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By Mike Garofola – for the IWCOA

Glenbard West captures Bolingbrook Girls Invitational title 

Glenbard West lifted its first major title of the season when it won the 15-team Bolingbrook Girls Invitational with 178 points while Joliet Central took second place with 150.5 points and Warren Township amassed 139 points to claim third place. Other finishers in the top eight were Palatine (125), Bolingbrook (123), Seneca (103.5), Hillcrest (95.5) and Bartlett (84).

The Hilltoppers, who finished second to Batavia at the Larkin Royal Rumble last month, will now turn their attention to competing in four dual meets before taking part in next weekend’s Hoffman Estate Invite.

Wrestling fans would have the pleasure of watching two nationally-ranked stars in Glenbrook North’s Ariella Dobin (120) and Prairie Central’s Chloe Hoselton (235), who both won titles. 

Hoselton was a 2024 state champion and a two-time Illinois state freestyle champion while Dobin, who took fourth at state last season, won 9-6 over Bartlett’s Emma Engels, an IHSA champion in 2023 and two-time state medalist, in the 120 finals.

1 – Glenbard West

The tourney champs from Glenbard West, who are coached by Alberto Guevara, saw two of its own climb atop the podium when the action was over.

Khloe Perez pinned her way to the 110-pound title while teammate Miyalinna DeJesus did the same at 155 pounds. Both Hilltoppers also garnered first place medals at the 16-team Larkin Royal Rumble in early December.

Thanh Dinh was runner-up at 235-pounds while the quartet of Shayne Dietzen (105), Karolina Konopka (120), Valentina Fantoni (125) and Nydia Jotzat (135) were all third. Giovanna Cozzani (140) took fourth place, Lillyana Iman (100) finished fifth and Daniyah Nixon (190) placed sixth while Rubi Guadarrama (115) and Lillyanna Ngo (190) also helped the cause for the Hilltoppers.

“Our girls have been wrestling some really strong programs all season and the level of competition at Bolingbrook was intense,” Guevara said. “I’m proud of the way our girls wrestled and to come away with our first invite win was pretty special. We’re going to see these teams again and some will be in our regional and sectional, so we have to make sure we keep working hard and getting better each day.” 

2 – Joliet Central

Alisa Carter (105) and Izabel Barrera (135) led the way for coach Marcus McCullum’s runner-up Steelwomen with their individual titles. 

Kassandra Ruiz (100) and Jewel Mister (235) were both third while April Ortiz (130) and Gianna Guerrero (170) were fourth. Shaila Aguirre (115) and Evelyne Perez-Bedolla (190) finished fifth while Ariadna Arciniega (100), Paiton Pilgrim (130) and Nadya McCottrell (140) claimed sixth place. Joliet Central had the most match points on the day with 314.

3 – Warren Township

The third-place Blue Devils, who are coached by Nick Grujanac, didn’t claim any championships but they did have more top-four medals than the two teams that were ahead of them.

Aaliyah Vazquez (115) and Tyanna Jackson (145) were both second with the trio of Jane Kelly (130), Ashley Fugelseth (155) and Erin Bush (170) each taking home third place medals. Emma Silvetti (115), Alyssa Bentley (120), Haley Fugelseth  (135) and Ellery Brown (145) were fourth while Katherine Mertz (135) and Addison Shay (170) finished in fifth place.

Others earning championship medals were Palatine’s Karimot Lawal (145) and Sabrina Cargill (170), Glenbrook North’s Leah Stringfellow (100), Bolingbrook’s Alejandra Flores (115), Grayslake Central’s Gianna Arzer (125), Seneca’s Catalina Pacheco (130), Hillcrest’s Christiara Finley (140) and Clifton Central’s Payton Temple (190).

Also claiming second-place finishes were Palatine’s Kevelyn Price (100), Evelyn Castro Juarez (155) and Irma Villa (190), Hillcrest’s Taniya Moss (110) and Sydney West (170), Seneca’s Sammie Greisen (135) and Haiden Lavarier (140), Bolingbrook’s Mikaela Najera (105), Bartlett’s Lilly White (125) and Lisle’s Sophie Crescenzo (130).

Flores and Perez tied for the most team points with 28 while Pacheco and Temple were next with 27.5 points, Finley had 26.5 team points and Arzer, Barrera and Dobin scored 26 points. Bolingbrook’s Nyima Outlaw had the most total match points with 48 while her teammate Flores was next with 37 and Finley finished with 36 points.

Bolingbrook Girls Invitational place matches

100

1st Place Match

Leah Stringfellow (Glenbrook North) won by tech fall over Kevelyn Price (Palatine) (TF 16-1)

3rd Place Match

Kassandra Ruiz (Joliet Central) won by fall over Kahlynn Spurgeon (Bartlett) (Fall 4:50)

5th Place Match

Lillyana Iman (Glenbard West) won by medical forfeit over Ariadna Arciniega (Joliet Central) (MFF)

105

1st Place Match

Alisa Carter (Joliet Central) won by decision over Mikaela Najera (Bolingbrook) (Dec 10-4)

3rd Place Match

Shayne Dietzen (Glenbard West) won by major decision over Ivette Quintana (Bolingbrook) (Maj 12-4)

5th Place Match

Sharleen Barrera (Bolingbrook) received a bye

110

1st Place Match

Khloe Perez (Glenbard West) won by fall over Taniya Moss (Hillcrest) (Fall 2:22)

3rd Place Match

Cadence DuBois (Lisle) won by fall over Jordan Rodriguez (Bolingbrook) (Fall 3:29)

5th Place Match

Taylor Wells (Oakwood/Salt Fork) won by fall over Norah Cwik (Bartlett) (Fall 5:31)

115

1st Place Match

Alejandra Flores (Bolingbrook) won by fall over Aaliyah Vazquez (Warren Township) (Fall 2:38)

3rd Place Match

Haven Nicolaides (Seneca) won by fall over Emma Silvetti (Warren Township) (Fall 0:36)

5th Place Match

Shaila Aguirre (Joliet Central) won by decision over Ella Graham (Clifton Central) (Dec 14-13)

120

1st Place Match

Ariella Dobin (Glenbrook North) won by decision over Emma Engels (Bartlett) (Dec 9-6)

3rd Place Match

Karolina Konopka (Glenbard West) won by decision over Alyssa Bentley (Warren Township) (Dec 3-2)

5th Place Match

Yurithdzy Vilchis (Prairie Central) won by fall over Lilly Plumlee (Clifton Central) (Fall 1:31)

125

1st Place Match

Gianna Arzer (Grayslake Central) won by decision over Lilly White (Bartlett) (Dec 5-2)

3rd Place Match

Valentina Fantoni (Glenbard West) won by fall over Juliana Adamski (Tinley Park) (Fall 1:31)

5th Place Match

Makiya Baker (Prairie Central) won by fall over Nayeli Nieto (Bolingbrook) (Fall 4:59)

130

1st Place Match

Catalina Pacheco (Seneca) won by fall over Sophie Crescenzo (Lisle) (Fall 1:30)

3rd Place Match

Jane Kelly (Warren Township) won by fall over April Ortiz (Joliet Central) (Fall 3:25)

5th Place Match

Nyima Outlaw (Bolingbrook) won by fall over Paiton Pilgrim (Joliet Central) (Fall 1:44)

135

1st Place Match

Izabel Barrera (Joliet Central) won by decision over Sammie Greisen (Seneca) (Dec 6-3)

3rd Place Match

Nydia Jotzat (Glenbard West) won by fall over Haley Fugelseth (Warren Township) (Fall 0:30)

5th Place Match

Katherine Mertz (Warren Township) won by medical forfeit over Madison Monreal (Tinley Park) (MFF)

140

1st Place Match

Christiara Finley (Hillcrest) won by major decision over Haiden Lavarier (Seneca) (Maj 16-4)

3rd Place Match

Miranda Tellez (Grayslake Central) won by fall over Giovanna Cozzani (Glenbard West) (Fall 3:09)

5th Place Match

Abbie Harris (Tinley Park) won by fall over Nadya McCottrell (Joliet Central) (Fall 1:00)

145

1st Place Match

Karimot Lawal (Palatine) won by decision over Tyanna Jackson (Warren Township) (Dec 10-4)

3rd Place Match

Savannah Burns (Bolingbrook) won by fall over Ellery Brown (Warren Township) (Fall 3:18)

5th Place Match

Rylee Hernandez (Tinley Park) won by fall over Tristine Briscoe (Grayslake Central) (Fall 0:31)

155

1st Place Match

Miyalinna DeJesus (Glenbard West) won by fall over Evelyn Castro Juarez (Palatine) (Fall 1:06)

3rd Place Match

Ashley Fugelseth (Warren Township) won by fall over Natalie Komprowski (Bartlett) (Fall 0:43)

5th Place Match

Melissa Nance (Hillcrest) won by fall over Brisa Perez (Palatine) (Fall 2:55)

170

1st Place Match

Sabrina Cagill (Palatine) won by fall over Sydney West (Hillcrest) (Fall 0:36)

3rd Place Match

Erin Bush (Warren Township) won by fall over Gianna Guerrero (Joliet Central) (Fall 1:11)

5th Place Match

Addison Shay (Warren Township) won by fall over Monique Mesina (Bolingbrook) (Fall 2:28)

190

1st Place Match

Payton Temple (Clifton Central) won by fall over Irma Villa (Palatine) (Fall 0:58)

3rd Place Match

Aiva Wikar (Palatine) won by fall over Jordyn Coleman-Harrison (Hillcrest) (Fall 1:23)

5th Place Match

Evelyne Perez-Bedolla (Joliet Central) won by fall over Daniyah Nixon (Glenbard West) (Fall 5:27)

235

1st Place Match

Chloe Hoselton (Prairie Central) won by fall over Thanh Dinh (Glenbard West) (Fall 0:58)

3rd Place Match

Jewel Mister (Joliet Central) won by fall over Aniaah Garcia (Palatine) (Fall 4:41)

5th Place Match

Cynthia Rios (Bolingbrook) won by fall over Tamera Gibbs (Hillcrest) (Fall 2:00)

Team scores

1. Glenbard West 178, 2. Joliet Central 150.5, 3. Warren Township 139, 4. Palatine 125, 5. Bolingbrook 123, 6. Seneca 103.5, 7. Hillcrest 95.5, 8. Bartlett 84, 9. Tinley Park 68, 10. Grayslake Central 54.5, 11. Prairie Central 54, 12. Glenbrook North 49.5, 13. Clifton Central 44.5, 14. Lisle 41.5, 15. Oakwood/Salt Fork 17.

Rickover Naval Academy wins title at own Rickover Girls Rumble

Rickover Naval Academy scored 167 points to claim top honors at its own 14-team Rickover Girls Rumble while two other Chicago Public Schools claimed the next two spots as Kelly finished in second place with 138 points and Lane Tech took third place with 95.5 points. 

Highland Park (94), Maine East (94), Niles West (88.5) and Wheaton Warrenville South (75.5) rounded out the top half of the field.

1 – Rickover Naval Academy

The tourney champion Lady Sea Dragons collected 10 overall medals, led by individual champions Isabelle Mejia (145, 13-4) and Jasmine Mejia (235, 13-1), who together pinned their way to the top of the podium in stealth fashion, needing a combined 3:23 to claim the top prizes.

“Jasmine is our rock,” Lady Sea Dragons coach Brian Augello said. “She is a three-time state qualifier (fifth in 2022) and our captain, and great leader, not only for our girls program, but the boys also. It’s like having another coach out there with Jasmine, she is just a positive influence on our entire program.

“It has been a pleasure to watch her development this season,” Augello said of Isabelle Mejia. “As a freshman, we really did not know what to expect. She had a choice between Lane or Rickover, but she has seen the development of Jasmine and being in a smaller atmosphere would be better for her. She is just a sponge with the instruction we give her, and you can see it in her performance on the mat, and we feel the sky’s the limit for her from here on out.”

The quartet of Dakota Perez (100, 13-2), Paige Finnegan (110, 10-3), Litzy Estrada (115, 14-6) and Camila Martinez-Gonzalez (155, 14-1) each provided second place medals. Mia Castillo (105), Jimena Romero-Chaga (135) and Jocelyn Quillay (140) were all third and Alisa Burk (145) took fourth.

“Litzy’s second place finish came in probably the toughest weight division here, and both her and Paige (Finnegan) stepped up last week at IWCOA dual team state and wrestled where we needed them and did really well,” said Augello, whose team took second in their tourney last season to the eventual City champion, Phoenix Military Academy, who edged the tourney hosts 109.5-105.

“(Reflecting) on the IWCOA dual team state tournament as an athletic director, it’s remarkable to see how much the sport has evolved from what started with modest participation to a level where our top 16 teams boast more wrestlers than entire sectionals once did,” Rickover Naval Academy athletic director Guillermo ‘Will’ Mejia said.

“Our program here at Rickover continues to transform young lives through the sport, with athletes becoming city champions, state placers and even an All-American,” Augello said. “The atmosphere at dual team state was electric and it was a great opportunity for our program, and even though we were missing five starters, the experience they all received from being there was invaluable.”

2 – Kelly

Kelly, which took third place in CPS in 2024, ran a strong second to eventual champion Rickover Naval Academy, collecting eight top-four medals which included dominating efforts from its upper weight stars, Sara Martinez Lopera (170, 13-0) and N’ Dyia Mahon-Godfrey (190, 17-1), who together needed just over two minutes on the day to collect their championship medals. Martinez Lopera was a 2024 CPS champion while Mahon-Godrey was a sectional qualifier.

Finishing in second place for coach Jazzmine Seely’s Lady Trojans were Irayde Sanchez Cruz (105), Liliana Monserrat Dimas (145, 8-4) and Laura Sofia Martinez Lopera (235). Yazmine Garcia (115) and Leylani Bahena (130) were third while Olivia Reyes (135) claimed fourth place.

3 – Lane Tech

Sofia Guerrero (105, 21-5), Nyah Lovis (130, 25-4) and Zabby Badru (135, 24-5) led the way with championships for third-place Lane Tech, who thanks in part to this trio, would  hold off both Highland Park and Maine East by a 95.5-94.0 margin for a top-three finish on the day.

Lovis, reigning CPS champion, now a two-time champion in the event, lost at the Evanston Sectional a year ago in the blood round to end her terrific season at 32-6. Also placing in the top-four for coach Liam Cummins’ Champions were runner-up Imyjah Jackson (140) and Lauren Guerrero (115), who claimed fourth place.

Others earning championship medals were Niles West’s Nour Al Radi (110, 3-0) and Zoe Pomeranets (120, 10-2), Mundelein’s Vanessa Osorio (115, 17-7) and Khloe Heerdegen (140, 13-5), Highland Park’s Riley Moore (125, 8-5) and Dana Holt (155, 12-1) and Wheaton Warrenville South’s Andrea Jaimes-Alvarez (100, 11-1).

Also finishing in second place were Maine East’s Heba Kiloul (120, 12-2) and Daniela Velaquez (170, 4-3), Mundelein’s Stefany Rodriguez-Betanco (125),  Durand/Pecatonica’s Evie Anderson (130), Wheaton Warrenville South’s Heidi Bourne (135, 6-5) and Highland Park’s Elsa Flory (190, 8-8).

There was a four-way tie for the most team points with 26 between Isabelle Mejia, Holt, Moore and Osorio while Jaimes-Alvarez scored 25.5 points and Al Radi had 23.5 team points. Moore easily had the most total match points with 60 while Lovis was next-best with 39 points.

Rickover Girls Rumble place matches

100

1st Place Match

Andrea Jaimes-Alvarez (Wheaton Warrenville South) 11-1, Jr. over Dakota Perez (Rickover Naval Academy) 13-2, Jr. (Fall 0:55)

3rd Place Match

Evelyn Torres (Maine East) 13-6, Fr. over Paola Ocampo (Maine East) 7-9, Fr. (Fall 1:06)

105

1st Place Match

Sofia Guerrero (Lane Tech) 21-5, Jr. over Irayde Sánchez Cruz (Kelly) 2-3, Jr. (Fall 1:37)

3rd Place Match

Mia Castillo (Rickover Naval Academy) 2-3, Fr. over Alanna Mechling (Durand/Pecatonica) 3-5, So. (Dec 8-7)

110

1st Place Match

Nour AL Radi (Niles West) 3-0 over Paige Finnegan (Rickover Naval Academy) 10-3, Fr. (Fall 1:39)

3rd Place Match

Chinyari Parrish (Niles West) 5-3, Fr. over Liza Sarkees (Maine East) 2-10, So. (Fall 1:02)

115

1st Place Match

Vanessa Osorio (Mundelein) 17-7, Fr. over Litzy Estrada-A. (Rickover Naval Academy) 14-6, So. (Fall 3:14)

3rd Place Match

Yazmine Garcia (Kelly) 12-4, Fr. over Lauren Guerrero (Lane Tech) 16-12, So. (Fall 3:31)

120

1st Place Match

Zoe Pomeranets (Niles West) 10-2 over Heba Kiloul (Maine East) 12-10, Sr. (Fall 3:15)

3rd Place Match

Miriam Orduno (Mather) 2-1, Jr. over Jimena Cisneros (Maine East) 7-10, So. (Fall 2:36)

125

1st Place Match

Riley Moore (Highland Park) 8-5, So. over Stefany Rodriguez-Betanco (Mundelein) 2-1, So. (TF-1.5 2:15 (15-0))

3rd Place Match

Sommer Kibbe (Wheaton Warrenville South) 9-3, Jr. over Sienna Rauzi (Niles West) 2-3 (Fall 1:21)

130

1st Place Match

Nyah Lovis (Lane Tech) 25-4, Sr. over Evie Anderson (Durand/Pecatonica) 2-1 (MD 12-1)

3rd Place Match

Leylani Bahena (Kelly) 13-3, So. over Jeamilla Segovia (Maine East) 6-11, Sr. (Fall 1:33)

135

1st Place Match

Zabby Badru (Lane Tech) 24-5, So. over Heidi Bourne (Wheaton Warrenville South) 6-5, Jr. (Fall 3:02)

3rd Place Match

Jimena Romero-Chaga (Rickover Naval Academy) 6-2, Jr. over Olivia Reyes (Kelly) 4-6, Jr. (Fall 0:45)

140

1st Place Match

Khloe Heerdegen (Mundelein) 13-5, Jr. over Imyjah Jackson (Lane Tech) 4-18, So. (Fall 1:47)

3rd Place Match

Joceyln Quillay (Rickover Naval Academy) 3-3, Jr. over Lisbeth Tenorio (Mather) 1-2, So. (Fall 2:00)

145

1st Place Match

Isabelle Mejia (Rickover Naval Academy) 13-4, Fr. over Liliana Monserrat Dimas (Kelly) 8-4, So. (Fall 0:33)

3rd Place Match

Aaizah Khan (Niles West) 9-6 over Alisa Burk (Rickover Naval Academy) 5-5, Sr. (Fall 1:21)

155

1st Place Match

Dana Holt (Highland Park) 12-1, Sr. over Camila Martinez-Gonzalez (Rickover Naval Academy) 14-1, Sr. (Fall 1:46)

3rd Place Match

Esther Gouegnon (Mather) 3-1, Jr. over Juliamay Teston (Intrinsic) 7-4, So. (Fall 0:21)

170

1st Place Match

Sara Martinez Lopera (Kelly) 13-0, So. over Daniela Velazquez (Maine East) 4-3, Fr. (Fall 0:20)

3rd Place Match

Dorothy Perez (Highland Park) 7-4, Jr. over Danika Samson (Highland Park) 5-4, Fr. (Fall 0:42)

190

1st Place Match

N`Dyia Mahon-Godfrey (Kelly) 17-1, Sr. over Elsa Flory (Highland Park) 8-8, So. (Fall 0:14)

3rd Place Match

Julissa Az (Mather) 3-1, Jr. over Izabella Aquino (Wheaton Warrenville South) 3-3, So. (Fall 2:35)

235

1st Place Match

Jasmine Mejia (Rickover Naval Academy) 13-1, Sr. over Laura Sofia Martinez Lopera (Kelly) 2-2, So. (Fall 0:50)

3rd Place Match

Svenja Dealmonte (Mundelein) 2-1, Jr. over Areli Santamaria (Horizon Science Academy-Southwest Chicago) 1-2 (Fall 0:29)

Team scores

1. Rickover Naval Academy 167, 2. Kelly 138, 3. Lane Tech 95.5, 4. Highland Park 94, 4. Maine East 94, 6. Niles West 88.5, 7. Wheaton Warrenville South 75.5, 8. Mundelein 62, 9. Mather 60, 10. Durand/Pecatonica 22, 11. Intrinsic 13, 12. Kenwood 10. 13. Horizon Science Academy – Southwest Chicago 5, 14. Niles North 4.

Kaneland has four champions at Naperville Central Girls Invitational

The first-ever Naperville Central Girls Invitational featured quite an impressive array of quality Individuals in a 17-team field that featured over 100 competitors. 

That included Kaneland sophomore Angelina Gochis, who won the 2024 IHSA championship at 105 pounds to cap a 47-5 season. She improved to 22-0 after winning the title at 110 and was one of four champions for coach Josh West’s Knights, with the others being Dyani Torres (135, 18-5), Carly Duffing (170, 15-4) and Sadie Kinsella (190, 12-5).

The host Redhawks and Addison Trail also had two champions. Winning titles for Naperville Central were Dezi Azar (125, 19-3) and Arianna Rico (140, 15-6) while the Blazers received championships from Brithany Mondragon (120, 14-1) and Madeline Beltran (145, 14-5).

Montini Catholic’s Katelyn Bell (100, 22-3), who placed sixth at 100 last year at the IHSA Finals, also won a title. Other champions were Leyden’s Zoey Dodgers (105, 11-0), Willowbrook’s Daisy Trujillo (115, 11-5), Joliet Catholic Academy’s Grace Laird (130, 8-2), Downers Grove North’s Jahdi’yah Hibbler (155, 14-3) and Normal West’s Cadence Duvall (235, 17-3). Dodgers was the first sectional qualifier for her program last season and Trujillo became the first individual in her program to win a weight bracket when she captured this tournament title.

Second-place finishers were Naperville Central’s Annika Hull (100, 14-6) and Ellen Purl (120, 15-7), Lyons Township’s Avi Gonzalez (105, 10-3) and Mariah Zalapa (110), Willowbrook’s Angelia Manlapaz (115, 8-8) and Isabela Barajas (155, 11-2), Downers Grove North’s Natalia Cruz (130, 15-4) and Kaitlyn Kapral (135, 9-6), Maine South’s Lotus Alhyasat (145, 11-8) and Sophia Fortis (235, 7-6), Pontiac’s Jocelyn Cobix (125, 16-5), Kaneland’s Chloe Cervantes (140, 6-6), Naperville North’s Vilte Petreikyte-Zemaitaitis (170) and Hinsdale Central’s Chloe Black (190, 11-3).

And finishing in third place were Lyons Township’s Jhania Wickert-Harris (100, 7-4), Sofia Turek (135, 10-3) and Shannon Sullivan (140), Naperville Central’s Melva Gallego-Sugar (115, 10-6) and Bianca Arredondo (125, 17-6), Kaneland’s Bella Gruber (120, 5-4) and Caitlyn Manier (155, 11-5), Leyden’s Julie Ramirez (145) and Andrea Aguilera (235), Willowbrook’s Jazilah Gatlin (170, 12-6) and Jimena Saenz (190, 6-5), Naperville North’s Keyi Wang (105), Proviso East’s Regina Jones (110) and Addison Trail’s Evolet Mata (130).

There was a four-way tie for the most team points with 22 between champions Azar, Kinsella, Laird and Mondragon while second-place finishers Black, Cobix, Cruz and Purl all had 18 team points. Gochis had the most total match points with 61 while Bell was next-best with 59 points. Maine South’s Crystalia Psyhogios and Proviso East’s Mila Tellado both recorded four falls.

“This tournament was all really about getting three to four matches for girls during the winter break, most teams did not have full rosters, but there were some very talented wrestlers on hand that made for some good matches on the day,” said Rob Porter, Naperville Central’s coach and the tournament director. 

He pointed out that the non-team scoring event was in place in order to give the 17 teams featuring 100-plus athletes important time on the mat in advance of the start of the second half of the season.

Porter, the President of the IWCOA and a 2011 IWCOA Hall of Fame inductee, starred at Mahomet-Seymour and Edinboro University in Pennsylvania. He took over the Redhawks girls program after serving both as the head coach and assistant for Naperville Central’s boys program, where he led two teams to the IHSA Dual Team Finals. Prior to that, he led Mahomet-Seymour to 252 victories in 12 seasons, and he had seven teams that qualified for the IHSA Dual Team Finals and four of them won trophies. 

Naperville Central Girls Invitational place matches

100

1st Place Match

Katelyn Bell (Montini Catholic) 22-3, Sr. over Annika Hull (Naperville Central) 14-6, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:06 (19-4))

3rd Place Match

Jhania Wickert-Harris (Lyons Township) 7-4, Fr. over Alejandra Perez Delgado (Naperville Central) 6-12, So. (Fall 2:27)

5th Place Match

Melina Valdez (Addison Trail) 11-8, Fr. over Kayla Vasquez (Leyden) 3-7, Fr. (Fall 3:26)

7th Place Match

Paola Lopez (Proviso East) 1-2 over Asa Cedeno (Normal West) 2-11 (TF-1.5 4:50 (24-7))

105

1st Place Match

Zoey Dodgers (Leyden) 11-0, So. over Avi Gonzalez (Lyons Township) 10-3, Sr. (Fall 0:59)

3rd Place Match

Keyi Wang (Naperville North) 2-1, So. over Bella Lopez (Naperville Central) 4-5, Sr. (Fall 1:13)

5th Place Match

Nayeli Salgado (Willowbrook) 8-6, So. over Tia Edwards (Proviso West) 1-2 (Fall 3:58)

7th Place Match

Jaszmyn Dotson (Downers Grove North) 1-2, Fr. over Valeria Reyes (Proviso East) 0-3 (Fall 0:35)

110

1st Place Match – round robin

Angelina Gochis (Kaneland) 22-0, So. over Mariah Zalapa (Lyons Township) 2-1 (TF-1.5 1:21 (21-5))

3rd Place Match – round robin

Regina Jones (Proviso East) 1-2 over Aphrotie Gineris (Maine South) 0-3 (Fall 0:58)

115

1st Place Match

Daisy Trujillo (Willowbrook) 11-5, Sr. over Angelina Manlapaz (Willowbrook) 8-8, Fr. (Fall 1:32)

3rd Place Match

Melva Gallego-Sugar (Naperville Central) 10-6, So. over Thalia Paton (Kaneland) 8-4, So. (Fall 5:46)

5th Place Match

Kateryna Petriuk (Naperville North) 2-1, Jr. over Rosario Gaeta (Normal West) 0-8, Fr. (Fall 0:47)

7th Place Match

Brianna Martinez (Lyons Township) 0-2 received a bye

120

1st Place Match

Brithany Mondragon (Addison Trail) 14-1, Jr. over Ellen Purl (Naperville Central) 15-7, Sr. (MD 14-2)

3rd Place Match

Bella Gruber (Kaneland) 5-4, Fr. over Grace Migasi (Maine South) 5-8, So. (Fall 1:20)

5th Place Match

Crystalia Psyhogios (Maine South) 9-9, Fr. over Lorelai Brown (Lyons Township) 6-7, So. (Fall 2:00)

125

1st Place Match

Dezi Azar (Naperville Central) 19-3, So. over Jocelyn Cobix (Pontiac) 16-5, Fr. (Dec 3-1)

3rd Place Match

Bianca Arredondo (Naperville Central) 17-6, Sr. over Drea Lazzara (Addison Trail) 16-7, Fr. (Fall 1:59)

5th Place Match

Mia Telledo (Proviso East) 4-1 over Marija Neskovic (Hinsdale Central) 9-7, Jr. (Fall 5:55)

130

1st Place Match

Grace Laird (Joliet Catholic Academy) 8-2, Sr. over Natalia Cruz (Downers Grove North) 15-4, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:27 (19-4))

3rd Place Match

Evolet Mata (Addison Trail) 4-8, Fr. over Jasmine Dutt (Maine South) 2-12, So. (Fall 3:51)

5th Place Match

Anika Gonzalez (Proviso West) 3-1 over Brenna Berkowitz (Naperville Central) 5-12, Sr. (Fall 0:45)

135

1st Place Match – round robin

Dyani Torres (Kaneland) 18-5, Sr. over Kaitlyn Kapral (Downers Grove North) 9-6, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:59 (17-1))

3rd Place Match – round robin

Sofia Turek (Lyons Township) 10-3, Jr. over Allison Flores-Morales (Willowbrook) 8-8, So. 

5th Place Match

Audrey Tromp (Lyons Township) 0-4 received a bye

140

1st Place Match – round robin

Arianna Rico (Naperville Central) 15-6, So. over Chloe Cervantes (Kaneland) 6-6, Jr. (MD 10-2)

3rd Place Match – round robin

Shannon Sullivan (Lyons Township) 3-8, Sr. over Areniz Vasquez (Willowbrook) 1-8, Fr. (Fall 1:32)

145

1st Place Match

Madeline Beltran (Addison Trail) 14-5, Jr. over Lotus Alhyasat (Maine South) 11-8, Sr. (Fall 2:24)

3rd Place Match

Julie Ramirez (Leyden) 3-4, Jr. over Reygan Behrends (Kaneland) 6-6, Fr. (Fall 2:31)

5th Place Match

Emily Hanson (Willowbrook) 4-6, Jr. over Alena Mossman (Downers Grove North) 1-2, So. (Fall 1:10)

7th Place Match

Madilyn Hunt (Proviso East) 0-2 received a bye

155

1st Place Match

Jahdi`yah Hibbler (Downers Grove North) 14-3, So. over Isabela Barajas (Willowbrook) 11-2, Jr. (Fall 1:54)

3rd Place Match

Caitlyn Manier (Kaneland) 11-5, Fr. over Camila Sanmartin (Leyden) 2-5 (Fall 1:11)

5th Place Match

Libby Greenblatt (Lyons Township) 1-1 over Yara Salazar (Hinsdale Central) 1-8 (Fall 5:15)

170

1st Place Match

Carly Duffing (Kaneland) 15-4, Sr. over Vilte Petreikyte-Zemaitaitis (Naperville North) 2-1, So. (Fall 0:40)

3rd Place Match

Jazilah Gatlin (Willowbrook) 12-6, Jr. over Alyssa Andreen (Downers Grove North) 7-11, So. (MD 11-1)

5th Place Match

Olivia Miller (Pontiac) 7-6, Fr. over Sanaa Hudgins (Maine South) 7-10, So. (Fall 3:30)

7th Place Match

Amala Agwuncha (Proviso West) 0-2 received a bye

190

1st Place Match

Sadie Kinsella (Kaneland) 12-5, So. over Chloe Black (Hinsdale Central) 11-3, Sr. (Fall 2:36)

3rd Place Match

Jimena Saenz (Willowbrook) 6-5, Fr. over Danai Kostarelou (Maine South) 9-5, Fr. (Fall 3:36)

5th Place Match

Jayde Keaty (Willowbrook) 7-5, Sr. over Amber Dix (Proviso West) 2-2 (Fall 3:44)

235

1st Place Match – round robin

Cadence Duvall (Normal West) 17-3, Sr. over Sophia Fortis (Maine South) 7-6, So. (Dec 2-0)

3rd Place Match – round robin

Andrea Aguilera (Leyden) 2-5, Jr. over Kara Colles (Kaneland) 3-7, Jr. (Fall 0:25)

By Curt Herron – for the IWCOA

Althoff Catholic claims title at Carbondale’s Murdale Invitational

Althoff Catholic closed in a strong fashion with three champions to help it capture top honors at Carbondale’s 63rd annual Murdale Wrestling Invitational with 193 points, which was 12 better than runner-up Marion, who scored 181 points while Murphysboro took third with 176 points.

The rest of the top 10 in the 31-team competition featured Mascoutah (168.5), Granite City (145), Carterville (136.5), Highland (128.5), Frankfort/Christopher (121), Benton/Sesser-Valier (119) and the host Terriers (114.5).

1 – Althoff Catholic

Leading the way for coach Emanuel Brooks’ champion Crusaders were title winners Dawson Hawthorne (11-0 at 126), Brenden Rayl (19-0 at 132) and Jason Dowell (16-0 at 285). Jacobi Cobbs (17-2 at 106) placed second, Robbie Schallert (11-3 at 138) and Enrique Morales (3-2 at 285) were fourth and Ryan Hogue (11-5 at 144) and Stephen Ache (10-4 at 215) took seventh.

Others who scored points for Althoff Catholic, who didn’t enter individuals at three weights, were  Austin Wilkinson (14-9 at 165, 12th), Alex Schallert (9-5 at 150, 13th), Matthew Marshall (190, 13th).and Grayson Peak (175, 27th). Others who placed in the top 16 were John Taylor (11-3 at 132, 11th), Braden Bush (8-7 at 215, 15th) and Karson Fowler (10-7 at 106, 16th).

“I tell my team like my high school coach told me,’The harder I work, the luckier I get’,” Brooks said. “We got a little lucky this weekend bringing home the Tournament title, but we wouldn’t have been in position to get lucky if we hadn’t been putting the work in! I’m happy my boys got the win, but it’s already time to focus on the next challenge.”

2 – Marion

Top performers for coach Darren Lindsey’s second place Wildcats were runners-up Caden Frey (18-5 at 150) and Tate Miller (23-6 at 165), third-place finishers Nate Page (19-8 at 144) and Evan Francis (18-8 at 190) and Riddick Cook (15-5 at 126), who finished fourth. Grayson Sanders (18-10 at 175) took seventh, Justin Murphy (16-10 at 157) was eighth, Bryan Madinger (19-7 at 215) placed ninth and Rigdon Meacham (14-11 at 113) claimed tenth place.

3 – Murphysboro

Turning in the best performances for coach Shea Baker’s third-place Red Devils were champion Paxton Pyatt (30-1 at 113), runners-up Kaiden Richards (23-5 at 120) and Bryce Edwards (24-4 at 144) and third-place finisher Sergio Garcia (21-10 at 126). Maxon Stearns (22-8 at 165) finished fifth, Caybren Hubbard (22-11 at 215) took sixth, Aiston Holt (14-10 at 132) and Lemar Treshansky (18-12 at 138) placed seventh while Logan Tanner (21-10 at 175) and Julien Tanner (11-3 at 285) claimed ninth place.

Other Murdaugh champions were Mascoutah’s Xavier Sonon-Hale (23-4 at 106) and Brock Ross (30-1 at 150), Highland’s Tyson Rakers (18-1 at 157) and Ashton Zobrist (18-4 at 215), Glenwood’s Tyler Clarke (26-6 at 120), McCracken County, KY’s Camryn Freiberg (26-3 at 138), Mt. Vernon’s Dillon White (15-0 at 144), East St. Louis’ Pierre Walton (19-1 at 165), Granite City’s Eli Miller (20-9 at 175) and Frankfort/Christopher’s Conner Henson (30-0 at 190).

Also claiming second-place finishers were Benton/Sesser-Valier’s Cohen Sweely (32-1 at 113), Anna-Jonesboro’s Drew Sadler (22-5 at 126), Freeburg’s Lukas Quartz (12-5 at 132), Mt. Vernon’s Gavin Pedigo (11-6 at 138), Breese Central’s Matthew Walsh (21-5 at 157), Carterville’s Carter Jones (15-4 at 175), Red Bud/Valmeyer’s Danny Jackson (26-2 at 190), East Alton-Wood River’s Drake Champlin (16-1 at 215) and Cahokia’s Demarco Clark (12-3 at 285).

Miller, who was the only individual in the tournament who recorded five falls, had the most team points with 43. White and Freiberg tied for second place with 41 points while Rayl and Walton each collected 40 team points. Rakers got 39.5 points, Hawthorne scored 39 points, Pedigo and Zobrist both finished with 36 points and Jones had 35 team points.

Additional third-place finishers were Glenwood’s Cooper Clarke (23-9 at 106) and Jaxon Ferguson (11-3 at 113), Granite City’s Adrian Mendez (17-10 at 132) and Braxton Tolley (21-9 at 138), Fairfield’s Talan Keoughan (19-4 at 175) and Bentley Rogers (18-5 at 285), Effingham’s Kaiden Stewart (23-4 at 120), Salem’s Keyton King (30-2 at 150), Mascoutah’s Jordan Sonon-Hale (23-6 at 157),Carbondale’s Thomas Imboden (18-6 at 165) and Frankfort/Christopher’s Brandon Turner (25-3 at 215).

Others who finished fourth were Cahokia’s Nathan Fisher (8-4 at 106), Frankfort/Christopher’s Hudson Anderton (26-4 at 113), Salem’s Rylan Moore (26-7 at 120), Anna-Jonesboro’s Jase Holshouser (14-7 at 132), Carbondale’s Joe Prideaux (20-10 at 144), McCracken County, KY’s James Barragan (21-3 at 150), East St. Louis’ Lonnez Smith (18-8 at 157), Herrin’s Kolby Coffey (15-4 at 165), Mascoutah’s Truett Blount (10-9 at 175) Trico/Elverado’s Johnny Ramaker (15-4 at 190) and Richland County’s Zander Schrader (22-7 at 215).

Also taking fifth place were Benton/Sesser-Valier’s Zane Stanley (26-6 at 106), Derek Wilkey (25-6 at 144) and Tiffin Kouzoukas (27-4 at 157), Carterville’s Ramiro Sebastian (17-7 at 113), Landyn Flood (22-4 at 126) and Terry Mick (22-7 at 190), Highland’s Gavin Merkle (15-5 at 120), McCracken County, KY’s Benjamin Kale (22-6 at 132), Mascoutah’s Desi Wade (24-7 at 138), Carbondale’s Jon Martin (18-7 at 150), Trico/Elverado’s Colin Hughey (20-3 at 175), Harrisburg’s Braxton Welge (17-4 at 215) and Freeburg’s Jack Amann (12-6 at 285).

Sixth-place finishes were also turned in by Johnston City’s Jace Weaver (13-7 at 138) and Benjamin Harris (14-7 at 144), Benton/Sesser-Valier’s Braxton Tittle (27-4 at 106), Mt. Vernon’s Jack Clark (11-6 at 113), Carbondale’s Bradley O’dell (16-6 at 120), Goreville/Dongola.Vienna’s Matt Crim (3-2 at 126), Centralia’s Cameron Haake (5-5 at 132), Fairfield’s Nic Masterson (14-8 at 150), Red Bud/Valmeyer’s Alex Wolter (21-8 at 157), Salem’s Granger Motch (26-8 at 165), Frankfort/Christopher’s Clayton Dent (21-6 at 175), Highland’s Ethan Greenwald (6-4 at 190) and Effingham’s Jeremiah Lorton (19-5 at 285).

Carbondale’s Jon Martin had the most total match points with 84 while Anna-Jonesboro’s Dawson Brunner was second with 69 points. Goreville/Dongola/Vienna’s Matt Crim was seeded 26th and took sixth while Centralia’s Cameron Haake got a 25th seed and also placed sixth.

Carbondale Murdale Boys Wrestling Tournament place matches

106

1st Place Match

Xavier Sonon-Hale (Mascoutah) 23-4, Fr. over Jacobi Cobbs (Althoff Catholic) 17-2, So. (MD 11-0)

3rd Place Match

Cooper Clarke (Glenwood) 23-9, Fr. over Nathan Fisher (Cahokia) 8-4, So. (For.)

5th Place Match

Zane Stanley (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 26-6, Jr. over Braxton Tittle (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 27-4, So. (Dec 14-10)

7th Place Match

Ethan Clark (East St. Louis) 3-6, Fr. over Aden Doolen (Salem) 21-12, Jr. (Fall 3:14)

9th Place Match

Isaac Wood (Carterville) 22-8, Fr. over Jayden Long (Highland) 8-10, Fr. (Dec 9-4)

11th Place Match

Zander Johnson (Granite City) 9-16, Fr. over Jerry Moreno (Murphysboro) 8-11, Jr. (Dec 3-2)

13th Place Match

Hayden Hazel (Richland County) 18-8, Fr. over Cray Harris (McCracken County, KY) 5-4, 7th. (Fall 0:47)

15th Place Match

David Hooper (Frankfort/Christopher) 14-8, Fr. over Karson Fowler (Althoff Catholic) 10-7, Fr. (Fall 1:05)

17th Place Match

Brendan Stewart (Effingham) 18-9, Fr. over Jonah Cox (Highland) 5-8, Fr. (Fall 1:59)

19th Place Match

Conner Crowder (Harrisburg) 11-13, Fr. over Paxton Overturf (Johnston City) 5-11, Fr. (Fall 0:32)

21st Place Match

Carter Poole (Fairfield) 9-12, So. over DaShonn Howard (Carbondale) 0-4, So. (For.)

23rd Place Match

Jack Smith (Anna-Jonesboro) 11-10, Jr. Bye

113

1st Place Match

Paxton Pyatt (Murphysboro) 30-1, So. over Cohen Sweely (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 32-1, So. (M. For.)

3rd Place Match

Jaxon Ferguson (Glenwood) 11-3, Jr. over Hudson Anderton (Frankfort/Christopher) 26-4, Fr. (Dec 11-4)

5th Place Match

Ramiro Sebastian (Carterville) 17-7, Jr. over Jack Clark (Mt. Vernon) 11-6, So. (Dec 5-3)

7th Place Match

Brennan Jeralds (Herrin) 9-10, So. over Jamarcus Agnew (Cahokia) 2-3, Jr. (For.)

9th Place Match

Dashun Caldwell (Granite City) 9-10, Jr. over Rigdon Meacham (Marion) 14-11, Fr. (MD 11-2)

11th Place Match

Anthony Granfeldt (Fairfield) 11-7, Jr. over Billy Green (Granite City) 8-13, Fr. (Fall 2:47)

13th Place Match

Zoee Sadler (Anna-Jonesboro) 23-7, Sr. over Cole Dulumback (Effingham) 16-10, Fr. (TF-1.5 4:29 (16-0))

15th Place Match

James Epplin (Pinckneyville) 8-6, Fr. over Kris Schicker (Salem) 12-16, Fr. (Dec 8-7)

17th Place Match

Nash Harris (McCracken County, KY) 11-10, 7th. over Ian Holzmueller (Carbondale) 10-13, Fr. (MD 12-2)

19th Place Match

Deston Hill (East St. Louis) 5-10, So. over Brody Frey (Highland) 1-11, Fr. (Fall 1:21)

120

1st Place Match

Tyler Clarke (Glenwood) 26-6, Sr. over Kaiden Richards (Murphysboro) 23-5, Sr. (DQ)

3rd Place Match

Kaiden Stewart (Effingham) 23-4, Sr. over Rylan Moore (Salem) 26-7, Fr. (Dec 7-4)

5th Place Match

Gavin Merkle (Highland) 15-5, Sr. over Bradley O`dell (Carbondale) 16-6, Fr. (Dec 6-0)

7th Place Match

Brawnsen Bloodworth (Carterville) 17-8, Sr. over Landon Fausz (Red Bud/Valmeyer) 12-6, Fr. (Fall 5:26)

9th Place Match

Jace Brown (Granite City) 18-9, So. over Antonio Clark (East St. Louis) 13-10, Jr. (Fall 1:01)

11th Place Match

Kenny Novy (Harrisburg) 11-10, So. over Taylor Stroud (McCracken County, KY) 15-10, Fr. (For.)

