Orion, LeRoy, Rochester and out of state tournament roundup
By Curt Herron – for the IWCOA
Galesburg takes first at Orion’s 42nd annual Bob Mitton Invite
Galesburg held off challenges from Byron and Rockridge to capture the title at the 42nd annual Bob Mitton Invitational, a 24-team competition that took place in Orion. It was the team’s first invitational title of the season with their previous best showing a third-place finish at Metamora.
Coach Greg Leibach’s champion Silver Streaks claimed first place with 187 points, Byron was second with 180.5 points and Rockridge took third with 176 points. Others in the top-half of the field were Kewanee (168.5), Rock Falls (141.5), Marquette Academy (134), Riverdale (127.5), Clinton (123.5), Macomb (119.5), University High (105), Geneseo JV (104) and Orion (103.5).
1 – Galesburg
Winning championships for the first-place Silver Streaks were Josiah Carter (28-6 at 150) and Anthony Makwala (30-3 at 165) while Orlando Castellano (138) and Larry Randolph (285) placed second and Mason Taylor (175) took third place.
Landon Darst (120) was fourth and Jack Bernardi (157) finished fifth while others who scored points were Xaiden Seaton (126), Jeremie Kumeso (132), Caleb Johnson (144), Braiden Tucker (190) and Javier Tores (215). Also assisting the winning cause were Caiden Dougherty (144), Beaudry Fisk (150) and Landon Petty (215).
“Orion High School hosts a great event that we very much enjoy being a part of,” Leibach said “With the team race being decided by just 6.5 points, it was certainly a whole lineup effort. Whether or not they made the podium, each of our kids knows that their contributions were meaningful toward the team title. I am most proud of the handful of match victories against opponents that bested us earlier in the season. Hopefully our kids recognize those moments as evidence of their growth. Tough challenges are ahead, but this shared accomplishment will give us a dose of energy and momentum for the coming weeks.”
2 – Byron
Top performers for coach Mike Elsbury’s runner-up Tigers were first-place finishers Jackson Norris (21-2 at 120) and Will Julian (25-3 at 157) while Brody Stien (165) and Jared Claunch (285) took third place and Jarett Ross (215) finished fourth. Others who scored points were Dylan Dach (138), Aubin Oliver (144), Damien Palacios (126), Issac Alvarez (175), Cael O’Horo (150), Hunter King (132), Riley Boyer (190) and Aiden Salo (106). Norris tied two others for second place in team points with 32 and Julian tied Nate Lower for ninth with 29.5 team points.
3 – Rockridge
Leading the way for coach Lucas Smith’s third-place Rockets were champions Nate Lower (23-8 at 106) and Jude Finch (26-0 at 138) while Clayton Blumenstein (126) and Thomas Sowards (144) both took second and Preston Brunat (157) and Levi Junis (175) took fourth place. Finch tied for fifth in team points with 31.5 and Lower tied Julian for ninth with 29.5 team points.
Other champions were Clinton’s Brilley Carter (26-8 at 113), Rock Falls’ Adan Oquendo (16-3 at 126), Riverdale’s Dean Wainwright (35-2 at 132), Farmington/ Cuba’s Bradlee Ellis (30-3 at 144), Illini West’s Shawn Watkins (27-2 at 175), Orion’s Maddux Anderson (37-2 at 190), Marquette Academy’s Alex Schaefer (24-8 at 215) and Geneseo JV’s Josh Stahl (285).
Stahl led all competitors with 34 team points while Norris, Schaefer and Watkins tied for second with 32 points. Anderson and Finch collected 31.5 team points, Wainwright had 31 points, Ellis scored 30 points and Julian and Lower both finished with 29.5 team points.
Also finishing in second place were Kewanee’s Tyson Currie (113) and Alejandro Duarte (215), Macomb’s Ethan Hoyt (120) and Cohen Green (157), Marquette Academy’s Reily Leifheit (165) and Landyn Mcemery (175), Amboy/ Ashton-Franklin Center/ LaMoille/ Ohio’s Aden Spinelli (106),
Polo/ Eastland/ Forreston/ Milledgeville’s Lucas Nelson (132), Riverdale’s Kolton Kruse (150) and Clinton’s Kristan Hibbard (190).
Two of the championship matches featured one-point decisions. Those were Oquendo edging Blumenstein 4-3 at 126 and Makwala getting past Leifheit 5-4 at 165.
Others who claimed third-place finishes were Rock Falls’ Scottie Hampton (106) and Logan Thome (132), Sherrard’s Kaden Dutton (157) and Jonathan Weakley (215), St. Bede Academy’s Michael Benge (113), Marquette Academy’s Koby Clark (120), University High’s Ruben Rivera (126), Farmington/ Cuba’s Chase Frye (138), Amboy/ Ashton-Franklin Center/ LaMoille/ Ohio’s Caiden Heath (144), Kewanee’s Ben Taylor (150) and Mercer County’s Bodie Salmon (190).
Additional fourth-place finishers were Geneseo JV’s Kie Smith (132), Dominic Ritter (165) and Wyatt Neumann (190), University High’s Hayden Washum (144) and Josh Caraballo (150), Riverdale’s Ben Porter (106), Farmington/ Cuba’s Parker Zerfass (113), St. Bede Academy’s Max Moreno (126), Marquette Academy’s Beau Thompson (138) and Kewanee’s LeoCadio Gandarilla (285).
Fifth-place finishes were also posted by Rock Falls’ Logan Williamson (138), Tucker Ullrich (144) and Trail Stonitsch (165), University High’s Josh Butler (120) and Charlie Karun (190), Macomb’s Nic Parkins (132) and Jeshua McPheeters (175), Clinton’s Cayden Bostic (106), Camp Point Central/ Brown County/ Southeastern’s Jackson Buehler (113), Kewanee’s Hunter Vancil (126), Amboy/ Ashton-Franklin Center/ LaMoille/ Ohio’s Jose Lopez (150), Monmouth-Roseville’s Alex Gandarilla (215) and Geneseo JV’s Brayden Franzen (285).
Amboy/ Ashton-Franklin Center/ LaMoille/ Ohio’s Jose Lopez led all competitors with six falls, University High’s Ruben Rivera scored a tournament-high 79 match points and Geneseo JV’s Josh Stahl and Dominic Ritter placed 16 spots below their seeds, finishing first and fourth.
