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Wrestling
Estrada’s quick pin rallies come-from-behind win
Sean Hastings
Freelance Reporter
Lincoln-Way West wrestling
coach Brian Glynn
expected a pin out of sophomore
Javen Estrada at the
126-pound weight class and
Estrada followed through on
his coach’s expectations.
Down 31-26 with just him
and Kenner Guzman (132
lbs.) left to wrestle, West
needed points out of both of
them to get the win. In just
52 seconds, Estrada pinned
Plainfield South’s David Playa
to take a 32-31 lead and
Guzman tacked on four more
on a 10-2 major decision.
West came away with a
36-31 win on Friday, Dec.
21 in New Lenox.
In a match where the extra
points were hard to come by,
Estrada’s late pin was key in
the biggest moment of the
match.
“Javen has really turned
the corner this last three
weeks,” Glynn said. “He’s
practicing with a different
attitude, he’s wrestling with
a different attitude, so I’ll
be honest, I expected him to
come out and pin that kid.”
Estrada knew the importance
of his match with Playa,
but he did not get himself
to worked up about it, he just
went out and did it, he said.
In the Warriors match
Dec. 15 against Cary Grove,
he also picked up a quick
pin, that time in just 40 seconds
and the same day got
another pin against Moline,
but in 2:46. West won both
matches handedly, but Friday’s
was tight throughout.
“[My mindset was] just go
in there and wrestle my hardest
and whatever happens
happens and just try and go
for the pin, but not worry too
much about it,” he said.
But up just one point in
the final match, Guzman’s
match was going to decide
the fate of the duel meet for
both schools. All he needed
to do was win by regular
decision to secure the win
for West, but picked up one
more point for good measure
with the major.
“Kenner (Guzman) hasn’t
wrestled much varsity, but
we decided to check him
out this week and he really
stepped up and came in at a
critical time and wasn’t nervous
and did his thing and it
was awesome.”
There were just five pins
combined throughout the
match, so the extra points
made a difference for West.
Also picking up pins for
the Warriors were Griffin
Ketelaar (220 lbs.) and Jacob
Cronk (182 lbs.). Cronk
pinned his man in just 20
seconds and Ketelaar finished
his match in 1:16.
Glynn had high praise for
both Ketelaar and Cronk.
“Griffin Ketelaar stepped
up,” Glynn said. “He beat a
kid that he had to beat and
not only did he beat him, he
pinned him. Obviously points
were crucial in this dual meet.
The difference from a major,
to a tech, to a pin was really
the difference.”
Earning points for West
were Payton Geigner (regular
decision 8-3 at 145 lbs.),
Josh Pakula (technical decision
18-3 at 170 lbs.) and
Johnny Buell (113 lbs.) won
by forfeit.
At this point of the season,
Glynn feels that the team has
“bought in” and realize the
importance of getting the extra
points and how that makes
a difference and vice versa.
Two Warriors were pinned
Friday and it does not matter
to Glynn who they are wrestling,
a pin is not acceptable,
he said.
Glynn repeated that earning
the extra points and not
having teams earn the points
on them is what can help
make them a top three team
in the state.
This Week In…
Warriors Varsity
Athletics
Boys Basketball
■Dec. ■ 27 - at Maine East
Holiday Tournament, TBA
■Dec. ■ 28 - at Maine East
Holiday Tournament, TBA
■Dec. ■ 29 - at Maine East
Holiday Tournament, TBA
Girls Basketball
■Dec. ■ 27 - at Oswego East
Holiday Tournament, TBA
■Dec. ■ 28 - at Oswego East
Holiday Tournament, TBA
■Dec. ■ 29 - at Oswego East
Holiday Tournament,
TBA
■Jan. ■ 3 - hosts Thornridge,
5:30 p.m.
Wrestling
■Dec. ■ 28 - at DeKalb Team
Invite, 9 a.m.
■Dec. ■ 29 - at DeKalb Team
Invite, TBA
Girls Bowling
■Dec. ■ 29 - at Plainfield South
Invite (at Town and Country
Lanes), 9 a.m.
■Jan. ■ 3 - hosts Lincoln-Way
Central, 4:30 p.m.
Boys Bowling
■Dec. ■ 27 - at Morgan Park
Invite (at Dolton Bowl), 9 a.m.
Boys Swimming and
Diving
■Dec. ■ 27 - at Homewood-
Flossmoor Pentathalon, 10
a.m.
