Strap on some headgear and stare down your opponent, and it’s easy to get tunnel vision on a wrestling mat.

St. Charles East honed its collective focus during summer workouts and has gladly collected dividends since. The Saints won the team title at the Glenbard West Invitational this past weekend, and can finish a perfect run to the Upstate Eight Conference River Division regular-season title with a win at Streamwood Friday.

“We had a pretty good team last year and I noticed we’d been working a lot harder during practice, so we could only get better from last year,” East senior 160-pounder Brad Kearbey said. “That’s what matters.”