Orion Bob Mitton Invitational
Team Scores
1. Galesburg 187, 2. Byron 180.5, 3. Rockridge 176, 4. Kewanee 168.5, 5. Rock Falls 141.5, 6. Ottawa Marquette Academy 134, 7. Riverdale 127.5, 8. Clinton 123.5, 9. Macomb 119.5, 10. University High 105, 11. Geneseo JV 104, 12. Orion 103.5, 13. Sherrard 90.5, 14. Amboy/ Ashton-Franklin Center/ LaMoille/ Ohio 88, 15. St. Bede Academy 77, 16. Camp Point Central/ Brown County/ Southeastern 72, 16. Farmington/ Cuba 72, 18. Mercer County 63.5, 19. Monmouth-Roseville 55.5, 20. Polo/ Eastland/ Forreston/ Milledgeville 54.5, 21. Illini West 38, 22. ROWVA/ Williamsfield 24.5, 23. Monmouth United 14.5, 23. Walther Christian 14.5.
Place matches
106
1st Place Match
Nate Lower (Rockridge) 23-8, Fr. over Aden Spinelli (Amboy/Ashton-Franklin Center/LaMoille/Ohio) 18-7, Fr. (Dec 10-4)
3rd Place Match
Scottie Hampton (Rock Falls) 19-11, So. over Ben Porter (Riverdale) 14-8, So. (Dec 5-2)
5th Place Match
Cayden Bostic (Clinton) 26-9, Fr. over Paxton Buehler (Camp Point Central/Brown County/Southeastern) 26-13, Fr. (Fall 2:15)
113
1st Place Match
Briley Carter (Clinton) 26-8, So. over Tyson Currie (Kewanee) 26-7, Sr. (Dec 15-8)
3rd Place Match
Michael Benge (St. Bede Academy) 22-12, Fr. over Parker Zerfass (Farmington/Cuba) 20-17, So. (Fall 2:29)
5th Place Match
Jackson Buehler (Camp Point Central co-op) 20-19, So. over Finley Sullivan (Riverdale) 22-10, Fr. (Fall 3:30)
120
1st Place Match
Jackson Norris (Byron) 21-2, Sr. over Ethan Hoyt (Macomb) 24-8, Jr. (Fall 2:24)
3rd Place Match
Koby Clark (Ottawa Marquette Academy) 24-9, So. over Landon Darst (Galesburg) 21-16, Fr. (Fall 3:26)
5th Place Match
Josh Butler (University High) 24-11, Sr. over Landon Peterson (Monmouth-Roseville) 22-12, Fr. (TF-1.5 4:27 (16-1))
126
1st Place Match
Adan Oquendo (Rock Falls) 16-3, Jr. over Clayton Blumenstein (Rockridge) 20-7, Jr. (Dec 4-3)
3rd Place Match
Ruben Rivera (University High) 32-6, Jr. over Max Moreno (St. Bede Academy) 27-7, Fr. (Fall 2:24)
5th Place Match.
Hunter Vancil (Kewanee) 24-8, Jr. over Kaleb Sovey (Orion) 24-16, Sr. (Fall 2:31)
132
1st Place Match
Dean Wainwright (Riverdale) 35-2, Jr. over Lucas Nelson (Polo/Eastland/Forreston/Milledgeville) 33-5, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:20 (21-5))
3rd Place Match
Logan Thome (Rock Falls) 29-6, Jr. over Kie Smith (Geneseo JV) 9-4, So. (Fall 4:30)
5th Place Match
Nic Parkins (Macomb) 24-12, Sr. over Chance DeSplinter (Kewanee) 18-11, Jr. (M. For.)
138
1st Place Match
Jude Finch (Rockridge) 26-0, Sr. over Orlando Castellano (Galesburg) 25-10, So. (TF-1.5 2:23 (16-0))
3rd Place Match
Chase Frye (Farmington/Cuba) 29-9, Fr. over Beau Thompson (Ottawa Marquette Academy) 25-10, So. (Dec 12-10)
5th Place Match
Logan Williamson (Rock Falls) 21-14, Sr. over Lain Taylor (Kewanee) 29-10, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:29 (20-2))
144
1st Place Match
Bradlee Ellis (Farmington/Cuba) 30-3, Jr. over Thomas Sowards (Rockridge) 22-5, So. (Dec 6-0)
3rd Place Match
Caiden Heath (Amboy co-op) 26-6, So. over Hayden Washum (University High) 23-10, So. (TF-1.5 4:41 (15-0))
5th Place Match
Tucker Ullrich (Rock Falls) 26-9, So. over Caleb Peterson (Walther Christian) 21-10, Sr. (Fall 4:43)
150
1st Place Match
Josiah Carter (Galesburg) 28-6, Sr. over Kolton Kruse (Riverdale) 36-4, Sr. (MD 17-9)
3rd Place Match
Ben Taylor (Kewanee) 29-2, Sr. over Josh Caraballo (University High) 30-12, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:28 (25-10))
5th Place Match
Jose Lopez (Amboy co-op) 13-12, So. over Paul Schenk (Camp Point Central co-op) 25-15, Sr. (Fall 2:35)
157
1st Place Match
Will Julian (Byron) 25-3, So. over Cohen Green (Macomb) 29-11, Sr. (Dec 6-2)
3rd Place Match
Kaden Dutton (Sherrard) 27-13, Jr. over Preston Brunat (Rockridge) 17-12, Jr. (Dec 8-5)
5th Place Match
Jack Bernardi (Galesburg) 3-2, So. over Harrison Hill (Geneseo JV) 2-2, . (M. For.)
165
1st Place Match
Anthony Makwala (Galesburg) 30-3, Jr. over Reily Leifheit (Ottawa Marquette Academy) 29-4, So. (Dec 5-4)
3rd Place Match
Brody Stien (Byron) 26-5, So. over Dominic Ritter (Geneseo JV) 4-3, So. (Fall 1:26)
5th Place Match
Trail Stonitsch (Rock Falls) 24-11, So. over Atsard Aplogan (Macomb) 26-14, Sr. (Fall 2:47)
175
1st Place Match
Shawn Watkins (Illini West) 27-2, Sr. over Landyn Mcemery (Ottawa Marquette Academy) 27-5, Fr. (Fall 1:03)
3rd Place Match
Mason Taylor (Galesburg) 27-10, Jr. over Levi Junis (Rockridge) 12-12, Fr. (Fall 2:28)
5th Place Match
Jeshua McPheeters (Macomb) 17-14, So. over Ace Lafollette (Kewanee) 28-9, Fr. (M. For.)
