{"id":1405608,"date":"2026-02-07T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/?p=1405608"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T00:29:02","slug":"anderson-outlasts-carlson-to-clinch-second-straight-downriver-league-wrestling-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/07\/anderson-outlasts-carlson-to-clinch-second-straight-downriver-league-wrestling-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson outlasts Carlson to clinch second straight Downriver League wrestling title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LINCOLN PARK &#8212; The Downriver League put a bow on its wresting season by holding its individual championships on Saturday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\"><h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-section\">Related Articles<\/h2><ul><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/07\/photo-gallery-of-the-2026-downriver-league-individual-wrestling-championships\/\" title=\"Photo gallery of the 2026 Downriver League individual wrestling championships\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tPhoto gallery of the 2026 Downriver League individual wrestling championships\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/06\/carlson-hockey-continues-late-season-push-with-win-over-riverview-cabrini-united\/\" title=\"Carlson hockey continues late-season push with win over Riverview-Cabrini United\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tCarlson hockey continues late-season push with win over Riverview-Cabrini United\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/06\/photo-gallery-of-gibraltar-carlson-vs-riverview-cabrini-united-in-a-metro-league-ice-hockey-battle\/\" title=\"Photo gallery of Gibraltar Carlson vs Riverview-Cabrini United in a Metro League ice hockey battle\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tPhoto gallery of Gibraltar Carlson vs Riverview-Cabrini United in a Metro League ice hockey battle\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/06\/high-school-basketball-scoreboard-for-friday-feb-6-2026\/\" title=\"High school basketball scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 6, 2026\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tHigh school basketball scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 6, 2026\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/06\/trenton-boys-swim-takes-care-of-rival-woodhaven-in-dual-meet-of-drl-unbeatens\/\" title=\"Trenton boys swim takes care of rival Woodhaven in dual meet of DRL unbeatens\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tTrenton boys swim takes care of rival Woodhaven in dual meet of DRL unbeatens\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><\/ul><\/aside>Originally tabbed to be held at Dearborn Edsel Ford at the start of the year, the league midway through the season relocated the meet to Lincoln Park High School. The switch allowed for Lincoln Park to run five mats for competition concurrently, with three of them holding varsity matches.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday proved to be a tightly-contested battle between the Southgate Anderson and Gibraltar Carlson, who placed first and second, respectively, in the dual meet portion of the league schedule during the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>After around five hours of competition, it was the Titans of Anderson outlasting Carlson once more, finishing first overall to claim the outright DRL championship.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the second league title in as many years for Anderson, who prior to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2025\/02\/01\/wrestling-anderson-clinches-drl-title-outright-with-first-place-finish-at-league-meet\/\">2025 crown<\/a> had not won a conference crown in the sport in nearly a decade. The outright honors comes after the Titans went undefeated in the league duals, including a 59-15 team victory over Carlson in a league quad back on Jan 14.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to last year&#8217;s end-of-season meet, Saturday proved to be another neck-and-neck race between the two programs.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson capped the day with 275.5 team points, narrowly beating out runner-up Carlson (266) by a smaller gap than the margin between the two teams a year ago. Both the Titans and Marauders combined to house nine of the 14 individual champions by day&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson saw five wrestlers end their respective days in the first-place match, tied with Allen Park for the second-most among any school behind only Carlson&#8217;s six. The Titans, however, saw all five emerge victorious in said matches, where the Marauders cashed in on four of their six such tries.<\/p>\n<p>Each team also had four more matmen salvage third-place honors. Anderson also had two additional wrestlers turn in fourth-place finishes.