The CVCA Wrestlers competed in the District Wrestling Tournament at Maple Heights High School on February 26-27th, 2010.  The Royals placed 8 wrestlers in the top 6 and advanced five wrestlers to next week's OHSAA State Tournament.  As a team, CVCA finished in second place scoring 152.5 team points.

Winning a District Championship for the Royals was freshman Nathan Tomasello at 103 lbs.  Nathan won in dominating fashion by pinning his first two opponents, defeating Tuslaw's Jeff Powell 18-7 in the semifinals, and then beating Keystone's Brian Spangler 5-1 in the finals.  Nathan advances to the State Tournament with a 33-5 record.

Also winning a District title for the second year in a row was Senior Zak Vargo at 135 lbs.  Zak made it to the finals by defeating three tough opponents including Chanel's Dan Collier.  Zak also defeated Cuyahoga Heights Jimmy Dankle in the finals by a score of 6-3 avenging his loss in the Sectional Finals to the same opponent. 

Zak enters the State Tournament with a 31-9 record.

At 171 lbs. Junior Alex Utley won his third consectutive District Championship. 

Alex dominated all of his opponents and has accumulated 40 wins this season heading into the State Tournament. 

Senior Brandon Sommers finished in 2nd place at Districts in the 145 lbs. weight class. 

Brandon lost a close decision to Cuyahoga Heights' Zach Noernberg in the finals. 

Brandon is already a two time State Place Winner and enters the tournament with a 32-7 record.

Sophomore Matt Meadows advanced to the State Tournament for the second year in a row by placing 3rd at 160 lbs. 

Matt lost a close double overtime decision to Chippewa's Bryson Hall in the semi-finals before

winning two more tough matches to finish third.

CVCA placed three other wrestlers that were close to being State Qualifiers.  Freshman Matt Dobben finished as a State Alternate at 130 lbs.   Matt lost a close first round match and wrestled all the way back to finish in 5th Place.   Another Freshman, Josh Decatur finished in 6th Place at 119 lbs.  Josh defeated two State Qualifiers in Chanel's Cody Tschantz and Brookfield's Tyler Thompson in the last two weeks of the season, but fell one match short of making it to the big show.  Junior Seth Powers also finished in 6th Place at 125 lbs.  After battling injuries all season Seth lost a one point match in the semifinals and then a tough overtime decision in the consolation semifinals. 

it is amazing that the Lord has blessed CVCA with so many great wrestlers, and these wrestlers are excited for the great competition at the State Tournament.

The CVCA Wrestling Team started the post season at Brooklyn High School for the OHSAA Sectional Tournament on February 19th and 20th.  The Royals finished in second place overall by scoring an outstanding 243 team points, which is the second highest total at Sectionals in team history.  CVCA advanced nine wrestlers to next week's District Tournament at Maple Heights with 4 champions, 4 runners-up, and 1 fourth place finisher.  Three other wrestlers also finished in 5th place. 

Freshman Nathan Tomasello won his first Sectional Championship at 103 lbs.  Nathan, ranked #1 in the state by Brian Brakeman, had to beat both the #2 and #3 ranked wrestlers to claim his Sectional Title.  He defeated Keystone's returning state placer Brian Spangler 8-2 in the semi-finals and then dominated Chanel's Aaron Assad 16-5 in the finals.

Another freshman that won a Championship at Brookly was Josh Decatur at 119 lbs.  Josh tech-falled Cuyahoga Heights' Max Klinger in the quarterfinals 20-4, pinned Elyria Catholic's Justin Tomlin in the semis, and won an overtime thriller over Chanel's Cody Tschantz 3-1 in the finals.  Josh and Nathan are only the 7th and 8th freshmen in CVCA history to win a Sectional Championship.

Senior Brandon Sommers won his third Sectional Championship by winning by default over Cuyahoga Heights' state runner-up Zach Noernberg in the finals at 145 lbs.  Brandon had two first period pins over AJ Lesiecki of Elyria Catholic and Joey Kiefer of Chanel on his way to the finals.

Also winning his third Sectional Championship was Junior Alex Utley at 171 lbs.  Alex dominated the tournament with two pins and two tech-falls to improve his record to an amazing 36-2.  Alex will look to win his third District Championship next weekend at Maple Heights.