13th Place Match

Juelz Elliott (Marion) 11-10, So. over Devon Jensen (Freeburg) 13-5, Fr. (Dec 16-13)

15th Place Match

J. R. Wright (Anna-Jonesboro) 15-13, So. over Bryson Schram (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 10-10, Fr. (M. For.)

17th Place Match

Mason Smith-Marcum (Centralia) 7-8, So. over Draven VanAvery (Mt. Vernon) 8-8, So. (Dec 8-2)

19th Place Match

Abraham Jerrells (Frankfort/Christopher) 11-17, So. over Preston Newell (Mascoutah) 5-16, So. (Dec 6-3)

21st Place Match

Max Etherton (Johnston City) 4-14, Fr. over Bentley Stucker (Herrin) 5-12, Fr. (Dec 7-1)

126

1st Place Match

Dawson Hawthorne (Althoff Catholic) 11-0, So. over Drew Sadler (Anna-Jonesboro) 22-5, Sr. (Fall 2:58)

3rd Place Match

Sergio Garcia (Murphysboro) 21-10, Jr. over Riddick Cook (Marion) 15-5, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:34 (18-2))

5th Place Match

Landyn Flood (Carterville) 22-4, Sr. over Matt Crim (Goreville/Dongola/Vienna) 3-2, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:54 (16-1))

7th Place Match

Maguire Leck (Mascoutah) 22-7, Jr. over Kaeden Davis (Richland County) 21-8, So. (For.)

9th Place Match

AJ Williams (Glenwood) 22-13, Jr. over Jedd Wellen (Fairfield) 12-11, Jr. (Fall 3:36)

11th Place Match

Zaven Branch (McCracken County, KY) 17-6, Fr. over Ayden Swan (Carbondale) 13-10, Jr. (M. For.)

13th Place Match

Caleb Osborne (Salem) 21-10, Fr. over Luke Schwarz (Highland) 10-11, Jr. (Fall 0:50)

15th Place Match

Brock Becker (Freeburg) 10-7, So. over Hagle Williams (Frankfort/Christopher) 14-11, Jr. (For.)

17th Place Match

Gabe Eldridge (Herrin) 14-2, Fr. over Lane Deaton (Harrisburg) 8-15, So. (Fall 0:26)

19th Place Match

Hunter Detrick (Marion) 8-5, Fr. over Parker Allison (Granite City) 4-10, Fr. (Fall 2:42)

21st Place Match

Lucas Ashlock (Centralia) 9-9, Fr. over Xzavier Woodside (Pinckneyville) 10-14, Fr. (Fall 1:28)

23rd Place Match

Promise Houston (East St. Louis) 7-10, Jr. over Anthony Garza (Johnston City) 1-13, Fr. (Dec 10-9)

25th Place Match

Brendon Jones (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 5-13, Fr. over Mitchel Toennies (Breese Central) 2-17, Fr. (Fall 0:46)

132

1st Place Match

Brenden Rayl (Althoff Catholic) 19-0, Sr. over Lukas Quartz (Freeburg) 12-5, Fr. (Fall 0:46)

3rd Place Match

Adrian Mendez (Granite City) 17-10, Fr. over Jase Holshouser (Anna-Jonesboro) 14-7, Fr. (Fall 3:20)

5th Place Match

Benjamin Kale (McCracken County, KY) 22-6, Jr. over Cameron Haake (Centralia) 5-5, Sr. (Dec 7-5)

7th Place Match

Aiston Holt (Murphysboro) 14-10, Sr. over Jon Oliver (Carbondale) 7-6, Fr. (Dec 8-1)

9th Place Match

Isiah Findley (Salem) 26-7, So. over Marcus Nobles (Mascoutah) 15-14, Jr. (MD 10-2)

11th Place Match

John Taylor (Althoff Catholic) 11-3, So. over Gabe Lively (Johnston City) 11-7, Sr. (For.)

13th Place Match

J.Q. Mezo (Harrisburg) 10-4, Jr. over Jeret Edwards (Murphysboro) 21-7, Fr. (Fall 2:36)

15th Place Match

Weston Brockmeyer (Red Bud/Valmeyer) 17-12, Fr. over Kingston Palmer (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 13-13, Jr. (M. For.)

17th Place Match

Max Wade (Marion) 18-10, Jr. over Drew Moffit (Glenwood) 9-10, Sr. (Fall 0:42)

19th Place Match

Braxton Gardner (Frankfort/Christopher) 13-16, Jr. over Addison Mann (Carterville) 7-8, So. (Fall 1:26)

21st Place Match

Lane Witucki (Fairfield) 8-14 over Will Hagerstrom (Effingham) 8-17, So. (Fall 2:00)

23rd Place Match

Gavin Maroon (Highland) 5-12, Fr. over Braden Berndt (Herrin) 10-11, Jr. (For.)

25th Place Match

Mason Riggs (Richland County) 2-2, Jr. over Brody Peavler (Richland County) 1-3, Fr. (Dec 12-6)

27th Place Match

Trevor White (Breese Central) 3-20, Fr. over Levi Knapp (Pinckneyville) 4-20, Fr. (M. For.)

138

1st Place Match

Camryn Freiberg (McCracken County, KY) 26-3, Sr. over Gavin Pedigo (Mt. Vernon) 11-6, Jr. (Fall 1:19)

3rd Place Match

Braxton Tolley (Granite City) 21-9, So. over Robbie Schallert (Althoff Catholic) 11-3, Jr. (Fall 0:34)

5th Place Match

Desi Wade (Mascoutah) 24-7, So. over Jace Weaver (Johnston City) 13-7, Jr. (Fall 3:48)

7th Place Match

Lemar Treshansky (Murphysboro) 18-12, Fr. over Xavier Toliver-Cook (Carbondale) 12-12, Jr. (Fall 1:32)

9th Place Match

Gavin Slack (Carterville) 17-11, Jr. over Kevan Moore (Salem) 22-6, So. (Dec 9-4)

11th Place Match

Zane Bartz (East Alton-Wood River) 8-6, Fr. over Broden Becker (Freeburg) 9-8, So. (Fall 3:00)

13th Place Match

Zach Manning (Red Bud/Valmeyer) 19-10, Sr. over Wyatt Wright (Anna-Jonesboro) 13-13, Sr. (Fall 2:03)

15th Place Match

Eli Britton (Glenwood) 6-6, Fr. over Jaycen McBride (Marion) 8-10, Sr. (For.)

17th Place Match

Kaden Blades (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 9-4, Jr. over Mason Bushue (Effingham) 10-10, So. (Fall 1:29)

19th Place Match

Omar Mendez (Granite City) 7-13, Fr. over Mark Norris (Cahokia) 2-3, Jr. (For.)

21st Place Match

Logan Hoppes (Highland) 6-11, Sr. over Matix Martinez (Centralia) 5-11, So. (Fall 1:29)

23rd Place Match

Harley Coram (Fairfield) 2-3, Sr. over Josh Gale (Pinckneyville) 6-13, Fr. (Fall 1:07)

25th Place Match

Rocko Neal (Harrisburg) 11-10, Jr. over Elliot Imboden (Carbondale) 2-3, Fr. (Fall 1:45)

27th Place Match

Landyn Jones (Richland County) 1-3, Jr. over Chase Heimann (Breese Central) 3-15, So. (Fall 0:23)

144

1st Place Match

Dillon White (Mt. Vernon) 15-0, Sr. over Bryce Edwards (Murphysboro) 24-4, Sr. (Fall 1:51)

3rd Place Match

Nate Page (Marion) 19-8, Fr. over Joe Prideaux (Carbondale) 20-10, Jr. (Fall 3:26)

5th Place Match

Derek Wilkey (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 25-6, So. over Benjamin Harris (Johnston City) 14-7, Sr. (Fall 1:23)

7th Place Match

ryan Hogue (Althoff Catholic) 11-5, Jr. over Jayden Wilkinson (Mascoutah) 14-15, Jr. (Fall 5:45)

9th Place Match

Jay Klemish (Breese Central) 18-12, Jr. over Andrew McElroy (Granite City) 10-17, So. (Dec 4-3)

11th Place Match

Tyler Nolan (Granite City) 9-17, Fr. over Royce Conn (McCracken County, KY) 15-12, Jr. (Fall 3:54)

13th Place Match

Kade Orrell (Salem) 25-8, Fr. over Tyler Adams (East Alton-Wood River) 7-8, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:10 (16-0))

15th Place Match

Nick Bisching (Carterville) 7-9, Sr. over Joshua White (East St. Louis) 11-14, So. (Dec 8-7)

17th Place Match

Tristan Tapp (Trico) 12-8, So. over Dawson Brunner (Anna-Jonesboro) 14-10, Jr. (Fall 3:31)

19th Place Match

Tyler Russell (Herrin) 5-7, Jr. over Brayden Setzer (Red Bud/Valmeyer) 13-16, Fr. (MD 8-0)

21st Place Match

Brayden Pate (Centralia) 7-9, Jr. over Levi Paddock (Richland County) 6-10, So. (Fall 1:06)

23rd Place Match

Gavin Phillips (Salem) 5-3 over Keaton Lambert (Harrisburg) 3-11, So. (Fall 2:19)

25th Place Match

Ean Kreher (Freeburg) 5-9, So. over Jayden Johnson (Goreville) 2-3, Jr. (MD 9-0)

27th Place Match

Vance Vanway (Fairfield) 5-14, So. over Gabe Raddatz (Effingham) 4-20, So. (Dec 21-15)

29th Place Match

Jeremiah McCaskill (Cahokia) 0-3, Fr. Bye

150

1st Place Match

Brock Ross (Mascoutah) 30-1, Jr. over Caden Frey (Marion) 18-5, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:52 (16-0))

3rd Place Match

Keyton King (Salem) 30-2, Sr. over James Barragan (McCracken County, KY) 21-3, Sr. (Dec 6-0)

5th Place Match

Jon Martin (Carbondale) 18-7, Jr. over Nic Masterson (Fairfield) 14-8, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:03 (20-2))

7th Place Match

Lucas Parker (Frankfort/Christopher) 16-10, So. over Baker Moon (Effingham) 15-6, Jr. (Fall 3:08)

9th Place Match

Max Wolter (Red Bud) 20-6, Jr. over Jerry Tate (Johnston City) 11-5, Sr. (Fall 0:53)

11th Place Match

Brock Felty (Harrisburg) 13-11, Sr. over Anthony Miller (Carbondale) 10-4, Jr. (Fall 4:05)

13th Place Match

Alex Schallert (Althoff Catholic) 9-5, Jr. over Landon Johnson (East Alton-Wood River) 9-10, Jr. (MD 12-3)

15th Place Match

Nicholas Supancic (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 8-16, Sr. over Aidan Bramlett (Carterville) 9-13, Jr. (MD 16-8)

17th Place Match

Colsen Wagoner (Breese Central) 12-11, Jr. over Jarred Evans (Centralia) 7-14, So. (TF-1.5 3:00 (20-4))

19th Place Match

Zachary Earney (Granite City) 4-8, So. over Cameron Golladay (Anna-Jonesboro) 4-9, Sr. (For.)

21st Place Match

Patrick Dover (Murphysboro) 7-18, Jr. over Brady Woodsworth (Goreville/Dongola/Vienna) 0-4, Sr. (Fall 2:47)

23rd Place Match

Miles Tompson (Richland County) 0-4, So. Bye

157

1st Place Match

Tyson Rakers (Highland) 18-1, Sr. over Matthew Walsh (Breese Central) 21-5, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:46 (20-4))

3rd Place Match

Jordan Sonon-Hale (Mascoutah) 23-6, Jr. over Lonnez Smith (East St. Louis) 18-8, Jr. (Dec 9-3)

5th Place Match

Tiffin Kouzoukas (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 27-4, Sr. over Alex Wolter (Red Bud/Valmeyer) 21-8, Sr. (Fall 3:36)

7th Place Match

Cooper Lobek (Salem) 22-10, Sr. over Justin Murphy (Marion) 16-10, Sr. (For.)

9th Place Match

Tyshawn Welch (Carbondale) 13-9, Jr. over Micheal Minor (Frankfort/Christopher) 19-9, Jr. (Dec 9-8)

11th Place Match

Peyton Robinson (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 20-12, Jr. over Jeremiah Musgrave (Fairfield) 10-7, Sr. (Dec 5-0)

13th Place Match

John Walters (Marion) 10-6, Jr. over Haegan Hughes (Murphysboro) 16-11, So. (Fall 2:15)

15th Place Match

Lucas Salazar (Anna-Jonesboro) 11-16, Sr. over Ben McDowell (Effingham) 10-17, Fr. (MD 10-0)

17th Place Match

Garrett Ray (Herrin) 7-5, So. over Karson Lukancic (Harrisburg) 6-13, So. (Fall 0:46)

19th Place Match

Jose Silva (Carterville) 6-8, Jr. over William Ellis (Trico/Elverado) 6-12, So. (Fall 1:18)

21st Place Match

Jaydeb Emery (East Alton-Wood River) 6-9, Fr. over Braden McGee (Johnston City) 4-13, So. (Fall 1:57)

23rd Place Match

Konner Mayoral (Centralia) 3-13, So. over Logan Harrelson (Goreville/Dongola/Vienna) 1-4, Fr. (Fall 0:50)

25th Place Match

Markus Dunn (Cahokia) 1-2, So. over Bowen Weesner (Richland County) 0-3, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:16 (19-3))

165

1st Place Match

Pierre Walton (East St. Louis) 19-1, Jr. over Tate Miller (Marion) 23-6, Sr. (Fall 1:32)

3rd Place Match

Thomas Imboden (Carbondale) 18-6, Sr. over Kolby Coffey (Herrin) 15-4, Sr. (Dec 6-5)

5th Place Match

Maxon Stearns (Murphysboro) 22-8, So. over Granger Motch (Salem) 26-8, Jr. (MD 12-0)

7th Place Match

Briar Butler (Harrisburg) 18-5, Sr. over Trevor Fath (Pinckneyville) 17-8, Jr. (Fall 5:07)

9th Place Match

Sean Murphy (Mascoutah) 22-8, Jr. over Maizon Milestone (Glenwood) 20-13, Sr. (Fall 3:51)

11th Place Match

Kobe Cali (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 8-3, Jr. over Austin Wilkinson (Althoff Catholic) 14-9, Fr. (SV-1 6-3)

13th Place Match

Elijah Kolb (Granite City) 12-16, Sr. over Gavin Langley (Highland) 9-11, Jr. (Fall 4:14)

15th Place Match

Bryson Aaron (Frankfort/Christopher) 13-14, Fr. over Gavin Baldwin (Red Bud/Valmeyer) 9-13, Sr. (TF-1.5 1:42 (15-0))

17th Place Match

Kindall Williams (Cahokia) 4-1, Sr. over Gage Emmerich (Effingham) 7-6, Jr. (Dec 9-2)

19th Place Match

Geremia Lodi (Richland County) 8-12, Sr. over Preston Camp (Salem) 8-5, So. (For.)

21st Place Match

Spencer Crotser (Carterville) 14-11, Jr. over Aiden Dunn (Fairfield) 5-5, Jr. (Fall 1:50)

23rd Place Match

Jeramiah Walden (Carbondale) 7-12, Jr. over Joseph Hutton (Centralia) 10-9, Sr. (For.)

25th Place Match

Myan Carter (Anna-Jonesboro) 3-3, Jr. over Drake Hilliard (Goreville/Dongola/Vienna) 2-3, Jr. (Fall 2:26)

27th Place Match

Landen Ricklefs (Breese Central) 5-14, Jr. over Travis Dugge (East Alton-Wood River) 3-10, So. (Fall 0:44)

29th Place Match

Antoine Georis (Richland County) 1-3, Sr. over Landon Kreher (Freeburg) 4-9, Jr. (Fall 2:10)

175

1st Place Match

Eli Miller (Granite City) 20-9, Fr. over Carter Jones (Carterville) 15-4, So. (Fall 3:08)

3rd Place Match

Talan Keoughan (Fairfield) 19-4, Sr. over Truett Blount (Mascoutah) 10-9, Sr. (Fall 0:42)

5th Place Match

Colin Hughey (Trico/Elverado) 20-3, Sr. over Clayton Dent (Frankfort/Christopher) 21-6, Sr. (MD 12-1)

7th Place Match

Grayson Sanders (Marion) 18-10, Sr. over Izaiah Dalton (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 20-8, Sr. (M. For.)

9th Place Match

Logan Tanner (Murphysboro) 21-10, So. over Caleb Williford (Harrisburg) 13-6, Sr. (Dec 5-4)

11th Place Match

Corey Robinson (East St. Louis) 17-9, So. over Killian Merrill (Salem) 23-8, Jr. (Dec 7-6)

13th Place Match

Liam Kobbeman (Highland) 13-10, Sr. over Juan Salazar (Johnston City) 13-7, So. (MD 8-0)

15th Place Match

Cody Trowbridge (Highland) 7-3, Sr. over Dakari Westley (Carbondale) 9-6, Fr. (Fall 2:27)

17th Place Match

Logan McDonald (Richland County) 8-7, Sr. over Kaylin Riley (Freeburg) 11-7, Jr. (Fall 2:41)

19th Place Match

Titus Dover (Anna-Jonesboro) 10-8, Fr. over Dominick Khoshaba (Herrin) 4-8 (Fall 2:38)

21st Place Match

Wyatt Rau (Salem) 7-2 over Brayden Hicks (Red Bud/Valmeyer) 8-13, Sr. (Fall 3:43)

23rd Place Match

Chevelle Isom (Marion) 10-5, Jr. over Anakin Ricklefs (Breese Central) 6-18, Jr. (Fall 3:51)

25th Place Match

Reed Nichols (Centralia) 7-12, So. over Trent Reardon (Effingham) 4-13, Jr. (Fall 1:03)

27th Place Match

Grayson Peak (Althoff Catholic) 5-6, So. over Pierre Taylor (Cahokia) 1-4, So. (For.)

29th Place Match

Steven Scroggins (East Alton-Wood River) 0-3, So. Bye

190

1st Place Match

Conner Henson (Frankfort/Christopher) 30-0, Sr. over Danny Jackson (Red Bud/Valmeyer) 26-2, Fr. (Fall 2:42)

3rd Place Match

Evan Francis (Marion) 18-8, Jr. over Johnny Ramaker (Trico/Elverado) 15-4, Jr. (Dec 3-2)

5th Place Match

Terry Mick (Carterville) 22-7, So. over Ethan Greenwald (Highland) 6-4, Sr. (Fall 3:06)

7th Place Match

Jacob Miller Green (Freeburg) 10-7, Fr. over Isaiah Harris (McCracken County, KY) 8-5, Jr. (DFF)

9th Place Match

Carson Osborne (Salem) 27-4, Sr. over Martez Williams (Cahokia) 3-2, So. (TF-1.5 3:00 (20-2))

11th Place Match

Nick Christopher (Murphysboro) 10-12, Jr. over James Flores (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 10-10, Jr. (Dec 6-3)

13th Place Match

Matthew Marshall (Althoff Catholic) 7-8, So. over Harrison Redinous (Mascoutah) 2-3, Fr. (Fall 3:35)

15th Place Match

Canaan Cook (East Alton-Wood River) 5-4, Jr. over Layne Flach (Effingham) 5-15, Jr. (Fall 3:44)

17th Place Match

Brendan Hicks (Harrisburg) 11-5, Sr. over Alex Palmer (Anna-Jonesboro) 11-11, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:39 (18-1))

19th Place Match

Jonathan Moss (Breese Central) 6-14, Jr. over Delton Morgan (Richland County) 1-4, So. (Fall 1:57)

21st Place Match

Evan Musgrave (Fairfield) 2-7, Jr. over Hunter Nichols (Centralia) 4-17, So. (Fall 1:04)

23rd Place Match

Noah Drummond (Herrin) 5-14, Sr. over Kolton Hildebrand (Granite City) 1-12, So. (M. For.)

215

Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match

Ashton Zobrist (Highland) 18-4, Sr. over Drake Champlin (East Alton-Wood River) 16-1, Sr. (UTB 4-3)

3rd Place Match

Brandon Turner (Frankfort/Christopher) 25-3, Sr. over Zander Schrader (Richland County) 22-7, Jr. (Fall 1:17)

5th Place Match

Braxton Welge (Harrisburg) 17-4, Jr. over Caybren Hubbard (Murphysboro) 22-11, So. (MD 12-4)

7th Place Match

Stephen Ache (Althoff Catholic) 10-4, Jr. over Brody Beckmann (Breese Central) 13-8, Jr. (Fall 1:02)

9th Place Match

Bryan Madinger (Marion) 19-7, Sr. over Carl Watkins (Carterville) 19-9, So. (TF-1.5 2:32 (17-2))

11th Place Match

Abel Faircloth (Mascoutah) 8-17, So. over Joeseph Hercules (Johnston City) 9-7, Jr. (Fall 2:59)

13th Place Match

Logan Dirden (Herrin) 5-3, Sr. over Reid Dillow (Trico/Elverado) 7-10, So. (MD 11-2)

15th Place Match

Braden Bush (Althoff Catholic) 8-7, Jr. over Tristan Burnett (Granite City) 9-14, So. (Fall 0:23)

17th Place Match

Keegan Bare (Fairfield) 4-1, Sr. over Connor Daly (Carbondale) 19-13, Jr. (Dec 6-0)

19th Place Match

Femi Balugun (Glenwood) 3-2 over Domonique Bryant (McCracken County, KY) 4-7, Sr. (Fall 3:45)

21st Place Match

Kevin Haywood (East St. Louis) 8-8, So. over Payton Fruits (Pinckneyville) 6-11, So. (Fall 0:48)

23rd Place Match

Leo Pilcher (Salem) 5-11, So. over Keegan Woodall (Effingham) 4-15, So. (Fall 4:21)

25th Place Match

Tristin Vail (Marion) 8-3, Fr. over M`lyk Berry (Cahokia) 1-3, Fr. (Fall 3:10)

27th Place Match

Braxton Lingle-Hurt (Goreville/Dongola/Vienna) 1-3, So. over Michael Lukesh (Goreville/Dongola/Vienna) 0-4, Fr. (Dec 3-2)

29th Place Match

Luke McNiel (Effingham) 0-3 Bye

285

1st Place Match

Jason Dowell (Althoff Catholic) 16-0, Sr. over Demarco Clark (Cahokia) 12-3, Sr. (Fall 1:28)

3rd Place Match

Bentley Rogers (Fairfield) 18-5, Sr. over Enrique Morales (Althoff Catholic) 3-2 (Fall 5:05)

5th Place Match

Jack Amann (Freeburg) 12-6, So. over Jeremiah Lorton (Effingham) 19-5, Jr. (Dec 4-1)

7th Place Match

Matt Brown (Harrisburg) 20-5, Jr. over Jordyn Lomax-Brown (Carbondale) 15-6, Sr. (For.)

9th Place Match

Julien Tanner (Murphysboro) 11-3, Jr. over Michael Soto (East Alton-Wood River) 10-6, Jr. (Fall 1:54)

11th Place Match

Jeremiah Bouchard (Carterville) 17-10, So. over Gentry Michels (Richland County) 16-14, Fr. (Fall 1:19)

13th Place Match

Logan Black (Marion) 10-16, So. over Bradey Starr (Centralia) 9-13, So. (TF-1.5 2:51 (17-2))

15th Place Match

Tyson Wilson (Benton/Sesser-Valier) 2-3, Jr. over Max Watson (McCracken County, KY) 10-10, So. (For.)

17th Place Match

Levi Jones (Anna-Jonesboro) 14-5, Sr. over Ethyn Bradley (Goreville/Dongola/Vienna) 2-3, Sr. (DQ)

19th Place Match

Luke Pruett (Breese Central) 10-12, So. over Marcus Smith (Johnston City) 5-12, Sr. (Fall 1:21)

21st Place Match

Alex Crites (Mascoutah) 1-11, Jr. over Dennis Rottmann (Highland) 3-17, Fr. (Dec 3-1)

23rd Place Match

Westin Riley (Frankfort/Christopher) 0-4, So. Bye

Team Scores

1. Althoff Catholic 192, 2. Marion 181, 3. Murphysboro 176, 4. Mascoutah 168.5, 5. Granite City 145, 6. Carterville 136.5, 7. Highland 128.5, 8. Frankfort/Christopher 121, 9. Benton/Sesser-Valier 119, 10. Carbondale 114.5, 11. McCracken County, KY 109, 12. Anna-Jonesboro 107, 13. Salem 104.5, 14. Fairfield 99, 15. Glenwood 98.5, 16. Harrisburg 98.5, 17. East St. Louis 89.5, 18. Mt. Vernon 87.5, 19. Cahokia 72.5, 20. Breese Central 70.5, 21. Freeburg 70, 21. Red Bud/Valmeyer 70, 23. East Alton-Wood River 66, 24. Richland County 64.5, 25. Effingham 63.5, 26. Herrin 63, 27. Johnston City 62.5, 28. Trico/Elverado 52, 29. Centralia 49, 30. Goreville/Dongola/Vienna 25, 31. Pinckneyville 11.

Marion edges Glenwood for Carbondale Murdale Girls title

The outcome of Carbondale’s Murdale Girls Wrestling Tournament came down to the very last match and Marion got a pin from Olivia McDermott over Cahokia’s Kamryn Brown in 1:41 in the third-place match at 285 to give the Wildcats 105 points, which was four more than runner-up Glenwood, who owned a 101-100 advantage heading into the final match of the event.

McCracken County, Kentucky took third place with 92 points while Cahokia (82), Freeburg (79), Vandalia (66.5), Frankfort/Christopher (66), Unity (55), Granite City (53) and Murphysboro (47) rounded out the top 10 teams in the competition which featured athletes from 24 schools.

1 – Marion

Leading the way for coach Darren Lindsey’s champion Wildcats were title winner Alauni Muex (18-2 at 120), third-place finishers Melissa Comerford (12-5 at 145) and Olivia McDermott (13-4 at 235) and fourth-place medalists Nevaeh Duey (120), DJ Tucker-Lester (130) and Joelene Nappier-Feth (9-4 at 135). 

Others who were part of the dramatic title win were Alexis Shepard (100), Carley Williams (125), Addison Arnold (12-9 at 130), Brooklyn Phemister (12-5 at 140), Riki Herman (155), Daisjha Cooper (11-6 at 155), Mykenzie Reams (8-7 at 170) and Sofia Hernandez-Pina (190).

The Wildcats had a busy stretch as they also took part in Caldwell County’s Richey Rumble on Thursday in Princeton, Kentucky where they scored 89 points and placed seventh out of 18 teams and were the lone school from north of the Ohio River to take part in the competition. Top finishers in the Rumble were Muex (second at 120), Comerford (second at 145), Shepard (fifth at 100), Nappier-Feth (fifth at 138), McDermott (fifth at 285) and Williams (sixth at 126).

“She’s one of the hardest working wrestlers on the team,” Lindsey said of Muex. “Marion has wrestled in four tournaments and she has been in the finals of all of them racking up three second-place finishes to go with her Murdale championship. She is only a second-year wrestler but she works hard and is hungry to get better. Marion has good numbers on the girls team, filling 12 of the 14 weight classes, and that really helps with the team’s success. Our other top wrestlers have been senior Olivia McDermott, sophomore Mellissa Comerford and junior Brooklyn Phemister.”

2 – Glenwood

Coach Garrad Straube’s Titans came up just a bit short of winning the championship with only six entrants after also finishing six points behind champion North Callaway, Missouri at the Orchard Farm Invitational in Saint Charles, Missouri on December 13 with just five individuals competing and placing third at Jacksonville’s Crimson Ladies Holiday Invite on December 30, again with just six competitors. 

Top performers for the Titans were champions Kadi Wilbern (22-1 at 105) and Jenna Tuxhorn (22-1 at 145), runners-up Olivia Jarrett (115) and Isabella Resendez (19-7 at 135) as well as third-place finisher Kenzi Milestone (21-8 at 130) while Elsie Dozier (12-12 at 155) also added points as the team with only six entrants came up just short of capturing the championship.

“We had a good tournament,” Straube said. “We’re a young team. We were close to winning the Murdale Tournament, but that’s not necessarily our goal as a team right now. We’re taking huge strides, but I’d rather take six girls who work really hard and want to make a real impact than a bunch of people who you can’t count on. We’re developing and moving towards the postseason really well. I was impressed we were that close to the top, but I want to be right there in a few weeks.”

3 – McCracken County, Kentucky

Turning in the best finishes for coach Steven Spadafino’s Mustangs from Paducah, Kentucky were runners-up Emmery Evans (16-7 at 100) and Hermayoni Gembe (130) and third-place finisher Lakelynn Janssen (16-6 at 125) while Jillian Conn (6-4 at 100), Eelynn Hayden (11-4 at 125) and Lillian Harned (13-7 at 190) all finished in fourth place.

Murdale Invitational championships were also won by Granite City’s Audrey Barnes (18-3 at 135) and Demi Barnes (15-3 at 170), Mt. Vernon’s Lily Davis (7-3 at 100), Anna-Joneboro’s Haydyn Williamson (10-4 at 110), Carbondale’s Delaney Measimer (13-0 at 115). Vandalia’s Sophie Bowers (17-0 at 125), Cahokia’s Te’Aja Young (4-0 at 130), Carterville’s Jacee Mardirosian (9-4 at 140), Freeburg’s Grace Stratton (10-4 at 155), Goreville/Dongola/Vienna’s Krista McBride (13-1 at 190) and Unity’s Phoenix Molina (18-3 at 235).

Stratton and Young tied for the lead in most team points with 28 while Mardirosian, Muex and Tuxhorn all ranked third with 26 points. Bowers scored 25 team points while Demi Barnes, McBride and Measimer all collected 24 points and Williamson had 23.5 team points.

Others who claimed second-place finishes were Freeburg’s Brielle Becker (12-3 at 105) and Aubrey Raban (3-1 at 140), Vandalia’s Brynn Swyers (12-5 at 170) and Gracey Simmons (7-3 at 235), Red Bud/Valmeyer’s Emma Smith (10-8 at 110), Frankfort/Christopher’s Sophia Bechelli (7-2 at 120), Murphysboro’s Gabby Mason (11-2 at 125), Mascoutah’s Rylee Mathews (8-4 at 145), Unity’s Anna Vasey (20-3 at 155) and Highland’s Sophia Elkins (8-4 at 190).

Additional third-place finishers were Frankfort/Christopher’s Nikolette Ronketto (12-2 at 100), Granite City’s Briana Ramirez (14-6  at 105), Johnston City’s Kenni Lafollete (110), Breese Central’s Abigayle Haller (5-2 at 115), Mascoutah’s Zoe Nelson (12-4 at 120), East St. Louis’ Jariyah Powell (9-4 at 135), Mt. Vernon’s Daniya Musgrave (9-4 at 140), Murphysboro’s Nahima Mateo (11-2 at 155), Cahokia’s Janylah Holman (3-1 at 170) and Trico/Elverado’s Maddie Ramaker (3-1 at 190).

And fourth-place efforts were also turned in by Cahokia’s Simia Brown (3-2 at 140) and Kamryn Brown (6-4 at 235), Mascoutah’s Jhayla Lawson (105), Unity’s Elizabeth Farney (110), Freeburg’s Aubrey Rutmanis (10-8 at 115), Murphysboro’s Roxie Royster (145), Salem’s Sierra Malone (5-2 at 155) and Frankfort/Christopher’s Lily Browning (7-4 at 170).

Murphysboro’s Nahima Mateo, Freeburg’s Grace Stratton and Cahokia’s Te’Aja Young all had the most falls with four. Vandalia’s Sophie Bowers led all competitors with 45 total match points while Mt. Vernon’s Lily Davis was next-best with 42 points. Young won the championship at 130 despite being seeded ninth, the largest seed to place difference in the tournament.

Carbondale Murdale Girls Wrestling Tournament place matches

100

1st Place Match

Lily Davis (Mt. Vernon) 7-3, So. over Emmery Evans (McCracken County, KY) 16-7, 7th. (MD 13-4)

3rd Place Match

Nikolette Ronketto (Frankfort/Christopher) 12-2, Sr. over Jillian Conn (McCracken County, KY) 6-4, Fr. (MD 14-2)

105

1st Place Match

Kadi Wilbern (Glenwood) 22-1, So. over Brielle Becker (Freeburg) 12-3, Fr. (Fall 3:29) – round robin

3rd Place Match

Briana Ramirez (Granite City) 14-6, Jr. over Jhayla Lawson (Mascoutah) 0-3, Fr. (MD 12-2)

110

1st Place Match

Haydyn Williamson (Anna-Jonesboro) 10-4, So. over Emma Smith (Red Bud/Valmeyer) 10-8, So. (TF-1.5 4:33 (19-3))

3rd Place Match

Kenni Lafollete (Johnston City) 7-10, Fr. over Elizabeth Farney (Unity) 9-12, So. (Fall 1:55)

115

1st Place Match

Delaney Measimer (Carbondale) 13-0, So. over Olivia Jarrett (Glenwood) 7-8, Fr. (Fall 1:51)

3rd Place Match

Abigayle Haller (Breese Central) 5-2, So. over Aubrey Rutmanis (Freeburg) 10-8, Fr. (Fall 0:22)

120

1st Place Match

Alauni Muex (Marion) 18-2, Jr. over Sophia Bechelli (Frankfort/Christopher) 7-2, Jr. (Fall 3:14)

3rd Place Match

Zoe Nelson (Mascoutah) 12-4 over Nevaeh Duey (Marion) 4-5, So. (Fall 1:20)

125

1st Place Match

Sophie Bowers (Vandalia) 17-0, Sr. over Gabby Mason (Murphysboro) 11-2, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:22 (19-2))

3rd Place Match

Lakelynn Janssen (McCracken County, KY) 16-6, Sr. over Eelynn Hayden (McCracken County, KY) 11-4, Fr. (For.)

130

1st Place Match

Te`Aja Young (Cahokia) 4-0, Fr. over Hermayoni Gembe (McCracken County, KY) 10-10, Jr. (Fall 0:33)

3rd Place Match

Kenzi Milestone (Glenwood) 21-8, Fr. over DJ Tucker-Lester (Marion) 8-9, Jr. (Fall 2:32)

135

1st Place Match

Audrey Barnes (Granite City) 18-3, So. over Isabella Resendez (Glenwood) 19-7, So. (Dec 5-0)

3rd Place Match

Jariyah Powell (East St. Louis) 9-4, Fr. over Joelene Nappier-Feth (Marion) 9-4, So. (TF-1.5 4:29 (15-0))

140

1st Place Match

Jacee Mardirosian (Carterville) 9-4, So. over Aubrey Raban (Freeburg) 3-1, Sr. (Fall 4:00)

3rd Place Match

Daniya Musgrave (Mt. Vernon) 9-4, Fr. over Simia Brown (Cahokia) 3-2, Sr. (Fall 3:02)

145

1st Place Match

Jenna Tuxhorn (Glenwood) 22-1, Jr. over Rylee Mathews (Mascoutah) 8-4, Fr. (Fall 1:30)

3rd Place Match

Melissa Comerford (Marion) 12-5, So. over Roxie Royster (Murphysboro) 4-5, Jr. (Fall 5:58)

155

1st Place Match

Grace Stratton (Freeburg) 10-4, Jr. over Anna Vasey (Unity) 20-3, Jr. (Fall 2:38)

3rd Place Match

Nahima Mateo (Murphysboro) 11-2, Jr. over Sierra Malone (Salem) 5-2, Jr. (Fall 1:04)

170

1st Place Match

Demi Barnes (Granite City) 15-3, Fr. over Brynn Swyers (Vandalia) 12-5, Jr. (Fall 2:53)

3rd Place Match

Janylah Holman (Cahokia) 3-1, Fr. over Lily Browning (Frankfort/Christopher) 7-4, So. (Fall 0:49)

190

1st Place Match

Krista McBride (Goreville/Dongola/Vienna) 13-1, Jr. over Sophia Elkins (Highland) 8-4, So. (Fall 5:03)

3rd Place Match

Maddie Ramaker (Trico/Elverado) 3-1, Sr. over Lillian Harned (McCracken County, KY) 13-7, So. (Fall 5:52)

235

1st Place Match

Phoenix Molina (Unity) 18-3, Jr. over Gracey Simmons (Vandalia) 7-3, So. (Fall 3:04)

3rd Place Match

Olivia McDermott (Marion) 13-4, Sr. over Kamryn Brown (Cahokia) 6-4, Fr. (Fall 1:41)

Team scores

1. Marion 105, 2. Glenwood 101, 3. McCracken County, KY 92, 4. Cahokia 82, 5. Freeburg 79, 6. Vandalia 66.5, 7. Frankfort/Christopher 66, 8. Unity 55, 9. Granite City 53, 10. Murphysboro 47, 11. Mascoutah 45, 12. Mt. Vernon 36.5, 13. Carbondale 30, 14. Carterville 29, 15. Anna-Jonesboro 

27.5, 16. Salem 26.5, 17. Goreville/Dongola/Vienna 24, 18. Red Bud/Valmeyer 21, 19. Breese Central 20. Johnston City 19, 21. Highland 18, 22. East St. Louis 16.5, 23. Trico/Elverado 16, 24. Benton/Sesser-Valier 10. 

Yorkville Christian wins title at Unity Christian New Years Duals

Yorkville Christian added to titles that it won last month at Joliet Central’s McLaughlin and at Plano’s Reaper when it claimed top honors at Unity Christian’s New Years Duals in Decatur by claiming a 63-12 victory over Mattoon in the first-place meet of the championship division.

Clinton edged Heyworth 41-40 to claim third place while Tremont beat Illinois Valley Central 51-18 for fifth place and the host Unity Christian/Argenta-Oreana co-op won 41-29 over Mahomet-Seymour  to finish in seventh place. 

In the challenge division, Pittsfield took first with a 33-30 win over Centennial, Rantoul beat University High 54-30 for third place and Alleman won 51-12 over Ridgeview/Lexington for fifth.

Coach Mike Vester’s champion Mustangs advanced to the title meet with a 60-0 victory over Heyworth in the semifinals after beating Mahomet-Seymour 72-0 in the quarterfinals.

Top performers for the first-place Mustangs were Ryan Festerling, Jr. (106/113), 7-0; Aiden Larsen (120/126), 7-0; Austin Wadas-Luis (144/150), 7-0; Hayden Wheeler (190), 7-0; Robby Nelson (157), 6-0; Garrett Tunnell (285), 6-0; Isaac Gray (165), 5-0; Tyler Gleason (175), 4-0; Adrian Wadas-Luis (138), 6-1; Xander Oliver (215), 5-1; Owen Curran (144/150), 5-2; Christian Sandoval (113/120), 5-2; and Ryan Alaimo (126/132), 4-2. 

“It was a good weekend to get some matches for a lot of our kids, including many of our JV and backups,” Vester said. “We had three starters out as well so this gave them a chance to get well and heal up for our January push.

“The kids wrestled really loose and it was a great team bonding weekend staying overnight on Friday and spending two days together growing as a team. We have a tourney this week at Morton where there will be some great wrestling with teams like Geneseo, Normal Community, Morton, etc. And next week we have a home tri meet with Morris and Ottawa Marquette and then travel on Saturday to take on number four Brother Rice.”

The runner-up Mattoon Greenwave, who are coached by Brett Porter, won 49-26 over Clinton in the semifinals after beating Illinois Valley Central 53-24 in the quarterfinals. 

Leading the way for Mattoon were Ben Capitosti (144/150), 7-0; Tristan Porter (126/132), 7-0; Brody Goonan (138/144), 6-1; Mitchell Clapp (215), 5-1; Ean Freeman (165/175), 5-1; Vincent Gibson (120), 5-1; Creed Cole (106), 5-2; and Blaine Howell (175/190), 4-2.

In the championship dual, Larsen opened with a fall over Gibson at 120, Porter won a 13-6 decision over Alaimo and then Jackson Witt pinned Aceson Lee and Adrian Wadas-Luis won by fall over Goonan to give the Mustangs an 18-3 lead. After Capitosti recorded a fall over Curran, Austin Wadas-Luis pinned Brayden Dailey and Nelson won by fall over Josh Dubson. 

Yorkville Christian continued its run as Gray won a major decision over Freeman, Gleason pinned Daijuan Hester and Wheeler picked up a forfeit win. After Clapp won a 6-2 decision over Oliver, Tunnell won by forfeit, Festerling was a winner by technical fall over Cole and Sandoval picked up a forfeit win to conclude the title meet and cap a 7-0 weekend for the Mustangs.

The third-place Clinton Maroons moved to the semifinals with a 42-38 over Unity Christian/Argenta-Oreana while fourth place Heyworth beat Tremont 43-36 to reach the semifinals. Clinton, which is coached by Matt Cooper, claimed third after getting two pins and two forfeit wins in the late going to rally from a 34-17 deficit with five matches left to win by one point over coach Andrew Sims’ Hornets.

Turning in the best showings for Clinton were Cayden Bostic (106), 7-0; Dawson Thayer (285), 7-0; Kristan Hibbard (190), 5-0; Dave Advincula (215), 5-1; Briley Carter (120), 4-1; Ariana Humes (113), 4-1; Brayden Dalton (126/132), 5-2; and Gabe Walker (138), 4-2. 

Posting the best records for Heyworth were Tristan Stamp (165), 4-0; Trevor Soice (144), 6-1; Landon Nieslawski (106/113), 5-2; Carter Brooks (157), 3-1; and Brody Simons (175), 3-1. 

Tremont bounced back from its loss to Heyworth with a 42-33 win over Mahomet-Seymour while IVC followed its loss to Mattoon with a 34-25 victory over Unity Christian/Argenta-Oreana.

Leading the way for Tremont were Bowden Delaney (175/190), 6-0; Chase Stedman (138/144), 5-1; Will Vicary (157/165), 4-1; Levi Horton (144), 3-1; Nicky Weber (113/120), 5-2; Blaine Williams (175/190), 5-2; Gavin Stoker (120/126), 4-2; and Owen Weiss (150/157), 4-2.

Illinois Valley Central was led by Owen Moser (175), 6-1; and Antonio Toliver (150/157), 3-1.

Turning in the top records for host Unity Christian/Argenta-Oreana were Clinton VerHeecke (138/144), 7-0; Garrett VerHeecke (132), 7-0; Everett Roughton (157), 4-0; Thomas Kralik (138/144), 3-0; and Gavin George (144), 3-1.

The best efforts for Mahomet-Seymour were turned in by Myles Hartzler (106), 5-1; Nino Caballero (157), 3-1; Mason Corray (285), 3-1; and Liam Noonan (126), 4-2.

Pittsfield beat Saint Thomas More 42-16 and University High 47-18 to reach the challenge division first-place match where it met up with Centennial, who beat Rantoul 41-36 to advance.

Leading the way for Pittsfield were Jake Oitker (157), 7-0; Elijah Terpstra (285), 4-0; Tucker Pines (132/138), 6-1; Fisher McEuen (175), 4-1; Waylon White (165), 4-1; Bodine Marable (215), 3-1; Joel Noble (132/138), 5-2;and Tucker Cook (190), 4-2.

Posting the top records for Centennial were Moses Kim (215), 6-0; Sergio Baity (190), 5-1; Lazerrick Zander (144), 5-1; and Mosiah Rosas (120), 4-2.

