Boys’ tournament recaps for Illini Bluffs, Vernon Hills, Antioch

By Mike Garofola for the IWCOA



Vernon Hills’ Cougar Thanksgiving Invite

Glenbrook South had too much for the 17-team field at Vernon Hills on Saturday as the Titans rode to an impressive victory and lifted the championship trophy at Vernon Hills’ Cougar Thanksgiving Invite.

The Titans would collect 247.0 overall points with Grayslake North finishing second with 159.5.

Johnsburg was third at 142.5, with Bartlett next with 133.5 points, and Glenbrook North fifth with 125.0.

North would earn top honors here a year ago over its crosstown rival Glenbrook South, by a 12.5 point difference.

“Our opening dual meet victories coupled with a strong tournament showing here at Vernon Hills served as a good litmus test for where we are at the start of our season,” opined Titans head coach Pat Castillo.

”Our next dual will be against conference rival Maine South, which is going to be a good challenge that will help us see where we stand in a head-to-head match-up.”

Illinois wrestling fans will remember Castillo when he twice earned state medals while at Lyons Township, before going on to star at Northern Illinois University where he qualified for the NCAA Championships on three occasions.

“Our two individual champs, Urmuun Urtnasan (120) and Henry Downing (165) both are expected to be strong competitors for us, and have been instrumental during the early stages of the season in playing leadership roles for the rest of their teammates,” said Castillo.

Urtnasan won a hard-fought opening contest with Eduardo Vences when he bagged a take-down 30 seconds into overtime to register a 10-7 victory, before back-to-back tech-falls earned him the title at 120.

Downing would bookend an 8-2 decision with a pair of pins to take home his second straight Cougars title.

“Henry continues to be a guy looking to secure a pin, and he seems poised to make the jump to an even higher level,” said Castillo.

Downing was a sectional qualifier with a 34-13 record last year.

Crystal Lake South was eighth overall, but would lead the field with a trio of champions on the day.

Sophomore Christopher Talbert won at 106, Nathan Randle at 138, and teammate Aiden Marrello, another sophomore, grabbed the title at 144.

Randle is a two-time state qualifier, and 2A state runner-up in 2023 when he helped lead Wauconda to a third place finish at the 2A dual-team state tournament.

The sophomore is 75-19 in his first two seasons.

Eight other clubs would take home championship trophies, beginning with Taft junior and 2024 state qualifier Bernardo Roque at 113 pounds.

Roque was 35-7 a year ago, while another junior, Ilia Dvoriannikov (Vernon Hills) smashed the competition at 175 pounds.

“Ilia worked extremely hard during the offseason, and continues to do so at Toss Em Up, where he trains with one of the best in the country, Aaron Stewart from Warren Township,” said Vernon Hills head coach Jesse Wolter.

Dvoriannikov, state runner-up at 2A in the 165-pound weight class to Nick Mueller of Dunlap, opens the season ranked No. 2 in the state behind Geneseo senior Zachary Montez.

“Ilia is stronger and more explosive this season,” Wolter said. “He qualified for Fargo in both Freestyle and Greco, and won Greco state, which was a big accomplishment for him.”

“He’s always the hardest working guy in the room, which is always a good thing to have your best man leading by example, working as hard as he does.”

Wolter would point to solid performances from fifth-placers Charles Dominguez (106), Tony Lopez (113) and sophomore Jacob Becker (165).

Freshman Tanner Hansen of Johnsburg won it all at 126, Austin Lee (Burlington Central), a sectional qualifier last season, claimed the top prize at 132.

Glenbrook North seniors Owen Anderson (25-13 last year) and Ilan Ruderman (27-13) were champions at 150 and, respectively.

James Smrha, part of a strong senior group according to Bartlett head coach John Glorioso, pinned his way to his 215-pound crown.

Evanston senior Jeremy Marshall held off his rivals at 285 pounds to win here following his 9-2 decision over Luis Alba of Bartlett. Marshall, 40-11 a year ago, was a sectional qualifier.

Another sectional qualifier, Adnan Shkeir (Maine East), needed just under five minutes to record a trio of pins to win with ease at 190.