190
1st Place Match
Maddux Anderson (Orion) 37-2, Sr. over Kristan Hibbard (Clinton) 26-7, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:06 (17-1))
3rd Place Match
Bodie Salmon (Mercer County) 21-5, Sr. over Wyatt Neumann (Geneseo JV) 7-7, Jr. (Fall 1:02)
5th Place Match
Charlie Karun (University High) 29-16, Sr. over Tyler Hasenour (Riverdale) 4-3 (Dec 10-3)
215
1st Place Match
Alex Schaefer (Ottawa Marquette Academy) 24-8, So. over Alejandro Duarte (Kewanee) 31-3, Sr. (Fall 2:30)
3rd Place Match
Jonathan Weakley (Sherrard) 30-6, Jr. over Jarett Ross (Byron) 18-8, Sr. (Fall 3:03)
5th Place Match
Alex Gandarilla (Monmouth-Roseville) 27-7, Jr. over Aiden Fisher (Orion) 29-7, Sr. (M. For.)
285
1st Place Match
Josh Stahl (Geneseo JV) 5-0 over Larry Randolph (Galesburg) 26-7, Sr. (Fall 3:41)
3rd Place Match
Jared Claunch (Byron) 22-6, Sr. over LeoCadio Gandarilla (Kewanee) 19-8, Sr. (Dec 4-0)
5th Place Match
Brayden Franzen (Geneseo JV) 8-6, Sr. over Jahkei Jones (Rock Falls) 12-8, So. (M. For.)
Oregon wins title at LeRoy’s Randy Bowman Invitational
Oregon capped a run of success in regular season tournaments with the championship of the Randy Bowman Invitational, which took place in LeRoy. It scored 205 points to take top honors in the 22-team competition while Princeton took second place with 172 points and the hosts, LeRoy/ Tri-Valley co-op, claimed third by a 144-143 margin over Oakwood/ Salt Fork co-op.
This was Oregon’s fourth tournament where it finished first or second with its other title at Polo and runner-up finishes at Richmond-Burton and Stillman Valley. In addition, it took fifth place in the 60-team ABE’s Rumble in Springfield to close out the 2024 portion of its schedule.
The rest of the upper half of the field featured El Paso-Gridley (124.5), Shelbyville (97), Lawrence County co-op (95), Warrensburg-Latham/ Maroa-Forsyth co-op (92.5), Pittsfield (83.5), Auburn/ Franklin/ New Berlin co-op (83) and Eureka (73).
1 – Oregon
The lone title winner for coach Justin Lahman’s champion Oregon Hawks was Josiah Perez (29-4 at 113) while Preston LaBay (126) and Nelson Benesh (132) placed second. Claiming third-place finishes were Jackson Messenger (138), Andrew Young (175) and Landen Elder (215) while Landon Ege (126) and Ethan Mowry (157) took fourth. Finishing fifth were Isaiah Perez (120), Jayden Berry (150) and Briggs Sellers (285) while Jordan Lowe (106) took sixth.
Others who contributed to the championship cause were Boone Alderks (120), Leyton Kenney (165) and Seth Rote (190). Sellers was one of five individuals who had a tournament-high four falls. Isaiah Perez ranked third in match points with 23 while Berry tied for fourth in match points with 22. Ege and Sellers tied for second in seed to place difference by improving nine spots.
“The team had a great tournament this weekend against some tough competition,” Lahman said. “We love making the trip south to see some teams we don’t normally get to see during the regular season. This is a good test for the individuals before the postseason tournaments start.
“Everyone knew it was going to take a full six-minute match to beat some of these guys and they did just that. We still have a few guys working back into the lineup as we make our final preparations for the state series.”
2 – Princeton
The runner-up Princeton Tigers, who are coached by 2020 IWCOA Hall of Fame inductee Steve Amy, had four champions, Kane Dauber (33-2 at 132), Ace Christiansen (29-3 at 144), Casey Etheridge (32-2 at 165) and Cade Odell (23-1 at 285) while Jaydon Cooke (126) placed third, Augustus Swanson (120) took fourth place and Ian Morris claimed sixth place (215).
Christiansen led all competitors with 30 team points and tied four others for the most pins with four while Dauber and Etheridge tied with two others for seventh in most team points with 26.
3 – LeRoy/Tri-Valley
Leading the way for coach Brady Sant Amour’s third-place host Panthers were champion Brock Owens (32-7 at 157) and second-place finishers Bo Zeleznik (175) and Tate Sigler (285). Owens ranked third in most team points with 28.
Kobe Brent (150) took third place, Jake Baughman (113) claimed fourth and Gannon Pinkerton (190), who tied four others for the most pins with four, finished in fifth place.
Other Randy Bowman Invitational title winners were Oakwood/ Salt Fork’s Steven Uden (29-4 at 106), Mason Swartz (32-3 at 120) and Pedro Rangel (29-7 at 138), Warrensburg-Latham/ Maroa-Forsyth’s Kaden Roberts (32-1 at 126), Illini Bluffs’ Jackson Carroll (38-0 at 150), Shelbyville’s Tucker Kull (27-4 at 175), Pittsfield’s Tucker Cook (27-7 at 190) and El Paso-Gridley’s Ryden Barker (34-3 at 215).
Christiansen led all champions in team points with 30 while Uden was next with 29 and Owens took third with 28 points. Barker scored 27.5, Kull and Swartz collected 27 points and Dauber, Etheridge, Rangel and Roberts all finished with 26 team points.
Additional second-place finishers were El Paso-Gridley’s Tom Erwin (113) and Dominic Ricconi (190), Warrensburg-Latham/ Maroa-Forsyth’s Logan Roberts (120) and Charlie Wittmer (144), Lawrence County’s Kyler Guercio (106), Knoxville’s Gage Fox (138), Dwight/ Gardner-South Wilmington’s Dylan Crouch (150), Eureka’s Sam Hoffman (157), Shelbyville’s Ryne Peavler (165) and Pittsfield’s Bodine Marable (215).
Some of the closest title matches included Perez edging Erwin 5-4 at 113, Odell getting past Sigler 4-2 at 285 and Dauber defeating Benesh 9-6 at 132.