The best showing for Rantoul was turned in by Darius Williams (165), 5-2. University High received its top efforts from Joshua Butler (120), 4-0; Joshua Caraballo (150), 3-0; Charlie Karun (190); 3-0; and Mahasvin Vinothasha (144), 3-1.

Leading performers for Alleman were Tennyson Hampton (113/120), 5-1; and Jordan Thompson (190/215), 4-2. Ridgeview/Lexington’s top individuals were Judson Stover (150/157), 7-0; and Landon Christner (132/138/144), 5-2. And turning in the best effort for Saint Thomas More was Philip Christhilf (165), 5-0.

Yorkville Christian took first place in pool one while Illinois Valley Central was second. Mattoon won pool two with Tremont taking second. And Clinton was the top team in pool three while Heyworth placed second.

There was a four-way tie for the most team points with 42 between Ben Capitosti, Dawson Thayer, Garrett VerHeecke and Hayden Wheeler while Ryan Festerling, Jr. and Aiden Larsen both had 41 points. Clinton VerHeecke and Judson Stover both scored 40 points, Cayden Bostic had 39 points and Jake Oitker, Tristan Porter and Austin Wadas-Luis tied with 37 team points.

Garrett VerHeecke, Larsen and Capitosti all recorded six falls while Larsen had the most total match points with 71 and Bowden Delaney ranked second with 69 match points.

Aha moments don’t occur unless you’re paying attention like the Lockport Township girls wrestling team.

For 105-pounder Averi Colella it began with her school’s student splash page.

Recently the senior made a splash by becoming the first girls’ wrestler at Lockport to reach 100 wins. On Saturday, she was one of five Porters to win during the Aaron Dudley Memorial Girls Invite at Oswego East.

Lockport Township won the tournament with 208 points and East Aurora took second place with 173.5. Other teams among the 23-team field to finish in the Top 5 included Woodstock (164), Oswego (127.5) and the host Wolves (112.5). 

“When I started as a sophomore I had no idea that I would have any success,” she said. “I found (wrestling) on the student splash page and thought, ‘What if I join this?’ I joined it and started going to open mats and really fell in love with the sport. It was instantly addicting. The adrenalin rush you get, everything about it and you continue to put in more work and more work and all-year round. You work in the off-season and everything so just to see how far I’ve come in general, I was kind of astonished at myself. Like I had no idea seeing a link on the splash page would bring me here.”

After a pair of byes to begin her day, Colella advanced to the quarterfinals where she won by fall over Woodstock’s Kailey Wasberg in 1:08. After defeating St. Charles East’s Sydney Stieb by fall in 5:04 in the semifinals, Colella outlasted Romeoville’s Daniela Santander, 9-3, in the finals.

Colella’s practice partner, 110-pounder Veronica Skibicki, pinned a pair of opponents and earned decisions in her other two matches, to also earn a tourney title.

“I know we work so hard in that wrestling room,” Colella said. “Just to see everyone have so much success in the sport is really fulfilling.”

Skibicki got past Woodstock’s Eva Hermansson in her final bout, 4-3.

“I didn’t sneak past her, I kind of just was ready to take her,” Skibicki said. “I was like, ‘I’m not going to lose.’ So that was the mindset and I went out with it and that’s what I did.”

Claudia Heeney, last year’s 130-pound state champion, was a one-girl wrecking crew at 135 for the Porters. She won all of her bouts with pins, including in the final where she needed just 16 seconds to defeat East Aurora’s Brenda Escobedo.

“Honestly, it’s an amazing team we got here and I think it could really be something someday,” she said. “I mean we’re growing it right now, but in the future I think it could be really something bigger. It’s amazing. They put in the work in the room so I expect nothing less of them.”

Heeney’s aha moment arrived when she was an eighth grader.

“I didn’t really get interested in the sport until eighth grade and that’s when I really thought I could do something with it,” she said. “I’ve spent a lot of time in the room. I’ve cut out all the other things in my life. I’ve quit every other sport. It’s a lot, but I think if you really work hard at it and dedicate to it, you can do something with it. I’d say my dream is kind of slow and now that I’m getting here and it seems it’s all success and stuff, there was a lot of failure before that.”

Her teammate Sophie Kelner can most definitely relate.

Kelner acknowledged that she was not a very good wrestler during her freshman year. Now a junior, Kelner won the 190-pound title on Saturday.

“I had a very bad, losing record (as a freshman) and I was always wrestling up to 235 because a lot of teams didn’t have 190 so I was getting beat by these girls who were a lot bigger and stronger than me,” she said. “It was a pushback for me at first. I was like, ‘This is real tough,’ and it was different than anything I’d done before and I did a lot of sports in middle school. So then sophomore year I came back and realized how much better I’d gotten over a span of a few months and now it’s junior year and I see myself winning tournaments and I see I really can do something with this if I put in the work.”

Another aha moment for a Porter tied into hard work.

“Even those past two years when it felt really long going through so many losses and hard days of practices,” Kelner said. “And even at tournaments where it’s really hard and you see your teammates win and you don’t. But you realize if you work hard enough then you’ll get there. It’s really cool.”

Kelner had three straight pins after an opening bye which put her into the championship bout where familiarity awaited in the form of teammate Myra Vicencio, who is also one of Kelner’s training partners. Kelner defeated Vincencio by a 12-3 major decision.

“That was a really cool experience,” Kelner said. “I never thought I’d have to wrestle one of my teammates, let alone in the finals.”

Kelner also works in the room with Rebekah Ramirez, who won the Porters fifth title in the tournament, taking home the 235-pound crown after pinning Wheaton North’s Iana Victory in 1:23.

“I’ve been practice partners with Becca (Ramirez) since last year so it’s really cool to see both of us succeed even though we’re both in different weight classes,” Kelner said. “We’ve been able to grow our circle of practice partners so we have more to help each other.”

Ramirez had pinned East Aurora’s Lilli Ortiz in 40 seconds in the semifinal after receiving a bye in the quarterfinal. In her first match of the tournament, Ramirez took down Rich Township’s Amaya McClain in 3:55.

In addition to Lockport’s five tourney champs, they had two additional placers as Bella Romando (115) placed fourth and Kyleigh Green (130) was fifth.

“All these girls that won a medal today definitely deserved it,” Ramirez said, “We’ve got a really hardworking room and I think everyone went out there and gave it their best.”

East Aurora had 28 girls in action and 11 who placed to take second place as a team. 

Joselyn Llanos (100) Ruby Becerra (130) and Brenda Escobedo (135) led the Tomcats by getting to the finals, but came up short. Llanos came closest to winning but lost by a 6-5 decision to Wheaton North’s Izzy Paz.

Also placing for the Tomcats were Lupita Garcia (130) and Lilli Ortiz (235) who were third. 

Itzel Villa (105), Ayelen Higuera (125) and Alyssa Galarza (140) were fourth, Britany Chavarria (125) and Noreidy Ruiz (155) took fifth and Jazmin Vera (135) was sixth.

Third-place Woodstock also didn’t produce a champion, but the Blue Streaks were active deep into the tournament with seven girls placing.

Eva Hermansson (110), Hannah Olsen (125) and Brianna Crown (155) led the way, each taking second place. Ava Kok (140) was third, Allison Hills (235) took fourth, Aubree Hansen (115) and Kiara Manning (135) were fifth and Hunter Goucher (190) took sixth.

Plainfield Central’s Alicia Tucker was one of just two Wildcats to compete on Saturday. While her teammate Aaliyah Banda split two bouts at 140 pounds after receiving a pair of byes, Tucker pinned four straight opponents after opening with a bye to take home the title at 170.

It’s the kind of results Tucker expects as someone who won a state title at 155 pounds in 2023 and finished as the state runner-up at 170 pounds last year.

“I kind of came here today with a goal,” she said. “It was to be dominant in all my matches, hard hand-fight and stay off my knees. Those were my three objectives today and think I did pretty well for all of them.”

She won by fall over Plainfield East’s Jennifer Paul to get her day started.

“My first match was a little rocky,” she said. “I wasn’t awake yet and then my second match (1:26 fall over Rich Township’s Laila Carpenter) was when I started to turn it up a notch and get in my groove.”

A familiar foe in Waubonsie Valley’s Imani McIntosh was next up in the semifinal before she finished with Oswego East’s Jessica Stover in the title bout.

“I’ve wrestled (McIntosh) many times throughout my high school career so I kind of knew what she was coming in to try to do and was going to throw everything at me because I don’t think she’s beaten me yet,” Tucker said. “My final match was my best one, having good mat control, knowing where I’m at and my shots were pretty good. I stayed calm in that split situation that we were kind of in. I knew I was in good position so just working through that was great.”

Tucker’s dad wrestled in high school and then he coached her brother. The sport was always around her and she finally made the leap into it during middle school.

“(Wrestling has) kind of always been around since I was a little kid,” she said. “I joined in sixth grade and instantly loved it. I won my first match which was amazing. I was ecstatic and it blossomed from there.”

As she’s continued to grow into an athlete that hopes to compete in college, she’s seen the sport grow into something she couldn’t even imagine.

“My freshman year I was the very first girl on the team and practicing with the boys and going to all their tournaments,” she said. “Then sophomore year we grew a little bit more with two or three of us on the team in total. But being around all these guys competing in a class I’m not built to compete in has been a great experience. The coaches are amazing. I don’t know where I’d be without them, honestly.”

Oswego East’s Mia Nevarez (125) and Quinn Janssens (140) won titles in their respective weight classes to lead the Wolves on their home turf.

Nevarez won two of her matches by technical fall and the other three by fall, including pinning Woodstock’s Hannah Olsen in 2:32 in the final.

“Today I feel like I wrestled how I used to wrestle in IKWF,” she said. “I’ve always been a bit of a scrambler and not too good at taking shots. Today I at least tried some shots. I feel like not so much now or because I used to look for opportunities to sprawl that I always have fear of shooting. Kind of like today where I hit half on a girl because she went up for her wrist like how I did, but because I’ve been repeatedly lectured on it I know what to look for in myself, but I saw what she was doing.”

Having gotten her start in wrestling in the sixth grade, Nevarez possesses experience which has certainly boded well as she’s prospering today.

“I wrestled in the IWKF Club in seventh and eighth grade after middle school ended and started working with other clubs,” she said. “The West Suburban (Girls Wrestling) club, Oswego (Wrestling Club) and Fox Valley (Wrestling Club) helped a lot. I really appreciate those coaches.”

Janssens rolled over her five opponents. Kok from Woodstock gave her the biggest amount of difficulty as she lasted 3:16 before Janssens put her away by fall. Janssens other four pins were all under a minute with the first two taking less than 10 seconds each.

“I was wrestling for the boys last year so this year it feels pretty good to have this kind of competition,” Janssens said. “I’m going to probably see these girls later on this season so I was able to get a feel for what I’m going to be going against.”

She certainly took what her opponents gave her to attack.

“I kind of have to just go off what I’m given or what she tries to do on me,” she said. “I don’t really try to set up different moves. I kind of go with the flow.”

Jessica Stover ran into Tucker from Plainfield Central in the 170 final for the Wolves. She joined Nevarez and Janssens as the team’s three placers among their eight wrestlers in action.

“I know outside of school after duals or tournaments, my team will hang out and eat at the same place, too,” Nevarez said. “It’s helped us bond too and I know as girls we have plenty to talk about, but I feel half of what we talk about is our passion for the sport, especially like feeling frustrated after a loss or with partners who don’t feel that same passion. You feel frustrated because of that.

“But they’ve helped me grow a lot too and I feel I like seeing them grow. I like watching other matches, even younger kids from IKWF at my brother’s tournaments. I will like, in my head, coach them and then coach myself because I’ll see what they’re doing and think how it can help me in a match. It’s almost like watching film. I like taking those opportunities.”

All in all, it was a solid performance from the Wolves who also received points from Ella Worlds (115), Payton Lustrup (120) and Ella Cooper (145).

“I’m very proud of the program,” Janssens said. “We’re all doing pretty good. I like how our team has bonded. I think it’s nice to have girls who love the sport and we can all bond over that.”

When they first became teammates it was pretty inevitable that Oswego’s Makayla Hill (145) and Kiyah Chavez (155) would get to know a little bit about each other. As Panthers around the same weight class, they became training partners, which has resulted with them getting to know each other extremely well. On Saturday, they celebrated championship days together.

“I joined the team halfway into the season last year and our coach (Greg Scott) told us to be together probably about a month in, so it’s been a while now,” Chavez said. “For a lack of a better term, like, it’s pretty intimate because you get really close literally physically and also like because it’s so mentally challenging. You have to get to a point where you guys just end up being so close you have to push each other and if you can’t get past that point you can’t be great. It’s just really challenging and a really special relationship, at least for me.”

Hill agrees.

“It’s a special relationship as soon as you build that bond,” she said. “You’re pushing each other knowing we can, and pushing each other to the limits so that obviously good things happen.”

Chavez and Hill each pinned four opponents en route to their respective titles. 

Hill took down Lake Park’s Joscelin Ritthamel by fall in 3:18 in her title bout, while Chavez required just 44 seconds to pin Woodstock’s Brianna Crown.

“It went very well and most of my matches were short,” Chavez said. “Wrestling is hard and very tiring so I want to get it done as fast as I can. I think I cradled three of the four girls.”

Last year Chavez recalled only having six girls in her bracket. This time she had 19.

“It’s crazy how much it’s growing,” she said. “With girls wrestling being so new it kind of feels like as though we’re a part of something really big that’s just starting, so in a sense it’s being a part of history because girls wrestling is growing like crazy but it’s in only like the second or third year where the IHSA has taken it seriously. So that’s pretty cool, and representing your school is fun. I love Oswego. I personally really love Oswego. I’m a big fan of the staff and students. I think it’s a great opportunity.”

The Panthers had 18 girls wrestle and eight of them placed.

After losing to Heeney from Lockport – who would win the 135 title – Oswego Ameera Murphy rebounded to pin back-to-back opponents to capture third place.

The senior has proven herself on the softball field as a ballplayer, but after seeing a flyer a year ago, she now finds herself also as a wrestler.

“It was a little fun thing we got into junior year from a flyer and (teammate) Aaliyah (Roldan) sent it to me and we went to open mats,” Murphy said. “We just kept going with it. Today went pretty well. I faced a lot of great competition. I’m proud that I was able to push through and get third place and we all did pretty well.”

Roldan took fourth place after wrestling six bouts, going 4-2.

“I kind of wanted to do a winter sport because I wasn’t going to do basketball anymore so that was the only other sport that I could imagine doing,” she said. “Today went pretty well. I faced two really good people and the rest were kind of ugh, but the two matches that I didn’t win were two really hard matches. Hard competition.”

Harmony Evans (130) is among those wrestlers at Oswego who saw the flyer a year ago and acted on it.

“We were all in the same gym period and saw the flyer on the door and decided to go just for fun to see what it would be like,” she said. “We realized we liked it and joined the team.”

Evans got pinned by Neuqua Valley’s Zuzanna Wegiera in her first match of the day but responded with three straight victories to finish her day while Wegiera proceeded to win the 130 title.

“I brought myself back after that first match,” he said. “I proved myself in the next couple matches and ended up getting first in the consolation round.”

Tennille Johnson lost her two matches at 135.

“It will always be fun and an amazing experience,” she said. “And being a team sport not only do you learn team qualities and capabilities, but also have an individual-like mentality where you have to work on yourself and have to find your own way in things you do. You are constantly developing and that’s what I love about the sport.”

With a background in jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts (MMA), Johnson considered wrestling when she was in middle school but didn’t make the transition until junior year. 

“I’d always been involved in MMA and fighting sports like jiu-jitsu and my mom wanted me to do wrestling but I refused,” she said. “It wasn’t until junior year when I saw some girls in line talking about a flyer for wrestling. I was like, ‘I’ll try it out,’ and did other extra curricular so I missed it my junior year so when it came to my senior year I still wanted to try it so I joined wrestling. I love the environment. I love the girls on the team and everything. It’s such an exhilarating feeling (to wrestle) that I forgot that I got from MMA previously.”

St. Charles East took sixth place with an even 100. The Saints had 10 girls in action with Bailynn Dunham (100) and Sydney Stieb (105) leading the team with third-place finishes. Olivia Pearson (130) was fourth and Addison Wolf (145) was fifth.

“Everyone is like family,” Wolf said. “I don’t want to be corny, but we’ve all adapted to each other really well. No drama. It’s an amazing group of girls.”

After two byes, Stieb won by fall in 1:56 over East Aurora’s Itzel Villa in the quarterfinals. After losing by fall in 5:04 to Colella from Lockport who would ultimately win at 105, Stieb rebounded by pinning Glenbard South’s Valerie Aligia before pinning Villa again, but this time in 1:03.

“I think today I did pretty good, I guess,” Stieb said. “My second match didn’t go as well as I wanted it to, but still put up a good fight. She (Colella) was a really good wrestler. I’m just hoping to match up with her again and see what I can do, see what I could change. My first girl (Villa), she’s a good wrestler. I pinned her pretty quick and I wrestled her twice today, actually, but overall today I did pretty good.”

Stieb had high praise for the tournament.

“It was our hardest tournament yet,” she said. “Some people had full brackets, some didn’t. I didn’t have a full bracket but after the holidays it’s hard to cut weight. I struggled cutting weight this weekend and it’s hard to just come back from not wrestling for a while.”

Holding ice to her nose late Saturday afternoon, Pearson was still feeling the repercussions of pinning Rich Township’s Cheyenne Haire to get her day rolling.

She lost a major decision to Wegiera from Neuqua Valley in her semifinal but battled back to win a major decision over Plainfield North’s Isabella Chavez before falling to East Aurora’s Lupita Garcia in a third-place match.

“I think I did okay, but didn’t do as best as I wanted to,” Pearson said. “I could’ve maybe not have given up as quick as I did. I was really tired my last two matches though and busted my nose in my first match.”

Wegiera was one of five girls who wrestled from Neuqua Valley. The senior pinned East Aurora’s Ruby Becerra in 5:04 for the title at 130.

Ashley Basmajian (115) and Janiya Moore (120) were two of Metea Valley’s eight wrestlers who competed. They were also tournament champions.

Basmajian had five straight pins, including in 3:12 over Plainfield North’s Meryn Finnegan in the final.

Moore (120) had a major decision over Lockport’s Natalie Dodo in her quarterfinal before back-to-back pins, including in 4:49 over Romeoville’s Jesslynne Ochoa.

Those two titles helped the Mustangs take seventh place with 90.

Other scores included Wheaton North 84, Romeoville 82, Lincoln-Way co-op 81, Plainfield East 74, Rich Township 60, Plainfield North 58.5, Oak Lawn 51.5, Glenbard South 49.5, Homewood-Flossmoor 47, Neuqua Valley 47, York 38.5, Plainfield Central 32, Lake Park 25.5, Jacobs 23.5, Waubonsie Valley 23, Bloomington 19.

The tournament honors the adventurous spirit, loving heart and courageous tenacity of Aaron Dudley who died of cancer in September. Dudley served as an assistant principal at Lakewood Creek Elementary School in Oswego and was a physical education teacher at Plano Junior High School in Oswego and Murphy Junior High School in Plainfield. He coached wrestling and football at Oswego East, wrestling and soccer at Plano and track at Murphy.

Oswego East results:
100

1st: Izzy Paz (Wheaton N) d.Joselyn Llanos (E Aurora) (D 6-5)

3rd: Bailynn Dunham (SC East) d.LaMya Love (Rich Township) (F 0:57)

5th: Savannah Martell-Quinones (Oswego) d.Felix Alessi-Morales (Oak Lawn) (F 2:17)

105

1st: Averi Colella (Lockport) d.Daniela Santander (Romeoville ) (D 9-3)

3rd: Sydney Stieb (SC East) d.Itzel Villa (E Aurora) (F 1:03)

5th: Valerie Aligia (Glenbard S) d.Mahi Kansagara (Plainfield E) (TF 17-1)

Consolation 1st

Maya Phillips (Rich Township)
110

1st: Veronica Skibicki (Lockport) d.Eva Hermansson (Woodstock ) (D 4-3)

3rd: London Gandy (Homewood-F.) d.Zoe Zerial (LW Central) (D 7-3)

5th: Julia Felton (Algonquin (Jacobs) d.Anusha Nagar (Metea) (F 2:00)

Consolation 1st

Aleta Weigandt (Neuqua) d.Mikaela Busse (Oswego) (F 1:33)

115

1st: Ashley Basmajian (Metea) d.Meryn Finnegan (Plainfield N) (F 3:12)

3rd: Angelina Nettey (Plainfield E) d.Bella Romando (Lockport) (D 6-0)

5th: Aubree Hansen (Woodstock ) d.Jayden Kurowski (Romeoville ) (F 0:54)

Consolation 1st

Allison Nava (Oak Lawn) d.Kendra Padilla (Oswego) (F 2:21)

120

1st: Janiya Moore (Metea) d.Jesslynne Ochoa (Romeoville ) (F 4:49)

3rd: Charlie Dolan (Elmhurst (York) d.Aaliyah Roldan (Oswego) (F 1:54)

5th: Sadie Sparks (LW Central) d.Alexandra Aguilera (Neuqua) (F 0:47)

Consolation 1st

Payton Lustrup (OswegoE) d.Charlotte Ries (Wheaton N) (F 1:10)

125

1st: Mia Nevarez (OswegoE) d.Hannah Olsen (Woodstock ) (F 2:32)

3rd: Journey Jackson (Oak Lawn) d. Ayelen Higuera (E Aurora) (Maj 8-0)

5th: Britany Chavarria (E Aurora) d.Taniyah Bradley (Homewood-F.) (F 3:53)

Consolation 1st

Jiana Forbes (Wheaton N) d.Miranda Powley (Lockport) (F 0:12)

130

1st: Zuzanna Wegiera (Neuqua) d.Ruby Becerra (E Aurora) (F 5:04)

3rd: Lupita Garcia (E Aurora) d. Olivia Pearson (SC East) (Maj 13-1)

5th: Kyleigh Green (Lockport) d.Isabella Chavez (Plainfield N) (F 1:33)

Consolation 1st

Harmony Evans (Oswego) d.Ava Holzhauser (Lockport) (D 1-0)

135

1st: Claudia Heeney (Lockport) d.Brenda Escobedo (E Aurora) (F 0:16)

3rd: Ameera Murphy (Oswego) d.Hannah Galvan (Glenbard S) (F 1:49)

5th: Kiara Manning (Woodstock ) d.Jazmin Vera (E Aurora) (F 1:00)

Consolation 1st

Brianna Garcia (Romeoville ) d.Sophie Contreras (Waubonsie) (F 0:41)

140

1st: Quinn Janssens (OswegoE) d.Ava Burns (Lake Park) (F 0:30)

3rd: Ava Kok (Woodstock ) d.Alyssa Galarza (E Aurora) (F 1:00)

5th: Rachel Griggs (Homewood-F.) d.Joslynn Sheets (Oswego) (D 7-1)

Consolation 1st

Dariia Dzhumasheva (Metea) d. Elin Ludvigson (Oswego) (Maj 13-3)

145

1st: Makayla Hill (Oswego) d.Joscelin Ritthamel (Lake Park) (F 3:18)

3rd: Viktoria Rodnikova (Plainfield N) d.Alex Arquilla (Glenbard S) (F 2:35)

5th: Addison Wolf (SC East) d.Leilani Greening (Rich Township) (TF 21-5)

Consolation 1st

Charvelle Mclain (Oak Lawn) d.Denise Brown (Homewood-F.) (D 9-7)

155

1st: Kiyah Chavez (Oswego) d.Brianna Crown (Woodstock ) (F 0:44)

3rd: Alicia Swank (Bloomington ) d.Kaitlyn Bucholz (Plainfield E) (D 1-0)

5th: Noreidy Ruiz (E Aurora) d.Julia Romero (Plainfield E) (F 1:15)

Consolation 1st

Dakota Obbish (Lockport) d.Jackie Pina Chavez (Wheaton N) (F 1:33)

170

1st: Alicia Tucker (Plainfield C) d.Jessica Stover (OswegoE) (F 3:11)

3rd: Imani McIntosh (Waubonsie) d.Laila Carpenter (Rich Township) (D 5-4)

5th: Rikka Ludvigson (Oswego) d. Jenna Lee (LW Central) (Maj 12-3)

Consolation 1st

Mariyah Mani (Romeoville ) d.Yesenia Palma (Wheaton N) (F 0:30)

190

1st: Sophie Kelner (Lockport) d. Myra Vicencio (Lockport) (Maj 12-3)

3rd: Liana Zimmer (LW Central) d.Jen Serna (Plainfield E) (D 7-2)

5th: Helena Torres (Oswego) d. over Hunter Goucher (Woodstock ) (SV-1 3-0)

Consolation 1st

TeeyaMarie Bacigalupo (Elmhurst (York) d.Cai Triplett (Homewood-F.) (D 7-5)

235

1st: Rebekah Ramirez (Lockport) d.Iana Victory (Wheaton N) (F 1:23)

3rd: Lilli Ortiz (E Aurora) d.Allison Hill (Woodstock ) (F 1:55)

5th: Amaya McClain (Rich Township) d.Kyleigh Allen (Rich Township) (F 2:33)

Consolation 1st

Amaya McClain (Rich Township)

By Gary Larsen

One week after placing second at the IWCOA dual state finals tournament, and after a whole lot of wrestling during winter break, Schaumburg might well have entered Saturday’s 24-team Dundee-Crown Invitational slightly fatigued.

After all, it’s tough for athletes to maintain high intensity every time out, especially in a sport as physically and mentally grueling as wrestling.“I was a little worried that there would be a letdown after the team state last week,” 

Schaumburg coach Matt Gruszka said. We’ve wrestled a lot over break and I was worried that our momentum would come down a little bit.”Gruszka’s Saxons erased any and all such concern. 

Schaumburg dominated the day in Carpentersville, posting a 206-110 edge over second-place host Dundee-Crown. Grant (107.5) placed third, followed by Central (100) and Stevenson (88) to round out the top five team finishes.

“They find ways and they help each other,” Gruszka said of his girls. “There was no letdown today and that’s what I’m excited about.”

“I was really proud of the girls today,” said senior Madyson Meyer, one of three individual champions for Schaumburg. “Gruszka is like our second dads. He keeps it fun but he’s stern when he needs to be, and I think that’s really why we do so well as a team.”

Senior Hope Zerafa-Lazarevic liked her girls’ ability to adjust on the fly.

“What’s impressive to me is it that a lot of our girls improved within the tournament, from match one to match three or four that they got to they were applying the things we’ve been talking about,” she said.

Schaumburg sophomore Justice Girod sees her team’s all-for-one, one-for-all approach as a key this season.

“Whenever we have a letdown, we always work harder and use that as momentum,”Girod said.

Meyer (115), Girod (110), and Zerafa-Lazarevic (145) won individual titles for Schaumburg to lead the way. Gruszka also got seconds from Alya Razzak (170) and non-scoring Reagan Paulson (115), thirds from Anna Villareal (120), Isabella Rivas (125),  and Nadia Razzak (190), and a fourth from Mia Phelps (105).

Second-place Dundee-Crown got individual titles from Mackenzie Lessner (155) and Gladys Reyes (235), seconds from Iris Torres (110), Ruby Gavina (135), and non-scoring Caroline Haiges (235), and a third from Diamond Rodriguez (105).

Third-place Grant got a second-place finish from Myla Reyes (125), a third from Annabelle Melton (140), and fourths from America Camacho (120) and Veronica Vera (135).

Dundee-Crown’s Individual champions:

100 – Ariel Woodfin, Thornton

Thornton junior Ariel Woodfin left no doubt who the top 100-pounder was in Carpentersville. Woodfin (12-1) posted three pins to win the title — all over wrestlers with records well above .500.

In order, Woodfin topped Sunny Altzemko (15-7), Glenbard East’s Andrea Jones (14-3) and Freeport’s Aurielle Calmese (19-6) to win her title. Calmese also reached the finals with three pins.

Woodfin placed second at Curie’s Queens of Mayhem tournament this year, and Calmese also finished second in tournaments at Lakes and Princeton.

Jones won a 13-7 decision for third place over Altzemko.

“Ariel Woodfin put in a lot of work this summer and fall. That work is paying off,” Thornton coach Phillip Rembert said. “She really has improved a lot, matured, and I think she can go a long way in the state tournament.”

105 – Nadia Shymkiv, Glenbard East
With a blind draw in place at Dundee-Crown, two unbeaten wrestlers squared off in the semifinals at 105, in Glenbard East’s Nadia Shymkiv and Dundee-Crown’s Diamond Rodriguez.

Prior to Saturday, Shymkiv (17-0) had won individual titles at Waukegan and Glenbard South; Rodriguez (22-1) had won titles at Palatine, Lakes, and Hampshire. The showdown was hard-fought from start to finish. Shymkiv also placed third in Illinois last year at 105 pounds.

“That was the best match I’ve been in this year,” Shymkiv said after her 5-3 decision over Rodriguez. Shymkiv went on to handle teammate Karla Sarabia (8-3) by major decision in the finals.

“Nadia wrestled great and really showed her experience as she made her way through the bracket,” Glenbard East coach Matt Nelson said. “Karla, our freshman, came through the other side of the bracket showing what she does in the practice room every day. We were excited to see them both reach the finals.”

But Shymkiv’s shining moments came in her semifinal match, and her ability to fight back from Rodriguez’s early takedown by earning a reversal by the end of the first period, then earning near-fall points in the second period to secure the win.

“I just listened to my coaches and started pushing her,” Shymkiv said. “Coach just told me to keep pushing, be careful, and be smart. I feel great. Now I want to get the state and I want to be state champion.”

Rodriguez went on to place third with a first-period fall over Schaumburg’s Mia Phelps (16-9).

“We’re excited to see how Diamond finishes out her senior year,” Dundee-Crown assistant coach Rick Moreno said. “She never quits and wrestles hard for all six minutes no matter who her opponent is.”

110 – Justice Girod, Schaumburg
The closest finals match of the day went to an ultimate tie-break, between Schaumburg’s Justice Girod (24-7) and Dundee-Crown’s Iris Torres (17-8).

Tied 1-1 after three periods, neither scored in the first overtime, and then the two took turns riding each other out for 30 seconds. 

Girod rode Torres out for 30 seconds to get the job done in the deciding overtime period.

“I was a little tired, but I really felt the energy,” Girod said. “As I got closer to the end of that match I just thought I had to hold out. I had to win. I just had to keep her down.

I’ve been getting better with my top work and on my feet.”

Schaumburg coach Matt Gruszka likes the evolution he’s seeing from the sophomore Girod.

“She’s just gritty and she has come a long way,” Gruszka said. “She’s really starting to become a student of the sport and learning when she needs to be calm and simply win a particular position. She did that today. And she has a motor, which definitely helps.”

Central’s Ruby Vences (21-7) placed third with a fall over Harvard’s Alexa Herrera (13-8).

 115 – Madyson Meyer, Schaumburg

A state qualifier last year, Schaumburg senior Madyson Meyer won in individual tournament title at Normal to start the current season, and then placed third at a tournament in Morris.

Meyer reached the mountain top again Saturday, winning a Dundee-Crown title and improving to 28-1 in the process.

“She’s having a heck of a season and it’s a culmination of the last four years,” Schaumburg coach Matt Gruszka said. “It’s all starting to come together for her and that’s exciting to see.”

Meyer opened with a bye before doing something she had never done in her high school career — win a match by technical fall, which she did in her quarterfinal match against Freeport’s Kaiya Galindo (19-13).

“She just didn’t want to get turned and she was fighting really hard,” Meyer said of Galindo.

Meyer won by fall in her semifinal against Harvard’s Giada Reising (15-12), and then the senior had to square off against a teammate with a tournament title on the line: Schaumburg freshman Reagan Paulson.

Paulson (13-7) posted three falls to reach the finals, where Meyer pinned her late in the first period.

“We wrestle each other a lot, every day in practice, so we just went out and wrestled like we normally do,” Meyer said. “She’s a freshman and she has so much ahead of her.”

120 – Amelia Nidelea-Polanin, Hampshire
Two weeks ago, Hampshire sophomore Amelia Nidelea-Polanin lost her first match of the season, to Hononegah’s multiple-time state champion Angelina Cassioppi.

After that loss, Nidelea-Polanin did exactly what she needed to do.
“She took her loss to Cassioppi and used it as motivation to get better. She is constantly looking for improvement,” Hampshire coach Matthew Todd said. “And she had a good tournament today.”

Nidelea-Polanin (23-1) won the Dundee-Crown title at 120 pounds Saturday, winning by major decision over Central’s Tori Macias (18-6). Nidelea-Polanin used two falls and a tech fall win to reach the title mat, while Macias had a decision and two falls to get there.

Schaumburg’s Anna Villareal (26-6) placed third with a fall against Grant’s America Camacho (25-8).

“Amelia had a good tournament today,” Todd said.“Amelia and Sam (Diehl) have both been very hard workers in the wrestling room this year. They, along with their teammates, have taken coaching this year very well.”

125 – Karina Lojowski, Stevenson
Stevenson junior Karina Lojowski has come a long was in a short amount of time.
Since finishing one match away from state qualifying last year as a sophomore, then placing 7th at the IWCOA girls state tournament, Lojowski has found another gear.

“She dedicated her entire summer to training at Built by Brunson Wrestling Club,” Stevenson coach Jonathan Leibovitz said. “She has since developed a style and poise far beyond what I could expect from a second-year wrestler.”

Lojowski (14-2) continued her fine junior campaign, winning the title at 125 via first-period fall against a tough wrestler in Grant’s Myla Reyes (22-8). Lojowski also won by fall in her quarterfinal match against another tough wrestler in Schaumburg’s Isabella Rivas (25-4), before topping Richmond-Burton’s Isabella Nelson (9-7) by fall in their semifinal match.

Reyes won her semifinal by fall against Ridgewood’s Gianna Mezzano (18-4).
Lojowski won Midwest Nationals in the preseason, and also won a tournament title at Fremd this season. Her day at Dundee-Crown was a doozy.

“(Lojowski) showcased her dominance by giving up no offensive points and winning all her matches by fall, with only one match extending into the second period,” Leibovitz said. “Her continued improvement and dominant performances have her well-positioned as we head toward the state series.”

Rivas won by fall for third place over Nelson at 125.

130 – Emily Ortiz, Zion-Benton
In tournament action this year, Zion-Benton junior Emily Ortiz (25-4) placed fifth at Niles West, first at Palatine, and first at Waukegan. She upped her string of individual title wins to three Saturday with her 8-3 decision in the finals over Thornton’s Jalah Wilson (12-1), handing Wilson her first loss of the year.

Zion-Benton coach Hal Lunsford coached the programs first wrestling state champion last season when ILeen Castrejon won an IHSA state title at 190 pounds. With returning state qualifiers Ortiz, Grace Johnson (27-5) at 140, and Naomi Foote (26-1) at 145 in the fold this year, Lunsford has a trio of top-shelf upperclassmen.

“I’m truly blessed to have these three amazing young women on the Zee-Bee wrestling team,” he said. “They are the hardest workers in the room and are always striving to improve their wrestling skills. I’m so proud of their performances so far. The last part of the season should be fun.”

Ortiz posted three pins to reach the finals at Dundee-Crown. Wilson won a 9-3 decision  in her opening match against Main West’s Jessica Perez (16-8), then a 16-3 major in her quarterfinal over Central’s Soraya Walikonis (21-8).

“Jalah Wilson can go a long way in the state tournament,” Thornton coach Phillip Rembert said. “That loss (vs. Ortiz) was not a disappointment. It was just a little wake up call. She will rebound from that loss and be much better next tournament.

A tech fall win over Schaumburg’s Sky Bonilla sent Wilson to the title mat. Walikonis went on win by fall over Perez for third place.

135 – Maria Green, Glenbard East
Glenbard East sophomore Maria Green is having a whale of a season.
Green improved to 14-0 at Dundee-Crown, winning the tournament title at 135 with a 10-5 decision over the host Chargers’ Ruby Gavina (12-3).

Green has also won individual tournament titles at Waukegan and Glenbard South this year.

“Maria had an outstanding day beating a state qualifier and showing her maturity by staying disciplined all six minutes of her matches,” Glenbard East coach Matt Nelson said.

Green opened with a win by fall in her quarterfinal match and then gutted out an 8-7 decision over Thornton-Fractional South’s Quincy Onyiaorah (4-1) in their semifinal. Onyiaorah won by fall in her quarterfinal match over Schaumburg’s Sharon Olorunfemi (27-6). Onyiaorah was a state qualifier at 130 last season.

Gavina posted a trio of pins to reach the finals, capped by a semifinal round pin against Plano’s April Martinez (5-3). Onyiaorah topped Olorunfemi in a consolation semifinal before winning by fall for third place against Grant’s Veronica Vera (17-7).

140 – Jillian Giller, New Trier
New Trier senior Jillian Giller (26-1) added a Dundee-Crown title to go with titles won this year at Niles West, Maine East, and Palatine.

In her final season of high school wrestling, Giller has embraced the advice of her father.

“My dad tells me ‘this is it, Jillian — your age, your weight, your year.’ There are no excuses anymore,” Giller said.

Giller went 33-6 last year as a state qualifier but she wants to scale the podium this year when the state finals arrive. She feels ready, with more tools in her kit this season.

“Last year I had my front headlock, I had my top game, but that was pretty much where my skill ended,” Giller said. “This year we have a new coach and he’s worked with me a lot on my bottom game. And now I’m ten times better on my feet.”

Giller pinned her way to the title at Dundee-Crown, capped by a fall at 2:48 on the title mat against a tough wrestler in Zion-Benton’s Grace Johnson (27-5). Giller also beat Grant’s Annabelle Melton (21-9) and Maine West’s Soila Orozco (12-6) along the way.

Johnson used a trio of pins to reach the finals. Melton went on the place third, with a fall at 2:56 over Orozco.

Giller’s work on bottom has taken a leap forward this year.

“This is the first year I’ve been comfortable with it,” she said. “Now I feel like nobody is going to hold me down. And I’m not worried on my feet anymore, which used to hold me back. I did a lot of takedown work over the summer.”

145 – Hope Zerafa-Lazarevic, Schaumburg
As last year’s state runner-up at 140, Schaumburg’s Hope Zerafa-Lazarevic is no stranger to wrestling in big matches.

Schaumburg’s third individual champ participated in one of the day’s most-anticipated matches at Dundee-Crown. Both Zerafa-Lazarevic (28-0) and Zion-Benton’s Naomi Foote (26-1) entered their finals match with unbeaten season’s records.

The match was a thriller for 88 seconds.

Foote posted an early takedown and was in the process of attempting a cross-face cradle when Zerafa-Lazarevic turned the tide. The Schaumburg senior reversed Foote and stuck her at the edge at the 1:28 mark.

“She’s a really really good wrestler and I knew it would be hard,” Zerafa-Lazarevic said of Foote. “I was a little nervous before that match. (Gruszka) just told me not to freak out after I got taken down, and I didn’t. I just stayed calm and looked for what I needed. She was hitting a mean cradle.”

Schaumburg coach Matt Gruszka knows Zerafa-Lazarevic is perfectly comfortable on a roller coaster.

“Hope has this weird wrestling sense. Sometimes she’s not the most technical, but she’s such a high competitor,” Gruszka said. “She wants to win every position and even if she loses a position, she never gets down on herself. In the state semi last year, she was down 11-1 and she came back to win by a point. It causes us heart attacks a lot, but I love watching her compete.”

Foote had already won individual tournament titles at Niles West, Palatine, and Waukegan. Zerafa-Lazarevic has individual titles from Normal and Morris under her belt.

After her pin at the edge on Saturday, Zerafa-Lazarevic got up off the mat, turned to the bleachers and locked in on someone near and dear to her heart.

“I didn’t have my parents here today, but I had my brother here, who just got home from the Navy,” she said. “It’s the first time I’ve seen him in three years. He came home last night and this was the first time he saw me wrestle, so I knew I had to show up.”

155 – Mackenzie Lessner, Dundee-Crown
After wrestling in middle school, Dundee-Crown senior Mackenzie Lessner initially gave up the sport in high school, before returning to it after a little pleading with her parents.

“I had to stop because my parents didn’t like it,” Lessner said. “But they allowed me to come back. One of my older brothers wrestled so I was like ‘why can’t I’?”

The first of host Dundee-Crown’s two individual champions on the day, Lessner improved to 14-3 with her finals win by fall against Thornton-Fractional South’s Jermia Moore (3-1).

“It was a good day,” Lessner said. “I was confident in my matches and I knew I had to come out and just wrestle my way. Since the start of the year, I’m realizing what I can do in a match and what moves I’m able to do.

“A lot of it is mental and you just have to show up to those hard practices —the repetition, the fight, and you have to have good practice partners, and teammates, who are always there supporting you.”

Moore reached the title match with a fall at 1:05 over Grant’s Amaryllis Ramos (12-3), while Lessner also posted two falls to reach the finals.

Ramos went on to placed third with a fall at 4:38 over Harvard’s April Cardenas (16-17).

“Sophomore Ruby Gavina and senior Mackenzie Lessner have improved this year and are placing in all of the tournaments they’ve wrestled in so far,” D-C assistant coach Rick Mareno said. “I would not be surprised if any of our wrestlers made it to state with the hard work and dedication they’re putting in the wrestling room.”

170 – Ryann Miller, Central
Central sophomore Ryann Miller (20-0) placed fifth in state last year at 170, and has won individual titles at Maine East, Palatine, and Morris this season.

She has been dominant during her sophomore campaign and that dominance was on display at Dundee-Crown. Miller won by fall at 0:28 in her title match against Schaumburg’s Alya Razzak (25-5).

Her growth in the sport in a short amount of time is undeniable.

“The goal coming into the season was to continue to build on the success from last year and I think she has done that really well to this point, especially today,” Central coach Andrew Brown said. “She did a great job creating offense on her feet and when she had the opportunity to score the fall, she did so, and has continued to do so through her matches this season.”

In four matches, no one survived the first period against Miller. Razzak opened with a pair of pins before gutting out a 1-0 semifinal decision over Hampshire’s Annelise Tavira (22-2).

After losing to Tavira by major decision in their quarterfinal match, Main West’s Lillian Garrett (20-4) exacted some revenge in the consolation round: Garrett won a 4-2 decision over Tavira on the third-place mat.

190 – Josie Larson, Lakes
Josie Larson’s rampage through the 190-pound division continued on Saturday, as she remained an unbeaten 19-0 with her pin on the title mat against Hampshire’s Samantha Diehl.

The Lakes senior continues to exhibit elevated levels of hunger and experience in her senior year, after placing second in Illinois at 190 last year.

“I’m just working hard at practice, hitting the gym and I keep wrestling my style,” Larson said. “At this point it’s focusing on all the little things, like putting the shoulder down, taking it in. Those little things all add up.”

Larson posted three falls, capped by a fall for the title against Hampshire’s tough freshman, Sam Diehl (17-3). Larson has won tournament titles at Lakes and Waukegan this year, and she is responsible for two of Diehl’s three losses this year.

Now a seasoned veteran of high school wrestling, Larson’s journey might be something Diehl is currently going through.

“When I started out, I was nervous before every match — not scared but right on the cusp,” Larson said. “It was really nerve-racking. I always felt like I was going to throw up. But as I progressed it got easier and easier until I started hitting my moves way more confidently than I did before. I’m calmer now before my matches.”