Vernon Hills’ Cougar Thanksgiving Invitational results
106
1st Place Match
Christopher Talbert (Crystal Lake (South)) 4-0, So. over Caleb Son (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 3-4, So. (Fall 0:48)
3rd Place Match
Sergio Jaimes (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-1, Jr. over Duncan Tenezaca (Park Ridge (Maine East)) 1-2, Fr. (Fall 5:30)
5th Place Match
Charles Dominguez (Vernon Hills) 3-1, Fr. over Kai Surdick (Johnsburg) 2-2, Fr. (Fall 3:38)
7th Place Match
Nicholas Arend (Evanston (Twp.)) 1-2, Fr. over Colin Ludford (Grayslake (North)) 0-3, So. (Fall 0:21
113
1st Place Match
Bernardo Roque (Chicago (Taft)) 6-0, Jr. over Diego Arteaga (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-1, Jr. (Fall 0:52)
3rd Place Match
Chase Vogel (Johnsburg) 3-1, Fr. over Elliot Heckard (Arlington Heights (St. Viator)) 3-2, Sr. (TF-1.5 1:20 (18-1))
5th Place Match
Tony Lopez (Vernon Hills) 4-1, Fr. over James Dravenack (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 2-2, Sr. (Inj. 0:20)
7th Place Match
Dominic Cimino (Vernon Hills) 3-2, Fr. over Annalee Aarseth (Crystal Lake (South)) 2-3, So. (Fall 4:00)
120
1st Place Match
Urmuun Urtnasan (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 5-0, Jr. over Anthony Motejzik (Woodstock (North)) 5-1, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:37 (16-1))
3rd Place Match
Ryan Larrivee (Grayslake (North)) 4-1, Jr. over David Ruiz (Chicago (Taft)) 2-4, Sr. (Dec 7-5)
5th Place Match
Chase Davis (Johnsburg) 4-1, Fr. over Eduardo Vences (Burlington (Central)) 5-5, So. (Dec 6-2)
7th Place Match
Jairo Kish (Park Ridge (Maine East)) 3-2, Fr. over Jacob Badal (Skokie (Niles North)) 1-3, Fr. (Fall 3:24)
126
1st Place Match
Tanner Hansen (Johnsburg) 4-0, Fr. over Landon Harper (Grayslake (North)) 3-2, Fr. (Dec 8-3)
3rd Place Match
Michael Uhler (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 4-3, Fr. over Jonah Fogel (Skokie (Niles North)) 1-4, So. (Fall 1:15)
5th Place Match
Ammar Khan (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 3-1, Sr. over David Wyruchowski (Burlington (Central)) 3-5, Jr. (Fall 0:32)
7th Place Match
Caleb Larsen (Hoffman Estates (H.S.)) 1-2, So. over Colin McInereney (Arlington Heights (St. Viator)) 1-3, Jr. (For.)
132
1st Place Match
Austin Lee (Burlington (Central)) 8-1, Sr. over Nick Barton (Bartlett) 2-1, Sr. (MD 13-1)
3rd Place Match
Mike Tsendayush (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-1, Sr. over Roman Ocampo (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 2-2, Fr. (Dec 13-9)
5th Place Match
Mason Haussmann (Hoffman Estates (H.S.)) 3-1, Jr. over Armani Vargas (Chicago (Taft)) 4-4, Sr. (MD 10-0)
7th Place Match
Jared Lopez (Johnsburg) 3-2, Jr. over Gabriel Quintana (Harvard) 1-3, So. (TF-1.5 2:44 (16-1))
138
1st Place Match
Nathan Randle (Crystal Lake (South)) 3-0, Jr. over Landon Johnson (Johnsburg) 2-1, Jr. (Dec 7-2)
3rd Place Match
Cam Engels (Bartlett) 2-1, So. over Dulguun Nyamdavaa (Park Ridge (Maine East)) 1-2, Sr. (MD 18-5)
5th Place Match
Jack Burton (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 5-2, Jr. over Jordan Mokhtarian (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 3-6, Jr. (Fall 0:37)
7th Place Match
Kevin Sanchez (Chicago (Taft)) 3-4, Jr. over Emilio Huerta Rodriguez (Grayslake (North)) 2-4, So. (Dec 19-13)
144
1st Place Match
Aiden Marrello (Crystal Lake (South)) 4-0, So. over Max Mulhearn (Elgin (Harvest Christian)) 3-1, So. (TF-1.5 4:00 (18-1))
3rd Place Match
Kale Schrauth (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 5-1, Jr. over Jack Aguirre (Burlington (Central)) 4-5, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)
5th Place Match
Andrew Diaz (Vernon Hills) 4-1, Sr. over Filip Szeszko (Bartlett) 3-2, Sr. (Fall 4:38)
7th Place Match
Brennan Peters (Harvard) 3-2, So. over Haruya Okada (Hoffman Estates (H.S.)) 2-3, Sr. (Inj. 2:00)
150
1st Place Match
Owen Anderson (Grayslake (North)) 6-0, Sr. over Oliver Quiros (Skokie (Niles North)) 4-2, Sr. (Dec 12-5)
3rd Place Match
Kainoa Ancog (Johnsburg) 3-1, Jr. over John Palmer (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 2-2, Jr. (MD 12-3)
5th Place Match
Aidan Minihane (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 6-1, Jr. over Caden Solorio-Alvarez (Vernon Hills) 3-2, So. (TF-1.5 4:37 (16-1))
7th Place Match
Joey Caputo (Bartlett) 3-2, Jr. over Brock Miller (Crystal Lake (South)) 2-3, Sr. (Inj. 3:57)
157
1st Place Match
Ilan Ruderman (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 6-1, Sr. over Jake Ronsman (Grayslake (North)) 4-1, Sr. (Dec 11-9)
3rd Place Match
Dom Marino (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-1, Jr. over Lawrence Marcelo (Bartlett) 2-2, Sr. (MD 13-1)
5th Place Match
Jayden Villa (Chicago (Taft)) 5-3, So. over Drew Jesuit (Johnsburg) 2-2, So. (Fall 2:55)
7th Place Match
Evan Lasik (Skokie (Niles North)) 4-3, So. over Ezekiel Carrillo (Bartlett) 1-3, Sr. (Fall 2:53)
165
1st Place Match
Herny Downing (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 5-0, Sr. over Henry Hafner (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 5-2, Jr. (Fall 1:54)
3rd Place Match
Jackson Hjorth (Johnsburg) 3-1, Fr. over Connor Riley (Skokie (Niles North)) 2-3, Sr. (Dec 4-1)
5th Place Match
Jacob Becker (Vernon Hills) 3-1, So. over Jayden Valentino (Hoffman Estates (H.S.)) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 3:06)
7th Place Match
Eric Bello (Bartlett) 3-2, Sr. over Caleb Jendras (Arlington Heights (St. Viator)) 3-3, So. (Inj. 0:00)
175
1st Place Match
Ilia Dvoriannikov (Vernon Hills) 3-0, Jr. over Shane Onixt (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 5-2, Sr. (Fall 3:15)
3rd Place Match
Jason Yousif (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 5-1, Jr. over Daniel Rosas (Harvard) 1-2, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)
5th Place Match
Holden Wiegel (Burlington (Central)) 8-2, Sr. over Omar Adzhir (Grayslake (North)) 3-2, Jr. (Dec 9-3)
7th Place Match
Gavin Cafferkey (Grayslake (North)) 4-3, Jr. over Musa Amin (Evanston (Twp.)) 4-4, Fr. (Fall 1:48)
190
1st Place Match
Adnan Shkeir (Park Ridge (Maine East)) 3-0, Sr. over Joey Torres (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-1, Jr. (Fall 3:12)
3rd Place Match
Michael Junitz (Burlington (Central)) 6-3, Jr. over Josh Taylor (Chicago (Taft)) 3-3, Sr. (Fall 3:19)
5th Place Match
Angel Rosiles (Grayslake (North)) 4-3, So. over Colton Schneider (Arlington Heights (St. Viator)) 4-2, So. (Fall 3:26)
7th Place Match
Shane Blumberg (Vernon Hills) 3-2, Jr. over Kevin Salas (Harvard) 2-3, Sr. (SV-1 4-1)
215
1st Place Match
James Smrha (Bartlett) 3-0, Sr. over David Williams (Grayslake (North)) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 3:51)
3rd Place Match
Shiloh Martinez (Skokie (Niles North)) 3-2, Sr. over Andrew Peterson (Burlington (Central)) 2-6, So. (Fall 3:47)
5th Place Match
Sain Uranbold (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-2, Jr. over Louis Luna (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 2-2, So. (Dec 6-3)
7th Place Match
Todial Issac (Park Ridge (Maine East)) 1-2, Sr. over Bo Branum (Harvard) 0-3, Jr. (Fall 2:52)
285
1st Place Match
Jeremy Marshall (Evanston (Twp.)) 5-1, Sr. over Luis Alba (Bartlett) 2-1, Sr. (Dec 9-2)
3rd Place Match
Robbie White (Grayslake (North)) 2-3, Sr. over Eligiah Pagan (Chicago (Taft)) 1-2, So. (Fall 2:26)
5th Place Match
Hunter Johnson (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 3-3, Jr. over Charles Plunkett (Crystal Lake (South)) 2-2, Fr. (Fall 2:36)
7th Place Match
Rhyllen Gutierrez (Skokie (Niles North)) 1-4, So. over Caiden Koski (Woodstock (North)) 0-3, Jr. (Inj. 5:36)

