Boys’ recap: WW South, Englewood, Goode
By Gary Larsen
WWS ED EWOLDT WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
Lyons Township brought home the crown in the 17-team Ewoldt tournament, edging host Wheaton Warrenville South 213.5-202 for the top honors. Oswego placed third with 131 points, while United Township’s 108 points were fourth followed by fifth-place York’s 107.5.
Griff Powell earned the Lions’ lone first place medal, winning at the 138 weight class. The Lions had top-four finishes in seven other weight classes to pull away for the team title.
“The team wrestled well on Saturday,” Lyons coach Griff Powell said. “It was a true team effort to win the tournament. With only 3 finalists, and 1 champion, we scored a lot of points on the backside of the bracket. We placed 13 wrestlers in the top 5, and got a lot of bonus points.”
1st: Lyons Township 213.5
In addition to Powell’s top finish, the Lions captured second-place finishes from Luca Ligammari (106) and Luke Wilhelm (190). Third-place results came from Ignacio Rodriguez (113), Joey Rossi (120) and Daniel Koziol (150), while Louie King (144) brought in a fourth-place finish for the Lions.
“Griff Powell led the charge with a tournament championship at 138 lbs, and was voted the Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament,” the elder Powell said. “We are looking forward to the next phase of the season, and getting ready for the state series.”
2nd: Wheaton Warrenville South 202
The Tigers got individual titles from Rocco Valvano (106) and Noah Nau (157), seconds from Jack Bashore (113), Michael Riggs (132), and Joey Sirmon (144), a third from Foster Yarbrough (215) and fourths from Troy Lomeli (120) and Daithan Narayanan (150).
3rd: Oswego 131
Dillon Griffin paced the Panthers with a win at the 144 weight class, while Nolan O’Grady (120) and Aiden Ortiz (138) both placed second in their classes.
Final team scores:
Lyons Township 213.5, Wheaton Warrenville South 202, Oswego 131, United Township 108, York 107.5, Evanston 102, Willowbrook 92, Prairie Ridge 87.5, Glenbard South 86, Ottawa 71, Plainfield East 69.5, West Chicago 67.5, Waubonsie Valley 64.5, Thornton Fractional South 45, Larkin 39, Harvest Christian 35.5, Hoffman Estates 12
Additional champions:
113 Mayson Munson (Ottawa); 120 Aris Neal (Willowbrook); 126 Emanuel Rangel (West Chicago); 132 Brennan O’Donnell (Harvest Christian); 150 Camden McCloskey (Plainfield East); 165 Jackson Hanselman (York); 175 Aiden Rodriguez (Prairie Ridge); 190 Wes Weatherford (Ottawa); 215 Brooks Tyler (Evanston); 285 Jeremy Marshall (Evanston)
Statistics:
Lyons Township posted the most pins in the least time with 20 in 59:01, while Wheaton Warrenville South had the most tech falls in the least time with six in 19:48. In addition, the Lions scored the most total match points with 412.
Individually, Lyons’ Will Anderson had the most pins in the least time with four in 12:14. Anderson was also part of a four-way tie for fastest fall of 0 seconds along with Dillon Griffin (Oswego), Christos Danigeles (York) and Mike McNamara (York).
Oswego’s Griffin also had a tournament-high 30 team points, while Cornell Fennessee (Lyons) led with 64 total match points. Korvyn Nieves (Willowbrook) and Nico Castillo (Larkin) provided the largest seed-place differences. Nieves placed sixth at 175 after starting as a 12-seed, while Castillo was a 13-seed and placed seventh at 144.
