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First big individual tournament of the high school season is out of the way. The Porters finished in 3rd at the POWERade, considered the second toughest tournament in the nation, despite a few underwhelming performances, but on the strength of some standout performances as well. Lockport fell to third by a single point. This week, Lockport will be up in Kaukana, WI, to participate in the Cheesehead tournament. Recap and information on those are within, as is a recap of the action our Alumni saw this past week. Click to get more!
Thursday and Friday, December 30 and 31, The Lockport Porters wrestling team took place in the prestigious POWERade Wrestling Tournament, rated as the 2nd hardest tournament in the nation for the 2016-2017 season. Lockport's team performance, while clearly an underachievement compared to expectations, still resulted in five individual placewinners. This gave the Porters 128 points, falling just one point shy of the 2nd place team, but a hefty 33 points behind the champions.
Click to get a recap of the past week's events for our wrestlers as well as our collegiate alumni. We've added a mini-preview for the alumni for this week as well - two big Division I tournaments have the potential to have all of our DI wrestlers active this week. Also, we have a quick high school update and preview for this week, which is all about the Powerade!
On Thursday evening, Lockport's home dual meet schedule came to an end. It was a bit of an early date for senior night, with six weeks remaining until regionals. The Porters, putting a senior-heavy lineup on the mat, still dominated the dual, earning a 61-9 victory over conference opponent Stagg.
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On Thursday evening, Lockport hosted DeKalb High School and came away with its 20th win of the season, defeating the Barbs by a final score of 60-7. Lockport posted a 12-2 record on the night, including 3 wins by fall and four by technical fall.
One more week down, three more wins. Lockport now has an 18-0 record on the season, and looks poised to add two more over the course of the week.
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The 2nd ranked Lockport wrestling team took to the mat twice in the past three days and came away with two more wins, pushing the overall team record to 19-0 on the season. On Thursday, Lockport took out #9 Carl Sandburg by a 43-22 score, although the dual felt much closer than the score indicates. On Saturday morning, while Homer Jr. High School was hosting its annual tournament in the Lockport East Field House, Lockport commandeered a corner mat to host Fremd High School in a dual, defeating them 69-6.
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The Lockport Township High School wrestling team had a new "first" on Thursday night - wrestling on an auditorium stage. The Porters were hosted by Lincoln-Way West for their annual "Singlets on the Stage" event, a fantastic showcase of talent in an extraordinarily unique environment. The Porters, ranked 2nd in the state and 20th in the nation entering the dual, came out victorious by a wide margin, earning a 40-18 victory over the 5th ranked Warriors.
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TUESDAY! And Thursday. And Saturday. Those are the days we wrestle this week, and the days you should be there to watch - ESPECIALLY on Tuesday at Lincoln-Way West! Click to get these details and more... including a recap of the results of last week and on how our alumni have fared.
The 2nd ranked Lockport Porters wrestling team took the mat Saturday morning to square off against two top-20 teams in Illinois, and came away with two wins, defeating #19 Lyons Township 48-24 and #11 Wheaton North 40-19. With each team having a handful of ranked individuals, there were great matchups all around.
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Friday night, Lockport hosted Homewood-Flossmoor at Central Campus. Taking place under the spotlight, the meet was originally slated to be Senior Night, but a rash of injuries and illness caused that recognition to be postponed to a later date. The wrestlers who were still able to roll around came out and dominated, winning the first twelve matches of the dual en route to a 68-12 victory.
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Week Four was a big one, with Lockport seeing a total of eight different duals in three days, coming away with a perfect 8-0 record and a Ron Sauer Dual Team Tournament Championship. Week Five is a bit more passive, with four duals scheduled for Varsity. Friday Night is Senior Night, at the Central Campus Gym at 5:30 against Homewood-Flossmoor, while Saturday we have a quad with some tough teams.
And, of course, check in on our alumni. A couple big name opponents can be found in there. Click to read about it!
It may have taken four trips to do it, but Lockport finally won the Fox "Ron Sauer" Dual Team Tournament, hosted by Fox Senior High School in Arnold, Missouri, and they did it in dominant fashion. Posting a 7-0 record over the course of Friday night and Saturday, the Porters dominated their competition, outscoring their opponents 422-70. Click to for a brief recap and link to full results.
On Thursday evening, Lockport visited Bolingbrook High School in the first conference dual, defeating the hosts by a 54-19 score, in a dual that twelve of the fourteen weights ended with bonus-point victories.
Week three brought us the first true action of the season - and Lockport came away with a perfect 5-0 record. Week four takes the Porters to Bolingbrook, and then Missouri. Or, as far too many of the locals call it, "Missour-uh." Click here for the recaps, some interesting box scores, and a preview of the upcoming week!
The Lockport wrestling team had a bit of a chip on their shoulder when they arrived at Minooka for the annual quad with Minooka, Belleville West, and Mt. Carmel. After all, the Porters came into this season ranked 20th in the nation by InterMat, and 24th by USAToday, while Mt. Carmel was unranked in these national publications. Yet when the first in-state rankings came out last week, Lockport found itself 4th in 3A, while Mt. Carmel sat atop those rankings. The Porters wanted to show that they're the top team in the state, and that's just what they did, sweeping all three duals on the day, including a big 38-20 win over Mt. Carmel.
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Lockport Wrestling, ranked 20th nationally by InterMat, has started the 2016-2017 season off just the way the team had hoped. The Porters started the season by picking up back to back wins in the first two days of competition. On Tuesday, Lockport defeated Yorkville High School by a score of 44-19, then rolled through West Aurora on Wednesday, 58-9.
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Two weeks down and it's almost competition time for Lockport! Get the news for the upcoming week - including a HOF Induction, a very brief recap of Maroon and White Night, and a recap of a rather busy week for our Alumni at the collegiate level!
Week 1 may not be action packed, but it's still full of news and events!
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Haley Augello, Class of 2013, was inducted into the Lockport Township High School Athletic Hall of Fame prior to the 2016 Homecoming game on September 30, 2016. A former varsity wrestler, Augello, the only Lockport alum to have competed for the United States in the Olympics, to date, finished in 9th place at the 48kg weight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Prior to the homecoming football game Friday night, Haley Augello became the youngest member of the Lockport Township High School Athletic Hall of Fame - joining the elite group a mere three years after graduating in 2013. A former varsity wrestler, Augello, who is the only Lockport alum to have competed for the United States in the Olympics, to date, finished in 9th place at the 48kg weight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