Also turning in third-place finishers were Oakwood/ Salt Fork’s Brayden Edwards (113) and Tyler Huchel (132), Auburn/ Franklin/ New Berlin’s Eli Hill (106), Illini Bluffs’ Barret Speck (120), Lawrence County’s Hudson Meek (144), Pittsfield’s Jake Oitker (157), Herrin’s Kolby Coffey (165), Knoxville’s Brydon Walters (190) and Shelbyville’s Andre Townsend (285).
Fourth-place finishes were also posted by Heyworth’s Trevor Soice (144) and Jarrod Fulcher (190), El Paso-Gridley’s Kole Petta (106), Shelbyville’s Bodee Fathauer (132), Lawrence County’s Cale Seitzinger (138), Ridgeview/ Lexington’s Judson Stover (150), Rantoul’s Darius Williams (165), Pittsfield’s Fisher McEuen (175), Herrin’s Logan Dirden (215) and Auburn/ Franklin/ New Berlin’s Ayden Williams (285).
And others who claimed fifth place finishes were Eureka’s Finn Hoffman (138) and Jaxon Klaus (144), Heyworth’s Hunter Bockelman (157) and Brody Simons (175), Deer Creek-Mackinaw’s Evan King (106), Herrin’s Brennan Jeralds (113), Oakwood/ Salt Fork’s Pedro Rangel (126), Lawrence County’s Dylan Aten (132), El Paso-Gridley’s Braden Gibson (165) and Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative/ Armstrong’s Landynn Balla (215).
Pittsfield’s Tucker Cook led all competitors with 70 total match points. There was a five-way tie for the most falls with four between Princeton’s Ace Christiansen, LeRoy/ Tri-Valley’s Gannon Pinkerton, Oakwood/ Salt Fork’s Pedro Rangel, Oregon’s Briggs Sellers and Heyworth’s Brody Simons. And Lawrence County’s Dylan Aten had the largest seed to place differential after taking fifth while seeded 20th at 132.
LeRoy/Tri-Valley Randy Bowman Invitational
Team scores
1. Oregon 205, 2. Princeton 172, 3, LeRoy/ Tri-Valley co-op 144, 4. Oakwood/ Salt Fork co-op 143, 5. El Paso-Gridley 124.5, 6. Shelbyville 97, 7. Lawrence County co-op 95., 8. Warrensburg-Latham/ Maroa-Forsyth co-op 92.5, 9. Pittsfield 83.5, 10. Auburn/ Franklin/ New Berlin co-op 83, 11. Eureka 73, 12. Heyworth 60.5, 13. Herrin 53, 14. Knoxville 47.5, 15. Illini Bluffs 45, 16. Rantoul 44, 17. Dwight/ Gardner-South Wilmington co-op 42.5, 18. Ridgeview/ Lexington co-op 23, 19. Deer Creek-Mackinaw 20.5, 20. Midwest Central/ Illini Central co-op 16.5, 21. Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative/ Armstrong co-op 14, 22. Peoria Heights 2.
Place matches
106
1st Place Match
Steven Uden (Oakwood/Salt Fork co-op) 29-4, So. over Kyler Guercio (Lawrence County co-op) 23-6, Fr. (Fall 0:58)
3rd Place Match
Eli Hill (Auburn/Franklin/New Berlin co-op) 15-4, Fr. over Kole Petta (El Paso-Gridley) 27-11, Fr. (Fall 2:33)
5th Place Match
Evan King (Deer Creek-Mackinaw) 21-11, Fr. over Jordan Lowe (Oregon) 21-14, Fr. (Dec 6-3)
113
1st Place Match
Josiah Perez (Oregon) 29-4, Jr. over Tom Erwin (El Paso-Gridley) 34-5, Fr. (Dec 5-4)
3rd Place Match
Brayden Edwards (Oakwood/Salt Fork) 25-12, Sr. over Jake Baughman (LeRoy/Tri-Valley co-op) 21-16, Fr. (Fall 0:20)
5th Place Match
Brennan Jeralds (Herrin) 15-17, So. over Ashtin Allen (Auburn/F/NB) 10-15, Fr. (Fall 1:47)
120
1st Place Match
Mason Swartz (Oakwood/Salt Fork) 32-3, Fr. over Logan Roberts (Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth co-op) 35-2, Sr. (M. For.)
3rd Place Match
Barret Speck (Illini Bluffs) 34-5, Fr. over Augustus Swanson (Princeton) 14-7, Jr. (MD 18-9)
5th Place Match
Isaiah Perez (Oregon) 27-7, Fr. over Nathan Owens (Illini Bluffs) 27-12, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:23 (23-6))
126
1st Place Match
Kaden Roberts (Warrensburg-Latham/M-F) 32-1, Sr. over Preston LaBay (Oregon) 21-4, Sr. (MD 11-2)
3rd Place Match
Jaydon Cooke (Princeton) 12-7, So. over Landon Ege (Oregon) 2-2, So. (Fall 1:39)
5th Place Match
Pedro Rangel (Oakwood/Salt Fork) 20-8, Fr. over Ben Graham (El Paso-Gridley) 17-17, Fr. (Fall 2:54)
132
1st Place Match
Kane Dauber (Princeton) 33-2, Fr. over Nelson Benesh (Oregon) 30-6, So. (Dec 9-6)
3rd Place Match
Tyler Huchel (Oakwood/Salt Fork) 29-6, Jr. over Bodee Fathauer (Shelbyville) 21-6, Jr. (MD 13-4)
5th Place Match
Dylan Aten (Lawrence County) 20-4, Sr. over Drayven Hamm (Auburn/F/NB) 24-14, Jr. (MD 16-7)
138
1st Place Match
Pedro Rangel (Oakwood/Salt Fork) 29-7, Sr. over Gage Fox (Knoxville) 33-9, Sr. (MD 9-1)
3rd Place Match
Jackson Messenger (Oregon) 24-12, Jr. over Cale Seitzinger (Lawrence County) 24-7, Jr. (Fall 3:10)
5th Place Match
Finn Hoffman (Eureka) 22-5, Fr. over Trey Boston (Auburn) 22-11, Fr. (Fall 1:33)
144
1st Place Match
Ace Christiansen (Princeton) 29-3, Sr. over Charlie Wittmer (Warrensburg-Latham/M-F) 35-6, Jr. (Fall 5:16)
3rd Place Match
Hudson Meek (Lawrence County) 27-8, So. over Trevor Soice (Heyworth) 22-10, Jr. (Dec 8-2)
5th Place Match
Jaxon Klaus (Eureka) 8-5, Fr. over Parker Key (El Paso-Gridley) 28-11, Sr. (M. For.)