Championship match results:
106: Rocco Valvano (WW South) TF 1:00 Luca Ligammari (Lyons)
113: Mayson Munson (Ottawa) F 0:38 Jack Bashore (WW South)
120: Aris Neal ((Willowbrook) MD 9-1 Nolan O’Grady (Oswego)
126: Emanuel Rangel (West Chicago) TF 5:02 Sal Garcia (Larkin)
132: Brennan O’Donnell (Harvest Christian) MD 12-2 Michael Riggs (WW South)
138: Griff Powell (Lyons) MD 20-7 Aiden Ortiz (Oswego)
144: Dillon Griffin (Oswego) F 2:26 Joey Sirmon (WW South)
150: Camden McCloskey (Plainfield East) F 5:13 Jin Tai (Glenbard South)
157: Noah Nau (WW South) D 8-3 Cesar Munoz (West Chicago)
165: Jackson Hanselman (York) MD 9-1 Rodrigo Salinas (Evanston)
175: Aiden Rodriguez (Prairie Ridge) D 8-5 Titus Woodring (TF South)
190: Wes Weatherford (Ottawa) D 4-2 Luke Wilhelm (Lyons)
215: Brooks Tyler (Evanston) SV-1 3-0 Josias Dokambire (United)
285: Jeremy Marshall (Evanston) F 4:24 Leonidaas Berrios (Waubonsie Valley)
Third-place match results:
106: Logan Henson (United) D 4-2 Julian De La Torre Nigro ((Willowbrook)
113: Ignacio Rodriguez (Lyons) MD 18-7 Leo Kingji ((Willowbrook)
120: Joey Rossi (Lyons) F 1:51 Troy Lomeli (WW South)
126: Tommy Conners (York) F 3:35 Rocco Marcantonio (Glenbard South)
132: Brian Correa (West Chicago) MD 9-1 Nate Duffield (Waubonsie Valley)
138: Caleb Flint (United) MD 15-3 Griffin Pawelski (Glenbard South)
144: Xavier Marolf (United) D 9-3 Louie King (Lyons)
150: Daniel Koziol (Lyons) F 4:57 Daithan Narayanan (WW South)
157: Matt Moritz (Prairie Ridge) For. Ruben Kasman (Glenbard South)
165: Robert Vogel (Plainfield East) MD 13-3 Travis Jones ((Willowbrook)
175: Diego Lopez (Evanston) D 6-5 Lucas Pretkelis (Waubonsie Valley)
190: Art Bytyqi (Evanston) D 1-0 Frank Matviychuk (Prairie Ridge)
215: Foster Yarbrough (WW South) F 0:46 Vaughn Anderson (Ottawa)
285: Jimmy Hillmann (Lyons) TF 4:08 Ambrose Davis (Glenbard South)
ENGLEWOOD STEM VARSITY TOURNAMENT 2026
Corliss High School powered its way to a team victory in the Englewood STEM event. The Trojans scored 130 points to outpace the field, including Intrinsic Charter-Downtown Campus High School, which finished second with 93.5 points. Perspectives Leadership Academy was third with 91.5 points, while Kennedy High School came in fourth with 58 points and King College Prep High School placed fifth with 41 points.
The Trojans were led by first-place showings from Amar’e Williams at 132, Amaje Long (150), Christian Laws (157), Grant Smith (165) and Christopher Russel (175). Four others placed in the top three for Corliss.
“The Englewood STEM tournament was a good stepping stone for most of our wrestlers,” Corliss coach Stacy Douglas said. “We’re a young team with only two seniors, the rest underclassmen with limited experience. We were a little shorthanded coming in but the young Trojans fought hard to bring home the trophy.”
1st: Corliss 130
In addition to the first-place finishers Williams, Long, Laws, Smith and Russel, the Trojans had second-place finishes from Ja’karyon Williams (106), Moses Garcia (126), Echols Jeremiah (157). A third-place result from Maari Roberson (138) rounded out the Trojans’ top performers.
2nd: Intrinsic Charter-Downtown 93.5
The Ravens placed six wrestlers in the top three of their weight classes, including individual titles from Jonathan Nelson (120) and Esteban Resendez (138). They also had second-place finishes from Chavez Victor (145) and Kingston Upshaw (175), while Jacob Swiontek (215) and Jonathan Wilson (285) grabbed third-place honors.
3rd: Perspectives Leadership Academy 91.5
The Warriors hauled in first-place crowns from Donald Bunton (126), Dontrell Anderson (215) and Kaleb Williams (285). They also nabbed a pair of second-place finishes from Davarion Trotter (132) and Mason Parks (150).
Final team scores:
Corliss High School 130, Intrinsic Charter-Downtown Campus High School 93.5, Perspectives Leadership Academy 91.5, Kennedy High School 58, King College Prep High School 41, Bowen High School 29.0, Englewood STEM High School 21.
