Girls tournament recap: Jacksonville, Bradley-Bourbonnais, Palatine, GB North

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

Jacksonville Crimsons Girls Invitational

Belleville West was at it again on Saturday.

One week after winning the team title at the 33-team Joe Bee Memorial tournament, coach Mech Spraggins’ girls entered a field of 42 teams at Jacksonville’s Crimsons Girls Invite and again walked away with the top prize.

The Maroons won 146.5-137 over Collinsville in a hard-fought battle in Jacksonville. Triad (129.5) placed third, followed by Mahomet-Seymour (96) and Westville (92) to round out the top five.

Belleville West got a title from unbeaten Brooke Stellhorn (15-0 at 190), her third tournament win this season, to lead the Knights’ stable of eight girls finishing in the top six of their weight classes.
And none were any more pivotal than sophomore Dasonni Greene.

“Dasonni Greene is my third string 170-pounder who I asked to step up while my other 170-pounders were out for personal reasons,” Spraggins said. “Warming up before the tournament,  I kinda go around to each girl and see how they feel and joke about what time they went to bed. I stopped at Dasonni and said “it’s on you to pick up the slack.”

“That she did, as she would be a deciding factor on winning our first Jacksonville tournament.”
Dasonni’s third-place finish helped key the team win — which the Belleville West girls weren’t even aware of until after they’d loaded up the team bus and left Jacksonville.

At tournament’s end, Collinsville was given the team title. But as Belleville West was on the highway home, an astute look at the results by a dedicated member of the program turned things around.
“Sarah Pacha is a Trackwrestling statistician and our dietician/team mom and everything else that I can’t handle on the team,” Spraggins said. “She discovered Dasonni’s points hadn’t been factored in. I immediately had her contact Jacksonville’s tournament director Josh Stuart who acted promptly, seeing there was an issue and immediately looked into the scoring. He straightened the problem out immediately, which actually gave us the edge over Collinsville for first place.”

1st- Belleville West (146.5)

In addition to Stellhorn’s individual title, Spraggins also got a second-place finish from Riley Weems (110), a third from Dasonni Greene (170), a fourth from Ja’yla Hurst (135), fifths from Alyssa Hardt (140) and Andre’a Kirkpatrick (235), and sixths from Haylee Hooks (115) and Moriah Lampley (155).

2nd- Collinsville (137)
Coach Adam Gillespie got individual titles from Londyn Long (120) and Leann Cory (145), a second from Addyson Bailey (140), and fifths from Ivana Torres (110) and Emma Ford (120).

3rd- Triad (129.5)
Makenna Steele (135) and Kaitlin Wood (155) won titles for the Knights, who also got a fifth-place finish from Terryiah Lamb-Carraway (170) and sixths from Daisy Smith (120), Imani Hawkins (130) and Beckah Burrelsman (235).

Team scores
Belleville West 146.5, Collinsville 137, Triad 129.5, Mahomet-Seymour 96, Westville 92, Glenwood 86, Jacksonville 83, East Peoria 82.5, Urbana 81.5, Mascoutah 68, Carbondale 52, Unity 52, Charleston 46, Rantoul 46, Vandalia 44, ROWVA 41, Normal West 38, Canton 34, El Paso-Gridley 34, Decatur Eisenhower 33, Macomb 32, Peoria Notre Dame 32, Alton 29, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/ Fisher 29, Mt. Zion 27.5, Centennial 27, Illinois Valley Central 27, Mt. Vernon 26, Olympia 24.5, Beardstown 23, O’Fallon 23, North Mac 19, Hillsboro 17, Morton 17, Farmington 16.5, Highland 16, Rochester 16, Clinton 13, Heyworth 11, Taylorville 10.5, Jerseyville 7

