Drage (189), and Kyle Lajoie (285). Pictured above: the Eskymos pose with their trophy. Pictured at left: Kyle Barron pins Marquette's Parker Newhouse. (Linda Bockman photos) Maycunich Wins GNC Title; Larson Takes 4th Place                 Left photo: Esky's Jared Maycunich battles Menominee's Tyler Hubbard. Right photo: Esky's Tyler Larson is on top of Kingsford's Jesse Casillas. (Linda Bockman photos)

Down To The Wire: Eskymos Nip Braves Again                      The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves battled to the bitter end in a season ending dual meet Thursday night in Escanaba. With a large crowd cheering, the Eskymos led the Braves, 30-27, with the 152-pound match between Escanaba's Jared Maycunich and Gladstone's Mike Damitz to decide the winner. Maycunich pulled out an 8-7 decision, and Escanaba won a hard-fought battle, 33-27. Travis Heller, Garrett Johnson, and Kyle Lajoie had pins for Escanaba. The Braves got pins from Jake Wydra and Chris Walters. Pictured above: Escanaba's Jake Drage and Gladstone's Brad Deno go head-to-head in Thursday's match. Drage won, 10-5. Pictured at left: Gladstone's Kolby Houlton (white) won a wild match from Zach Priebe, 19-18. Pictured below: Esky's Travis Heller is on top of Gladstone's Braydon Williams. Heller got a pin in 2:35. (Linda Bockman photos)

Eskymos, Braves Wrestle In Final '11 Dual Meet              The Escanaba Eskymos host the Gladstone Braves Thursday in the final dual meet of the regular season, as the post-season looms right around the corner. Escanaba beat Gladstone, 34-33, in an earlier dual meet in a match that included a couple of strategic forfeits by the Eskymos. This match is Parents' Night for the Eskymos. Pictured above are the tems' 103-pounders. At left, Escanaba's Devin Slaga (white), and in the right photo, Dylan Unger (standing, in purple). (Linda Bockman photos)

Johnson Wins Title; Eskymos 5th In Gaylord                       The Escanaba Eskymos finished in fifth place at the Northern Michigan Championships Saturday in Gaylord. There were 29 teams in the event. Eskymo senior Garrett Johnson won the championship at 152 pounds, and was the only Eskymo wrestler to win an individual championship in the tournament. The Esky team's results are posted below. Pictured above: Garrett Johnson wins the title for the second straight year. Pictured left: Travis Heller finished in third place. (Linda Bockman photos) 2011 NORTHERN MICHIGAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 103: Devin Slaga, 5th place. Click here  to see the bracket. 112: Sherri Berube, did not place. Click here  to see the bracket. 119: Zach Priebe, 7th place. Click here  to see the bracket. 125: Travis Heller, 3rd place. Click here  to see the bracket. 130: Chris Jones, did not place. Click here  to see the bracket. 135: Tyler Larsen, did not place. Click here  to see the bracket. 140: Jared Maycunich, 7th place. Click here  to see the bracket. 145: Josh Ling, did not place. Click here  to see the bracket. 152: Garrett Johnson, 1st place. Click here  to see the bracket. 160: Eddie Terres, did not place. Click here  to see the bracket. 171: Jake Steinhausen, did not place. Click here  to see the bracket. 189: Jake Drage, did not place. Click here  to see the bracket. 215: Chris Lynch, did not place. Click here  to see the bracket. Hvy: Kyle Lajoie, 3rd place. Click here  to see the bracket.                   Escanaba's Sherri Berube battles Gladstone's Jared Syverson in the first round. Berube won on a pin, but lost her next two matches. Pictured below: Escanaba freshman Zach Priebe finished seventh by beating Jake Salson, a senior from Traverse City St. Francis. Priebe is 20-7 this season. (Linda Bockman photos)

48-24: Ray Mariucci Trophy Stays In Escanaba!  The Escanaba Eskymos secured the Ray Mariucci Trophy for the second straight year Tuesday night after beating the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 48-24, at the Escanaba High School Gym. Chris Lynch, Devin Slaga, Zach Priebe, Jared Maycunich, and Jake Steinhausen all had pins for Escanaba. Escanaba also beat Menominee 50-25 Tuesday night. The Eskymos have to wait until the U.P. Wrestling Coaches cast their ballots for Team of the Year before getting their trophy. Pictured above: Eskymo senior Garrett Johnson during a match last Saturday at the U.P. Finals. Johnson beat Iron Mountain's Adam Gerhard, 5-1, Tuesday. Iron Mountain Escanaba Iron Mountain Menominee Gwinn Manistique 24 48 51 21 24 22 Menominee Escanaba Negaunee Menominee Newberry Manistique 25 50 15 66 24 18

