Toledo Central Catholic qualified five wrestlers to the 75th annual OHSAA State Wrestling Championships. First year head Coach Tony Guerra's squad finished in 15th place in the Division II team standings, the Irish competed in twenty-one matches, secured twelve victories and earned two individual All-State wrestling honors.  Nate Hagan's seventh place finish at 120lbs represents the school's 30th state place winner and Central Catholic's 2nd ever Freshman state place winner. Nate completed his rookie season with a record of 40-11. Sophomore Alex Mossing captured a third place finish at 132lbs, becomes the school's 31st state place winner and ninth 2X State Placer. Alex finishes his sophomore year with a 47-11 season record and 89 total victories.  During the third day of wrestling, in the consolation semifinals, Alex Mossing pinned Junior Dylan Kager (43-3) from Mantua Crestwood in 2:03. Alex then defeated Senior Arron Thompson (29-2) from London by a score of 8-2 to capture a third place finish at 132lbs.  Freshman Nate Hagan defeated Senior Jose Parsons (45-4) from Newark Licking Valley for 7th place by a score of 3-2. Senior Levi Pickerel (36-9) was pinned by Junior Connor Sharp (33-3) from Beloit West Branch.  See results here. See Gallery of 38 Day3 photos here. High Res photos available at walmart.com. See 4 Mar 2012 Blade Article

 On Day #2, in quarterfinal action Sophomore Alex Mossing earned a birth into the semifinal round by outpointing Ryan Skonieczny from Akron St. Vincent St. Mary by a score of 6-4. Freshman Nate Hagan lost a very close bout to Jesse Gunter from Akron Coventry by a score of 2-1. Senior Levi Pickerel was pinned by projected state champion Riley Shaw from Washington Court House. In Consolation Round 2 Freshman Nate Hagan won an overtime victory over Junior Kole Trigg (41-8) from Washington Court House by a score of 11-6.  Senior Levi Pickerel pinned Senior B.J. Hall (36-10) from Circleville Logan Elm in 1:53. Matt Pool was defeated by Cuyahoga Falls CVCA's Ryan Bennett (36-8) and finishes has Junior season with a 32-12 record, as a two time State Qualifier and one time state place winner. Senior Sam Viengmany was defeated by two time state place winner T.J. Fox (43-3) from Field HS by a score of 3-1. In championship semifinal action Alex Mossing was 24 seconds away from the state finals winning 1-0 and riding in a very solid fashion in the third period. Well known foe Senior Collin McDermitt (41-4) from Lima Shawnee was able to gain a reversal for the 2-1 victory. In consolation quarterfinal action Nate Hagan again wrestled Senior and returning state runnerup Calvin Campbell (44-5) from Lexington seven total periods before losing in the ultimate tie breaker by a reversal. Both Alex and Nate gave their 100% best effort in two very competitive matches. Levi Pickerel wrestles Junior Beau Harmon (38-4) from Benjamin Logan.   See DII Brackets here, See results here. See Gallery of 75 Day2 photos here. High res day2 photos available at walmart.com. See Day2 Blade Articles here. and here.

Toledo Central Catholic showcases five wrestlers at the OHSAA 75th State Wrestling Tournament at the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus Ohio and earned five victories in seven matches on Day 1 of competition. In preliminary round competition the Irish were 3-2.  Junior 106lb  Matt Pool (31-11) was defeated by Cameron Kelly (42-1) of Bellbrook. Freshman 120lb Nate Hagan (38-9) outpointed Junior Isaac Hammonds (33-13) from Dover HS 3-1. Sophomore 132lb Alex Mossing (44-10) defeated Senior Stanley Hendricks (32-3) from Columbus Centennial by a score of 7-5. Senior Sam Viengmany (38-8) was edged by Senior Nathan Bowers (37-6) from Washington Courthouse Miami Trace 3-2. Senior 285lb Levi Pickerel (34-7) won by decision over Senior William Corso (17-8) from Uhrichsville Claymont by a score of 5-3. In the DII Consolation Round1 Matt Pool (32-11) decisioned Junior Josh Henderson (35-5) from Lisbon Beaver by a score of 10-6. Sam Viengmany was victorious over Sophomore Alonzo Turner (25-9) from Painesville Harvey by a score of 9-3.  See Gallery of 65 Day1 Photos here. High Res photos available at walmart.com. See DII results here.  See Day1 Blade article here.

