2A sectional recaps: Hinsdale South, Granite City, Geneseo
By Chris Walker for the IWCOA
The individual state finals will take place on Feb. 19-21 at the State Farm Center in Champaign
HINSDALE SOUTH SECTIONAL
Cole Lemberg (106) Christian Corcoran (113), Nate Ortiz (120), Max Mandac (126), Tommy Banas (138), Justus Heeg (157), Jasper Harper (165) and Ameer Khalil (175) all won sectional titles for Providence Catholic as the Celtics dominated the Hinsdale South sectional.
All told, the Celtics had 13 wrestlers advance to state with the aforementioned eight champions leading the way.
Luke Banas (144) and Brayden McKay (190) placed second, Lucas Forsythe (132) and Andrew Pellicci (150) were third and Riley Teller (215) was fourth for the Celtics.
No other team had more than a single sectional champion. One of them – Lemont’s Judah Heeg (190) – is looking to defend his state title from 12 months ago.
The other champs were Riverside-Brookfield’s Izaiah Gonzalez (132), St. Rita’s Jack Hogan (144), Oak Forest’s Austin Perez (150), Tinley Park’s Sebastian Sanderson (215) and Crete-Monee’s Dominic Jackson (285).
St. Rita and Oak Forest tied for the second-most state qualifiers out of the Hinsdale South sectional with six apiece.
In addition to Hogan at 144, the Mustangs will send Andrew Lehman (157), Micah Spinazzola (165) and Mark Kelleher (285) who placed second and Keishawn Triplett (175) and James Bansley (190) who took fourth.
While Perez led the way with his title at 150 for the Bengals, his teammates Jason Janke (175) and Andrius Vasilevskas (215) advanced to the finals, placing second. Roberto Rangel (113) and Jacob Sebek (126) took third and Jason Schickel (106) was fourth.
Evergreen Park didn’t have a champ but is sending four of its wrestlers to Champaign. Adrian Cervantes (132) and Michael Chatman (138) placed second, Brayden Mateja-Bates (106) was third and Jayden Cervantes (126) took fourth.
Agricultural Science, Glenbard South, Hinsdale South, Lemont and Riverside-Brookfield each had three wrestlers extend their season into the state finals.
SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS
SM – returning state medal-winner; SC – returning state champ
106 Cole Lemberg (23-17) Providence Catholic
113 SM Christian Corcoran (32-9) Providence Catholic
120 Nate Ortiz (24-6) Providence Catholic
126 Max Mandac (34-14) Providence Catholic
132 Izaiah Gonzalez (31-3) Riverside-Brookfield
138 SM Tommy Banas (40-7) Providence Catholic
144 Jack Hogan (35-4) St. Rita
150 SM Austin Perez (29-3) Oak Forest
157 SM Justus Heeg (46-1) Providence Catholic
165 SM Jasper Harper (31-11) Providence Catholic
175 Ameer Khalil (36-13) Providence Catholic
190 SC Judah Heeg (37-1) Lemont
215 Sebastian Sanderson (34-2) Tinley Park
285 Dominic Jackson (30-1) Crete-Monee
STATE QUALIFIERS
106
Cole Lemberg (Providence Catholic) 23-17, d. Alex Powers (Lemont) 30-11, (F 0:45)
Brayden Mateja-Bates (Evergreen Park) 32-15, d. Jason Schickel (Oak Forest) 26-15, (D 10-3)
113
Christian Corcoran (Providence Catholic) 32-9, d. Ibrohim Mahmadov (Richards) 22-8, (TF-1.5 1:53 (17-2)
Roberto Rangel (Oak Forest) 22-3, d. Christian Sebastian (Little Village) 20-4, (F 2:00)
120
Nate Ortiz (Providence Catholic) 24-6, d. Elijah Sawyers (Agricultural Science) 22-2, (MD 14-5)
