2A recaps for Morris, Sterling, Harvard, Metamora

By Chris Walker for the IWCOA

MORRIS REGIONAL

Just eight points separated the top two squads at the Morris Regional with Batavia besting Sycamore, 212.5-204.5. Per IHSA records, it was Batavia’s second team regional title.

Joey Calvillo (106), Kyle Pasco (132) and Cole Hubbard (157) won titles for Batavia coach Scott Bayer and were just three of eight wrestlers to advance to the finals for the regional champions. Kai Enos (120), Ricardo Alfaro (126), Elias Chaney (138), Daniel Gonzalez (150) and Colin Peyton (165) placed second for the Bulldogs and Brady Johansen (144), Blake Vandeloo (175), Jack Brown (190) and Jaden Lehman (215) took third as the Bulldogs advanced a dozen wrestlers to the sectional.

Liam Schroeder (113), Tyler Lockhart (126), Jayden Dohogne (144), Cooper Bode (165) and Collin Hughes (285) won titles for Sycamores as the five champs were the most by any team at the regional. The Spartans also had a second place finish from Adam Carrick (215) and a couple thirds. The Spartans had eight sectional qualifiers.

Morris finished in third place with 145.5 points behind championship victories from Paxton Valentine (120), Brock Claypool (138) and Carter Skoff (150). Morris had seven sectional qualifiers.

Burlington Central (97) took fourth and was followed by Geneva (78), Kaneland (65.5), Ottawa (56) and Streator (30).

Regional champions:

106- Joey Calvillo, Batavia, 29-14

113- Liam Schroeder, Sycamore, 40-1

120- Paxton Valentine, Morris, 32-4

126- Tyler Lockhart, Sycamore, 32-10

132- Kyle Pasco, Batavia, 23-11

138- Brock Claypool, Morris, 40-5

144- Jayden Dohogne, Sycamore, 33-5

150- Carter Skoff, Morris, 28-1

157- Cole Hubbard, Batavia, 25-12

165- Cooper Bode, Sycamore, 39-4

175- Apollo Gochis, Kaneland, 33-9

190- Wes Weatherford, Ottawa, 33-5

215- Michael Junitz, Burlington Central, 28-4

285- Collin Hughes, Sycamore,  27-5

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- Devin DiSilvestro, Geneva, 20-10, Brody Sliker, Streator, 23-16.

113- Mayson Munson, Ottawa, 30-5, Owen Sater, Morris, 36-9.

120- Kai Enos, Batavia, 27-7, Eduardo Vences, Burlington Central, 25-8.

126-Ricardo Alfaro, Batavia, 22-17, Oscar Nelson, Burlington Central, 6-11.

132-Parker Barry, Morris, 31-11, Charlie Olson, Sycamore, 27-8.

138-Elias Chaney, Batavia, 23-20, Jesus Martinez, Streator, 35-11.

144-Chase Valentine, Morris, 15-11, Brady Johansen, Batavia, 15-25.

150-Daniel Gonzalez, Batavia, 27-18, Colten Heltsley, Kaneland, 28-19.

157-RJ Perez, Burlington Central, 20-3, Douglas Gemberling, Sycamore, 28-14.

165-Colin Peyton, Batavia, 21-9, Josh Karther, Kaneland, 24-18.

175-David Rueth, Geneva, 19-8, Blake Vandeloo, Batavia, 10-15.

190-Malachi Congo, Morris, 31-11, Jack Brown, Batavia, 16-11.

215- Adam Carrick. Sycamore, 24-18, Jaden Lehman, Batavia, 17-21.

285-Mark Atkins, Geneva, 26-12, Benjamin Hultgren, Burlington Central, 18-7.

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Batavia 18, Sycamore 17, Morris 8

Most tech falls: Sycamore 5, Morris 4

Most totals match points: Sycamore 261, Batavia 203, Burlington Central 201

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: Batavia’s Blake Vandeloo, 3 falls in 3:51, Batavia’s Jaden Lehman 3 falls in 5:55, Burlington Central’s Benjamin Hultgren 3 falls in 5:59

Most tech falls least time: Kaneland’s Apollo Gochis, 2 techs in 3:24, Burlington Central’s Michael Junitz, 2 techs in 6:36, Sycamore’s Douglas Gemberling, 2 techs in 6:40, Geneva’s David Rueth, 2 techs in 6:48, Sycamore’s Charlie Olson, 2 techs in 7:24

