Winter 2013 Issue - De La Salle Institute

ATHLETICSWrestlingAmong the highlights for the Meteor varsity wrestling team this season wasthe performance of Collin Farley ’14 at 170 pounds.In helping the Meteors (53 points) to a 12th-place finish at the GlenbrookSouth Tournament, Farley finished third in his weight class.Farley was one of three De La Salle wrestlers to finish second at the LeydenTournament as the Meteors placed eighth as a team with 98½ points. RobertZebrauskas ’15 and Kevin Malec ’13 also represented De La Salle on the medalstand. Zebrauskas competed at 113 pounds with Malec at 195. Dionicio Luna’15 (120 lbs.), Sal Reyes ’15 (152 lbs.) and Ryan Rickert ’14 (160 lbs.) placedsixth for De La Salle.Farley’s other third-place finish came at Conant as the Meteors amassed 62points as a team.In non-tournament competition, the Meteors recorded victories over Catholic League rivals Bishop McNamara, GordonTech, St. Francis de Sales, St. Ignatius, St. Joseph and St. Laurence. De La Salle also defeated Nazareth Academy from theEast Suburban Catholic Conference.At the Catholic League meet, the Meteors placed eighth as a team with 62 points. Farley was second at 170, while BrendanShilney ’13 was third at 145.Boys BowlingAs of the deadline, the Meteors had two wins over St. Ignatius and Leo and single triumphs over Fenwick and St. Rita inCatholic League competition.Individually, one of the highlights was the third-place finish of Mike Poluha ’13, who rolled a six-game series of 1,333,averaging 222 per game at the Brother Rice Tournament.The Meteors also placed second at the IHSA St. Ignatius Sectional to advance to the state finals with a total pinfall of 5,460.Poluha (1,192 pins) was third individually, while Matt Corona ’16 was fifth with 1,137 pins.Girls BowlingsCollin Farley ’14 pins his opponent fromShepard in nonconference competitionThe Meteor women’s varsity bowling team had won four matches as of the deadline, including two against ReginaDominican. Marist and Mother McAuley were the other squads defeated by the Meteors.The junior-varsity bowling team provided optimism for the future as it won nine of its first 11 matches.In terms of the postseason, the Meteors placed 12th in the Illinois High School Association’sHinsdale South Sectional.Athletics 23