Additional champions
100 Kadi Wilbern (Glenwood), 105 Shayla Garner (Mascoutah), 110 Leena Cavender (Jacksonville), 115 Kiana Mayne (El Paso-Gridley), 120 Morgan Krone-Smallhorn (Charleston), 130 Sydney Cannon (Mt. Zion), 140 Rickasia Ivy (Urbana), 170 Jaycee Weitekamp (Mahomet-Seymour), 235 Phoenix Molina (Unity)

Additional runners-up
100 Jasmine Johnson (Rantoul), 105 Jhayla Lawson (Mascoutah), 115 Kiley Knight (Westville, 120 Kathleen Loyola (Carbondale), 125 Aryanna Jones (Alton), 130 Ava Beldo (Unity), 135 Kyah Kaonohi (East Peoria), 145 Kyla Ford (Carbondale), 155 Dezyrae Murray (East Peoria), 170 Brynn Swyers (Vandalia), 190 Addison Briggs (Westville), 235 Lillian Disanto (Urbana)

The unbeatens (10-match minimum)
Mt. Zion’s Sydney Cannon (13-0 at 130), Urbana’s Rickasia  Ivy (19-1 at 140), Belleville West’s Brooke Shellhorn (15-0 at 190)

The once-beatens (10-match minimum)
Triad’s Makenna Steele (13-1 at 135)

Championship match results
100-Kadi Wilbern (Glenwood) F 1:39 Jasmine Johnson (Rantoul)
105-Shayla Garner (Mascoutah) F 2:34 Jhayla Lawson (Mascoutah)
110-Leena Cavender (Jacksonville) D 6-1 Riley Weems (Belleville W)
115-Kiana Mayne (El Paso-G) F 1:10 Kiley Knight (Westville)
120-Morgan Krone-Smallhorn (Charleston) TF 4:28 Kathleen Loyola (Carbondale)
125-Londyn Long (Collinsville) F 5:10 Aryanna Jones (Alton)
130-Sydney Cannon (Mt. Zion) F 1:40 Ava Beldo (Unity)
135-Makenna Steele (Triad) F 1:21 Kyah Kaonohi (E Peoria)
140-Rickasia Ivy (Urbana) F 2:00 Addyson Bailey (Collinsville)
145-Leann Cory (Collinsville) F 1:28 Kyla Ford (Carbondale)
155-Kaitlin Wood (Triad) F 0:51 Dezyrae Murray (E Peoria)
170-Jaycee Weitekamp (Mahomet-S) F 2:48 Brynn Swyers (Vandalia)
190-Brooke Stellhorn (Belleville W) F 2:40 Addison Briggs (Westville)
235-Phoenix Molina (Unity) F 3:18 Lillian Disanto (Urbana)

Third-place results
100-Chloe Collins (Olympia) F 1:24 Elizabeth Austin (Morton)
105-Madilyn Becker (Mahomet-S) fft. Sandy Clark (Clinton)
110-Annalee Haschemeyer (Canton) F 4:38 Jaylynn Elmore (ROWVA)
115-Kaitlyn Knight (Jacksonville) fft. Asher Ronan (North Mac)
120-Lucie Eisenbarth (Rochester) D 5-2 Lilyana Malagon (Illinois Valley C)
125-Zoey Nelson (Mascoutah) F 1:58 Maryn Tarver (Hillsboro)
130-Daisy Gil (Beardstown) F 2:50 Laney Cook (Westville)
135-Sammy Baker (Notre Dame) D 6-5 Ja’yla Hurst (Belleville W)
140-Elsie Dozier (Glenwood) F 3:40 Makenna Roedl (Westville)
145-McKenzie Miller (GCMS/F) F 1:14 Dru Hyde (Macomb)
155-Arian Sabu (Normal W) F 0:46 Zaniah Manuel (Eisenhower)
170-Dasonni Greene (Belleville W) F 3:16 Mallory Feldhaus (E Peoria)
190-Avery Lundgren (Macomb) F 2:27 Patience Riggs (ROWVA)
235-Olivia Rosine (Charleston) TF 6:00 Madeleine Cooley (Jacksonville)

Bradley-Bourbonnais’ Boilermaker Battler

Triad conquered the field at this year’s 23-team Bradley-Bouronnais Boilermaker Battler, winning 163-140 over second-place host Bradley-Bourbonnais. Lane (139.5) placed third followed by Plainfield South (131) and South Elgin (121) to round out the top five.