<\/p>\n<p>Allen Park (184.5) finished third overall in the final team standings, followed by Brownstown Woodhaven (180.5), Wyandotte Roosevelt (158.5), Trenton (126), Lincoln Park (120), Edsel Ford (69), and Taylor (26) to round things out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1405579\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-article_inline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"410px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" alt=\"Anderson senior Johnny Pardo (white) wrestles with Carlson senior Matthew Beach in the first-place match of the 285-pound weight class at the Downriver League meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)\" width=\"2160\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"1405579\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anderson senior Johnny Pardo (white) wrestles with Carlson senior Matthew Beach in the first-place match of the 285-pound weight class at the Downriver League meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite clogging up nearly half of the first-place match representatives, Anderson and Carlson only clashed in one such match on Saturday. That came in the form of the Titans&#8217; Johnny Pardo besting the Marauders&#8217; Matthew Beach by a 4-2 decision.<\/p>\n<p>A rematch of the 285-pound league finals a year ago, which was won then by Beach, Saturday&#8217;s bout marked the fourth head-to-head battle between Pardo and Beach this season. The two seniors have now split those meetings, with all four matches being decided by four points or fewer.<\/p>\n<p>Pardo and Beach now have a combined 76 wins on the season heading into the state postseason.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to their heavyweight standout, Anderson on Saturday saw Devin Sears (113), Sam Wilhelm (120), Nathan King (157), and Liam McMillen (175) all take home individual league titles.<\/p>\n<p>Sears and Wilhelm each wrestled in three matches, winning all three by fall. The former has now won each of his last nine matches, including a pin of Allen Park&#8217;s Deacon Ashmore in the finals. The latter meanwhile tallied three first-period pins on Saturday, the last of which was Roosevelt&#8217;s Gage Ball.<\/p>\n<p>King, who finished third at 144 pounds a season ago, will carry a 10-match win streak into the state tournament thanks to three more victories on Saturday. The senior ended his day with a slim 6-2 decision over Roosevelt&#8217;s Nolan Allman in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>As for McMillen, he continued what is a very strong first season of high school wrestling. After opening the day with three pins, the freshman for Anderson then dethroned Woodhaven&#8217;s Tahj Ferguson with an impressive 16-6 major decision victory in the 175-pound finals.<\/p>\n<p>McMillen on the season now has 43 victories, second on the team only to Pardo (44).<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere for Anderson, Jaiden Rivera-Pepper (106), Christian Carlson (132), Chase Luevanos (190), and Cameron Muszynski (215) all salvaged third-place finishes. Carlson was a league title winner at 113 pounds a year ago, while Muszynski improved on his fourth-place showing from 2025.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1405571\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-article_inline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"410px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" alt=\"Carlson freshman Jacob Morris finished first in the 190-pound weight class at the Downriver League individual wrestling championships on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)\" width=\"2734\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"1405571\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlson freshman Jacob Morris finished first in the 190-pound weight class at the Downriver League individual wrestling championships on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beach&#8217;s tough close loss aside, Carlson still walked away with four individual league champions. That includes a pair of first-timers in Abram McCall (106) and Jacob Morris (190), as well as some familiar faces in Wally Sindone (126) and Michael Skowronski (138).<\/p>\n<p>McCall ended up only wrestling once on Saturday, as the 106-pound class only had three placeholders by day&#8217;s end. The freshman in the finals took care of Woodhaven&#8217;s Anthony Muti by first-period fall. Another freshman, Morris in three wins had one by technical fall as well as two pins, the second of which was in the waning seconds of the first period vs Allen Park&#8217;s Samson Vukson.<\/p>\n<p>McCall and Morris have been arguably Carlson&#8217;s top two matmen this winter with each combining for nearly 90 wins. Right up there for the Marauders as well is the aforementioned Wally Sindone, who successfully defended his 126-pound title from a year prior.