Toledo Central Catholic advances five to the State Championships! Freshman Nate Hagan (120) and Senior Levi Pickerel(285) were finanlists and finished as runners-up. Junior Matt Pool (106) finished fourth. Sophomore Alex Mossing (132) was third and Senior Sam Viengmany (145) finished fourth.

CCHS won twelve of their first sixteen individual matches on Day1 of the NW Ohio DII District Championships at the Marion Coliseum. All eight CCHS wrestlers advanced to day2. Matt Pool, Nate Hagan, Sam Viengmany, and Levi Pickerel were undefeated on day1. Gallery of 45 photos here. high res photos available at walmart.com. Gallery of Day2 81 photos here. High res photos available at walmart.com. See brackets here. Overall the irish finished sixth in the team standings, See team scores.

Toledo Central Catholic traveled to Lima Shawnee High School for sectional competition and advances eight wrestlers to the District Championships! As a team, CCHS finished as Sectional runner-ups. Finalists for the Irish were Champions Freshman Nate Hagan (120),  Senior Sam Viengmany(145), Senior Levi Pickerel (285), runner-ups were Junior Matt Pool (106), Freshman Josh Mossing (113), Sophomore Alex Mossing (132). Finishing third were Senior Alex Padilla (138) and Junior Shawn Murrey (160). Junior Nigel Cramer (126) and Freshman Michael Gregory (195) finished fifth and are district alternates. Senior Vicente Vielma (152) placed 6th. See Results here. Gallery of 53 Day1 Photos. High res photos available at walmart.com. Gallery of 134 day2 photos. High res photos available at walmart.com.

The Irish hosted the 1st Annual TRAC Wrestling Championships in the Sullivan Center on the campus of Toledo Central Catholic and earned team runner-up honors. Alex Mossing and Matt Pool were named to the TRAC All-Academic Team. Freshman Nate Hagan (120) and Senior Sam Viengmany (145) earned individual championships! Junior Matt Pool (106), Freshman Josh Mossing (113), Junior Nigel Cramer (126), Sophomore Alex Mossing (132), and Senior Levi Pickerel (285) finished as runner-ups. Senior Alex Padilla (138) finished 3rd. Senior Vicente Vielma (152), and Junior Shawn Murrey (160) finished fourth. See all results here. Gallary of 76 photos here. High res photos available at walmart.com

The Junior Varsity Irish competed in the inaugural Three Rivers Athletic Conference Wrestling Championships. Sophomore Zach Kern (120lbs) and Freshman JQuan Fisher (285lbs) earned individual Championships! Freshman Lucas Beauch (138) finished as a runner-up. Freshman Ryan Kiester (126) finished 3rd. Freshmen Brandon Viengmany (113) and Elijah White (170) finished 4th. See all results here. Gallery of 32 photos. High Res photos available atwalmart.com

The Irish traveled to Pemberville for the Eastwood Duals. As a team, CCHS went 2-3 in  dualmeets on the day and ended the 2011-2012 dualmeet season with an overall dualmeet record of 9-7. Undefeated Irish with 5 victories were: Freshman Josh Mossing, Sophomore Alex Mossing, Senior Alex Padilla. Congrats Irish! Gallery of 82 photos. High Res photos available at  walmart.com

The Junior Varsity Irish traveled across town to compete in the Clay Invitational tournament.  Lucas Beauch was crowned as an individual champion, Ryan Keister finished as a runner-up and Stevenson Gillespie finished fourth. Gallery of 4 photos. Congratulations Irish!

The Fighting Irish wrestlers competed in the Anthony Wayne Duals winning five dual meets oupointing their opponents 266-79 to win a team championship! CCHS defeated Bryan 61-12, Anthony Wayne 46-18, Fostoria 59-12, Lima Shawnee 54-7, and Elida 46-30 in the finals. Undefeated Central Catholic wrestlers on the day were: Matt Pool, Josh Mossing, Nate Hagan, Alex Padilla, Sam Viengmany, and Levi Pickerel. Gallery of 161 photos. High Res photos available at walmart.com

Prior to hosting the #7 in the state rated Clay Eagles in dual meet competition, the Toledo area wrestling community recognized Coach Gary Burgess for 32+ years of coaching and mentorship. Coach Burgess has positively affected hundreds and hundreds of young lives and has been an important part of countless successful wrestling careers. Coach Guerra like many others got his start in wrestling under the direction of Coach Gary at the East Toledo Wrestling Club.

