Boys’ tournament recaps: Prairie Central, Princeton, Morton

By Gary Larsen
All IWCOA rankings from Rob Sherrill’s Illinois Best Weekly

62ND ANNUAL LYLE KING PIT

Princeton’s 34-team tournament this year was a who’s-who of Class A ranked wrestlers and former state medalists. When the smoke cleared, it was No. 1-ranked Coal City who topped No. 3 Vandalia 272-250, with No. 5 Dixon (172) third, No. 9 Olympia (159.5) fourth, and No. 6 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher (156) rounding out the top five finishes.

“We had a great tournament, highlighted by our two champions,” Coal City coach Mark Masters said. “I’m super proud of the effort our guys gave throughout the tournament.”

Top-ranked three-time state medal-winner Brody Widlowski (150) and returning state medal-winner Cade Poyner (215) won individual titles for the Coalers, who had nine wrestlers place in the top four of their weight classes and all 14 finish in the top eight.

In the finals at 150, Widlowski won a 3-1 decision over the top-ranked wrestler at 157 and a three-time state medalist in Vandalia’s Dillon Hinton. No. 7 Poyner won by fall against No. 5 Dom Alaimo of Reed-Custer on the title mat at 215.

“Brody stayed patient throughout the championship match and made the most of his opportunity in the third period to secure the winning takedown,” Masters said. “Cade wrestled about as well as he could. He’s fearless and exciting to watch. He scored his one hundredth career fall in the championship match.”

Second-place Vandalia got individual titles from top-ranked two-time state medalist and former state champion at 113 Preston Waughtel (126), No. 2 returning state champion at 113 Max Philpot (132) and No. 7 returning state medalist Ross Miller (190).

Dixon got titles from No. 3 Riley Paredes (106) and No. 1-ranked Jack Ragan (120).

1st- Coal City (272)
In addition to titles from Widlowski and Poyner, Masters got a quartet of second-place finishers in Owen Petersen (126), Luke Munsterman (138), Aidan Kenney (157) and Brock Finch (175). Coal City also got fourths from Jake Munsterman (106), Mason Garner (165) and Brody D’Orazio (190), a fifth from Max Christensen (144), and sixths from Cooper Morris (132) and Noah Houston (165).

2nd- Vandalia (250)
In addition to titles from Waughtel (16-0 at 126), Philpot (132) and Miller (190), Vandals coach Pat Myers got a runner-up finish from Dillon Hinton (150), thirds from Brody Matthews (138) and Eli Mabry (144), and fifths from Aiden Evans (120), Dade Kleinik (157) and Noah Langston (175).

3rd- Dixon (172)
Dukes coach Micah Hey got titles from Paredes (106) and Ragan (120), thirds from Preston Richards (150) and Dylan Bopes (285), a fourth from Charlie Connors (144), and a  seventh from Doolan Long (126).

Team scores
Coal City 272, Vandalia 250, Dixon 172, Olympia 159.5, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher 156, Oakwood/Salt Fork 147, PORTA 140.5, Reed-Custer 124.5, Richmond-Burton 123, Rockridge 116, Roxana 113.5, Newman Central Catholic 103.5, Byron 97.5, Princeton 88.5, Riverdale 87.5, Clifton Central/Iroquois West 83.5, Mt. Zion 72, Warrensburg-Latham 69.5, Mercer County 67.5, Pittsfield/Pleasant Hill 45.5, Wilmington 45.5, Monticello 41, Rock Falls 39.5, Orion 39, Illini Bluffs 34.5, Manteno 34, Dakota/Orangeville 32.5, Illinois Valley Central 29.5, Litchfield/Mt. Olive 29, Alleman 28, Auburn 27, Tremont 26.5, Clinton 19.5, LeRoy 19

Additional champions
113 Princeton’s No. 1 state medalist Augustus Swanson
138 Oakwood/Salt Fork’s No. 2 state medalist Devin Ehler
144 PORTA’s No. 6 state medalist Zach Bryant
157 GCMSF’s No. 3 state qualifier Hudson Babb
165 PORTA’s No. 3 state medalist Justin Zimmerman
175 Roxana’s No. 2 two-time state medalist Lyndon Thies
285 Richmond-Burton’s No. 5 state qualifier Breckin Campbell

