And...that's a wrap! Our season's place winners: Owen Sowards 4th place, Nate Lower 2nd place Levi Junis 3rd place! I am so proud for all of you as well as our Rockridge Community!
Owen & Levi are both wrestling for 3rd place! Approximately 3:30 for their matches.
Owen and Levi will wrestle in the semi-final round of wrestle backs. These will begin at 1:35.
Nate will not wrestle again until 5:15.
Rough round for our Joe, Jax and Noah as they all lost. Austen won with a pin and is still alive!
Next up, Semifinals for Owen, Nate and Levi and Quarterfinal wrestle-backs for Austen.
ALL 7 ARE STILL ALIVE!!!
After Quarterfinals and 1st round of wrestlebacks:
75lbs Joe Gierlus wins 10-5 in wrestle backs
80lbs Jax Alderin wins 4-1 in wrestle backs
85lbs Owen Sowards wins quarterfinals match by decision 3-0
90lbs Nate Lower wins quarterfinals match 1:29 fall
100lbs Noah Behr wins wrestle back match by 2:02 fall
167lbs Levi Junis wins his quarterfinals match with a 2:04 fall
275lbs Austen Schulte loses quarterfinals match 1-3 in double OT
After Round 1:
75lbs Joe Gierlus loses 5-6
80lbs Jax Alderin loses to fall 1:45
85lbs Owen Sowards wins by major
decision 10-0
90lbs Nate Lower wins by decision 6-0
100lbs Noah Behr loses 2-4
167lbs Levi Junis wins by fall 2:24
275lbs Austen Schulte wins by fall 3:32
Rocket JH Wrestling fans:
I'm going to Facebook live the matches the best I can. It will be on my personal Facebook page. (Amy Attig Degelman)
HS spring sports pictures day is Monday, March 11th. Lifetouch will take photos of each athlete. The athlete will get a sample within 1-2 weeks. They may order photographs then.
Kris M. will take the senior/ foreign exchange banner & team poster pictures on the same day.
And they are off! ST🚀TEBOUND!
Good Luck, Boys!
Good luck to our HS Scholastic Bowl team at IHSA Regionals today (3/4). The meet starts at 4:30 at Riverdale HS.
Thank you to everyone who helped us CRUSH Student Lunch Debt in the Rockridge District by supporting the RHS Student Council Crush Fundraiser! We raised $5,250.00 which erased the lunch debt of 195 students in the Rockridge School District. A special thank you to Christopher & Lindsay Bayer, Glen Cook, Travis & Krista Aring, Tina Sims, the Andalusia Lions Club, and a generous anonymous donor for their specific donations that added to the $1,000 raised by the Rockridge Student Council.
Austen Schulte with a 2nd place finish and a trip to DeKalb on Friday!
Levi Junis punching his ticket to state as a Sectional Champion at 167lbs!
Noah Behr with a 2nd place finish at 100lbs & a trip to DeKalb next Friday!
Nate Lower punching his ticket to state with a 1st place finish at 90lbs.
Owen Sowards, 85 lb Sectional Champion & State Qualifier!
Jax Alderin with a 4th place finish at 80lbs and a ticket to State!
Joe Gierlus with a 2nd place finish at 75 lbs. He will be wrestling at the State Meet on Friday!
Varsity BBB / IHSA Sectional Championship at Canton / Final / Macomb 54 Rockridge 38 / the Rockets end a great season in the Sweet 16 and a record of 25-7
Varsity BBB at the IHSA Sectional Championship at Canton / End of Q3 / Rockridge 31 Macomb 43