Diehl pinned two juniors and a sophomore to reach the finals against Larson. Hampshire coach Matthew Todd sees big things for his freshman as she evolves in the sport.

“Sam has run into (Larson) a couple of times this year. She is understanding the high school level and is improving  ,” Todd said. “And she worked very hard today.”

Larson pinned Schaumburg’s Nadia Razzak (29-3) at 3:48 in their semifinal match, while Diehl won by fall at 2:42 in her semifinal against Freeport’s Lily Wurster (7-8).
Razzak went on to win by 7-0 decision against Jefferson’s Kylie Eilken (4-2) on the third-place mat.

235 – Gladys Reyes, Dundee-Crown
With only four wrestlers entered at 235, all four moved directly into the championship semifinal round in Carpentersville. Reyes (9-2) followed her two byes with a pin in her semifinal match against Thornton’s Sionna Stampley (8-3).

Waiting for Reyes on the title mat was teammate Caroline Haiges (12-6), who won her semifinal by fall against Marengo’s Madalynn Woodcock.

Reyes topped her practice partner at 235 by fall for the title, at the 1:11 mark of the finals match.

“Gladys is a senior and placed in all three tournaments she’s been in, and freshman Caroline has also placed in the four tournaments she’s wrestled in,” Dundee-Crown assistant coach Rick Moreno said. “Every week they’ve shown improvement and continue to push each other. Unfortunately we’re only able to have one in the weight class but either one will make us proud to represent Dundee-Crown.”

Stampley won by fall at 1:05 against Woodcock in the third-place match.

Individual statistics:
Among all wrestlers present, Schaumburg’s Isabella Rivas had the most pins (5) in the fastest time (10:09), and Hampshire’s Amelia Nidelea-Polanin had the fastest tech fall, in 2:19. Three wrestlers tied for the lead for most team points scored with 28, in Stevenson’s Karina Lojowski, Central’s Ryann Miller, and New Trier’s Jillian Giller. Glenbard East’s Nadia Shymkiv scored the most single match points (37), Nidelea- Polanin scored the most total match points (62), and Dundee-Crown’s Iris Torres provided the largest seed-place difference when the No. 15 seed placed second at 110 pounds.

Team scores:
Schaumburg 206, Dundee-Crown 110, Grant 107.5, Central 100, Stevenson 88, Glenbard East 86.5, Zion-Benton 74, Thornton 71.5, Hampshire 69.5, Harvard 58, Thornton Fractional South 57, Lakes 55, New Trier 52, Freeport 51, Maine West 49, Plano 36, Richmond-Burton 35, Antioch 27, Jefferson 23.5, Ridgewood 17, Carmel 12, Genoa-Kingston 11, Marengo 10.5, Geneva 0

Dundee-Crown Girls Invitational results:
100

1st: Ariel Woodfin (Thornton) 12-1, d. Aurielle Calmese (Freeport) 19-6,  (F 1:07)

3rd: Andrea Jones (Glenbard E) 14-3, d. Sunny Aitzemko (New Trier) 15-7,  (D 13-7)
105

1st: Nadiia Shymkiv (Glenbard E) 17-0, d. Karla Sarabia (Glenbard E) 8-3,  (MD 37-25)

3rd: Diamond Rodriguez (Dundee-Crown) 22-1, d. Mia Phelps (Schaumburg ) 16-9,  (F 1:18)

110
1st: Justice Girod (Schaumburg ) 24-7, d. Iris Torres (Dundee-Crown) 17-8,  (UTB 1-1)

3rd: Ruby Vences (Central) 21-7, d. Alexa Herrera (Harvard) 13-8,  (F 1:04)

115 

1st: Madyson Meyer (Schaumburg ) 28-1, d. Reagan Paulson (Schaumburg ) 13-7,  (F 1:50)

3rd: Giulia Gheciu (Lincolnshire (Stevenson) 9-5, d. Giada Reising (Harvard) 15-12,  (F 3:04)

120

1st: Amelia Nidelea-Polanin (Hampshire) 23-1, d. Victoria Macias (Central) 18-6,  (MD 15-3)

3rd: Anna Villarreal (Schaumburg ) 26-6, d. America Camacho (Grant) 25-8,  (F 1:45)

125

1st: Karina Lojowski (Lincolnshire (Stevenson) 14-2, d. Myla Reyes (Grant) 22-8,  (F 1:31)

3rd: Isabella Rivas (Schaumburg ) 25-4, d. Isabella Nelson (R.-Burton) 9-7,  (F 2:49)

130

1st: Emily Ortiz (Z.-Benton) 25-4, d. Jalah Wilson (Thornton) 12-1,  (D 8-3)

3rd: Soraya Walikonis (Central) 21-8, d. Jessica Perez (Des Plaines (Maine West) 16-8,  (F 4:24)

135

1st: Maria Green (Glenbard E) 14-0, d. Ruby Gavina (Dundee-Crown) 12-3,  (D 10-5)

3rd: Quincy Onyiaorah (T-F South) 4-1, d. Veronica Vera (Grant) 17-7,  (F 0:26)

140

1st: Jillian Giller (New Trier) 26-1, d. Grace Johnson (Z.-Benton) 27-5,  (F 2:48)

3rd: Annabelle Melton (Grant) 21-9, d. Soila Orozco (Des Plaines (Maine West) 12-6,  (F 2:56)

145

1st: Madeline Zerafa-Lazarevic (Schaumburg ) 28-0, d. Naomi Foote (Z.-Benton) 26-1,  (F 1:28)

3rd: Jacqueline Diaz (Plano) 8-1, .d. Tina Hasner (Lake Villa (Lakes) 23-8, . (F 0:29)

155

1st: Mackenzie Lessner (Dundee-Crown) 14-3, d. Jermia Moore (T-F South) 3-1, . (F 3:58)

3rd: Amaryllis Ramos (Grant) 12-3, d. April Cardenas (Harvard) 16-17,  (F 4:38)

170

1st: Ryann Miller (Central) 20-0, d. Alya Razzak (Schaumburg ) 25-5,  (F 0:28)

3rd: Lillian Garrett (Des Plaines (Maine West) 20-4, d. Anneliese Tavira (Hampshire) 22-2,  (D 4-2)

190

1st: Josie Larson (Lake Villa (Lakes) 19-0, .d. Samantha Diehl (Hampshire) 17-3,  (F 1:46)

3rd: Nadia Razzak (Schaumburg ) 29-3, d. Kylie Eilken (Rockford (Jefferson) 4-2,  (D 7-0)

235
1st: Gladys Reyes (Dundee-Crown) 9-2, d. Caroline Haiges (Dundee-Crown) 12-6, . (F 1:11)

3rd: Sionna Stampley (Thornton) 8-3, d. Madalynn Woodcock (Marengo) 3-10,  (F 1:05)

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

Cheesehead Invitational

Fourteen Illinois teams competed in this year’s annually formidable 44-team Cheesehead Invitational, hosted by Kaukauna High School in Wisconsin.

The team from Southeast Polk, Iowa won the team title by a wide margin over the second-place team from Jesuit, Louisiana, 663.5-457. Lowell, Michigan placed third with 451.5 team points, followed by host Kaukauna with 435 and fifth-place Montini Catholic with 410.5 points.

Illinois had five teams finish in the top 10: St. Charles East (369) was sixth, Yorkville (312.5) placed eighth; Joliet Catholic Academy (307.5) was ninth; and Warren (295) finished 10th.

Other Illinois teams competing were Lockport (257.5), Edwardsville (236), Providence Catholic (158), Grant (155.5), Barrington (132.5), DeKalb (117.5), Plainfield North (109), Prospect (46.5) and Neuqua Valley (8).
Illinois had three individual champions in Wisconsin, in St. Charles East’s Dom Munaretto (120), Montini’s Josh Vazquez (126), and Lockport’s Justin Wardlow (150). Reaching the title mat and placing second were Warren’s Caleb Noble (113), Providence Catholic’s Justus Heeg (150), Yorkville’s Luke Zook (175), and Joliet Catholic’s Nico Ronchetti (190).

Illinois wrestlers finishing in the top 10 of their weight divisions:

106 – 3rd: Maddox Garbis (Plainfield N); 5th: Kane Robles (Joliet Catholic); 7th: Michael McNamara (Edwardsville); 8th: Erik Klichurov (Montini); 10th: Christian Corcoran (Providence)
113 – 2nd: Caleb Noble (Warren); 4th: Allen Woo (Montini); 8th: Anthony Sutton (Lockport)
120 – 1st: Dom Munaretto (SC East); 4th: Mike Malizzio (Montini); 5th: Ryan Dorn (Barrington); 7th: Jonathan Marquez (Warren); 9th: Maddux Tindal (Joliet Catholic)
126 – 1st: Josh Vazquez (Montini); 4th: Jason Hampton (Joliet Catholic); 7th: Vince Jasinski (Grant); 9th: Liam Aye (SC East)
132 – 7th: Liam Zimmerman (Lockport)
138 – 4th: Kam Luif (Montini); 9th: Erik Rodriguez (Grant)
150 – 1st: Justin Wardlow (Lockport); 2nd: Justus Heeg (Providence); 7th: Van Rosauer (Yorkville); Daniel Blanke (Barrington)
157 – 4th: Jack Ferguson (Yorkville); 7th: Ryan McGovern (SC East); 8th: Jaedon Calderon (Lockport)
165 – 4th: Anthony Gutierrez (SC East); 8th: Santino Tenuta (Montini); 9th: Sean Kolkebeck (DeKalb); 10th: Chris Miller (Lockport)
175 – 2nd: Luke Zook (Yorkville); 7th: Isaac Clausen (Joliet Catholic); 8th: Abe Leidig (SC East); 9th: AJ Tack (Montini)
190 – 2nd: Nico Ronchetti (Joliet Catholic); 7th: Casey Gipson (Grant); 8th: Ryder Janeczko (Yorkville)
215 – 4th: Luke Chrisse (Yorkville); 8th: Roman Janek (Edwardsville); 9th: Cooper Murray (SC East)
285 – 5th: Anthony Soto (Warren)

The Wonder Women

An 83-team girls tournament took place Jan. 3-4 at Battle High School in Columbia, Missouri, with seven Illinois teams present in the field.

Collinsville, Edwardsville, Roxana, Canton, Loyola Academy, Highland and Civic Memorial all took part in the tournament, which included teams from nine different states including Kentucky, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Nebraska.

Among Illinois teams, Collinsville placed 33rd, Edwardsville took 41st, Roxana was 43rd, Canton placed 45th, Loyola Academy was 53rd, Highland finished 57th, and Civic Memorial was 81st.

Five Illinois girls finished in the top eight of their weight classes, and four of those reached the championship mat in Missouri. Roxana’s Chloe Skiles (105) and Loyola Academy’s Harlee Hiller (115) won individual titles, while Collinsville’s Taylor Dawson (140) and Highland’s August Rottmann (170) placed second in their divisions. Canton’s Kinnley Smith (130) also placed fifth.

Hiller participated as the lone representative from Loyola Academy, as did Rottman from Highland. Kendall Moss-Smith (115) went 3-2 as the lone representative from Civic Memorial.

Finishing outside the top eight but also scoring team points for Collinsville were Claire Dudley (105), Londyn Long (125), Addyson Bailey (130), and Tashieya Taylor (145).

Edwardsville got team points from Emma Rogers (100), Maddy Allen (105), Genevieve Dykstra (110), Gianna Linhorst (115), Allie Chong (120), Holli Zugmaier (135), Abigail Hayes (170) and Victoria White (190).

In addition to Skiles’ title, other Roxana wrestlers earning team points were Madelyn Murphy (100) and Emma Gischer (155).

In addition to Smith’s fifth-place finish, Canton received team points from LT Diephuis (100), Shayla Schielein (105), Chloe Hedges (115), Kennedy Smith (140) and Katelyn Marvel (145).

Detroit Catholic Central Invitational

Marian Central Catholic placed fifth at this year’s 27-team Detroit Catholic Central Invitational in Novi, Michigan, as the lone non-Michigan team participating in the tournament.

The Hurricanes got an individual title from Jimmy Mastny (190), who improved to  31-1 with his 4-0 decision on the title mat against Detroit Catholic’s Lee Krueger (20-5).

Coaches Jordan Blanton and Ryan Prater also got a second-place finish from Brayden Teunissen (17-2) at 120, a third from Vance Williams (21-3) at 150, fourths from Cam Spiniolas (21-11) at 106 and Austin Hagevold (23-5) at 113, and a sixth from Dan French (19-7) at 215. Also scoring team points for Marian Central was Nick Marchese (126).

Dundee won the tournament with 190.5 points, followed by Detroit Catholic (184.5), Clarkston (125), Davison (116.5), and Marian Central (105) to round out the top 5 team finishes.

Keokuk Girls Invite

Six Illinois teams competed at this year’s 15-team Keokuk Girls Invite in Iowa, and Galesburg had 11 medalists to place second overall. Team champion Burlington, IA posted a 187-115 edge over Galesburg.

The Silver Streaks got a pair of second-place finishes from Eliana Juarez (15-3) at 115 and Amyah Pruitt (14-6) at 135. Galesburg also got thirds from Kinsley Furnald (7-7) at 100 and Dai Driana Willford (13-6) at 130, fourths from Hannah Barton (7-8) at 145 and Macie Taylor (190), fifths from Addie Boyd (120) and Victoria Smith (135), sixths from Kelsie Wooldridge (120) and Lydia Aldus (125), a seventh from Vivian Aldus (155).

Among Illinois teams, Rock Island placed eighth, Quincy was 10th, Illini West took 12th, Warsaw placed 13th, and Payson-Seymour took 14th.

Illinois’ lone individual champion at Keokuk was Quincy’s Maggie Quinn (155), with a 7-5 decision on the title mat against Fort Madison’s Tatum Peters.

Placing fourth among Illinois wrestlers were Rock Island’s Mikayla Combs-Gibson (120), Quincy’s Zoe Bloyd (135).

Placing fifth in Iowa were Rock Island’s Rayna Skelton (125) and Izabel Vega (130); placing sixth were Warsaw’s Oriana Casey (145) and Illini West’s Trinity Abers (235).

Taking seventh were Rock Island’s Lucy Mass (115), Illini West’s Cora Hanks (125), and Payson-Seymour’s Bailey Davis (135), and finishing eighth were Illini West’s October Hendricks (135).

Zimmerman Invitational

The 15-team Zimmerman Invitational took place in Maquoketa, Iowa, with Fulton finishing eighth as the lone non-Iowa team participating in the tournament.

Steamers coach Shawn Price got third-place finishes from Skylier Crooks (165), Mason Kuebel (175) and Daniel Holman (215), a fourth from Easton Spooner (126), and a fifth from Teague Bray (144).

City High (234.5) won the team title, followed by Liberty (172.5), Waukon (160.5), Davenport Central (152), Tipton (132), Dubuque Hempstead (129.5), Clinton (116.5), Fulton (100), Maquoketa (73.5) and Center Point-Urbana (64) to round out the top 10 finishes.

57th Kinloch Classic

As the lone non-Missouri team participating in the tournament, Quincy placed fourth in the 26-team Kinloch Classic, hosted by Parkview High School in Springfield, Missouri.

Heavyweight King Johnson’s third-place finish led the way for coach Phil Neally’s Blue Devils, who got fourth-place finishes from Wyatt Boeing (126), Cooper Kamm (138), Brody Baker (157), Gunnar Derhake (165), and Alex Wells (190), fifths from Clayton McClelland (113) and Derik Lohmeyer (120), and a sixth from Cale Mixer (150).

Ozark won the team title with 390.5 points, followed by Rolla (290), Carl Junction (265), Quincy (258.5) and Nixa (219.5) to round out the top five team finishes.

Doc Buchanan Invitational

120 teams from 15 states competed at the formidable Doc Buchanan Invitational, hosted by Clovis High School in Clovis, California on Jan. 3-4.

IC Catholic Prep and Oak Park and River Forest were the lone Illinois teams participating at this year’s Doc Buchanan, and IC Prep’s Brody Kelly had the highest finish between the two teams, placing fourth at 178 pounds. OPRF’s MJ Rundell took fifth at 109, while IC Prep’s Deven Casey (135) and Foley Calcagno (218) placed sixth in their divisions.

By Curt Herron – for the IWCOA

Building up a significant lead and then holding off a spirited challenge down the stretch from the last two schools that have won IHSA Class 1A titles proved to be a very successful approach for Vandalia in its quest to claim the championship at ABE’s Rumble in Springfield.

With seven of the eight IHSA Class 1A Dual Team Finals teams in attendance, including all of the four that placed, and 19 of the 25 teams ranked in Class 1A  participating at the Bank of Springfield Center, it wasn’t a reach that three of the teams that won trophies last season, champion Marian Central Catholic, runner-up Coal City and fourth-place finisher Vandalia, would be the ones to beat.

As it turned out, in order for coach Jason Clay’s Vandals to capture the championship, they would need to defeat the program that won the 2023 IHSA title and the 2022 ABE’s Rumble, the Coalers, in the semifinals and then beat the 2024 IHSA 1A champions and 2023 Rumble title winners, the Hurricanes, in the finals. 

And that’s just what Vandalia went out and did as it jumped out to a 21-0 lead over coach Mark Masters’ Coalers after five matches and had to win the finale to capture a 30-28 victory. In the championship dual meet, it built up a 31-15 advantage over coach Ryan Prater’s Hurricanes with four matches left and again needed to claim a victory in the final match to secure a 35-27 win and with it the title of the 60-team event, which is Illinois’ biggest in-season tournament. 

Vandalia sealed the deal in its last match of the competition when freshman Aiden Evans jumped out to an early advantage over Cam Spiniolas at 106 and built on it and eventually captured a 10-0 major decision, denying Marian Central Catholic of repeating as champions in the tournament.

“It feels good to be this young and performing with all of these older guys, and keeping up with them,” Evans said. “Every day in the room, we’re always pushing each other to get better and we’re learning from the older guys and the state champs and just getting better every single day. (The semifinal win) Everybody was super hyped-up and having a good time, it was awesome. We started off in our youth group and we’ve grown up together practically and just become closer every single year.”

In the semifinals, Vandalia led 27-8 with five matches remaining, but the Coalers won the next four to gain their first lead of the meet when John Keigher captured a 3-1 decision over Kaden Tidwell at 215. But in the last match at 285, Dominic Swyers got a takedown at the end of the first period and then made that stand as he captured a 4-1 decision over Alec Waliczek to wrap up an exciting victory for his team.

Marian Central Catholic, Vandalia, Coal City and Unity were the top-four ranked teams in Class 1A, in that order, and those four wound up advancing to the semifinals, where the Hurricanes led 31-27 with three matches left against coach Logan Patton’s Rockets before getting decisive wins in each to claim a 48-27 victory.

Vandalia’s Max Philpot, a state runner-up last season, kicked off the championship dual meet at 113 with an 8-5 decision over Austin Hagevold, who took fourth in 2024. After Brayden Teunissen responded with an 8-3 decision at 120 over Preston Waughtel in a matchup of returning IHSA champions, the Vandals moved back in front at 9-3 at 126 when two-time IHSA champion and three-time finalist Tyson Waughtel recorded a fall in 1:04 over Zane Mochocki.

Marian Central Catholic answered with two narrow decisions to tie things as Nick Marchese won 9-8 over Brody Matthews at 132 and Andrew Alvarado added an 11-9 victory over Cole Yarbrough. Keagan Turner put the Vandals back up at 15-9 with a fall in 3:24 over Noah Cerny at 144 but Vance Williams, a state runner-up the last two seasons, evened things at 15-15 with a pin in 1:44 over Dade Kleinik. 

That’s when Vandalia made its move as Dillon Hinton, a state runner-up in 2024, won by fall in 2:36 over Connor Cassels, Parker Ray followed with a pin in 1:28 over Sam Sarfo at 165 and Artan Mustafa capped the three-victory run with a 15-5 major decision over Josh Gawronski to make it 31-15 with four matches remaining.

Dan French started the late comeback for the Hurricanes with a 15-6 major decision over Ross Miller. Jimmy Mastny, a 2024 state champion, followed with a win by technical fall at 215 over Kaden Tidwell, who placed fourth last season, and Kaleb Eckman claimed a 5-1 decision over Swyers to pull Marian Central Catholic to within four points at 31-27 but that’s when freshman Evans ended the hopes of a repeat by the Hurricanes by performing well under pressure to wrap up the team title.

“I think it’s one of the best feelings ever,” Philpot said. “We did good not getting pinned when we were on our backs and you really realize how much the little points matter at the very end. We have the confidence and we knew that we had it in us. We just have to work harder and get better for dual team state. One of the main parts that makes us tough is that we’re all really good and we’re all technical and strong. And iron sharpens iron. Just drilling each other in the room makes us better all around.”

“We knew going into it that we had a shot at winning it again,” Teunissen said. “They won here right here, but I guarantee at team state that we’re going to win. This really doesn’t matter in the big picture. It’s good to see where you’re at early in the year and we know what we have to work on and adjust in the lineup to get to state. This is going to be our state finals match ideally so it’s good to wrestle him now and see where you’re at and feel each other out.”

Leading the way for the champion Vandals were Max Philpot (113), 9-0; Tyson Waughtel (126), 9-0; Aiden Evans (106), 8-1; Dillon Hinton (150/157), 8-1; Brody Matthews (132), 7-1; Artan Mustafa (165/175), 7-1; Preston Waughtel (120), 7-1; Parker Ray (157/165), 6-1; Keagan Turner (144), 6-1; Dominic Swyers (215/285), 7-2; Kaden Tidwell (190/215), 6-2; and Cole Yarbrough (138/144), 6-2. 

Vandalia has advanced to the IHSA Dual Team Finals 22 times, which is one behind the leader in that category, Montini Catholic. The program has won 10 trophies while competing in that competition with its lone championship being won in 1996 in Class A when they were coached by Glenn Exton, who took nine teams to state.

With the championship in ABE’s Rumble, things are off to a great start for the Vandals, who received additional good news recently with the announcement that coach Jason Clay will be one of the inductees into this year’s Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Hall of Fame. Clay has taken 13 teams to the Dual Team Finals and placed five times with his best finishes being second place in Class A in 2007, which was his first season, and second place in Class 1A in 2018.

“Vandalia has an awesome program,” Tyson Waughtel said. “I’m excited about what we’re going to do in the postseason and I’m ready for state championships. It’s a new experience definitely and it’s awesome seeing your teammates win. It’s what we’ve been working for. In the practice room we always talk about being state champs and I think this is our year to make it happen. I really like how everyone is disciplined, everyone comes to practice on time and wrestles with each other. And we have a close bond, definitely, it’s like family.”

Individuals with the best records for the runner-up Hurricanes were Kaleb Eckman (285), 9-0; Jimmy Mastny (190/215), 9-0; Vance Williams (150), 8-0; Nick Marchese (126/132), 7-0; Brayden Teunissen (120/126), 7-0; Dan French (190/215), 8-1; Austin Hagevold (113/120), 7-1; Andrew Alvarado (138/144), 7-2; Josh Gawronski (165/175), 7-2 and Cam Spiniolas (106/113), 6-2.

“It was good to find out where we’re at as a team and in individual matches like at 20 and 13 where the top two kids in the state wrestle,” Mastny said. “Getting new freshmen and transfers is fun and just building on what we had last year. I feel real good with where most of us are at.”

In the third-place dual, the Coalers opened the meet at 113 with a fall in 0:10 from Owen Petersen, who took sixth last season, over Ian Skibbe and then Culan Lindemuth pinned Zayden Mansfield in 1:39 and and Cooper Morris, who placed fifth in 2024, won by fall over Bryce Martin in 2:34 to grab an early 18-0 advantage. 

After Hunter Shike edged Luke Munsterman 1-0 at 132 for the Rockets’ first victory, 2024 runner-up Brody Widlowski responded with a 2-0 victory over Taylor Finley to make it 21-3 before Unity made its move with wins in the next four matches.

Kaden Inman, a state runner-up last season, got things started in the four-win run for the Rockets with a victory by technical fall over Aidan Kenney before Holden Brazelton followed with a pin in 1:32 over Noah Houston at 150 to pull their team to within 21-14. Keegan Germano added an 11-6 decision over Mason Garner and Abram Davidson claimed a win by technical fall over Brock Finch at 165 and Unity was in front for the first time at 22-21.

After 2024 champion Landin Benson won by technical fall over Ryan Rink, who took fifth at state last season, and defending IHSA champion Hunter Eastin recorded a fall at 1:51 over Brody D’Orazio, Unity was up 28-26. 

But the Coalers responded with a fall in 0:50 by Cade Poyner over Chason Daly in 0:50 and after John Keigher wrapped up the victory with a 3-0 decision over Jaden Dene at 285, Jason Piatek collected a forfeit win to conclude the meet.

“It was an exciting one for sure,” Widlowski said of the Vandalia meet. “After losing that, we can see what we need to improve on. We just have to take those little things and get better and see where we need to improve and come back stronger in the postseason. We’ve all wrestled for the same programs since we were four or five years old. It’s like a family here and it makes you want to wrestle even more for them.”

“We wrestled well,” Inman said. I think that our team is growing, for sure. We started off a little rough and we have some holes in our team, but I think we’re making it work out, and that’s good. I think that we have pretty good chemistry and we’re all getting along and making it pretty fun for everybody. We definitely want to make it to team state and get a medal out of it.”

Turning in the best efforts for the third-place Coalers were Landin Benson (175), 8-0; Brody Widlowski (138/144), 8-0; John Keigher (215/285), 6-0; Trace Wilson (157/165), 4-0; Cooper Morris (126), 8-1; Owen Petersen (113/120), 8-1; Brock Finch (165/175), 6-1; Alec Waliczek (215/285), 5-1; Brody D’Orazio (190), 4-1; Cade Poyner (190/215), 4-1; Payton Vigna (285), 4-1; Mason Garner (157/165), 6-2; Aidan Kenney (144), 6-2; Noah Houston (150), 5-2; and Jason Piatak (106/113), 5-2. 

“We strive for the competition,” Lindemuth said. “It was a setback, but I think if we just get back in the practice room and get better with our technique and work on our mental game, too, we’ll get it. Our coaches strive for us to get bonus points and we try to beat them by as much as we can. We’re all friends and we hang out at school and at each others’ houses. We’re all one big family.”

“I like that we’re all together,” Keigher said. “And everyone is just really dedicated to it and really passionate. I think that we can get it done this year.”

Top performers for the fourth-place Rockets were Kaden Inman (144), 7-0; Abram Davidson (165), 6-0; Nathaniel DeNeal (138/144), 3-0; Hunter Eastin (190/215), 8-1; Holden Brazelton (150), 6-1; Taylor Finley (138), 6-1; Ryan Rink (175), 6-1; Josh Heath (165/175), 3-1; Hunter Shike (132), 6-2; Keegan Germano (157), 6-3; and Zayden Mansfield (120/126), 6-3.

“This year is going to be a lot different than last year and we’re going to get that medal,” Davidson said. “We’re really competing with these top teams and we’re definitely one of them. We definitely have some hammers, especially in our middleweight classes. We’re all working toward a common goal. I like the fact that we’re a family. We’re a really close-knit group, so when we’re wrestling, we’re not just wrestling for ourselves but we’re wrestling for each other, for the whole group.”

The semifinal between Vandalia and Coal City was a rematch of the 2024 IHSA Class 1A Dual Team semifinals meet in Bloomington, where the Coalers won 42-22 over the Vandals, who went on to fall 44-27 to Roxana in the third place meet while Marian Central Catholic won 34-27 over Coal City for the championship.

In this semifinal meet, the Vandals got a win by technical fall from Evans in the opener, Philpot followed with a major decision and Preston Waughtel added another victory by technical fall. Tyson Waughtel won a 16-4 major decision and Matthews edged Munsterman 1-0 to result in the early 21-0 advantage.

The Coalers closed to within 21-8 as Widlowski got a win by technical fall and Aidan Kenney followed with an 8-2 decision over Yarbrough. But Vandalia responded with two decisions as Hinton won 7-1 over Houston at 150 and Ray edged Garner 6-4 to make it 27-8.

Coal City moved in front for the first time at 28-27 following four-straight victories. Finch got a win by technical fall, Benson and Poyner followed with pins and John Keigher won a 3-1 decision over Tidwell. But the Coalers were unable to get one final win as Swyers secured a 4-1 decision over Waliczek to give the Vandals a dramatic 30-28 triumph.

In the other semifinal, there was another big early lead as the Hurricanes won the first five matches to move in front by a 27-0 margin. Spiniolas, Hagevold and Teunissen recorded falls, Zach Wheadon got a forfeit win and Marchese edged Shike 3-2 to build up the early advantage.

But the Rockets won five of the next six matches as Inman and Davidson got pins, Finley, Germano and Rink all got wins by technical fall while Williams won a 10-0 major decision over Brazelton to make it 31-27 in the Hurricanes’ favor with three matches left. That’s when Mastny got a win by technical fall over Eastin in a clash of defending state champions, French followed with a pin and Eckman got a forfeit win to make the final 48-27.

Winners of the various pools were: Unity in A; Marian Central Catholic in B; Oakwood/Salt Fork in C; Reed-Custer in D; Roxana in E; Vandalia in F; Olympia in G; Murphysboro in H; LeRoy/Tri-Valley in I; Oregon in J; Coal City in K; and Lena-Winslow/Stockton in L.

In the round that got the tournament from 32 to the 16 teams in the Gold Division, Vandalia beat El Paso-Gridley 72-3, Marian Central Catholic won 62-14 over Mt. Zion, Coal City claimed a 66-6 victory over Hoopeston Area/Milford and Unity was a 63-15 winner over Sherrard. 

Oregon won 42-33 over Benton/Sesser-Valier, Murphysboro captured a 44-30 victory over Morrison, LeRoy/Tri-Valley beat Clifton Central/Iroquois West 48-15 and Oakwood/Salt Fork was a 44-28 victor over Monticello.

Chicago Hope Academy defeated Canton 50-24, Lena-Winslow/Stockton won 58-21 over St. Joseph-Ogden, Roxana claimed a 47-29 victory over Anna-Jonesboro and Olympia beat Frankfort Community 56-24.

PORTA edged Princeton 36-33, Newman Central Catholic got past Seneca 41-37, Reed-Custer won 45-33 over Beardstown and Auburn prevailed 39-38 over Riverdale.

Once the field of 16 was determined for the Gold Division, Vandalia advanced with wins of 61-13 over Chicago Hope Academy and 62-9 over LeRoy/Tri-Valley while Marian Central Catholic won 64-18 over Auburn and 50-17 over Oakwood/Salt Fork.

Coal City captured a 62-10 victory over PORTA and a 61-12 win over Oregon to earn its spot in the semifinals while Unity moved to the final four with triumphs of 46-32 over Newman Central Catholic and 43-27 over Murphysboro.

There was a six-way tie for the most teams points with 54 between Beardstown’s Chunk Dailey, Reed-Custer’s Jeremy Eggleston, Seneca’s Jeremy Gagnon, Newman Central Catholic’s Zhyler Hansen, Lawrence County’s Delaney Ledbetter and Monticello’s Hunter Romano.

Three individuals tied for seventh place with 53 team points, Princeton’s Casey Etheridge, Lena-Winslow/Stockton’s Oliver McPeek and Riverdale’s Dean Wainwright. And four tied for tenth with 52 points, Riverdale’s Kolton Kruse, Princeton’s Ian Morris, Mt. Zion’s Carson Thornton and Vandalia’s Tyson Waughtel.

Eggleston led all competitors with nine falls while Vandalia’s Tyson Waughtel, Unity’s Hunter Eastin and Hansen all finished with eight pins.

Newman Central Catholic’s Briar Ivey led all competitors with 147 total match points while Olympia’s Dylan Eimer ranked second with 132 match points. The two also led in wins by technical fall with Ivey getting seven tech falls while Eimer had six.

Other Gold Division results

The four quarterfinal losers went to the fifth-place bracket and Murphysboro advanced with a 44-24 win over Oakwood/Salt Fork while Oregon claimed a 46-31 victory over LeRoy/Tri-Valley.

In two of the other place matches in the Gold Division, Oregon won 34-31 over Murphysboro for fifth place and LeRoy/Tri-Valley beat Oakwood/Salt Fork 35-31 for seventh place.

The fifth-place meet was decided in the finale at 106 when Jordan Lowe won by technical fall over Mason Hartung to turn a 31-29 Red Devils advantage into a 34-31 triumph for the Hawks. 

Coach Justin Lahman’s fifth-place Hawks were led by Nelson Benesh (132/138), 9-0; Preston LaBay (126/132), 7-0; Andrew Young (175), 5-1; Boone Alderks (120/126), 4-1; Jakobi Donegan (165), 4-1; Ethan Mowry (157), 7-2; Jackson Messenger (138/144), 6-3; Josiah Perez (113), 6-3; and Seth Rote (190), 4-2.

“It was a battle both of the two days,” Oregon’s Briggs Sellers said. “Coach talked about the whole just battle, battle, battle, and that’s all we did and we took care of business. We’ve just been grinding away in the room and getting one percent better every day and it’s been showing up on the mat. The deeper in the season we get, the better results we’ve been seeing. In our part of the state, regionals are tough and sectionals are tough and there’s never a light part of the season, so it’s a constant grind all year. It was really valuable for us to be able to see different teams from different areas. And it’s a great tournament for the team to come together and really helps us for the end of the year. We’re just a real tight-knit group and we’re all buddies with each other. But when it gets to practice, we like to beat up on each other which gets us all better.”

Top performers for coach Shea Baker’s sixth-place Red Devils were Paxton Pyatt (113), 9-0; Sayvair Williams (150/157), 8-0; Bryce Edwards (144/150), 5-1; Maxon Stearns (165/175), 5-1; Jeret Edwards (126/132), 7-2; Kaiden Richards (120), 7-2; Julien Tanner (285), 7-2;  and Caybren Hubbard (215), 6-2. Murphysboro improved 19 spots from last year’s Rumble, when it finished ninth in the Silver Division.

“I’m proud of everyone,” Bryce Edwards said. “No one expected us to come here and do what we did. We came in here and put on a show and upset some people and we’re going to keep it rolling. We’re just a good group. We’ve got a new room and it’s almost like it’s changed the attitude of everybody in the room. We go in there and we practice hard and everybody has the same goal, and that’s to win. We just have to keep doing what we’re doing and take it one day at a time.”

In the seventh-place meet, the Comets won the first six matches to go up 26-0 but the Panthers responded with seven-consecutive victories to score 35-straight points, ending the drama with one match left when Tate Sigler captured a 7-2 decision over Kade Fleming at 285.

“There’s still work to be done since seventh place isn’t where you want to be,” LeRoy/Tri-Valley’s Brady Mouser said. “I think that we’re a really tight group. And I think that off the mat that have a really good relationship with one another. So when you go out on the mat, you’re fighting for your brothers. And I think that’s what drives us, that brotherhood. We’re down 26-0 to Oakwood and I dropped a match that I probably shouldn’t have and then we battled back and get the ‘W’. We have a big group of senior leaders and we’re leading and trying our best out there.”

Leading the way for coach Brady Sant Amour’s seventh-place Panthers were Tate Sigler (285), 9-0; Brock Owens (157/165), 6-0; Kobe Brent (150), 7-1; Brady Mouser (120), 7-2; Bo Zeleznik (175), 6-2; and Gannon Pinkerton (190), 6-3.

“Our program has had a lot of success,” Brent said. “We’ve all put in the work and we’re going to continue to do that in order to have a better outcome this year. I just like the bond that we really have as a team. We’ve got a big group of seniors and we’ve been wrestling for a very long time, since we were little kids. Our co-op with Tri-Valley and LeRoy has been really beneficial. If we weren’t together, I feel like we could probably both still have wrestling teams, but they wouldn’t really be competitive. We just have to get back in the room and keep working. to get better.”

Individuals who finished with the best records for coach Mike Glosser’s eighth-place Comets were Tyler Huchel (132), 9-0; Steven Uden (106), 7-0; Mason Swartz (120/126), 8-1; Thomas Wells (138/144), 8-1; Pedro Rangel (138/144), 7-2; Kade Fleming (285), 4-2; and Brayden Edwards (113), 6-3.

“This coaching staff is amazing and we have great partners all around the room,” Swartz said. “This team is awesome, everyone’s there for each other and we’re a team family. All of the hard work and coaching is paying off. It’s not even just the wrestling aspect, it’s fun being a part of this team and there’s really never a dull moment with this team.”

Chicago Hope Academy beat Reed-Custer 37-34 and Olympia 44-33 to advance to the ninth-place meet where they faced Lena-Winslow/Stockton, who moved on with a 43-33 win over Newman Central Catholic and a 37-30 triumph over Roxana.

Chicago Hope Academy defeated Lena-Winslow/Stockton 42-34 for ninth place and Roxana claimed a 48-24 win over Olympia/Delavan to finish in 11th place.

Coach Dan Willis’ ninth-place Eagles were led by Arkail Griffin (165/175), 9-0; Roy Phelps (285), 8-1; Nolan Callahan (113/120), 7-1; Josiah Willis (132), 6-1; Santori Knight (150), 7-2; and Indigo Berg (106), 6-3.

Leading the way for Kevin Milder’s 10th-place PantherHawks were Eli Larson (175), 9-0; Oliver McPeek (190/215), 9-0; Mauricio Glass (138/144), 7-0; Arrison Bauer (144/150), 8-1; Jeremiah Luke (215/285), 7-1; John Mensendike (165), 6-2; Reece Demeter (144/150), 4-2; and Mark Detwiler (157), 6-3.

The ninth-place meet was a rematch from day one where the PantherHawks prevailed 41-39. In the teams’ second meeting, Roy Phelps won 11-5 over Jeremiah Luke at 285 to put the Eagles up 36-34 and Indigo Berg pinned Carson Hill in 1:31 to wrap up the victory. 

“We came in knowing that we were the underdogs but we put in the work every day,” Phelps said. “We lost by two points the first day, but we opened up, it was amazing. We know that there’s guys that don’t respect the City teams and I tell our guys every day that we have to take that personally. We want to make statements with every single match. It’s not even about winning or losing, it’s about making a statement, and that’s what we’ve been doing so far and that’s what we’re going to continue to do.”

Competitors with the best showings for coach Rob Milazzo’s 11th-place Shells were Trevor Gihring (157), 8-0; Brandon Green, Jr. (138), 7-0; Robert Watt (190), 8-1; Madelyn Murphy (106/113), 6-1; Chloe Skiles (106/113), 5-1; Lyndon Thies (175), 5-1; Kaden Carilsle (144/150), 7-2; Lleyton Cobine (132), 7-2; and Logan Riggs (144/150), 5-2.

Top performers for Josh Collins’ 12th-place Spartans were Dylan Eimer (120/126), 7-0; Cooper Phillips (138/144), 7-0; Brandon Gaither (106), 6-0; Darian Holloway (285), 5-1; Carter Knobloch (120/126), 5-1; Mateo Martinez (126/132), 5-1; Kaden Collins (150/157), 7-2; Kaden Thomas (165/175), 6-2; Zach Fry (190), 5-2; and Tucker Garey (113), 6-3.

PORTA/A-C Central/Greenview/Havana won 48-29 over Newman Central Catholic to take 13th place and Reed-Custer edged Auburn/Franklin/New Berlin 41-39 to finish in 15th place.

Posting the best records for coach Jeff Hill’s PORTA/A-C Central/Greenview/Havana Bluejays were Jamarion Thomas (165/175), 4-1; Mike Minor (144), 7-2; Logan Baker (150/157), 6-2; Zach Bryant (132), 6-2; Kainin Fillbright (113), 6-2; and Hunter King (138/144), 5-2.

Coach Brian Bahrs’ Newman Central Catholic Comets were led by Zhyler Hansen (126), 9-0; Briar Ivey (157), 9-0; Landon Near (106/113), 8-0; Blair Grennan (106/113), 4-0; Landon Blanton (132), 8-1; Mathew Murray (215), 7-2; and Javen Reyes (113/120), 6-3.

Individuals with the best efforts for coach Yale Davis’ Reed-Custer Comets were Dominic Alaimo (215), 9-0; Colton Drinkwine (106), 9-0; Jeremy Eggleston (138), 9-0; Jayden Sanchez (126), 9-0; Reed Newbrough (165), 8-1; Nathan Vogler (190), 5-2; and Kaaden Wood (120), 5-2.

Leading the way for coach Matt Grimm’s Auburn/Franklin/New Berlin Trojans were Maliki Fitch (175/190), 7-1; Trey Boston (138), 6-1; Ayden Williams (285), 4-1; Owen Evans (175/190), 7-2; and Drayven Hamm (132/138), 6-3. Auburn improved 19 spots from last year’s Rumble when it was third in Bronze.

Silver Division results

Canton won 51-23 over Morrison to take first place in the Silver Division while Princeton was a 46-32 victor over Monticello for third place.

Individuals with the best records for the Canton Little Giants were led by Connor Williams (285), 9-0; Dyllan Steele (126/132), 7-0; Jacob Hardesty (120/126), 8-1; Jack Jochums (138), 7-1; Jaxsun Owens (106/113), 7-2; and Gus Lidwell (190/215), 6-3.

Posting the best finishes for the Morrison Mustangs were Cael Wright (106/113), 9-0; Caleb Modglin (144/150), 7-1; Brady Anderson (165/175), 6-1; Noah Stout (175/190), 7-2; Levi Milder (157), 5-2; and Kamden White (132/138), 6-3.

Top performers for the Princeton Tigers were Ace Christiansen (144/150), 9-0; Casey Etheridge (165), 9-0; Ian Morris (215/285), 9-0; Cade Odell (285), 4-0; Kane Dauber (132/138), 8-1; Augustus Swanson (120/126), 6-1; Kaydin Gibson (126/132), 5-1; Jaydon Cooke (126/132), 4-1; and Jacob Paull (113), 6-3.

Leading the way for the Monticello Sages were Hunter Romano (190/215), 9-0; Russ Brown (190/215), 8-1; Ezekiel Young (120), 8-1; Max Sinkosky (175), 4-1; and Nick Litchfield (126), 6-3.

Seneca captured a 42-29 win over Benton/Sesser-Valier for fifth place in Silver while Riverdale claimed a 40-36 victory over Clifton Central/Iroquois West to take seventh place.

Top performers for the Seneca Fighting Irish were Jeremy Gagnon (285), 9-0; Raiden Terry (113/120), 8-1; Avery Phillips (138/144), 7-2; Nick Grant (165), 6-2; Gunner Varland (157/165), 5-2; Alex Gagnon (175), 6-3; Ryker Terry (132), 6-3; and Landen Venecia (190/215), 6-3.

Individuals who turned in the best records for the Benton/Sesser-Valier Rangers were Cohen Sweely (113/120), 8-0; Izaiah Dalton (190), 7-0; Tiffin Kouzoukas (157/165), 7-1; Braxton Tittle (106), 6-1; Kobe Cali (165/175), 5-1; Derek Wilkey (144/150), 5-1; Bryson Schram (120/126), 4-1; and Zane Stanley (106/113), 6-2.

Leading the way for the Riverdale Rams were Kolton Kruse (150), 9-0; Blake Smith (157/165), 9-0; Dean Wainwright (132/138), 9-0; Jacob Baustian (285), 8-1; Finley Sullivan (106), 7-2; and Cadem Chenoweth (126/132), 4-2.

