Congratulations to the wrestling team who competed over the weekend at the Sectional Tournament and qualified seven wrestlers to this week’s District Tournament, the most District Qualifiers since 2016! The Lakota West was led by juniors Will Allen and Vaughn Nguyen, who went undefeated and were Sectional Champs! Also qualifying for Districts were Jake Williams, Matthew Szczepaniak, Josh Allen, and Cory Whatley, who took 3rd place at Sectionals. Ty Bastin was our final qualifier who secured his spot by taking 4th place. Freshman Michael Schumacher just missed qualifying to Districts by placing 5th, as did Freshman Chase Riggle and Sophomore Micah Reynolds, who placed 6th.
Finally, a BIG CONGRATULATIONS go out to senior Kendra Hiett and sophomore Kate Fenton, who wrestled at the OHSWCA Girls State Tournament last weekend. Both girls wrestled incredibly and took 4th place individually, which earned Lakota West a team finish of 12th place out of 119 schools! Among other records, Kendra leaves West as the all-time Girls’ wins leader and a 3x State Placer!!
Proud of the way this team competed today! We qualified 7 to next week’s District tournament!
District Qualifiers: Ty Bastin, Matthew Szczepaniak, Josh Allen, Will Allen, Vaughn Nguyen, Jake Williams, and Cory Whatley pic.twitter.com/B0hxworS6m
— Lakota West Wrestling (@LWHS_Wrestling) February 26, 2022
Sectional Placers
106-Michael Schumacher 5th
120-Chase Riggle 6th
126-Ty Bastin 4th
138-Micah Reynolds 6thTop 4 advance to next weeks District Tournament pic.twitter.com/41rBrxtsVV
— Lakota West Wrestling (@LWHS_Wrestling) February 27, 2022
Sectional Placers
144-Matthew Szczepaniak 🥉
150-Josh Allen 🥉
157-Will Allen 🥇Top 4 advance to next weeks District Tournament pic.twitter.com/idJYCgzT0D
— Lakota West Wrestling (@LWHS_Wrestling) February 27, 2022
Sectional Placers
165-Vaughn Nguyen 🥇
175-Jake Williams 🥉
190-Cory Whatley 🥉Top 4 advance to next weeks District Tournament pic.twitter.com/fbGmizGsHj
— Lakota West Wrestling (@LWHS_Wrestling) February 27, 2022
Couldn’t be more proud of this group! Coach Cummings and Coach LouAllen have put in a lot of time with our girls. Kendra and Kate become the 4th and 5th Girls State Placers in program history. These 2 took 12th as a team out of 121 teams there this weekend! pic.twitter.com/Slm4BHTIgM
— Lakota West Wrestling (@LWHS_Wrestling) February 21, 2022