Team standings for Vernon Hills’ Cougar Thanksgiving Invitational
1. Glenbrook South 247 2, 2. Grayslake North 159.5, 3. Johnsburg 142.5, 4. Bartlett 133.5, 5. Glenbrook North 125, 6. Central 109, 6. Vernon Hills 109, 8. Crystal Lake South 108, 9. Taft 89, 10. Niles North 88, 11. Maine East 68.5, 12. Saint Viator 42, 13. Hoffman Estates 39, 14. Harvard 38, 15. Evanston 33, 16. Woodstock North 27, 17. Harvest Christian 22

Illini Bluffs Wrestling Invitational

Stanford Olympia has been crowned Illini Bluffs Wrestling Invite champion for the second consecutive year after its near 100-point advantage over second-place East Peoria Saturday afternoon in the village of Glasford.

Josh Collins’ club claimed a trio of first place trophies, and another ten top six medals en route to amassing 273.5 overall points to the 179.0 points earned by East Peoria.

Peoria Richwoods was third with 165.5 points, one more than Dunlap. Peoria Notre Dame would round out the top five on the leader-board at 129.5 points in this 20-plus team affair.

The trio of Brandon Gaither (106), Dylan Eimer (113) and Mateo Martinez (126)
got the Spartans off to a flying start en route to their overwhelming victory.

“Brandon (Gaither) is a tough freshman who is looking to make some waves this year, and Dylan Eimer is a senior with some unfinished business,” began Josh Collins.

“He’s a two-time fourth-place medalist looking to get to the top of the podium this year.”

Eimer, 33-5 a year ago, used three consecutive tech-falls to secure his title Gaither used a little bit of everything to reach his final where he would defeat Peoria Richwoods sophomore Wensley Rahn, 10-3.

Mateo Martinez, now twice champion at this invite, cruised to victory with a pair of falls before recording a tech-fall at 3:54 over Remi Joesting of Peoria Notre Dame.

“Mateo is a senior trying to make it onto the podium,” said Collins.

The Spartans depth would be key in their championship run with ten of their men earning top six medals, one of which was a second-place finish by Kelton Graden at 157.

