KANELAND—While there were some encouraging duels on Thursday, “some” won’t get it done against Sycamore wrestling when “all” are needed.
December 8th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedWrestling
Wrestlers see some success in Saturday meet
KANELAND—The season opener featured a 45-34 loss to Wheaton-Warrenville South, a 34-28 win over the Pretzels of Freeport, and a 42-36 loss to Burlington Central.
December 1st, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedLeadership key for KHS wrestling roster
KANELAND—It’s no small task; to ask a group of grapplers to perform after losing graduates like State-goers Jimmy Boyle and Kyle Davidson of a year ago.
November 23rd, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedKHS looking for HOF help
Kaneland’s Hall of Fame is looking for contact information concerning members of the 1977 volleyball team, 1979 girls’ basketball team, 1982 wrestling team and 1988 boys’ cross-country team.
October 29th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedWinter sports awards, NIB-12 honors dished out
A look through Kaneland’s winter sports award winners.
April 14th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedThree Kaneland High School wrestlers qualified to travel this past weekend to Springfield, Ill. to compete in the Team Illinois Freshman/Sophomore State Championships.
March 17th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedKnights Wrestling Club headed to Rockford
KANELAND—Zach Parker and Tom Price had a productive enough sectional on Saturday to move on to the State Tournament this weekend.
March 10th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedState-qualifier Boyle takes fourth at elite meet
KANELAND—Senior Jimmy Boyle, who has been no slouch on the football field for Kaneland High School, now has something to remember his time as a wrestler by.
February 24th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedKnights wrestling club in the “2nd season”
The Knights Wrestling Club (ages 5-14) will complete in the IKWF (Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation) Regional Meet on Saturday , Feb. 26, at Sycamore High School.
February 24th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedBoyle breaks out at wrestling Sectional
KANELAND—It’s familiar territory for Knights heavyweight Jimmy Boyle.
Familiar but exceptional territory for the senior, who now goes to the IHSA Class 2A State tournament at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill., this weekend.
February 17th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedKHS wrestlers execute winning combination, take 2nd place at regional
SYCAMORE—When KHS wrestling coach Monty Jahns mentioned that his team had an eye on the postseason and may be better equipped for tournament settings, he wasn’t kidding.
February 10th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedWrestling defeated by Marmion Academy
KANELAND—When you have evenings like Thursday against Marmion Academy, you have to look for bright spots.
February 3rd, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedKnights Wrestling Club invade West Aurora, head to season’s end
KANELAND—Knights Wrestling Club celebrates 25 years of dedication.
The Knights Wrestling Club is the youth (5-14 year olds) wrestling organization that is a feeder program to and operates out of Kaneland High School.
February 3rd, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedKaneland wrestling earns fourth at NIB-12 showcase
ROCHELLE—Like KHS coach Monty Jahns said a week ago, Kaneland wrestling might just be a better tournament team than a dual team at this point.
January 27th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedDavidson, Boyle key in KHS winning own Flott Invite
KANELAND—While the Knights sit with a dual record they’d no doubt like to improve, gatherings like the annual Margaret Flott Memorial Tournament hosted by KHS do a nice job of getting headed in the right direction.
January 20th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedPhoto gallery: 2011 Margaret Flott Invitational
Kyle Davidson (right) and Jimmy Boyle took home titles as the Knights placed first in their home invite with 203.5 points, well ahead of Marengo’s 148.65 and Prairie Central’s 129.
Photos by Ben Draper
Wrestling trumps Rochelle, sees action in Spartanland
KANELAND—Kaneland wrestling earned an important Northern Illinois Big XII win and placed in the middle of the pack at the usual early-Jan. stop of the Sycamore Invite.
January 13th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedWrestling ends up sixth place at Flavin Invite
DEKALB—With an 8-13 dual meet record through the first half of the year, Kaneland High School wrestling might not look like it’s making strides.
January 6th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedGrapplers take two in Wauconda, storm Flavin
KANELAND—Instead of a face-full of candy and other winter goodies, Kaneland spent Thursday and this past Tuesday introducing opponents to a face-full of mat.
December 30th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedGrapplers take on four squads tough week
KANELAND—While Kaneland wrestling has nabbed some nice individual wins lately, the dual meet results that are desired are harder to come by.
December 23rd, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedDeKalb hands Kaneland grapplers Thursday loss
KANELAND—It’s unfortunate that the Kaneland wrestling squad ran into DeKalb on Thursday evening in Barb-ville, because lately DeKalb’s been running over everyone.
In a Northern Illinois Big XII matchup, DeKalb subdued Kaneland by a 39-27 score in a dual, dropping the Knights to 2-5.
December 16th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedPhoto Gallery: DeKalb 39, Kaneland 27 (Wrestling)
At DeKalb High School, Dec. 9, 2010.
Photos by Ben Draper
Wrestling earns win over T.F South
KANELAND—On the first weekend of the season with tangible snow on the ground, the Knight wrestlers made opponent T.F. South feel like an ill-equipped car—no traction.
December 9th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedWrestling starts on mat in Freeport
KANELAND—With a full lineup after the end of football season, it was time to hit the mat for Kaneland wrestling on Saturday morning.
December 2nd, 2010 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedWinter sports preview: Wrestlers look to increase 19-win total in 2010-11
KANELAND—With a solid core coming back for coach Monty Jahns’ third season at the helm and a program that thrives on aggressiveness, opponents will have to take short relief in the fact that the Knights are still waiting for athletes to get back from football.
November 18th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedWrestlers Boyle, Davidson nab one win each at State meet
The Kaneland High School wrestling program can be pleased that they not only sent two wrestlers to the Class 2A State meet at Assembly Hall in Champaign, but also had those grapplers get a win on the Illini mat.
February 25th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedKaneland wrestling sends Davidson, Boyle to Champaign
Every IHSA wrestler with high aspirations has a goal of visiting Champaign in February for the State tournament.
February 18th, 2010 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedWrestlers boast two regional champs, five move on
Fortunately for Knights wrestling, offseason plans aren’t starting just yet.
Thanks to a fourth-place finish at Saturday’s regional at Belvidere High School, five Knight grapplers are scheduled to compete at this weekend’s sectional out at the home of the Sterling Golden Warriors.
February 11th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedKaneland wrestlers handle Hampshire, Marengo
Maple Park–Finishing their last regular season meet on Saturday, Kaneland is going at a pretty good clip to make something happen at Saturday’s packed regional.
February 4th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedGrapplers take 3rd at final WSC meet
What better way to show the team-wide improvement from a year ago than at the 2010 Western Sun Conference wrestling meet this past Saturday.
January 28th, 2010 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedKHS wrestling defends home mat at Flott Invite
At the annual Flott Wrestling Invite on Saturday, the Knight grapplers saw plenty of first-place accolades come their way in an invite win.
January 21st, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedWrestlers exhibit strong Sycamore Invite showing
With the way Kaneland High School wrestling began the regular season, conventional wisdom would dictate that it would perform better in Saturday’s 34th Sycamore Invite than last year.
January 14th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