Fastest fall: Burlington Central’s Benjamin Hultgren 0:12, Sycamore’s Collin Hughes 0:19, Sycamore’s Collin Hughes 0:20, Morris’ Owen Sater 0:23, Batavia’s Alexander Linde-Marin 0:28, Sycamore’s Adam Carrick 0:28, Burlington Central’s Benjamin Hultgren 0:30

Fastest tech fall: Burlington Central’s Eduardo Vence 0:56

Most team points: Sycamore’s Liam Schroeder 24, Sycamore’s Jayden Dohogne 24, Batavia’s Cole Hubbard 24, Sycamore’s Collin Hughes 24

Most single-match points: Streator’s Zander Austin 23

Most total match points: Streator’s Jesus Martinez 50, Sycamore’s Charlie Olson 47, Sycamore’s Douglas Gemberling 45

Largest seed-place differential: Batavia’s Blake Vandeloo placed third at 175 as the No. 7 seed.

STERLING REGIONAL

Geneseo sent nine wrestlers to the finals and came away with six individual champions to win the Sterling Regional, quite outdistancing itself from the rest of the eight-team field, including runner-up Rock Island, 223.5-151.5.

Landen Vincent (138), Malaki Jackson (144), Izaac Gaines (165), Kye Weinzierl (175), Harrison Hill (190) and Josh Stahl (285) were crowned champions for the Maple Leafs. Tad Moore (113), Grady Hull (157) and Colten Mooney (215) placed second and Phoenix Heller (126) was third.
The win marked the 12th team regional title in Geneseo’s program history.

Rock Island’s Angelo Matute (120) and Rowan Stockwell (215) won titles, Angelo Parker (106), Maricio Parker (138) and Emilio Guzman (285) placed second and Parker Stannke (144) and Ian McGowan (150) were third.

Sebastian Abwe (113), Victor Onofre (132), Dana Wickson (150) and Ty Smart (157) were among the four regional champions who helped Rockford East place third overall, sneaking past Freeport 119.5-119.

Freeport’s Treyden Diduch (106) and Rochelle’s Aidan Lopez (126) were the lone champions from their respective schools.

Galesburg edged Rochelle 92-91.5 for fifth. Sterling (50.5) and LaSalle-Peru (43) also competed.

Regional champions:

106- Treyden Diduch, Freeport, 36-2

113- Sebastian Abwe, Rockford East, 24-12

120- Angelo Matute, Rock Island, 16-9

126- Aidan Lopez, Rochelle, 40-3

132- Victor Onofre, Rockford East, 26-6

138- Landen Vincent, Geneseo, 24-8

144- Malaki Jackson, Geneseo, 30-9

150- Dana Wickson, Rockford East, 34-5

157- Ty Smart, Rockford East, 37-3

165- Izaac Gaines, Geneseo, 33-2

175- Kye Weinzierl, Geneseo, 30-1

190- Harrison Hill, Geneseo, 29-9

215- Rowan Stockwell, Rock Island, 27-7 

285- Josh Stahl, Geneseo, 26-7

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- Angelo Parker, Rock Island, 26-7, Jace Scribner, Rockford East, 19-4.

113- Tad Moore, Geneseo, 29-16, Evan Jones, Sterling, 19-17.

120- Gianni Verucchi, LaSalle-Peru, 18-16, Jrue Montoya, Freeport, 20-15.

126- Cael Lyons, Sterling, 24-10, Phoenix Heller, Geneseo, 9-23.

132- Angel Hernandez, Rochelle, 23-11, Landon Darst, Galesburg, 20-16.

138- Maricio Parker, Rock Island, 27-11, Thomas Olson, Freeport, 32-16.

144- Blake Slusser, Freeport, 32-14, Parker Stannke, Rock Island, 23-17.

150- Brenden Voight, Rochelle, 35-11, Ian McGowan, Rock Island, 22-15.

157- Grady Hull, Geneseo, 27-11, Jack Bernardi, Galesburg, 23-12.

165- Anthony Makwala, Galesburg, 25-5, Jentz Watson, LaSalle-Peru, 27-12.

175- Roman Villalobos, Rochelle, 11-4, Mason Taylor, Galesburg, 30-9.

190- Cale Johnson, Galesburg, 27-10, Jakhari Randle, Freeport, 20-18.

215- Colten Mooney, Geneseo, 29-10, Israel Goodman, Freeport, 29-11.

285- Emilio Guzman, Rock Island, 30-8, Kareem Odeh, Freeport, 24-8.

