1A recaps for Coal City, Bronzeville, Sullivan, Walther

By Chris Walker for the IWCOA

COAL CITY REGIONAL

The defending Class 1A state champs still pack a wallop as evidenced by its debut showing in the state series, more than doubling the score of its nearest competitor, Bishop McNamara.

Behind 11 regional champion wins, a pair of runner-up battles and a third-place victory, the Coalers advanced all 14 weight classes while scoring 329 points.

Jake Munsterman (106), Owen Petersen (126), Cooper Morris (132), Luke Munsterman (138), Max Christensen (144), Brody Widlowski (150), Aidan Kenney (157), Mason Garner (165), Brock Finch, (175), Cade Poyner (215) and Payton Vigna (285) won regional titles to lead the way for Coal City. In addition, Gavin Roudis (113) and Evan Greggain (190) took second and Tyson Price (132) was third for the Coalers.
It was the 19th team regional title in Coal City’s program history and the 9th for coach Mark Masters, who has guided the program to two state titles and eight total state finals trophies.

Bishop McNamara scored 126.5 points to take second. The Fightin’ Irish didn’t have a champion, but Blake Arseneau (132), Alex Kostecka (138), Cole Kimberlin (157) and Kian Bramer (285) all placed second and Evan Johnson (113) was third.

Reed-Custer was third with 126.5, just getting past the 122.5 from Seneca to snag third place. Clifton Central was fifth with 114. Colton Drinkwine (113) won a title for Reed-Custer, Raiden Terry (120) won one for Seneca.

The other seven teams among the large field included Herscher (84.5), Pontiac (82.5), Manteno (81.5), Peotone (58), Wilmington (51), Dwight (26) and Prairie Central (16.5).

Logan VanDuyne (190) had the lone title for Wilmington. 

Regional champions:

106- Jake Munsterman, Coal City, 40-3

113- Colton Drinkwine, Reed-Custer, 30-4

120- Raiden Terry, Seneca, 35-3

126- Owen Petersen, Coal City, 37-4

132- Cooper Morris, Coal City, 39-3

138- Luke Munsterman, Coal City, 37-5

144- Max Christensen, Coal City, 39-5

150- Brody Widlowski, Coal City, 30-1

157- Aidan Kenney, Coal City, 40-1

165- Mason Garner, Coal City, 34-4

175- Brock Finch, Coal City, 33-1

190- Logan VanDuyne, Wilmington, 35-3

215- Cade Poyner, Coal City, 39-3

285- Payton Vigna, Coal City, 32-9

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- Carter Webber, Manteno, 21-13, Jimmy OConnor, Peotone, 23-11.

113- Gavin Roudis, Coal City, 24-7, Evan Johnson, Bishop McNamara, 24-9.

120- Cole Harris, Reed-Custer, 32-9, Tyson Price, Coal City, 18-7.

126- Jonah Young, Peotone, 8-8, Jack Voigts, Pontiac, 34-7.

132- Blake Arseneau, Bishop McNamara, 26-8 ,Jayden Sanchez, Reed-Custer, 33-12.

138- Alex Kostecka, Bishop McNamara, 25-11, Abraham Eggenberger, Herscher, 27-7.

144- Evan Cox, Clifton Central, 34-9, Alexander Mendez, Herscher, 32-14.

150- Giona Panozzo, Clifton Central, 28-8, Chase Rod, Seneca, 27-9.

157- Cole Kimberlin, Bishop McNamara, 16-8, Brayden Quas, Pontiac, 30-6.

165- Lucas Hetman, Manteno, 26-9, Reed Newbrough, Reed-Custer, 28-14.

175- Lucas Maier, Pontiac, 36-3, Gavin Bafia, Dwight, 31-11.

190- Evan Greggain, Coal City, 30-8, Landen Venecia, Seneca, 31-7.

215- Dominic Alaimo, Reed-Custer, 34-9, Colton Carson, Herscher, 38-11.

285- Kian Bramer, Bishop McNamara, 19-17, Josh McCurry, Clifton Central, 29-11.

