3/7/09 72nd Annual OHSAA State Championship - Summary  It was a busy and productive weekend at the state wrestling tournament; six state qualifiers, twenty-four matches, four state placers, a state finalist, and a fourth overall division II team finish!

 Dan Cook, Jake Henderson, Dave Pickerel, Vincenzo Cardone represent Toledo Central Catholic's 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd State place winners! Toledo Central Catholic was on the leader board all weekend, out of 175 division II schools the IRISH finish in 4th place as a team! Congratulations CCHS on an outstanding finish to an outstanding season! See photos here   See results here

 3/7/09 OHSAA Championship Finals - The weekend completed with an absolute battle involving Senior Dave Pickerel and undefeated projected state champ Tyler Houska of Medina Highland. The match was tied 1-1 at the end of regulation with Pickerel pushing the action. At the end of four periods it was still tied. In first of two 30 second stanzas, Dave chose down and was unable to escape.  Next, Houska chose bottom and Pickerel was riding. With eleven seconds left in the period Dave was called for pushing his opponent out of bounds.  Houska was awarded a point, much to the displeasure of the 14,000+ crowd. Dave Pickerel represented himself and Toledo Central Catholic well! 3/8/09 Blade Article

3/7/09 OHSAA Championships - Consolation Finals The Irish were only able to secure one victory in final two consolation rounds.  In the consolation semifinal Dan, Jake and Vincenzo were each defeated and were sent to the 5th place consolation final. In the consolation final, Dan Cook (35-12) was defeated by Senior Alex Minnard of Lancaster Fairless and finished his Junior year placing 6th in the state earning All-State honors.  Junior Jake Henderson (38-7) defeated Senior Ashton Brown (54-9) of Pemberville Eastwood 3-2. Junior Vincenzo Cardone (35-8) was defeated by Senior Ray Spence (52-6) of Amanda-Clearcreek. See Photos here 

3/6/09 OHSAA State Championships - Semifinals & Consi-Quarterfinals  Of Toledo Central Catholic's three semifinalists ... Dave Pickerel emerged as a State Finalist.  Dave defeated previously undefeated Senior Branko Busick now 45-1 in convincing fashion.  Dan Cook and Jake Henderson suffered defeats and were sent to the consolation bracket. In one of the final bouts of the evening Vincenzo Cardone defeated Danny Quallich of Chillicothe in an ultimate tie breaker by a score of 3-2. Dan, Jake, Vincenzo will wrestle two more times in a quest for third place. See photos here, See 3/7/09 Blade Article

3/6/09 OHSAA State Championships - Quarterfinals  Four Irish competed in quarterfinal action and three of them advance to the championship semifinal this evening!  Dan Cook defeated Senior and two time state placer Chandler Jones by a score of 2-0, Jake Henderson defeated Travis McIntosh of Miami Trace 4-3; Dave Pickerel defeated Nick Thompson of Tallmadge by a score of 1-0; Dan, Jake, and Dave have ensured themselves a placement in these State Championships! Vincenzo Cardone was edged out in overtime by Ian Jones. Jordan Duckett and Vincenzo will compete this afternoon at 1:00pm  See photos here

3/5/09 - OHSAA State Tournament Day 1 - The Irish were victorious in four of six matches in first round championship action! Junior Dan Cook (34-9) decsioned Andrew Brown (37-6) of Tallmadge 4-2 in overtime. At 130lbs Jordan Duckett (31-7) was defeated by Lance Zappitella (44-5) of Conneaut. Sophomore DJ Beauch (32-6) was defeated by Senior Michael Slaga (38-5) of Rayland Buckeye Local by a score of 5-2.Junior Jake Henderson (36-5) defeated John Sill (34-10) of Perry by a score of 6-0. At 215 lbs Dave Pickerel (26-5) won by technical fall over Spencer Shaw (33-12) of Washington Court House 16-0. Junior Vincenzo Cardone (33-5) out pointed John Eckroth (32-14) of Cadiz Harrison Central 4-3. In the first consolation round Senior Jordan Duckett won by technical fall over Chris Miller from Greenville 16-0. DJ Beauch's stellar Sophomore season ended a bit earlier than he had hoped. He was defeated by Matt Fee of Mentor Lake Catholic in consolation action. At the end of day one, Toledo Central Catholic finishes in 4th position on the Division II leader board! See Photos here See results here

3/1/09 - Toledo Central Catholic Spring Tournament - ~300 wrestlers across six age divisions and sixy-four weight classes participated in the annual spring tournament. Wrestlers from across OH, MI and even NY participated in this event. In addition to providing wrestling opportunities in a top notch facility, this tournament acts as a fund raiser for the Junior Rock & CCHS wrestling programs. Many thanks to all of the outstanding individuals who volunteered their time to make the event a great success!  Podium Pictures, Volunteers and other action