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Freeport 12, Geneseo 11

Most tech falls: Geneseo 7, Rockford East 5, Rock Island 3, Rochelle 3

Most totals match points: Geneseo 281, Rock Island 253, Freeport 249

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: Galesburg’s Mason Taylor, 3 falls in 4:02, Freeport’s Israel Goodman, 3 falls in 7:30

Most tech falls least time: Rockford East’s Ty Smart, 2 techs in 3:54, Geneseo’s Izaac Gaines, 2 techs in 5:09, Rochelle’s Brenden Voight, 2 techs in 7:18

Fastest fall: Rock Island’s Angelo Parker 0:34, Galesburg’s Anthony Makwala 0:34, Freeport’s Jrue Montoya 0:38, Rochelle’s Roman Villalobos 0:41, Rochelle’s Alex Pellicer 0:47

Fastest tech fall: Rockford East’s Ty Smart 1:03, Geneseo’s Kye Weinzierl 1:26, Rockford East’s Sebastian Abwe 2:00

Most team points: Freeport’s Treyden Diduch 24, Geneseo’s Harrison Hill 24, Rock Island’s Angelo Matute 23.5

Most single-match points: Rockford East’s Ty Smart 21 (twice), Rochelle’s Angel Hernandez 19, Geneseo’s Izaac Gaines 19, Geneseo’s Kye Weinzierl 19, Sterling’s Landon Heckman 19, Rockford East’s Jace Scribner 19

Most total match points: Freeport’s Kareem Odeh 49, Izaac Gaines 48, Galesburg’s Jack Bernardi 45

Largest seed-place differential: Galesburg’s Jack Bernardi placed third at 157 as the No. 7 seed.

HARVARD REGIONAL

Marian Central Catholic won its seventh team regional title at Harvard on Saturday and is chasing a third consecutive state finals trophy for coach Jordan Blanton.

The three Crystal Lake schools were among the top finishers at this year’s Harvard Regional, but none of them could catch up to Marian, which is sending 12 wrestlers onto the sectional after winning handily with 238 points. 

Runner-up Crystal Lake Central scored 179.5 points.

Hogan Rice (113), Cam Spiniolas (126), Brendan Nardin (150), Dan French (190) and Jimmy Mastny (215) won titles for Marian, which had nine wrestlers advance to the finals, including Noah Cerny (157), a seventh seed. Cerny joined Diego Martinez (106), Austin Hagevold (144), and Nic Astacio (165) in placing second while Zach Wheadon (120), Zane Mochocki (138) and Josh Gawronski (175) took third.

Crystal Lake Central had three champions, including Jackson Marlett (120), Nicholas Marchese (144) and Logan Gough (285). The Tigers were busy in the finals, advancing a wrestler to half of the 14 matches. Brandon Carbone (132), Daniel Zuehlke (138), Daniel Snow (150) and Nicholas Zuehlke (175) placed second and Dylan Ramsey (126) took third.

Prairie Ridge placed third with 121 points. Matt Moritz (157) and Aiden Rodriguez (175) led the way by winning titles. 

Crystal Lake South was right behind Prairie Ridge with 120.5 points. Christopher Talbert (106), Nathan Randle (138) and Aiden Marrello (165) were victorious in their respective title matches to guide the Gators to fourth place.

Woodstock scored 96.5 points to place fifth. Belvidere North (71) slid ahead of Woodstock North (70) and Harvard (38.5) just got past Belvidere (37.5).

Regional champions:

106- Christopher Talbert, Crystal Lake South, 29-10

113- Hogan Rice, Marian, 33-12

120- Jackson Marlett, Crystal Lake Central, 20-4

126- Cam Spiniolas, Marian, 23-19

132- Bryson Teunissen, Belvidere North, 26-9

138- Nathan Randle, Crystal Lake South, 34-2

144- Nicholas Marchese, Crystal Lake Central, 35-4

150- Brendan Nardin, Marian, 7-0

157- Matt Moritz, Prairie Ridge, 30-10

165- Aiden Marrello, Crystal Lake South, 40-2

175- Aiden Rodriguez, Prairie Ridge, 38-2

190- Dan French, Marian, 23-5

215- Jimmy Mastny, Marian, 46-1

285- Logan Gough, Crystal Lake Central, 28-9

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- Diego Martinez, Marian, 23-14, Tymen Robinson, Prairie Ridge, 25-9.