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Coal City 24, Clifton Central 16, Bishop McNamara 15

Most tech falls: Coal City 8, Seneca 5, Reed-Custer 4, Clifton Central 4

Most totals match points: Coal City 339, Seneca 242 Clifton Central 235, Bishop McNamara 233, Herscher 231

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: Coal City’s Cade Poyner, 3 falls in 2:24, Seneca’s Colton Angeloff, 3 falls in 2:40, Coal City’s Jake Munsterman, 3 falls in 3:23

Most tech falls least time: Coal City’s Gavin Roudis, 2 techs in 7:23, Reed-Custer’s Colton Drinkwine, 2 techs in 8:00, Coal City’s Max Christensen, 2 techs in 8:06, Coal City’s Luke Munsterman, 2 techs in 8:25, Seneca’s Chris Thompson, 2 techs in 9:04

Fastest fall: Pontiac’s Hunter McCullough 0:15, Coal City’s Brody Widlowski 0:15, Coal City’s Cade Poyner 0:15, Manteno’s Franklin Jordan 0:15, Coal City’s Jake Munsterman 0:20

Fastest tech fall: Reed-Custer’s Collin Bryant 2:14, Coal City’s Max Christensen 2:33, Coal City’s Gavin Roudis 2:36

Most team points: Coal City’s Jake Munsterman 28, Wilmington’s Logan VanDuyne 28, Coal City’s Aidan Kenney 28, Coal City’s Cade Poyner 28, Coal City’s Brody Widlowski 27.5

Most single-match points: Herscher’s Alexander Mendez 29, Reed-Custer’s Nathan Vogler 24, Prairie Central’s Benjamin Bartlett 23

Most total match points: Herscher’s Alexander Mendez 47, Coal City’s Max Christensen 44, Clifton Central’s Colton Vaughn 42

Largest seed-place differential: Peotone’s Thomas Raschke placed fourth at 138 as the No. 11 seed.

CHICAGO MILITARY ACADEMY-BRONZEVILLE REGIONAL

Lucky number 7 is the basis for many myths and folklore.

As for wrestling, it proved to be lucky number for Phillips which had 7 regional champions and used their strong performances to win the C. Military Academy-Bronzeville Regional with 188 points. 

Jameel Ross (106), Oluwatimileyin Ishola (120), Andrew Price (126), Jeremy Catching (132), 

Tyran Pritchett (190), Charleston Rice (215) and Kaleb Billingslea (285) all won titles for Phillips. Kalvin Moore (144) and Roderick Johnson placed second and Trevon Morgan (175) was third.

Corliss was second with 145.5 points. Ja`karyon Williams (113), Amaje Long (150), Grant Smith (165) and Christopher Russel (175) led the way for Corliss. Christian Laws (157) and Isreal Kirkman (285) placed second and Damarion Ambrose (144) was third.

Leo was third with 112.5 points. Leading the way for Leo was regional champion Vandell Dudley (138). Leo has six wrestlers advancing, including Robert Nickson (126) and Khamari Carter (190) who took second and Ayden Bright (150), Jubril Kannike (215) and Roman Maddox (285) who placed third.

Host C. Military Academy-Bronzeville placed fourth with 96 points with Marcus Freeman (144) leading the way by winning a regional title. Damon Harris (175) and Cody Steele (215) took second and Demien Flores (126), Ramzy Inusah (138) and Isreal Paul (190) placed third.

DuSable was fifth with 37.5 points.

Other teams in action included St. Francis De Sales (35), Dyett (34.5), Chicago Christian (33), Bowen (17), Fenger (10), Harlan (4) and Englewood STEM (0).

Regional champions:

106- Jameel Ross, Phillips, 6-0

113- Ja`karyon Williams, Corliss, 16-4

120- Oluwatimileyin Ishola, Phillips, 12-7

126- Andrew Price, Phillips, 31-5

132- Jeremy Catching, Phillips, 33-7

138- Vandell Dudley, Leo, 3-0

144- Marcus Freeman, C. Military Academy-Bronzeville, 18-5

150- Amaje Long, Corliss, 19-4

157- Cory Underwood, DuSable, 15-4

165- Grant Smith, Corliss, 24-1

175- Christopher Russel, Corliss, 18-2

190- Tyran Pritchett, Phillips, 8-1

215- Charleston Rice, Phillips, 33-5

285- Kaleb Billingslea, Phillips, 7-1

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- none

113- Demond Smith, Fenger, 7-4.

120- Elijah Bell, DuSable, 3-13.

126- Robert Nickson, Leo, 1-1, Demien Flores, C. Military Academy-Bronzeville, 12-8.

132- Julian Liu, Chicago Christian, 2-1, Caliph Gregory, Dyett, 4-2.

138- Isaac Liu, Chicago Christian, 1-1, Ramzy Inusah, C. Military Academy-Bronzeville, 7-5.

144- Kalvin Moore, Phillips, 18-2, Damarion Ambrose, Corliss, 15-6.