150
1st Place Match
Jackson Carroll (Illini Bluffs) 38-0, Sr. over Dylan Crouch (Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington co-op) 32-2, Sr. (Dec 10-5)
3rd Place Match
Kobe Brent (LeRoy/Tri-Valley) 33-6, Sr. over Judson Stover (Ridgeview/Lexington co-op) 18-7, Sr. (MD 19-5)
5th Place Match
Jayden Berry (Oregon) 25-14, So. over Daniel Kiser (Lawrence County) 26-14, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:12 (22-6))
157
1st Place Match
Brock Owens (LeRoy/Tri-Valley) 32-7, Sr. over Sam Hoffman (Eureka) 20-8, Jr. (Fall 1:59)
3rd Place Match
Jake Oitker (Pittsfield) 24-12, Jr. over Ethan Mowry (Oregon) 23-11, Sr. (M. For.)
5th Place Match
Hunter Bockelman (Heyworth) 23-17, Sr. over Brandon Almanza (Rantoul) 23-19, Jr. (M. For.)
165
1st Place Match
Casey Etheridge (Princeton) 32-2, Jr. over Ryne Peavler (Shelbyville) 28-4, Jr. (MD 15-7)
3rd Place Match
Kolby Coffey (Herrin) 25-7, Sr. over Darius Williams (Rantoul) 22-9, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:51 (18-0))
5th Place Match
Braden Gibson (El Paso-Gridley) 19-10, So. over Shane Johnson (Warrensburg-Latham/M-F) 24-16, Sr. (Fall 1:44)
175
1st Place Match
Tucker Kull (Shelbyville) 27-4, Sr. over Bo Zeleznik (LeRoy/Tri-Valley) 27-7, Sr. (MD 10-0)
3rd Place Match
Andrew Young (Oregon) 20-5, Sr. over Fisher McEuen (Pittsfield) 15-11, So. (Fall 2:56)
5th Place Match
Brody Simons (Heyworth) 28-13, Fr. over Gavin Bafia (Dwight/GSW) 19-13, Jr. (Fall 5:52)
190
1st Place Match
Tucker Cook (Pittsfield) 27-7, Sr. over Dominic Ricconi (El Paso-Gridley) 24-10, Sr. (MD 10-2)
3rd Place Match
Brydon Walters (Knoxville) 21-6, Jr. over Jarrod Fulcher (Heyworth) 24-14, So. (Fall 2:37)
5th Place Match
Gannon Pinkerton (LeRoy/Tri-Valley) 21-16, Sr. over Ryker Gemberling (Deer Creek-Mackinaw) 29-10, So. (Fall 1:33)
215
1st Place Match
Ryden Barker (El Paso-Gridley) 34-3, Sr. over Bodine Marable (Pittsfield) 27-5, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:24 (17-1))
3rd Place Match
Landen Elder (Oregon) 20-17, Sr. over Logan Dirden (Herrin) 12-10, Sr. (Fall 3:41)
5th Place Match
Landynn Balla (Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative/Armstrong co-op) 27-9, Jr. over Ian Morris (Princeton) 19-9, Sr. (Fall 5:38)
285
1st Place Match
Cade Odell (Princeton) 23-1, Sr. over Tate Sigler (LeRoy/Tri-Valley) 33-6, Sr. (Dec 4-2)
3rd Place Match
Andre Townsend (Shelbyville) 29-5, Sr. over Ayden Williams (Auburn/F/NB) 25-8, Fr. (TF-1.5 5:14 (16-0))
5th Place Match
Briggs Sellers (Oregon) 24-13, Sr. over Jack Kerley (Warrensburg-Latham/M-F) 23-11, Jr. (Fall 0:35)
Lincoln claims championship at Rochester Rocket Invite
Lincoln had four champions and three second-place finishers to help it capture the title at the 18-team Rocket Invite in Rochester. This was the team’s initial invitational championship of the season and their previous top finish was seventh place at Morton.
Coach Justin Dietrich’s champion Railsplitters scored 242.5 to take top honors by 49 points over Seneca, who took second place with 193.5 points. The rest of the top-half of the field featured Rochester (165), Quincy Notre Dame (137), Jersey Community (131.5), Robinson (129), Hillsboro (105.5), East Alton-Wood River (78) and Southeast (75).
1 – Lincoln
Leading the way for Lincoln were champions Cort Pentecost (27-14 at 126), Karter Hild (27-12 at 132), Cam Bell (33-10 at 150) and Dawson McConnell (34-4 at 175) while Ayden Shaw (120), Lakin Adams (138) and Logan Wachendorf (285) claimed second place finishes. McConnell tied Seneca’s Jeremy Gagnon and East Alton-Wood River’s Drake Champlin for first place in most team points with 28.
The Railsplitters also got third-place efforts from Owen Thomas (113) and Aiden Frye (165) while Caleb Zirklebach (215) took fourth place and Ryne Metelko (157) and Soren Aukamp (190) finished fifth. Metelko was seeded 12th so his seven spot differential tied for second-best.
2 – Seneca
Top performers for coach Todd Yegge’s runner-up Fighting Irish were title winners Raiden Terry (35-1 at 113), Nick Grant (27-10 at 165) and Jeremy Gagnon (34-1 at 285) while Landen Venecia (190) placed second. Avery Phillips (138) took fourth, Chris Thompson (106), Wyatt Coop (120) and Sully Feldt (175) finished fifth and Chase Rod (150) settled for sixth.
Gagnon tied Champlin and McConnell for the most team points with 28 while Coop and Feldt tied two others for the most falls with four.
3 – Rochester
Turning in the best finishes for coach Brad Alewelt’s host Rockets, who claimed third place, were champions Pierce Bultmann (32-2 at 106) and Miles Carroll (28-3 at 120) as well as second-place finishers Conner Carroll (113), Drake Pfeiffer (150) and James Escobar (157).
Nic Mrozowski (138) and Connor Broughton (215) took third place, Carly Ho (113) and Colton Maltby (285) finished fourth and Justin Koch (215) placed sixth. Miles Carroll tied two others for the most wins by technical fall with three while Bultmann tied for fourth in team points with 27.5 and Miles Carroll tied for seventh with 26.5 team points.