Four Triad girls reached the finals for coach Lucas Bernal, and eight total girls finished in the top six of their weight classes.

“I thought our ladies stepped up and made a statement with grit and determination,” Bernal said. “We are traveling more this season to seek out more competition. We knew coming in there were going to be some tough teams.

“We put four girls in the finals with our team captain Cloe Graumenz leading the way

  The rest of our ladies battled and sealed the team race for us.”
The Knights added a team title to a growing resume this season. They also placed second at Granite City’s 29-team tournament on Dec. 5, and a third-place finish at Jacksonville’s 42-team Crimsons invitational.

“Triad girls wrestling is having our best season yet,” Bernal said. “Sophomore Makena Steele has made the finals in each of our tournaments. Another standout is senior Kaitlin Wood who has also made multiple finals and has excelled.

“My assistant coach Ali Hillard works a lot with our girls and has really been the foundation of our team’s success. We are very proud of what we have accomplished and where we are heading.”

1st-Triad (163)
Triad had four second-place finishers lead the way to a team title in Cloe Graumenz (115), Imani Hawkins (130), Makenna Steele (135), and Beckah Burrelsman (235). The Knights also got a third from Adaliah Roth (145), a fourth from Kaitlin Wood (155), and fifths from Daisy Smith (120) and Terryiah Lamb-Carraway (170).

2nd-Bradley-Bourbonnais (140)
The Boilermakers got a pair of individual titles from Aubrianna Rapier (135) and Kaylee Morris (235), a second from Kylie Rapier (155), a third from Alexis McCullough (170), fourths from Rihanna Randall (110) and Gabriella Morrs (145), and sixths from Ember McGarvey (145) and Mya Robinson (170).

3rd-Lane (139.5)
Lane got a pair of individual titles from returning state qualifiers Sofia Guerrero (100) and Zabby Badru (140), plus thirds from Allison Gutierrez (135) and Layla Moreland (155), a fourth from Kanaiece Barrett (170), and a sixth from Valeria Hernandez (105).

Team scores
Triad 163, Bradley-Bourbonnais 140, Lane 139.5, Plainfield South 131, South Elgin 121, Harlem 95.5, Tinley Park 86, Deerfield 85, Princeton 83.5, St. Charles East 74.5, Kankakee 58.5, Streator 51, Lake Park 50, Clifton Central 46.5, St. Thomas More 39, Plainfield Central 30, Rantoul 32, Prairie Central 30, Herscher 24, Manual 22, Oakwood/ Salt Fork 17, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 15, Plainfield North 9

Additional individual champions
105 Rylee Beckes (Princeton), 110 Sydney Stieb (St. Charles East), 115 Laila Vaughn (Streator), 120 returning state qualifier Yurithdzy Vilchis (Prairie Central), 125 Taniyah Sherman (Kankakee), 130 Madison Heneks (Harlem), 145 Jaqueline Martinez (South Elgin), 155 returning fourth in state Allison Garbacz (South Elgin), 170 returning state qualifier Layla Spann (Plainfield South), 190 returning state runner-up Payton Temple (Clifton Central)

Additional runners-up
100 Mya Olejiniczak (Harlem), 105 Reese Nicolas (Lake Park), 110 Madison Poll (St. Thomas More), 120 Jayden Melendez (Tinley Park), 125 Jadeyn Klingenberg (Princeton), 140 Tamirea Welch (Kankakee), 145 Madison Mauer (Deerfield), 170 Henna Mullikin (Herscher), 190 Kimyra Patrick (Plainfield South)

Statistics
Triad finished with the most pins of any team with 19, followed by South Elgin and Bradley-Bourbonnais with 17 apiece. Princeton had the most tech falls of any team present with three. Plainfield South finished with the most total match points with 185 followed by Lane with 165.
Individually, South Elgin’s Annie Romo had the most pins in the least time, with five falls in 5:08. Princeton’s Abby Harris had two tech falls in 6:13 to lead the field with the most techs in the least time and St. Charles East’s Sydney Stieb had the day’s fastest tech fall in 1:04. Princeton’s Harris also scored the most total match points with 56, followed by Harlem’s Eve Tollett with 43.