Justin Forbes (De La Salle) 26-4, d. Alexander Schuetz (Hinsdale South) 28-7, (D 16-11)
126
Max Mandac (Providence Catholic) 34-14, d. Cory Zator (Lemont) 30-6, (D 7-6)
Jacob Sebek (Oak Forest) 30-10, d. Jayden Cervantes (Evergreen Park) 37-10, (D 4-1)
132
Izaiah Gonzalez (Riverside-Brookfield) 31-3, d. Adrian Cervantes (Evergreen Park) 23-4, (TF-1.5 4:21 (18-0)
Lucas Forsythe (Providence Catholic) 27-21, d. Jeremy Powell (Agricultural Science) 35-6, (MD 15-4)
138
Tommy Banas (Providence Catholic) d. Michael Chatman (Evergreen Park) 29-5, (F 1:14)
Melik Robinson (Thornton Fractional North) 26-6, d. Tony Lombardo (Riverside- Brookfield) 27-6, (MD 20-8)
144
Jack Hogan (St. Rita) 35-4, d. Luke Banas (Providence Catholic) 32-19, (MD 8-0)
Jin Tai (Glenbard South) 41-6, d. Jayden Veal (Goode STEM Academy) 40-3, (D 4-3)
150
Austin Perez (Oak Forest) 29-3, d. Leonel Flores (Richards) 17-8, (TF-1.5 2:36 (19-2)
Andrew Pellicci (Providence Catholic) 26-12, d. Maurice Bush (Agricultural Science) 34-6, (F 3:43)
157
Justus Heeg (Providence Catholic) 46-1, d. Andrew Lehman (St. Rita) 21-9, (F 1:03)
Trevon Williams (Crete-Monee) 30-5, d. David Albright (Tinley Park) 29-14, (TF-1.5 4:32 (23-4)
165
Jasper Harper (Providence Catholic) 31-11, d. Micah Spinazzola (St. Rita) 22-7, (D 7-2)
Titus Woodring (Thornton Fractional South) 32-6, d. Anthony Kinney (Glenbard South) 23-10, (F 0:46)
175
Ameer Khalil (Providence Catholic) 36-13, d. Jason Janke (Oak Forest) 29-7, (F 3:25)
Nick O`Connor (Riverside-Brookfield) 31-6, d. Keishawn Triplett (St. Rita) 18-16, (F 3:44)
190
Judah Heeg (Lemont) 37-1, d. Brayden McKay (Providence Catholic) 11-12, (F 0:45)
Benjamin MIller (Hinsdale South) 28-8, d. James Bansley (St. Rita) 26-10, (SV)
215
Sebastian Sanderson (Tinley Park) 34-2, d. Andrius Vasilevskas (Oak Forest) 27-9, (TF-1.5 4:47 (18-1)
Jonathan Mansker (Hinsdale South) 25-11, d. Riley Teller (Providence Catholic) 5-2, (F 1:38)
285
Dominic Jackson (Crete-Monee) 30-1, d. Mark Kelleher (St. Rita) 26-13, (TB-1 3-2)
Justin Powell (Hyde Park) 26-5, d. Ambrose Davis (Glenbard South) 30-9, (F 5:50)
GENESEO SECTIONAL
Marian Central Catholic and Washington have been seeing a lot of one another recently with the Hurricanes defeating the Panthers, 36-31, during the annual DubTown ThrowDown downstate in late January, and then upending them a second time at the Class 2A Sycamore Team Duals Sectional, 37-33 earlier this month.
So it wasn’t surprising in the least to see those two programs depart with the most wrestlers still alive in the state series after Saturday’s Geneseo Sectional.
Both teams produced three champions with Washington qualifying a sectional-best six wrestlers to state and Marian following right behind the Panthers with five more.
Logan Makiney (132), Wyatt Medlin (165) and Sean Thornton (285) won titles for the Panthers while Symon Woods (106) placed second and Cruise Brolley (157) and Josh Hoffer (215) took third. Medlin and Hoffer were among the four champions for the Panthers last year.
Brendan Nardin (150), Dan French (190) and Jimmy Mastny (215) were crowned sectional champions for the Hurricanes. Hogan Rice (113) also advanced by taking second and Austin Hagevold (144) is also along for the ride after placing third for the Hurricanes. Hagevold took second in the state at 113 in Class 1A last year .