Other Rocket Invite title winners were Quincy Notre Dame’s Cale Hilbing (29-10 at 144) and Bradi Lahr (32-4 at 157), Robinson’s Broady Kelly (18-2 at 138), Sacred Heart-Griffin’s Casen Lyons (190) and East Alton-Wood River’s Drake Champlin (31-1 at 215).
Also claiming second-place finishes were Jersey Community’s Maddox Williams (106), Jeremiah Farias (144) and Timothy Shea Herrera (175), Quincy Notre Dame’s Oliver Moore (132) and Ryan Darnell (215), Decatur Eisenhower’s Kayson Duffney (126) and Robinson’s Kahne Hyre (165)
There was a three-way tie for the most team points between Champlin, Gagnon and McConnell with 28 while Bultmann and Lyons tied for fourth with 27.5 points, Lahr was next-best with 27 team points, Miles Carroll and Hilbing tied with 26.5 points, Grant collected 26 team points and Ryan Darnell, Bell and Kelly tied for tenth with 25.5 points.
The closest championship match was a 215 where Champlin edged Darnell 9-8 while another tight title match was at 126 where Pentecost won a 13-10 decision over Duffney.
Additional third-place finishers were Jersey Community’s Hunter Hodge (120) and Nicholas Hartley (157), Hillsboro’s Blair Kuhl (132) and Seth Hubbart (175), Southeast’s Frank Kittrell (144) and Chris Hull (190), Robinson’s Grace Elliott (106), Springfield High’s Alan Rodriguez (126), Williamsville’s Matthew Miller (150) and East Alton-Wood River’s Michael Soto (285).
Fourth-place finishes were also turned in by Hillsboro’s Kohl Fuller (106) and Kaden Long (165), Quincy Notre Dame’s Samuel Moore (120) and Abram Zanger (150), Robinson’s Ben Mullins (157) and Lenox Parker (175), Jersey Community’s Bodey Waltz (126), Taylorville’s Lincoln Coffey (132), East Alton-Wood River’s Tyler Adams (144) and Lanphier’s Jaylen Crowder (190). Moore had the largest seed-place difference, being seeded 12th and placing fourth.
Others who finished in fifth place were Pinckneyville’s James Epplin (113), Trevor Fath (165) and Daegan Eisenhauer (215), Riverton’s Harrison Lott (126), East Alton-Wood River’s Jamal Burgess (132), Southeast’s Brayden McBride (138), Hillsboro’s Gaven Vollintine (144), Springfield High’s Cody L Stevens (150) and Lanphier’s Derek Lawson (285)
Several fifth-place finishers also led in key statistics. Eisenhauer and McBride tied Seneca’s Wyatt Coop and Sully Feldt for first for the most falls with four while Lott and Stevens tied Rochester’s Miles Carroll for the most wins by technical fall with three. Stevens also had the most total match points with 71 while Lott was next with 68.
Rochester Rocket Invite
Team scores
1. Lincoln 242.5, 2. Seneca 193.3, 3. Rochester 165, 4. Quincy Notre Dame, 5. Jersey Community 131.5, 6. Robinson 129, 7. Hillsboro 105.5, 8. East Alton-Wood River 78, 9. Southeast 75, 10. Sacred Heart-Griffin 52, 11. Pinckneyville 48, 12. Springfield High 45.5, 13. Lanphier 44.5, 14. Taylorville 37.5, 15. Decatur Eisenhower 27, 15. Williamsville 27, 17. Riverton 14.5, 18. Illinois United 4.
Place matches
106
1st Place Match
Pierce Bultmann (Rochester) 32-2, So. over Maddox Williams (Jersey Community) 25-4, Fr. (Fall 1:56)
3rd Place Match
Grace Elliott (Robinson) 24-11, Fr. over Kohl Fuller (Hillsboro) 26-10, Fr. (Fall 2:24)
5th Place Match
Chris Thompson (Seneca) 24-11, Fr. over Jayce McMillon (Taylorville) 18-16, Fr. (Fall 1:18)
113
1st Place Match
Raiden Terry (Seneca) 35-1, So. over Conner Carroll (Rochester) 13-1, Sr. (Dec 5-0)
3rd Place Match
Owen Thomas (Lincoln) 13-25, Jr. over CARLY HO (Rochester) 1-2, So. (TF-1.5 3:44 (23-8))
5th Place Match
James Epplin (Pinckneyville) 10-9, Fr. over Alex Woudenberg (Springfield High) 5-23, Fr. (Fall 3:22)
120
1st Place Match
Miles Carroll (Rochester) 28-3, So. over Ayden Shaw (Lincoln) 20-11, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:14 (17-0))
3rd Place Match
Hunter Hodge (Jersey Community) 13-10, Jr. over Samuel Moore (Quincy Notre Dame) 18-20, Fr. (Fall 0:54)
5th Place Match
Wyatt Coop (Seneca) 19-16, Jr. over Landon Bandy (Hillsboro) 18-15, So. (Fall 1:52)
126
1st Place Match
Cort Pentecost (Lincoln) 27-14, Sr. over Kayson Duffney (Decatur Eisenhower) 9-3, Sr. (Dec 13-10)
3rd Place Match
Alan Rodriguez (Springfield High) 15-16, Sr. over Bodey Waltz (Jersey Community) 18-9, Fr. (Dec 16-12)
5th Place Match
Harrison Lott (Riverton) 4-1, So. over Jacob Booher (Robinson) 23-14, Sr. (MD 13-3)
132
1st Place Match
Karter Hild (Lincoln) 27-12, Sr. over Oliver Moore (Quincy Notre Dame) 23-4, Sr. (Dec 7-1)
3rd Place Match
Briar Kuhl (Hillsboro) 19-14, Jr. over Lincoln Coffey (Taylorville) 16-21, So. (Fall 2:22)
5th Place Match
Jamal Burgess (East Alton-Wood River) 18-9, Sr. over Karson Beenenga (Southeast) 14-11, So. (Fall 3:25)
138
1st Place Match
Broady Kelly (Robinson) 18-2, Jr. over Lakin Adams (Lincoln) 21-14, Jr. (Dec 11-4)
3rd Place Match
Nic Mrozowski (Rochester) 24-10, So. over Avery Phillips (Seneca) 28-9, Jr. (Fall 1:57)
5th Place Match
Brayden McBride (Southeast) 7-3, Sr. over Austin Shull (Quincy Notre Dame) 13-14, Jr. (Fall 1:51)
144
1st Place Match