<\/p>\n<p>Sindone on Saturday wrestled five times. After winning each of the first four by four &#8212; three of which were in the first period &#8212; the junior cruised to a 17-3 major victory over Edsel Ford&#8217;s Hammam Salim in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>As for Skowronski, it is the second time in three years that he found himself in the first-place match at the league meet. A runner-up finisher in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2024\/02\/03\/wrestling-allen-park-takes-first-place-at-drl-chips-carlson-wins-league-title-outright\/\">2024<\/a> and a third-place finisher last year, the junior ended his three-win day strong with a pin of Allen Park freshman Marcus Tuccini in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson&#8217;s other first-place match competitor on Saturday, Luke Guffey (165), had to settle for runner-up honors. After winning his first match of the day via fall, the senior then fell in a 14-4 major decision to Lincoln Park&#8217;s Sa`Darion Holloway in the title bout.<\/p>\n<p>The Marauders elsewhere got third-place honors from a quartet of Orlando Ehause (113), Elijah Wurts (120), Peyton Brown (144), and Gunnar Adams (175). It&#8217;s the second straight year that both Ehause and Adams each end their respective league runs on the third-place mat, the latter matching his placing from the 2025 meet.<\/p>\n<p>Both Trenton and the hosts from Lincoln Park each left Saturday&#8217;s meet with two individual league champions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1405576\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-article_inline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"410px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" alt=\"Trenton senior Brock Culpepper (blue) improved to 42-0 on the season with his first-place finish in the 215-pound weight class at the Downriver League meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)\" width=\"2589\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"1405576\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trenton senior Brock Culpepper (blue) improved to 42-0 on the season with his first-place finish in the 215-pound weight class at the Downriver League meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trenton got yet another dominating showing from Brock Culpepper, who renewed his title at 215 pounds for a second straight season. Few wrestlers in the league, if any, have been better than Culpepper, who now sits at a perfect 42-0 on the season following three more pins on Saturday, including one of Allen Park&#8217;s Zachary VanEtten in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>The Trojans&#8217; other first-place finish came courtesy of Blake Scrimenti (144), whose third of three wins on the day was a pin of Woodhaven&#8217;s Collin Dodd in the finals. Brother and junior Cole Scrimenti (132), who finished third at 120 pounds a year ago, settled for runner-up honors on Saturday after losing in a 7-3 decision to Edsel Ford&#8217;s Hassan Awada in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>Trenton had two others finish up their respective days in the third-place match. Senior James Harrison (138) improved on his fourth-place effort in 2025 by salvaging third in the same weight class, while freshman Ryder Robinson settled for fourth place at 120 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>With his finals win over Carlson&#8217;s Guffey on Saturday, the aforementioned Sa`Darion Holloway now paces Lincoln Park with 42 victories on the season. The junior was one of two newly-crowned league champions for the Railsplitters, who had one such honor over the previous three seasons combined.<\/p>\n<p>A few matches before Holloway, Lincoln Park also saw Diego Buendia (150) finish his perfect 4-0 day, all by fall, with a pin of Allen Park&#8217;s Jason Mifsud in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>The meet hosts elsewhere on Saturday had two other wrestlers compete in the third-place match. Jacob Spratt (157) finished the day on a high note with a win, while Jaysean DeJesus (144) had to settle for fourth-place honors.<\/p>\n<p>Despite losing his final two matches of the day, DeJesus still sits at 38 wins on the year, second on the team only to Holloway.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1405602\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-article_inline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"410px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" alt=\"Junior Sa&#096;Darion Holloway (gray) was one of two individual champions for Lincoln Park, who hosted the Downriver League end-of-season meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)\" width=\"2216\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"1405602\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Junior Sa`Darion Holloway (gray) was one of two individual champions for Lincoln Park, who hosted the Downriver League end-of-season meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to their five runner-up placeholders, Allen Park had three others end their respective days in the third-place matches. Their eight top-4 finishers tied Woodhaven for the third-most among any school on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Salvaging third-place honors for the Jags included Connor Collinson (165) and Zackary Helvey (285). The latter two years ago finished fourth in the heavyweight class. And Kyle Craft (157) added a fourth-place finish as well.