113- Logan Aarseth, Crystal Lake South, 26-8, Cole Malo, Woodstock, 27-11.

120- Olin Wiedel, Woodstock North, 27-13, Zach Wheadon, Marian, 10-29.

126- Taqiuldin Baker, Woodstock, 35-3, Dylan Ramsey, Crystal Lake Central, 29-5.

132- Brandon Carbone, Crystal Lake Central, 29-11, Lorenzo Massart, Prairie Ridge, 22-15.

138- Daniel Zuehlke, Crystal Lake Central, 24-14, Zane Mochocki, Marian, 22-22.

144- Austin Hagevold, Marian, 22-15, Landon VanAcker, Belvidere, 30-9.

150- Daniel Snow, Crystal Lake Central, 19-12, Connor Calvin-Garcia, Woodstock, 18-7.

157- Noah Cerny, Marian, 19-26,  Gavin Hastings, Crystal Lake South, 16-19.

165- Nic Astacio, Marian, 31-17, Andrew Bucci, Belvidere North, 24-13.

175- Nicholas Zuehlke, Crystal Lake Central, 28-10, Josh Gawronski, Marian, 5-4.

190- Frank Matviychuk, Prairie Ridge, 29-9, Jaxson Hansen, Woodstock, 20-12.

215- David Randecker, Woodstock North, 27-6, Sam Reed, Belvidere North, 12-13.

285- Benjamin Prochnicki, Belvidere, 13-10, Bernardo Tavares Vigilato, Prairie Ridge, 10-15.

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Marian 19, Woodstock 13, Crystal Lake Central 12

Most tech falls: Prairie Ridge 7, Crystal Lake South 5, Marian 5, Belvidere North 4

Most totals match points: Marian 280, Prairie Ridge 270, Crystal Lake South 258, Crystal Lake Central 237

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: Marian’s Zane Mochocki, 3 falls in 7:15, Woodstock’s Cole Malo, 3 falls in 7:46, Marian’s Josh Gawronski, 3 falls in 8:37

Most tech falls least time: Prairie Ridge’s Aiden Rodriguez, 3 techs in 11:29

Fastest fall: Crystal Lake Central’s Logan Gough 0:27, Crystal Lake South’s Logan Aarseth 0:28, Crystal Lake Central’s Nicholas Zuehlke 0:30, Belvidere’s Landon VanAcker 0:31, Woodstock’s Ayden Dobler 0:32

Fastest tech fall: Crystal Lake Central’s Dylan Ramsey 1:44, Belvidere North’s Bryson Teunissen 2:23, Prairie Ridge’s Lorenzo Massart 2:23

Most team points: Marian’s Brendan Nardin 28, Crystal Lake Central’s Nicholas Marchese 27, Marian’s Dan French 24, Marian’s Jimmy Mastny 24

Most single-match points: Marian’s Hogan Rice 23, Marian’s Diego Martinez 22, Prairie Ridge’s Lorenzo Massart 22

Most total match points: Prairie Ridge’s Aiden Rodriguez 61, Prairie Ridge’s Lorenzo Massart 55, Woodstock’s Connor Calvin-Garcia 51

Largest seed-place differential: Marian’s Noah Cerny placed second at 157 as the No. 7 seed.

METAMORA REGIONAL

Washington rolled to its 15th team regional title overall and its eighth for coach Nick Miller, who is aiming to steer his program to a third straight state finals trophy. The Panthers have won six state titles, four under Miller.

Coming off a second place finish at state in 2A a season ago, the Panthers came out flying in the state series, qualifying 13 wrestlers to the sectional including eight champions: Symon Woods (106), Micah Jackson (113), Lucas Bach (126), Logan Makiney (132), Wyatt Medlin (165), Wyatt Leman (175), Josh Hoffer (215) and Sean Thornton (285).

Washington won 8 of 9 finals matches, posting 254 points, more than 100 points ahead of the 141.5 produced by Peoria Notre Dame, which took second. Host Metamora was third with 139.

Washington’s Cruise Brolley (157) placed second and Sage Davis (120), Cayden Park (144), Sebastian Howe (150) and Zane Heubi (190) took third for the regional champions.

Peoria Notre Dame’s Freddie Couri (120) and Jack Bartoletta won titles and will be joined by five of their teammates in sectional action as Tomie Couri (106), Jesus DeLa Cruz (113), Remington Joesting (132) and Brady Mullens (285) placed second and Alijah Atkins (165) took third.

