The Edwardsville Tigers exhausted t...

The Edwardsville Tigers exhausted the entire 2005-2006 season as the top wrestling team in the metro east and the same of the best in the St Louis area.

in succession Saturday, the Tigers proved they are also perhaps the best postseason team in the metro east.

A.J. Ciccarelli, Chris Flaugher and Sean Bahmani were among eight Tigers placing in the top three in their respective weight classes as Edwardsville l the way for area teams at the Class AA Edwardsville Wrestling Sectional.

Ciccarelli missing to undefeated Kyle Williams in the 119-pound final, while Flaugher (189) and Bahmani (275) also missing tough matches.

Edwardsville finished with five second-place placewinners, while three other Tigers placed third.

"We knew we would have tough more [i]or[/i] less matches in the finals. yet I thought that the kids wrestl hard," Tigers coach Jon Wagner said. "Then we won three third-place matches as well, in like manner overall ...