Geneseo is also sending five wrestlers to state with Kye Weinzierl, who took second in the state last year at 175, led the way after his sectional title victory. Landen Vincent (138), Izaac Gaines (165) and Josh Stahl (285) took third for the Maple Leafs and Grady Hull (157) was fourth.
Morris’ Brock Claypool (138) won a title to lead his team. Claypool will be joined by Paxton Valentine (120) and Carter Skoff (150) who came up short in their respective title matches and Parker Barry (132) who placed fourth. Last year, Valentine took fifth place in the state at 113 and Skoff did the same at 144.
Sycamore’s Liam Schroeder (113) and Tyler Lockhart (126) won titles for the Spartans and Jayden Dohogne (144) and Cooper Bode (165) placed fourth to also advance.
Rockford East also had four qualifiers with Ty Smart (157) taking second and Sebastian Abwe (113), Victor Onofre (132) and Dana Wickson (150) placing third.
Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South and Rock Island all had three state qualifiers respectively with Crystal Lake Central’s Nicholas Marchese (144) winning the lone title among the three schools.
SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS
SM – returning state medal-winner; SC – returning state champ
106 Treyden Diduch (39-2) Freeport
113 Liam Schroeder (43-1) Sycamore
120 Kai Enos (31-7) Batavia
126 Tyler Lockhart (35-10) Sycamore
132 Logan Makiney (35-10) Washington
138 Brock Claypool (43-5) Morris
144 Nicholas Marchese (38-4) Crystal Lake Central
150 Brendan Nardin (10-0) Marian
157 Grady Neal (43-4) Metamora
165 SC Wyatt Medlin (39-0) Washington
175 SM Kye Weinzierl (33-1) Genese
190 Dan French (26-5) Marian
215 SC (1A) Jimmy Mastny (49-1) Marian
285 Sean Thornton (34-9) Washington
STATE QUALIFIERS
106
Treyden Diduch (Freeport) 39-2, d. Symon Woods (Washington) 32-10, (Inj. 3:41)
Angelo Parker (Rock Island) 31-8, d. Tymen Robinson (Prairie Ridge) 29-11, (MD 9-1)
113
Liam Schroeder (Sycamore) 43-1, d. Hogan Rice (Marian) 35-13, (F 1:26)
Sebastian Abwe (Rockford East) 27-13, d. Logan Aarseth (Crystal Lake South 29-10,(MD 13-2)
120
Kai Enos (Batavia) 31-7, d. Paxton Valentine (Morris) 34-5, (D 5-1)
Jackson Marlett (Crystal Lake Central) 23-5, d. Eduardo Vences (Burlington Central) 29-10, (F 2:52)
126
Tyler Lockhart (Sycamore) 35-10, d. Taqiuldin Baker (Woodstock) 38-4, (D 7-4)
Aidan Lopez (Rochelle) 44-4, d. Dylan Ramsey (Crystal Lake Central) 32-7, (F 5:02)
132
Logan Makiney (Washington) 35-10, d. Bryson Teunissen (Belvidere North) 28-10, (D 4-2)
Victor Onofre (Rockford East) 29-7, d. Parker Barry (Morris) 35-13, (MD 14-2)
138
Brock Claypool (Morris) 43-5, d. Nathan Randle (Crystal Lake South) 36-3, (TB-1 3-1)
Landen Vincent (Geneseo) 27-9, d. Thomas Olson (Freeport) 35-18, (MD 12-0)
144
Nicholas Marchese (Crystal Lake Central) 38-4, d. Landon VanAcker (Belvidere) 33-10, (F 1:17)
Austin Hagevold (Marian) 26-16, d. Jayden Dohogne (Sycamore) 36-7, (D 12-5)
150
Brendan Nardin (Marian) 10-0, d, Carter Skoff (Morris) 30-2, (D 8-2)
Dana Wickson (Rockford East) 37-6, d. Cooper Chester (East Peoria) 31-5, (D 8-1)
157
Grady Neal (Metamora) 43-4, d. Ty Smart (Rockford East) 39-4, (DQ)
Cruise Brolley (Washington) 38-9, d. Grady Hull (Geneseo) 30-12, (M. For.)