Eskymos Repeat As Upper Peninsula Champs                     The Escanaba Eskymos got five wrestlers into the final round and captured two individual championships on the way to winning the Upper Peninsula Wrestling Finals Saturday night in Marquette. The Eskymos led Marquette by six points entering the final match, and heavyweight Kyle Lajoie pinned his opponent to clinch the title for Escanaba. Freshman Travis Heller also won a U.P. title for the Eskymos, beating Iron Mountain's Cameron Jones on an 8-7 decision. "It was an exciting day," Eskymo Wrestling Coach Jamie Segorski said. "Kyle really put it to him. He was dominant in his match. And Travis is one of the best freshmen we have ever had in Escanaba. He has a great awareness on the mat." Escanaba's Devin Slaga, Garrett Johnson and Jared Maycunich also made the finals, but lost. The trophy is named after former Eskymo Coach Terry DuVall. "Terry and I were together since 1986 when I wrestled for him," Segorski said. "I coached with him. All the time we spent together, all the miles on the bus. Any trophy named after him is one that I want in my trophy case."                   Top photo: Eskymo freshman Travis Heller gets a huge win over Iron Mountain's Cameron Jones. Bottom photo: Eskymo heavyweight Kyle Lajoie beats Marquette's Alex Urbiha to clinch the U.P. title for Escanaba. (Linda Bockman photos)                   2011 UPPER PENINSULA FINALS TEAM RESULTS Upper Peninsula Finals 1. Escanaba 2. Marquette 3. Iron Mountain 4. Gladstone 5. St. Ignace 6. Menominee 7. Sault Ste. Marie 8. Kingsford ---- 203 191 168 165 152 115 82 77 9. Ishpeming 10. Norway 11. Newberry 12. Munising 13. Negaunee 14. West Iron County 15. Manistique 16. Rudyard 17. Gwinn 70 63 56 55 40 32 32 24 17 Escanaba's Upper Peninsula Finals Finishers: 103: Devin Slaga, second place. 112: Sherri Berube, fourth place. 119: Zach Priebe, fourth place. 125: Travis Heller, first place. 130: Kyle Baron, fifth place. 135: None in Top Six. 140: Jared Maycunich, second place. 145: None In Top Six. 152: Garrett Johnson, second place. 160: Eddie Terres, second place. 171: None In Top Six. 189: Jake Drage, third place. 215: Chris Lynch, third place. Hvy: Kyle Lajoie, first place.

Esky Wrestlers Finish 3rd At Peshtigo Invite  The Escanaba High School wrestling team finished in third place, and almost squeeked into second spot, at the Peshtigo (Wis.) Invitational Saturday in Wisconsin. The Eskymos were way behind the champs from Oconto Falls, but lost by two points to the host school for second place. Devin Slaga (103 pounds) and Eddie Terres (160) pounds were both individual champions. Travis Heller (125) and Jared Maycunich (140) both finished as runners-up. Also, 215-pounder Chris Lynch and heavyweight Kyle Lajoie were runners-up.Sherri Berube (112) and Zach Priebe (119) both finished fourth. Pictured: Eskymo Jake Drage finished 5th at 189.

Eskymo Wrestlers Roll Past Marquette, 48-25                 The Escanaba High School wrestling team built a 33-0 lead and cruised to a 48-25 win over the Marquette Redmen in a dual meet Thursday night. The Redmen put themselves down 12 points right away when they forfeited the frirst two matches. Then pins by Sherri Berube and Zach Priebe, plus a 10-5 win for freshman Travis Heller over Marquette's Jared Erickson helped to build the big lead. Jared Maycuinch, Garrett Johnson, and Kyle LaJoie also picked up pins for the Eskymos. Marquette got pins from Austin Johnson, Dylan Taylor, and Jeremy DeMitchell in a losing effort. Pictured above: Escanaba's Jared Maycunich battles Marquette's Charlie Hubbard. Maycunich won by a pin in 3:14. Below photo: Eskymo freshman Zach Priebe is on top of Marquette's Parker Newhouse. Priebe won by pin in 1:30. (Linda Bockman photos)

#2 Escanaba, #3 Gladstone To Wrestle Tuesday                 The Battle of Delta County on the mats will be held Tuesday night in Gladstone as the second-ranked Escanaba Eskymos face the third-ranked Gladstone Braves in a duel meet. It's the first meeting of the year between the teams, although wrestlers from both teams faced each other in the Elks Invitational this past weekend. Escanaba finished third in that 15-team event while Gladstone took fourth. Tuesday's  match starts at 6:30. (Linda Bockman photos) Iron Mountain Ranked #1 In First Wrestling Poll The first Upper Peninsula high school wrestling coach's poll was released on Monday. Iron Mountain is ranked #1, Escanaba is second, Gladstone third, Marquette fourth, and St. Ignace is fifth. The Mountaineers are coming off the championship of the Escanaba Elks Invitational over the weekend.