The senior fell to reigning 1A state champion Jackson Carroll (Illini Bluffs) who was 51-2 a year ago, and enters this season as the No. 1 rated man at 144 pounds.

“We’re looking for Kelton to make some noise of his own this season,” said Collins.

Runner-up East Peoria would dominate at the higher weights with Dalton Oakman (190), Alec Del Toro (215) and his brother Jose Del Toro (285) sweeping aside the competition.

“Jose comes into the season as the No. 1 ranked heavyweight in the state, and he is so much stronger this year after a fourth-place finish at state,” began East Peoria head coach Phil Johns.

“Everyone who finished ahead of him at state has graduated, and he has beaten the rest of the state-ranked guys. He’s determined to win state, and with his continued hard work, and a little bit of luck, he will get himself into that final.”

Del Toro was 30-9 last season, while his brother Alec (13-13) placing fourth at regionals last season. Alec has impressed Johns with his offseason regimen.

“Alec is a three-year varsity guy who wrestled smart,” Johns said. “He’s in great condition, and the extra lifting and maturing is helping him grow into his weight class.”

The Del Toro brothers would each need extra time in their respective finals: Jose Del Toro garnering a 2-1 tie-breaker victory over teammate Keegan Barnes, with Alec Del Toro a 4-2 tie-breaker decision over Peoria Notre Dame junior Joe Culp.

Oakman avenged a loss here a year ago to Ethan Dixon (Limestone) to secure his 190-pound crown. following his 15-5 major decision triumph.

“Dalton may eventually drop to 175 along the way, but he is beginning to wrestle so much better already after two years on the varsity,” said Johns.

Around the weight divisions, Illinis Bluffs’ Barrett Speck would give the hometown crowd something to celebrate after his win at 120 pounds in advance of the impressive day from teammate Jackson Carroll, who won the title at 157.

Ian Akers (41-6), state runner-up last season at 113, recorded three pins and a major decision to lift the big trophy at 132. The senior is No. 3 in the most recent state rankings.

Gabe Robb (138), Christopher Harris (150) and Gabe Martinez at 175 gave Peoria Richwoods three individual champs, Harris claiming his title with a fall in just 13 seconds.

Farmington’s 2024 state qualifier Bradlee Ellis (37-13) won his second straight title here after his pin at 3:51 in the 144-pound final.

Dunlap sophomore Jayden Schmick gave his club its lone title on the day at 165 pounds. Schmick, 26-19 last season, pinned his way to his crown.

“We have a real solid team this season that has the goal of bringing back a team state trophy,” said Collins.

The last time the Spartans advanced to dual-team state was 2017 when they finished third overall under head coach Pete Cleary with a 30-4-0 record.