Additional second-place finishers
106 Taylor Ridge’s No. 1 Nate Lower
113 Newman Central Catholic’s No. 3 state medalist Landon Near
120 Oakwood/Salt Fork’s No. 4 Weston Frazier
132 Riverdale’s No. 1 three-time state medalist Dean Wainwright
144 Oakwood/Salt Fork’s No. 4 state qualifier Tyler Huchel
165 Princeton’s No. 8 state medalist Casey Etheridge
190 Byron’s No. 9 (165) Will Julian
215 Reed-Custer’s No. 5 state qualifier Dominic Alaimo
285 Olympia’s No. 4 Darian Holloway

High drama on the title mat
A pair of previously unbeaten wrestlers squared off at 106, with Dixon’s Riley Paredes (26-0) winning an 8-2 decision over Rockridge’s Nate Lower (24-1).

At 113, Princeton’s Augustus Swanson (28-1) handed Newman Central Catholic’s Landon Near (15-1) his first loss of the year via 7-5 decision.

A barnburner at 132 saw Vandalia’s Max Philpot (23-1) win a 10-9 decision over Riverdale’s Dean Wainwright (31-2).

At 150, Coal City’s Brody Widlowski (20-1) won a 3-1 decision over Vandalia’s Dillon Hinton (24-3).
Another pair of previously unbeaten wrestlers toed the line at 157, with GCMSF’s Hudson Babb (25-0) winning a 6-3 decision over Coal City’s Aidan Kenney (30-1), and at 175 Roxana’s Lyndon Thies (27-1) handed Coal City’s Brock Finch (22-1) his first loss of the year via 8-5 decision.

Statistics
TEAMS:

Vandalia led all teams with 30 pins in the tournament, followed by Coal City with 22 and Olympia with 20. GCMSF posted the most tech falls with 12, followed by Coal City with eight and Oakwood/Salt Fork with six. GCMSF also finished with the most total match points with 473, followed by Vandalia with 429 and Coal City with 416.

INDIVIDUALS:

Roxana’s Logan Riggs posted the most pins in the least time with four falls in 3:46, followed by Vandalia’s Dade Kleinik with four falls in 4:24 and PORTA’s Jaxen Feagans’ four falls in 5:26. Riggs also had the fastest fall in 13 seconds, followed by Richmond-Burton’s Breckin Campbell and GCMSF’s Jaxon Wright, each with a fall at 14 seconds.

Roxana’s Brayden Hendrix posted the most tech falls in the least time, with three in 8:54, followed by Warrensburg-Latham’s Charlie Wittmer with three techs in 9:08 and Byron’s Brody Stein with two techs in 4:10.

Coal City’s Cade Poyner scored the most team points with 33.5, followed by Vandalia’s Ross Miller with 33 and Roxana’s Lyndon Thies with 32. Coal City’s Jason Piatak scored the most single-match points with 25.
The largest seed-place difference came from Vandalia’s Noah Langston, seeded 22nd but placing fifth at 175 pounds.

Championship match results
106 Paredes (Dixon) D 8-2 Lower (Rockridge)
113 Swanson (Princeton) D 7-5 Near (Newman)
120 Ragan (Dixon) MD 14-4 Frazier (Oakwood/Salt Fork)
126 Waughtel (Vandalia) D 10-5 Petersen (Coal City)
132 Philpot (Vandalia) D 10-9 Wainwright (Riverdale)
138 Ehler (Oakwood/Salt Fork) D 6-0 Munsterman (Coal City)
144 Bryant (PORTA) D 10-6 Huchel (Oakwood/Salt Fork)
150 Widlowski (Coal City) D 3-1 Hinton (Vandalia)
157 Babb (GCMSF) D 6-3 Kenney (Coal City)
165 Zimmerman (PORTA) D 12-8 Etheridge (Princeton)
175 Thies (Roxana) D 8-5 Finch (Coal City)
190 Miller (Vandalia) F 1:09 Julian (Byron)
215 Poyner (Coal City) F 3:38 Alaimo (Reed-Custer)
285 Campbell (Richmond-B) MD 13-1 Holloway (Olympia)

