Marauder Wrestling
2024 - 2025 Season

Thursday January 23rd at 5pm: PARENTS NIGHT + MAC Duel #5 vs Chip Valley @ HOME
All wrestlers (Boys, Girls, JV)

As a reminder, we are hosting Parents Night at Mott next week on Wednesday, January 23rd. 

Wrestling will begin at 5:00 PM in the main gym. After the Varsity duel, we will ask each wrestler to step on the mat with 1-2 loved ones so that we can honor and express our appreciation for the support provided to our wrestlers off the mat that allows our program to succeed. 

Unfortunately, each attendee will still be required to pay the $5 entry fee.

It is really important that each wrestler is represented by at least one family member or loved one. I would really appreciate it if everyone could adjust their schedules and try to be at Mott by 6:00 PM on Thursday January 23rd.

Varsity Boys will wrestle in duel, JV boys will wrestle JV exhibition, and girls will wrestle in girls exhibition matches.

Saturday January 25th at 9am: Marauder JV / Girls Tournament @ HOME
All boys who did not wrestle at Hartland and all girls

The Marauders only sent their returning Division 1 regional qualifiers and one heavyweight to the Clash of Champions tournament, which has historically been one of the tougher tournaments that Mott attends. The wrestlers who competed in this tournament were Shane Stevens, John Kaminski, Ethan Drozdowski, and Robert Deal. Below are the Marauders who placed in the top 5:
2nd Place: John Kaminski (150)
3rd Place: Ethan Drozdowski (175)
4th Place: Robert Deal (285)

Despite not winning his finals match, it was a very good day for John Kaminski! Despite only being halfway through his third year, John earned his 100th win! Additionally, the opponent John faced in his finals match was returning 2-time state champion Wyatt Hepner of Grosse Pointe South. John gave the state champ all he could handle, narrowly losing the match 8-10 after scoring 2 reversals, an escape, and a take down. The future is bright for John!

The Marauders sent the first year wrestlers along with a few returners to Hazel Park to compete at the Viking's Battle for Val Halla. The tournament finally allowed junior Ronaldino Hermiz to compete at 144 pounds, which paid off! Below are the placers from this tournament:
2nd Place: Noah Waltiere (120 - first varsity medal!)
3rd Place: Payton Howard (215)
4th Place: Dylan Davidson (132), Ronaldino Hermiz (144 - first varsity medal!)

The Lady marauders who competed in this tournament were Makayla Perdue-Daniels, Gianna Burns, Megan Melnyk, Lindsey Ng, Kiki Claiborne, and Nanette Dawood. The girls had a good showing at this tournament, with almost everyone winning at least one match! The Lady Marauders as a whole won 8 matches by fall. 

Below are the Lady Marauders who placed in this tournament:
2nd Place: Makayla Perdue-Daniels (130), Megan Melnyk (140)
4th Place: Nanette Dawood (190)

Our returning state placers Makayla Perdue-Daniels and Megan Melnyk both fell a bit short of their goals, but were able to learn some important lessons that can be applied before the first annual Girls-only Individual District Tournament on Sunday February 9th at 10:30 am! This tournament was finally announced by the MHSAA on Wednesday January 15th and will serve to split up the girls division more than last year. The top four placers at the Girls District tournament will advance to Girls Regionals on Sunday February 16th.

Despite valiant efforts from the young Marauder lineup, Warren Mott suffered losses in both duels on Wednesday. Both Dakota and Warren Woods Tower are returning Team Regional Champions, but had much more of there lineup return than Mott.

In the Duel against Dakota High School, John Kaminski prevented a shut out by winning his match at 157 pounds. 

Against Warren Woods Tower, Mott faired a bit better, still losing the duel, but this time winning 4 of 14 matches. The winning marauders were:
106 - Logan Leone, win in Over Time
120 - Noah Waltiere, win by forfeit
157 - John Kaminski, win by fall
175 - Ethan Drozdowski, win by fall
285 - Robert Deal, win by fall

Thank you Keaton Godfryd for editing this awesome highlight video using photos and videos from last year's Championship team!

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