Connor Graham (144), Grady Neal (157) and Mark Aeschliman (190) had the pleasure of winning titles in their home gym for Metamora. Jayden Lambert (215) took second and Kade Schieber (132) and Tolan Pfaff-Blankenship (138) placed third.

East Peoria’s Cooper Chester picked up win no. 29 to win the 150-pound title and help his team to fourth place with 120 points. Jaxson Cornelius (126), Cole Brooks (144) and Dalton Oakman (190) came up short in title matches, placing second, while Wyatt Durham (157), Alec Del Toro (215) and Keegan Barnes (285) punched their sectional-qualifying tickets by bouncing back to place third.

Peoria Richwoods (73) was fifth and followed by Limestone (49.5), Dunlap (43) and Peoria (28).

Regional champions:

106- Symon Woods, Washington, 30-9

113- Micah Jackson, Washington, 23-17

120- Freddie Couri, Peoria Notre Dame, 23-13

126- Lucas Bach, Washington, 20-11

132- Logan Makiney, Washington, 32-10

138- Jack Bartoletta, Peoria Notre Dame, 30-15

144- Connor Graham, Metamora, 42-4

150- Cooper Chester, East Peoria, 29-3

157- Grady Neal, Metamora, 40-4

165- Wyatt Medlin, Washington, 36-0

175- Wyatt Leman, Washington, 28-8

190- Mark Aeschliman, Metamora, 36-10

215- Josh Hoffer, Washington, 28-4

285- Sean Thornton, Washington, 31-9

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- Tomie Couri, Peoria Notre Dame, 31-16, Nick McDonald, Dunlap, 14-13.

113- Jesus DeLa Cruz, Peoria Notre Dame, 29-12, Kaiden Capranica, Limestone, 19-13.

120- Kaleb Fuchs, Limestone, 13-8, Sage Davis, Washington, 21-20.

126- Jaxson Cornelius, East Peoria, 24-15, Logan Keller, Limestone, 13-13. 

132- Remington Joesting, Peoria Notre Dame, 34-8, Kade Schieber, Metamora, 19-20.

138- Kencey Purdle, Peoria, 2-1, Tolan Pfaff-Blankenship, Metamora, 13-8.

144- Cole Brooks, East Peoria, 32-9, Cayden Park, Washington, 18-18.

150- Gabe Robb, Peoria Richwoods, 21-2, Sebastian Howe, Washington, 18-24.

157- Cruise Brolley, Washington, 34-8, Wyatt Durham, East Peoria, 25-11.

165- Jayden Schmick, Dunlap, 31-8, Alijah Atkins, Peoria Notre Dame, 36-13.

175- Colton Mosack, Dunlap, 27-11, Alex Martinez, Peoria Richwoods,  21-7.

190- Dalton Oakman, East Peoria, 32-5, Zane Heubi, Washington, 25-19.

215- Jayden Lambert, Metamora, 35-8, Alec Del Toro, East Peoria, 32-4.

285- Brady Mullens, Peoria Notre Dame, 30-9, Keegan Barnes, East Peoria, 34-9. 

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Washington 14, Metamora 7

Most tech falls: Washington 8, Peoria Notre Dame 6, Metamore 5

Most totals match points: Washington 362, Metamora 239, Peoria Notre Dame 226

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: Limestone’s Kaiden Capranica, 3 falls in 7:40

Most tech falls least time: Washington’s Cayden Park, 2 techs in 3:55, Metamora’s Grady Neals, 2 techs in 5:55, Washington’s Sebastian Howe, 2 techs in 9:19

Fastest fall: East Peoria’s Cole Brooks 0:29, Peoria Richwoods’ Joseph Nelson 0:34, Washington’s Wyatt Medlin 0:35

Fastest tech fall: East Peoria’s Cooper Chester 1:02, Washington’s Logan Makiney 1:41, Washington’s Wyatt Medlin 1:52

Most team points: Washington’s Lucas Bach 24, Washington’s Josh Hoffer 24, Metamora’s Mark Aeschliman 23.5

Most single-match points: Washington’s Micah Jackson 23, Washington’s Wyatt Medlin 21, Peoria Richwoods’ Gabe Robb 21, Dunlap’s Jayden Schmick 21

Most total match points: Washington’s Cayden Park 55, Metamora’s Grady Neal 48, Peoria Notre Dame’s Alijah Atkins 44

Largest seed-place differential: Peoria’s Kencey Purdle placed second at 138 as the No. 6 seed.