Finishing as Sectional Runner-Up with a tough defensive pin call was Junior Seth Powers at 125 lbs.  Seth will look to earn a trip to the State Tournament for the second year in a row next week.  Senior Zak Vargo at 135 lbs. and Sophomore Matt Meadows at 160 lbs. both lost close overtime decisions in the finals to finish in second place as well.  Junior Pete Meadows had an outstanding tournament at 189 lbs. finishing in second place.  Pete defeated the fourth seed Zack Mackulin of Independence in the quarter-finals then the first seed Garry Yarborogh of Trinity in the semis. 

Freshman Matt Dobben advanced to next week's District tournament by placing in 4th place at 130 lbs., and finishing as District Alternates in 5th place were Freshman Nick Havener at 140 lbs., Sophomore David Gray at 152 lbs., and Freshman Justin Goss at Heavyweight.  The entire CVCA Wrestling family praises God for the accomplishments of these young men this weekend and look forward to glorifying the Lord as we finish out the season with Districts and States! 

CVCA wrestled in the PAC-7 League Tournament at Tusky Valley High School on Saturday, February 13th. 

The Royals won the league tournament with a record breaking 228 team points.  

CVCA finished with 7 League Champions, 3 Runners-Up, and 2 other place winners. 

Head Coach Don Lorence was also voted as the PAC-7 Coach of the Year.

At 103 pounds freshman Nathan Tomasello won his first league title with a dominating 12-4 Major Decision over Kyle Ferguson of Manchester.  Seth Powers won his third straight PAC-7 title with an overtime win over Manchester's Josh Kapper in the finals at 125 pounds.  Zak Vargo won the title at 135 pounds scoring an amazing 51 points in only 3 matches.  

Brandon Sommers became a four time PAC-7 Champion by winning the tournament at 145 lbs.  Brandon finished as MVP of the league dual tournament back in December.  Sophomore David Gray had three pins at 152 lbs. to win his first league championship.  At 160 lbs. Matt Meadows defeated Tuslaw's Bobby Mann 9-2 in the finals to win the

PAC-7 tournament for the second year in a row.  Junior Alex Utley dominated the 171 lbs. weight class and

scored a fall over Tuslaw's Todd Remanaric in the finals.

The Royals also had three freshmen finish as Runners-Up of the league tournament.  Josh Decatur finished second at 119 lbs. along with Matt Dobben at 130 lbs. and Nick Havener at 140 lbs.  Junior Pete Meadows finished in 3rd Place at 189 lbs. and Sophomore Daniel Griffith finished in 4th at 215 lbs.  

The Royals finished the regular season on a high note and head into the Sectional Tournament at Brooklyn next weekend.   The 14 wrestlers that CVCA will send to Sectionals have accumulated a total of 241 wins this year heading into the post-season and are excited for the next three weeks of competition.  Praise the Lord for the exciting opportunity that these young men and their coaches have to glorify God for the rest of the season!

Congratulations 2009-10 PAC-7 Champions!!!

January 31st , 2010

The varsity wrestling team traveled to Grove City, Pennsylvania to compete in the 2010 Fred Bell Invitational Tournament.  The Fred Bell is an exciting 2 day tournament featuring 25 Pennsylvania teams, a team from New York, and

CVCA being the only team from Ohio.  The Royals had a great tournament finishing with 3 individual champions

and 6 placers overall to finish in 3rd place in the team race.

Dominating the tournament at 103 pounds was freshman Nathan Tomasello.  Nathan had two first period pins and a tech-fall on his way to the finals where he defeated Paul Deitz of McDowell, PA by major decision in the finals.

Senior Brandon Sommers finished as champion of the 145 pound weight class.  Brandon had 3 pins and a decision on his way to the finals where he defeated McDowell's Khlique harris 3-1.  Brandon leads the team in pins so far this year with 16.

Junior Alex Utley put on an impressive performance winning the 171 pound weight class.  Alex also had 3 pins and a decision on his way to the finals where he defeated Erie Cathedral Prep's Jermaine Easter.  Alex leads the team in wins this season with 29 victories and has to this point accumulated 115 career victories.

Also placing for the Royals was senior Zak Vargo at 135 pounds.  Zak after being sent to the consolation bracket in the second round because of a Pennsylvania rule interpretation on shoe laces won six straight bouts to finish in 3rd place.  Zak dominated every opponent he was given the opportunity to wrestle and finished with 3 pins, a tech-fall, 2 major decisions, and a 6-0 decision over David Osterberg of Northwestern for 3rd place.