2/28/09 - District Championships - Day Two The Irish advance six wrestlers to the State Championships! Dan Cook, Jordan Duckett, DJ Beauch, Jake Henderson, Dave Pickerel, and Vincenzo Cardone each placed in the top four of their respective weight divisions! Brad Mossing placed 6th. As a team, Toledo Central Catholic finished with 122.5 points just three points behind the district champions from Parma Padua. Jake Henderson was a district champion! Of the 175 division II wrestling schools in Ohio, there were only 4 others who qualified 6 or more participants.  see results here see photos here

2/27/09 - District Championships - Day one The Irish of Toledo Central Catholic brought eleven wrestlers to Fostoria OH with a goal of advancing to the State Championships. After Day one of district competition nine of those wrestlers advance to day two. Dan Cook, Jordan Duckett, DJ Beauch, Jake Henderson, Vincenzo Cardone guaranteed themselves district placement but need to win an additional match out of the next two to advance to the State Tournament. Brian Elden, Brad Mossing, Tony Martin, Dave Pickerel need to win three straight matches to advance.  As a Team the Irish finished the day in second place out of the 40+ district teams see results here  see photos here

2/21/09 - Sectional Championships Toledo Central Catholic advances twelve wrestlers to the DII District Championships in Fostoria OH. The Irish topped the field out-pointing the team runner-ups by 71 points. Five of the twelve district qualifiers were crowned as Champions:  Jordan Duckett, DJ Beauch, Jake Henderson, Dave Pickerel, Vincenzo Cardone all stood at the top of the podium!  Congratulations! See Blade Article, See results here, See Photos here

2/14/09 - Toledo City League Championships This season the Irish were eleven points better than in 2008. However having four individual Champions, fourteen place winners and scoring 264 points wasn't enough to repeat as Toledo City League Team Champions. CCHS took home the team runner-up honors behind the Eagles of Oregon Clay.  DJ Beauch, Jake Henderson, Dave Pickerel, and Vincenzo Cardone were all crowned as individual champions! Dave Pickerel collected his 3rd league title and Jake Henderson secured his 2nd TCL Championship! Congratulations to Jordan Duckett and Ali El-Tatawy earning All-City All-Academic Honors! See Blade article, Preliminary Round Photos, Finals Photos, Award Photos

2/13/09 - Junior Varsity Toledo City League Championships - The Irish traveled to Rogers High School and competed in the TCL Junior Varsity Championships and came home with the Team Runners-up honors! Jake Venia, Zach Sullivan, Jason Mossing, Tom Keogh, and Levi Pickerel were crowned as individual Champions! Congratulations to Oregon Clay on winning the team Championship. See Photos here

2/9/09 - Toledo Central Catholic named IB World School -  

Blade article, CCHS press release (.pdf),  IB web site

2/4/09 - Dave Pickerel signs with Tiffin University - On Wednesday Feb 4th Dave Pickerel was one of six CCHS student-athletes to sign national Letters of intent on national signing day! Dave has earned himself a full-ride football scholarship to Tiffin University and is looking to contribute at the linebaker position in the 2009 season!  Currently Dave is focused on completing his high school academic and athletic endeavors! We wish Dave the best in taking full advantage of this opportunity at Tiffin University!  

1/17/09 - 48th Catholic Invitational Tournament - The Irish traveled to Newark, OH for the 48th annual CIT. Toledo Central Catholic finished 2nd in the 38 team field scoring 190.5 points. Individually Vincenzo Cardone was crowned as a CIT Champion! Other CCHS place winners were: Jordan Duckett and Dave Pickerel as runners-up; Brad Mossing and Jake Henderson placed 3rd; Dan Cook finished 4th; DJ Beauch and Ali El-Tatawy finished 5th.  All told, thirteen wrestlers competed in sixty-three matches and recorded forty-three victories! Congratulations also go to two area Champions: Josh Reindel and Kyle Gladieux of Oregon Cardinal Stritch.    See results here.  See Photos here

1/14/09 - Trimeet Toledo Start & Oregon Clay - The Junior Varsity and Varsity Squads traveled to Toledo Start for dual meets with Oregon Clay and Toledo Start. The Eagles of Oregon Clay handed CCHS their 1st dual meet loss of the season by outpointing the Irish 27-24. Each team won 7 individual matches. CCHS outpointed Toledo Start 72-6 bringing their season dual-meet record to 7-1 See photos here

Spring/Summer 2008 - Off-season Wrestling - Many of the wrestlers took advantage of off-season USA Wrestling opportunities by participating in the Foxfire and Lake Erie Wrestling Clubs.