Plainfield boxer wins second straight title, heads to regionals this weekend

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Erik Santiago 12 seventh-grader Aux Sable Middle School Plainfield poses Rocket Boxing Wednesday Jan. 2 2013 30 Stonehill Rd. Unit

Erik Santiago, 12, a seventh-grader at Aux Sable Middle School in Plainfield, poses at Rocket Boxing Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 30 Stonehill Rd., Unit C, in Oswego. Santiago won his second consecutive Silver Gloves championship. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Erik Santiago (left) 12 seventh-grader Aux Sable Middle School Plainfield runs through drills Rocket Boxing Wednesday Jan. 2 2013 30

Erik Santiago (at left), 12, a seventh-grader at Aux Sable Middle School in Plainfield, runs through drills at Rocket Boxing Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 30 Stonehill Rd., Unit C, in Oswego. Santiago won his second consecutive Silver Gloves championship. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Erik Santiago (left) 12 seventh-grader Aux Sable Middle School Plainfield runs through drills with coach Jerry Hill (right) Rocket Boxing

Erik Santiago (left), 12, a seventh-grader at Aux Sable Middle School in Plainfield, runs through drills with coach Jerry Hill (right) at Rocket Boxing Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 30 Stonehill Rd., Unit C, in Oswego. Santiago won his second consecutive Silver Gloves championship. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Erik Santiago 12 seventh-grader Aux Sable Middle School Plainfield is seen Rocket Boxing Wednesday Jan. 2 2013 30 Stonehill Rd.

Erik Santiago, 12, a seventh-grader at Aux Sable Middle School in Plainfield, is seen in Rocket Boxing Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 30 Stonehill Rd., Unit C, in Oswego. Santiago won his second consecutive Silver Gloves championship. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Erik Santiago 12 seventh-grader Aux Sable Middle School Plainfield runs through drills Rocket Boxing Wednesday Jan. 2 2013 30 Stonehill

Erik Santiago, 12, a seventh-grader at Aux Sable Middle School in Plainfield, runs through drills at Rocket Boxing Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 30 Stonehill Rd., Unit C, in Oswego. Santiago won his second consecutive Silver Gloves championship. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Rocket Boxing head coach owner Chris Chodhary is seen Wednesday Jan. 2 2013 30 Stonehill Rd. Unit C Oswego. |

Rocket Boxing head coach and owner Chris Chodhary is seen Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 30 Stonehill Rd., Unit C, in Oswego. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

PLAINFIELD — Erik Santiago, a 12-year-old boxer from Plainfield, has won his second straight Silver Gloves State Championship and will compete this weekend in the regional tournament in Kansas. Erik won the Silver Gloves title in December 2011 and for a second time this past …