Third-place results

106 Collins (Olympia) D 5-4 Munsterman (Coal City)
113 Drinkwine (Reed-Custer) D 2-1 Gaither (Olympia)
120 Harris (Reed-Custer) MD 11-3 Fillbright (PORTA)
126 Nelson (Richmond-B) F 1:35 Wood (Reed-Custer)
132 Swartz (Oakwood/Salt Fork) D 8-2 Blanton (Newman)
138 Matthews (Vandalia) MD 10-0 Baker (Mt. Zion)
144 Mabry (Vandalia) D 5-2 Connors (Dixon)
150 Richards (Dixon) D 7-0 Riggs (Roxana)
157 Martin (Richmond-B) SV-1 4-1 Wittmer (W. Latham/M.-Forsyth)
165 Lower (Rockridge) inj. Garner (Coal City)
175 Stein (Byron) F 3:18 Lowe (GCMSF)
190 VanDuyne (Wilmington) D 10-3 D’Orazio (Coal City)
215 Stocks (Mt. Zion) F 3:42 Falasca (Richmond-B)
285 Bopes (Dixon) D 7-3 Courtney (Roxana)

Fifth-place results
106 Rademaker (PORTA) D 10-3 Fields (GCMSF)
113 Morford (Mercer Co) D 12-8 Gaither (Olympia)
120 Evans (Vandalia) fft. Carter (Clinton)
126 Hansen (Richmond-Burton) D 13-6 Mansfield (W. Latham/M.-Forsyth)
132 Speck (Illini Bluffs) D 4-2 Morris (Coal City)
138 Feagans (PORTA) F 0:23 Clark (Mercer Co)
144 Christensen (Coal City) D 7-4 Lowe (GCMSF)
150 Kisner (Olympia) MD 9-1 Brandon (GCMSF)
157 Kleinik (Vandalia) F 0:45 Collins (Olympia)
165 Miller (GCMSF) D 9-5 Houston (Coal City)
175 Langston (Vandalia) D 15-13 Warnock (Olympia)
190 Chambliss (Oakwood/Salt Fork) TF 4:39 Marable (Pittsfield/Pleasant Hill)
215 O’Connor (Clifton C) inj. Staggs (Litchfield/Mt. Olive)
285 McKeag (Rockridge) D 8-2 McCurry (Clifton C)

40TH ANNUAL PRAIRIE CENTRAL HAWK CLASSIC

The team title at this year’s Hawk Classic at Prairie Central went to Sandwich, as coach Derek Jones’ boys won 227-198 over second-place McNamara, followed by Beardstown (170), El Paso-Gridley (160) and Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher (138.5) to round out the top five team finishes.

Jones sent five wrestlers to the title mat and got an individual title from Jaxson Blanchard (138) and seconds from Jacob Cassie (144), Cooper Corder (150), Jack Forth (157) and Joshua Kotalik (175).

“We brought twelve guys to the Hawk Classic and we really earned this Tournament Championship as a team,” Jones said. “I’m proud of the team for what they accomplished today, but we understand from top to bottom that tournament wins and individual wins in the regular season is not the end goal. We train to be our best at the end of the season, and I’m confident that we will see that come regionals, sectionals, and state.”

1st- Sandwich (227)

In addition to a title from Blanchard (138) and seconds from Cassie (144), Corder (150), Forth (157) and Kotalik (175), Sandwich got thirds from Hunter Whitecotton (106) and Luis Murillo (215), fourths from Dom Urbanski (126) and Kai Kern (190), a fifth from Aiden Sinetos (113), and a seventh from Kaden Clevenger (285).

“(Blanchard) wrestled as I expected because I know he is tough and a great competitor,” Jones said. (Corder and Forth) wrestled tough in their championship matches, but things just didn’t go our way.
“I was proud of (Forth) because he is weighing in at 150 every competition and bumps up to 157 for the team. He is figuring things out.