Sophomore Matt Meadows also finished in 3rd place at 160 pounds.  Matt lost a close 3-2 decision to eventual champion in undefeated Tyler Gargano of Hickory, PA in the semi-finals.  He then battled back to finish 3rd.

Freshman Josh Decatur made it to the semi-finals at 119 pounds and the lost some very close matches to finish in 6th place.  Josh has looked impressive at 119 pounds for the Royals this year.

Also getting big wins for the team were Matt Dobben, David Gray, Pete Meadows, Daniel Griffith, and Justin Goss.

A fantastic weekend for the Jr High Royals at the Hudson Middle School  Invitational! In the Team Dual Meet Competition, the Royals defeated Brecksville and Berkshire, but lost two close matches to finish the day
in fourth place overall, out of eight teams.

This tournament also tracked individual records on the day with a final round of wrestling to determine

the Individual Weight Class Champions. CVCA had four undefeated individual champions in

Hayden Kaiser (92#), Ricky Simonelli (98#), Jeff Hojnacki (128#) and Noah Havener (134#).

Calvin Kortze(122#) and Paul Gibson(150#) each finished the day with only one loss, and strong second place showings!

Other CVCA wrestlers recording important victories for the team were: Brandon Staab(86#),

Jimmy Coyne (104#), Dean Miller (116#), Josiah DiPaolo(142#) and Ben Petrenic (172#)!

It was an outstanding effort by each and every one of these young men!

A special thanks go out to our Mat Stats, Caroline Woodford and Lauren Hughes for tracking the guys
progress all day. Great work ladies!

Next weekend the Jr High Royals make the trip to Tuslaw for the season ending PAC-7 Tournament,

where we will be working hard to defend our league title!
Good Luck Royal Wrestlers!

The CVCA Varsity wrestlers competed in back to back dual meets this week as they traveled to Westlake High School on Wednesday for a tri with Westlake and Western Reserve and then to Kenston High School on Thursday for a dual meet.  The Royals had a couple of very exciting duals, but in the end defeated all three schools over both days of wrestling.

Wednesday at Westlake the Royals defeated Western Reserve by a score of 64-18.  Winning matches against WRA were Michael Ratay, Neil Roff, Seth Powers, Casey Claflin, Zak Vargo, Brandon Sommers, David Gray, Danny Tiley, Matt Meadows, Daniel Griffith, and Justin Goss.  CVCA finished against Westlake, and the match was tied 30-30 going into the Heavyweight match.  Freshman Heavyweight Justin Goss outweighed by 50 pounds defeated Rami Odetallah by a score

of 6-4 to clinch the 33-30 dual victory for CVCA.

Thursday the team traveled up to Kenston for another exciting dual.  The match started with the Royals forfeiting the 103, 112, and 119 pound weight classes.  Then after freshman Neil Roff lost a close 8-5 decision to Kenston's Tre Smith at 125, CVCA was down by a score of 21-0.  The Royals then won the next 8 weight classes.  Seth Powers earned a major decision at 130 lbs.  Zak Vargo earned a decision over Division II State Placer Jake Kazmir at 135 lbs.  Both Nick Havener and Brandon Sommers pinned their opponents at 140 and 145 lbs. respectively.  Sophomore David Gray came back from a 12-2 deficit to pin his opponent at 152 lbs.  Matt Meadows won by decision at 160 lbs.  Alex Utley then won by technical fall at 171 lbs.  At 189 lbs. Junior Pete Meadows clinched the dual meet victory by winning a close 8-7 decision.  The final score of the dual was CVCA 36, Kenston 33.

Congratulations wrestlers on a great week of wrestling!  The team will be back in action next weekend at the Fred Bell Invitational Tournament in Grove City, Pennsylvania.

The Royals traveled to Alliance High School to compete in the Top Gun Tournament on January 15th & 16th.  The Top Gun is one of the top tournaments in the state of Ohio.  The CVCA Wrestlers finished in 3rd place overall in the team competition with 136.5 points, which is the second highest team finish in CVCA history.