Turning in the best showings for the Clifton Central/Iroquois West Comets were Gianni Panozzo (157), 6-1; Evan Cox (144), 7-2; Brody O’Connor (215), 6-2; and Giona Panozzo (150/157), 5-2.

Sherrard finished in ninth place in the Silver Division after winning 41-37 over Mt. Zion and Frankfort Community/Christopher beat Beardstown 45-33 to take 11th place.

Individuals with the best records for the Sherrard Tigers were Jonathan Weakley (215/285), 7-2; Andrew Knox (150), 6-2; Jacob Fratzke (138), 6-3; and Cooper Thomas (190/215), 6-3.

Leading the way for the Mt. Zion Braves were Carson Thornton (175), 9-0; Keller Stocks (215), 8-1; Drayden Smith (144), 7-2; Sammy Toth (126/132), 7-2; and Vincent Baker (113), 6-3.

Posting the best records for the Frankfort Community/Christopher Redbirds were Conner Henson (190), 9-0; Hudson Anderton (106/113), 7-2; Brandon Turner (215), 7-2; and Clayton Dent (175), 6-3.

Top performances for the Beardstown Tigers were Chunk Dailey (285), 9-0; Gunner Looker (175/190), 9-0; Kellen Brown (126/132), 7-1; and Luis De La Cruz (144), 6-2.

Hoopeston Area/Milford defeated St. Joseph-Ogden 49-26 for 13th place while El Paso-Gridley won 57-24 over Anna-Jonesboro to finish in 15th place.

Leading the way for the Hoopeston Area/Milford Cornjerkers were Aiden Bell (120/126), 9-0; Charlie Flores (106/113), 8-1; Angel Zamora (175/190), 8-1; Ayden Larkin (165), 7-2; and Earl Kelnhofer (175/190), 6-3.

Turning in the best showings for the St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans were Landen Butts (144), 8-1; Thomas Ware (150), 4-1; Jackson Walsh (113/120), 7-2; Nathan Daly (150), 3-1; and Camden Getty (120/126), 6-3.

Top performers for the El Paso-Gridley Titans were Ryden Barker (215), 7-2; Tom Erwin (113/120), 6-2; and Dominic Ricconi (190), 6-3.

Individuals with the best records for the Anna-Jonesboro Wildcats were Drew Sadler (126), 7-2; Zoee Sadler (106/113), 7-2; and Levi Jones (215/285), 5-2.

Bronze Division results

Orion took first place in the Bronze Division with a 42-39 victory over Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth while Ottawa Marquette took third place after getting a 47-36 win over Rockridge.

Leading the way for the Orion Chargers were Maddux Anderson (190/215), 6-1; Carson Peck (165/175), 6-1; Roman Schmieder (106), 5-1; Aiden Fisher (215/285), 6-2; Dayne Gibbons (175/190), 6-2; Tyler Olson (120), 6-2; and Anthony Dochterman (157/165), 5-2.

Top performers for the Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth Cardinals were Kaden Roberts (126.132), 8-0; Charlie Wittmer (144/150), 8-0; Logan Roberts (120/126), 7-0; Jack Kerley (285), 4-1; and Taygan Gossard (113), 6-2.

Posting the best records for the Ottawa Marquette Crusaders were Reily Leifheit (165), 8-0; Koby Clark (120/126), 7-1; Landyn Mcemery (175), 6-1; Brysen Manly (150), 6-2; Alex Schaefer (215), 6-2; and Beau Thompson (132), 6-2.

Individuals with the best showings for the Rockridge Rockets were Jude Finch (138), 7-0; Clayton Blumenstein (126), 7-1; Nate Lower (106), 7-1; Thomas Sowards (144), 6-1; and Landon Ortery (165), 3-1.

Westville/Georgetown-Ridge Farm claimed fifth place with a 47-27 triumph over Cumberland while Lawrence County took seventh place after it won 43-36 over Hillsboro.

Top performers for Westville/Georgetown-Ridge Farm Tigers were Logan Mahaffey (157), 4-1; Liam Hughes (138), 6-2; Vance Johnson (132), 6-2; Ethan Miller (190), 6-2; and Josiah Sedlacek (285), 6-2.

Turning in the best records for the Cumberland Pirates were Peyton Groves (113), 7-1; Owen McGinnis (157/165), 7-1; Harley Pierce (138), 6-2; and Sawyer Welbaum (126), 6-2.

Individuals with the top finishes for Lawrence County were Delaney Ledbetter (113/120), 9-0; Dylan Camden (285), 5-1; Dayton Ledbetter (106), 3-1; Hudson Meek (144), 6-2; and Drew Seitzinger (120/126), 6-2.

Leading the way for the Hillsboro Hilltoppers were Kohl Fuller (106), 6-2; and Seth Hubbart (175), 5-2.

Litchfield defeated Deer Creek-Mackinaw 53-30 to finish in ninth place and Stillman Valley captured a 47-30 victory over Erie/Prophetstown to claim 11th place.

Individuals with the best records for the Litchfield/Mt. Olive Purple Panthers were Vinny Moore (120), 8-0; Tristan Staggs (215), 6-1; Braxton Kieffer (157), 6-2; Rilynn Younker (113), 6-2; Jayden Ellinger (175), 5-2; and Clayton Hauter (144), 5-2.

Top performers for the Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs were Ryker Gembering (190/215), 8-0; and Ashten Finch (144), 5-2.

Leading the way for the Stillman Valley Cardinals were Henry Hildreth (150), 8-0; Brock Needs (215), 7-1; Michael Pannarale (106), 7-1; and Ethan Waugh (165), 6-2.

Posting the best records for the Erie/Prophetstown Panthers were Tristan Hovey (144), 7-0; Jordae Crow (175), 6-0; Aidan Jepson (138), 4-0; Wyatt Goossens (157), 5-1; and Caleb Reymer (285), 4-1.

Macomb captured a 48-33 victory over Mercer County to finish in 13th place and Quincy Notre Dame was a 42-30 winner over Shelbyville to claim 15th place.

Turning in the best record for the Macomb Bombers was Kelly Ladd (138/144), 5-0.

Leading the Mercer County Golden Eagles was Evan Clark (144), 6-2.

Individuals with the best records for the Quincy Notre Dame Raiders were Bradi Lahr (157/165), 8-0; Ryan Darnell (190), 7-1; and Taylin Scott (215), 7-1.

Top performers for the Shelbyville Rams were Hayden Mudgette (190/215), 3-0; Andre Townsend (285), 7-1; Colin Wells (120), 7-1; Johnathan Kirkbride (126/132), 6-2; Ryne Peavler (165), 6-2; and Tucker Kull (175), 6-2.

Copper Division results

Tremont claimed first place in the Copper Division with a 47-23 victory over Pontiac and Prairie Central finished third following a 40-30 triumph over Farmington/Cuba.

Individuals with the best records for the Tremont Turks were led Nicky Weber (113/120), 7-0; Bowden Delaney (175/190), 6-0; Gavin Stoker (126/132), 6-1; Will Vicary (157/165), 6-1; Chase Stedman (138/144), 4-1; and Blaine Williams (175/190), 5-2.

Top performers for the Pontiac Indians were Noah Davis (132), 7-1; Brayden Quas (150), 7-1; Hunter Christenson (157/165), 6-1; Hunter McCullough (285), 6-2; and Jocelyn Cobix (126), 5-2.

Posting the best records for the Prairie Central Hawks were Jaxson Martin (165/175), 5-2; and John Traub (132), 4-2.

Leading the way for the Farmington/Cuba Farmers were Chase Frye (138-144), 7-1; Bradlee Ellis (144/150), 5-1; Gage Williamson (150), 4-1; and Austin Brewer (138/144), 3-1.

Sacred Heart-Griffin took fifth place after beating Mt. Carmel 30-30 by criteria and Wilmington placed seventh following its 29-12 victory over Walther Christian Academy.

Leading the way for the Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones was Casen Lyons (190), 6-1. 

Individuals with the best records for the Mt. Carmel Golden Aces were Johnny Askren (165), 8-0; and Lukas Madlem (215), 3-1.

Turning in the best records for the Wilmington Wildcats were Logan VanDuyne (190), 7-0; Will Wilson (215/285), 6-1; Memphis Iwen (215/285), 5-2; and Oakley Rivera (132), 5-2.

Top performers for the Walther Christian Academy Broncos were Caleb Peterson (144/150), 6-2; and Brian Gutierrez (285), 4-2.

Knoxville won 52-12 over Camp Point Central/Southeastern/Brown County to take ninth place while Robinson finished in 11th place after it claimed a 30-24 triumph over Illini Bluffs. 

Individuals with the best records for the Knoxville Blue Bullets were Gavyn Stevens (132/138), 6-1; Gage Fox (144/150), 6-1; and Ethan Bailey (190), 3-1.

Turning in the best records for the Camp Point Central/Southeastern/Brown County Panthers were Jackson Buehler (113), 5-1; Paxton Buehler (106), 4-1; and Amber Louderback (138), 3-1.

Leading the way for the Robinson Maroons were Jacob Booher (126), 5-2; Gracen Elliott (106), 5-2; and Will Mullins (175), 5-2.

Top performers for the Illini Bluffs Tigers were Jackson Carroll (150/157), 7-0; and Barret Speck (120/126), 6-1.

By Curt Herron – for the IWCOA

Geneseo gets past Normal Community to win Lincoln’s Floyd Bee Tournament

There was an exciting back and forth between Geneseo and Normal Community over two days to determine who would emerge as the team champions at Lincoln’s 32-team Floyd Bee Memorial Holiday Tournament.

When the drama finally concluded, the Maple Leafs and Ironmen had combined for a whopping 1,031 points with Geneseo prevailing by a 522-509 margin to capture the championship. There was similar drama in last year’s competition when Normal Community edged Lincoln-Way Central 403-402.5 for top honors while St. Patrick scored 398 points to finish third.

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher co-op took third place with 391.5 points while Galesburg (289.5), DePaul College Prep (274.5), Jacksonville (237.5), Rock Island (232), Limestone (231), East Peoria (222), Lemont (217) and the host Railsplitters (214) were next in line in the event. 

1 – Geneseo

The champion Maple Leafs, coached by 2023 IWCOA Hall of Fame inductee Jon Murray, had five title winners, Devan Hornback (19-2 at 138), Izaac Gaines (18-1 at 144), Malaki Jackson (11-1 at 150), Zachary Montez (19-0 at 165) and Kye Weinzierl (19-1 at 175). Landen Vincent (17-4 at 120), Tim Sebastian (13-8 at 126) and Grady Hull (18-3 at 157) finished third, Owen King (4-1 at 285) took fifth and Lincoln Barnett (10-9 at 138) and Colten Mooney (14-7 at 215) placed sixth. Brycen Fahnestock (10-10 at 106) and Elliott Kreiner (6-6 at 113) were ninth, Kie Smith (4-2 at 132) finished tenth, Brayden Franzen (5-4 at 285) placed 11th and Aaron Betcher (4-2 at 190) took 13th place.

2 – Normal Community

Winning titles for coach Trevor Kaufman’s runner-up Ironmen were Jackson Soney (20-4 at 106), Caden Correll (22-0 at 113) and Cole Gentsch (25-2 at 126) while Mason Soney (16-6 at 120) and Mason Caraway (17-7 at 215) both finished in second place. Brayden Manning (20-5 at 132) took third, Jaren Frankowiak (21-6 at 175) placed fourth while Elijah Conda (13-3 at 106), Luke Eganhouse (15-6 at 138) and Carter Mayes (22-3 at 157) all finished fifth. Daniel Bourbulas (8-6 at 190) took seventh, Ethan Cavallo (13-8 at 132) was ninth, Gavin Capodice (17-9 at 150), Cole Kretsinger (11-4 at 190) and Justin Curtis (5-4 at 285) all placed tenth.and Austin Chiesi (6-7 at 144) finished in 11th place.

3 – Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher

Top performers for coach Josh Carter’s third-place Falcons were runner-up Landen Lage (20-1 at 126) and third-place finisher Hudson Babb (18-4 at 150). Camden Bruckner (6-6 at 113),  Ethan Lowe (13-6 at 144) and Jaxon Wright (16-4 at 190) all finished fourth, Gage Martin (15-2 at 120) and Cooper Miller (17-5 at 165) took fifth, Nolan Lowe (18-4 at 132) and Corbin Ragle (13-6 at 157) placed sixth and Cohen Kean (14-5 at  215) claimed seventh place.

Other champions were Highland’s Tyson Rakers (18-1 at 157) and Ashton Zobrist (18-4 at 215), Rochester’s Miles Carroll (18-1 at 120), Sterling’s Zyan Westbrook (14-1 at 132), Lemont’s Judah Heeg (21-0 at 190) and East Peoria’s Jose Del Toro (25-1 at 285).

There was a four-way tie for the most team points with 54 between Del Toro, Heeg, Soney and Zobrist while Correll was right behind them with 53.5 points. Gentsch and Rakers both scored 53 points, Montez and Westbrook both had 52.5 and Gaines, Hornback and Weinzierl tied with 52 team points.

Additional second-place finishers were Galesburg’s Josiah Carter (15-6 at 150) and Larry Randolph (17-4 at 285), Rochester’s Pierce Bultmann (17-2 at 106), St. Patrick’s Daniel Goodwin (26-3 at 113), Lemont’s Cory Zator (18-5 at 132), DePaul College Prep’s Johnny Cunningham (18-2 at 138), Rock Island’s Antonio Parker (16-2 at 144), Jacksonville’s Joe Reif (20-4 at 157), East St. Louis’ Pierre Walton (16-1 at 165), Lincoln’s Dawson McConnell (15-2 at 175) and East Peoria’s Dalton Oakman (20-4 at 190).

Also placing third were Jersey Community’s Maddox Williams (20-3 at 106), DePaul College Prep’s Dimitri Dobre (14-3 at 113), Centennial’s Nehemie Mbangi (17-4 at 138), Lemont’s Julian Villianatos (18-7 at 144), Galesburg’s Anthony Makwala (16-3 at 165), Sterling’s Gage Tate (12-2 at 175), Danville’s Tavares Upshaw, Jr. (20-2 at 190), Limestone’s Ethan Dixon (13-4 at 215) and Jacksonville’s Aiden Surratt (22-5 at 285).

Others who took fourth place were DePaul College Prep’s Colin Bosak (14-6 at 120) and Drew Gerstung (18-3 at 150), Limestone’s Kaleb Fuchs (14-5 at 106), North Boone’s Gavin Ekberg (18-5 at 126), East Peoria’s Cooper Chester (18-8 at 132), Dunlap’s Tristan Mosack (20-7 at 138), Danville’s Josiah Williams (21-2 at 157), Carbondale’s Thomas Imboden (17-7 at 165), Peoria Notre Dame’s Joe Culp (22-5 at 215) and Saint Thomas More’s James Schmidt (18-3 at 285).

Also placing fifth were Peoria Notre Dame’s Josh Stedwill (21-8 at 113) and Ian Akers (26-1 at 132), Rock Island’s Maricio Parker (4-1 at 126), Galesburg’s Caleb Johnson (12-5 at 144), Rochester’s Drake Pfeiffer (8-3 at 150), Lanphier’s Jaylen Crowder (6-2 at 175), Springfield High’s Shamar Brownlee (15-5 at 190) and East Peoria’s Alec Del Toro (20-8 at 215).

Others who finished in sixth place were Jersey Community’s Bodey Waltz (15-6 at 126) and Timothy Shea Herrera (12-5 at 175), Rochester’s Harrison Kolba (12-4 at 106), Heyworth’s Emmett Roeder (18-13 at 113), Lincoln’s Ayden Shaw (13-6 at 120), Pekin’s Aydyn Artman (8-3 at 144), Sterling’s Landon Kenney (8-4 at 150), Dunlap’s Jayden Schmick (20-4 at 165), Marengo’s Conner Sacco (11-4 at 190) and Danville’s Nathan Scott (11-4 at 285).

Limestone’s Christian Johnson had the most total match points with 77 while Correll was next-best with 72. Geneseo’s Owen King and Galesburg’s Mason Taylor were the only two individuals who were able to record four falls during the competition.

Lincoln Floyd Bee Memorial Holiday Tournament place matches 

106

1st Place Match

Jackson Soney (Normal Community) 20-4, Jr. over Pierce Bultmann (Rochester) 17-2, So. (Dec 3-0)

3rd Place Match

Maddox Williams (Jerseyville) 20-3, Fr. over Kaleb Fuchs (Limestone) 14-5, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:31 (18-2))

5th Place Match

Elijah Conda (Normal Community) 13-3, Jr. over Harrison Kolba (Rochester) 12-4, Fr. (Fall 5:05)

7th Place Match

Tessa Donaldson (Pekin) 12-2, Jr. over Owen Schoonover (Centennial) 8-4, Jr. (Fall 1:52)

9th Place Match

Brycen Fahnestock (Geneseo) 10-10, Fr. over Angelo Parker (Rock Island) 13-5, Fr. (TF-1.5 4:08 (16-1))

11th Place Match

Carlos Juarez (Danville) 17-5, So. over Landon Nieslawski (Heyworth) 8-9, So. (MD 10-1)

13th Place Match

Alex Powers (Lemont) 9-9, Fr. over Issac Rabin (Glenwood) 9-8, Fr. (Fall 0:48)

15th Place Match

Declan McReynolds (Limestone) 11-9, So. over Jonah Cox (Highland) 5-9, Fr. (Fall 0:49)

17th Place Match

Kam Hawkins (Glenwood) 7-5, So. over Haley Ritcher (Heyworth) 3-3, Jr. (MD 15-6)

19th Place Match

Phoenix Criss (Lanphier) 9-4, Jr. over Jayce McMillon (Taylorville) 15-10, Fr. (For.)

21st Place Match

RJ Cinnamon (Saint Thomas More) 8-6, Fr. over Chad Bennett (Sterling) 4-8, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:00 (19-2))

113

1st Place Match

Caden Correll (Normal Community) 22-0, Sr. over Daniel Goodwin (St. Patrick) 26-3, Jr. (MD 13-2)

3rd Place Match

Dimitri Dobre (DePaul College Prep) 14-3, Sr. over Camden Brucker (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 6-6, Fr. (MD 14-3)

5th Place Match

Josh Stedwill (Peoria Notre Dame) 21-8, So. over Emmett Roeder (Heyworth) 18-13, Fr. (Fall 1:19)

7th Place Match

Kayne Hayes (Pekin) 11-6, Jr. over Kaiden Capranica (Limestone) 8-8, So. (Dec 8-6)

9th Place Match

Elliott Kreiner (Geneseo) 6-6, Fr. over Tyquez Hudson (Rock Island) 8-8, So. (Dec 11-6)

11th Place Match

Evan Jones (Sterling) 6-7, Jr. over Owen Thomas (Lincoln) 8-11, Jr. (Fall 0:47)

13th Place Match

Drew Patel (North Boone) 16-7, Fr. over Ian Holzmueller (Carbondale) 10-13, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:22 (16-0))

15th Place Match

Alex Woudenberg (Springfield) 1-16, Fr. over Brody Frey (Highland) 1-10, Fr. (MD 16-6)

17th Place Match

Deston Hill (East St. Louis) 7-8, So. over Reaghan Madura (Springfield High) 0-2, Sr. (Dec 8-7)

120

1st Place Match

Miles Carroll (Rochester) 18-1, So. over Mason Soney (Normal Community) 16-6, Fr. (Dec 10-5)

3rd Place Match

Landen Vincent (Geneseo) 17-4, Fr. over Colin Bosak (DePaul College Prep) 14-6, Jr. (MD 11-0)

5th Place Match

Gage Martin (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 15-2, Jr. over Ayden Shaw (Lincoln) 13-6, Jr. (Fall 0:18)

7th Place Match

Gavin Merkle (Highland) 14-6, Sr. over Hunter Hayes (Jacksonville) 17-7, Jr. (Dec 7-1)

9th Place Match

Christian Johnson (Limestone) 13-5, So. over Landon Darst (Galesburg) 11-9, Fr. (MD 26-14)

11th Place Match

Juvontae Williams (Danville) 11-4, Sr. over Bradley O`dell (Carbondale) 15-7, Fr. (Dec 13-8)

13th Place Match

Lincoln Hawkins (Pekin) 11-5, Fr. over Jimy Obedi (Rock Island) 4-10, Fr. (Fall 2:10)

15th Place Match

Hunter Hodge (Jersey Community) 9-7, Jr. over Jake Tuxhorn (Glenwood) 7-18, Fr. (MD 18-7)

17th Place Match

Landon Heckman (Sterling) 9-5, Jr. over Antonio Clark (East St. Louis) 11-9, Jr. (MD 14-2)

19th Place Match

Austin Barr (Rochester) 1-2, Fr. over Gavin Manning (East St. Louis) 2-3, So. (Fall 3:58)

21st Place Match

Joseph Wegierski (Jersey Community) 5-4, Fr. over Madison Bradley (Springfield High) 0-3, Sr. (Fall 1:35)

126

1st Place Match

Cole Gentsch (Normal Community) 25-2, Sr. over Landen Lage (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 20-1, Fr. (Dec 4-2)

3rd Place Match

Tim Sebastian (Geneseo) 13-8, Sr. over Gavin Ekberg (North Boone) 18-5, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:00 (15-0))

5th Place Match

Maricio Parker (Rock Island) 4-1, So. over Bodey Waltz (Jersey Community) 15-6, Fr. (TF-1.5 4:38 (19-2))

7th Place Match

Cort Pentecost (Lincoln) 14-4, Sr. over Ayden Swan (Carbondale) 13-11, Jr. (Fall 4:20)

9th Place Match

Cael Lyons (Sterling) 12-2, Jr. over Remi Joesting (Peoria Notre Dame) 20-9, Jr. (Dec 11-4)

11th Place Match

Joshua Jimenez (St. Patrick) 11-6, So. over Connor Maschek (DePaul College Prep) 9-10, So. (Fall 2:02)

13th Place Match

Parker Ludwig (Lemont) 9-10, Fr. over Neshawn Gates (Dunlap) 6-12, So. (Fall 4:23)

15th Place Match

Gavin Rule (Danville) 8-9, So. over King Wallace (Glenwood) 6-5, So. (For.)

17th Place Match

Dalton Davis (Pekin) 7-3, Sr. over Alexis Seymour (Jacksonville) 16-4, Sr. (Fall 2:16)

19th Place Match

Ethan Flannegan (Limestone) 2-2, Fr. over Keaden Hoyle (Lanphier) 1-6, Sr. (Fall 0:58)

21st Place Match

Promise Houston (East St. Louis) 7-7, Jr. over Gavin Maroon (Highland) 3-12, Fr. (Fall 0:46)

132

1st Place Match

Zyan Westbrook (Sterling) 14-1, Sr. over Cory Zator (Lemont) 18-5, Jr. (Dec 7-5)

3rd Place Match

Brayden Manning (Normal Community) 20-5, Fr. over Cooper Chester (East Peoria) 18-8, So. (For.)

5th Place Match

Ian Akers (Peoria Notre Dame) 26-1, Sr. over Nolan Lowe (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 18-4, So. (Fall 3:20)

7th Place Match

Elijah Venegas (Rock Island) 6-5, Sr. over Jordan Kholian (Jacksonville) 13-5, So. (For.)

9th Place Match

Ethan Cavallo (Normal Community) 13-8, Jr. over Kie Smith (Geneseo) 4-2, So. (TF-1.5 5:00 (18-3))

11th Place Match

Hayden Beebe (Marengo) 16-7, So. over Andrew Wegierski (Jersey Community) 11-8, So. (Fall 0:50)

13th Place Match

Nabiel Rosario (DePaul College Prep) 17-2, Sr. over Kayden Kapraun (Pekin) 3-10, So. (Fall 1:00)

15th Place Match

Finn Try (Glenwood) 7-6, Fr. over Elliott Kato (Centennial) 7-10, Jr. (For.)

17th Place Match

Karter Hild (Lincoln) 17-4, Sr. over Alan Rodriguez (Springfield High) 8-11, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:39 (16-0))

19th Place Match

Kalan Delbridge (Dunlap) 11-10, Sr. over Emiliano Bedolla (Urbana) 15-5, Sr. (For.)

138

1st Place Match

Devan Hornback (Geneseo) 19-2, Sr. over Johnny Cunningham (DePaul College Prep) 18-2, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:51 (16-1))

3rd Place Match

Nehemie Mbangi (Centennial) 17-4, Jr. over Tristan Mosack (Dunlap) 20-7, Sr. (MD 12-2)

5th Place Match

Luke Eganhouse (Normal Community) 15-6, Jr. over Lincoln Barnett (Geneseo) 10-9, Jr. (MD 15-7)

7th Place Match

Orlando Castellano (Galesburg) 14-7, So. over Giovanni Sundeen (Lincoln) 10-14, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:12 (18-3))

9th Place Match

Lakin Adams (Lincoln) 8-4, Jr. over Nic Mrozowski (Rochester) 13-6, So. (Dec 8-3)

11th Place Match

Jayson Fry (Rock Island) 5-2, Fr. over Elijah King (Rock Island) 4-6, Fr. (Dec 8-7)

13th Place Match

Connor Petrakis (Limestone) 5-6, Fr. over Xavier Toliver-Cook (Carbondale) 12-12, Jr. (Fall 1:44)

15th Place Match

Zaire Lee (Glenwood) 10-7, Jr. over Micheal Vacca (Heyworth) 5-9, Sr. (Fall 0:33)

17th Place Match

Jack Bartoletta (Peoria Notre Dame) 10-17, Jr. over Eli Britton (Glenwood) 11-6, Fr. (Dec 10-8)

19th Place Match

Logan Hoppes (Highland) 6-10, Sr. over Adrian Pineda (Sterling) 4-7, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:28 (20-0))

21st Place Match

Leandre Huggins (Lanphier) 3-9, So. over Mason Bruce (Springfield High) 2-14, So. (Fall 4:08)

23rd Place Match

Cain Tittsworth (Jersey Community) 8-9, Fr. over Revin Maldonado (Lemont) 5-12, So. (For.)

Cons. 1st

Tyler Hughes (Jacksonville) 12-9, Fr. over Christopher Taylor (Springfield High) 4-8, So. (Fall 2:32)

144

1st Place Match

Izaac Gaines (Geneseo) 18-1, So. over Antonio Parker (Rock Island) 16-2, Sr. (Dec 7-5)

3rd Place Match

Julian Villianatos (Lemont) 18-7, Sr. over Ethan Lowe (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 13-6, Jr. (MD 17-4)

5th Place Match

Caleb Johnson (Galesburg) 12-5, Sr. over Aydyn Artman (Pekin) 8-3, Sr. (Fall 2:27)

7th Place Match

Logan Hines (Limestone) 3-2, Jr. over Wesley Ortiz (Jacksonville) 12-8, Fr. (Fall 1:42)

9th Place Match

Joe Prideaux (Carbondale) 16-8, Jr. over Liam Kilgore (East Peoria) 14-14, So. (TF-1.5 4:34 (19-4))

11th Place Match

Austin Chiesi (Normal Community) 6-7, Jr. over Kyndell Johnson (Lanphier) 3-10, So. (MD 9-0)

13th Place Match

Joshua White (East St. Louis) 9-10, So. over Joshua Hammontree (Highland) 6-13, So. (Fall 1:50)

15th Place Match

Thomas Trybula (DePaul College Prep) 4-5, Jr. over Lane Sexton (Saint Thomas More) 5-11, So. (Dec 8-6)

17th Place Match

Hunter Boley (Marengo) 15-7, Jr. over Kendrick Pittman (Danville) 7-11, Jr. (Fall 1:14)

19th Place Match

Lazerrick Zander (Centennial) 3-8, Fr. over Kale Lawson (North Boone) 1-11, So. (Fall 1:45)

150

1st Place Match

Malaki Jackson (Geneseo) 11-1, Jr. over Josiah Carter (Galesburg) 15-6, Sr. (MD 22-10)

3rd Place Match

Hudson Babb (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 18-4, So. over Drew Gerstung (DePaul College Prep) 18-3, Sr. (Fall 4:41)

5th Place Match

Drake Pfeiffer (Rochester) 8-3, Sr. over Landon Kenney (Sterling) 8-4, Sr. (Fall 5:28)

7th Place Match

Owen Ostler (Marengo) 15-7, Jr. over Jonathan McCray (East St. Louis) 9-8, So. (For.)

9th Place Match

Bryce Bryant (Springfield High) 16-10, So. over Gavin Capodice (Normal Community) 17-9, Jr. (MD 13-4)

11th Place Match

Logan Stout (Heyworth) 14-16, So. over John Harper (Jacksonville) 12-11, So. (Dec 9-4)

13th Place Match

George Tate (Rock Island) 10-8, Jr. over Soma Palmgren (Limestone) 5-10, Jr. (Fall 2:52)

15th Place Match

Cam Bell (Lincoln) 13-6, So. over Tahj Morens (Lanphier) 7-9, Fr. (Fall 1:40)

17th Place Match

Colton Mosack (Dunlap) 19-4, So. over Edward McKeough (Lemont) 10-11, Jr. (Fall 3:27)

19th Place Match

Cody L Stevens (Springfield High) 11-11, Sr. over Beaudry Fisk (Galesburg) 2-3, So. (Fall 2:45)

21st Place Match

Ace Sumila (Danville) 2-2, Jr. over Camden Williams (Jersey Community) 10-9, Fr. (Fall 0:48)

23rd Place Match

Keandre Townes (Urbana) 6-7, Fr. over Tyshawn Welch (Carbondale) 10-12, Jr. (Fall 2:58)

Cons. 1st

Ethan Bridgeman (Pekin) 7-10, Jr. over Aidan Burwell (East Peoria) 4-12, Jr. (Fall 0:17)

Cons. 3rd

Levi Allison (Lincoln) 11-12, Jr. over Dominic Mercadante (North Boone) 6-13, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:31 

157

1st Place Match

Tyson Rakers (Highland) 18-1, Sr. over Joe Reif (Jacksonville) 20-4, Jr. (MD 13-2)

3rd Place Match

Grady Hull (Geneseo) 18-3, Jr. over Josiah Williams (Danville) 21-2, Jr. (Dec 4-1)

5th Place Match

Carter Mayes (Normal Community) 22-3, Jr. over Corbin Ragle (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 13-6, Sr. (Fall 2:41)

7th Place Match

Philip Christhilf (Saint Thomas More) 17-3, Sr. over Matthew Brendel (DePaul College Prep) 11-4, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:34 (19-3))

9th Place Match

Nicholas Hartley (Jersey Community) 11-5, Jr. over Don Patrick (Galesburg) 10-7, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:20 (15-0))

11th Place Match

Parker Stanke (Rock Island) 4-3, So. over Yanai Taylor (Urbana) 9-12, Sr. (Dec 12-8)

13th Place Match

Aiden Rudman (Lemont) 13-4, Jr. over Isaiah Rivera (East Peoria) 6-9, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:00 (15-0))

15th Place Match

John Couri (Peoria Notre Dame) 16-14, Sr. over Gavin Eales (Lincoln) 12-8, Jr. (MD 9-0)

17th Place Match

James Escobar (Rochester) 15-5, So. over Lucas Gosch (Pekin) 13-6, Jr. (Fall 1:25)

19th Place Match

Lonnez Smith (East St. Louis) 15-6, Jr. over Ryne Metelko (Lincoln) 12-9, Jr. (Fall 5:00)

21st Place Match

Tatum Allen (Sterling) 8-6, Sr. over Isaac Jin (Dunlap) 4-8, Sr. (Fall 1:58)

23rd Place Match

Hunter Bockelman (Heyworth) 17-12, Sr. over Carter Brooks (Heyworth) 8-7, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:34 (19-4))

Cons. 1st

Jacob Allen (Dunlap) 9-3, Sr. over Griffin Crow (Limestone) 8-8, So. (TF-1.5 4:05 (16-1))

Cons. 3rd

Colby Merriman (Lincoln) 6-9, So. over Lucas Ensor (Marengo) 1-5, Jr. (Fall 2:21)

Cons. 5th

Mark Bilek (St. Patrick) 10-11, Fr. over Sam Bratt (Glenwood) 4-7 (MD 17-6)

165 

1st Place Match

Zachary Montez (Geneseo) 19-0, Sr. over Pierre Walton (East St. Louis) 16-1, Jr. (Dec 4-1)

3rd Place Match

Anthony Makwala (Galesburg) 16-3, Jr. over Thomas Imboden (Carbondale) 17-7, Sr. (Dec 10-3)

5th Place Match

Cooper Miller (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 17-5, So. over Jayden Schmick (Dunlap) 20-4, So. (Dec 7-5)

7th Place Match

Maysen Smith (North Boone) 17-7, Sr. over Tristian Stamp (Heyworth) 17-12, Fr. (Fall 3:27)

9th Place Match

Aiden Frye (Lincoln) 13-5, Sr. over Trevor Tucker (Jersey Community) 9-6, So. (Fall 2:04)

11th Place Match

Dylan Lee (Danville) 8-6, Jr. over Liam Kobbeman (Highland) 12-11, Sr. (Dec 6-3)

13th Place Match

Andrew Brendel (DePaul College Prep) 9-8, Sr. over Brady Carroll (Normal Community) 6-5, Jr. (Fall 4:27)

15th Place Match

Christopher Wellman (Sterling) 7-8, Jr. over Ezarah David (Limestone) 6-10, So. (Dec 7-2)

17th Place Match

Kaleb Miller (Jacksonville) 15-9, Sr. over Nico Lococo (Lemont) 13-8, Sr. (MD 17-7)

19th Place Match

Sie Couri (Peoria Notre Dame) 17-11, Sr. over Ryan Hess (Marengo) 10-13, So. (Fall 4:48)

21st Place Match

Saxen Patrick (Galesburg) 3-2, Sr. over Cameron Foley (Rock Island) 3-5, So. (TF-1.5 3:00 (20-3))

23rd Place Match

Ethan Rusher (Taylorville) 14-11, Sr. over Cayden Smith (Lanphier) 1-9, So. (For.)

Cons. 1st

Kyle Marten (Lincoln) 7-8, Jr. over Trace Holmes (Pekin) 3-7, Jr. (Dec 12-8)

175

1st Place Match

Kye Weinzierl (Geneseo) 19-1, Jr. over Dawson McConnell (Lincoln) 15-2, Sr. (SV-1 16-13)

3rd Place Match

Gage Tate (Sterling) 12-2, Sr. over Jaren Frankowiak (Normal Community) 21-6, Jr. (Dec 14-7)

5th Place Match

Jaylen Crowder (Lanphier) 6-2, Sr. over Timothy Shea Herrera (Jersey Community) 12-5, Sr. (Fall 5:19)

7th Place Match

Corey Robinson (East St. Louis) 14-7, So. over Jonnah Fonner (Urbana) 14-5, So. (MD 18-8)

9th Place Match

Mason Taylor (Galesburg) 16-7, Jr. over Vincent DelliColli (Lemont) 7-7, Jr. (Fall 1:54)

11th Place Match

Brody Simons (Heyworth) 20-10, Fr. over Gavin Baros (Marengo) 13-7, Jr. (Dec 8-7)

13th Place Match

Cale Johnson (Galesburg) 3-2, So. over Brock Meyer (Jacksonville) 12-11, Fr. (MD 15-3)

15th Place Match

Brayden Flinn (East Peoria) 9-7, Jr. over Jeramiah Walden (Carbondale) 5-13, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:26 (23-4))

17th Place Match

Alex Welch (Dunlap) 9-6, So. over Michael Trout (DePaul College Prep) 9-6, Jr. (Dec 6-5)

19th Place Match

Cody Trowbridge (Highland) 7-2, Sr. over Josef Hamell (Taylorville) 6-12, Jr. (Fall 2:44)

21st Place Match

Julyan Mayares (Rock Island) 7-7, Jr. over Jarrett Kye (East St. Louis) 1-3, Fr. (Fall 4:39)

23rd Place Match

Christian Goodall (DePaul College Prep) 4-5, Sr. over Uriah Simmons (Glenwood) 4-7, Fr. (Fall 0:26)

Cons. 1st

Kaden Brucker (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 6-8, So. over Cam McDaniel (Lanphier) 0-3 (Fall 4:35)

190

1st Place Match

Judah Heeg (Lemont) 21-0, Jr. over Dalton Oakman (East Peoria) 20-4, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:19 (17-2))

3rd Place Match

Tavares Upshaw Jr (Danville) 20-2, Sr. over Jaxon Wright (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 16-4, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:45 (17-2))

5th Place Match

Shamar Brownlee (Springfield High) 15-5, Jr. over Conner Sacco (Marengo) 11-4, Jr. (Fall 3:00)

7th Place Match

Daniel Bourbulas (Normal Community) 8-6, So. over Bruce Ryder (Limestone) 8-10, Sr. (MD 13-4)

9th Place Match

Frankie Solis (Marengo) 12-2, So. over Cole Kretsinger (Normal Community) 11-4, Jr. (Fall 1:47)

11th Place Match

Jarrod Fulcher (Heyworth) 16-7, So. over Oliver Record-Frank (Springfield High) 9-14, Sr. (Fall 1:46)

13th Place Match

Aaron Betcher (Geneseo) 4-2, Sr. over Gabe Del Toro (East Peoria) 5-5, Fr. (MD 15-3)

15th Place Match

Joshua Hodge (Jersey Community) 3-4, Fr. over Colt Buntjer (Sterling) 2-7, Fr. (Dec 5-3)

17th Place Match

Ethan Greenwald (Highland) 6-3, Sr. over Matthew Schmitt (Dunlap) 12-5, Sr. (Dec 11-7)

19th Place Match

Alex Drees (DePaul College Prep) 11-7, Sr. over Emarrion Harris (Rock Island) 2-3, So. (TF-1.5 3:09 (16-0))

21st Place Match

Jace Marshall (Jersey Community) 9-8, Sr. over Dray Neal (Lincoln) 12-11, So. (SV-1 9-6)

23rd Place Match

Nathan Maloy (Galesburg) 7-7, Sr. over Joey Durham (Rochester) 1-4, Jr. (Fall 0:41)

Cons. 1st

Hayden Greenia (Jacksonville) 4-8, Fr. over Kyle Moore (East St. Louis) 4-5, So. (Fall 0:19)

Cons. 3rd

JaKyiren Herndon (Limestone) 1-3, So. over Robert Meacham (Lanphier) 1-7, Jr. (For.)

Cons. 5th

215 

1st Place Match

Ashton Zobrist (Highland) 18-4, Sr. over Mason Caraway (Normal Community) 17-7, Jr. (MD 14-4)

3rd Place Match

Ethan Dixon (Limestone) 13-4, Sr. over Joe Culp (Peoria Notre Dame) 22-5, Sr. (SV-1 4-1)

5th Place Match

Alec Del Toro (East Peoria) 20-8, Jr. over Colten Mooney (Geneseo) 14-7, So. (Fall 8:00)

7th Place Match

Cohen Kean (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 14-5, Sr. over Moses Kim (Centennial) 12-5, Sr. (Fall 2:00)

9th Place Match

Owen Bills (Marengo) 15-4, Jr. over Nick Davis (North Boone) 13-9, So. (Fall 3:36)

11th Place Match

Connor Daly (Carbondale) 16-11, Jr. over Zavian Turner (Normal Community) 7-6, Fr. (Fall 2:51)

13th Place Match

Charlie Tiezzi (Dunlap) 6-5, Jr. over Sean Kelly (St. Patrick) 2-3, Jr. (Dec 10-5)

15th Place Match

Javier Torres (Galesburg) 2-3, So. over Ethan Hill (East St. Louis) 1-4, So. (Fall 2:37)

17th Place Match

Rowan Stockwell (Rock Island) 11-4, So. over Bradyn Haynes (Pekin) 12-8, Fr. (Fall 4:57)

19th Place Match

Lamarian Rainey (Lanphier) 7-8, So. over Nicholas Woelfel (Jersey Community) 10-9, Sr. (MD 13-5)

21st Place Match

Tristan Souder (Jersey Community) 3-6, Sr. over Forfeit

23rd Place Match

Isiah Dandridge (Danville) 1-3, So. over Forfeit

Cons. 1st

Kevin Haywood (East St. Louis) 6-6, So. Bye

285

1st Place Match

Jose Del Toro (East Peoria) 25-1, Sr. over Larry Randolph (Galesburg) 17-4, Sr. (Dec 8-1)

3rd Place Match

Aiden Surratt (Jacksonville) 22-5, Sr. over James Schmidt (Saint Thomas More) 18-3, Sr. (M. For.)

5th Place Match

Owen King (Geneseo) 4-1, Sr. over Nathan Scott (Danville) 11-4, Jr. (Fall 1:36)

7th Place Match

Jordyn Lomax-Brown (Carbondale) 16-5, Sr. over Keegan Barnes (East Peoria) 11-6, Jr. (DQ)

9th Place Match

Hunter Wahtola (DePaul College Prep) 12-4, So. over Justin Curtis (Normal Community) 5-4, Sr. (Fall 1:12)

11th Place Match

Brayden Franzen (Geneseo) 5-4, Sr. over Colton Maltby (Rochester) 13-7, So. (Fall 1:30)

13th Place Match

Ethan Daniels (Jersey Community) 10-8, Sr. over Jaspher Williams (Dunlap) 11-12, So. (Fall 1:48)

15th Place Match

Logan Wachendorf (Lincoln) 11-7, Sr. over Charlie Reyes (Sterling) 7-7, Sr. (Fall 2:34)

17th Place Match

Brady Mullens (Peoria Notre Dame) 19-11, Sr. over Derek Lawson (Lanphier) 3-10, Sr. (Fall 2:16)

19th Place Match

Emilio Guzman (Rock Island) 10-7, Jr. over Carson Sexton (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher) 5-6, Fr. (Fall 0:53)

21st Place Match

Christian Allen (North Boone) 9-9, Jr. over Stephen Grichnik (Dunlap) 1-3, Sr. (Fall 4:22)

23rd Place Match

Phil Davis (North Boone) 3-4, Jr. over Dennis Rottmann (Highland) 2-14, Fr. (Fall 0:22)

Team scores

1. Geneseo 522, 2. Normal Community 509, 3. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher 391.5, 4. Galesburg 289.5,

5. DePaul College Prep 274.5, 6. Jacksonville 237.5, 7. Rock Island 232, 8. Limestone 231, 9. East Peoria 222, 10. Lemont 217, 11. Lincoln 214, 12. Jersey Community 198, 13. Sterling 193, 14. Highland 178, 15. Carbondale 175.5, 16. Danville 174, 17. Rochester 173, 18. Peoria Notre Dame 166.5, 19. Pekin 151, 20. East St. Louis 150.5, 21. Marengo 141, 22. Heyworth 130.5, 23. Dunlap 128, 24. North Boone 110.5, 25. Centennial 101, 26. Lanphier 82, 27. Springfield High 78.5, 28. Saint Thomas More 76, 29. St. Patrick 75.5, 30. Urbana 42, 31. Glenwood 30.5, 32. Taylorville 14. 

Sandwich wins championship of own Dual Team Tournament

Sandwich defeated Rockford East 43-35 to claim top honors at its own Sandwich Dual Team Tournament, which featured 11 schools as well as the Sandwich JV.