Illini Bluffs Invite

106
1st Place Match
Brandon Gaither (Olympia) 3-0, Fr. over Wensley Rahn (Richwoods) 2-1, So. (Dec 10-3)
3rd Place Match
Kaleb Fuchs (Limestone) 3-1, Jr. over Sage Davis (Washington JV) 2-2, So. (Fall 0:52)
5th Place Match
Conner Knapp (Eureka) 2-2, Fr. over Jayden Schmider (Farmington) 2-3, Fr. (Fall 3:04)
113
1st Place Match
Dylan Eimer (Olympia) 3-0, Sr. over Tucker Garey (Olympia) 2-1, Fr. (TF-1.5 1:52 (19-4))
3rd Place Match
Parker Zerfass (Farmington) 3-1, So. over Jairon Royer (Macomb) 2-2, Fr. (Fall 2:32)
5th Place Match
Benny Marz (Dunlap) 2-2, Jr. over Nicholas Olson (Illinois Valley Central) 3-4, Fr. (For.)
120
1st Place Match
Barret Speck (Illini Bluffs) 6-0, Fr. over Henry Watson (Eureka) 2-1, So. (Fall 0:47)
3rd Place Match
Carter Knobloch (Olympia) 3-1, Jr. over Logan Makiney (Washington JV) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 1:06)
5th Place Match
Nathan Owens (Illini Bluffs) 7-2, Jr. over Josh Stedwill (Peoria Notre Dame) 5-4, So. (Fall 1:40)
126
1st Place Match
Mateo Martinez (Olympia) 3-0, Sr. over Remi Joesting (Peoria Notre Dame) 6-2, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:54 (17-2))
3rd Place Match
Nathan Ortiz (Richwoods) 4-1, Fr. over Ogdan Parker (Illini Bluffs) 5-3, Fr. (Dec 10-3)
5th Place Match
Jordan Jones (Farmington) 4-2, Fr. over Drake Clemons (Prairie Central) 3-3, Sr. (Dec 4-3)
132
1st Place Match
Ian Akers (Peoria Notre Dame) 8-0, Sr. over Cooper Chester (East Peoria) 3-1, So. (Fall 3:19)
3rd Place Match
Colton Boyer (Richwoods) 4-1, Sr. over Kinzer Burell (Olympia) 3-2, Fr. (MD 10-0)
5th Place Match
John Traub (Prairie Central) 5-1, Sr. over Kalan Delbridge (Dunlap) 5-5, Sr. (Fall 1:14)
7th Place Match
Nic Parkins (Macomb) 2-2, Sr. over Alrec Robinson (ROWVA) 3-3, So. (DFF)
138
1st Place Match
Gabe Robb (Richwoods) 4-0, Jr. over Tristan Mosack (Dunlap) 6-2, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:51 (16-1))
3rd Place Match
Finn Hoffman (Eureka) 3-1, Fr. over Chase Frye (Farmington) 2-2, Fr. (Dec 6-5)
5th Place Match
Austin Kisner (Olympia) 4-1, Jr. over Gage Fox (Knoxville) 5-2, Sr. (Fall 4:52)
7th Place Match
Austin Brewer (Farmington) 2-2, So. over Gavyn Stevens (Knoxville) 3-2, Fr. (DFF)
144
1st Place Match
Bradlee Ellis (Farmington) 3-0, Jr. over Rikyis Doss (Richwoods) 3-1, Sr. (Fall 3:51)
3rd Place Match
Cooper Phillips (Olympia) 3-1, Sr. over Remington Vonderheide (Midwest Central) 4-4, Sr. (Fall 1:36)
5th Place Match
Devon Stone (Illinois Valley Central) 5-3, Jr. over Jamarkus Miller (East Peoria) 3-3, So. (Fall 3:43)
150
1st Place Match
Christopher Harris (Richwoods) 4-0, Sr. over Jacob Allen (Dunlap) 6-1, Sr. (Fall 0:13)
3rd Place Match
Trevor Soice (Heyworth) 3-1, Jr. over Cade Strawn (Eureka) 2-2, So. (Fall 2:48)
5th Place Match
Kaden Collins (Olympia) 4-1, Fr. over Jack Cordle (ROWVA) 5-4, Sr. (Fall 0:56)
7th Place Match
Liam Kilgore (East Peoria) 2-2, So. over Krystian Elloye (Dunlap) 3-2, So. (DFF)
157
1st Place Match
Jackson Carroll (Illini Bluffs) 7-0, Sr. over Kelton Graden (Olympia) 3-1, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:24 (23-8))
3rd Place Match
Cohen Green (Macomb) 3-1, Sr. over Colton Mosack (Dunlap) 2-2, So. (Dec 4-2)
5th Place Match
Sam Hoffman (Eureka) 4-1, Jr. over Antonio Toliver (Illinois Valley Central) 7-3, So. (For.)
7th Place Match
Jayden Hermacinski (Richwoods) 2-2, Fr. over Zach Roth (Washington JV) 2-2, Fr. (DFF)
165
1st Place Match
Jayden Schmick (Dunlap) 7-0, So. over Preston Schroeder (ROWVA) 7-1, Sr. (Fall 3:56)
3rd Place Match
Wyatt Durham (East Peoria) 3-1, Jr. over Kayden Thomas (Olympia) 2-2, So. (Fall 2:43)
5th Place Match
Atsard Aplogan (Macomb) 5-1, Sr. over John Couri (Peoria Notre Dame) 7-3, Sr. (Fall 0:40)
7th Place Match
Isaac Jin (Dunlap) 2-3, Sr. over Maison Toliver (Illinois Valley Central) 3-2, So. (DFF)
175
1st Place Match
Gabe Martinez (Richwoods) 4-0, Sr. over Owen Moser (Illinois Valley Central) 5-2, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:45 (16-1))
3rd Place Match
Braden Brown (Washington JV) 3-1, Jr. over Tristian Stamp (Heyworth) 2-2, Fr. (Fall 5:12)
5th Place Match
Brayden Flinn (East Peoria) 4-1, Jr. over Jeshua McPheeters (Macomb) 4-2, So. (Fall 1:40)
7th Place Match
Brody Simons (Heyworth) 2-2, Fr. over Sie Couri (Peoria Notre Dame) 5-3, Sr. (DFF)
190
1st Place Match
Dalton Oakman (East Peoria) 3-0, Jr. over Ethan Dixon (Limestone) 2-1, Sr. (MD 15-5)
3rd Place Match
Zach Fry (Olympia) 5-1, So. over Jarrod Fulcher (Heyworth) 3-2, So. (Fall 3:34)
5th Place Match
Kyler Cheatham (Macomb) 3-2, Sr. over Matthew Schmitt (Dunlap) 4-3, Sr. (M. For.)
215
1st Place Match
Alec Del Toro (East Peoria) 4-0, Jr. over Joe Culp (Peoria Notre Dame) 7-1, Sr. (TB-1 4-2)
3rd Place Match
Cayden Sanders (ROWVA) 6-1, Sr. over Darien Jones (Peoria Heights) 2-1, Sr. (M. For.)
5th Place Match
Carson Paustian (Dunlap) 6-1, Sr. over Cohen Maness (Olympia) 4-2, Jr. (Fall 1:06)
7th Place Match
Bobby Stickelmaier (Peoria Notre Dame) 2-2, Sr. over Charlie Tiezzi (Dunlap) 3-2, Jr. (DFF)
285
1st Place Match
Jose Del Toro (East Peoria) 4-0, Sr. over Keegan Barnes (East Peoria) 3-1, Jr. (TB-1 2-1)
3rd Place Match
Alex Brown (Macomb) 5-1, Sr. over Darian Holloway (Olympia) 4-2, Jr. (Fall 0:54)
5th Place Match
Brady Mullens (Peoria Notre Dame) 7-2, Jr. over Ayden Sanders (ROWVA) 4-5, Sr. (Fall 1:50)

Team standings at Illini Bluffs
1. Olympia 273.5, 2. East Peoria 179, 3. Richwoods 165.5, 4. Dunlap 164.5, Peoria Notre Dame 129.5, 6. Macomb 114, 7. Eureka 104.5, 8. Farmington 99, 9. Illinois Valley Central 91, 10. ROWVA 87.5, 11. Heyworth 76.5, 12. Illini Bluffs 75, 13. Washington JV 60.5, 14. Limestone 57, 15. Prairie Central 34.5, 16. Midwest Central 31.5, 17. Knoxville 26.5, 18. Monmouth United 17, 18. Peoria Heights 17, 20. Manual 3.