“Our last finalist was (Kotalik) and he has been on a roll all year, but is still only a sophomore. He competes as well as any kid in the state. I am excited to see his growth continue throughout his year.”

2nd- McNamara (198)

McNamara got a trio of individual titles from Evan Johnson (113), Blake Arseneau (132) and Cole Kimberlin (157), thirds from Tristin Golden (190) and Kian Bramer (235), a fourth from Trevor Torres (144), sixths from Alex Kostecka (138), Cullen Bramer (175) and Mason Hemenover (215), a seventh from Chase Moeschke (150) and an eighth-place finish from Brock Clott (190).

3rd- Beardstown (170)

Beardstown got individual titles from Maddox Medrano (165) and Gunner Looker (175), thirds from Bryan Islas (113) and Kellen Brown (126), a fourth from Alex Armenta (132), a fifth from Logan Haverback (215), a sixth from Manuel Borgos (120), sevenths from Aksel Avila (138), Alejandro Gil (144) and Yahndy Santiago (215), and eighths from Jacob Borchers (106), Diego Gil (132), and Tony Siangas (157).

Team scores
Sandwich 227, McNamara 198, Beardstown 170, El Paso-Gridley 160, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher 138.5, Plano 123.5, Herscher 117, Hoopeston Area-Milford 115, Unity Christian 105, Ridgeview 93, Peotone 80, Streator/Woodland 66, Urbana 62, Rantoul 56, Prairie Central 50, Dwight/G.-South Wilmington 39.5, St. Thomas More 23, Peoria Heights 18

Additional champions
106 No. 2 Aiden Bell (Hoopeston Area/Milford, 144 No. 2 Garrett VerHeecke (Unity Christian), 150 No. 2 Clinton VerHeecke (Unity Christian), 190 Braden Gibson (El Paso-Gridley), 215 Colton Carson (Herscher), 285 Kolin Nash (GCMS/F)

Additional runners-up
106 Julian Rodriguez (GCMS/F), 113 Sawyer Manning (Ridgeview), 120 Dalton Delong (Dwight/G.-South Wilmington), 126 Jonah Young (Peotone), 132 Shane Downs (Plano), 138 Jesus Martinez (Streator/Woodland), 165 Brandon Almanza (Rantoul), 190 Earl Kelnhofer (HS/Milford), 285 Ben Buis (EP-Gridley)

Still unbeaten
126 Hoopeston Area/Milford’s No 2 Aiden Bell (29-0), 144 No. 2 Garrett VerHeecke (29-0), 150 No. 2 Clinton VerHeecke (29-0)

Once-beaten
106 El Paso-Gridley’s Kole Petta (27-1), 215 Herscher’s Colton Carson (14-1), 285 GCMS/F’s Kollin Nash (8-1)

Battle of unbeatens
A pair of unbeaten wrestlers met in the finals at 150, with Unity Christian’s No. 2 Clinton VerHeecke (29-0) winning by fall at 5:09 against Sandwich’s No. 3 Cooper Corder (26-1).

Close calls
On the third-place mat at 165, Unity Christian’s Caleb Berg won a 10-8 decision over Ridgeview’s Logan Wagoner.

Statistics
Beardstown and Sandwich tied for the tournament lead in pins with 26 apiece, followed by McNamara and El Paso-Gridley with 22 each. McNamara posted the most tech falls in the least time with eight techs in 28:33, and Sandwich posted the most total match points with 403, followed by McNamara with 366 and Beardstown with 315.

Individually, Unity Christian’s Garrett VerHeecke finished with the most pins in the least time, with five falls in 7:02; McNamara’s Tristin Golden posted the fastest fall in 10 seconds. Hoopeston Area/Milford’s Aiden Bell had the most tech falls in the least time, with three at 7:18, and McNamara’s Blake Arseneau posted the fastest tech fall in 1:05.