Additional champions:
106 Alpha Kamate (King College Prep); 113 Josue Tankson (Kennedy); 145 Justin Soto (Englewood STEM); 190 Nicholas Jungman (Kennedy).
Statistics:
Perspectives Leadership Academy posted the most pins in the least time with five in 8:44, while champion Corliss had the most tech falls in the least time with two in 3:50. In addition, Corliss scored the most total match points with 83.
Individually, Jacob Swiontek of Intrinsic Charter had the most pins in the least time with two in 1:27, while Jaylin Casey of Bowen earned the fastest fall at 20 seconds. Dontrell Anderson of Perspectives led the way with 24 team points, while Estban Resendez of Intrinsic Charter earned the most total match points with 41. Amaje Long (Corliss) started as a fourth-seed and won the 150 class to earn the tournament’s largest seed-place difference.
Championship match results:
106: Alpha Kamate (King College Prep) F 3:48 Ja’karyon Williams (Corliss)
113: Josue Tankson (Kennedy) F 1:18 Micheal Hernandez (Kennedy)
120: Jonathan Nelson (Intrinsic Charter) Bye
126: Donald Bunton (Perspectives) TF 4:00 Moses Garcia (Corliss)
132: Amar’e Williams (Corliss) F 3:00 Davarion Trotter (Perspectives)
138: Estban Resendez (Intrinsic) TF 6:00 Deontae Anderson (King College Prep)
144: Justin Soto (Englewood STEM) F 0:58 Chavez Victor (Intrinsic)
150: Amaje Long (Corliss) F 1:07 Mason Parks (Perspectives)
157: Christian Laws (Corliss) TF 2:00 Echols Jeremiah (Corliss)
165: Grant Smith (Corliss) F 5:29 Christian Vega (Kennedy)
175: Christopher Russel (Corliss) F 0:29 Kingston Upshaw (Intrinsic)
190: Nicholas Jungman (Kennedy) Bye
215: Dontrell Anderson (Perspectives) F 1:55 Jaylin Casey (Bowen)
285: Kaleb Williams (Perspectives) F 1:20 Nathan Brewer (Kennedy)
Third-place match results:
138: Maari Roberson (Corliss) Bye
150: Malachi Hairston (King College Prep) F 2:23 Haoyuan Gan (Intrinsic)
165: Jamion Simons (Bowen) Bye
215: Jacob Swiontek (Intrinsic) F 0:55 DaJuan Werren (Englewood STEM)
285: Jonathan Wilson (Intrinsic) Bye
KNIGHT INVITATIONAL AT SARAH GOODE
Powered by seven individual crowns, Naperville Central bullied its way to the 14-team Knight Invitational title, besting second-place Buffalo Grove 311.5-243. Zion Benton placed third with 161 points, while Chicago Ag Science and host Sarah Goode STEM tied for fourth with 110 points.
Jacob Cochran (132), Vince Bern (138), CJ Bierman (150), Justin Skryd (157), Henry Rydwelski (175), Paul Peradotti (190) and William Erbeck (285) all finished first for the Redhawks. Six others placed in the top three for Naperville Central.
1st: Naperville Central 311.5
Three Redhawks placed second and three others finished third in the tournament. Second-place finishers included Dalton Meluch (106), Jake Moore (120) and Nicolas Olvera (165). Naperville Central third-place finishers were Jack Schwartz (113), James Ball (126) and Stavros Gerousis (144).
2nd: Buffalo Grove 243
Oleksandr Havrylkiv (113), Mykola Shamray (120), Bohdan Malaksianov (144) took home first-place finishes for the Bison, while Anthony Laguna (132), Khurshedov Jahongir (157), Sonny Tugs (175) and Christiano Marogy (215) each placed third. Brayden Sroka (106), Anthoni Valladares (126) and Chris Chi (165) added fourth-place finishes for the Bison.
3rd: Zion Benton 161
The Fighting Zee-Bees had second-place finishes from five wrestlers, including Luis Medina (138), Demar Dixon (157), Francisco Yilmaz (175), Tyson Poyer (190) and Isaiah Tellado (285). In addition, Brayden Sroka (106) placed fourth.