Winning the tournament for the Royals was Junior Alex Utley at 171 lbs.  Alex won five matches on his way to his second straight Top Gun Championship.  Last year Alex won the championship at 160 lbs.  Utley started with two pins over Jacob lawhorn of Field and Trent Johnson of Claymont.  Then Alex beat Josh Miller of Carrollton 17-6.  In the semi-finals Alex had a close 4-3 decision over two-time Division I State Placer Tylan Coleman of Mayfield.  In the finals Alex dominated returning Division II State Runner-Up Dennis Raber of Orrville 14-4.

Alex Utley - 1st Place 171 lbs.

Sophomore Matt Meadows had an outstanding tournament at 160 lbs.  Matt won four matches on his way to the finals with two tech-falls and a decision over West Jefferson's Jake Cochran in the semi-finals before losing a close decision to

Damien Perry of Mentor 8-5 in the finals. 

Matt Meadows - 2nd Place 160 lbs.

Freshman Nathan Tomasello finished in 3rd place with several big wins.  Nathan defeated Streetsboro's Returning State Placer Corey Stainbrook two times both in the quarterfinals and consolation finals.   Tomasello lost to St. Paris Graham's outstanding sophomore Ryan Taylor in the semi-finals 8-7 with a take down late in the 3rd period.

Nathan Tomasello - 3rd Place 103 lbs.                 Michael Ratay - 6th Place 112 lbs.

The Royals had three other wrestlers finish in 6th place.  Sophomore Michael Ratay made it to the semi-finals at 112 and then defaulted down to sixth place due to injury.  Freshman Matt Dobben had a great tournament finishing 6th at 125 including a win over two-time Division I State Placer Nick Hannan of Massilon Perry in the consolation bracket. 

Senior Zak Vargo also finished in 6th place making it to the semi-finals and then losing three very close

decisions to three very good wrestlers.

Matt Dobben - 6th Place 125 lbs.

Zak Vargo - 6th Place 135 lbs.

Also winning matches for the Royals and contributing to the team score were

Freshmen Josh Decatur and Justin Goss, Sophomores David Gray and Daniel Griffith,

and Juniors Seth Powers and Pete Meadows both coming back from injury.

The Royals will be back in action on Wednesday as they travel to Westlake to wrestle Westlake and Western Reserve.

Wednesday December 23rd was Senior Night at CVCA as the Royals played host the the Jackson-Milton Blue Jays.  Many former CVCA wrestlers and parents were in attendance and joined us for a pot-luck dinner in the cafeteria prior to the match.  The Lord has really blessed CVCA with an amazing group of wrestlers and parents, and everyone involved is truly a part of the CVCA Wrestling Family.  Thank you to all of the those who helped make this event possible!

CVCA recognized the senior wrestlers in Zak Vargo and Brandon Sommers.  Both of these young men are returning state place winners and excellent Senior leaders  and Christian role models for our team.

                                         Zak Vargo with Parents Fred and Elaine Lloyd                              Brandon Sommers with Parents Brad and Beth Sommers

CVCA wrestled a tough Division III rival in Jakcson Milton.  The Royals came out victorious by a score of 29-14.  The match started at 103 pounds where freshman Nathan Tomasello won by fall.  The 112 pound match featured to returning state placers where Michael Ratay fell to Vinnie Pizzuto 10-2.  At 119 pounds Josh Decatur defeated Jackson Milton's Jake Armstrong 18-4.  Matt Dobben had a tough match against a returning state place winner for the Blue Jays in Tim Wiseman.  Wiseman won 7-6.  Neil Roff at 130 pounds also fell to a returning state placer in Johnny Matacic 8-2. 

CVCA then won four matches in a row with Zak Vargo, Nick Havener, David Gray, and Brandon Sommers all winning their bouts from 135-152 pounds.  Sommers and Havener both won by fall.  The win for Zak Vargo was the 100th win of his career.  Congratulations Zak!!  In the last match of the dual at 160 freshman Danny Tiley lost to Anthony Tomaino 13-4. 

Jackson-Milton did not have wrestlers at 171, 189, 215, or 285; so up by a score of 29-14 CVCA decided to Double Forfeit the remaining weight classes making the final score 29-14.  Winning JV Matches for the Royals were David Parker, Casey Claflin, and Hudson Hollopeter.  Overall it was a great match and tough wrestling. 

The matches were broadcast over the internet by Nightwine Productions.

The matches can be viewed online at www.nightwineproductions.com

Fans of CVCA Wrestling can now follow on twitter. 

