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This is a past article by Matt Diano, LighthouseWrestling.com about one of HSWrestling’s favorite “dark horses” from the 2010 Senior class. Lenzi passed on several other elite colleges before picking Penn and is excited to continue his career at the next level.

Wednesday evening, right around the time that the New York Yankees were surging to a 2-0 Game 6 lead by virtue of a Hideki Matsui home run, Lighthouse Wrestling was in the process of getting it confirmed that two-time defending CHSAA Catholic State/2008 NYS DI champion Andrew Lenzi had indeed officially come off of the market.

Andrew Lenzi hasn’t exactly mellowed with age.

Since winning a state wrestling championship in March as a sophomore, Lenzi hasn’t taken much time to reflect on his accomplishment.

Although he was the first wrestler from Fordham Prep – or any other New York City school – to win a state championship, the aggressive 16-year-old remains hawkish, almost to a fault.

During a match on Saturday, Lenzi built up a 4-1 lead over his opponent in the King of the Mountain tournament at Central Mountain HS in Mill Hall, Pa.

Mac Bailey has never been the kind of person to sit still for long periods.

So when Bailey, a three-time Missouri wrestling state champion, was injured recently at the beginning of his senior season, he had a hard time just killing time at Oak Park High School wrestling practices.

Surely, he thought, there had to be something for one of the top wrestlers in the state to do while his teammates worked on their takedowns and escapes.

“I said ‘heck, help us coach,’ ” Oak Park wrestling coach Tim Rupp said. “He started helping coach when he was injured and it has just gone from there.”

Last year he made it to the state finals, this year he wants on the podium

By Zak Keefer

zkeefer@greenfieldreporter.com

FORTVILLE – When you reach one of the major goals you’ve set out for your high school career as a sophomore, a little reshuffling is in order.

Now, when you ask Mt. Vernon’s Jake McCarthy what he wants to accomplish come this February in the state wrestling tournament, his answer comes a little bit differently than how it would have a year ago at this time.

An interview with Super 32 Champion David Taylor of St. Paris Graham High School in Ohio.

An interview with 140 pound Super 32 Champion, Andrew Alton.

Grant Community High School’s Lee Munster has verbally committed to wrestle at Northwestern University. Munster has had a competitive background his entire life being involved with Judo since the age of 3 and wrestling since he was 8. He is a 7 time National Judo Champ and has taken International titles 5 times as well. He has wrestled competitively in all three styles: folkstyle, greco roman, and freestyle. He favors freestyle in the offseason because the pace is so much faster than the two other styles and the opportunity to score within a match is greater for him due to his aggressive offensive style. Wresting for Grant Lee achieved championships at the conference, regional, and sectional tournaments both freshman and sophomore years. He therefore qualified for IHSA State Wrestling Tournament Class AA both years and won the State Championship title at 119lbs as a freshman. Lee’s overall record at the high school level is 73-6.

Striding down the sprawling fairways of the Pelham Bay Golf Course on Friday, Andrew Lenzi, Fordham Prep’s 15-year-old boy wonder, was finally at peace.

He wasn’t restless, like he was on the first day of the state wrestling championships on March 8. He wasn’t sleepy-headed, as he was for his first match because his nerves kept him up the night before.

Speaking from his cell phone during a golf break, Lenzi struck a reflective tone. He made history on March 9 when he defeated Brian Benton (Amsterdam), 5-3, in the 130-pound division I championship at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester.

As early as his sophomore season at Line Mountain, Jon Fausey’s plan was to make his college decision before the start of his senior season.
Fausey made good on that plan this week when he signed a national letter of intent to continue his wrestling career at the University of Virginia. The Cavaliers won out over Cornell and Penn, but Fausey said the decision was a difficult one.

by Gary Abbott USA Wrestling

FARGO, N.D. – There were no significant upsets during the first session at the ASICS/Vaughan Junior Greco-Roman Nationals at the FargoDome on Sunday.

In action on Sunday was Max Nowry of Illinois (105), a returning double champion who won both styles at the Junior Nationals last year. The other eligible returning double champion, David Taylor of Ohio, is not entered in Greco-Roman this year.

Nowry opened with a 5-0, 4-1 win over Blayne Shockley of Missouri.