Championship match results
100-Sofia Guerrero (Lane) D 20-16 Mya Olejiniczak (Harlem)
105-Rylee Beckes (Princeton) F 1:54 Reese Nicolas (Lake Park)
110-Sydney Stieb (SC East) F 1:33 Madison Poll (St. Thomas More)
115-Laila Vaughn (Streator) MD 17-9 Cloe Graumenz (Triad)
120-Yurithdzy Vilchis (Prairie C) F 1:27 Jayden Melendez (Tinley Park)
125-Taniyah Sherman (Kankakee) F 1:23 Jadeyn Klingenberg (Princeton)
130-Madison Heneks (Harlem) F 1:45 Imani Hawkins (Triad)
135-Aubrianna Rapier (Bradley-B) F 0:31 Makenna Steele (Triad)
140-Zabby Badru (Lane) F 3:12 Tamira Welch (Kankakee)
145-Jaqueline Martinez (S Elgin) F 4:31 Madison Mauer (Deerfield)
155-Allison Garbacz (S Elgin) F 1:47 Kylie Rapier (Bradley-B)
170-Layla Spann (Plainfield S) F 2:20 Henna Mullikin (Herscher)
190-Payton Temple (Clifton C) F 3:01 Kimyra Patrick (Plainfield S)
235-Kaylee Morris (Bradley-B) F 1:35 Beckah Burrelsman (Triad)

Third-place match results
100-Jasmine Johnson (Rantoul) F 0:18 Kiani Nevel (Harlem)
105-Leila Ruiz (S Elgin) F 1:46 Veronica Mendoze (Rantoul)
110-Anni Romo (S Elgin) F 2:57 Rihanna Randall (Bradley-B)
115-Abby Harris (Princeton) D 13-10 Kate Wochner (Oakwood)
120-Alexia Kachiroubas (Plainfield S) MD 11-1 Autumn Badon (SC East)
125-Elida Garcia (Lake Park) F 0:48 Eve Tollett (Harlem)
130-Uliana Persky (Deerfield) F 0:49 Madi Radke (S Elgin)
135-Allison Gutierrez (Lane) F 0:56 Abigail Harris (Tinley Park)
140-Rylee Hernandez (Tinley Park) F 0:28 Olivia Pearson (SC East)
145-Adaliah Roth (Triad) F 0:40 Gabriella Morris (Bradley-B)
155-Layla Moreland (Lane) F 2:52 Kaitlin Wood (Triad)
170-Alexis McCullough (Bradley B) F 1:25 Kenaiece Barrett (Lane)
190-Zanasia Simmons (Manual) Avalena Wunderlich (Princeton)
235-Tash Wilson (Plainfield S) TF 15-0 Estella Godinez (Tinley Park)

5th Sally Berman Tournament

That Homewood-Flossmoor carried off the championship trophy was a testament to its tourney-best 20 pins, and 229 total match points claimed.

The Vikings didn’t have an individual champion but depth and balance carried the day; nine of coach Scott Aronson’s girls medaled in the top six of their weight classes.

Homewood-Flossmoor won 150.5-138.5 over second-place Grant, as one of six teams finishing with more than 100 team points in a highly-competitive chase for the team title.

Conant (124) placed third, followed by West Chicago (119), District 230 (118.5) and Downers Grove South (107.0) in a tight race at Palatine.