Go to www.twitter.com/cvcawrestling to view our twitter page. 

Twitter allows you to receive minute by minute updates to keep up on everything that CVCA Wrestling is involved in. 

Twitter is absolutely free, and once you sign up you will receive text messages updating you

on tournaments, scheduling, and more.  This is great for parents, friends, or family that can not be

at the tournaments and still want to know how their wrestler is doing. 

You can easily sign up from your phone.  Text "Signup" to 40404.  It will send a text back prompting you to create a username.  Once you have created your username text "Follow CVCAWrestling" to 40404, and you will be good to go. 

If at anytime you want to stop receiving updates via text message text "Leave CVCAWrestling" to 40404. 

Again this is absolutely free.  Twitter doesn't charge anything for this, but standard text messaging rates may

apply from your carrier if you do not have a set text messaging plan.  It is probably best to have an unlimited texting

plan in order not to be charged by your phone company everytime you send or receive a text message.

If you have any questions about twitter or CVCA Wrestling's twitter page you can email pacharvat@msn.com

CVCA won the PAC-7 Championship Duals at Manchester High School on Saturday December 19th, 2009. 

The team won 3 dual meets on the day and dominated the other PAC-7 teams. 

In the quarterfinals CVCA defeated Canton Timken by a score of 70-5.  In the semi-finals CVCA defeated Tuslaw 49-18. 

In the final match of the day CVCA defeated Manchester in the championship match 55-19.

Going undefeated for the Royals on the day were Nathan Tomasello, Michael Ratay, Matt Dobben, Nick Havener, David Gray, Brandon Sommers, Alex Utley, Matt Meadows, and Justin Goss.  Also scoring big wins for the Royals were Josh Decatur, Neil Roff, David Parker, Danny Tiley, and Daniel Griffith.  CVCA Senior Brandon Sommers at 152 lbs. received the tournament's Most Valuable Wrestler Award.  Congratulations Royals on your PAC-7 Dual Championship

Brandon Sommers PAC-7 Duals Most Valuable Wrestler

While the High School team was dominating the PAC-7 Duals, just a few minutes down the road,

the Jr High wrestlers were taking care of business at the Green Middle School Bulldog Invitational.

The team finished in 4th place overall with four tournament Champions and six placers overall!

The Four Champions were Ricky Simonelli (98 lbs.), Calvin Kortze (122 lbs.), Jeff Hojnacki (128 lbs.), and Noah Havener (134 lbs.).  These four wrestlers had 11 pins on the day and only gave up a combined total of 10 points to their opponenets.

Other great wins were turned in by Dean Miller (116 lbs.) and also placing for the Royals

were Jimmy Coyne 3rd at 104 lbs. and Hayden Kaiser 4th at 92 lbs.

The CVCA Wrestlers competed at the toughest high school wrestling tournament in the country over the weekend.  Fortunately for us, we didn't have to travel far.  The Walsh Jesuit Ironman Tournament across the street from CVCA at Walsh Jesuit High School is by far the most prestigious event on our varsity schedule.  The Royals sent five wrestlers to the Ironman to compete against the nation's best competition. 

The CVCA Wrestlers started off great with each of the five wrestlers making it to the Round of 16 on day number one.  Freshmen Matt Dobben at 125 defeated the #8 seed in a returning Senior Oklahoma State Champion Christian Bailey of Davis, Oklahoma 6-2 in his first match.  Three of the Five wrestlers made it to the quarterfinals of the championship bracket by going undefeated on day number one.  Brandon Sommers at 145 lbs.  defeated the #3 seed Cody Rodebaugh of San Lorenzo Valley, California.  Rodebaugh was a California State Champion last year.  Also advancing to the quarterfinals were Nathan Tomasello at 103 lbs. and Alex Utley at 171 lbs.

On Saturday the Royals continued to wrestle tough and finished with 3 placers at the Ironman tournament, which is the most CVCA has had place in nine years.  Placing for the Royals were Alex Utley 3rd at 171 lbs., Nathan Tomasello 4th at 103 lbs., and Brandon Sommers 6th at 145 lbs.  Also contributing to the team point total was Senior leader Zak Vargo at 130 lbs.

Nathan Tomasello 4th Place 103 lbs.

Brandon Sommers 6th Place 145 lbs.

Alex Utley 3rd Place 171 lbs.