Antioch’s Ted DeRousse Invitational

It would be a group of granite trio that the rest of the field would find nearly impossible to break open at Antioch’s annual Ted DeRousse Invitational.

IC Catholic Prep, West Aurora and Marmion Academy would gobble up nearly all of the first place trophies to claim an incredible number of points when this long running tournament came to an end.

2A state power IC-Catholic Prep finished on top with an amazing 430.5 overall points. West Aurora would take home second place with its 356.5 points, seven more than Marmion Academy which ended the day with 349.5 points.

Yorkville Christian broke the 300-point barrier with 320.5 to earn a well-deserved fourth place while Deerfield edged St. Patrick to earn fifth place with 287.5 points.

“We were very pleased with our result, but we know we have a lot of work to do if we want to  reach the goals we’ve set at the end of the season,” said IC Prep head coach Danny Alcocer.

”There’s a lot of potential in this young group that we have, so we’re looking for everyone to continue to work hard, and continue to improve throughout the year.”

Alcocer lost five of the ten state qualifiers from a year ago to graduation – over 200 victories combined – all who were state medal winners, including state champions Michael Calcagno (215).

“We graduated five all-state seniors, and will be replacing them with underclassmen, who will be part of the present and future of this team, but we expect great things from them as the season goes on,” Alcocer said.

Returning state champion Deven Casey gave the Knights the first of their four titles when he used a 4-1 decision to defeat Demetrios Carrera of Marmion Academy in their 132-pound final.

Carrera, twice a state qualifier, came over from South Elgin where he won 76 matches in two seasons.

Freshman Aidan Arnett gave the Knights their second title at 144, followed by a third from junior Brody Kelly with a tech-fall at 175.

Kelly was a 2A state runner-up last year in Champaign.

Junior Foley Calcagno, already a two-time state medal winner, brought home the fourth championship for the Knights when he would defeat Teigen Moreno of Dundee-Crown in their 215-pound final.

“Aidan is one of our stud freshman, so it was great to see him step his game up in order to compete at the varsity level, while Brody, who was named (outstanding wrestler) at the upper weights, had such a great tournament,” said Alcocer.

“Foley was just dominant all throughout, so we’re hoping he can keep that same pace and high output throughout the season.”

West Aurora was led by the Serio brothers: Dominic and Dayne, who are both rated the No. 3 men in their respective weight divisions in the first state polls released by Rob Sherrill.

Dominic Serio, who was fourth overall at state last February with a record of 33-4, recorded a tech-fall over Andrew Haritos (Marmion Academy) in the 157-pound final.

Haritos was at Glenbrook South last season.

Dayne Serio (35-7) also a state qualifier, won a hard fought 3-0 contest in overtime over Yorkville Christian senior and state qualifier Robby Nelson (41-7) to win at 165 pounds.

Teammate and sophomore Marcus Quintana gave West Aurora its third champion of the tournament at 150 pounds when he outlasted Quincy senior Eli Roberts via 1-0 decision.

Marmion Academy, still not at full strength, did, however, garner four individual titles beginning at 106 pounds where sophomore Colton Wyller tech-falled Jack Koenig of St. Patrick at 5:51 by the score of 25-9.

Another Cadets sophomore, Logan Conover beat Kannon Judycki (IC Catholic Prep) 4-2 to secure his crown at 120 pounds.

No. 1-rated Zach Stewart, a returning state champion, would easily collect the 138-pound trophy on Saturday, and Marmion senior Mateusz Nycz was victorious at 285-pounds after his 2-0 decision over Mundelein senior Abisai Hernandez.

Hernandez was sixth last season at state to give the Mustangs their first state medal in program history at the heavyweight division.

“Mateusz, Zach and Colton all dominated their competition, both this weekend and last week at our Marmion Cadet Classic on Wednesday,” began Cadets head coach Anthony Cirrincione.

“Colton Wyller was at 95 pounds last year and has moved into his spot at 106 very nicely, and Carrera had a great match against No. 1 Michael Esteban of Marist at our Classic with his 4-0 victory.”

St. Patrick junior Danny Goodwin won at 113 pounds after his 5-3 decision against Normal Community senior Dylan McGrew. Goodwin was sixth at state a year ago with an impressive 40-11 record.

Coji Campbell from St. Joseph Catholic Academy won easily at 126 to jump-start what he hopes is a third consecutive Wisconsin State title later this season.

The junior was 45-0 at 120 pounds last season.