McNamara’s Evan Johnson and Unity Christian’s Garrett and Clinton VerHeecke tied for the most team points scored with 34, Hoopeston Area/Milford’s Landon Blakey had the most single-match points with 27, and GCMS/F’s Kaden Huster scored the most total match points with 75.
Plano’s Isaac Nevarez and McNamara’s Cullen Bramer tied in providing the largest seed-place difference, as No. 15 seeds who placed sixth.

Championship match results
106 Kole Petta (EP-Gridley)F 1:47 Julian Rodriguez (GCMS/F)
113 Evan Johnson (McNamara) F 2:23 Sawyer Manning (Ridgeview)
120 Kaden Huster (GSMS/F) D 13-7 Dalton Delong (Dwight/G.-South Wilmington)
126 Aiden Bell (HA/Milford) D 13-8 Jonah Young (Peotone)
132 Blake Arseneau (McNamara) TF 4:42 Shane Downs (Plano)
138 Jaxson Blanchard (Sandwich) MD 9-0 Jesus Martinez (Streator/Woodland)
144 Garrett VerHeecke (Unity Ch) F 3:00 Jacob Cassie (Sandwich)
150 Clinton VerHeecke (Unity Ch) F 5:09 Cooper Corder (Sandwich)
157 Cole Kimberlin (McNamara) MD 20-9 Jack Forth (Sandwich)
165 Maddox Medrano (Beardstown) MD 10-0 Brandon Almanza (Rantoul)
175 Gunner Looker (Beardstown) D 10-8 Joshua Kotalik (Sandwich)
190 Braden Gibson (EP-Gridley) F 1:57 Earl Kelnhofer (HA/Milford)
215 Colton Carson (Herscher) F 1:41 Tucker Deck (HA/Milford)
285 Kollin Nash (GCMS/F) MD 11-2 Ben Buis (EP-Gridley)

Third-place match results
106 Hunter Whitecotton (Sandwich) D 10-8 Jimmy O’Connor (Peotone)
113 Bryan Islas (Beardstown) F 4:59 Andrew Patino (Prairie C)
120 Shepherd Nowark (EP-Gridley) MD 9-0 Gage Clark (Herscher)
126 Kellen Brown (Beardstown) MD 12-4 Dom Urbanski (Sandwich)
132 Garritt Benstine (Streator/Woodland) F 1:38 Alex Armenta (Beardstown)
138 Aiden Anders (Urbana) MD 13-1 Abraham Eggenberger (Herscher)
144 Alexander Mendez (Herscher) F 1:31 Trevor Torres (McNamara)
150 Mason Villareal (Plano) F 1:04 Jude Roth (EP-Gridley)
157 Nolan Whitman (EP-Gridley) F 0:56 Cristian Ornelas (Ridgeview)
165 Caleb Berg (Unity Ch) D 10-8 Logan Wagoner (Ridgeview)
175 Carter Ludwig (Ridgeview) F 4:00 Harley Schultz (Rantoul)
190 Tristin Golden (McNamara) F 2:44 Kai Kern (Sandwich)
215 Luis Murillo (Sandwich) F 2:43 Alexander Nutter (Rantoul)
285 Kian Bramer (McNamara) F 3:38 Isaac Salas (Plano)

BOB AND LIZ SCHNARR INVITATIONAL

Twenty teams squared off at this year’s Bob and Liz Schnarr Invitational, with Geneseo snaring the team title 221-187 over second-place Glenwood. Plainfield South (179.5) was third, Champaign Central (168.5) was fourth, and East Peoria (153) placed fifth.

Geneseo finished with eight tech falls and 18 pins among 10 wrestlers finishing in the top six of their weight classes.

“The guys wrestled really well,” Geneseo coach Tom Rusk said. “They battled hard and that’s what we’ve been preaching. Go out and wrestle hard and the W’s will take care of themselves.”

For 50 years, Bob and Liz Schnarr were huge supporters of high school and college wrestling for many schools and athletes, and for more than 30 years they held a popular cookout at Morton at the end of each wrestling season.

In 2016, Bob Schnarr received an Outstanding American award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Both Bob and Liz Schnarr passed away in 2016.

