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| Boys Wrestling State Final Qualifier | 2001-02 |  
 Name: Sterling High School
 City: Sterling
 City Population: Sterling
 County: Whiteside
 Enrollment: 1133
 Nickname: Golden Warriors
 Colors: Blue/Gold
 Conference: NCIC Northeast
 Superintendent: Dr. Patrick McMahon
 Principal: Jerry Binder
 Athletic Director: John VanFleet
 Head Coach: Don Mekeel
 Assistant Coaches: Thomas Turner, Kory Hanabarger, George DePuy, Dr. Ron Stonitsch
 Captains: Ryan Mekeel, Christopher Mekeel, Brett Walzer, Kevin Megli
 Last Year's Advancement: Did not qualify for dual team tournament
 
 
 
 
Wt.  Name                     Ht.    Age  Yr.
103  Matt Pfeiffer            5-2     15  So.
103  Chris Sotelo             5-4     15  So.
112  Chris Craft              5-3     17  Jr.
119  Steven Gladhill          5-7     15  Fr.
119  Christopher Mekeel       5-8     17  Jr.
125  Terrence McGinn          5-8     16  So.
130  Sam Swanson              5-7     16  Jr.
135  Jacob Mango              5-6     14  Fr.
135  Brent Nelson             5-7     16  So.
140  Brett Walzer             5-9     16  Jr.
145  Ryan Mekeel              5-8     18  Sr.
145  Ryan White               6-0     16  So.
152  Joe Fisher               5-10    17  Jr.
152  Kevin Megli              5-10    17  Jr.
160  Josh Zulauf              5-11    17  Sr.
171  Ben Zulauf               6-0     15  So.
189  Pat Craft                5-10    18  Sr.
189  Cory Scott               5-11    15  So.
215  Josh Hughes              6-4     18  Sr.
215  Adam Rodriguez           6-3     16  Jr.
275  Dan Freed                6-3     17  Sr.
Name                           W-L   TD   PF-PA
OPPONENT TOTALS ()         202-383  411  50-168
TEAM TOTALS ()             383-202  884  168-50
Matt Pfeiffer (103)            0-3    2     0-3
Chris Sotelo (103)            11-9   15     2-3
Chris Craft (112)            30-14   50    16-3
Steven Gladhill (119)          6-3   11     3-1
Christopher Mekeel (119)      38-8  123    18-0
Terrence McGinn (125)         8-14   15     1-2
Sam Swanson (130)            11-16   20     2-1
Jacob Mango (135)              2-2    0     0-1
Brent Nelson (135)           27-14   63    18-2
Brett Walzer (140)           29-12   58    16-0
Ryan Mekeel (145)            38-10  136    14-0
Ryan White (145)               4-1    3     1-1
Joe Fisher (152)               6-3    6     0-1
Kevin Megli (152)            25-12   74     6-0
Josh Zulauf (160)            26-18   53     8-8
Ben Zulauf (171)             32-10   50    14-2
Pat Craft (189)                1-3    3     1-2
Cory Scott (189)             21-19   32    12-8
Josh Hughes (215)            21-12   17    13-5
Adam Rodriguez (215)          38-8  141    16-2
Dan Freed (275)               9-11   12     7-5
Date   Opponent                     W/L Own Opp
11/27  Taylor Ridge (Rockridge)       W  48  19
11/27  Ottawa (Twp.)                  W  44  27
11/30  LaSalle (L.-Peru)              W  33  28
12/1   Machesney Park (Harlem)        L  31  34
12/1   Rockford (Guilford)            W  25  12
12/1   Rockford (Boylan)              W  42   6
12/4   Rochelle                       W  41  18
12/4   Spring Valley (Hall)           W  66   7
12/5   Oregon                         L  24  31
12/12  Moline                         W  50  15
12/12  Rock Island (H.S.)             W  71   6
12/20  Byron                          W  31  22
12/20  Sterling (Newman Central Catholic)   W  51  20
1/5    Rockford (Guilford)            W  75   6
1/5    St. Charles (North)            W  56  12
1/5    Morris                         W  47  18
1/8    Port Byron (Riverdale)         W  42  28
1/11   Metamora                       W  47   9
1/11   Peoria (Woodruff)              W  56  12
1/15   Princeton                      W  50  22
1/16   Rock Falls                     W  46  20
1/17   Streator (Twp.)                W  72   3
1/17   Geneseo (Darnall)              W  42  15
1/22   Dixon                          W  53  22
Rockford (East) Sectional
*2/19  Woodstock (H.S.)               W  29  24
*2/19  DeKalb                         W  30  27
Year      W-L       
Sterling (H.S.)
1994-95   12-6      
1995-96   8-12      
1996-97   12-7      
1997-98   11-12     
1998-99   15-7      
1999-00   15-6      
2000-01   18-5      
2001-02   24-2      
8 yrs.    115-57    
This is the first tournament appearance for Sterling (H.S.). |