Final team scores:
Naperville Central 311.5, Buffalo Grove 243, Zion Benton 161, Chicago Ag Science 110, Sarah Goode STEM 110, Northridge Prep 100, Crete Monee 98, Little Village 76, Kelly 72.5, Chicago Military Academy 61.5, Eisenhower 51, Lindblom 46.5, Westinghouse 44, Ridgewood 23.5.
Additional champions: 106 Jeremy Powell (Chicago Ag Science); 126 Joe Kopecky (Northridge Prep); 165 Adam Haddad (Northridge Prep); 215 Malakai Scott (Crete Monee).
Statistics:
Buffalo Grove posted the most pins in the least time with 28 in 71:10, and also had the most tech falls in the least time with 10 in 16:35. In addition, the Bison scored the most total match points with 494.
Individually, Kingston Sawyers of Chicago Ag Science had the most pins in the least time with five in 7:48. Sawyers also tied with Anthony Laguna of Buffalo Grove for the fastest falls at 0 seconds.
Justin Skryd (Naperville Central) earned a tournament-high 29.5 team points, while Sonny Tugs (Buffalo Grove) led with 77 total match points. Fellow Bison Khurshedov Jahongir provided the largest seed-place difference, placing third at 157 after starting as an 11-seed.
Championship match results:
106: Jeremy Powell (Chicago Ag Science) D 10-7 Dalton Meluch (Naperville Central)
113: Oleksandr Havrylkiv (Buffalo Grove) F 3:49 Elijah Sawyers (Chicago Ag Science)
120: Mykola Shamray (Buffalo Grove) F 5:32 Jake Moore (Naperville Central)
126: Joe Kopecky (Northridge Prep) F 3:56 Jovanni Harris (Little Village)
132: Jacob Cochran (Naperville Central) F 1:17 Mohamad Khater (Ridgewood)
138: Vince Bern (Naperville Central) F 5:59 Luis Medina (Zion Benton)
144: Bohdan Malaksianov (Buffalo Grove) F 1:11 Maurice Bush (Chicago Ag Science)
150: CJ Bierman (Naperville Central) F 1:30 Leovardo Juarez (Kelly)
157: Justin Skryd (Naperville Central) F 3:28 Demar Dixon (Zion Benton)
165: Adam Haddad (Northridge Prep) TF 5:25 Nicolas Olvera (Naperville Central)
175: Henry Rydwelski (Naperville Central) MD 15-5 Francisco Yilmaz (Zion Benton)
190: Paul Peradotti (Naperville Central) D 7-2 Tyson Poyer (Zion Benton)
215: Malakai Scott (Crete Monee) F 2:44 Rayshawn Doles (Eisenhower)
285: William Erbeck (Naperville Central) F 1:50 Isaiah Tellado (Zion Benton)
Third-place match results:
106: Stone Mckone (Buffalo Grove) MD 13-5 Brayden Sroka (Zion Benton)
113: Jack Schwartz (Naperville Central) F 1:24 Jamari Starr (Westinghouse)
120: Kingston Sawyers (Chicago Ag Science) F 2:31 Benito Chavez (Little Village)
126: James Ball (Naperville Central) F 3:47 Anthoni Valladares (Buffalo Grove)
132: Anthony Laguna (Buffalo Grove) F 0:00 Isaiah Poole (Sarah Goode STEM)
138: Cliffon Johnson (Kelly) TF 2:55 Anthony Suarez (Little Village)
144: Stavros Gerousis (Naperville Central) F 3:07 Awwal Ogunsolu (Kelly)
150: George McShane (Northridge Prep) D 9-6 Xavier Woods (Sarah Goode STEM)
157: Khurshedov Jahongir (Buffalo Grove) F 4:42 Felipe Juan Aguilar Urbina (Little Village)
165: Jaylene Johnson (Crete Monee) D 11-4 Chris Chi (Buffalo Grove)
175: Sonny Tugs (Buffalo Grove) TF 4:16 Caleb Gordon (Chicago Military Academy)
190: Kijuan Springfield (Crete Monee) (F 3:45 Dylan Wilborn (Sarah Goode STEM)
215: Christiano Marogy (Buffalo Grove) TF 4:00 Eric Magana (Westinghouse)
285: Josue Olivo (Lindblom) F 3:37 Tyler Brooks (Westinghouse)