Coach Derek Jones champion Indians defeated Oak Lawn 52-25 to advance to the finals while coach Gene Lee’s runner-up E-Rabs edged Plainfield Central 41-40 to earn its spot opposite of the hosts. Plainfield Central beat Oak Lawn 40-37 to claim third place. And Rock Falls won 56-18 over Durand/Pecatonica for fifth place.

Sandwich got a 4-0 effort from Devon Blanchard (215/285) while Dom Urbanski (113), Colten Stone (132), Jack Forth (138/144) and Joshua Kotalik (150/157) all went 3-0 and Kaden Clevenger (190), Kai Kern (190) and Luis Murillo (215/285) went 2-0 for the day.

Rockford East was led by 4-0 performances from Dana Wickson (150), Ty Smart (165/175) and Eddie Esguerra (285). 

Coach Terry Kubski’s third-place Wildcats received 4-0 showings from Jayden Mizelle (120), Liam Thompson (126), Brody Rangel (132), Aiden Machalski (165) and Anthony Minnito (215). Faris Elayyan (144/150) was the lone Oak Lawn competitor to go unbeaten, winning twice.

Rock Falls received 4-0 efforts from Adan Oquendo (126) and Trail Stonitsch (165/175) while Scottie Hampton (106), Logan Thome (132) Tucker Ullrich (138), Logan Williamson (144) and Peighton Ahlstrand (190) all went 3-0. Stonitsch led all competitors with 50 total match points.

Saint Viator, which took seventh place with a 42-36 win over Genoa-Kingston, got 4-0 days from Colton Schneider (190) and Jericho Taguniod (215). Schneider was the only individual who recorded four falls. Peotone got a 4-0 effort from Blake Anderson (120/126) while John Meness (138) went 3-0.

There was a seven-way tie for the most team points with 24 between Anderson, Esguerra, Machalski, Minnito, Schneider, Taguniod and Sandwich JV’s Lydia Cartwright. And four individuals scored 23 team points, Oquendo, Rangel, Smart and Wickson.

Hononegah captures Mid-States Wrestling Classic championship

Hononegah scored 327.5 points to win the championship of the Mid-States Wrestling Classic, which was held at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Twelve Illinois teams took part in the 44-team competition and five of those placed in the top 10.

Weyauwega-Fremont, WI (292.5) took second and was followed by Downers Grove North (269), Wauconda (229) and Morton (213.5) to round out the top five teams in the field. Others from Illinois that finished in the top 20 were Grayslake Central (10th, 157), Downers Grove South (12th, 151.5), McHenry (13th, 138.5) and Dundee-Crown (17th, 108.5).

1 – Hononegah

Leading the way for coach Tyler DeMoss’ first-place Indians were champions Rocco Cassioppi (20-2 at 132), TJ Silva (21-2 at 144) and Connor Diemel (21-4 at 175) and runner-up Kristian DeClercq (15-7 at 106). Taking third were Jackson Olson (26-4 at 120) and Kurt Smith (20-4 at 190) and finishing fourth was Max Haskins (19-5 at 157). Greyson Cotone (4-3 at 165) took eighth and Evan Musil (17-7 at 138) and Ethan Ballard (11-9 at 215) placed 11th. 

3 – Downers Grove North

Top performers for coach Chris McGrath’s third-place Trojans were fourth-place finishers Tyler Tiancgo (22-5 at 120) and Jack Lasota (20-6 at 175) while Aidan Cummings (18-8 at 138), Caden Chiarelli (22-5 at 144) and Liam O’Sullivan (21-6 at 157) took fifth and Christian Chiarelli (17-5 at 132) was sixth. Damian Garcia (17-9 at 106) and Owen Kelly (10-8 at 150) both placed eighth, Nate Olona (15-7 at 215) took ninth and Alex Hengles (5-5 at 126) and Peter Rodriguez (19-8 at 285) finished 11th.

Besides Hononegah’s three title winners, others from Illinois who captured championships were Morton’s Harrison Dea (20-2 at 126) and Clay Mckee (23-3 at 165), Grayslake Central’s Vince DeMarco (23-1 at 106) and Round Lake’s William Cole (26-2 at 285). 

Other second-place finishers from Illinois were Wauconda’s Gavin Rockey (25-7 at 120) and Mike Merevick (27-8 at 190) and New Trier’s Tagg Miller (20-3 at 157).

Additional Illinois third-place finishers were Dundee-Crown’s Aiden Healey (23-6 at 106) and Teigen Moreno (25-3 at 215), Morton’s Noah Harris (19-7 at 113) and Grayslake Central’s William Lyle (21-6 at 165).

And others from Illinois who took fourth place were Wauconda’s Nicholas Ruiz (21-13 at 113) and Brian Hart (23-10 at 144) and Downers Grove South’s Jacobi Spraggins (17-3 at 285).

Also finishing in fifth place were McHenry’s Ryan Hanson (22-6 at 132) and Myles Wagner (7-4 at 150), Wauconda’s Maddon Gunn (15-14 at 106), New Trier’s Marcus Regalado (19-9 at 165) and Downers Grove South’s Noah Greene (16-5 at 175).

Sixth-place finishes were also turned in by Bradley-Bourbonnais’ Cullen Parks (6-6 at 106), Morton’s Caiden Robison (23-5 at 144), Downers Grove South’s Nick Spirek (14-8 at 150) and Lakes Community’s Julian Ramos (6-3 at 190).

DeMarco led all competitors with 47.5 team points while Cassioppi tied for second with 47, Cole tied for sixth with 46 and Diemel and Silva tied for 10th place with 45 team points. Downers Grove North’s Aidan Cummings led everyone in the competition with 103 total match points.

Mid-States Wrestling Classic place matches

106

1st Place Match

Vince DeMarco (Grayslake Central) 23-1, So. over Kristian DeClercq (Hononegah) 15-7, So. (TF-1.5 4:43 (20-3))

3rd Place Match

Aiden Healey (Dundee-Crown) 23-6, Jr. over Oliver Millard (Clinton) 19-4, Fr. (Fall 2:31)

5th Place Match

Maddon Gunn (Wauconda) 15-14, Fr. over Cullen Parks (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 6-6, So. (Fall 3:39)

7th Place Match

Chase Heimerman (Cedar Grove-Belgium) 15-4, Jr. over Damian Garcia (Downers Grove North) 17-9, So. (Dec 7-4)

9th Place Match

Charlie Peterson (Monona Grove/McFarland) 13-7, Fr. over Zander Baehnman (Weyauwega-Fremont) 14-9, So. (Fall 3:52)

11th Place Match

Ryan Siebenthal (Morton) 10-11, So. over Alijah Martin (Appleton North) 7-10, So. (Fall 1:33)

113

1st Place Match

Camden Rugg (Union Grove) 20-0, So. over Jaydon LeNoble (Weyauwega-Fremont) 22-2, So. (TF-1.5 3:46 (15-0))

3rd Place Match

Noah Harris (Morton) 19-7, So. over Nicholas Ruiz (Wauconda) 21-13, Jr. (Fall 3:52)

5th Place Match

Dustin Schmirler (Merrill) 14-4, Jr. over Owen Feucht (East Troy) 17-10, Fr. (MD 8-0)

7th Place Match

Landon Heimerman (Cedar Grove-Belgium) 11-7, Fr. over Caleb Busfeild (Janesville Craig) 7-5, Fr. (MD 11-2)

9th Place Match

Jake Delleree (Ozaukee) 12-8, Fr. over Adam Schulz (West Bend East) 17-7, Fr. (MD 14-5)

11th Place Match

Anthony Ballweg (Monona Grove/McFarland) 13-10, Fr. over Owen Maly (Clinton) 14-9, So. (Fall 3:51)

120

1st Place Match

Aidan Gruenenfelder (Pecatonica-Argyle) 19-0, Sr. over Gavin Rockey (Wauconda) 25-7, Sr. (TF-1.5 6:00 (15-0))

3rd Place Match

Jackson Olson (Hononegah) 26-4, Jr. over Tyler Tiancgo (Downers Grove North) 22-5, Sr. (MD 14-3)

5th Place Match

Carsen Voskuil (Cedar Grove-Belgium) 16-3, Jr. over Josue Azuara (Weyauwega-Fremont) 18-7, So. (MD 15-3)

7th Place Match

Reece Moore (Sussex Hamilton) 15-7, Jr. over Broc Suchocki (Merrill) 12-6, Fr. (Dec 14-7)

9th Place Match

Sam Fahey (Oregon) 21-4, Fr. over Krish Sahu (Grayslake Central) 20-9, Jr. (MD 13-2)

11th Place Match

Jarvis Porcaro (Whitewater) 19-5, Sr. over Brody Watson (Morton) 14-11, Fr. (Dec 15-11)

126

1st Place Match

Harrison Dea (Morton) 20-2, Jr. over Lukas Orloff (Pecatonica-Argyle) 19-1, Jr. (MD 21-10)

3rd Place Match

Landen Bogard (East Troy) 23-3, So. over Jacob Hillshafer (West Bend East) 24-4, Sr. (Fall 0:28)

5th Place Match

Jackson Esser (Appleton North) 17-3 over Rilan Smith (Nicolet) 6-5, Sr. (MD 13-3)

7th Place Match

Riley Scherg (Weyauwega-Fremont) 20-5, Sr. over Dominic McGuire (Janesville Parker) 21-6, So. (MD 13-3)

9th Place Match

Evan Sigafus (Darlington-Blackhawk) 11-4, Fr. over Seth Kessen (Cedar Grove-Belgium) 14-6, Jr. (Fall 1:32)

11th Place Match

Alex Hengles (Downers Grove North) 5-5, Jr. over Wyatt Tomlinson (Poynette) 9-8, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:56 (16-0))

132

1st Place Match

Rocco Cassioppi (Hononegah) 20-2, So. over McAllister Ramage (Lake Country Lutheran) 15-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:39 (20-4))

3rd Place Match

Brady Collins (East Troy) 23-3, Jr. over Caleb Hillshafer (West Bend East) 21-6, Sr. (Fall 2:40)

5th Place Match

Ryan Hanson (McHenry) 22-6, Sr. over Christian Chiarelli (Downers Grove North) 17-5, Fr. (Fall 2:03)

7th Place Match

Jake Buss (Weyauwega-Fremont) 18-7, So. over Liam Halloran (Grayslake Central) 18-8, Sr. (Fall 2:24)

9th Place Match

Chris Gerardo (Dundee-Crown) 22-7, Sr. over Jadon Dinwiddie (Downers Grove South) 16-9, So. (Dec 4-0)

11th Place Match

Evan Fahey (Oregon) 19-3, Jr. over Emilio Chavarria (Round Lake) 17-12, Jr. (DFF)

138

1st Place Match

Karrsen Bussan (Pardeeville) 19-0, Fr. over Remington Skic (Merrill) 15-2, So. (MD 10-0)

3rd Place Match

Carter Birdyshaw (Weyauwega-Fremont) 21-4, So. over Jayden Ross (Sussex Hamilton) 16-6, Jr. (Dec 8-3)

5th Place Match

Aidan Cummings (Downers Grove North) 18-8, Sr. over Austin Nickels (Monona Grove/McFarland) 14-10, Sr. (MD 12-4)

7th Place Match

Sam Buchholz (Lake Country Lutheran) 17-3, Jr. over Drew Powell (Brookwood) 14-4, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:37 (17-0))

9th Place Match

Aiden Eisenberg (Grayslake Central) 15-11, Jr. over Logan Steffen (Oregon) 19-6, So. (Dec 8-7)

11th Place Match

Evan Musil (Hononegah) 17-7, So. over Shawn Sobczak (Janesville Parker) 11-7, Sr. (M. For.)

144

1st Place Match

TJ Silva (Hononegah) 21-2, Sr. over Cade Aaberg (Oregon) 21-2, So. (Dec 9-3)

3rd Place Match

Kingston Galetka (Pardeeville) 18-2, Jr. over Brian Hart (Wauconda) 23-10, So. (SV-1 12-9)

5th Place Match

Caden Chiarelli (Downers Grove North) 22-5, Jr. over Caiden Robison (Morton) 23-5, Sr. (M. For.)

7th Place Match

Aiden Marquette (Weyauwega-Fremont) 17-4, Sr. over Ryan Johnston (McHenry) 22-7, So. (TF-1.5 3:00 (15-0))

9th Place Match

Connor Friend (Whitewater) 21-4, Sr. over Leo Getchell (Janesville Craig) 22-6, So. (Fall 2:38)

11th Place Match

Drew Woolsey (Downers Grove South) 8-5, Sr. over Callum Wheeler (Merrill) 11-7, Sr. (M. For.)

150

1st Place Match

Owen Seffrood (Darlington-Blackhawk) 14-0, Sr. over Ben Lauer (Waukesha North) 16-5, Jr. (Inj. 0:40)

3rd Place Match

Collin Hamm (Weyauwega-Fremont) 19-2, Fr. over Joel Karls (Monona Grove/McFarland) 18-4, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:50 (20-4))

5th Place Match

Myles Wagner (McHenry) 7-4, Jr. over Nick Spirek (Downers Grove South) 14-8, Jr. (M. For.)

7th Place Match

Cameron Borneman (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 14-8, Sr. over Owen Kelly (Downers Grove North) 10-8, Sr. (Fall 0:20)

9th Place Match

Narciso Gonzalez (Round Lake) 13-7, So. over Traysen Thomason (Whitewater) 18-6, Sr. (Dec 7-2)

11th Place Match

Braeden Bakken (Oregon) 11-11, Sr. over Carter Jones (Morton) 16-10, Sr. (Fall 3:27)

157

1st Place Match

Cole Dummer (Union Grove) 19-1, Sr. over Tagg Miller (New Trier) 20-3, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:20 (17-1))

3rd Place Match

Ashton Meister (Poynette) 13-2, Sr. over Max Haskins (Hononegah) 19-5, Sr. (Dec 6-4)

5th Place Match

Liam O`Sullivan (Downers Grove North) 21-6, Sr. over Connor Johnson (Weyauwega-Fremont) 18-8, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:05 (18-3))

7th Place Match

Ethan Bilau (Fort Atkinson) 5-2, Sr. over Brody McKenna (Wauconda) 14-13, So. (MD 12-4)

9th Place Match

Brennan Hoffman (Sun Prairie East) 17-8, Sr. over Cooper Floden (McHenry) 13-5, Sr. (Fall 1:48)

11th Place Match

Mason Wollin (Lake Mills) 13-5, Jr. over Hayden Ballweg (Monona Grove/McFarland) 13-10, Sr. (Dec 8-1)

165

1st Place Match

Clay Mckee (Morton) 23-3, Sr. over Caleb Mackey (Pardeeville) 16-3, Sr. (Dec 2-0)

3rd Place Match

Willam Lyle (Grayslake Central) 21-6, Jr. over Xavier Denman (Monona Grove/McFarland) 17-5, Jr. (Dec 8-4)

5th Place Match

Marcus Regalado (New Trier) 19-9, Sr. over Rayhan Lopez (Fort Atkinson) 12-1, Sr. (M. For.)

7th Place Match

Pablo Salinas (Appleton North) 12-8 over Greyson Cotone (Hononegah) 4-3, Sr. (Dec 6-4)

9th Place Match

Evan Petrick (Union Grove) 16-5, Sr. over Hayden Bergles (West Bend East) 14-15, So. (Dec 4-1)

11th Place Match

Justus Castillo (Sussex Hamilton) 15-8, Sr. over Daniel Rosas (Harvard) 11-3, Sr. (M. For.)

175

1st Place Match

Connor Diemel (Hononegah) 21-4, Sr. over Carter McDaniel (Weyauwega-Fremont) 19-2, Sr. (MD 12-3)

3rd Place Match

Maddox Goebel (Darlington-Blackhawk) 14-1, Sr. over Jack Lasota (Downers Grove North) 20-6, Sr. (MD 19-7)

5th Place Match

Noah Greene (Downers Grove South) 16-5, So. over Austin Depies (Merrill) 13-6, Sr. (Fall 2:19)

7th Place Match

Brody Nichols (Delavan-Darien) 13-5, Sr. over Colton Mckee (Morton) 19-7, So. (Dec 4-1)

9th Place Match

Kayden Roach (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 16-6, So. over Colten Ballweg (Monona Grove/McFarland) 11-11, So. (Dec 8-2)

11th Place Match

Tomas Neumann (Oregon) 3-3, Sr. over Christian Cendajez (Wauconda) 6-6, Sr. (Dec 7-0)

190

1st Place Match

William Becker (Pardeeville) 19-0, Sr. over Mike Merevick (Wauconda) 27-8, Sr. (Fall 1:25)

3rd Place Match

Kurt Smith (Hononegah) 20-4, Sr. over Ross Crist (Darlington-Blackhawk) 12-3, Sr. (MD 13-1)

5th Place Match

Carter Wesley (Janesville Parker) 24-3, Sr. over Julian Ramos (Lakes Community) 6-3, Sr. (Fall 3:15)

7th Place Match

John Fusco (Delavan-Darien) 12-5, Jr. over Jacoby Pikulik (Janesville Craig) 19-7, Sr. (Dec 4-2)

9th Place Match

Carson Brooks (Merrill) 8-5, Sr. over Ben Mittag (Nicolet) 12-10, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:13 (15-0))

11th Place Match

Nolan Schrei (Weyauwega-Fremont) 13-10, Sr. over Brayden O`Connor (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 10-8, Jr. (Fall 0:50)

215

1st Place Match

Nate Grooms (Lake Country Lutheran) 15-1, Sr. over Cody Slater (Janesville Parker) 24-2, Jr. (Dec 6-5)

3rd Place Match

Teigen Moreno (Dundee-Crown) 25-3, Jr. over Dylan Beighton (Delavan-Darien) 15-3, Sr. (Dec 5-1)

5th Place Match

Noah Klug (Merrill) 16-3, Jr. over Weston Hackbarth (Sussex Hamilton) 11-6, Jr. (Dec 5-1)

7th Place Match

Brody Lidbury (McHenry) 18-6, So. over Thomas Cassady (Lake Mills) 18-5, Sr. (M. For.)

9th Place Match

Nate Olona (Downers Grove North) 15-7, Jr. over Dante Albrecht (Janesville Craig) 19-9, Sr. (Dec 6-0)

11th Place Match

Ethan Ballard (Hononegah) 11-9, Sr. over Brody Rudolph (Wauconda) 5-10, So. (MD 11-1)

285

1st Place Match

William Cole (Round Lake) 26-2, Sr. over Jovan Lopez (Ozaukee) 17-2, Sr. (Dec 1-0)

3rd Place Match

Deangelo Clay (Monona Grove/McFarland) 18-4, So. over Jacobi Spraggins (Downers Grove South) 17-3, Sr. (Dec 5-1)

5th Place Match

Evan Held (Nicolet) 18-7, Sr. over Austin Waldal (Union Grove) 16-7, Sr. (Fall 3:33)

7th Place Match

Kaden Drake (Darlington-Blackhawk) 10-5, So. over Joshua Gustum (Merrill) 10-8, Jr. (Fall 3:42)

9th Place Match

Edward Witkiewicz (Sun Prairie East) 18-7, Jr. over Roy Ramirez (Dundee-Crown) 19-12, Sr. (Fall 4:48)

11th Place Match

Peter Rodriguez (Downers Grove North) 19-8, Sr. over Loomis Finnegan (Wauconda) 12-15, Fr. (MD 10-0)

Team Scores

1. Hononegah 327.5, 2. Weyauwega-Fremont, WI 292.5, 3. Downers Grove North 269, 4. Wauconda 229, 5. Morton 213.5, 6. Monona Grove/McFarland, WI 193, 7. Merrill, WI 190, 8. Darlington-Blackhawk, WI 174, 9. Pardeeville, WI 165, 10. Grayslake Central 157, 11. Union Grove, WI 154, 12. Downers Grove South 151.5, 13. McHenry 138.5, 14. Janesville Parker, WI 125, 15. Oregon, WI 122.5, 16. Lake Country Lutheran, WI 113.5, 17. Dundee-Crown 108.5, 17. East Troy, WI 108.5, 19. West Bend East 103.5, 20. Sussex Hamilton, WI 100, 21, Janesville Craig, WI 95.5, 22. Delavan-Darien, WI 94.5, 23. Bradley-Bourbonnais 92.5, 24. Cedar Grove-Belgium, WI 88.5, 25. Nicolet, WI 84, 25. Pecatonica-Argyle, WI 84, 27. Round Lake 81.5, 28. New Trier 75.5, 29. Appleton North, WI 75, 30. Whitewater, WI 70, 31. Fort Atkinson, WI 68, 32. Poynette, WI 63, 33. Clinton, WI 59, 34. Ozaukee, WI 58.5, 35. Sun Prairie East, WI 54.5, 36. Waukesha North, WI 54, 37. Lake Mills, WI 53, 38. Lakes Community 39, 39. Brookfield, WI 26, 40. Harvard 17, 40. Turner, WI 17, 42 Horicon, WI 14.5, 43. Edgerton, WI 14, 44. Madison Memorial, WI 8.

Four from Illinois win titles at Granite City William Red Schmitt Holiday Tourney

Missouri teams claimed the top four spots and five of the top six and only three teams from Illinois finished in the top 10 at Granite City’s William Red Schmitt Holiday Tourney.

Columbia Hickman, MO repeated as team champions in the 30-team competition with 343 points while Christian Brothers College Prep, MO took second with 273 points to edge Lafayette, MO by two points. Jackson, MO (251), Paducah Tilghman, KY (172.5) and Whitfield, MO (164.5) completed the top six.

Belleville East scored 160.5 points to finish seventh and lead all Illinois teams while Waterloo (150) was eighth and Quincy Senior (143.5) took ninth place. Other Illinois teams in the top 20 were Batavia (11th, 137), Mascoutah (12th, 134), Triad (13th, 129), Mahomet-Seymour (14th, 121.5), Joliet Central (15th, 120), Collinsville (16th, 118), Andrew (17th, 115), Plainfield South (17th, 115) and York (19th, 113.5).

Illinois champions were Andrew’s Nadeem Haleem (21-3 at 120), Mascoutah’s Brock Ross (24-2 at 150), Mahomet-Seymour’s Marco Casillas (26-2 at 175) and Joliet Central’s Charles Walker (23-1 at 215). Casillas tied for fifth in team points with 42 while Ross tied for tenth in team points with 39.

Additional Missourians who won titles were Hickman’s Hank Benter (126), Quincey Crawford (132), Jordan Fincher (157) and Luke Hayden (165), CBC’s Kosta Hatzigeorgiou (106), Colin Rutlin (144) and Trey Craig (190), Lafayette’s Max Rowe (113), Whitfield’s Jackson Bassett (138) and Jackson’s Bryson Wessel (285). Bassett had the most team points with 45.5 while Hayden had 43.5 and Fincher and Hatzigeorgiou tied for third with 42.5 team points.

Individuals from Illinois who finished in second place were Batavia’s Kai Enos (18-5 at 113), Plainfield South’s Colin Bickett (18-4 at 175), Waterloo’s Jaxson Mathenia (16-2 at 215) and Geneva’s Joseph Pettit (18-1 at 285).

Illinois athletes who took third were O’Fallon’s Logan Thomas (19-6 at 157) and Gavin Gentille (21-4 at 215), Mascoutah’s Xavier Sonon-Hale (21-5 at 106), Normal West’s Dylan McGrew (20-5 at 113), York’s Mondo Martinelli (28-3 at 126), Collinsville’s Camron Minner (23-6 at 138), Plainfield South’s Chase Pierceall (11-4 at 165) and Waterloo’s Drew Glowacki (26-1 at 285).

Individuals from Illinois who finished fourth were Triad’s Colin Crouch (17-5 at 113) and Will Kelly (18-2 at 120), Belleville East’s Jackson Schadegg (11-9 at 106), Granite City’s Braxton Tolley (17-8 at 138), Quincy Senior’s Brody Baker (10-5 at 157) and Bloomington’s Kenner Bye (18-4 at 215).

Fifth-place finishers from Illinois were Plainfield South’s Drew Ritchie (18-9 at 106) and Ian Portillo (18-11 at 285), Belleville East’s Killian Raunch (14-8 at 157) and Terence Willis (19-5 at 165), Batavia’s Jack Duraski (18-4 at 132), York’s Jackson Hanselman (26-5 at 150) and Waterloo’s Jackson Deutch (15-6 at 190).

Competitors from Illinois who took sixth place were Quincy Senior’s Eli Roberts (14-6 at 150), Gunnar Derhake (15-5 at 165) and King Johnson (12-9 at 285), Joliet Central’s Liam Walsh (18-11 at 113), Mascoutah’s Macguire Leck (18-10 at 126), Belleville East’s Landon Weidler (4-4 at 132), Triad’s Braden Rowe (12-4 at 138), Granite City’s Eli Miller (15-9 at 175), Collinsville’s Scott Snyder (14-6 at 190) and York’s Mike Grazzini (13-6 at 215).

Three individuals from Illinois tied four Missourians as the leaders in falls with five. They were York’s Jackson Hanselman, Mascoutah’s Sean Murphy and Collinsville’s Camron Minner. Hickman’s Quincey Crawford had the most match points with 104 while Belleville East’s Braden Kelly led athletes from the east side of the river with 80 points, which tied for third.

Granite City William Red Schmitt Holiday Tourney place matches

106

1st Place Match

Kosta Hatzigeorgiou (CBC) 21-4, Fr. over Christian Prietto-Bottoms (Tilghman) 15-2, Jr. (Fall 3:22)

3rd Place Match

Xavier Sonon-Hale (Mascoutah) 21-5, Fr. over Jackson Schadegg (Belleville East) 11-9, So. (Dec 4-3)

5th Place Match

Drew Ritchie (Plainfield South) 18-9, Fr. over Max Layman (Lafayette) 8-7, Jr. (Fall 4:45)

7th Place Match

Matthew Deutch (Waterloo) 23-2, So. over Austin Jones (Alton) 18-9, Fr. (Fall 0:35)

9th Place Match

Jameson Young (North Point) 19-9, Fr. over Joseph Wasson (Francis Howell) 5-4, So. (TF-1.5 6:00 (16-1))

11th Place Match

Connor Castens (Collinsville) 12-9, Fr. over Donovan Lowery (Normal West) 13-14, So. (Fall 1:20)

13th Place Match

Benjamin Jurkovic (Andrew) 10-8, So. over Levi Apenbrinck (North Point) 2-5, . (TF-1.5 4:29 (16-1))

15th Place Match

Zachary Cooley (Granite City) 3-7, So. over Grady Schmelzer (Triad) 7-8, Fr. (Fall 0:52)

17th Place Match

Joey Calvillo (Batavia) 9-8, Fr. over Parker Kelly (Triad) 3-5, Fr. (MD 10-1)

19th Place Match

Griffin Finch (Quincy Senior) 6-9, Fr. over Zander Johnson (Granite City) 6-14, Fr. (Dec 6-3)

21st Place Match

Carter Warchol (O`Fallon) 9-11, Fr. over Bye

113

1st Place Match

Max Rowe (Lafayette) 12-2, So. over Kai Enos (Batavia) 18-5, Fr. (Fall 1:10)

3rd Place Match

Dylan McGrew (Normal West) 20-5, Sr. over Colin Crouch (Triad) 17-5, Fr. (Dec 11-10)

5th Place Match

Waylon Burress (CBC) 15-5, Fr. over Liam Walsh (Joliet Central) 18-11, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:21 (16-0))

7th Place Match

Nolan Londe (Whitfield) 12-8, Fr. over Jerry Donnelly (Andrew) 19-4, So. (M. For.)

9th Place Match

Case Simmons (Tilghman) 17-3, 8th. over Kamden Gerhardt (Jackson) 20-8, Jr. (Fall 2:26)

11th Place Match

Gideon Hayter (Mahomet-Seymour) 16-13, So. over Jaylen Sandy (Bloomington) 2-3, So. (M. For.)

13th Place Match

Clayton McClelland (Quincy Senior) 11-10, Fr. over Islom Ismanaliev (Plainfield South) 9-14, Fr. (Fall 2:00)

15th Place Match

Tommy Connors (York) 1-5, So. over Billy Green (Granite City) 6-10, Fr. (Fall 3:23)

17th Place Match

Jack Clark (Mt. Vernon) 12-5, So. over Dashun Caldwell (Granite City) 5-9, Jr. (Dec 11-10)

19th Place Match

Jayden Wiegand (O`Fallon) 10-9, Sr. over Damien Draughn (Belleville East) 1-5, So. (Fall 4:29)

21st Place Match

Dontre McClose (Geneva) 0-2, Sr. over Bye

120

1st Place Match

Nadeem Haleem (Andrew) 21-3, Jr. over Hogan Benter (Hickman) 11-2, So. (Dec 14-13)

3rd Place Match

Graidy Rice (Jackson) 23-4, Jr. over Will Kelly (Triad) 18-2, Jr. (Dec 12-11)

5th Place Match

Jackson Tenny (Lafayette) 9-5, Sr. over Jeremiah Pulliam (Tilghman) 12-6, Sr. (Dec 6-0)

7th Place Match

Aleck Allende (Joliet Central) 21-8, Sr. over Corbin Zeisset (Belleville East) 5-9, Jr. (Dec 14-9)

9th Place Match

Sam Sikorsky (Geneva) 18-7, Sr. over Derik Lohmeyer (Quincy Senior) 12-10, Fr. (TF-1.5 4:36 (17-2))

11th Place Match

Elias Chaney (Batavia) 9-13, Jr. over Jordan Thigpen (Collinsville) 11-12, Jr. (Dec 7-0)

13th Place Match

Jace Brown (Granite City) 14-8, So. over Elijah Vogt-Moser (Wentzville) 4-8, Jr. (Fall 3:15)

15th Place Match

Brody Apenbrinck (North Point) 11-14, Jr. over Carter Marshall (Waterloo) 4-6, Jr.

17th Place Match

Jaylen Sleet (CBC) 12-10, Fr. over Gage Tanner (Francis Howell) 4-7, Fr. (Fall 5:22)

19th Place Match

Liam Cardwell (O`Fallon) 7-11, So. over Jose Rivas Jr (Plainfield South) 1-6, Fr. (Fall 5:12)

21st Place Match

Draven VanAvery (Mt. Vernon) 6-7, So. over Bye

126

1st Place Match

Hank Benter (Hickman) 12-0, Sr. over Riley Sumner (Lafayette) 12-1, So. (MD 10-0)

3rd Place Match

Mondo Martinelli (York) 28-3, Sr. over Mitchel Baker (Jackson) 22-3, Fr. (Dec 12-10)

5th Place Match

Michael Fudge (CBC) 15-9, So. over Macguire Leck (Mascoutah) 18-10, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:30 (17-0))

7th Place Match

Jaydon Eddy (Jackson) 14-11, Fr. over Konnor Stephens (Waterloo) 18-8, Jr. (Fall 1:11)

9th Place Match

Wyatt Boeing (Quincy Senior) 11-7, Jr. over Liam Noonan (Mahomet-Seymour) 3-4, So. (Fall 4:23)

11th Place Match

Jowel Maldonado (Joliet Central) 14-14, Jr. over Justin Hamilton (Mt. Vernon) 10-9, Jr. (TF-1.5 6:00 (20-3))

13th Place Match

Brody Walsh (Joliet Central) 3-4 over Travis Rebout (Plainfield South) 4-17, Jr. (Dec 7-3)

15th Place Match

Jomal Dandridge (Alton) 5-18, Jr. over Hunter Pittman (Andrew) 4-3, Jr. (M. For.)

17th Place Match

Dewayne Wills (Tilghman) 8-4, So. over Griffen McGrew (Normal West) 12-12, So. (Fall 2:43)

19th Place Match

Delane Mosley (Belleville East) 2-2, Sr. over Chase Hare (Collinsville) 3-5, So. (Dec 21-20)

21st Place Match

Devon Trail (Wentzville) 3-10, So. over Miles Cintron (O`Fallon) 7-14, So. (Fall 5:12)

132

1st Place Match

Quincey Crawford (Hickman) 12-1, Fr. over Kade King (Jackson) 23-4, Jr. (Dec 3-2)

3rd Place Match

Yashua Amen (Whitfield) 17-3, Sr. over Michael Poulette (CBC) 17-8, So. (Fall 5:25)

5th Place Match

Jack Duraski (Batavia) 18-4 over Landon Weidler (Belleville East) 4-4 (Dec 9-8)

7th Place Match

Calum Brown (Lafayette) 11-3, Jr. over Glen Henry (Triad) 13-6, Jr. (MD 10-1)

9th Place Match

Mason Hare (Collinsville) 16-4, Jr. over Evan Pyles (Tilghman) 9-7, So. (TF-1.5 2:30 (16-0))

11th Place Match

Abram Rader (Normal West) 16-11, Sr. over Andrew Wendt (Geneva) 14-10, Sr. (Fall 2:25)

13th Place Match

Cristian Helton (Francis Howell) 7-5, Jr. over David Calderon (Joliet Central) 12-10, Jr. (Fall 4:22)

15th Place Match

Niko Truax (Mahomet-Seymour) 3-7, Fr. over Jake Zabresky (York) 14-9, Sr.

17th Place Match

Evan Wakefield (Quincy Senior) 8-7, Sr. over Adrian Mendez (Granite City) 13-9, Fr. (M. For.)

19th Place Match

Marquez Singleton (Alton) 9-12, Sr. over Silas Stachyra (Mt. Vernon) 3-10, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:28 (17-1))

21st Place Match

Chance Harrell (Hickman) 3-2 over Jeremiah Berry (O`Fallon) 4-6, Fr. (Fall 1:07)

138

1st Place Match

Jackson Bassett (Whitfield) 20-3, Jr. over Brady McMurtry (Hickman) 13-2, So. (DQ)

3rd Place Match

Camron Minner (Collinsville) 23-6, Sr. over Braxton Tolley (Granite City) 17-8, So. (Dec 6-5)

5th Place Match

Caleb Frankenberger (Lafayette) 12-3, So. over Braden Rowe (Triad) 12-4, Sr. (M. For.)

7th Place Match

Isaiah Kan (Joliet Central) 19-10, Sr. over Justus Vrona (Mahomet-Seymour) 19-8, Jr. (M. For.)

9th Place Match

Braden Kelly (Belleville East) 11-6, Sr. over Marshall Skelton (Alton) 21-9, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:02 (21-4))

11th Place Match

Desi Wade (Mascoutah) 22-6, Jr. over Evan Berkbuegler (North Point) 11-14, Sr. (MD 14-4)

13th Place Match

Diogo Freiria (Francis Howell) 12-8, Sr. over Koven Parks (Bolivar) 10-8, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:40 (15-0))

15th Place Match

Ben Deasy (Geneva) 9-9, Sr. over Dalton Lilledahl (Francis Howell) 8-4, Jr. (M. For.)

17th Place Match

Fischer Barr (Hickman) 4-1 over Shane Fukumoto (Batavia) 5-13, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:30 (18-1))

19th Place Match

Gannon Rice (Jackson) 15-10, Fr. over Leo Resendez (York) 2-3, Jr. (Fall 5:56)

21st Place Match

Tyler Barlow (Bloomington) 14-11, Jr. over Hani Haleem (Andrew) 9-14, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:11 (17-0))

144

1st Place Match

Colin Rutlin (CBC) 20-3, So. over Leo Buchheit (North Point) 24-3, Sr. (Dec 4-2)

3rd Place Match

Caleb Carter (Whitfield) 16-4, Sr. over Shane Oswald (Hickman) 10-3, So. (M. For.)

5th Place Match

Jaylin Bellamy (Tilghman) 12-5, Fr. over Matthew Wilson (Lafayette) 9-6, So. (Dec 10-7)

7th Place Match

Brody Smith (Triad) 14-6, Jr. over Cooper Kamm (Quincy Senior) 13-9, So. (MD 15-6)

9th Place Match

Cole Hubbard (Batavia) 16-6, Jr. over Rawley Evans (Jackson) 18-8, So. (TF-1.5 2:00 (17-2))

11th Place Match

Colton McClure (Mahomet-Seymour) 15-11, Jr. over Jax Mifflin (Waterloo) 14-12, So. (Fall 3:19)

13th Place Match

Adrian Bucaro (Collinsville) 9-10, Jr. over Tyler Nolan (Granite City) 6-15, Fr. (Dec 6-2)

15th Place Match

Andrew McElroy (Granite City) 7-15, So. over Dewayne Taylor (Belleville East) 7-9, Sr.

17th Place Match

Jacob Milam (Jackson) 15-7, Sr. over Jayden Wilkinson (Mascoutah) 12-8, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:25 (18-1))

19th Place Match

Nick Rociola (Andrew) 11-9, So. over Tremaine Cooper (Joliet Central) 12-10, Sr. (Fall 3:23)

21st Place Match

Edwin Ponce (Alton) 2-4, Sr. over Logan Green (Hazelwood West) 4-7, Jr. (Dec 8-3)

150

1st Place Match

Brock Ross (Mascoutah) 24-2, Jr. over Taryn Nichols (Hickman) 11-2, Jr. (Fall 1:35)

3rd Place Match

Rome Tate (Whitfield) 16-3, Sr. over Kaden Purler (North Point) 23-5, Sr. (Dec 4-2)

5th Place Match

Jackson Hanselman (York) 26-5, Jr. over Eli Roberts (Quincy Senior) 14-6, Sr. (Fall 2:50)

7th Place Match

Maddux NeSmith (Bolivar) 17-3, Sr. over Brayden Drew (Alton) 21-9, Jr. (Fall 0:34)

9th Place Match

Talon Decker (Mahomet-Seymour) 20-8, So. over Mason Todd (CBC) 15-8, So. (Dec 6-5)

11th Place Match

Caleb Schlick (Jackson) 13-6, So. over Mason Woodward (North Point) 9-6, Jr. (M. For.)

13th Place Match

Brady Lamoureux (Tilghman) 15-8, Jr. over Jacob Perez (Triad) 8-7, Sr. (Fall 3:05)

15th Place Match

Grey Jackson (Francis Howell) 3-6, Fr. over Carter Bub (Collinsville) 9-8, Sr.

17th Place Match

Miles Greenfield (Belleville East) 8-10, Fr. over Ahmed Al Janabi (O`Fallon) 9-10, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:37 (16-0))

19th Place Match

Nicholas Kuehnel (Lafayette) 6-6, Sr. over Blake Vande Loo (Batavia) 3-6, . (Fall 4:41)

21st Place Match

Luis Cabral (Andrew) 7-14, Jr. over Trevor Pomis (Normal West) 10-15, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:14 (17-1))

157

1st Place Match

Jordan Fincher (Hickman) 13-0, Jr. over Logan Redel (North Point) 21-5, Sr. (Fall 3:33)

3rd Place Match

Logan Thomas (O`Fallon) 19-6, Sr. over Brody Baker (Quincy Senior) 10-5, Jr. (Dec 6-2)

5th Place Match

Killian Rauch (Belleville East) 14-8, So. over Aidan Schoen (Lafayette) 12-1, Sr. (M. For.)

7th Place Match

Ethan O`Malley (Tilghman) 17-4, So. over Christian Fanetti (CBC) 16-7, Sr. (Dec 13-8)

9th Place Match

Sean Murphy (Mascoutah) 23-6, So. over Benjamin Gorny (York) 22-9, Jr. (Fall 2:28)

11th Place Match

Cale McCurry (Bolivar) 14-4, Jr. over Sawyer Goodwin (Jackson) 14-11 (Fall 1:57)

13th Place Match

Quinn Zeman (Andrew) 9-11, Sr. over Ayden Gratzl (Collinsville) 9-14, Sr. (Fall 2:57)

15th Place Match

Logan Alvarez (Normal West) 16-12, Sr. over Angel Blandon (Francis Howell) 4-11, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:06 (17-2))

17th Place Match

Chase Osborne (Batavia) 4-2, Sr. over Pearce Goodfield (Triad) 6-8, Jr. (Fall 1:20)

19th Place Match

Tanner Jaspering (Wentzville) 5-11, Jr. over William Savion (Mt. Vernon) 1-3 (TF-1.5 4:16 (19-3))

21st Place Match

John Sullivan (Mascoutah) 3-2 over Brock Vercher (North Point) 1-3 (Fall 5:45)

165

1st Place Match

Luke Hayden (Hickman) 13-0, So. over Jeremiah Drake (Lafayette) 12-3, Sr. (Fall 1:35)

3rd Place Match

Chase Pierceall (Plainfield South) 11-4, Jr. over Tanner Faulkner (CBC) 20-8, Jr. (SV-1 4-1)

5th Place Match

Terence Willis (Belleville East) 19-5, Sr. over Gunnar Derhake (Quincy Senior) 15-5, Sr. (Fall 4:34)

7th Place Match

Matthew May (Jackson) 18-9, Sr. over Colin Peyton (Batavia) 17-8 (Dec 3-1)

9th Place Match

Jordan Sonon-Hale (Mascoutah) 20-6, Jr. over Logan Bunn (Bolivar) 10-4, Jr. (Dec 9-6)

11th Place Match

Camden Galati (Francis Howell) 8-7, Jr. over Chris Dill (Mahomet-Seymour) 5-5, Fr. (TF-1.5 4:58 (18-2))

13th Place Match

Angelo Jura (Andrew) 13-10, Jr. over Esaias Jefferson (Mt. Vernon) 6-5, Jr. (Fall 2:37)

15th Place Match

Lincoln Breen (Francis Howell) 4-10, Fr. over Hudson Maddox (Waterloo) 4-6, So.

17th Place Match

Charles Pickett (Bloomington) 7-10, Sr. over Levi Merioles (Alton) 9-14, Sr. (Fall 0:44)

19th Place Match

Elijah Kolb (Granite City) 9-14, Sr. over Dylan Kanzler (Geneva) 0-3, . (Fall 2:16)

21st Place Match

Charles Berry (O`Fallon) 2-2, Jr. over Saxton Jenkins (Triad) 1-6, So. (Fall 0:39)

175

1st Place Match

Marco Casillas (Mahomet-Seymour) 26-2, Fr. over Colin Bickett (Plainfield South) 18-4, Sr. (M. For.)

3rd Place Match

Mason McCurry (Bolivar) 14-1, Sr. over Joah Moore (Jackson) 19-5, So. (MD 16-4)

5th Place Match

Beau Waldron (Hickman) 10-4, So. over Eli Miller (Granite City) 15-9, Fr. (Fall 4:34)

7th Place Match

Michael Tongay (Collinsville) 8-13, Sr. over Ben Hall (Tilghman) 10-3, Jr. (M. For.)