150- Christopher Thomas, DuSable, 12-8, Ayden Bright, Leo, 13-6.

157- Christian Laws, Corliss, 21-4, Mario Tolbert, St. Francis De Sales, 8-12.

165- Roderick Johnson, Phillips, 27-8, Jamion Simmons, Bowen, 6-3.

175- Damon Harris, C. Military Academy-Bronzeville, 4-9, Trevon Morgan, Phillips,  1-1.

190- Khamari Carter, Leo, 13-10, Isreal Paul, C. Military Academy-Bronzeville, 13-5.

215- Cody Steele, C. Military Academy-Bronzeville, 5-6, Jubril Kannike, Leo, 10-7.

285- Isreal Kirkman, Corliss, 9-7, Roman Maddox, Leo, 4-9.

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Leo 11, Phillips 10, C. Military Academy-Bronzeville 10, Corliss 10

Most tech falls: Phillips 3, Chicago Christian 2, Leo 2

Most totals match points: Phillips 181, Leo 163, Corliss 159

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: DuSable’s Cory Underwood, 3 falls in 4:52, Leo’s Ayden Bright, 3 falls in 5:35

Most tech falls least time: Chicago Christian’s Julian Liu, 2 techs in 4:49, Phillips’ Tyran Pritchett, 2 techs in 7:19

Fastest fall: Phillips’ Kaleb Billingslea 0:12, Corliss’ Israel Kirkman 0:23, Leo’s Jubril Kannike 0:30, C. Military Academy-Bronzeville’s Israel Paul 0:30

Fastest tech fall: Phillips’ Tyran Pritchett 1:22

Most team points: Phillips’ Andrew Price 24, DuSable’s Cory Underwood 24, Corliss’ Amaje Long 24

Most single-match points: Corliss’ Grant Smith 24, Corliss’ Lorenzo Flower 23, Leo’s Vandell Dudley 21

Most total match points: Leo’s Vandell Dudley 47, Phillips’ Tyran Pritchett 42, Chicago Christian’s Julian Liu 41

Largest seed-place differential: DuSable’s Cory Underwood won a regional title at 157 as the No. 6 seed.

SULLIVAN REGIONAL

Chicago Hope Academy made a big statement in its bid to return its team to state again after capturing nine individual titles at the Sullivan Regional and rolling to a huge victory with 215.5 points. Runner-up Sullivan had 153 and Noble/Golder was third with 132.
The day marked Hope Academy’s 8th team regional title overall and its 7th under head coach Dan Willis.

Champions for the Eagles included, Nolan Callahan (120), Obadiah Willis (126), Jeremiah Lawrence (132), Chance Woods (138), Santori Knight (150), Dylan Galvez (157), Ismael Martinez (165), Arkail Griffin (175), Mastewal Evely (215). The team’s lone other wrestler, Martin Rodriguez (190), placed second.

Sullivan’s three champions were Mohammed Zia Nadre (106),  Benito Goudy (113) and Charles Harris (285). Sullivan had nine wrestlers qualify to the sectional. 

Horizon/Southwest Chicago (80), Clemente (49.5), Clark (37) and Marshall (26) also wrestled with Lorenzo Harris (144) winning a title for Marshall and Sami Marrero (190) doing the same for Horizon/Southwest Chicago.

Regional champions:

106- Mohammed Zia Nadre, Sullivan, 20-4

113- Benito Goudy, Sullivan, 1-0

120- Nolan Callahan, Chicago Hope Academy, 18-4

126- Obadiah Willis, Chicago Hope Academy, 37-3

132- Jeremiah Lawrence, Chicago Hope Academy, 24-2

138- Chance Woods, Chicago Hope Academy, 39-2

144- Lorenzo Harris, Marshall, 18-3

150- Santori Knight, Chicago Hope Academy, 19-3

157- Dylan Galvez, Chicago Hope Academy, 35-6

165- Ismael Martinez, Chicago Hope Academy, 27-9

175- Arkail Griffin, Chicago Hope Academy, 39-1

190- Sami Marrero, Horizon/Southwest Chicago, 16-2

215- Mastewal Evely, Chicago Hope Academy, 25-16

285- Charles Harris, Sullivan, 29-3

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- Jayden Romero, Noble/Golder, 18-11.

113- Julian Arreola, Horizon/Southwest Chicago, 5-13.

120 – Moneeb Alsakka, Sullivan, 26-7, Samuel Cruz, Clemente, 18-4.

126- Kori Barnett, Horizon/Southwest Chicago, 6-12, Micah Machin, Clemente, 14-7.