The Irish were outpointed 41-12 by the Eagles. Six of the fourteen matches were decided by two points or less and three of those matches went to overtime to determine the victor. Nate Hagan, Sam Viengmany, Shawn Murrey, and Levi Pickerel earned victories for the Irish. Gallery of 51 photos here. High Res photos available at walmart.com

On Senior night, Central Catholic outpointed St Francis 53-18 and distanced St John's 51-18 to capture 'The cup'! The Irish retain the Catholic Cup for the third consecutive season! Two of the three dualmeets were televised on BCSN. Seniors: Emily Mossing, Jason Krieg, Alex Padilla, Levi Pickerel, Sam Viengmany, and Vicente Vielma along with their parents were recognized in front of the home crowd. Double winners on the night were: Matt Pool, Josh Mossing, Nigel Cramer, Nate Hagan, Alex Mossing, Alex Padilla, Sam Viengmany, Shawn Murrey, and Levi Pickerel. Gallery of 62 photos here. High Res photos available for download at walmart.com

Toledo Central Catholic traveled to Cincinnati Elder to compete in Ohio's 51st Annual Catholic Invitational Tournament and finished as team runner-up's out of a thirty team field. Winning individual titles for the Irish were junior Matt Pool (106lbs), senior Sam Viengmany (145), and senior Levi Pickerel (285). This was the second time since 2009 that the team finished as runner-ups but the individual three titles hasn't happened since 1963. These individual titles represent the ninth, tenth, and eleventh CIT Championship earned by CCHS wrestlers over the last 50 years.  Placing third was freshman Nate Hagan (120).  Earning fourth place finishes were freshman Josh Mossing (113), sophomore Alex Mossing (126), and senior Alex Padilla (138). Placing sixth for Toledo Central Catholic was senior Vicente Vielma (152). Also congratulations to Toledo St. John's senior Ted Schoen on earning a title at 195lbs. Four CIT Champions from the Toledo area hasn't happened since 1975! See full results here. See brackets here. Gallery of 71 Day1 photos. High Res day1 photos available at walmart.com. Gallery of 80 Day2 photos. High res day2 photos available at walmart.com.

CCHS Junior Varsity wrestlers traveled to Temperence, MI to compete in the Bedford Invitational. Junior Zach Kern, Freshman Lucas Beauch, earned individual Championships! Ryan Keister, Stevenson Gillespie, Bailey Osborne, Ben Njaim, and Trey Moran earned runner-up honors!  Congratulations Irish! Gallery of 7 photos here.

Toledo Central Catholic headed to Novi Michigan for the DCC invitational featuring several of the top wrestling programs in Michigan. The Irish finished 6th out of the 16 team field. Individually, Freshman Nate Hagan, Sophomore Alex Mossing, and Senior Sam Viengmany each earned a 3rd place spot on the podium. Senior Levi Pickerel placed fourth and Junior Shawn Murrey placed 6th. See results at: thewrestlingtourney.com. Gallery of 86 photos.  HighRes photos available at walmart.com

CCHS Junior Varsity squad traveled to Fulton County for the Evergreen Invitational. The Irish came home with the top honors as a team by sending seven to the finals and coming away with four individual champions. Junior Nigel Cramer, Sophomore Zach Kern, Freshmen Michael Gregory and JQuan Fisher each earned a Championship! 

Toledo Central Catholic took ten varsity wrestlers to the 51st Brecksville Holiday Tournament eight of which earned team points for the Irish. CCHS finished in 12th place out of the 37 team field with five individuals capturing a spot on the podium. Seniors Sam Viengmany (145lbs) and Levi Pickerel (285lbs) earned fourth place finishes. Freshman Nate Hagan (120lbs) defeated a returning state champion to place fifth. Sophomore Alex Mossing (126lbs) placed fifth and Junior Matt Pool (106lbs) placed sixth. See results here. Gallery of 58 day1 photos here. High Res photos available at walmart.com Gallery of 71 day2 photos here. High res photos available at walmart.com

Toledo Central Catholic hosted three youth tournaments in a two day period. On Tuesday the Toledo Central Catholic Junior High Duals consisted of teams from Team Foxfire, Delta Ohio, Penn Indania, and a standout squad from the state of Michigan. See Gallery of photos here. On the same day CCHS hosted the Toledo Youth NOVICE Tournament. See gallery of photos here. On Wednesday 28 December, 280 competitive youth wrestlers from several states converged for the Toledo HAMMER Tournament, gallery of podium photos here and action photos here. Both NOVICE results and HAMMER results available at trackwreslting.com more details at foxfirewrestling.com.

