Valley View Wrestlers Compete At IESA Championships

WILL COUNTY, IL — Valley View School District will be represented by nine student-athletes at the IESA wrestling championships, set for March 7-8 at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center.

The District said Jane Addams Middle School has two eighth grade students, Troy Houston and Arik Thompson, who qualified in the 275-pound class in the Class A Championships.

The other seven VVSD qualifiers will compete in the Class AA Championships, according to the District. Those students are: Brooks Middle School sixth grade student DeShaun Wilder in the 95-pound class, seventh grade student DeAndre Wilder in the 112-pound class, and eighth grade students Alex Aparicio in the 119-pound class and Jay Wu in the 215-pound class. Representing Lukancic Middle School are eighth grade students Luis Gonzalez in the 185-pound class and Jonathan Rivera in the 215-pound class. And, Humphrey Middle School seventh grade student Dominic Budzyk will compete in the 85-pound class.