132- Alejandro Salas, Noble/Golder, 27-7, Fahim Amini, Sullivan, 9-17.

138- Alonte Lorek, Horizon/Southwest Chicago, 20-6, Malachi Dudley, Noble/Golder, 2-9

144- Liam Drysch, Noble/Golder, 17-6, Maher Almeshaal, Sullivan, 12-7.

150- Samiollah Muradi, Sullivan, 17-16, Jayden Mendez, Noble/Golder, 5-5.

157- Shaider Perez, Sullivan, 20-15.

165- Darius Williams, Noble/Golder, 9-14, Kamerion Jones, Clark, 14-8.

175- Aldo De Paz, Noble/Golder, 5-3, Lavell Levy, Clark, 12-7.

190- Martin Rodriguez, Chicago Hope Academy, 18-12, Thomas Collins, Clark, 9-3.

215- David Abiona, Sullivan, 16-17, Ruben Amador, Noble/Golder, 16-14.

285- Damien Rivera, Noble/Golder, 8-4, Terry Walker, Marshall, 10-6.

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Chicago Hope Academy 13, Noble/Golder 11, Sullivan 8

Most tech falls: Chicago Hope Academy 4

Most totals match points: Chicago Hope Academy 160, Clemente 137, Noble Golden 103

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: Noble/Golder’s Jayden Mendez, 2 falls in 1:18, Sullivan’s Moneeb Alsakka, 2 falls in 1:23, Horizon/Southwest Chicago’s Sami Marrero, 2 falls in 1:54

Most tech falls least time: Chicago Hope Academy’s Arkail Griffin, 2 techs in 3:09, Chicago Hope Academy’s Santon Knight, 2 techs in 4:59.

Fastest fall: Chicago Hope Academy’s Mastewal Evely 0:13, Sullivan’s Mohammed Zia Nadre 0:19, Horizon/Southwest Chicago’s Sami Marrero 0:26

Fastest tech fall: Chicago Hope Academy’s Arkail Griffin 1:09, Chicago Hope Academy’s Santori Knight 1:36, Chicago Hope Academy’s Arkail Griffin 2:00

Most team points: Chicago Hope Academy’s Mastewal Evely 24, Chicago Hope Academy’s Ismael Martinez 24, Chicago Hope Academy’s Chance Woods 24, Chicago Hope Academy’s Obadiah Willis 24, Chicago Hope Academy’s Nolan Callahan 24.

Most single-match points: Noble/Golder’s Malachi Dudley 22, Chicago Hope Academy’s Santori Knight 20, Clemente’s Micah Machin 20, Clemente’s Nicky Duran 19

Most total match points: Chicago Hope Academy’s Santori Knight 37, Clemente’s Samuel Cruz 36, Clemente’s Micah Machin 36, Chicago Hope Academy’s Arkail Griffin 35, Clemente’s Eric Roman 35

Largest seed-place differential: Noble/Golder’s Darius Williams placed second at 165 as the No. 7 seed. 

WALTHER CHRISTIAN REGIONAL

Yorkville Christian dominated the Walther Christian Regional in Melrose Park as the Mustangs won 11 individual titles en route to a big team victory with 288.5 points.

Davin Torza (106), Phoenix Senodenos (113), Christian Sandoval (120), Jackson Witt (132), Adrian Wadas-Luis (144), Austin Wadas-Luis (150), Tyler Gleason (165), Kenny Fox (175), Dominic Loomis (190), Jackson Allen (215) and Hayden Wheeler (285) all won titles for the Mustangs.
It was Yorkville Christian’s 5th consecutive team regional title for coach Mike Vester.

All 14 wrestlers advanced for the Mustangs as Ryan Festerling, Jr. (126) and Ryan Alaimo (138) took second and Myles Holland (157) placed third.

Distant runner-up St. Francis scored 154.5 points with eight sectional qualifiers, including  Paul Coco (138) and Chase Siguenza (157) who earned titles. Santino Pignatelli (120), Alex Swiatek (150) ,August Eggleston (165) and James Reitmann (175) placed second and Bobby DeLa Cruz (144) and Bryan Martinez (190) were third.

Lisle was third with 135.5. The Lions sent five to the finals with Alexander Ferari (126) winning their lone title. Also advancing after placing second were, Sebastian Lara (106),  Johnny Consuegra-Lopez (144), Ibraheem Harb (157) and Wilson Wunder (215). Taking third place for the Lions were Sebastian Rafacz (120), Jackson Buchelt (150) and Bequer Zamarripa (165).