9th Place Match

Chrishon Croft (Hazelwood West) 5-4, Sr. over Truett Blount (Mascoutah) 9-10, Sr. (Fall 2:30)

11th Place Match

Vince Goodman (Waterloo) 18-8, Jr. over Brody Busch (Triad) 4-12, Fr. (Fall 1:10)

13th Place Match

Xavier Eggert (Joliet Central) 12-14, Sr. over Forfeit

15th Place Match

Luke Schneider (Francis Howell) 10-4, Sr. over Jack Brown (Batavia) 7-4

17th Place Match

Owen Hamer (CBC) 6-8, Sr. over Jack Ryan (Lafayette) 1-2, Sr. (Fall 0:50)

19th Place Match

Jaden Adams (Lafayette) 2-3, Sr. over Maddox Noles (O`Fallon) 3-5, Sr. (MD 11-3)

21st Place Match

Adrian Ryhmer (Mt. Vernon) 3-9, Jr. over Dylan Galvan (Hazelwood West) 8-9, So. (Fall 0:52)

190

1st Place Match

Trey Craig (CBC) 16-4, Jr. over Carter Brown (Lafayette) 6-2, So. (Dec 10-3)

3rd Place Match

DJ Wilson (Tilghman) 11-1, Jr. over Jordan Sostillio (Jackson) 19-10, Jr. (Dec 3-0)

5th Place Match

Jackson Deutch (Waterloo) 15-6, Sr. over Scott Snyder (Collinsville) 14-6, Sr. (Fall 0:42)

7th Place Match

Alec Gilomen (Triad) 13-8, So. over Triston Manrique (O`Fallon) 5-7, Jr. (Dec 9-6)

9th Place Match

Cedric King (Belleville East) 15-7, Sr. over Sam Harless (Bolivar) 9-6, Jr. (Fall 5:48)

11th Place Match

Mason Marks (Whitfield) 3-3 over Jackson Pierce (York) 8-8 (TF-1.5 2:26 (15-0))

13th Place Match

Logan Jones (Andrew) 4-11, Jr. over Alex Wells (Quincy Senior) 10-8, So. (Fall 1:18)

15th Place Match

Connor Gualandi (Joliet Central) 2-9, Jr. over Abel Faircloth (Mascoutah) 4-12, So. (Fall 1:52)

17th Place Match

Brody Fenton (North Point) 9-14, Jr. over Grant Bayless (Bolivar) 5-8, Jr. (Fall 1:07)

19th Place Match

Julius Pierscionek (Plainfield South) 4-12, Fr. over Wyatt Unrein (Francis Howell) 2-4, So. (M. For.)

21st Place Match

Terrance Woods (Wentzville) 1-8, Jr. over Bye

215

1st Place Match

Charles Walker (Joliet Central) 23-1, Sr. over Jaxson Mathenia (Waterloo) 16-2, So. (Dec 7-6)

3rd Place Match

Gavin Gentille (O`Fallon) 21-4, Sr. over Kenner Bye (Bloomington) 18-4, Sr. (Dec 1-0)

5th Place Match

Charlie Eifert (Jackson) 22-4, Jr. over Mike Grazzini (York) 13-6, Sr. (Fall 3:21)

7th Place Match

Triston Abram (CBC) 4-3, Sr. over Asher Sheldon (Batavia) 17-2 (M. For.)

9th Place Match

Cooper Sapp (Hickman) 4-3 over Darrell Bibbs (Belleville East) 4-3, Fr. (Dec 7-5)

11th Place Match

Cayden Duncan (Francis Howell) 8-6, Jr. over Drew Wooden (Hickman) 6-6, Sr. (M. For.)

13th Place Match

Tristan Burnett (Granite City) 8-10, So. over Avion Hearring (Lafayette) 3-7, Jr. (Fall 2:18)

15th Place Match

Jordan Angleton (Mt. Vernon) 6-11, Fr. over Hayden Hart (Mahomet-Seymour) 15-6

17th Place Match

Jamal Jones Jr (Plainfield South) 10-8, Sr. over Ben Schelp (Quincy Senior) 3-6 (Fall 1:08)

19th Place Match

Luke Perkins (Wentzville) 4-2, Jr. over Bye

21st Place Match

Ashton Schwab (Hazelwood West) 7-6, Jr. over Bye

285

1st Place Match

Bryson Wessel (Jackson) 20-2, Jr. over Joseph Pettit (Geneva) 18-1, Sr. (TB-1 3-2)

3rd Place Match

Drew Glowacki (Waterloo) 26-1, Sr. over Gabriel Casteblanco (Hazelwood West) 11-5, So. (Fall 1:51)

5th Place Match

Ian Portillo (Plainfield South) 18-11, Sr. over King Johnson (Quincy Senior) 12-9 (Dec 4-0)

7th Place Match

Ben Barfield (North Point) 11-14, Jr. over Phil Daniels (Mahomet-Seymour) 10-10, Jr. (M. For.)

9th Place Match

Jack Shepherd (Collinsville) 16-8, Sr. over Jakub Kowal (Plainfield South) 4-3, Jr. (Fall 1:57)

11th Place Match

Prosper Livingston-Holmes (Tilghman) 7-3, Fr. over Alecos Gerretse (Andrew) 5-20, Sr. (Fall 0:41)

13th Place Match

Landon Busch (Triad) 7-7, Sr. over Christian Diaz (York) 2-4, Sr. (Dec 6-3)

15th Place Match

Josiah Johnson (Batavia) 7-14 over Levi Harrell (Hickman) 6-4, Sr.

17th Place Match

Anthony Washington (Wentzville) 9-6, Sr. over Evan Patton (Joliet Central) 7-10, Jr. (Fall 0:30)

19th Place Match

Kavon Newby (Alton) 11-10, Jr. over Owen Hardy (Lafayette) 1-4, So. (Fall 2:43)

21st Place Match

Jonathon Caudle (O`Fallon) 9-7, So. over Holdan Burns (Mt. Vernon) 6-10, Fr. (Fall 0:20)

Team scores

1. Hickman, MO 343, 2. Christian Brothers College Prep, MO (CBC) 273, 3. Lafayette, MO 271, 4. Jackson, MO 251, 5, Tilghman, KY 172.5, 6. Whitfield, MO 164.5, 7. Belleville East 160.5, 8. Waterloo 150, 9. Quincy Senior 143.5, 10. North Point, MO 142, 11. Batavia 137, 12. Mascoutah 134, 13. Triad 129, 14. Mahomet-Seymour 121.5, 15. Joliet Central 120, 16. Collinsville 118, 17. Andrew 115, 17. Plainfield South 115, 19. York 113.5, 20. Bolivar, MO 90, 21. Granite City 81, 22. O’Fallon 78, 23. Geneva 64.5, 24. Normal West 59, 25. Francis Howell, MO 57.5, 26. Alton 53.5, 27. Bloomington 39, 28. Hazelwood West, MO 38, 29. Mt. Vernon 33, 30. Wentzville, MO 18.

Fremd takes second at 66-team Lourdes OTW Classic in Wisconsin

Fremd made an impressive statement by taking second place in the 66-team Lourdes OTW Wrestling Classic, which took place in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 

Coach Jeff Keske’s Vikings scored 258 points to finish ahead of third-place Germantown, WI, which had 245 points. Coleman, WI won the championship with 280 points. 

Evan Gosz (34-2 at 144) captured a championship while Trent Odachowski (15-10 at 120) and Drew Fifield (23-2 at 138) both took second place. Lucas Nance (25-7 at 165) finished fourth, Owen Jakubczak (21-5 at 285) placed eighth and Lucas Crandall (25-7 at 106) took ninth place. 

Gosz won the 144 title with a 5-2 decision over Oshkosh West, WI’s Edwyn Schroeder to cap a 5-0 showing. He ranked seventh for most team points with 49.5.

Odachowski lost by fall in 0:30 to West Bend West, WI’s Ethan Best in the 120 finals and Fifield lost by technical fall in 3:02 to Kewaskum, WI’s Ethan Immel in the 138 finals.

Lane Tech also participated in the tournament and it received fourth-place finishes from Alex Valentin (18-5 at 132) and Nasser Hammouche (20-7 at 157).

Edwardsville, Belleville West in top five at Hallsville, Missouri

Edwardsville scored 156.5 points to take third place and Belleville West collected 127.5 points to claim fifth at the 32-team Hallsville Holiday Tournament, which took place in Hallsville, Missouri.

Leading the way for coach Eric Pretto’s third-place Tigers were champion Austin Kunz (285) and second-place finisher Colton Madison (113). Kunz recorded a fall in 2:57 over Washington, MO’s Mac Ruoff in the 285 finals while Madison dropped an 8-3 decision in the 113 title match to Centralia, MO’s Waylon Adkisson. Kunz led all competitors with 34 team points and tied for first place with the most falls with five.

Benjamin Rashman (106) and Tyler Perry (132) both finished third while Dominic Dykstra (215) claimed fifth place and Ethan Knecht (138) took sixth. Also, George Ostrom (165), who competed for the Tigers junior-varsity, placed fourth.

Top performers for the fifth-place Maroons were champions Aiden Colbert (144) and Justin Riley (215). Colbert won a 13-3 major decision over St. Mary’s, MO’s Leo Niyonizigiye in the 144 finals while Riley was a winner by fall in 5:12 over St. Pius X, MO’s Justin Lehn in the 215 finals. The pair of champions tied for eighth place in team points with 30 apiece.

Alex Ramo (165) finished third, Cooper Boron (106) and Xander Goodwin (157) placed fifth and Wyatt Dahm (113) took sixth. Ramo tied one other individual for most total match points with 76.

Civic Memorial sixth at Mater Dei Holiday Classic in Indiana

Civic Memorial scored 98 points to claim a sixth-place finish in the 19-team Mater Dei Holiday Classic, which took place in Evansville, Indiana.

The Eagles were led by third-place finishers Bradley Ruckman (22-3 at 132) and Knox Verbais (21-5 at 150) while Nathen Herrin (19-8 at 144) and James Wojcikiewicz (21-6 at 165) placed fourth and Avery Jaime (18-7 at 126) finished fifth. Jaime collected 79 total match points, which was a tournament-best by 12 points.

By Mike Garofola for the IWCOA

Class 1A Richmond-Burton lifted its third championship trophy of the season when the Rockets outlasted a trio of 3A programs to earn the title at Palatine’s 69th annual Al Berman Holiday Classic.

The No. 7 team in 1A was chased all day by Grant (197.0), Stevenson (188.5) and Mundelein (122) but none of them were able to overtake Tony Nelson’s club, which amassed 218.5 overall points.

“This is a great bunch of young men who are fun to be around, and who have made the commitment to each other and the team, so our hope is the competition we’re getting against so many 2A and 3A teams will help us when the post-season arrives,” Nelson said.

The Berman crown will find itself alongside trophies won at Glenbrook South and at the Rockets’ own tournament this year. Next on the Rockets schedule is a stop at the 61st Lyle King Invite at Princeton beginning on January 10.

“It’s been good for all of us, particularly our younger guys, to compete in tournaments filled with 2A and 3A teams,” Richmond-Burton senior Emmett Nelson said. “But Princeton will be loaded with so many great 1A teams and we’ll be able to see where we stand with them.”

The field at the Berman Holiday Classic, the second oldest tournament in the state of Illinois, saw York crowned as last year’s champion. But this year the Dukes went south to the Granite City Tournament.

This year’s Berman still featured a highly-competitive field that put on a quality show before an appreciative audience.

Al Berman became a fixture in Palatine wrestling beginning in 1969 when he served as a freshman coach before taking charge of the junior varsity team in 1977. During his time as head coach at both levels, Al Berman’s record was 328-78-6.

In 1993, the Palatine Holiday Tournament changed its name to the Berman Holiday Classic in honor of Berman and his wife Sally, who devoted much of their time to the sport and program. Al Berman served in a variety of capacities at the IHSA State tournament, with his lovely wife Sally working there as well.

Berman was inducted into the IWCOA Hall of Fame in 2001, and both Al and Sally were named into the Palatine High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.

Al Berman Holiday Classic individual champions:

106- Lelan Nelson, Richmond-Burton

Richmond-Burton freshman Lelan Nelson (19-1) has been the perfect lead-off man for the No. 7 (1A) Rockets from his spot at 106 pounds.

With his championship run at the 69th Berman Holiday Classic, Nelson has now collected three major titles in brackets filled with plenty of 3A rivals who have not been able to solve the No. 5 man in the state.

“At the start of his first season in high school wrestling, I really feel as if Lelan wasn’t quite sure of things,” brother Emmett Nelson said. “But he has really turned the corner. He has a lot of confidence in himself and what he’s doing out there, and it’s shown in his results.”

Lelan Nelson recorded a pair of pins against 3A opponents to advance to his final with Stevenson freshmen Daniel Berdich (19-7) and once there it quickly became

a 7-0 advantage with a late near-fall as time ran out in the first period of an eventual 16-8 major decision victory.

Lake Park’s Liam Lovelace won a 13-5 major decision over Stevenson’s Daniel Berdich for third place at 106, and Zion-Benton’s Brayden Stroka won an 18-7 major decision for fifth place over Grant’s Brady Myatt.

113- Oleksandr (Sasha) Havrylkiv, Buffalo Grove

The appearance of two freshmen in the lower half of the Buffalo Grove lineup has provided an instant boost in the Bison attack. Both Oleksandr (Sasha) Havrylkiv and Mykola Shamray (120) have become quite a dynamic duo in the first half of their rookie seasons.

“(Sasha) is so solid on his feet,” Bison coach George Beres said. “He’s strong on both top and bottom, and his progression in how to run tilts, and legs has become a strength. Both he and Mykola are like sponges when it comes to how hard they work in the room.

“Both of the guys are so coachable, and the extra time they spent at Brunson has really helped them come along so much quicker than we could have expected.”

Havrylkiv (14-1) said his tactical plan before each of his three matches was to ‘just pin’ his opponents. That proved to be a sound tactic as he came close with two of his three bouts.

Havrylkiv, who moved here with his family from Ivano Frankivsk, Ukraine during the offseason, would sandwich a pair of tech-falls around his semi-final pin to set up his 17-2 tech-fall triumph over Evan Mishels (11-4) of Stevenson, paving the way to being named the tournament’s outstanding wrestler.

Grant’s Larry Quirk posted a tech fall over Stevenson’s Evan Mishels for third place, and Jacobs’ Anthony Martinez won a 14-11 sudden victory match for fifth place against Lake Zurich’s Collin Miltz.

120- Mykola Shamray, Buffalo Grove

The other half of the potent new Bison duo – Mykola Shamray – is beginning to make a name for himself now that he has settled into being a 120-pounder, after starting the season at 126.

“The adjustment from middle school wrestling was a little tough at the start because of the pace, and different styles of my opponents, but I feel a lot more comfortable than earlier in the season,” said Shamray, now 18-4 on the season.

“(Mykola) is another guy who has benefited greatly from being in the room at Brunson, and you can see it in the way he does his set-ups, his positioning, and defending,” Beres said.

In his final with Stevenson’s Ayush Bajaj (16-11), Shamray took a 3-0 advantage into the second period and rode the Patriots senior for nearly the entire period before putting the finishing touches on a 6-0 victory one minute from time.

Richmond-Burton’s Adam Glauser won by tech fall for third place over Mundelein’s Neftali Cernas, and Hinsdale South’s Alex Schuetz won 10-2 for fifth against Grant’s Breidyn Hoffman.

126- Vince Jasinski, Grant

The 126-pound weight class in the state is loaded at the top with the likes of Nicholas Garcia, Michael Esteban and Jason Hampton, all to be found in the top three in the state polls.

There’s plenty of talent spread across the top ten, including Grant’s No. 8 junior Vince Jasinski (22-0), who feels he’s ready to make his way onto the podium in Champaign in late February.

“The experience of making it downstate last year made me realize just what needs to be done in order to compete at a higher level,” Jasinski said. “So after a real solid offseason, I feel like it’s a reasonable expectation to get myself on the podium.”

Jasinski went 4-2 at Fargo over the summer.

Jasinski, who went 33-15 last season at 113, pinned his way to his title in Palatine. He nearly did the same one week earlier at Glenbrook South’s Rus Erb with a trio of pins to advance into his final with 2A star Adrian Cohen, whom he beat by technical fall.

Jacobs’ Ben Arbotante won by tech fall for third place against Bremen’s Malachi Turner, and Lake Park’s Luca Rutilli placed fifth via major decision against Lake Zurich’s Kellen Oxborrow.

132- Shawn Kogan, Stevenson

Stevenson’s No. 5 Shawn Kogan came back in sensational fashion following his third-place finish at the high-profile 58th Rex Whitlatch Invite at Hinsdale Central one week prior.

The Stevenson junior finished third in Hinsdale behind No. 6 Griff Powell (Lyons) and No. 7 Ulises Rosas (Glenbard West) in a deep 132-pound division.

“I’m not looking back to that sudden-victory loss (4-1) to Rosas because I’ve shown that I’m right there with the rest of the guys in our weight class,” said Kogan, now 22-1 following his tech fall victory over Sergio Hernandez from Lake Park.

“I have a win over Powell (15-14) in the final at Barrington, and two wins over No. 8 Madden Parker (Sandburg), so it’s ‘so far so good’ for me.

“I feel like I am more aggressive this year, my pace is so much better, and I am a much bigger 32-pounder compared to last year. Our room at Stevenson, plus the time I spend at Relentless with (Ryan) Prater and (Jordan) Blanton have been invaluable. So I feel really good about getting onto the podium in Champaign next month.

Kogan was a state qualifier last season with a 24-10 record.

Grant’s Ben Ramos placed third via 17-5 major decision over Lake Zurich’s Evan Honegger, and Hinsdale South’s Jason Jude won by fall for fifth place against Rolling Meadows’ Damien Ortega.

138- Erik Rodriguez, Grant

Grant junior Erik Rodriguez went out to a 4-0 advantage after four minutes in his final with Stevenson sophomore Mikey Polyakov (17-8) and would only concede an escape on his way to a 7-1 decision.

Rodriguez makes for the perfect partner in the Grant room with teammate Vince Jasinski — the other half of the Bulldogs’ lethal duo. Both are on course to make their marks in their respective weight divisions in the month of February.

“(Jasinski) and I compliment each other in the room,” Rodriguez said. “We challenge and push the other every day. We want to be the best we can. Plus, he’s a great guy and teammate.”

Rodriguez is hungry to get back to Champaign, after going 36-15 last season.

“I went 2-2 last year at state, and I wasn’t happy with that. But it gave me the edge needed to work even harder so I don’t have that feeling again this year,” Rodriguez said.

Lake Park’s Nick Merola won by 16-7 decision for third place against Oswego East’s Braeden Grisham, and South Elgin’s Aamir Nieves Allen won 11-5 against Zion-Benton’s Dylan Solesky for fifth place.

144 – Emmett Nelson, Richmond-Burton

Emmett Nelson was cruising along with a perfect record and in the stratosphere when the Richmond-Burton star slipped on the proverbial banana peel with a defeat in his Glenbrook South Rus Erb final against Antioch’s Chase Nobiling.

“Sometimes I just go at one speed, but I learned a lot with that loss, it was a real eye opener, and it definitely was a good loss as it helped get me back on track and motivated for the second half of the season,” Nelson said.

The No. 2 man at 144 in Class 1A behind Unity’s Kaden Inman and a three-time state medal winner and 1A finalist in 2022 and 2023, Nelson (17-1) used the Rus Erb experience as an inspiration, as witnessed by his thrashing of the competition at the Berman.

Two first-period falls sent the Rockets senior into his final with Buffalo Grove’s Bohdan Malaksianov (15-6) where he unleashed an array of weapons on his way to a 19-3 victory by technical fall in 2:00.

“Every weekend we’re in a tournament that is loaded with 2A and 3A teams and quality opponents, and all of us will be better prepared for the postseason because of it,” Nelson said.

Stevenson’s Devitt Narens won by medical forfeit over Mundelein’s Gael Diaz for third and Lake Zurich’s Blake Henning took fifth with a 12-10 decision over Hinsdale South’s Al Amir Almannai.

150 – Kiaven Sullivan, Hillcrest

Hillcrest senior Kiaven Sullivan continues to impress his rivals at 150 as well as head coach Keith Franklin as his season moves along in fine fashion.

Sullivan (15-2), a 2024 state qualifier who went 25-6 last season, collected his second major trophy of the season after cruising into his final with Stevenson junior Val Vihrov (14-6), who was forced out of action after suffering an unfortunate injury at 3:58. Sullivan recorded the most team points on the day with 29.5.

“(You) always want to finish matches outright, but we’re in late December, and nobody wants to unnecessarily aggravate injuries at this point in the season, so I understood completely the decision by the Stevenson bench to call the match,” Franklin said. 

“(Vihrov) was very good on his feet, and KJ (Kiaven) knew he needed to stay away from his headlocks before the match, however I believe he thought he could body lock the kid, but he found out quickly that would not be the case.

“KJ can get away with that stuff against lesser competition, but that’s why we make long drives to tournaments like this to get a good look at great opponents to help him learn to make adjustments on the fly. He found out when you try a blast double with bad technique the good guys will not allow you to finish a move like that.”

Grant’s Nate Flores won 10-4 over Grayslake North’s Owen Anderson for third and Richmond-Burton’s Dalton Youngs took fifth place with a major decision over Palatine’s Donovan Acosta.

157- Kevin Hernandez, Mundelein

Kevin Hernandez had the look of a champion from his very first match inside the Palatine gym.

The Mundelein senior, who is 20-2, came out of the blocks with a pin in 89 seconds, then followed up with impressive wins by technical fall in his next two contests, including a 19-2 final at 5:20 over Grayslake North senior Jacob Ronsman (17-3), who’s ranked tenth at 157 in 2A.

“I thought today went really well for me, I was able to push the pace in a way that I wanted to, plus I felt strong on top which is an important part of my game,” said Hernandez, who was a sectional qualifier a year ago with 35 wins.

“My focus, and attention to details last year was not where it needed to be, but this year is different. (Things) are different this year. I’ve been scoring early, and looking to continue to add points as often as I can, and my confidence is so much better than a year ago.”

Hernandez looks to continue to wrestle in college where he will plan on a degree in criminology and psychology with the hope of a career in law enforcement.

Grant’s Grayson Lennon won by technical fall over Palatine’s Alan Allende for third place and Jacobs’ Connor Zacarias captured a major decision over Zion-Benton’s Demar Dixon for fifth.

165 – Josh Rappa, Rolling Meadows

The Rappa wrestling family of Rolling Meadows doubled its pleasure when the fraternal twins of Josh and Jack each lifted a championship trophy for the first time this season.

“It feels good to win a tournament championship after having such a slow start to the season due to an injury,” Josh Rappa said.

“I lost two-plus weeks to a concussion, it really set me back in my training, the room and even my fitness, but you really have to be careful coming back from being concussed, especially since it is the second concussion I’ve suffered.

“Last year didn’t end very well for me at regionals (blood-round loss), so I wanted to make sure that wouldn’t happen again this year, so I’ve been putting in the extra work.”

Rappa (15-5), a junior, built a 5-0 advantage midway through the third period against Grayslake North junior Kacper Nalezny, then rode him hard while protecting an 8-3 lead en route to an 8-4 decision.

The Rappa brothers are that rare breed of three-sport stars (also football and baseball) that continues to impress Mustangs head coach Gary Parciak.

“I am convinced the dedication and discipline needed to be in three sports has led to both of these guys being such terrific young men,” Parciak said.

Hinsdale South’s Darrion Glover won by fall over Lake Zurich’s Kade Abrantes for third place while Richmond-Burton’s Dylan Falasca won 10-7 over Palatine’s Mejed Jabri to finish fifth.

175 – Blake Livdahl, Richmond-Burton

Another super soph came through for the tourney champions when Blake Livdahl dashed the hopes of a second-straight Berman title for hometown hero Trey Widlowski.

Trailing 3-2 after the first period, Palatine senior Widlowski (18-5) was unable to get the turn he wanted while riding Livdahl (20-2), who with under 30 seconds remaining in the second period increased his advantage with an escape.

It would soon be Livdahl’s match to lose when he put Widlowski to his back with a swift move to make it 9-2 in what was eventually became a 9-5 victory. Livdahl collected a tourney-high 36 match points for his club on the day.

“Like a lot of our younger guys, Blake has really adapted well to competing at the varsity level and at a tough weight as well,” Rockets head coach Tony Nelson said.

Livdahl’s lone defeats of the season have come at the hands of the Nos. 5 and 6 men in 2A: Antioch’s Ben Vazquez and Mahomet-Seymour’s Marco Casillas, with the loss to Vazquez coming in the final of the Rus Erb last weekend. The Berman crown gives Livdahl a second major trophy for the season, with the other coming at Rockford East. 

190- John (Jack) Rappa, Rolling Meadows

John Rappa, or as he prefers, Jack, could not be happier for his brother Josh than he was for his first championship bracket of the season.

“Josh has had to overcome time away with an injury, so it was great to see the hard work he’s put in to get back with us pay off, and for me, it feels great to finally win a tournament after losing to the same twice in my tournament finals,” Jack Rappa said.

The Mustangs junior won the 190 championship with an 8-1 decision over Grant junior Casey Gipson. He dropped finals matches in other tournaments to Richards’ Mike Taheny, a two-time state qualifier who is third-ranked at 190 in Class 2A.

Rappa says of his No. 8 spot in the state 3A rankings that it is nothing more than just a number, and only something that really matters in the postseason.

“To be honest, I really do not pay much attention to the polls because my focus is only my next opponent that I’ll face in order to get downstate where I’ll do whatever I need to do to get on the podium.”

Rappa was a sectional qualifier a year ago with a 25-13 record. He was an inside linebacker and is a catcher for the Mustangs varsity squads.

“Jack is an important and key figure on our football team and a great leader just as he is in our room,” Rolling Meadows coach Gary Parciak said.

For third place, Richmond-Burton’s Breckin Campbell won by medical forfeit over South Elgin’s Karl Pretzer. And in the fifth-place match, Zion-Benton’s Tyson Poyer captured a major decision over Stevenson’s Everett Ciezak.

215- Erick Worwa, Leyden

Erick Worwa got a taste of the postseason when he advanced into the Conant Sectional in 2024. This season, the bar is set higher for the Leyden senior, according to coach John Kading.

Worwa (17-2), who went 22-9 last season, has won two big trophies, one at Conant’s Hruska,

and now, the Berman, after getting three-straight pins to set up his final with Richmond-Burton’s Shane Falasca (20-6) that he led from start to finish en route to a hard-fought 11-5 decision.

“It was a good learning experience for Erick to qualify for sectionals, I really feel it was there that he found out what it takes to compete at a higher level in order to go further,” Kading said.

“He has made the commitment needed to get downstate, his work ethic and work rate is so much better than last season, and the extra effort he is putting in this year has turned into some very good results thus far.”

Oswego East’s Josh Edwards took third with a fall over Grayslake North;s David Williams. And Jacobs’ Lucas Retzler recorded a fall over Grant’s Matthew Longabaugh to claim fifth place.

285- Abisai Hernandez, Mundelein

Abisai Hernandez has come a long way since his sophomore season when made a brief appearance in Champaign to end his year with a very respectable 35-16 record.

The Mundelein big man came back with the wind in his sails last season with a dazzling 40-10 record and sixth place finish in 3A in an all-world heavyweight division to give the Mustangs program its first-ever state heavyweight medal and 21st overall medal in its history.

In the 285 championship match against Richmond-Burton senior Colin Kraus (14-6), an escape to start the second period broke a scoreless opening period, before a nifty takedown at the edge late in the period sent senior Hernandez (16-2) on his way to a 4-0 victory.

“You have to remember in a weight class that is typically filled with big, giant wrestlers, Abisai was always among the lightest, if not the lightest last year with him usually weighing in at 230,” Mustangs head coach Craig Stocker said.

“(That) would show just how much his speed and quickness helped him survive against those giants, but this year he’s coming in around 255-260, and he hasn’t lost anything at that weight.

The extra work he’s been putting in tells me he’s ready to make a serious run in the postseason.”

Stevenson’s Andrew Timmons pinned Zion-Benton’s Isaiah Tellado to take third place. And Jacobs’ Max Garcia won by fall over Palatine’s Jaylen Maiden in the fifth-place match.

Berman Holiday Classic results:

106

1st: Lelan Nelson (Richmond-Burton) 19-1, d. Daniel Berdich (Stevenson) 19-7,  (MD 16-8)

3rd: Liam Lovelace (Lake Park) 15-5, d. Christian Saucedo (Mundelein) 15-9,  (MD 13-5)

5th: Brayden Sroka (Zion-Benton) 12-5, d. Brady Myatt (Grant) 4-6,  (MD 18-7)

113

1st: Oleksandr Havrylkiv (Buffalo Grove) 14-1, d. Evan Mishels (Stevenson) 11-4,  (TF-1.5 4:00 (17-2)

3rd: Larry Quirk (Grant) 5-7, d. Kristian Gersch (Richmond-Burton) 11-8,  (TF-1.5 4:40 (20-2)

5th: Anthony Martinez (Jacobs) 6-11, d. Collin Miltz (Lake Zurich) 10-9,  (SV-1 14-11)

120

1st: Mykola Shamray (Buffalo Grove) 18-4, d. Ayush Bajaj (Stevenson) 16-11,  (D 6-0)

3rd: Adam Glauser (Richmond-Burton) 19-4, d. Neftali Cernas (Mundelein) 16-6,  (TF-1.5 2:28 (17-1)

5th: Alex Schuetz (Hinsdale South) 15-6, d. Breidyn Hoffman (Grant) 2-2,  (MD 10-2)

126

1st: Vince Jasinski (Grant) 22-2, d. Clayton Madula (Richmond-Burton) 20-5,  (F 5:09)

3rd: Ben Arbotante (Jacobs) 14-6, d. Malachi Turner (Bremen) 11-5,  (TF-1.5 2:00 (15-0)

5th: Luca Rutili (Lake Park) 15-9, d. Kellen Oxborrow (Lake Zurich) 9-7,  (MD 15-2)

132

1st: Shawn Kogan (Stevenson) 22-1, d. Sergio Hernandez (Lake Park) 17-4,  (TF-1.5 3:23 (19-4)

3rd: Ben Ramos (Grant) 11-7, d. Evan Honegger (Lake Zurich) 9-8,  (MD 17-5)

5th: Jason Jude (Hinsdale South) 9-5, d. Damien Ortega (Rolling Meadows) 5-11,  (F 5:45)

138

1st: Erik Rodriguez (Grant) 23-2, d. Mikey Polyakov (Stevenson) 17-8,  (D 7-1)

3rd: Nick Merola (Lake Park) 14-6, d. BRAEDEN GRISHAM (Oswego East) 15-7,  (MD 16-7)

5th: Aamir Nieves Allen (South Elgin) 4-1, d. Dylan Solesky (Zion-Benton) 22-9,  (D 11-5)

144

1st: Emmett Nelson (Richmond-Burton) 17-1, d. Bohdan Malaksianov (Buffalo Grove) 15-6,  (TF-1.5 2:00 (19-3)

3rd: Devitt Narens (Stevenson) 16-9, d. Gael Diaz (Mundelein) 11-7,  (Inj. 0:00)

5th: Blaze Henning (Lake Zurich) 12-9, d. Al Amir Almannai (Hinsdale South) 14-8,  (D 12-10)

150

1st: Kiaven Sullivan (Hillcrest) 15-2, d. Val Vihrov (Stevenson) 14-6,  (Inj. 3:58)

3rd: Nate Flores (Grant) 13-9, d. Owen Anderson (Grayslake North) 19-2,  (D 10-4)

5th: Dalton Youngs (Richmond-Burton) 12-10, d. Donovan Acosta (Palatine) 8-6,  (MD 10-0)

157

1st: Kevin Hernandez (Mundelein) 20-2, d. Jacob Ronsman (Grayslake North) 17-3,  (TF-1.5 5:20 (19-2)

3rd: Grayson Lennon (Grant) 15-12, d. Alan Allende (Palatine) 14-8,  (TF-1.5 4:36 (16-0)

5th: Connor Zacarias (Jacobs) 14-7, d. Demar Dixon (Zion-Benton) 10-10,  (MD 12-3)

165

1st: Josh Rappa (Rolling Meadows) 15-5, d. Kacper Nalezny (Grayslake North) 10-4,  (D 8-1)

3rd: Darrion Glover (Hinsdale South) 13-8, d. Kade Abrantes (Lake Zurich) 7-6,  (F 3:59)

5th: Dylan Falasca (Richmond-Burton) 15-10, d. Mejed Jabri (Palatine) 7-13,  (D 10-7)

175

1st: Blake Livdahl (Richmond-Burton) 20-2, d. Trey Widlowski (Palatine) 18-5,  (D 9-5)

3rd: Xavier Arroyo (Grant) 4-3, d. Sonny Tugs (Buffalo Grove) 9-10,  (D 9-7)

5th: Ben Miller (Hinsdale South) 14-7, d. Danny Hernandez (Mundelein) 16-9,  (MD 15-1)

190

1st: John Rappa (Rolling Meadows) 19-2, d. Casey Gipson (Grant) 22-6,  (D 8-1)

3rd: Breckin Campbell (Richmond-Burton) 18-7, d. Karl Pretzer (South Elgin) 2-2,  (Inj. 0:00)

5th: Tyson Poyer (Zion-Benton) 22-6, d. Everett Ciezak (Stevenson) 17-8,  (MD 11-0)

215

1st: Erick Worwa (Leyden) 17-2 d. Shane Falasca (Richmond B) 20-6  (D 11-5)

3rd: Josh Edwards (Oswego E) 14-9 d. David Williams (Grayslake N) 10-8(F 0:24)

5th: Lucas Retzler (Jacobs) 14-7 d. Matthew Longabaugh (Grant) 9-7 (F 1:23)

285

1st: Abisai Hernandez (Mundelein) 16-2 d. Colin Kraus (Richmond B) 14-6(Dec 4-0)

3rd: Andrew Timmons (Stevenson) 6-3 d. Isaiah Tellado (Z-Benton) 18-7 (F 0:52)

5th:Max Garcia (Jacobs) 13-7 d.Jaylen Maiden (Palatine) 11-8 (F 4:23)

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

PALATINE’S 4TH ANNUAL SALLY BERMAN GIRLS HOLIDAY CLASSIC

One day after Palatine hosted the second longest-running tournament in the state of Illinois, the 69th Al Berman Boys Holiday Classic, tournament officials turned around to run the 4th Sally Berman Girls Holiday Classic.

Al and Sally Berman were both inducted into the Palatine Hall of Fame 

in 2003 for their long-time contributions to the sport, two years after Mr. Berman was honored with his induction into the IWCOA Hall of Fame.

In 1993, the Palatine Holiday Wrestling Classic was officially re-named the Berman Holiday Classic, and with the introduction of girls into the sport, it seemed only natural to make the Sally Berman the permanent name for the girls tournament.

Al and Sally Berman met at Palatine high school and were married for 39 years until the passing of Al Berman in 2010 at the age of 70.

At last year’s Sally Berman, Oak Forest overwhelmed the field with 211.0 points, with Andrew next at 176.0 and Dundee-Crown with 102.0 points.

This year points were scattered evenly among the 24 clubs here to compete, and especially among the first eight behind tourney champion Grant.

Nine points would separate second through eighth place, with Palatine and West Chicago sharing second place with 110.0 points, and Dundee-Crown and Round Lake sharing fourth place with 108.0 total points.

Defending champion Oak Forest would sneak into fifth place at 109.0 points, and Bartlett would edge Burlington Central by one-half point (101.5-100.0) for seventh place honors.

There was an all-star cast on hand with nine returning state qualifiers, four of whom would earn a spot on the podium.

With this dazzling array of talent, with a combined overall record of 322-69, it’s no wonder there were just a few new champions at day’s end.

1st place: Grant (125.0 points)

The Lady Bulldogs collected 22 tech-falls and falls, and (160) match points, both tournament highs.

America Camacho was second at 120, with Myla Reyes (125) and Amaryllis Ramos (155) both took home third place medals.

2nd Place: Palatine (110.0 points)

The host Pirates garnered one half dozen top four medals, led by a second place finish by Sabrina Cargill (170), in addition Kevelyn Price (100) and Aiva Wikar (190) who each were third overall. 

Karimet Lawal (145), Brisa Perez (155) and Irma Villa Colunga (190) would all earn fourth place honors.

2nd Place: West Chicago (110.0 points)

West Chicago drew level with Palatine thanks in part to a second place finish from Brissia Bucio (105) and a quartet of fourth place medals by: Monica Sanchez (115), Roxanna Santiago (125), Batula Nasib (140) and Ariana Bonilla at 235.

4th place: Oak Forest (109.0 points)

2024 state qualifier Isabel Peralta pinned her way into the 190-pound where he registered a 15-5 major decision victory to push her record to 24-3. The senior was

39-6 last season, and recently won at the Larkin Girls Royal Rumble.

Brooklyn Strelow was second at 125, Marjorie Sanchez third at 115, and Adr Bille fourth overall at 170 pounds.

Other Sally Berman champions:
Riley Kongkaeow (Round Lake, 100, 22-1), Diamond Rodriguez (Dundee-Crown, 105, 19-0), Norah Cwik (Bartlett, 110, 4-0), Ireland McCain (Round Lake, 115, 20-4), Emma Engels (Bartlett, 120, 18-0), Lilly White (Bartlett, 125, 17-1), Emily Ortiz (Zion-Benton, 125, 21-4), Eva Krupa 

(Conant, 135, 22-2), Jillian Giller (New Trier, 140, 22-1), Naomi Foote (Zion-Benton, 145, 23-0), Callie Carr (Hinsdale South, 155, 20-0), Ryann Miller (Burlington Central, 170, 16-0), Jasmin Ocampo (Fremd, 235, 11-1).

Engels, White, Foote, Carr and Miller are now two-time Sally Berman champions.

For the second consecutive year, New Trier senior Jillian Giller was involved in the most exciting final of all. Giller, who will wrestle in the fall at Illinois Wesleyan, dropped a heart-breaking 9-8 decision in the closing moments to two-time state qualifier Alyssa Keane last season in a 140-pound final.

In her final with Quinn Janssens (24-2) the Oswego East sophomore had the better of it after taking a 7-0 advantage in the first period, and 9-4 lead after two.

“I was in a bit of trouble,” admitted Giller. “Before the third period coach (Andrew) Ortman told me to just go for it, and not to leave any points out there.”

With Janssens holding a 11-10 advantage with 30 seconds from time, Giller turned her opponent before putting the finishing touches on a pin at 5:16, much to the delight of the Trevians faithful.

Individual leaders:
Hinsdale South’s Zoey Allen’s 4 pins in 4:51 were the most pins in the least time in the tournament, while Bartlett’s Emma Engels had the most tech falls (2) in the least time (6:04). Conant’s Jasmine Zavaleta had the fastest fall in eight seconds, and Engels had the fastest tech fall in 1:56.

Bartlett’s Lilly White and Central’s Ryann Miller scored the most team points with 30 apiece, Rockford Jefferson’s Kylie Eiken scored the most single match points with 23, Engel’s scored the most total match points with 58, and the largest seed-place difference went to Grant’s Amaryllis. Ramos, as the 14th seed took third place at 155 pounds.

Team scores:
Grant 125.0, Palatine/West Chicago 110.0 each, Oak Forest 

109.0, Dundee-Crown/Round Lake 108.0 each, Bartlett 101.5, Burlington Central

101.0, Oswego East 98.5, Evanston 78.0, Conant 76.0, Lakes Community 69.0, 

New Trier 68.0, Zion-Benton 65.5, Bolingbrook /Downers Grove South 58.0 each,

Grayslake North/Hinsdale South 54.0 each, Fremd 45.0, Rockford Jefferson 28.5,

St. Viator 27.5, Andrew 20.5, Homewood-Flossmoor 11.0, Waukegan 0.

Sally Berman tournament results:

100

1st: Riley Kongkaeow (Round Lake) 22-1, d. Sunny Aitzemkour (New Trier) 11-6,  (F 2:20)

3rd: Kevelyn Price (Palatine) 12-7, d. Allison Leffew (Central) 6-4,  (F 0:46)

5th: Ester Migues-Gaytan (Grayslake N) 14-9, d. Brooklynn Eggins-Smith (Grant) 2-2,  (F 1:52)

105

1st: Diamond Rodriguez (D-Crown) 19-0, d. Brissia Bucio (W Chicago) 18-1,  (F 1:49)

3rd: Evalyn Idzik (St. Viator) 17-6, d. Valeria Gonzalez (Round Lake) 9-4,  (D 2-0)

5th: Melanie Granda (Central) 3-1, d. Ivette Quintana (Bollingbrook) 2-2, . (F 3:43)

110

1st: Norah Cwik (Bartlett) 4-0, d. Ruby Vences (Central) 17-6,  (F 2:55)

3rd: Iris Torres (D-Crown) 14-7, d. Tori Ooms (DG South) 7-4,  (F 1:26)

5th: Sophia Orcasitas (Oak Forest) 3-1, d. Jordan Rodriguez (Bollingbrook) 11-9,  (F 5:28)

115

1st: Ireland McCain (Round Lake) 20-4, d. Alejandra Flores (Bollingbrook) 12-3,  (F 3:47)

3rd: Marjorie Rodriguez (Oak Forest) 3-1, d. Monica Sanchez (W Chicago) 17-7,  (F 1:02)

5th: Jaiydyn Hoffman (Grant) 19-6, d. Ari Shala (DG South) 11-6,  (MD 19-8)

120

1st: Emma Engels (Bartlett) 18-0, d. America Camacho (Grant) 22-6,  (F 3:34)

3rd: Mia Nevarez (Oswego E) 16-8, d. Lilyann Blasius (Lakes) 17-12, . (F 0:57)

5th: Samantha Gipson (Evanston) 15-7, d. Mackensie Szajda (W Chicago) 14-5,  (D 12-10)

125

1st: Lilly White (Bartlett) 17-1, d. Brooklyn Strelow (Oak Forest) 3-1,  (F 4:17)

3rd: Myla Reyes (Grant) 19-7, d. Roxanna Santiago (W Chicago) 11-9,  (TF-1.5 5:08 (17-0)

5th:Jocelyn Cortes (Round Lake) 13-11, d. Coco Herro (Evanston) 3-5,  (D 6-0)

130

1st: Emily Ortiz (Zion Benton) 21-4, d. Soraya Walikonis (Central) 16-7,  (MD 14-0)

3rd: Brianna Perez (Round Lake) 14-8, d. Lauren Jalowiecki (Central) 8-7,  (F 1:27)

5th: Nayeli Arias (Palatine) 6-8, d. Michelle Galiegos (W Chicago) 3-2, . (D 11-5)

135

1st: Ewa Krupa (Conant) 22-2, d. Jasmine Zavaleta (Conant) 19-5,  (MD 17-3)

3rd: Ruby Gavina (D-Crown) 9-2, d. Eman Fakah (DG South) 5-4,  (F 1:14)

5th: Veronica Vera (Grant) 13-5, d. Elise Kaylor (Lakes) 13-8, . (F 3:25)

140

1st: Jillian Giller (New Trier) 22-1, d. Quinn Janssens (Oswego E) 24-2,  (F 5:16)

3rd: Lloyd Kowalczyk (Fremd) 10-5, d. Batula Nasib (W Chicago) 12-6,  (F 3:19)

5th: Grace Johnson (Zion Benton) 24-4, d. Annabelle Melton (Grant) 16-8,  (F 3:01)

145
1st: Naomi Foote (Zion Benton) 23-0, d. Kennedy Murray (Evanston) 14-3,  (D 4-0)

3rd: Tina Hasner (Lakes) 20-6, .d. Karimot Lawal (Palatine) 12-7,  (D 5-2)

5th: Ella Cooper (Oswego E) 14-7, d. Cassidy Graham (Grant) 17-8,  (F 2:35)

155

1st: Callie Carr (Hinsdale S) 20-0, d. Mackenzie Lessner (D-Crown) 11-3,  (TF-1.5 2:55 (18-0)

3rd: Amaryllis Ramos (Grant) 3-1, d. Brisa Perez (Palatine) 9-13,  (F 1:03)

5th: Analiese Aberman (Conant) 16-8, d. Neve Stateler (Grayslake N) 8-13,  (F 3:06)

170

1st: Ryann Miller (Central) 16-0, d. Sabrina Cargill (Palatine) 17-2,  (F 2:52)

3rd: Jessica Stover (Oswego E) 21-3, d. Adr Bille (Oak Forest) 2-2,  (F 1:02)

5th: Zoey Allen (Hinsdale S) 9-12, d. Jessica Vega (Andrew) 3-2, . (F 2:34)

190

1st: Isabel Peralta (Oak Forest) 24-3, d. Kylie Eilken (Rockford J) 9-4,  (MD 15-5)

3rd: Aiva Wikar (Palatine) 11-6, d. Irma Villa Colunga (Palatine) 12-4,  (F 3:02)

5th: Josyln Coon (Lakes) 3-1, .d. Fatima Gomez (Evanston) 11-7,  (F 0:47)

235

1st: Jasmin Ocampo (Fremd) 11-1, d. Allison Poole (Grayslake N) 18-5,  (F 1:14)

3rd: Gladys Reyes (D-Crown) 5-2, d. Ariana Bonilla (W Chicago) 12-8,  (F 0:30)

5th: Caroline Haiges (D-Crown) 11-5, d. Aniaah Garcia (Palatine) 6-8,  (F 0:18)

JACKSONVILLE’S CRIMSON LADIES HOLIDAY INVITE

Springfield’s co-op team snared the team title at Jacksonville’s 39-team Crimson Ladies Holiday Invite, with eight wrestlers placing in the top eight of their weight classes.