Alex Utley made it to the semi-finals with a win over St. Paris Graham's State Runner-Up Huston Evans before falling to Findlay's Mike Alexander in the semi-finals.  Alex finished 3rd by again defeating Evans in the consolation final.  Nate Tomasello lost two matches to Max Hvlobeck of the tournament team champion Blair Academy (NJ) both in the quarter-finals and consolation finals to finish in 4th place.  Brandon Sommers lost a close match with St. Ed's Senior Anthony Salupo in the quarterfinals and then finished in 6th place in the consolation bracket.

Overall the CVCA Royals wrestlers had a great tournament and finished in 24th place with 55 team points.  The Royals will be back in action at the PAC-7 Duals at Manchester next Saturday December 19th.

Results from the Ironman can be found at: www.walshironman.com

Video coverage can be found on Flo Wrestling at:

http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/235794-2009-walsh-ironman-tournament

The CVCA Wrestlers opened up the 2009-10 season at Lakewood St. Edward's High School. 

The Royals participated in a quad with St. Ed's, Parma Padua Fransician, and Marist Illinois. 

The team started off the event by defeating Padua by a score of 35-30.  Winning the dual clinching match for the Royals was Daniel Griffith at 215 lbs.  Also winning against the Bruins was Nathan Tomasello, Zak Vargo,

Nick Havener, Hudson Hollopeter, Brandon Sommers, and Alex Utley.

The CVCA Wrestlers then dominated the Marist Illinois Redhawks by a score of 44-25. 

Winning for the Royals in the second dual was Nathan Tomasello, Mike Ratay, Matt Dobben, Neil Roff,

Zak Vargo, Nick Havener, Brandon Sommers, Alex Utley, and Matt Meadows.

The final dual of the day was against the 13 time defending Division I State Champion Eagles of St. Edward's.  The Royals wrestled tough but lost the dual by a score of 15-51.  Winning matches for the Royals against the #7 ranked team in the country were Matt Dobben, Neil Roff, Alex Utley, and Matt Meadows.  The quad was a great experience for our wrestlers and a fantastic way to open up the season to get ready for the Ironman at Walsh next weekend.

Coverage from the Quad at St. Ed's is on Flo Wrestling at:

 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/236095-december-2009-st-eds-vs-cvca

The 2009-10 CVCA season looks to be an exciting one for the Royals.  With many state experienced leaders

and an exciting group of young guys, the wrestling team at CVCA looks to put "C.V. CHRISTIAN"

once again near the top of the State Tournament leader board in 2010.

The CVCA Schedule is one of the toughest schedules in the entire state of Ohio. 

The season will kick off December 5th at Lakewood St. Edward High School in a Quad with St. Ed's, Parma Padua,

and Marist, Illinois.  This will be the first dual meet with the multiple time Division One State Champions St. Ed's

in CVCA history.  The next week gets even tougher as CVCA goes across the street to participate

in the nation's toughest tournament in the Walsh Jesuit Ironman on December 11-12th.  Due to League schedule changes,

the team will not be able to participate in the North Canton Hoover Holiday Tournament and will instead

participate in the PAC-7 League Dual Tournament on December 19th at Manchester.  Four days later CVCA will host

Division III competitor Jackson Milton on December 23rd in dual meet competition.  The Greatest Show in Wrestling

will take place at Medina High School on December 28-29th at Medina Invitational Tournament.  The CVCA wrestlers will look to continue its great perfomance at Medina were they finished 3rd  as a team in 2008. 

To start 2010 the CVCA Wrestling team will travel across the street once again in a dual meet with Wyoga Lake Road rival

Walsh Jesuit on January 7th.  A week later the Royals will head to Alliance High School to compete in the always tough

Top Gun Inviational Tournament on January 15-16th.  The following week CVCA will travel to Kenston High School for a dual meet on Wednesday January 21st.  The very next day the Royals will travel to Westlake High School for a tri meet with

Westlake and Western Reserve.  After a week off, CVCA will go to University School for a dual meet on

Wednesday February 3rd.  The CVCA Royals will finish up the 2009-10 regular season with the PAC-7 Individual League Tournament at Tusky Valley High School on Saturday February 13th. 

CVCA will move back to the Brooklyn Sectional for the first time since 2003 for the first tournament of the post season. 

At Brooklyn the team will bang heads with St. Peter Chanel, Cuyahoga Heights, and Keystone

in Sectional Competition on February 19th-20th.