<\/p>\n<p>Only one of Woodhaven&#8217;s five wrestlers that competed in the third-place match picked up a win. That came in the form of Maxwell Dominguez (150), whose only loss of the day was to Lincoln Park&#8217;s Buendia in pool play.<\/p>\n<p>Four other Warriors &#8212; Nico Hernandez (113), Braylon Wallace (126), Jace Mrkich (138), and Bryton Serda (190) all settled for fourth-place finishes.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the runner-up placings from both Ball and Allman, Roosevelt had another four matmen end their respective league runs in the third-place bout on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Blake Schroeder (126) salvaged third place for the Bears, one year after he finished runner-up to Carlson&#8217;s Sindone. A trio of Rocket Sladovink (132), Donavan Stone (175), and Ben Demmer (215) all tallied fourth-place honors. Both Stone and Demmer were runner-up finishers at the 2025 league meet.<\/p>\n<p>As for Taylor, this is their third consecutive year of fielding a varsity wrestling program. Saturday was limited participation overall for the Griffins, who had just four grapplers compete in the varsity portion of the meet festivities.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor&#8217;s only top-4 placeholder at leagues was a familiar name in Aiden Havener (285). A third-place finisher at last year&#8217;s league meet, the senior on Saturday settled for fourth place in the same weight class.<\/p>\n<h4>UP NEXT<\/h4>\n<p>The Michigan high school wrestling state tournament gets underway next week with team districts taking place on Feb 11-12.<\/p>\n<p>The main one locally will be a Division 1 district at Allen Park, who will welcome in league foes Anderson, Lincoln Park, and Roosevelt. Elsewhere in D1 on Feb 12, Woodhaven will trek down to Monroe, while Taylor will join Edsel Ford for a meet at Dearborn Heights Crestwood.<\/p>\n<p>Trenton meanwhile finds themselve situated in a D2 district at nearby New Boston Huron on Feb 11. 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Please adjust images to reflect these limits.","print_featured_gallery_richtext":"","print_inline_galleries_richtext":"","print_inline_images_richtext":"<p>[related_articles location=\"right\" show_article_date=\"false\" article_type=\"automatic-primary-section\"]<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_1405579\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2160\"]<img class=\"size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"410px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" alt=\"Anderson senior Johnny Pardo (white) wrestles with Carlson senior Matthew Beach in the first-place match of the 285-pound weight class at the Downriver League meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)\" width=\"2160\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"1405579\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-60.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/> Anderson senior Johnny Pardo (white) wrestles with Carlson senior Matthew Beach in the first-place match of the 285-pound weight class at the Downriver League meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)[\/caption][caption id=\"attachment_1405571\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2734\"]<img class=\"size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"410px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" alt=\"Carlson freshman Jacob Morris finished first in the 190-pound weight class at the Downriver League individual wrestling championships on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)\" width=\"2734\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"1405571\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-55.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/> Carlson freshman Jacob Morris finished first in the 190-pound weight class at the Downriver League individual wrestling championships on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)[\/caption][caption id=\"attachment_1405576\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2589\"]<img class=\"size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"410px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" alt=\"Trenton senior Brock Culpepper (blue) improved to 42-0 on the season with his first-place finish in the 215-pound weight class at the Downriver League meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)\" width=\"2589\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"1405576\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-56.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/> Trenton senior Brock Culpepper (blue) improved to 42-0 on the season with his first-place finish in the 215-pound weight class at the Downriver League meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)[\/caption][caption id=\"attachment_1405602\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2216\"]<img class=\"size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"410px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" alt=\"Junior Sa&#96;Darion Holloway (gray) was one of two individual champions for Lincoln Park, who hosted the Downriver League end-of-season meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)\" width=\"2216\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"1405602\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thenewsherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHS-L-DRLChamps26WRSL-0207-83.