Final Team Standings:

Homewood-Flossmoor 150.5, Grant 138.5, Conant 124.0, West Chicago 119.0, District 230 118.5, Downers Grove South 107.0, Oswego East 90.0, Round Lake 85.5, Lake Zurich 81.0, Bolingbrook 80.5, Bartlett/Palatine 80.0 (each), Grayslake North 72.5, Lakes Community 68.0, Zion-Benton 67.5, Evanston 57.0, Hinsdale South 55.0, New Trier 54.5, Oak Forest 49.0, Dundee-Crown 46.5, Burlington Central 33.0, Waukegan 27.0, Fremd 23.0, St. Viator 23.0

1st: Homewood-Flossmoor (150.5)

The Lady Vikings would medal in nine of the 14 weight classes on Saturday, led by second-place finishes from Rachel Nugin (170) and Kendra Hayden (190), thirds from returning state qualifier Lonon Gandy (125) and Amara Nwoye (130), fourths from Kennedy Dade (140) and Na’imah Lemon (155), and sixths from Taniyah Bradley (120), Madelynn McClements (135) and Denise Brown (145).

2nd: Grant (138.5)

Second place Grant had the most top-five medal winners with eight, with 125 champion Myla Reyes leading the way with (30) total match points.

The junior went from the No. 19 seed all the way to the top in her respective weight division. 

Sophomores Kaylee Albovais (100), America Camacho (115, 14-2), and freshman Abby Quirk (135) were all second.

Annabelle Melton (140) was third, and Jaiydyn Hoffmann was fifth at 120.

3rd: Conant (124.0)

The Lady Cougars would always be within striking distance of a top three finish, never falling below fourth place behind Downers Grove South (70.0-68.0) or later 

West Chicago (104.0-102.0) before finally taking over for good during the final session to claim third place by five points over West Chicago.

It’s top wrestler, No. 10 Jasmine Zavaletta, 38-13 a state qualifier a year ago with a 38-13 overall record, won her second major title of the season in terrific fashion at 135 pounds.

Teammate Brea Hoffman was second at 125, with Giselle Varelas fifth at 115.

Varelas recorded the fastest tech-fall (2:00) of the tournament, while sophomore Jayiana Newcombe the quickest pin at 12 seconds in 155-pound quarterfinal wrestle-back contest.

Additional individual champions:

Ester Migues-Gayton (100, Grayslake North), Brissia Bucio (105, West Chicago),

Sunny Aitzemkour (110, New Trier), Jade Hardee (115, Andrew), Piper Booe (120, Andrew), Emily Ortiz (130, Zion-Benton), Quinn Janssens (140, Oswego East), Ella Cooper (145, Oswego East), Callie Carr (155, Hinsdale South), Nancy Licona (170, Round Lake), Irma Villa (190, Palatine), Ti’ara Saunders (235, Lake Zurich).

Additional runners-up:

Melanie Granda (105, Grant), Norah Cwik (110, Bartlett), Mackensie Szajda (120, West Chicago), Brea Hoffman (125, Conant), Lilly White (130, Bartlett), Allison Garcia (140, Downers Grove South), Allyson Alvarenga (145, Grayslake North), 

Lyobosa Odiase (155, Oak Forest), Rachel Nugin (170, Homewood-Flossmoor),

Kendra Hayden (190, Homewood-Flossmoor)

Big matches:
A pair of previously unbeaten returning state qualifiers squared off on the the title at 130 pounds, with Zion-Benton’s Emily Ortiz (9-0) winning by fall at 2:22 over Bartlett’s Lilly White (17-1).
Two previously unbeaten girls also squared off at 155, with returning state champion Callie Carr (17-0) winning by fall at 2:36 against Oake Forest’s Lyobosa Odiase (10-1).

Close calls:
A pair of two-point decisions took place in the finals, with New Trier’s Sunny Aitzemkour winning 8-6 over Downers Grove South’s Cassie Chavez at 110, and Lake Zurich’s Ti’ara Saunders winning a 4-2 decision at 235 against Conant’s Ava Adorni.

