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Coach Speak details all the Bolingbrook Raiders results the coaches see fit to e-mail to The Brook Blog. If they add comments, we run them verbatim.

The Bolingbrook Raiders wrestling team opened its season with two losses and one win in a three-way dual meet at Bradley on Tuesday night.

Romeoville 45, Bolingbrook 25
Bolingbrook 40 Plainfield South 24
Bradley 36, Bolingbrook 18

The Raiders went 3-0 in the JV competition.

Bolingbrook 58, Romeoville 24
Bolingbrook 52, Plainfield South 21
Bolingbrook 34, Bradley 18

The coaching staff was very excited to see many more positives than negatives after the first night of wrestling. Many of our kids who needed to come out strong this season did very well. With having only 2 seniors and 2 juniors in the varsity lineup we wrestled pretty well. Senior 189lber Andrew Flynn went perfect on the night winning all 3 of his matches. Freshman Robby Bain wrestled 2 matches and won both at 215lbs. Another great accomplishment was that our JV team finished the night 3-0 with 3 dominating performances over the 3 teams.

Bolingbrook Raiders wrestling coach Rob Kichka told The Brook Blog that his lineup for Tuesday's opening meet of the season is set.

The Raiders will send out these 14 wrestlers, including two freshmen. Frankie Campos, who became the first freshman in school history to win a conference title last season, has moved up to 112 pounds from 103.

103-Kris Peterson (F)
112-Frankie Campos (So)
119-Gene Evans (So)
125-Justin Lewis (Jr)
130-Alfredo Najera (So)
135-Arturo Vasquez (So)
140-Manny Mendoza (So)
145-Chase McClellan (Jr)
152- Charlie Chew (Sr.)
160-Kyle Clark (So)
171-Joe Seimetz (Jr)
189-Andrew Flynn (Sr)
215-Robby Bain (Fr)
285- Chris James (So)

Bolingbrook wrestling coach Rob Kichka gives us a preview of his team with his first guest blog appearance at The Brook Blog.

The 2008-2009 wrestling season actually started last spring with many new changes. First, there was a coaching change. The new coaching staff right away set goals and began to develop an off-season wrestling program that many other local schools do.

We began weight lifting and conditioning. This was a great start for our program and the turnout was great.

During this time Assistant Coach Dan Bullivant and I traveled with many kids over the spring weekends to various tournaments around the area so that the wrestlers could get matches in at open tournaments. Second, we set up and planned a summer wrestling schedule.

He may have been a junior high state champion last year, but until he proves himself this year, Bolingbrook freshman Robby Bain will be known as the brother of the last person to win a wrestling state title for the Raiders. Except to the people who know him, who will most certainly think of him as Robby Bain.

Ryan Bain won the Class AA 275-pound championship in 2005. Younger brother Robby will be competing at 215 for Bolingbrook this year Raiders coach Robert Kichka told The Brook Blog.

Some names to look for this season, according to coach Kichka, are seniors Charlie Chew (152 pounds) and Andrew Flynn (189) along with sophomores Kyle Clark (160) and Frankie Campos (103/112).

Flynn, a two-year starter, was and a sectional qualifier last season. Campos won the Southwest Suburban Conference title at 103 last year. He is the only freshman in program to win a varsity conference conference championship.

Bolingbrook hits the mat for its season opener on Nov. 25 at Bradley.