The winter season is in full swing and this past week has brought plenty of excitement. Both men's and women's basketball teams have played multiple games, the men's and women's bowling teams have been dominant, while swimming and diving and the wrestling programs officially started their seasons last week.

On Monday, Dec. 1, men's bowling defeated Norwayne High School, 2212-1947, and on Wednesday, Dec. 3, both varsity bowling teams defeated Garfield High School. The men's team won 2085-991 and the women's team took the victory, 1900-894. On Dec. 9, the Warriors' won 1757-1358 on the women's side and 2321-1364 on the men's side against North High School.


Walsh Jesuit ice hockey came back home after going 1-1 against a couple good teams last weekend. The Warriors defeated Findlay 2-1, on Friday, and then fell in overtime, 2-1, against Sylvania Northview, on Saturday. Warrior Goalie Nathan Lombard stopped 82 of 85 shots with 62 saves coming against Northview on Saturday.


Also on Friday night, the men's basketball team hosted North Royalton in The Dome and took a 40-33 lead into halftime. Royalton was able to rally late with some key shooting to knock off the Warriors by a final of 77-71. The young Warriors are slowly getting their roster back to full strength.


Last Wednesday, Dec. 3, women's basketball picked up a 55-43 victory over St. Joseph Academy. In that game, Kami DiGennaro 22 points and five steals, while Kara Esterak added 14 points, five rebounds and six assists. On Saturday, the Warriors were tied at 25 with Avon at halftime. WJ fought hard, but fell to the Eagles by a score of 49-42. In the game, Leah Sobolewski had 17 points, Esterak added 12 points. The Warriors defeated Cleveland Central Catholic, on Monday, Dec. 8, by a score of 64-16. Esterak had 16 points, Sobolewski added 15 and Josii Webb finsihed with 11.
 

Last Friday, men's and women's swimming traveled to Beachwood High School to compete against Beachwood and Warren Harding. The Warriors swam extremely well and the scorers from the meet are listed below:

200 Medley Relay

2nd 2:09.72 Abby Cerone, Lexi Perciak, Ella Cerone, Maura Christie

2nd 1:47.31 Andrew Gerstenmaier, Brian Slaght, Chuck Gasior, Ethan Marquart

200 Free

2nd Maddie Nivert (Fr) 2:30.77

3rd Ella Marquart (Fr); 2:36.63

1st Andrew Gerstenmaier (Jr) 1:50.95

3rd Will Nivert (Jr) 2:02.82

7th Zane Pawlikowski (So) 2:10.06

200 IM

1st Ella Cerone (Fr) 2:31.70

5th Chuck Gasior (Fr) 2:26.94

50 Free

3rd Lexi Perciak (Sr) 29.51

4th Maura Christie (Jr) 29.77

3rd Ethan Marquart (Jr) 24.43

6th Brian Slaght (Sr) 25.82

7th Graeme Brodie (Fr) 26.32

1 M Diving

1st Riley Cook (Sr) 153.60 points

100 Butterfly

2nd Abby Cerone (Sr) 1:06.03

5th Chuck Gasior (Fr) 1:04.81

100 Freestyle

3rd Maura Christie (Jr) 1:08.28

4th Ella Marquart (Fr) 1:09.53

5th Margaux Marrone (Fr)1:09.61

4th Dean Lewis (Fr) 58.67

6th Graeme Brodie (Fr) 1:02.31

500 Freestyle

2nd Maddie Nivert (Fr) 6:42.69

1st Will NIvert (Jr) 5:26.02

4th Zane Pawlikowski (So) 5:48.66

200 Free Relay

2nd 1:57.74

Abby Cerone, Lexi Perciak, Ella Marquart, Maura Christie

3rd 1:44.42

Brian Slaght, Riley Cook, Zane Pawlikowski, Will Nivert

100 Backstroke

1st Abby Cerone (Sr) 1:11.87

2nd Lexi Perciak (Sr) 1:19.50

1st Andrew Gerstenmaier (Jr) 54.12

5th Ethan Marquart (Jr) 1:08.03

100 Breaststroke

2nd Ella Cerone (Fr) 1:27.28

4th Brian Slaght (Sr) 1:11.36

6th Riley Cook (Sr) 1:19.95

400 Free Relay

1st 4:39.26

Ella Cerone, Ella Marquart, Margaux Marrone, Maddie Nivert

2nd 3:44.74

Andrew Gerstenmaier, Zane Pawlikowski, Ethan Marquart, Will Nivert

5th 4:05.92

Chuck Gasior, Dean Lewis, Graeme Brodie, Riley Cook


The Lady Warrior Wrestlers competed in the Avon Lake Tournament last weekend. WJ wrestled hard and we ended up in 5th place in a field of 32 teams.

Individual results:

Isabella Thiel - Champ

Sophia Soto - 2nd

Hannah Port - 7th

Ava Sommers - 3rd

Camilla Soto - 3rd

 

This past weekend also marked the opening of the WJ men's wrestling season at the North Coast Classic, hosted by Independence High School. The tournament featured 32 teams, and the WJ wrestlers made an impressive debut.

Individual Results:

• 106 lbs: Braden Haley – 5th place

• 113 lbs: Wyatt Cleary – 4th place

• 132 lbs: Ethan Dachille – 25th place

• 144 lbs: Ben Vasas – 18th place

• 150 lbs: Tyler Tirabassi – 3rd place

• 175 lbs: Luke Evensen-Hein – 1st place

• Heavyweight: Joe Ma – 6th place