The unbeatens. (10-match minimum)

Hinsdale South’s returning state champions Callie Carr (17-0 at 155)

The once-beatens (10-match minimum)
Bartlett’s Lilly White (17-1 at 130), Conant’s Jasmine Zavaleta (16-1 at 135), Oswego East’s Quinn Janssens (14-1 at 140), Oak Forest’s Lyobosa Odiase (10-1 at 155), Palatine’s Irma Villa (20-1 at 190)

Championship match results:

100- Ester Migues-Gayton (Grayslake N) d. Kaylee Albovais (Grant) (F 1:54).

105- Brissia Bucio (West Chicago) d. Melanie Granda (Central) (MD 15-2).

110- Sunny Aitzemkour (New Trier) d. Cassie Chavez (DG South) (D 8-6).

115- Jade Hardee (Andrew) d. America Camacho (Grant) (F 1:29).

120- Piper Booe (Andrew) d. Mackensie Szajda (West Chicago) (F 4:48).

125- Myla Reyes (Grant) d. Brea Hoffman (Conant) (F 5:42).

130- Emily Ortiz (Zion-Benton) d. Lilly White (Bartlett) (F 2:22).

135- Jasmine Zavaleta (Conant) d. Abby Quirk (Grant) (F 1:28).

140- Quinn Janssens (Oswego E) d. Allison Garcia (DG South) (F 1:55).

145- Ella Cooper (Oswego E) d. Allyson Alvarenga (Grayslake N) (F 2:35).

155- Callie Carr (Hinsdale S) d. Lyobosa Odiase (Oak Forest) (F 2:36).

170- Nancy Licona (Round Lake) d. Rachel Nugin (H-F) (F 3:50).

190- Irma Villa (Palatine) d. Kendra Hayden (H-F) (F 1:31).

235- Ti’ara Saunders (Lake Zurich) d. Ava Adorni (Conant) (D 4-2).

Third-place match results:

100- Sam lewis (Oak Forest) d. Esther Vega (Waukegan) (F 2:53).

105- Esme Grugel (Dundee-Crown) d. Jamie Poblete (West Chicago) (TF 2:47).

110- Tatum De La Vega (Andrew) d. Cassie Chavez (DG South) (F 3:30).

115- Evalyn Idzik (St. Viator) d. Osmairi Medina Alvarado (Lane) (F 4:39).

120- Georgia Hay (Lake Zurich) d. Jaiydyn Hoffman (Grant) (F 4:15).

125- London Gandy (H-F) d. Ruby Gavina (Dundee-Crown) (D 3-1).

130- Amara Nwoye (H-F) d. Marissa Mayfield (Round Lake)(D 11-8).

135- Maserati Valenzuela (Zion-Benton) d. Juliana Loynes (Hinsdale S) (F 3:00).

140- Annabelle Melton (Grant) d. Kennedy Dade (H-F) (F 2:49).

145- Angie Arrendondo (DG South) d. Liliana Chavez (Bartlett) (F 1:28).

155- Myriah Jefferson (Round Lake) d. Na’imah Lamon (H-F)(F 5:30).

170- Claudia Weglarz (Conant) d. Olivia Halminiak (West Chicago) (F 0:30).

190- Zuza Cebulski (DG South) d. Brianna Gomez (Bolingbrook) (D 7-1).

235- Cynthia Rios (Bolingbrook) d. Mackenzie Mansavage (Conant) (F 1:40.

Glenbard North Winter Classic
Glenbard North hosted an eight-team dual tournament Dec. 22, with McHenry finishing first for coach James Buss. The Warriors went 3-0 with wins over Curie (72-6) and Willowbrook (51-24) before topping host Glenbard North 57-24.
Willowbrook finished third with a 48-27 win over Oswego, West Chicago won 34-30 over Curie for fifth place, and Romeoville placed seventh with a 54-12 win over Larkin.