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/> Junior Sa`Darion Holloway (gray) was one of two individual champions for Lincoln Park, who hosted the Downriver League end-of-season meet on Feb 7, 2026. (ALEXANDER MULLER -- MediaNews Group)[\/caption]","print_content":"<p>LINCOLN PARK -- The Downriver League put a bow on its wresting season by holding its individual championships on Saturday, Feb 7.<\/p><p>Originally tabbed to be held at Dearborn Edsel Ford at the start of the year, the league midway through the season relocated the meet to Lincoln Park High School. The switch allowed for Lincoln Park to run five mats for competition concurrently, with three of them holding varsity matches.<\/p><p>Saturday proved to be a tightly-contested battle between the Southgate Anderson and Gibraltar Carlson, who placed first and second, respectively, in the dual meet portion of the league schedule during the regular season.<\/p><p>After around five hours of competition, it was the Titans of Anderson outlasting Carlson once more, finishing first overall to claim the outright DRL championship.<\/p><p>It's the second league title in as many years for Anderson, who prior to their 2025 crown had not won a conference crown in the sport in nearly a decade. The outright honors comes after the Titans went undefeated in the league duals, including a 59-15 team victory over Carlson in a league quad back on Jan 14.<\/p><p>Similar to last year's end-of-season meet, Saturday proved to be another neck-and-neck race between the two programs.<\/p><p>Anderson capped the day with 275.5 team points, narrowly beating out runner-up Carlson (266) by a smaller gap than the margin between the two teams a year ago. Both the Titans and Marauders combined to house nine of the 14 individual champions by day's end.<\/p><p>Anderson saw five wrestlers end their respective days in the first-place match, tied with Allen Park for the second-most among any school behind only Carlson's six. The Titans, however, saw all five emerge victorious in said matches, where the Marauders cashed in on four of their six such tries.<\/p><p>Each team also had four more matmen salvage third-place honors. Anderson also had two additional wrestlers turn in fourth-place finishes.<\/p><p>Allen Park (184.5) finished third overall in the final team standings, followed by Brownstown Woodhaven (180.5), Wyandotte Roosevelt (158.5), Trenton (126), Lincoln Park (120), Edsel Ford (69), and Taylor (26) to round things out.<\/p><p>Despite clogging up nearly half of the first-place match representatives, Anderson and Carlson only clashed in one such match on Saturday. That came in the form of the Titans' Johnny Pardo besting the Marauders' Matthew Beach by a 4-2 decision.<\/p><p>A rematch of the 285-pound league finals a year ago, which was won then by Beach, Saturday's bout marked the fourth head-to-head battle between Pardo and Beach this season. The two seniors have now split those meetings, with all four matches being decided by four points or fewer.<\/p><p>Pardo and Beach now have a combined 76 wins on the season heading into the state postseason.<\/p><p>In addition to their heavyweight standout, Anderson on Saturday saw Devin Sears (113), Sam Wilhelm (120), Nathan King (157), and Liam McMillen (175) all take home individual league titles.<\/p><p>Sears and Wilhelm each wrestled in three matches, winning all three by fall. The former has now won each of his last nine matches, including a pin of Allen Park's Deacon Ashmore in the finals. The latter meanwhile tallied three first-period pins on Saturday, the last of which was Roosevelt's Gage Ball.<\/p><p>King, who finished third at 144 pounds a season ago, will carry a 10-match win streak into the state tournament thanks to three more victories on Saturday. The senior ended his day with a slim 6-2 decision over Roosevelt's Nolan Allman in the finals.<\/p><p>As for McMillen, he continued what is a very strong first season of high school wrestling. After opening the day with three pins, the freshman for Anderson then dethroned Woodhaven's Tahj Ferguson with an impressive 16-6 major decision victory in the 175-pound finals.<\/p><p>McMillen on the season now has 43 victories, second on the team only to Pardo (44).<\/p><p>Elsewhere for Anderson, Jaiden Rivera-Pepper (106), Christian Carlson (132), Chase Luevanos (190), and Cameron Muszynski (215) all salvaged third-place finishes. Carlson was a league title winner at 113 pounds a year ago, while Muszynski improved on his fourth-place showing from 2025.<\/p><p>Beach's tough close loss aside, Carlson still walked away with four individual league champions. That includes a pair of first-timers in Abram McCall (106) and Jacob Morris (190), as well as some familiar faces in Wally Sindone (126) and Michael Skowronski (138).