Eskymos Finish In Third Place At Elks Invite                       Fifteen wrestling teams from the Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin, and Lower Michigan competed in the 38th Annual Elks Invitational Saturday in Escanaba. The Iron Mountain Mountaineers took the team championship trophy, while Rogers City finished second. The host Eskymos finished third, and Gladstone was fourth. Pictured above: Eddie Torres (left) battled Florence's Cole Dollar (right) in the 160 pound final. Dollar won the match. Botttom photo: Garrett Johnson and Iron Mtn's Adam Gerhard in the 152 pound final. Johnson won, 5-2. (Linda Bockman photos)                     ESCANABA ELKS INVITATIONAL TEAM RESULTS 1. Iron Mountain 2. Rogers City 3. Escanaba 4. Gladstone 5. Menominee 6. St. Ignace 7. Florence, Wis. 8. Houghton Lake 226 219 210.5 137 131 115 113 81 9. Kingsford 10. West Iron County 11. Norway 12. Negaunee 13. Munising 14. Escanaba JV 15. Manistique 67.5 57.5 56.5 49 41 34 32 Escanaba Elks Invitational Individual Champions: 103: Dylan Unger (Gladstone) def. Devin Slaga (Escanaba), 10-0. 112: Joey Sobeck (Rogers City) def. Stephen Theuerkauf (Menominee), pin 3:26 119: Ryan Gauthier (Iron Mtn) def. Richard Bentley (St. Ignace), 7-0. 125: Cameron Jones (Iron Mtn) def. Travis Heller (Escanaba), pin 5:59 130: Evan Lamb (Rogers City) def. Chris Briar (Menominee), 5-2. 135: Chase Gendron (Iron Mtn) def. Keegan Urban (Rogers City), 5-0. 140: Greg Tulgestke (Rogers City) def. Dylan Carr (Iron Mtn.), 4-0. 145: Daniel Marz (Rogers City) def. Jared Maycunich (Escanaba),  pin 4:40. 152: Garrett Johnson (Escanaba) def. Adam Gerhard (Iron Mtn), 5-2. 160: Cole Dollar (Forence) def. Eddie Torres (Escanaba), pin 4:42. 171: Ethan Lindquist (Iron Mtn.) def. Galloway Thurston (St. Ignace), pin 5:20. 189: Joe Ostman (St. Ignace) def. Caleb Pommerenke (Rogers City), 3-1. 215: Alex Lanthier (Iron Mtn.) def. Billy Burkland (Norway), 2-1. Hvy: Devin Pommerenke (Rogers City) def. Ethan Gerdes (Houghton Lake), pin 1:44 Other Escanaba Elks Invitational Top Finishers 103: Bill Bentgen (St. Ignace) 3rd; Haley Cruz (Menominee) 4th. 112: J.J. Sadler (Munising) 3rd; Sherri Berube (Escanaba) 4th. 119: Nick Theuerkauf (Menominee) 3rd; Zach Priebe (Escanaba) 4th. 125: Travis Fleis (Rogers City) 3rd; James Diercks (Negaunee) 4th. 130: Jim Ritzenhein (Iron Mtn) 3rd; Dakota Foster (Houghton Lake) 4th. 135: Josh Kadish (Gladstone) 3rd; Joe Krause (St. Ignace) 4th. 140: Ethan Brown (Florence) 3rd; Dalton Bailey (Houghton Lake), 4th. 145: Matthew Gonzalez (Manistique) 3rd; Jake Wydra (Gladstone), 4th. 152: Jonathon Coates (Norway) 3rd; Brandon Gagnon (Gladstone), 4th. 160: Chris Walters (Gladstone) 3rd; John Blacyki (West Iron County), 4th. 171: Jacob Gerdt (Menominee) 3rd; Brad Deno (Gladstone), 4th. 189: Tim Steward (Munising) 3rd; David Duncan (Houghton Lake), 4th. 215: Mitch Waters (Florence) 3rd; Chris Lynch (Escanaba), 4th. Hvy: Kyle Lajoie (Escanaba) 3rd; Kiel Atanasoff (West Iron County) 4th.                       Escanaba JV heavyweight Dalton Spear (left) vs Norway's Garrett Thoreson.                       West Iron County's Brenda Brzoznowski (left) battles Escanaba's Sherri Berube.