Two Palatine Wrestlers Place in Berman Classic
The two-day tournament is now in its 58th year, and was held at Palatine High School December 27-28. PHS Seniors Rocky Allen and Sergio Hernandez placed 6th and 8th, respectively.
In the post-Christmas excitement, Palatine High School hosted their biggest wrestling tournament of the season, the 58th Annual Berman Holiday Classic. Palatine is the only school from District 211 who takes part in the tournament, where they went up against wrestlers from 27 other schools on December 27-28. Senior Rocky Allen, who is in the 195lb. weight class, took 6th place while Sergio Hernandez, in the 220 lb. weight class and also a senior, placed 8th. Allen and Hernandez were the only two wrestlers from Palatine to place, and the school took 26th overall. "While we were overmatched in some spots, our team didn’t give up and kept pushing,” said Dan Collins, varsity wrestling coach at Palatine High School. Collins said the Berman …