<\/p><p>McCall ended up only wrestling once on Saturday, as the 106-pound class only had three placeholders by day's end. The freshman in the finals took care of Woodhaven's Anthony Muti by first-period fall. Another freshman, Morris in three wins had one by technical fall as well as two pins, the second of which was in the waning seconds of the first period vs Allen Park's Samson Vukson.<\/p><p>McCall and Morris have been arguably Carlson's top two matmen this winter with each combining for nearly 90 wins. Right up there for the Marauders as well is the aforementioned Wally Sindone, who successfully defended his 126-pound title from a year prior.<\/p><p>Sindone on Saturday wrestled five times. After winning each of the first four by four -- three of which were in the first period -- the junior cruised to a 17-3 major victory over Edsel Ford's Hammam Salim in the finals.<\/p><p>As for Skowronski, it is the second time in three years that he found himself in the first-place match at the league meet. A runner-up finisher in 2024 and a third-place finisher last year, the junior ended his three-win day strong with a pin of Allen Park freshman Marcus Tuccini in the finals.<\/p><p>Carlson's other first-place match competitor on Saturday, Luke Guffey (165), had to settle for runner-up honors. After winning his first match of the day via fall, the senior then fell in a 14-4 major decision to Lincoln Park's Sa`Darion Holloway in the title bout.<\/p><p>The Marauders elsewhere got third-place honors from a quartet of Orlando Ehause (113), Elijah Wurts (120), Peyton Brown (144), and Gunnar Adams (175). It's the second straight year that both Ehause and Adams each end their respective league runs on the third-place mat, the latter matching his placing from the 2025 meet.<\/p><p>Both Trenton and the hosts from Lincoln Park each left Saturday's meet with two individual league champions.<\/p><p>Trenton got yet another dominating showing from Brock Culpepper, who renewed his title at 215 pounds for a second straight season. Few wrestlers in the league, if any, have been better than Culpepper, who now sits at a perfect 42-0 on the season following three more pins on Saturday, including one of Allen Park's Zachary VanEtten in the finals.<\/p><p>The Trojans' other first-place finish came courtesy of Blake Scrimenti (144), whose third of three wins on the day was a pin of Woodhaven's Collin Dodd in the finals. Brother and junior Cole Scrimenti (132), who finished third at 120 pounds a year ago, settled for runner-up honors on Saturday after losing in a 7-3 decision to Edsel Ford's Hassan Awada in the finals.<\/p><p>Trenton had two others finish up their respective days in the third-place match. Senior James Harrison (138) improved on his fourth-place effort in 2025 by salvaging third in the same weight class, while freshman Ryder Robinson settled for fourth place at 120 pounds.<\/p><p>With his finals win over Carlson's Guffey on Saturday, the aforementioned Sa`Darion Holloway now paces Lincoln Park with 42 victories on the season. The junior was one of two newly-crowned league champions for the Railsplitters, who had one such honor over the previous three seasons combined.<\/p><p>A few matches before Holloway, Lincoln Park also saw Diego Buendia (150) finish his perfect 4-0 day, all by fall, with a pin of Allen Park's Jason Mifsud in the finals.<\/p><p>The meet hosts elsewhere on Saturday had two other wrestlers compete in the third-place match. Jacob Spratt (157) finished the day on a high note with a win, while Jaysean DeJesus (144) had to settle for fourth-place honors.<\/p><p>Despite losing his final two matches of the day, DeJesus still sits at 38 wins on the year, second on the team only to Holloway.<\/p><p>In addition to their five runner-up placeholders, Allen Park had three others end their respective days in the third-place matches. Their eight top-4 finishers tied Woodhaven for the third-most among any school on Saturday.<\/p><p>Salvaging third-place honors for the Jags included Connor Collinson (165) and Zackary Helvey (285). The latter two years ago finished fourth in the heavyweight class. And Kyle Craft (157) added a fourth-place finish as well.<\/p><p>Only one of Woodhaven's five wrestlers that competed in the third-place match picked up a win. That came in the form of Maxwell Dominguez (150), whose only loss of the day was to Lincoln Park's Buendia in pool play.<\/p><p>Four other Warriors -- Nico Hernandez (113), Braylon Wallace (126), Jace Mrkich (138), and Bryton Serda (190) all settled for fourth-place finishes.<\/p><p>In addition to the runner-up placings from both Ball and Allman, Roosevelt had another four matmen end their respective league runs in the third-place bout on Saturday.<\/p><p>Blake Schroeder (126) salvaged third place for the Bears, one year after he finished runner-up to Carlson's Sindone. A trio of Rocket Sladovink (132), Donavan Stone (175), and Ben Demmer (215) all tallied fourth-place honors. Both Stone and Demmer were runner-up finishers at the 2025 league meet.<\/p><p>As for Taylor, this is their third consecutive year of fielding a varsity wrestling program. 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