Knights Varsity
Athletics
Boys Basketball
■Dec. ■ 27 - at Maine East
Holiday Tournament,
TBA
■Dec. ■ 28 - at Maine East
Holiday Tournament, TBA
■Dec. ■ 29 - at Maine East
Holiday Tournament, TBA
Girls Basketball
■Dec. ■ 27 - at Medieval
Classic (at Lincoln-Way East),
TBA
■Dec. ■ 28 - at Medieval
Classic (at Lincoln-Way East),
TBA
■Dec. ■ 29 - at Medieval
Classic (at Lincoln-Way East),
TBA
■Jan. ■ 3 - hosts Thornton, 6
p.m.
Wrestling
■Dec. ■ 28 - at Granite City
Tournament, 9:30 a.m.
■Dec. ■ 29 - at Granite City
Tournament, 9:30 a.m.
Girls Bowling
■Dec. ■ 27 - at Reavis Invite (at
El Mar Bowl), 9 a.m.
■Dec. ■ 29 - at Plainfield South
Invite (at Town and Country
Lanes), 9 a.m.
■Jan. ■ 3 - hosts Lincoln-Way
West, 4:30 p.m.
Boys Bowling
■Dec. ■ 27 - at Morgan Park
Invite (at Dolton Bowl), 9 a.m.
Boys Swimming and
Diving
■Dec. ■ 27 - hosts Lincoln-Way
Central Invite, 10 a.m.
■Jan. ■ 3 - at Andrew, 5 p.m.
Celtics Varsity
Athletics
Boys Basketball
■Dec. ■ 27 - at Jack Tosh
Holiday Classic (at York), TBA
■Dec. ■ 28 - at Jack Tosh
Holiday Classic (at York),
TBA
■Dec. ■ 29 - at Jack Tosh
Holiday Classic (at York),
TBA
■Dec. ■ 31 - at Jack Tosh
Holiday Classic (at York),
TBA
Girls Basketball
■Dec. ■ 27 - at Medieval
Classic at Lincoln-Way East;
vs. Andrew, 2 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 28 - at Medieval
Classic at Lincoln-Way East;
vs. LWE, 3:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 29 - at Medieval
Classic at Lincoln-Way East;
vs. TBA, TBA
Wrestling
■Dec. ■ 28 - at Lakes Varsity
Wrestling Quad,
8:30 a.m.
■Jan. ■ 3 - hosts Bishop
McNamara, St. Laurence,
9 a.m.
Boys Bowling
■Dec. ■ 27 - at Brother Rice
Final Fling (at Arena Bowl),
8:30 a.m.
■Dec. ■ 29 - at Conference
Finals (at BlueBird Lanes -
Chicago), TBA
■Jan. ■ 3 - at Lockport, 4 p.m.
This Week In is compiled by
editor James Sanchez, james@
newlenoxpatriot.com.
Sports Briefs
Lincoln-Way West baseball
is to host winter hitting,
defense camp
On Dec. 26-28, Lincoln-
Way West High School
will host a Baseball Camp
for grades 1-8. Participants
will practice offensive and
defensive skills. Players
will learn and take place
in: offensive philosophy,
approach to hitting, hitting
stations and evaluations,
infield, outfield and base
running drills, and defensive
philosophy and drill
stations.
For those in grades 1-4,
camp days are 11-1 p.m.
Dec. 26 and 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Dec. 27-28.
For those in grades 5-8,
camp days are 3:30-5:30
p.m. Dec. 26 and 1-3 p.m.
Dec. 27-28.
Aside from the hitting
a defense camp, separate
pitching and catching camps
for those in grades 1-8.
Campers will learn and
take place in pitching philosophy
and mechanics
breakdown, pitching drill
stations and evaluation,
and catching fundamentals
and drill work. Please bring
your own set of catcher’s
equipment if you are attending
the catching camp.
Those who want to join
should fill out the camp
brochure or register online
on the Lincoln-Way West
High School Website at lwwathletics.com.
Click on
the “More” tab and you will
find the link in the 2018-
2019 column to print the
flyer. To register online, go
to the school website, click
on “More” tab and choose
“Register an Athlete.” Click
“Create An Account” and
enter your own email and
password. (You can use the
account Remember this account
information as you
will be able to use this account
for the years to come
for all of the L-W West
camps. Then click on “Begin
Registration and choose
“Baseball Winter Camps.”
Sports Briefs are compiled
by Editor James Sanchez,
james@newlenoxpatriot.com.