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State Wrestling: Oak Forest Returns with 1 Champ, 2 Medal Winners

Oak Forest's Danny Swan won the 106-pound championship in the Class 2A state wrestling tournament at Champaign. Teammate Alec Brown placed fourth at 220.

Oak Forest sophomore Danny Swan will have plenty of time before he writes his wrestling swan song.

For now, he can feel good about winning the Class 2A state championship in the 106-pound weight class.

Swan edged Nkosi Moody of Rich Central 4-2 in a tense overtime thriller in the final on Saturday at Assembly Hall in Champaign. Swan was one of two Bengal individuals to return home with a medal hanging around his neck.

Senior Alec Brown placed fourth in the 220-pound weight class. Brown won 3-of-4 matches before dropping a 5-2 decision to Montini's Edgar Ruano in the third-place match.

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NANCY GRACE February 18, 2013 at 12:10 pm
Congrats!!
Ron Kremer (Editor) February 18, 2013 at 03:03 pm
Shawn Forst has the Bengals' wrestling program on the rise. Congrats!
colleen domke February 18, 2013 at 04:27 pm
I was there!! Way to go Danny Swan and Alec Brown as well as all qualifiers from our area schools, including Patrick Kristen, Francis Edelen, Mousa Jodeh, and Jim Kluk of Oak Forest. Jake Domke, Frank Voltattorni & Jason Kaminski of Marian Catholic, Mario Leveille from Marist and many others from surrounding suburbs. Many of these guys are not seniors yet. Look out next year!!! Some of the best wrestling in the country right here in our gyms! Kudos to some great coaching in high school and all through IKWF!!!! where they all got a great start!
Bucket2tekcuB February 19, 2013 at 02:56 pm
my daughters 1st crush. Awww. We rooted for Danny @ home & watched live online. So Cool. VOTE DANNY for PATCH MVP ( he's already up 2pts, let's increase that !! )
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Baba Wawa June 18, 2013 at 07:22 am
Bella Cain was a nice surprise last year for a first-time band last year. Nice to see them backRead More this year.
Colleen McAbee June 18, 2013 at 08:28 am
Disappointed once again to not see 7th heaven on the roster. They have the best vocals out there,Read More even without their lead singer Keith Semple who defected to start a solo act. This band actually gets radio air play. Haven't heard any of the others at Oakfest on the radio.
Dutch Oven Chef June 19, 2013 at 09:38 am
Have any of you whiners ever seen the crowd at OakFest when Infinity is playing?? There are wallRead More to wall people in the tent and out into the grass around the tent! I agree that 7th Heaven was very good as well but maybe their price tag got too high for a neighborhood fest....
Robert Quilico June 11, 2013 at 07:31 am
Stephanie, not sure how to do so. Joe, thanks for your concern. We are still hoping to find someoneRead More here that may know of the dog. We are not looking to cause it any harm, just looking for information.
Stephanie Graniczny June 11, 2013 at 12:02 pm
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ChiCubs1 June 14, 2013 at 01:29 pm
I hope that you find the owners of that pet! I bring my black Shepherd up there when we go...oneRead More reason I don't let my dog go with neighbors is because neighbors can't control him like we do. The owners should have been more responsible. I'm glad that your daughter is alright and I hope that you find the owners of this dog!
Roxana Agler June 9, 2013 at 05:51 pm
Lisa, give me a sneak peek, I can buy something from you before it starts, got anything for theRead More backyard? Roxana
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Sue A. Wolf June 5, 2013 at 10:52 pm
This was a great event. I was honored to be a part of it. If we are able to do this next year, youRead More won't want to miss this event.
Ray June 6, 2013 at 12:50 pm
I dare anyone to name a more dangerous intersection then that. The turn from 147th st west bound toRead More southbound Oak Park is the worst I've seen. One slip and your car goes down a ravine 20 feet. The civil engineer and county people who approved that design should be called out. We NEED HELP!