The Senators won 127-114.5 over second-place Collinsville, followed by Glenwood (98), Macomb (95) and Civic Memorial (93) to round out the top five team finishes.

1st place: Springfield Co-op (127 points)
Coach Cody Watts’ team got second-place finish from Phoenix Criss (105), thirds from Reaghan Madura (110), Meredith Gumz (115), and Ariella Miloncus (130), a fifth from Madison Bradley (120), and a sixth from Maya Bennett (155).

2nd place: Collinsville (114.5)
Collinsville got an individual title from Taylor Dawson (140), a second from Londyn Long (125), a third from Tashieya Taylor (155), a fourth from Addyson Bailey (135), and fifths from Claire Dudley (105) and Emma Ford (110).

3rd place: Glenwood (98)

Kadi Wilbern (105) and Jenna Tuxhorn (145) won titles for Glenwood, which also got a pair of fifth-place finishes from Kenzi Milestone (130) and Isabella Resendez (135).

Other Crimson Ladies Holiday Invite champions:
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley’s Justice Milligan (100), Glenwood’s Kadi Wilbern (105), Belleville West’s Jala Singleton (110), Civic Memorial’s Kendall Moss-Smith (115), Beardstown’s Daisy Gil (120), Vandalia’s Sophie Bowers (125), Jacksonville’s Alexis Seymour (130), O’Fallon’s Scarlett Gentile (135), O’Fallon’s Kira Thompson (155), Highland’s August Rottmann (170), Goreville’s Krista McBride (190), and Unity’s
Phoenix Molina (285).

Twelve title matches were decided by fall and one by major decision, so the title match of the day came at 130, where Jacksonville’s Alexis Seymour won a 5-4 decision over Morton’s Karen Canchola.

Team scores:
Springfield Co-op 127, Collinsville 114.5, Glenwood 98, Macomb 95, Civic Memorial 93, Triad 91, Belleville West 89, Vandalia 65.5, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 59, O’Fallon 58, Urbana 58, ROWVA 56, East Peoria 55, Westville 54, Unity 51, Highland 41, Normal West 41, Clinton 40, Mascoutah 39.5, Mahomet-Seymour 39, Jacksonville 38, Robinson 37.5, North Mac 31.5, Rochester 31, Morton 30, Goreville 29.5, Beardstown 28, Mt. Vernon 25.5, Notre Dame 25.5, Carlinville 23, Charleston 21.5, Rantoul 19.5, Canton 19, Jersey 19, Centennial 16, Hillsboro 11, Alton 9, Eisenhower 8, Unity Christian 0

Individual leaders:
Robinson’s Macee Hammond posted the most pins (5) in the least time (10:50) of any wrestler in the tournament, Mt. Vernon’s Daniya Musgrave had the most tech falls (2) in the least time (7:27), Triad’s Claire Crouch had the fastest fall in nine seconds, and Vandalia’s Sophie Bowers’ tech fall in 1:29 was the fastest in the field.
O’Fallon’s Kira Thompson scored the most team points with 30, while Collinsville’s Taylor Dawson and Springfield’s Maya Bennett tied for the most single match points with 22.  Rantoul’s Jasmine Johnson scored the most total match points with 57, and Alton’s Lola Sumpter provided the largest seed-place difference of the tournament, as the No. 21 seed at 155 placed eighth.

Crimson Ladies Holiday Invite results:

100
1st: Justice Milligan (GCMS) 11-0, d. Claire Crouch (Triad) 3-1,  (F 3:44)

3rd: LT Diephuis (Canton) 19-2, d. Abella Brown (Canton) 3-2,  (D 7-1)

5th: Sierra Tuttle (M-Seymour) 9-7, d. Lily Davis (Mt. Vernon ) 7-6,  (For.)
105

1st: Kadi Wilbern (Glenwood) 19-1, d. Phoenix Criss (Springfield) 8-3,  (F 3:07)

3rd: Jasmine Johnson (Rantoul) 5-4, d. Jhayla Lawson (Mascoutah) 4-3,  (TF-1.5 3:22 (19-3)

5th: Claire Dudley (Collinsville) 6-9, d. Josselyn Allen (Jersey) 4-6,  (F 1:17)

110

1st: Jala Singleton (Belleville W) 11-5, d. ariana humes (Clinton) 12-2,  (F 0:35)

3rd: Reaghan Madura (Springfield) 15-4, d. Carlly Ho (Rochester) 13-5,  (D 3-1)

5th: Emma Ford (Collinsville) 15-7, d. Cecelia Irwin (Springfield) 7-11,  (F 1:58)

115

1st: Kendall Moss-Smith (Civic Memorial) 16-3, d. Marissa Brown (ROWVA) 9-4,  (F 2:21)

3rd: Meredith Gumz (Springfield) 8-5, d. Alina Edwards (Springfield) 5-5,  (F 0:46)

5th: Lucie Eisenbarth (Rochester) 13-9, d. Ashley Ronan (North Mac) 3-3,  (F 4:25)

120

1st: Daisy Gil (Beardstown) 13-2, d. Morgan Krone-Smallhorn (Charleston) 5-3,  (F 0:54)

3rd: Zoey Nelson (Mascoutah) 10-3, d. Maria Hernandez (Macomb) 10-7,  (F 1:46)

5th: Madison Bradley (Springfield) 7-8, d. Laila Earney (Civic Memorial) 5-10,  (F 3:08)

125

1st: Sophie Bowers (Vandalia) 17-0, d. Londyn Long (Collinsville) 16-2,  (MD 9-0)

3rd: Daisy Smith (Triad) 4-1, d. Madison Peaslee (Westville) 5-4,  (F 0:33)

5th: Constance Brand (North Mac) 4-2, d. Izabella Paranto (East Peoria) 6-10,  (TF-1.5 4:34 (20-5)

130

1st: Alexis Seymour (Jacksonville ) 19-4, d. Karen Canchola (Morton) 14-2,  (D 5-4)

3rd: Ariella Miloncus (Springfield) 14-5, d. Ava Beldo (Champaign (Centennial) 13-4,  (F 4:52)

5th: Kenzi Milestone (Glenwood) 18-7, d. Alicia Dominguez (Civic Memorial) 7-8,  (F 4:09)

135

1st: Scarlett Gentille (O’Fon) 10-1, d. Samantha Scott (Carlinville) 6-1,  (F 1:54)

3rd: Taylor Sutton (East Peoria) 12-7, d. Addyson Bailey (Collinsville) 13-7,  (D 11-8)

5th: Isabella Resendez (Glenwood) 18-6, d. Imani Hawkins (Triad) 3-3,  (F 2:14)

140

1st: Taylor Dawson (Collinsville) 16-1, d. Kelly Ladd (Macomb) 18-2,  (F 4:26)

3rd: Rickasia Ivy (Urbana ) 16-4, d. Delaney Griffin (Civic Memorial) 9-3,  (F 5:27)

5th: Daniya Musgrave (Mt. Vernon ) 10-5, d. Amelia Watterson (Vandalia) 14-8,  (D 11-9)

145

1st: Jenna Tuxhorn (Glenwood) 19-1, d. Mikaela Mwangong (Macomb) 14-5,  (F 4:27)

3rd: Avery Schlickman (GCMS) 11-3, d. Audrey Whipple (Civic Memorial) 11-6,  (F 0:14)

5th: Vivian Guither (Normal W) 17-10, d. Zoe Dozier (Belleville W) 5-8,  (F 2:33)

155

1st: Kira Thompson (O’Fon) 11-1, d. Anna Vasey (Unity) 18-2,  (F 5:37)

3rd: Tashieya Taylor (Collinsville) 14-3, d. Dru Hyde (Macomb) 16-5,  (F 3:24)

5th: Macee Hammond (Robinson) 12-7, d. Maya Bennett (Springfield) 8-10,  (F 3:31)

Consolation 1st: Makenna Roedl (Westville) 2-1, .d. Kahlan Micheals (Mascoutah) 1-7,  (F 0:38)

Consolation 3rd: Micaela Gustafson (Belleville W) 1-4, d. Samariya Manuel (Eisenhower) 0-3,  (F 0:33)

170

1st: August Rottmann (Highland) 21-0, d. Autumne Williams (Notre Dame) 2-1,  (F 2:14)

3rd: Dezyrae Murray (East Peoria) 8-3, d. Ju`Bri Edwards (Belleville W) 9-3,  (F 2:31)

5th: Brynn Swyers (Vandalia) 14-5, d. DaLonna Buckley (ROWVA) 6-3,  (F 3:17)

Consolation 1st: Makenna Smith (Springfield) 4-9, d. Abygale Angelo (Jacksonville ) 2-9,  (F 2:58)

Consolation 3rd: Diana Naxi (Clinton) 3-6, d. Addi Wilson (Triad) 0-3,  (F 1:43)

190

1st: Krista McBride (Goreville) 4-0, d. Patience Riggs (ROWVA) 8-3,  (F 0:56)

3rd: Brooke Stelhorn (Belleville W) 10-3, d. Avery Lundgren (Macomb) 13-6,  (F 2:48)

5th: Sophia Elkins (Highland) 8-5, d. Nina Landmann (Highland) 4-4,  (F 5:46)

235

1st: Phoenix Molina (Unity) 16-3, d. Cadence Duvall (Normal W) 14-3,  (F 2:42)

3rd: Lillian Disanto (Urbana ) 22-6, d. Addison Briggs (Westville) 5-5,  (F 1:55)

5th: Jaycee Weitekamp (M-Seymour) 13-8, d. Gracey Simmons (Vandalia) 6-5,  (F 1:49)

OTTAWA’S HOLIDAY HOOTENANNY

This year’s Ottawa Holiday Hootenanny featured three levels of competition – Elite, Varsity, and JV — for each of the 30 teams present. 

The overall tournament champion was determined by combining the Elite and Varsity scores and when it was over, Geneseo stood atop the field.

Geneseo didn’t score the most points in either division but finished second to Morris in the Elite division and seventh in the Varsity division to Freeport to snare the combined team title.

Among 10 total wrestlers entered across both divisions, Geneseo coach Carley Rusk saw all 10 place in the top six of their weight classes, with two individual titles, two second-place finishes, one third, three fourths, and two fifths.

“We were very proud of the hard work and dedication that the girls showed at Ottawa,” Rusk said. “With only a one day break after wrestling 6 duals at the IWCOA dual state tournament, I was a little concerned with how we would perform at Ottawa. As usual, the girls took me by surprise and handled the situation very well.”

Two days after placing eighth in the IWCOA’s 16-team dual team invitational state tournament, the Maple Leafs showed their resilience in Ottawa.

“These girls are fighters,” Rusk said. “They know how to dig in and tough it out when things are hard. Their refusal to quit, even when things don’t seem to be going our way, is what has brought their success this year.”

1st place: Geneseo (171.5 points)

The Maple Leafs got an Elite division title from Lydia King (120) and a Varsity title from Molly Snyder to lead the way in Ottawa. Rusk also got seconds from Elite division second-place finishes from Mady Mooney (145) and Sophie Bellagamba (155), a third from Lauren Piquard (140) in the Elite division, Varsity fourths from Makayla Bros (110), Ayla Schultz (130) and Rachel Roodhouse (135), and Elite division fifths from Addison Hadsall (105) and Bella Curcuru (125).

“Lydia King and Molly Snyder had great tournament wins and did an amazing job working on the tweaks we had talked about at practice,” Rusk said. “I am very impressed with (Mady Mooney’s and Sophie Bellagamba’s) progress this year. They are practice partners and their dedication in the practice room is really showing through on the mat.

“I’m very excited to see where this year takes (Lauren Piquard)… I am also very excited to see where this year takes Ayla Schultz. She is a first year wrestler, just started in November, but her work ethic has already started to set her apart. She refuses to quit and her attention to detail in practice will continue to help her succeed. Rachael Roodhouse and Makayla Bros also brought home fourth-place medals for the team and it’s so great to see athletes step up when others are out due to injury. We are also so proud of our girls in the JV bracket that medaled, Lily Roodhouse (1st at 135) and Bella Kelley (4th at 145). They are doing the hard work to set us up for our future.”

2nd place: Morris (159)

All of Morrs’ medalists came in Elite division competition. Morris got titles from Maggie Gordon (110) and Morgan Congo (190), seconds from Makensi Martin (115) and Zara Lugo (125), thirds from Ellie Evans (105) and Tessa Neikirk (135), a fourth from Olyve Havens (140), a fifth from Danica Martin (120), and a sixth from Aubrie Porras (130).

3rd place: Plainfield South (135)
The Cougars medalists all came from Varsity division participation, led by individual champions Teagan Aurich (155) and Layla Spann (170). Plainfield South also got a second from Kayla Ochotorena (115), and thirds from Amie Fuentes (100), Alexia Kachiroubas (130), and Zola Burdette (140).

Individual champions in each division:
Elite
105: Montini’s Katelyn Bell; 110: Morris’ Maggie Gordon; 115: LaSalle-Peru’s Kiely Domyancich; 120: Geneseo’s Lydia King; 125: Richwoods’ Isabella Motteler; 130: Seneca’s Catalina Pacheco; 135: Seneca’s Sammie Greisen; 140: Ottawa’s Ava Weatherford; 145: Rochelle’s Dempsey Atkinson; 155: Plainfield South’s Teagan Aurich; 170: Oswego East’s Jessica Stover; 190: Morris’ Morgan Congo
Varsity
100: Geneseo’s Molly Snyder; 105: Lane Tech’s Sofia Guerrero; 110: Harvard’s Alexa Herrera; 115: Freeport’s Kaiya Galindo; 120: Rock Falls’ Ryleigh Eriks; 125: Bolingbrook’s Nayeli Nieto; 130: Sterling’s Skyann Munz; 135: Lane Tech’s Zabby Badru; 140: Sycamore’s Ema Durst; 145: Deer Creek-Mackinaw’s Holly Hixon; 155: Bloomington’s Alicia Swank; 170: Plainfield South’s Layla Spann; 190: Harvard’s Jarithsie Mercado; 235: Ottawa’s Juliana Thrush
JV
105: Naperville Central’s Bella Lopez; 110: Erie’s Nevada Wells; 115: Sterling’s Addison Robbins; 120: Seneca’s Lilly Rademacher; 125: Morris’ Kaliyah Schmaedeke; 130: Ottawa’s Jaiyden Provance; 135: Geneseo’s Lily Roodhouse; 145: Morrs’ Nicolette Boelman; 155: Ottawa’s Mary Rodriguez; 170: Pontiac’s Olivia Miller; 190: Plainfield South’s Sammie Ntone; 235: Richwoods’ Kya Norman

Ottawa Holiday Hootenanny team championship scores:
Geneseo 171.5, Morris 159, Plainfield South 135, Freeport 129, Seneca 111, Maine East 102.5, Eerie 98.5, Harvard 98.5, Ottawa 98, Lane Tech 96, Kankakee 90.5, Sterling 85, Oak Park and River Forest 84, Sandwich 82, Oswego East 78, Bolingbrook 74, Rock Falls 74, Richwoods 72, Naperville Central 70, Glenbard North 67, Streator 67, Larkin 56, Princeton 49, Rochelle 46, Newman Central Catholic 39, Sycamore 37.5, Deer Creek 36, Mendota 36, Lemont 35, Guilford 26, Bloomington 26

Varsity division top 10 team scores:
Morris 243.5, Ottawa 217.5, Plainfield South 216.5, Geneseo 215.5, Seneca 140.5, Sterling 134, Freeport 129, Naperville Central 123, Oak Park and River Forest 109, Richwoods 103
Elite division top 10 team scores:
Morris 153.5, Geneseo 95, Sandwich 82, Oswego East 78, Streator 56, Seneca 49.5, Larkin 48, Erie 43, OPRF 37.5, Naperville Central 37
JV division top 10 team scores:
Ottawa 119, Morris 84, Plainfield South 81.5, Maine East 77.5, Erie 55.5, Naperville Central 53, Pontiac 52, Sterling 49, Glenbard North 47, Geneseo 44

Individual leaders:
Most pins, least time: Newman’s Kaylee Benyo, 4 pins in 4:55
Most tech falls, least time, and fastest tech fall: Ottawa’s Isabel Gwaltney, 1 tech fall in 1:21
Fastest fall: Morris’ Ellie Evans, 3 seconds
Most team points: five wrestlers tied with 30; Ottawa’s Juliana Thrush, Lane Tech’s Zabby Badru, Sterling’s Skyann Munz, Geneseo’s Lydia King, and Rock Falls’ Ryleigh Eriks
Most single match points: Sycamore’s Ema Durst, 22
Most total match points: Freeport’s Marijose Avila, 56

By Mike Garofola for the IWCOA

GLENBARD SOUTH RAIDER INVITATIONAL

Host Glenbard South took the crown at this year’s Glenbard South Raider Varsity Invite 24, getting three individual titles among its 11 medalists for coach Kenny Paoli.

The Raiders won 193-134 over second-place Waukegan, followed by Goode STEM Academy (118.5), St. Francis (108.5) Northridge Prep (90.5) to round out the top five team finishes.

“I’m proud of our performance with almost every wrestler contributing points to the team win,” Paoli said. “Danny Langner, Logan Price, and Diego Myers are all seniors that lead the way to a team win, all going 3-0 on the day with 8 of the 9 combined wins by pin.”

1st place: Glenbard South (193 points)

The Raiders got individual titles from Diego Myers (138), Logan Price (165) and Danny Langner (215), all by pins in the finals. South also got a trio of second-place finishes from Jin Tai (150), Anthony Kinney (157), and Reid Sebahar (175), thirds from Logan Murphy (113), Jordan Quaid Bowman (126), and Kurt Lewandowski (132), fourths from Rocco Marcantonio (120) and Drew Ames (190), and a fifth from Jimmy Delgado (132).

2nd place: Waukegan (134)

Coach Andres Santana got individual titles from Ira Medina (106) and Andrew Chirinos (120), a second from Lamero Ceaser (190), thirds from David Brown (144), Antonio Rosas-Martin (165) and Ivan Martinez (285), fourths from Triumph Thurman (157) and Matthew Urdialis (215), and a sixth from Truth Thurman (150).

3rd: Sarah Goode STEM Academy (118.5)

Coach Jared Presley’s Knights had a pair of individual champions in KeAndre Beal (113) and Xavier Woods (150), and got seconds from Isaiah Diaz (138) and Jayden Veal (144), thirds from Dylan Wilborn (190) and Thomas Davis (215), a sixth from Alexis Zacarias (132), and Isaiah Poole also placed fourth at 132 as a non-scoring wrestler for the Knights.

Team scores: Glenbard South 193, Waukegan 134, Sarah Goode STEM Academy 118.5, St. Francis 108.5, Northridge Prep 90.5, Highland Park 80.5, Westmont 74, Elgin 59, Lindblom 54, Kelly 52, Horizon/Southwest Chicago 41.5, Leyden 39, Noble/ITW Speer 36.5, Harvest Christian 9.5

Glenbard South Raider Invitational 24 results

106

1st: Ira Medina (Waukegan) 2-0, d. Mason Ponce (Westmont) 11-5,  (Dec 13-6)

3rd: Jonathan Mendoza-Rodriguez (Lindblom)

113
1st: KeAndre Beal (Goode) 6-3, d. Adrian Ortiz (Speer) 9-7,  (F 3:02)

3rd: Logan Murphy (Glenbard S)

120

1st: Andrew Chirinos (Waukegan) 7-5, d. Jaiden Casillas (Highland Park) 5-10,  (F 2:26)

3rd: Ardan Baglaev (Westmont) 15-4, d. Rocco Marcantonio (Glenbard S) 2-3,  (F 3:16)

126

1st: Joe Kopecky (Northridge Prep) 9-4, d. Brian Martinez (Highland Park) 4-10,  (F 1:07)

3rd: Jordan Quaid Bowman (Glenbard S) 11-4, d. Alonte Lorek (Horizon/Southwest ) 2-2, . (F 5:01)

5th: Dajuan Reed (Speer) 8-6, d. Mark Andrzejewski (St. Francis) 1-3,  (F 2:33)

132
1st: Jayden Edgar Gray (Elgin) 5-3, .d. Lawrence Walker (Westmont) 10-6,  (MD 15-3)

3rd: Kurt Lewandowski (Glenbard S) 4-8, d. Isaiah Poole (Goode) 8-7,  (F 0:51)

5th: Jimmy Delgado (Glenbard S) 1-3, d. Alexis Zacarias (Goode) 7-6,  (Dec 12-9)
138

1st: Diego Myers (Glenbard S) 13-9, d. Isaiah Diaz (Goode) 9-6,  (MD 10-2)

3rd: Drew Schietenger (Highland Park) 3-12, d. Luis Cruz (Speer) 6-8,  (F 1:17)

144

1st: Awwal Ogunsolu (Kelly) 12-2, d. Jayden Veal (Goode) 10-2,  (MD 21-8)

3rd: David Brown (Waukegan) 7-4, d. Max Mulhearn (Elgin (Harvest Christian) 8-3,  (F 1:44)

150

1st: Xavier Woods (Goode) 14-0, d. Jin Tai (Glenbard S) 16-4,  (TF-1.5 5:56 (24-8)

3rd: Chase Siguenza (St. Francis) 4-1, d. Mission Hatchell (Westmont) 13-6,  (Dec 8-5)

5th: Leovardo Juarez (Kelly) 11-5, d. Truth Thurman (Waukegan) 6-6,  (Dec 9-3)

157

1st: Maddox Hale (St. Francis) 4-0, d. Anthony Kinney (Glenbard S) 8-9,  (TF-1.5 5:11 (21-5)

3rd: Emilio Guzman (Elgin) 7-4, d. Triumph Thurman (Waukegan) 9-6,  (Dec 19-16)

5th: Emiliano Ruiz (Kelly) 4-2, d. Sean Patterson (Westmont) 14-9,  (MD 10-2)

165

1st: Logan Price (Glenbard S) 15-4, d. Jason Castro (Leyden) 2-1,  (F 3:55)
3rd: Antonio Rosas-Martin (Waukegan) 2-3, d. Miguel Perez (Speer) 4-7,  (F 2:33)

175

1st: Adam Haddad (Northridge Prep) 4-0, d. Reid Sebahar (Glenbard S) 16-9,  (TF-1.5 4:27 (19-3)

3rd: Erick Arroyo (Lindblom) 8-5, d. Mason Wagner (Northridge Prep) 2-2,  (F 0:33)

5th: James Reitmann (St. Francis) 2-2, d. Javier Romo (Leyden) 1-3,  (F 0:33)

190

1st: Sami Marrero (Horizon/Southwest ) 4-0, .d. Lamero Ceaser (Waukegan) 8-4,  (Dec 6-1)
3rd: Dylan Wilborn (Goode) 8-6, d. Drew Ames (Glenbard S) 8-6,  (F 4:39)

5th: Bryan Martinez (St. Francis) 3-2, d. Nick Belcore (Northridge Prep) 1-3,  (F 1:35)

215

1st: Danny Langner (Glenbard S) 19-4, d. Daniel Derbedyenyev (Highland Park) 7-9,  (F 2:34)

3rd: Thomas Davis (Goode) 11-6, d. Matthew Urdialis (Waukegan) 5-8,  (MD 14-3)

5th: Emmanuel De La Torre (Elgin) 3-2, .d. Yovany Amaya (Speer) 3-7,  (F 4:51)

285

1st: Jaylen Torres (St. Francis) 3-0, d. Josue Olivo (Lindblom) 8-3,  (F 3:04)

3rd: Ivan Martinez (Waukegan) 8-1, d. Rafael Castrejon-Tello (Westmont) 12-5,  (SV-1 10-7)

5th:Victor Juarez (Elgin) 9-8, d. Alex Aguinaga (Leyden) 3-3,  (F 5:03)

WHEATON WARRENVILLE SOUTH ED EWOLDT TOURNAMENT

Ed Ewoldt was a 1975 IWCOA Hall-of-Fame inductee who coached at the former Wheaton Central for 15 years, whose list of accomplishments is a mile long. Well before he retired from teaching in 1988, Ewoldt became known as Illinois’ wrestling historian and contributed 60-plus years of unselfish work in the sport.
At Wheaton Warrenville South’s Ed Ewoldt Tournament this year, Lyons Township posted a 258-200.5 win over second-place Dixon, followed by Wheeling (190), host WW South (163) and West Chicago to round out the top five team finishes.

The top three teams on the leader-board would dominate the proceedings all day long as they claimed 10 of the 14 individual titles in this field of 13 teams.

1st Place: Lyons Township (258.0 points)

One week after lifting the big trophy at the prestigious Rex Whitlatch at 132 pounds, Lyons Township junior Griff Powell (20-1) would lead the parade of six from LT to the top of the podium, to help his club run away from second place Dixon.

Roger Martinez would start LT on its way at 126, followed by Powell, Claudio Rodriguez (138), Cornell Fennessee (165), Everett Kittridge (175) and Nicky Arquilla (215) as Ewoldt champions.

Micky Ahrens (157) and Will Pleviak (190) were second, Ignacio Rodriguez (106), Luca Ligammari (113) and Jesse Nunez (144) were fourth.

Pleviak registered the quickest pin (9 seconds) of the tournament in his second round contest. The tournament champions collected the most top four medals of all with eleven.

2nd Place: Dixon (200.5)

Sophomore Jack Ragan (113, 20-0) continues to be the best man on the Dixon club following his impressive performance to validate his No. 5 spot in the state rankings after claiming his third major title of the season

The 2024 state qualifier would be joined by the freshmen duo of: Doolan Long (120, 17-4) and Preston Richards (144, 16-5) atop the podium.

Richards would earn a tourney high (28) points for his team, tying Mason Monce of Wheaton-Warrenville for that honor.

Charlie Connors (138) and Jayden Weidman (150) were each second, while Daniel Fordham (175) and Will Howell (215) earned third place medals. Spencer Pleskovitch was fourth at 165.

3rd Place: Wheeling (190.0)

106-champ Frankie Katz (17-2) was one of (11) Wildcats to earn medals here, and one of seven who advanced into the 2A sectional at Grayslake Central last year.

The Wildcats have come back from several years of sub-500 records to earn the No. 10 spot in the most recent polls with a 11-0-0 overall record.

Joey Romano (126), Austin Berger (144) and Eddie Juarez (215) were all second place medal winners, while Miguel Lopez (120), Max Katz (132) and John Scanlon at 157 were third overall.

Teammates Maxudali Lutfeliev (150), Danny Miranda (175), Johnny Dominguez (190) and Pablo Morales (285) earned fourth place medals.

Others earning championship medals were: Kiaven Sullivan (Hillcrest, 150, 14-2), Leo Rosas (West Chicago, 157, 14-3), Mason Monce (Wheaton-Warrenville South, 190, 13-8) and Ashton Kibbe (Wheaton-Warrenville South , 285, 16-5).

Final team scores:
Lyons Township 258.0, Dixon 200.5, Wheeling (190.0), Wheaton-Warrenville South 163.0, West Chicago 100.5, Evanston 94.5,

Waubonsie Valley 83.0, Willowbrook 75.0, Homewood-Flossmoor 55.0, Hillcrest 

44.5, Larkin 43.5, Thornton-Fractional South 43.0, Hoffman Estates 8.5.

Ed Ewoldt results:

106

1st: Frankie Katz (Wheeling) 17-2, d. Riley Paredes (Dixon) 13-4,  (D 6-5)

3rd: Rocco Valvano (WW South) 16-6, d. Ignacio Rodriguez (Lyons) 8-9,  (F 1:06)

5th: Santino Pignatelli (West Chicago) 0-1, d. () , . (Bye)

113

1st: Jack Ragan (Dixon) 20-0, d. EMANUEL RANGEL (West Chicago) 2-1,  (D 11-4)

3rd: Mason Goldman (Waubonsie) 12-5, d. Luca Ligammari (Lyons) 3-5,  (F 2:30)

5th: Aris Neal (Willowbrook) 15-5, d. Troy Lomeli (WW South) 8-8,  (D 5-2)

120

1st: Doolan Long (Dixon) 17-4, d. Michael Riggs (WW South) 14-7,  (F 4:27)

3rd: Miguel Lopez (Wheeling) 16-5, d. Jonathan Antonio (West Chicago) 1-2, . (F 3:49)

5th: Louie King (Lyons) 9-8, d. Amari Brown (Hillcrest) 10-9,  (TF-1.5 2:56 (19-3)

126

1st: Roger Martinez (Lyons) 18-4, d. Joey Romano (Wheeling) 18-5,  (TF-1.5 5:32 (18-3)

3rd: Adonis Wilson (TF South) 2-1, d. Maximiliano Contreras (Willowbrook) 8-8,  (MD 13-0)

5th: Matthew Lisowski (WW South) 8-10, d. Sal Garcia (Elgin (Larkin) 7-3, . (D 13-8)

132

1st: Griff Powell (Lyons) 20-1, d. Nathan Duffield (Waubonsie) 15-9,  (TF-1.5 2:00 (19-4)

3rd: Max Katz (Wheeling) 17-7, d. Nico Castillo (Elgin (Larkin) 10-8, . (F 1:01)

5th: BRIAN CORREA (West Chicago) 2-1, d. Roan Dukes (Homewood-F.) 11-7,  (F 5:58)

138

1st: Claudio Rodriguez (Lyons) 12-11, d. Charlie Connors (Dixon) 11-2,  (D 14-9)

3rd: DONAVAN AVILA (West Chicago) 2-1, d. Gavin` McPherson (Evanston) 6-6,  (TF-1.5 1:10 (17-2)

5th: Derrione Collier (Hillcrest) 8-5, d. Christopher Maher (Willowbrook) 6-13,  (F 3:00)

144

1st: Preston Richards (Dixon) 16-5, d. Austin Berger (Wheeling) 15-6,  (F 1:38)

3rd: Damari Miller (Elgin (Larkin) 13-4, .d. Jesse Nunez (Lyons) 1-2,  (MD 13-1)

5th: Daithan Narayanan (WW South) 14-11, d. Henry Maier (Homewood-F.) 9-6,  (F 1:36)

150

1st: Kiaven Sullivan (Hillcrest) 14-2, d. Jayden Weidman (Dixon) 18-5,  (MD 17-5)

3rd: Jeremiah Martin (Homewood-F.) 6-6, d. Maxudali Lutfeliev (Wheeling) 6-6,  (MD 11-1)

5th: Aiden Flores (Evanston) 8-8, d. Jose DeLaGarza (Lyons) 5-9,  (F 2:46)

157
1st: Leo Rosas (West Chicago) 14-3, d. Mickey Ahrens (Lyons) 10-10,  (D 9-5)

3rd: John Scanlon (Wheeling) 17-6, d. Art Bytyqi (Evanston) 10-9,  (F 2:30)

5th: David Miranda (Elgin (Larkin) 11-6, .d. Travis Jones (Willowbrook) 12-8,  (D 15-12)

165

1st: Cornell Fennessee (Lyons) 9-7, d. Titus Woodring (TF South) 2-1,  (D 10-7)

3rd: Noah Nau (WW South) 11-11, d. Spencer Pleskovitch (Dixon) 3-5,  (F 1:50)

5th: Nicholas Montesinos (Wheeling) 21-4, d. Diego Lopez (Evanston) 7-7,  (F 1:38)

175

1st: Everett Kittridge (Lyons) 13-8, d. Sean Gielarowski (Willowbrook) 4-4,  (MD 13-4)

3rd: Daniel Fordham (Dixon) 12-10, d. Danny Miranda (Wheeling) 11-8,  (F 5:10)

5th: Lucas Pretkelis (Waubonsie) 7-9, d. Ben Menzer (WW South) 2-2,  (F 1:23)

190

1st: Mason Monce (WW South) 13-8, d. Will Pleviak (Lyons) 14-5,  (F 3:43)

3rd: Brian Henry (Evanston) 11-5, d. Johnny Dominguez (Wheeling) 14-5,  (MD 12-4)

5th: LANDON RODRIGEZ (West Chicago) 3-1, d. Seth Shaffer (Dixon) 11-16,  (F 4:48)

215

1st: Nicky Arquilla (Lyons) 14-9, d. Eddie Juarez (Wheeling) 15-2,  (F 3:56)

3rd: Will Howell (Dixon) 13-5, d. Michael Pryor (Evanston) 8-6,  (F 1:54)

5th: Jon Santiago (Homewood-F.) 8-6, d. Jayden Derrick (TF South) 1-2,  (F 2:12)

285

1st: Ashton Kibbe (WW South) 16-5, d. Leonidas Hobson (Waubonsie) 15-9,  (F 2:12)

3rd: Jeremy Marshall (Evanston) 14-3, d. Pablo Morales (Wheeling) 17-4,  (D 5-1)

5th: Jimmy Hillmann (Lyons) 14-8, d. Dawson Kemp (Dixon) 3-4,  (F 1:07)

STEVE ECKERT HOLIDAY WRESTLING CLASSIC

Bolingbrook was after its third straight title here, but Naperville North had other ideas. The Huskies stayed in control all throughout to claim the big trophy at Morton’s Steve Eckert Holiday Wrestling Classic.

Eckert was a long-time teacher and wrestling coach at Morton, who was in the program 23 years, and 16 as its head coach (1999-2015). The Oak Lawn High School grad passed away in 2022 at the age of 71.

Fenwick placed second at Morton, Bolingbrook finished third, Maine West was fourth and Riverside-Brookfield rounded out the top five team finishes.

1st Place: Naperville North (217.0 points)

The Huskies first trip into the Morton Fieldhouse proved a memorable one as they used individual titles from Tyler Sternstein (150) and Tavfik Ibragimov (215), plus six top four medals to out-distance runner-up Fenwick by nearly 60 points.

Sternstein, a state qualifier a year ago with a 35-6 record, used a pair of tech-falls to reach his final where a 11-1 major decision gave the senior his first major trophy of the season.

Ibragimov won a week ago at the Bob Hein Invite at host West Chicago to led the Huskies to the team title there also.

Adam Beedon (113), Zachary Mally (144) and Timothy Garmon (157) were second overall, with teammates Ryan Beedon (120), Connor McDonald (126) and Kai Balice  at 132 all earning third-place medals.

2nd Place: Fenwick (166.5)

Fenwick would receive championship efforts from CJ Brown (113) and No. 7 Aiden Burns (157) who is now a two-time Steve Eckert champion.

The title gives Burns two majors for the season.

Harrison Brown was second at 106, Patrick Gilboy third at 215, and Brian Timpone (150) and Gianni Bertacchi (285) each placed fourth.

Gilboy is currently No. 9 in the state polls, and was a 2024 state qualifier.

3rd Place: Bolingbrook (161.5)

Bolingbrook outscored Riverside-Brookfield by 11 points for the team title at Morton a year ago. But despite the trio of-now two-time champions Jared Craig (126), Aaron Camacho (144) and Tommy McDermott (165) the Raiders were unable to muster enough points to overtake Fenwick for the second spot.

Camacho, No. 8 in the state at 2A, earned a tourney-high 29 team points for his club. Marcus Poe was second overall at 150.

Others earning championship medals were: Liam Kissane (St. Laurence, 106), Edgar Mosquera (Riverside-Brookfield, 120), Khalid Eid (St. Laurence, 132), Santiago Moya (Morton, 175), and Matthew Elzy (Riverside-Brookfield, 190).

The Stagg duo of Peter Rafacz (190) and Samer Suleiman (144) recorded two of the quickest pins on the day at 4:18, while Jubeil Kannike (Leo, 190) would earn the second fastest at just 12 seconds.

Jack Clausen from St. Laurence provided the most total match points for his club with 63 while Joe Nieto (Argo) garnered the most single match points on the day with 22.

With his title at 190, Matthew Elzy of Riverside-Brookfield is now a two-time Steve Eckert champion.

Final Team Standings: Naperville North 217.0, Fenwick 166.5, Bolingbrook 161.5, Maine West 147.5, Riverside-Brookfield 144.5, St. Laurence 128.5, Morton 102.0, Staff 101.0, Maine East 70.5, Argo 65.5, Shepard 52.0, Chicago Leo 39.0,

Phoenix Military Academy 31.0, Spencer Court, KY. 28.0, Montini Catholic 22.0,

Ridgewood 0.0

Steve Eckert results:
106

1st: Liam Kissane (St. Laurence) 12-3, d. Harrison Brown (Fenwick) 10-5,  (D 7-0)

3rd: Duncan Tenezaca (Maine East) 13-7, d. Angel Jacobo (Morton) 15-12,  (F 0:53)

5th: Quinn Karstens (Naperville N) 8-9, d. Daniel Torres (Stagg) 2-7,  (D 6-3)

113
1st: Brown CJ (Fenwick) 10-3, d. Adam Beedon (Naperville N) 15-2,  (D 16-14)

3rd: Javier Corral (Stagg) 9-8, d. Jairo Kish (Maine East) 11-9,  (D 9-3)

5th: Joseph Hernandez-Mendoza (Bolingbrook) 6-6, d. David Roldan (Morton) 15-11,  (F 3:55)

120

1st: Edgar Mosquera (R.-Brookfield) 16-0, d. Luca Burgio (Maine West) 14-6,  (TF-1.5 1:54 (18-1)

3rd: Ryan Beedon (Naperville N) 14-6, d. Joel Waggoner (Montini) 2-2,  (TF-1.5 3:21 (20-2)

5th: Juan Najera (Stagg) 7-9, d. Tristan Rodriguez (Morton) 12-12,  (F 3:44)

126

1st: Jared Craig (Bolingbrook) 14-4, d. Logan Battersby (Maine West) 19-5,  (F 3:12)

3rd: Connor McDonald (Naperville N) 17-3, d. Jalen Henderson (Shepard) 5-9,  (F 1:36)

5th: Elijah Torres (Phoenix) 14-4, d. Jose Berrios (Morton) 14-15,  (SV-1 17-10)

132

1st: Khalid Eid (St. Laurence) 15-0, d. Dulguun Nyamdavaa (Maine East) 12-7,  (MD 14-3)

3rd: Kai Balice (Naperville N) 10-7, d. Jacob Godoy (R.-Brookfield) 10-7,  (D 7-0)

5th: Ben Crumlish (Maine West) 5-6, d. Myles Monis (Montini) 6-6,  (Inj. 0:00)

138

1st: Ben Messier (Naperville N) 17-1, d. Kenny Max (Fenwick) 14-5,  (F 3:01)

3rd: Aldo Gutierrez (Argo) 15-7, d. Benjamin Malmberg (Maine West) 14-12,  (F 1:41)

5th: Anthony Trujillo (Morton) 18-11, d. Tony Lombardo (R.-Brookfield) 11-8,  (MD 13-2)

144

1st: Aaron Camacho (Bolingbrook) 4-0, d. Zachary Mally (Naperville N) 14-5,  (F 1:26)

3rd: Samer Suleiman (Stagg) 11-2, d. Jacob VanAllen (Argo) 17-4,  (SV-1 13-10)

5th: Eiam Staples (Fenwick) 8-6, d. Brandon Jordan (Spencer County) 15-7,  (F 5:14)

150

1st: Tyler Sternstein (Naperville N) 16-3, d. Marcus Poe (Bolingbrook) 10-6,  (MD 11-1)

3rd: Dylan Kroschel (Maine West) 14-7, d. Brian Timpone (Fenwick) 7-5,  (F 0:50)

5th: TaVaryis Howard (Shepard) 15-9, d. Simeon Hector (R.-Brookfield) 7-13,  (F 5:55)

157

1st: Aiden Burns (Fenwick) 17-1, d. Timothy Garmon (Naperville N) 9-6,  (TF-1.5 3:23 (19-4)

3rd: Ethan Rivas (R.-Brookfield) 11-6, d. Riley Sanford (Spencer County) 14-5,  (D 11-8)

5th: Louis Avalos (Maine West) 12-6, d. Joaquin Gaskin (Bolingbrook) 7-7,  (F 5:14)

165
1st: Tommy McDermott (Bolingbrook) 19-3, d. Peter Greco (Maine West) 18-4,  (TF-1.5 6:00 (16-1)

3rd: Jack Clausen (St. Laurence) 12-5, d. Max Strong (R.-Brookfield) 13-9,  (MD 12-3)

5th: Dominic Espositio (Fenwick) 12-6, d. Isaiah Martinez (Shepard) 12-12,  (D 7-0)

175

1st: Santiago Moya (Morton) 16-4, d. Matthew Zalinski (St. Laurence) 10-5,  (D 5-3)

3rd: Nicholas O`Connor (R.-Brookfield) 13-4, d. Zbigniew Kordalewski (Maine West) 15-9,  (F 1:21)

5th: Nick Negrete (St. Laurence) 7-5, d. Aiden Hill (Shepard) 11-5,  (Inj. 0:00)

190

1st: Matthew Elzy (R.-Brookfield) 10-4, d. Adnan Shkeir (Maine East) 15-3,  (TF-1.5 2:56 (19-4)

3rd: Peter Rafacz (Stagg) 8-5, d. Joshua Shanahan (Bolingbrook) 4-2,  (F 2:33)

5th: Andrew Banaszak (St. Laurence) 9-6, d. Jack Paris (Fenwick) 16-5,  (DQ)

215

1st: Tavfik Ibragimov (Naperville N) 16-3, d. Kaleb Abney (Phoenix) 14-2,  (F 3:24)

3rd: Patrick Gilboy (Fenwick) 14-4, d. Nathan Morales (Stagg) 6-2,  (F 1:56)

5th: Xavier Bitner (St. Laurence) 5-2, d. Carlos Arriaza (Morton) 14-15,  (D 2-0)

285

1st: Nicholas Armour (Leo) 10-1, d. Remy Avalos (Argo) 12-6,  (F 3:43)

3rd: Daniel Lopez (Morton) 12-13, d. Gianni Bertacchi (Fenwick) 11-9,  (F 0:48)

5th: Nathaniel Zeffeld (Bolingbrook) 3-2, d. Angelo Guiterez (St. Laurence) 8-7,  (F 1:09)