165
Wyatt Medlin (Washington) 39-0, d Aiden Marrello (Crystal Lake South) 42-2, (M. For.)
Izaac Gaines (Geneseo) 36-3, d. Cooper Bode (Sycamore) 41-6, (MD 13-4)
175
Kye Weinzierl (Geneseo) 33-1, d. Aiden Rodriguez (Prairie Ridge) 40-3, (MD 17-8)
Roman Villalobos (Rochelle) 15-5, d. Mason Taylor (Galesburg) 34-11, (F 2:47)
190
Dan French (Marian) 26-5, d. Wes Weatherford (Ottawa) 35-6, (F 1:23)
Mark Aeschliman (Metamora) 39-11, d. Dalton Oakman (East Peoria) 35-7, (TF-1.5 4:43 (20-4)
215
Jimmy Mastny (Marian) 49-1, d. Alec Del Toro (East Peoria) 35-4, (M. For.)
Josh Hoffer (Washington) 31-5, d. Rowan Stockwell (Rock Island) 29-9, (TF-1.5 3:24 (17-2)
285
Sean Thornton (Washington) 34-9, d. Brady Mullens (Peoria Notre Dame) 33-10, (D 8-1)
Josh Stahl (Geneseo) 29-8, d. Emilio Guzman (Rock Island) 33-10, (MD 8-0)
GRANITE CITY
Glenwood’s Cooper Clarke (106), Pierce Bultmann (113), Jaxon Ferguson (120) and Cody Moss (285) won sectional titles at the Granite City Sectional on Saturday and Elijah Smith placed third and will join his teammates at state.
Bloomington didn’t have a champion, but Cooper Bye (113) and Tyler Barlow (144) got to the finals and placed second while Lincoln Steers (120), Jack Schweitzer (132), Brody Cabrera (150) and Chris Rose (165) each took fourth place to join Barlow and Bye at state. The six Purple Raiders who qualified were the most among the field other than Civic Memorial.
Civic Memorial had seven wrestlers qualify for state, including Avery Jaime (138), Knox Verbais (150) and James Wojcikiewicz (165) who departed for Bethalto as sectional champions. Cody Weidner (106) placed second and Greg Harkey (144), Kevahn Flanagan (215) and Hudson Davis (285) took third.
Mascoutah’s Brock Ross (157), who remains undefeated, and Jordan Sonon-Hale, who is a victory away from no. 40 on the season, won sectional titles and are among five Indians going to state. Desi Wade (138) was second, Sean Murphy (165) took third and Braxton McCall (106) placed fourth.
Like Mascoutah, Mahomet-Seymour has a pair of champs and five kids going to state overall. Justus Vrona (144) Marco Casillas (190) won titles, Talon Decker (165) placed second, Garrett Waisath (150) took third and Gideon Hayter (126) was fourth.
Mattoon’s Tristan Porter (126) won a title and his teammate Jaxtyn Howell (113) took third.
Morton’s Harrison Dea (132) earned a sectional title with a tech fall in his title match and Colton Mckee (175) and Benjamin Chaffer (215) took second and Brody Watson (144) was fourth.
Waterloo’s Jaxson Mathenia (215) won a sectional title, Konnor Stephens (132) and Joseph Newell (150) took second and Matthew Deutch (113) was fourth for the Bulldogs.
SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS
SM – returning state medal-winner; SC – returning state champ
106 Cooper Clarke (37-4) Glenwood
113 Pierce Bultmann (41-5) Glenwood
120 Jaxon Ferguson (30-6) Glenwood
126 Tristan Porter (34-2) Mattoon
132 SM Harrison Dea (43-1) Morton
138 SM Avery Jaime (34-6) Civic Memorial
144 Justus Vrona (42-9) Mahomet-Seymour
150 SM Knox Verbais (43-6) Civic Memorial
157 Brock Ross (39-0) Mascoutah
165 James Wojcikiewicz (38-7) Civic Memorial
175 Jordan Sonon-Hale (39-5) Mascoutah
190 SM Marco Casillas (45-3) Mahomet-Seymour
215 SM Jaxson Mathenia (36-1) Waterloo
285 SC Cody Moss (41-3) Glenwood
STATE QUALIFIERS
106
Cooper Clarke (Glenwood) 37-4, d. Cody Weidner (Civic Memorial) 40-11, (D 4-3)
Maddox Williams (Jersey) 37-7, d. Braxton McCall (Mascoutah) 29-10, (MD 14-3)
113
Pierce Bultmann (Glenwood) 41-5, d. Cooper Bye (Bloomington) 23-10, (D 8-3)
Jaxtyn Howell (Mattoon) 26-9, d. Matthew Deutch (Waterloo) 42-7, (F 2:52)
120
Jaxon Ferguson (Glenwood) 30-6, d. Ayden Swan (Carbondale) 27-15, (F 1:09)
Dalton St. Angelo (Mt. Vernon) 25-2, d. Lincoln Steers (Bloomington) 21-14, (TF-1.5 4:42 (17-0)
126
Tristan Porter (Mattoon) 34-2, d. Dashawn Armstrong (Jacksonville) 30-6, (F 2:32)
Rylan Poeta (Champaign Central) 32-7, d. Gideon Hayter (Mahomet-Seymour) 33-12, (D 4-1)
132
Harrison Dea (Morton) 43-1, d. Konnor Stephens (Waterloo) 36-11, (TF-1.5 4:59 (19-1)
Jordan Kholian (Jacksonville) 31-6, d. Jack Schweitzer (Bloomington) 20-17, (F 1:28)
138
Avery Jaime (Civic Memorial) 34-6, d. Desi Wade (Mascoutah) 36-7, (D 5-2)
Talin Baker (Champaign Central) 32-4, d. Trotter Titus (Charleston) 32-7, (F 1:40)
144
Justus Vrona (Mahomet-Seymour) 42-9, d. Tyler Barlow (Bloomington) 24-6, (F 3:44)
Greg Harkey (Civic Memorial) 29-8, d. Brody Watson (Morton) 33-19, (TF-1.5 5:20 (18-0)
150
Knox Verbais (Civic Memorial) 43-6, d. Joseph Newell (Waterloo) 35-12, (TF-1.5 1:49 (19-3)
Garrett Waisath (Mahomet-Seymour) 40-13, d. Brody Cabrera (Bloomington) 20-10, (F 3:50)
157
Brock Ross (Mascoutah) 39-0, d. Bryce Bryant (Springfield) 32-7, (F 2:31)
Nicholas Hartley (Jersey) 35-5, d. Trae Griffiths (Champaign Central) 25-5, (TF-1.5 2:20 (19-4)
165
James Wojcikiewicz (Civic Memorial) 38-7, d. Talon Decker (Mahomet-Seymour) 37-7 (MD 18-4)
Sean Murphy (Mascoutah) 18-5, d. Chris Rose (Bloomington) 19-9, (F 5:00)
175
Jordan Sonon-Hale (Mascoutah) 39-5, d. Colton Mckee (Morton) 32-8, (D 8-7)
Elijah Smith (Glenwood) 38-6, d. Josiah Williams (Danville) 29-7, (D 4-0)
190
Marco Casillas (Mahomet-Seymour) 45-3, d. Sergio Baity (Champaign Centennial) 34-6, (F 1:19)
Evan Francis (Marion) 43-3, d. Eli Miller (Granite City) 29-12, (F 1:00)
215
Jaxson Mathenia (Waterloo) 36-1, d. Benjamin Chaffer (Morton) 37-13, (F 0:59)
Kevahn Flanagan (Civic Memorial) 36-14, d. Zacharia Fry (Springfield Southeast) 27-10, (D 14-10)
285
Cody Moss (Glenwood) 41-3, d. Mitchell Clapp (Mattoon) 33-3, (F 2:40)
Hudson Davis (Civic Memorial) 37-10, d. Caleb Zirklebach (Lincoln) 33-16, (D 7-2)