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Vikings Sign Four Wrestlers

Posted: Dec 05, 2013

CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Cleveland State Wrestling adds four student-athletes in the early signing period.  All four have finished highly in their state tournaments and look to have standout senior seasons on both the state and national levels.  The early signees are Nicholas DeRosa (projected for 125), Michael Kostandaras (projected for 133/141), Aaron Yonker (projected for 165), and Anthony McLaughlin (projected for 184).

Nicholas DeRosa attends Billerica Memorial High School in Massachusetts.  In 2010 he won the prestigious Lowell Holiday Tournament at 103.  He also won the Division I State Championship at 120 in 2012 and 2013 including being crowned the all-state champion in 2013.  He was an NHSCA Sophomore All-American at 120 and placed fourth in the New England Championships this past season.  DeRosa served as team captain last season and will again for his senior year.

Michael Kostandaras, a local northeast Ohio standout, attends Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls where he has been a two-time Division II state qualifier finishing third at 126 in 2012 and sixth as a freshman at 119 in 2011.  In those seasons he helped lead the Walsh Jesuit team to a state runner-up finish in 2011 and a fourth place finish in 2012.  Competing for Walsh Jesuit he has wrestled a tough national schedule placing fifth, third, and eighth at the Top Gun Tournament and fifth as a sophomore and fourth as a junior at the Powerade Tournament.  He will lead Walsh Jesuit as they transition into Division I for wrestling this year.

Aaron Yonker has had a superb high school career in northeast Ohio as well.  He placed eighth at 152 as a freshman and second at 160 as a sophomore in the Division III state tournament while competing for Garrettsville Garfield High School.  His runner-up finish helped lead his team to a seventh place finish at the state tournament in 2012.  Additionally he took second at the prestigious Brecksville Holiday Tournament as a sophomore.  This season he will compete in Division II while attending Crestwood High School.

Anthony McLaughlin attends nearby St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland.  Last year, he finished sixth in the state at 170 in Division I.  Recently, he finished in the top-12 of the nationally acclaimed preseason Super 32 tournament at 182.  He will serve as team captain for the Wildcats in his senior year.