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02/17/2015 11:00 PMThe Guilford wrestling team finished fourth at the SCC Championship on Feb. 14 at Amity with 89 points. The Indians' day was headed off by Colin Rook, who claimed a SCC title at 126 by defeating Fairfield Prep's Orlando Sanchez in the final by an 11-3 decision for his second straight conference crown. Drew Tischer was also a league champion at 152 by knocking off Tyler Kenney of Xavier 7-5.
"Earlier in the year, I lost to him twice pretty bad so this time I changed up how I wrestled and just wanted to do my best and leave everything on the mat," said Tischer. "Winning SCCs was like no other feeling in the world. I have worked hard all season, plus I had people believing in me and helping me every step of the way. I'm glad I won and showed people what I can do."
Andrew Ignoto was a runner-up for the 120 draw, losing by a technical 19-1 decision to Ryan Luth of Foran in the final. McKayd LaRose finished third at 132 by virtue of defeating Timothy Rebentisch of Law 5-0 while Oscar Carmona (145) and Jake Lundberg (160) both finished fourth. Carmona lost in his consolation bout 9-2 to Branford's Nick Temple and Foran's Noah Hubler edged out Lundberg 5-4.
Also competing for the Indians were Steven Napoli (106), Carter Cox (113), Christian Swan (138), Owen Marks (170), Jullian Crampton (182), and Taki Alyasri (195).
"I was very pleased with the way our guys wrestled. All of the guys wrestled tough and were getting after it. There were ups and downs all day long, but the guys were able to refocus and prepared to wrestle each match," said Head Coach Craig Vedrani, whose squad finished 16-9 on the regular season. "Colin Rook has missed quite a bit of time battling an ankle sprain, but wrestled like a ball of fire anyhow, defending his SCC title. Colin is just a great kid who knows what he has to do to get the job done and always seems to thrive under pressure. Drew Tischer overcame adversity and knocked off Tyler Kenny in the finals on a last-second takedown. It was great to see Drew come out on top in this match, especially since Tyler had beaten drew twice during the season. He works so hard and deserves it. I was yelling in excitement so loud that I had a headache for the next half-an-hour. Andrew Ignoto was running a 103-degree fever on Thursday and Friday before the tournament, but gutted it out and wrestled into the finals."