Cale Hilbing (Quincy Notre Dame) 29-10, So. over Jeremiah Farias (Jersey Community) 15-6, So. (TF-1.5 4:33 (17-2))
3rd Place Match
Frank Kittrell (Southeast) 21-8, Sr. over Tyler Adams (East Alton-Wood River) 18-14, Sr. (Fall 0:49)
5th Place Match
Gaven Vollintine (Hillsboro) 21-13, Sr. over Jeremy Judd (Sacred Heart-Griffin) 3-2, Fr. (Fall 0:55)
150
1st Place Match
Cam Bell (Lincoln) 33-10, So. over Drake Pfeiffer (Rochester) 22-4, Sr. (Dec 9-2)
3rd Place Match
Matthew Miller (Williamsville) 22-6, Jr. over Abram Zanger (Quincy Notre Dame) 12-5, So. (Fall 0:53)
5th Place Match
Cody L Stevens (Springfield High) 22-15, Sr. over Chase Rod (Seneca) 13-13, Fr. (TF-1.5 4:00 (16-0))
157
1st Place Match
Bradi Lahr (Quincy Notre Dame) 32-4, Jr. over James Escobar (Rochester) 27-8, So. (MD 12-0)
3rd Place Match
Nicholas Hartley (Jersey Community) 18-6, Jr. over Ben Mullins (Robinson) 26-4, So. (Dec 9-5)
5th Place Match
Ryne Metelko (Lincoln) 23-18, Jr. over Cameron Judkins (Jersey Community) 11-10, Jr. (Fall 1:29)
165
1st Place Match
Nick Grant (Seneca) 27-10, Sr. over Kahne Hyre (Robinson) 25-6, Sr. (Fall 5:15)
3rd Place Match
Aiden Frye (Lincoln) 29-11, Sr. over Kaden Long (Hillsboro) 21-12, Sr. (MD 13-2)
5th Place Match
Trevor Fath (Pinckneyville) 23-12, Jr. over Trevor Tucker (Jersey Community) 14-9, So. (Fall 3:46)
175
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Dawson McConnell (Lincoln) 34-4, Sr. over Timothy Shea Herrera (Jersey Community) 17-7, Sr. (Fall 1:34)
3rd Place Match
Seth Hubbart (Hillsboro) 15-7, Sr. over Lenox Parker (Robinson) 15-8, Jr. (Fall 2:14)
5th Place Match
Sully Feldt (Seneca) 12-10, Sr. over peyton Grindstaff (Jersey Community) 10-7, So. (Fall 1:51)
190
1st Place Match
Casen Lyons (Sacred Heart-Griffin) 4-0, So. over Landen Venecia (Seneca) 23-7, Jr. (Fall 1:35)
3rd Place Match
Chris Hull (Southeast) 22-8, Jr. over Jaylen Crowder (Lanphier) 14-5 (Fall 5:24)
5th Place Match
Soren Aukamp (Lincoln) 29-11, Sr. over Olan Lentz (Hillsboro) 13-21, Jr. (MD 10-0)
215
1st Place Match
Drake Champlin (East Alton-Wood River) 31-1, Sr. over Ryan Darnell (Quincy Notre Dame) 35-6, Sr. (Dec 9-8)
3rd Place Match
Connor Broughton (Rochester) 20-12, Jr. over Caleb Zirklebach (Lincoln) 17-11, Jr. (Fall 5:18)
5th Place Match
Daegan Eishenhauer (Pinckneyville) 13-7, Sr. over Justin Koch (Rochester) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 0:19)
285
1st Place Match
Jeremy Gagnon (Seneca) 34-1, Sr. over Logan Wachendorf (Lincoln) 20-11, Sr. (Fall 3:30)
3rd Place Match
Michael Soto (East Alton-Wood River) 20-9, Jr. over Colton Maltby (Rochester) 19-16, So. (Fall 1:03)
5th Place Match
Derek Lawson (Lanphier) 12-17, Sr. over Jessiah Lee (Robinson) 11-12, Jr. (Fall 2:50)
Out of state tournament roundups
Four from Illinois claim titles at Lueders Invite in Clinton, Iowa
While none of the nine teams from Illinois that participated in the 50th annual Bob Lueders Invitational in Clinton, Iowa finished better than fifth place, four of their individuals captured championships and eight others competed in title matches in the 21-team competition.
Lena-Winslow/ Stockton scored 161 points to finish fifth and Newman Central Catholic collected 145 points to claim sixth place. Others from east of the Mississippi River that were in the field were Rock Island, Sterling, Quincy Senior, United Township, Morrison, Erie/ Prophetstown and Fulton. Linn-Mar outscored Pleasant Valley 267-224 to claim top honors in the tournament.
Newman Central Catholic had two title winners, Briar Ivey (35-2 at 157) and Daniel Kelly (30-0 at 165) while Sterling’s Zyan Westbrook (26-2 at 132) and Lena-Winslow/Stockton’s Oliver McPeek (33-3 at 190) also claimed first-place finishes.
There were three championship matches that featured two individuals from Illinois schools. The closest of those came at 132 where Westbrook won 3-1 on a tiebreaker over a third finalist for Newman Central Catholic, Landon Blanton.
In the 157 finals, Ivey captured a 19-7 major decision over United Township’s Kayden Marolf and in the title match at 190, McPeek won by fall in 3:23 over Rock Island’s Rowan Stockwell.
Kelly was the lone Illinois champion who faced an Iowa opponent and he remained unbeaten in 30 matches with a victory by technical fall in 6:00 over Pleasant Valley’s Chase Cournoyer.
McPeek tied Linn-Mar’s Philip Jacobs for the most team points with 32 while Ivey tied for eighth with 29 points and Kelly was next-best with 28.5 team points.
The two leaders in team points, McPeek and Philips, were also the only two to record four falls. And Kelly tied for second place with two others for the most wins by technical fall with three.
Newman Central Catholic had a fourth finalist, Landon Near at 106, and he lost by fall in 0:44 to Davenport Assumption’s Rhyis Polenske.
Two other individuals from Lena-Winlow/ Stockton reached the finals, one was Eli Larson at 175, but he got pinned in 4:51 by Linn-Mar’s Philip Jacobs. The other was Jeremiah Luke at 215, but he lost by technical fall in 5:16 to Central DeWitt’s Chris Wrage.