1st- Geneseo (221)

Individual titles for the Maple Leafs came from No. 7 state qualifier Landen Vincent (138), 3-time state qualifier Malaki Jackson (144), No. 2 state qualifier Izaac Gaines (165), and No. 2 state medalist Kye Weinzierl (175).

Rusk also got a runner-up finish from Harrison Hill (190), thirds from Brycen Fohnestock (106), Kie Smith (150), Grady Hull (157) and Colten Mooney (285), and a fifth from Tad Moore (113).

“It was really great to see them win nine of ten final round matches,” Rusk said. “Now it’s time to get back to work and get ready for a very tough Geneseo Invitational this weekend.”

2nd- Glenwood (187)

Glenwood led all schools with 20 pins and got individual titles from No. 10 state qualifier Cooper Clarke (106), state qualifier Pierce Bultmann (113), No. 10 state qualifier Jaxon Ferguson (120) and No. 1-ranked defending state champion Cody Moss (285). Coach Nick Anthony’s Titans also got a second from AJ Williams (132), fifths from Julian Rammelkamp (165) and Oluwafemi Balogun (190), and a sixth from Jake Tuxhorn (126).

3rd- Plainfield South (179.5)

Plainfield South finished third on the strength of seven wrestlers finishing in the top four of their weight classes and 11 placing total placing in the top six.

The Cougars also finished with a total of 19 pins for coach Dan Saracco.

South was led by a second-place finish from Mason Bucon (215) and got thirds from Sean Volf (138), Kyle McCormick (144) and Chase Pierceall (190), fourths from Allen Cortez (106), Daryl Kolego (113),and Kayden Palmer (150), fifths from Islom Ismanaliev (120), Drew Ritchie (126) and Jakub Kowal (285), and sixths from Logan Martino (132) and Jimmy Medina (157).

Team scores
Geneseo 221, Glenwood 187, Plainfield South 179.5, Champaign Central 168.5, East Peoria 153, Morton 147, Peoria Notre Dame 141, Richwoods 82.5, United Township 57.5, Normal West 54, Pekin 50, Springfield 39.5, Lincoln 35.5, Dunlap 33.5, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 31, LaSalle-Peru 28.5, Limestone 25, Morton JV 14, Peoria 14, Springfield Southeast 8

Additional champions
126 Champaign Central’s Rylan Poeta (3-0)
132 Morton’s No. 2 two-time state medalist Harrison Dea (27-1)
150 East Peoria’s state qualifier Cooper Chester (19-1)
157 Springfield’s No. 8 state qualifier Bryce Bryant (21-5)
190 East Peoria’s No. 5 state qualifier Dalton Oakman (22-3)
215 East Peoria’s No. 6 state qualifier Alec Del Toro (24-1)

Additional runners-up

106 Morton’s Trygg Herron (24-6)
113 Notre Dame’s Jesus DeLaCruz (18-7)
120 Champaign Central’s Peyton Nowicki (2-1)
126 Notre Dame’s Christian Johnson (18-3)
138 Champaign Central’s Talin Baker (3-1)
144 United Township’s Xavier Marolf (20-3)
150 Richwoods’ Gabe Robb (11-1)
157 Champaign Central’s Trae Griffiths (3-1)
165 Dunlap’s Jayden Schmick (21-4)
175 Morton’s Colton McKee (20-4)
215 Plainfield South’s Mason Bucon (22-7)
285 Notre Dame’s Brady Mullens (21-4)

Title mat drama
At 138, Geneseo’s Landen Vincent won a 6-4 decision over Champaign Central’s Talin Baker, and at 190 East Peoria’s Dalton Oakman won 8-6 over Geneseo’s Harrison Hill.
A big match at 150 didn’t disappoint, with East Peoria’s Cooper Chester (19-1) handing Richwoods’ Gabe Robb (11-1) his first loss of the year with a 6-3 sudden-victory decision.

Statistics
TEAM: Glenwood led all teams present with 20 pins, followed by Plainfield South with 19 and Geneseo with 18. Champaign Central finished with the most tech falls with nine, followed by Geneseo with eight and Morton with six. Champaign Central also posted the most total match points with 367, followed by Plainfield South with 358 and Geneseo with 356.