The Junior Varsity squad traveled across town for the Tol St. John's Invitational Tournament and placed sixth out of field of fifteen teams. Results and photos coming soon.

Coach Guerra took eight Freshmen into battle with two NE Ohio Teams. The Irish came away with 12 victories but fell short in both dual meets. The St Ignatius Wildcats outpointed the Irish by a score of 43-30 while the Amherst Steele Comets edged CCHS 37-31. Double winners on the day were: Josh Mossing, Alex Mossing, and Sam Viengmany. JQuan Fisher earned a pin for Central Catholic in his debut match. See gallery of 58 photos. High Res photos at walmart.com

Toledo Central Catholic took a young squad to the Fremont St Joe Duals tournament to compete with several Varsity teams as well as several very solid Junior Varsity teams. Earning four victories on the day were: Lucas Beauch and Vicente Vielma. Michael Gregory, Zach Kern, and Colin Kaucher were victorious three times on the day. Jason Krieg, Jalonte Heard, and Jquan Fisher earned two victories for CCHS.

The varsity team traveled to Columbus to participate in the Olentangy Liberty Classic and finished as team runner-ups in the sixteen team field. The Irish were outpointed by Sandusky Perkins by a score of 197 to 194. Winning individual Championships for CCHS were Matt Pool (106), Josh Mossing (113), Alex Mossing (132), and Sam Viengmany (145). Earning second place honors were Hate Hagan (126) and Levi Pickerel (285). Placing fifth were Nigel Cramer (120) and Esteban Nino (170). Shawn Murrey placed 6th at 182lbs. See gallery of 94 photos here. High res photos at walmart.com

The Junior Varsity squad participated in the Whitmer Invitational Tournament. Placing first was Sophomore Zach Kern and Freshman Colin Kaucher. JQuan Fisher who went three and one for the day placed 2nd. Placing third was Joe Campose (4-1) and Michael Gregory (3-2) placed fourth. Congratulations Junior Varsity wrestlers!
See gallery of 6 photos here.

Seventeen Central Catholic freshmen traveled to Maumee to participate in the Annual Andy Bates Memorial Tournament. The Irish placed third out of eighteen teams scoring 106 points. Colin Kaucher was crowned as a champion at 130lbs. Jolente Heard was 2nd at 171lbs, Casey Gopp and Lucas Beauch were 3rd at 140 and 98 pounds respectively. Ryan Keister (119 lbs) and Elijah White (189 lbs) placed fourth. Congratulations freshmen on their HS debut! See gallery of 27 photos here, High res photos at walmart.com

The Irish opened their 2011-2012 wrestling season with a home dual meet with NW district foe, Wauseon high school. The Indians came prepared and earned team points in nine of the fourteen weight classes outpointing the Irish by a score of 46 - 24. Earning points for the Irish were: Matt Pool, Josh Mossing, Alex Mossing, Shawn Murrey and Levi Pickerel. See gallery of 11 photos here

The Toledo Central Catholic wrestlers had the opportunity to put their uniforms on for the first time this season and compete in a Preview at Perrysburg High School. All in all the team competed in twenty plus 1-1-1 matches. The varsity squad won 8 out of 14 bouts against a very good Perrysburg team. See gallery of 12 photos. 

Eighteen Toledo Central Catholic wrestling moms gathered for some camaraderie over dinner and drinks at local eatery! Fun was had by all. See gallery of 5 photos.

CCHS names Tony Guerra as head wrestling coach. Coach Guerra is kicking the summer off with morning conditioning and lifting sessions. M,T, Th, Fr mornings from 9-10:30am and hosting two open camps at the foxfire training facility. See announcment blade article.

Coach Tony Guerra is hosting two Camps this Summer: 
     27,28,29 June - Foundation Camp  Mon-Wed from 9am-noon, 2yrs or less experience
     25-28 July - "Be the Champ Camp" Mon-Thur, two sessions daily 8-11am, noon-2pm
The CCHS coaching staff along with outside Clinicians will also provide instruction. The camps will be open to all ages and conducted at the Foxfire Training facility. foxfirewrestling.com. Foundation Camp Reg form, Be the Champ Camp reg form.