2024 2A state qualifier Mike Taheny (31-6) from Richards won at 190 pounds over Rolling Meadows junior John Rappa with a pin at 3:25.

Antioch’s Ted DeRousse Invitational results

106
1st Place Match
Colton Wyller (Marmion Academy) 5-0, So. over Jack Koenig (St. Patrick) 4-1, So. (TF-1.5 5:51 (25-9))
3rd Place Match
Preston Morrison (Marmion Academy) 4-1, So. over Liam Perkins (Carmel) 3-2, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:46 (18-3))
5th Place Match
Dominic Paqueale (IC Catholic Prep) 4-1, So. over Aiden Ambre (West Aurora) 3-2, Fr. (TF-1.5 2:53 (19-4))
7th Place Match
Christian Saucedo (Mundelein) 4-2, So. over Jorey Becker (Deerfield) 2-3, So. (Dec 4-2)
113
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Danny Goodwin (St. Patrick) 4-0, Jr. over Dylan McGrew (Normal West) 3-1, Sr. (Dec 5-3)
3rd Place Match
Gabriel Richmond (West Aurora) 3-1, Fr. over Mike Bird (IC Catholic Prep) 2-2, Fr. (MD 13-2)
5th Place Match
Gideon Hayter (Mahomet-Seymour) 3-1, So. over Clayton McClelland (Quincy Senior) 2-2, Fr. (Fall 5:36)
7th Place Match
Gabi Pearlman (Deerfield) 2-2, . over Jayden Rudnicki (Lakes) 1-3, So. (TF-1.5 1:59 (17-2))
120
1st Place Match
Logan Conover (Marmion Academy) 5-0, So. over Kannon Judycki (IC Catholic Prep) 4-2, So. (Dec 7-6)
3rd Place Match
Aiden Larsen (Yorkville Christian) 3-1, Sr. over Calvin Stahl (St. Patrick) 3-2, Jr. (Dec 5-0)
5th Place Match
William DuChemin (Wilmot Union, WI) 4-1, So. over Blake Anderson (Peotone) 3-2, So. (Fall 1:58)
7th Place Match
Joseph Huicochea (West Aurora) 2-2, Sr. over Colin Deatherage (Lakes) 2-3, So. (TF-1.5 1:19 (17-2))
126
1st Place Match
Coji Campbell (Ken. St. Joseph Cath., WI) 5-0, Sr. over Adrian Cohen (Deerfield) 4-1, So. (Fall 0:56)
3rd Place Match
Wyatt Boeing (Quincy Senior) 3-1, Jr. over Danny Martinez (Deerfield) 2-2, So. (Fall 5:17)
5th Place Match
Jacob Smith (Antioch) 3-1, So. over Alexander Schuetz (Hinsdale South) 3-2, Jr. (Dec 8-7)
7th Place Match
Griffen McGrew (Normal West) 1-2, So. over Bye
132
1st Place Match
Deven Casey (IC Catholic Prep) 6-0, Sr. over Demetrios Carrera (Marmion Academy) 4-1, Jr. (Dec 5-1)
3rd Place Match
Lincoln Hoger (Wheaton Academy) 4-1, Jr. over Alexander Shvartsman (Deerfield) 3-2, So. (MD 14-2)
5th Place Match
Jackson Palzet (Deerfield) 3-1, Sr. over Luis Medina (Zion-Benton) 2-2, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:24 (18-2))
7th Place Match
Colton McClure (Mahomet-Seymour) 2-2, Jr. over Abram Rader (Normal West) 1-3, Sr. (Fall 5:10)
138
1st Place Match
Zach Stewart (Marmion Academy) 5-0, Jr. over Jordan Rasof (Deerfield) 4-1, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:00 (20-5))
3rd Place Match
Matt Lucansky (Carmel) 4-1, Sr. over Chris Gerardo (Dundee-Crown) 4-2, Sr. (Dec 1-0)
5th Place Match
Alvarez Jacob (IC Catholic Prep) 4-1, Fr. over Dylan Solesky (Zion-Benton) 3-2, Fr. (TF-1.5 2:56 (18-1))
7th Place Match
Justus Vrona (Mahomet-Seymour) 3-2, Jr. over Caleb Yancoskie (Dundee-Crown) 2-4, Sr. (Fall 5:43)
144
1st Place Match
Aidan Arnett (IC Catholic Prep) 5-0, Fr. over Chase Nobiling (Antioch) 4-1, Jr. (Dec 11-4)
3rd Place Match
Evan Matkovich (West Aurora) 4-1, Jr. over Al Amir Almannai (Hinsdale South) 3-2, Jr. (MD 16-6)
5th Place Match
Jonathan Kopcio (Marmion Academy) 4-1, So. over Tristin King (Rich Township) 5-2, Jr. (MD 16-7)
7th Place Match
Alex Asllani (Carmel) 3-2, Sr. over Ethan Banda (Mundelein) 3-3, Jr. (For.)
150
1st Place Match
Marcus Quintana (West Aurora) 5-0, So. over Eli Roberts (Quincy Senior) 4-1, Sr. (Dec 1-0)
3rd Place Match
Joey Pontrelli (IC Catholic Prep) 4-2, So. over Jadon Wheatley (Dundee-Crown) 5-2, Jr. (MD 8-0)
5th Place Match
