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Major Brothers Make Statement in INDY

Posted by Elias Medina at Feb 24, 2015 1:10PM PST ( 0 Comments )
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Congratulations to the Major family, Michael and Robert made the trip to Indianapolis to compete in the annual Indy Nationals event. Michael won the 55lb Bantam bracket by going 3-0 on the day and pinning his opponent Brody Durbin in the finals. Robert lost his 1st match of the day but followed that loss with 7 wins in a row and avenging his only loss by pinning Dayton Hall in the wrestle backs in 25 seconds and took true 2nd! Great job boys!

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Congratulations to Jacob Liberatore on winning the 95lb Title at the Gunsmoke Nationals in Kansas City last Saturday. Jacob went 4-0on the day and beat Koda Kipman in the finals 5-0.

In 6 short seasons the Junior Raiders have had 40 IKWF State Qualifiers, 28 of them placed, 11 have made the finals, and 6 have been crowed Champions.

Raiders have had over 30 Tulsa ALL – Americans with 8 Tulsa finalists and 5 Tulsa Champions including a Tulsa Team National Title in the 12 and Under division.

The Raiders won the 2015 State Dual Title in only the 2nd year of competing in the event!

come train with one of the top folkstyle clubs in the NATION… The Bolingbrook Jr. Raiders.

Where: Bolingbrook High School – 365 Raider Way, Bolingbrook, IL 60440

When: April 14th, 2015 – June 13th, 2015

Time: Tuesday and Thursdays 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday Nights 6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. (Strength and Conditioning, and Live Wrestling

Cost; Free (Must have USA Card)

5 Bantam Champs Help Jr. Raiders Place 3rd.

Posted by Elias Medina at Feb 18, 2015 6:48AM PST ( 0 Comments )
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Our next generation of Junior Raiders accomplished something that had not been done in our short history of attending this event. 5 individuals won the title at this year’s event (2 more than our previous record of 3). We had 13 in all compete in this event and 9 of them placed, 6 were in the finals, and 5 won the belt. As a team we placed 3rd behind Celtic Elite and SCN both had 27+ wrestlers compared to our 13. Champions included Colin Kacena 52, Micheal Major 55, Jean-Luc Guerra 55, Ryan Krestel 55, and Dominic Hargrove 70. Gonzalo Camacho placed 2nd at 66, Aaron Camacho placed 3rd, Marcus Poe placed 3rd, and Devin Aguirre placed 3rd. I am so proud of what this young group of wrestlers have accomplished this season and can’t wait to see them at the next level. Go Raiders!

Junior Raiders Defeat DC Elite 45-24

Posted by Elias Medina at Feb 1, 2015 11:39AM PST ( 0 Comments )
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The Bolingbrook Junior Raiders defeated one of the top clubs in Iowa this past Friday night 45-24. Conor Smetena got the night rolling by pinning his opponent, we dropped the next 2 matches to make the score 9-6 DC Elite. Anthony Schickel got us back in control by beating his opponent, Jimmy Pierandozzi and Dylan Burnoski also won to make the score 26-9. DC Elite won by fall at 101 and Jake Mensik, Jacob Dado, and Corey Sapp won in consecutive matches to make the score 36-15. David Delgado lost a close decision but Baylor Fernandes beat his opponent 6-2, and made the score 39-18 with 2 matches to go. Bolingbrook and DC traded Falls in the last 2 matches and the final score was 45-24. The dual was close after the 1st 4 matches but then the Raiders took over and never looked back! We had over 90 Raider supporters that came out and made the trip to Evanston! GO RAIDERS!