The District Tournament will be held at Maple Heights High School on February 26th-27th.  Finally, the season will end at the

OHSAA State Wrestling Tournament at the Schottenstein Center at Ohio State University on March 4-6th, 2010.

The Royals returns five state place winners and six state qualifiers.  State Placers returning for CVCA will be

Junior Two-Time State Placer and State Runner-Up Alex Utley, State 3rd Place Winner Senior Zak Vargo,

Junior Seth Powers (State 4th Place), 2X State Placer Senior Brandon Sommers ( 6th in 2009), and

Sophomore Michael Ratay (7th in 2009).  Sophomore Matt Meadows was also a State Qualifier in 2009. 

Also returning for the Royals will be Senior Anthony Costanzo, Juniors Pete Meadows,

Hudson Hollopeter, and Greg Taylor and Sophomores David Gray and Daniel Griffith. 

CVCA also has an outstanding group on freshmen.  Nathan Tomasello, Cadet National 3rd Place and

Jr. High State Runner-Up, will look to step in at 103 lbs.  Also looking to contribute for the Royals will be

Two-time Jr. High State Placer Matt Dobben, Jr. High State Placer Neil Roff, and Jr. High State Qualifiers

Josh Decatur, Nick Havener, Danny Tiley, and Sherman Kortze.  Other freshmen include

Justin Goss, David Parker, Casey Claflin, Avery McLean, and Calvin Christopher.

Everyone at CVCA looks forward to what God holds in the future for these wresters this upcoming season. 

The wrestlers and coaches are excited to glorify our Lord through the sport of wrestling and to give Him the glory

for every takedown, escape, near fall, and pin earned this season!

Ohio Lightning finished as National Runners-Up at the Amatuer Athletic Union's National Scholastic Duals held

June 22nd-26th at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.  The team competed in the Community Division where the majority of the wrestlers must be from the same school.  CVCA was honored to have two PAC-7 wrestlers join the team for this event in Beau Wenger (Fairless) at 215 and Josh Morosko (Tuslaw) at Heavyweight. 

The team went 10-1 in dual meet competition.  The first two days of wrestling the team won their pool by defeating Mechanicsburg (MA) 54-12, Big Red (NC) 61-8, Cinncinati Elder (OH) 37-27, Bloomington South (IN) 57-12, Perry Meridian (IN) 37-25, Austintown Fitch (OH) 35-28, Spring Hill (FL) 35-29, and Jupiter (FL) 71-3. 

In the quarterfinals of the championship bracket CVCA downed Collins Hill (GA) 35-27.  Collins Hill finished the 2009 season ranked as one of the top 40 high school teams in the country.  The team defeated Wadsworth (MA) 34-18 in the semifinals.  In the championship finals Ohio Lightning fell to the Lake Gibson (FL) Braves 26-34. 

Scoring big wins for Ohio Lightning in the finals were Zack Nelson, Neil Roff, Zak Vargo, Tyler Powers, Alex Utley, and Beau Wenger.  The dual meet came down to the heavyweight match with Ohio Lightning trailing 26-28 and

needing a win to clinch the dual meet.  Unfortunately, Ohio State Runner-Up Josh Morosko (Tuslaw)

dislocated his shoulder early in the second period of the match and had to default. 

Overall medalists for Ohio Lightning were: Gold Medalists Alex Utley (171) and Beau Wenger (215) both going undefeated, Silver Medalists Zack Nelson (112), Neil Roff (119), and Zak Vargo (130) all with only one loss;

Bronze Medalist Josh Morosko (HVY) and Copper Medalist Tyler Powers (140).  

Alex Utley was awarded the "Most Technically Superior Award" for the entire Community Division.

Other wrestlers that contributed to the success of the team by winning matches were:  Nathan Tomasello (103),

Seth Powers (125), Zane Nelson (135), Pete Meadows (145), David Gray (152), Matt Meadows (160), Daniel Griffith (189), Matt Dobben (Alt.), Josh Decatur (Alt.) and Nick Havener (Alt.)

The trip was a great success with the wrestlers getting the opportunity to wrestle some of the best teams in the country and contending for a national title, building friendships and relationships, and having fun at the attractions of Walt Disney World.  

Praise God for the opportunity to compete at such a high level and we give Him the glory all of the team's accomplishments!