Tiras Lombardo (Yorkville Christian) 4-1, Sr. over Jacob Rasof (Deerfield) 3-2, . (Dec 12-11)
7th Place Matc
Gabriel Sarnella (Woodstock) 3-2, So. over Antonio Hinojosa (Carmel) 2-3, Jr. (Inj. 0:00)
157
1st Place Match
Dominic Serio (West Aurora) 5-0, Sr. over Andrew Haritos (Marmion Academy) 4-1, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:20 (17-2))
3rd Place Match
Kevin Hernandez (Mundelein) 5-1, Sr. over John Gray (Yorkville Christian) 3-2, Sr. (Dec 8-4)
5th Place Match
Chasen Kazmierczak (Wheaton Academy) 4-1, Sr. over Rennie Lilo (Quincy Senior) 2-2, So. (Dec 7-0)
7th Place Match
Connor Pasch (Peotone) 3-2, Sr. over Charlie Cross (Deerfield) 2-3, Sr. (Dec 7-6)
165
1st Place Match
Dayne Serio (West Aurora) 5-0, Jr. over Robby Nelson (Yorkville Christian) 4-1, Sr. (SV-1 3-0)
3rd Place Match
Tyler Jones (Wheaton Academy) 4-1, Jr. over AJ Demos (Mahomet-Seymour) 3-2, Sr. (Dec 7-5)
5th Place Match
Gunnar Derhake (Quincy Senior) 3-1, Sr. over Nathan Gorski (Antioch) 2-2, Sr. (Fall 3:18)
7th Place Match
Michael Flatley (Lakes) 2-2, So. over Jadin Billingsley (Rich Township) 3-3, Sr. (Fall 6:25)
175
1st Place Match
Brody Kelly (IC Catholic Prep) 6-0, Jr. over Marco Casillas (Mahomet-Seymour) 4-1, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:04 (19-4))
3rd Place Match
Ben Vazquez (Antioch) 4-1, Sr. over Van Grasser (St. Patrick) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 1:06)
5th Place Match
Josh Rappa (Rolling Meadows) 4-1, Jr. over Benjamin Miller (Hinsdale South) 2-2, So. (MD 20-6)
7th Place Match
Danny Hernandez (Mundelein) 1-2, Jr. over Nick Parker (Rich Township) 2-4, Jr. (Fall 1:51)
190
1st Place Match
Mike Taheny (Richards) 5-0, .over John Rappa (Rolling Meadows) 5-1, Jr. (Fall 3:25)
3rd Place Match
Brock VanDeveer (Mahomet-Seymour) 4-1, Sr. over Zach Anderson (Dundee-Crown) 5-2, Jr. (Fall 2:17)
5th Place Match
Isaac Barrientos (IC Catholic Prep) 4-1, Fr. over Jackson Allen (Yorkville Christian) 3-2, Jr. (MD 11-2)
7th Place Match
Willy Nieves-Pena (Mundelein) 3-2, Sr. over Tim Golden (St. Patrick) 1-3, So. (Fall 0:46)
215
1st Place Match
Foley Calcagno (IC Catholic Prep) 6-0, Jr. over Teigen Moreno (Dundee-Crown) 4-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:52 (22-6))
3rd Place Match
Jeremy Johanik (Wheaton Academy) 4-1, Sr. over Sal Espinoza (St. Patrick) 2-2, Sr. (Fall 0:54)
5th Place Match
Will Pasquire Betanco (Mundelein) 5-1, So. over Phil Daniels (Mahomet-Seymour) 1-2, Jr. (Dec 8-4)
7th Place Match
Xander Oliver (Yorkville Christian) 2-2, Sr. over Azamat Samarov (Deerfield) 1-3, . (Fall 1:12)
285
1st Place Match
Mateusz Nycz (Marmion Academy) 5-0, Sr. over Abisai Hernandez (Mundelein) 5-1, Sr. (Dec 2-0)
3rd Place Match
Garrett Tunnell (Yorkville Christian) 3-1, Sr. over Alfonso Aguilar (West Aurora) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 2:56)
5th Place Match
Anthony Sebastian (IC Catholic Prep) 4-1, So. over Owen Shea (Antioch) 3-2, Jr. (TB-2 3-2)
7th Place Match
Isaiah Tellado (Zion-Benton) 3-2, Sr. over Roy Ramirez (Dundee-Crown) 3-3, Sr. (Fall 2:55)

Team standings for Antioch’s Ted DeRousse Invitational
1. IC Catholic Prep 430.5, 2. West Aurora 356.5, 3, Marmion Academy 349.5, Yorkville Christian 320.5, 5. Deerfield 287.5, 6. St. Patrick 281.0, 7. Quincy Senior 279.5, 8. Mahomet-Seymour 275.5, 9. Mundelein 266.0, 10. Dundee-Crown 207.0, 11. Antioch 200.5, 12. Wheaton Academy 199.0, 13. Hinsdale South 160.0, 14. Normal West 136.0, 15. Zion-Benton 134.0, 16. Lakes 121.0, 17. Carmel 119.5, 18. Woodstock 112.0, 19. Peotone 110.0, 20. Wilmot Union, WI, 107.0, 21. Richards 99.5, 22. Rich Township 95.5, 23. Rolling Meadows 68.5, Ken – St. Joseph Catholic, WI, 56.0.