INDIVIDUAL: Morton’s Benjamin Chaffer finished with the most pins in the least time, with four falls in 6:37, followed by Plainfield South’s Jakub Kowal with four falls in 7:56 and Geneseo’s Tad Moore with four falls in 10:11. Geneseo’s Kye Weinzieri had the most tech falls in the least time with three in 7:49, followed by Springfield’s Bryce Bryant with two techs in 4:04 and Champaign Central’s Elliot Tanner with two in 4:15. Geneseo’s Brycen Fohnestock posted the fastest tech fall at 52 seconds.

East Peoria’s Alex Del Toro finished with the most team points scored with 29.5, followed by Geneseo’s Malaki Jackson and Kye Weinzierl with 28.5 apiece and Glenwood’s Cody Moss with 28.
Springfield’s Bryant also finished with the most total match points scored with 76, followed by Geneseo’s Weinzierl and an unattached wrestler in Jshawn Wilson with 68 points apiece, and Champaign Central’s Talin Baker with 53.

The largest seed-place difference came from Champaign Central’s Malachi Hutchison, who was seeded No. 15 and finished fourth at 144 pounds.

Championship match results
106 Cooper Clarke (Glenwood) F 0:48 Trygg Herron (Morton)
113 Pierce Bultmann (Glenwood) F 1:58 Jesus DeLaCruz (Notre Dame)
120 Jaxon Ferguson (Glenwood) TF 5:19 Peyton Nowicki (Champaign C)
126 Rylan Poeta (Champaign C) F 1:54 Christian Johnson (Notre Dame)
132 Harrison Dea (Morton) TF 4:58 AJ Williams (Glenwood)
138 Landen Vincent (Geneseo) D 6-4 Talin Baker (Champaign C)
144 Malaki Jackson (Geneseo) MD 14-3 Xavier Marolf (United Twp)
150 Cooper Chester (E Peoria) SV-1 6-3 Gabe Robb (Richwoods)
157 Bryce Bryant (Springfield) MD 17-5 Trae Griffiths (Champaign C)
165 Izaac Gaines (Geneseo) TF 2:34 Jayden Schmick (Dunlap)
175 Kye Weinzierl (Geneseo) TF 3:38 Colton McKee (Morton)
190 Dalton Oakman (E Peoria) D 8-6 Harrison Hill (Geneseo)
215 Alec Del Toro (E Peoria) TF 5:01 Mason Bucon (Plainfield S)
285 Cody Moss (Glenwood) F 3:19 Brady Mullens (Notre Dame)

Third-place results

106 Brycen Fohnestock (Geneseo) D 15-8 Allen Cortez (Plainfield S)
113 Kaiden Capranica (Limestone) F 1:27 Daryl Kolego (Plainfield S)
120 Jacob Payne (Normal W) TF 2:30 Freddie Couri (Notre Dame)
126 Nathan Ortiz (Richwoods) F 3:34 Jaxson Cornelius (E Peoria)
132 Remington Joesting (Notre Dame) D 7-1 Lakin Adams (Lincoln)
138 Sean Volf (Plainfield S) MD 14-5 Lincoln Yerby (Morton)
144 Kyle McCormick (Plainfield S) D 7-2 Malachi Hutchison (Champaign C)
150 Kie Smith (Geneseo) TF 4:00 Kayden Palmer (Plainfield S)
157 Grady Hull (Geneseo) MD 11-1 Wyatt Durham (E Peoria)
165 Cole Smith (Normal W) F 4:47 Jentz Watson (LaSalle-Peru)
175 Alex Martinez (Richwoods) D 19-15 Travis Kinkead (United Twp)
190 Chase Pierceall (Plainfield S) MD 10-0 David Ward (Champaign C)
215 Bradyn Haynes (Pekin) TF 6:33 Tiyendoutote Dokambire (United Twp)
285 Colten Mooney (Geneseo) D 4-2 Joey Humphreys (Deer Creek-M.)