Other teams included Westmont (63.5), Walther Christian (58), Ida Crown (57), Chicago Academy (29), Foreman (27), Universal (14) and Christian Heritage Academy (6).

Regional champions:

106- Davin Torza, Yorkville Christian, 34-9

113- Phoenix Senodenos, Yorkville Christian, 24-4

120- Christian Sandoval, Yorkville Christian, 26-19

126- Alexander Ferari, Lisle, 28-2

132- Jackson Witt, Yorkville Christian, 8-4

138- Paul Coco, St. Francis, 21-8

144-Adrian Wadas-Luis, Yorkville Christian, 34-12

150- Austin Wadas-Luis, Yorkville Christian, 33-14

157- Chase Siguenza, St. Francis, 11-1

165- Tyler Gleason, Yorkville Christian, 33-11

175- Kenny Fox, Yorkville Christian, 23-19

190- Dominic Loomis, Yorkville Christian, 8-3

215- Jackson Allen, Yorkville Christian, 42-5

285- Hayden Wheeler, Yorkville Christian, 33-12

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- Sebastian Lara, Lisle, 22-9, Luke Jimenea, Westmont, 26-8.

113- Caleb Novick, Ida Crown, 7-6, Laith Hamdan, Chicago Academy, 9-3.

120- Santino Pignatelli, St. Francis, 9-10, Sebastian Rafacz, Lisle, 14-17.

126- Ryan Festerling, Jr., Yorkville Christian, 27-15, Conner San Juan, Foreman, 8-6.

132- Ardan Baglaev, Westmont, 31-10, Santiago Vasquez, Walther Christian, 17-21.

138- Ryan Alaimo, Yorkville Christian, 15-5, Abdelrahman Tlig, Chicago Academy, 10-3.

144- Johnny Consuegra-Lopez, Lisle, 22-7, Bobby DeLa Cruz, St. Francis, 11-10.

150- Alex Swiatek, St. Francis, 6-8, Jackson Buchelt, Lisle, 7-4.

157- Ibraheem Harb, Lisle, 25-9, Myles Holland, Yorkville Christian, 21-9.

165- August Eggleston, St. Francis, 8-7, Bequer Zamarripa, Lisle, 17-17.

175- James Reitmann, St. Francis, 17-9, Steven Rodriguez, Walther Christian, 21-11.

190- Terrel Washington, Foreman, 19-5, Bryan Martinez, St. Francis, 9-12.

215- Wilson Wunder, Lisle, 14-16, Ayden Starck, Ida Crown, 13-2.

285- Rafael Castrejon-Tello, Westmont, 30-8, James Almond, Walther Christian, 13-18.

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Yorkville Christian 19, St. Francis 11, Lisle 9

Most tech falls: Yorkville Christian 5, Lisle 4, St. Francis 2

Most totals match points: Yorkville Christian 304, Lisle 151, St. Francis 145

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: Ida Crown’s Ayden Starck, 3 falls in 5:03, Chicago Academy’s Abdelraham Tlig, 3 falls in 5:53

Most tech falls least time: Yorkville Christian’s Christian Sandoval, 2 techs in 9:59

Fastest fall: Ida Crown’s Ayden Starck 0:10, Yorkville Christian’s Phoenix Senodenos 0:25, Walter Christian’s Steven Rodriguez 0:36, Yorkville Christian’s Jackson Allen 0:37 (twice)

Fastest tech fall: St. Francis’ Chase Siguenza 2:21, St. Francis’ Bryan Martinez 2:42, Lisle’s Johnny Consuegra-Lopez 3:42

Most team points: Yorkville Christian’s Dominic Loomis 25, Yorkville Christian’s Adrian Wadas-Luis 24, Yorkville Christian’s Austin Wadas-Luis 24, Yorkville Christian’s Tyler Gleason 24, Yorkville Christian’s Jackson Allen 24, St. Francis’ Paul Coco 24, Yorkville Christian’s Kenny Fox 23.5

Most single-match points: Yorkville Christian’s Davin Torza 23, Yorkville Christian’s Christian Sandoval 21, Yorkville Christian’s Dominic Loomis 21, Yorkville Christian’s Kenny Fox 20

Most total match points: Yorkville Christian’s Christian Sandoval 38, Yorkville Christian’s Davin Torza 38, St. Francis’ Bryan Martinez 33

Largest seed-place differential: St. Francis’ Bryan Martinez placed third at 190 as the No. 6 seed and Walter Christian’s Xander Martinez placed fourth at 215 as the No. 7 seed.