Local mat legend now thrilled to be coaching sons at Lincoln-Way West.
As the youngest of 14 siblings, Mark Ruettiger spent a good portion of his childhood looking over his shoulder. “I got beat up a lot,” Ruettiger recalls. “I guess they toughened me up.” Ruettiger wouldn’t trade those days for anything considering it likely helped him develop into a history-making wrestler. The 1981 Providence Catholic graduate is still considered one of the best prep wrestlers of all-time in Illinois. He was the first wrestler in state history to win four individual state championships. “I guess all those fights we had with him were worth it,” said John Ruettiger, the third youngest of the seven brothers. “Oh yeah, he got picked on. If you couldn’t beat up one brother, you’d always go to the youngest one. "Wrestling was …
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Providence Catholic High School
1800 W Lincoln Hwy, New Lenox, IL
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Two area wrestling powers fall to Glenbard North in season-opening quad.
Champions make no excuses, and you won't hear any from the wrestling team at Minooka, Illinois' defending Class 3A champion. "No matter who we put out on the mat, we expect to win," Indians senior Blake Montella said. "We've got guys coming in off of football and we're trying to get into shape, but we still have to do the same things we've been doing the last couple of years." Minooka opened its season Wednesday at Glenbard North's annual Fulk Quad, along with Batavia and Lincoln-Way Central. Missing starters Kalvin Hill, Bobby Zabel and Leo Ruettiger, the Indians won 42-21 against Batavia to start the night. That set up a dual between the top-ranked Indians and No. 2 Glenbard North, but the host Panthers wasted no time in establishing …
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Lincoln-Way Central High School
1801 E Lincoln Hwy, New Lenox, IL
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