Liam Fenoglio, Donncha Souza pins highlight Yorkville’s dual meet win over Oswego East

YORKVILLE – Liam Fenoglio had to wait to return to the Yorkville lineup. Donncha Souza is looking to crack it.

Both had pins for the Foxes on Thursday night in a 63-18 win over visiting Oswego East in the Southwest Prairie Conference.

“Last year I was on JV all year and I worked really hard, wanted to be on varsity and then come this year I was ineligible at the beginning of the season,” Souza said. “I knew I wanted to start on varsity so I just worked on my grades and wrestling, both of them equal amount, just like crazy and and it all paid off and now I’m on varsity and now I’m eligible.”

Fenoglio opened the night pinning Calvin Dean in 1:23 at 126 pounds after Nolan Chrisse received the first of four forfeit wins given to the Foxes.

“First match back and it felt great,” Fenoglio said. “It was kind of a nice match to come back to. I was able to just work my moves and do what I do best. And so it was really nice, our coaches let the JV wrestlers wrestle today because they (Oswego East) are kind of low on numbers and didn’t have many people for their varsity and we have many people who would’ve been over their match limit.”

Ryder Janeczko, Caleb Viscogliosi, Jack Ferguson, Luke Zook, Luke Chrissie and Van Rosauer were among the Yorkville regulars who sat this one out.

“We scheduled a rest week for some of these guys,” Foxes coach Jake Oster said. “We’ve had three weeks of pretty high-level matches. We knew this was going to be penciled in as a night to get some of these guys some experience while we continue to do what we need to get ready for the next couple of weeks.”

Vince Konecki (132) Dominic Recchia (138), Josh Stocki (144), Max Delgado (157), Cameron Burkę (190) also wrestled to wins for the Foxes while Xavion Ulloa (285), Ramsey Barton (106) and Landen Jenkins (113) received forfeits.

Souza saw a chance to get a pin late in the first period so he went for it, pinning Brayden Felice with 17 seconds remaining.

“Just going into the match, I was pretty confident going in,” Souza said. “My plan was to just take him down and tilt and get as much back points as I could and that’s what I did. I looked at the clock, saw I had time and saw an opportunity to pin and just pinned him and took care of business.”

A business program of sorts, a wrestling machine of a team, among the top in the state.

“We’re a good team,’ Souza. “We have a lot of good coaches and wrestlers here so just being here is an honor.”

At 165 pounds, Tristen Stinson pinned Dylan Bonilla at 1:03 for the Wolves first win.

Garrett Patnoudes got a late second period pin against Owen Middleton at 175 and Josh Edwards won by another fall at 215 over Drevon White in 51 seconds for Oswego East’s other victories.

“I just love throws,” Edwards said. “I go out and try my hardest and hit my stuff. I just love being a part of the team. Being a team captain is one of the highlights of my career. I just love all my teammates.”

As a two-time national Fargo qualifier for Greco, Edwards' love for the sport is matching his success these days.

“I love helping out in the community, love the kids,” he said. “I’ll coach sometimes at the Oswego Wrestling Club. I have siblings that wrestle. It’s just one big family. I love wrestling so much.”

Lost in the lopsided score was the lasting fight displayed by the Wolves.

“To be honest, our team is young and we have some new wrestlers,” Edwards said. “We have some returning wrestlers who are still inexperienced. We just go out there and try. We’re not really showboaty. We don’t have much to our names, but we go out there and we work and we fight.”