Rock Island had another individual who advanced to the title mat, Antonio Parker at 144, but he dropped a 7-2 decision to a competitor from the host River Kings, Danny Peters.
Quincy Senior had one individual who reached the title mat, Eli Zanger at 285, but he dropped a 4-2 decision to Pleasant Valley’s Cary Cox.
Individuals from Illinois who captured third-place finishes were Lena-Winslow/ Stockton’s Arrison Bauer (144) and Erie/ Prophetstown’s Wyatt Goossens (157).
Illinois competitors who finished in fourth place were Lena-Winslow/ Stockton’s Mauricio Glass (138) and Morrison’s Brady Anderson (165).
Fifth-place finishers from Illinois schools were Newman Central Catholic’s Zhyler Hansen (126), Morrison’s Caleb Modglin (144) and Lena-Winslow/ Stockton’s John Mensendike (165).
Athletes from Illinois who claimed sixth-place finishes were Erie/ Prophetstown’s Aidan Jepson (144) and Jordae Crow (175), Quincy Senior’s Clayton McClelland (113) and Sterling’s Landon Kenney (150).
Edwardsville boys second at Hickman Invite in Columbia, Missouri
Edwardsville went 4-for-4 on the title mat and finished in second place to Missouri power Hickman at the Hickman Boys Invitational, which took place in Columbia, Missouri. The host Kewpies finished with 379 points while coach Eric Pretto’s Tigers, who were the only one of the 21 teams that wasn’t from Missouri, scored 333.5 points to finish well ahead of Northwest (285).
This is the Tigers’ third-top five tournament finish of the season. They won the title at Francis Howell North and took fifth place at the Dvorak.
Winning championships for Edwardsville were Michael McNamara (30-5 at 106), Simon Schulte (26-9 at 190), Roman Janek (26-5 at 215) and Riley Steinkuehler (24-4 at 285).
In the 106 finals, McNamara was a winner by technical fall in 4:00 over Battle’s Finn Wilson. In the 190 title match, Schulte recorded a fall in 2:49 over Lee’s Summit North’s Tyler Andrade.
Janek won the 215 championship with a 7-1 decision over Republic’s Chase Hicks. And in the 285 title match, Steinkuehler captured a 10-3 decision over Northwest’s Evan Stamm.
McNamara ranked second in most team points with 45.5, which was 1.5 points behind the leader, Holt’s Chad Benwell. Janek tied one other individual for fourth in team points with 43.5 while Schulte collected 39.5 team points, which ranked him eighth in that category.
Janek and McNamara also tied five others for second place for the most pins with five and Janek accomplished his feat in only 3:05. McNamara also tied two others for the most combined pins and wins by technical fall with six.
The Tigers also received third-place finishes from Bryson Nuttall (120), Levi Wilkinson (126) and Blake Mink (144) while Chace Matheny (113) and Brendan Landau (175) finished fourth.
Logan Hiller (150) had the largest seed to place differential with 14 after being seeded 19th and placing fifth while Graham Taylor (165) and Dom Dykstra (215) finished in sixth place.
Belleville West boys third at Fort Zumwalt South Invite in Missouri
Belleville West’s boys had two champions and two second-place finishers to help them take third place at Fort Zumwalt South’s FZS Invitational in St. Peters, Missouri.
Coach Bob Dahm’s Maroons finished with 146.5 points, which was six ahead of fourth-place Eureka, MO and 10 points behind the hosts in a 16-team tournament which was won by Warrenton, MO with 170 points. Belleville West was the lone non-Missouri team in the field.
Winning championships for the Maroons were Ethan Hofmeister (14-2 at 190) and Justin Riley (24-8 at 215). In the finals, Hofmeister won with a fall in 5:01 over Pattonville’s Josh Schindler while Riley captured an 18-4 major decision over Fort Zumwalt West’s Christian Tucker.
Riley led all competitors with 58 total match points. He also tied two individuals for fourth place in most team points with 26 and also tied two for the most wins by technical fall with two.
Claiming second-place finishes for Belleville West were Alex Ramo (165) and Shamontae Matthews (285), who lost 8-5 by sudden victory in the 285 finals to Fort Zumwalt South’s Junior Rudd while Ramo got pinned in 0:54 by Troy Buchanan’s Blake Tharp in the 165 title match.
Also for the Maroons, Wyatt Dahm (106), Aiden Colbert (144) and Kadin Alexander (157) finished fourth while DeMario Walters (113) and Hollan Schaefer (126) placed sixth. Alexander had the second-largest seed to place difference after being seeded 11 and taking fourth.
Three champions, five finalists at MICDS Lewis Invite in St. Louis
Cahokia and Althoff Catholic both had a champion and a runner-up and Alton also had a title winner as the three joined Belleville East as the lone Illinois entrants in the 26-team Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School Eric Lewis Invitational, which took place in St, Louis.
Cahokia (169.5) took sixth, Althoff Catholic (129) was tenth, Alton (94) placed 12th and Belleville East (78.5) finished 15th in a competition that was won by Kirkwood, Missouri with 275.5 points.
In the only all-Illinois title match at 106, Cahokia’s Nathan Fisher (14-4) won 11-8 in sudden victory over Althoff Catholic’s Jacobi Cobbs. At 126, Althoff Catholic’s Dawson Hawthorne (22-0) remained unbeaten and captured a 17-6 major decision over Kirkwood’s Dylan Crupper.
At 150, Alton’s Brayden Drew (32-10) claimed an 11-6 decision over St. Pius X’s Owen Staat. And in the other title match involving an Illinois athlete at 120, Cahokia’s Jamarcus Agnew took second place after dropping a 4-0 decision to Kirkwood’s Wyatt Maxville.
Claiming third place were Cahokia’s Martez Willliams (190) and Demarco Clark (285), and finishing fourth was Belleville East’s Cartell Merriweather (165).
Placing fifth was Alton’s Austin Jones (106) and claiming sixth place were Althoff Catholic’s Ryan Hogue (150) and Austin Wilkinson (157) as well as Alton’s Marshall Skelton (138) and Cahokia’s Mark Norris (144)
Hawthorne ranked eighth in team points with 40 while Drew tied for ninth with 39 team points. Cahokia’s Williams tied two others for the most falls with five. Belleville East’s Merriweather ranked third in largest seed to place differential after placing fourth at 165 as the 28th-seed.