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By Curt Herron – for the IWCOA

Kaneland’s Gochis receives OWA at Girls Dan Gable Donnybrook

Kaneland’s Angelina Gochis not only was the lone Illinois champion at the prestigious Girls Dan Gable Donnybrook in Coralville, Iowa but she was also selected as the recipient of the event’s Outstanding Wrestler Award after recording four wins by technical fall as well as a pin to capture the title at 110 with a win by technical fall in 3:50 over Lincoln-Way co-op’s Zoe Dempsey in a matchup of the only two individuals from Illinois who advanced to the title mat.

Gochis (8-0), a sophomore who went 47-5 last season and won the IHSA championship at 105, tied two others for second place for the most team points with 48, which was just one point behind the leader, Fort Dodge, Iowa’s Mariaha Benedict  and she also the second-highest total of match points with 84, which was four behind the leader, Raccoon River-Northwest Iowa’s Cassidy McCallister. Her four wins by technical far were twice as many as the next-best mark of two, which was achieved by five competitors.

Gochis opened with a win by technical fall, followed with a first-minute pin and then won two more times by technical fall to reach the 110 title match. Herfirst three wins by technical fall were all completed in the opening period, with her win in 1:13 over Basehor-Linwood’s Delaney Locke in the semifinals assured her of her matchup with Dempsey for the championship.

Kaneland, coached by Josh West, had five placewinners to help it tie for 13th place with 150 points and Lincoln-Way co-op, coached by Joshua Napier, placed six individuals to finish 15th with 145.5 points. 

Other top finishers for Kaneland were Brooklyn Sheaffer (third at 130), Sadie Kinsella (fourth at 190), Dyani Torres (eighth at 145) and Carly Duffing (11th at 235). Sheaffer (9-1) advanced to the semifinals while Kinsella (5-2), Torres (6-4) and Duffing (6-4) all lost in the quarterfinals. Sheaffer finished sixth at 120 in the 2023 IHSA Finals.

“We brought six girls out of 14 weight classes and finished in 13th place,” Kaneland coach Josh West said. “I am very proud of our girls and their effort. We have a solid team. They are a great group of girls. I believe we were a top 10 team with our full lineup at Donnybrook. We placed five of our six wrestlers. 

“Angelina has taken her wrestling to another level this year. She did not give up a single offensive point the entire tournament. She was named tournament outstanding wrestler voted on by the 45 coaches in attendance. I know I’ve said this before, but she really is something special on the wrestling mat. I love that the girls sport of wrestling is growing so much here in Illinois. I hope some of our young lady wrestlers look at her or emulate her style. She works hard, does all the little things. Angelina is a good teammate, a good student and really just a great person.  

“Dyani wrestled really well finishing seventh and Sadie lost a close one for third place. We will fix a few positions moving forward with both Dyani and Sadie and I think they both can make the IHSA State Tournament. Brooklyn finished third and she had a good tournament. Our goal is to get her to wrestle her match, be on the offense and attack more,  I believe this tournament is the start of that mindset. Carly stepped in at 235 giving up over 50 pounds and placed 11th, she was one win away from making the podium. I’m very proud of her tournament.”  

Dempsey (11-1), a junior who went 20-7 last season and placed fifth at 105 in the IHSA Finals, won her first three matches by fall and then captured a 10-3 decision over Mount Vernon, IA’s Kiersten Swart in the semifinals.  

Additional top performers for Lincoln-Way co-op were Riley DePolo (7th at 235, 9-4), Riley Cooney (10th at 125, 10-6), Ella Giertuga (10th at 140, 10-6), Emily Peyton (11th at 105, 8-6) and Aubrey Barnes (12th at 115, 8-7).

DeKalb had three finishers in the top 10. The Barbs were led by Alex Gregorio-Perez (fourth at 105, 9-2), Reese Zimmer (sixth at 125, 7-3) and Aarianna Bloyd (ninth at 235, 7-2). Zimmer advanced to the semifinals while Gregorio-Perez and Bloyd lost in the quarterfinals. At last year’s IHSA Finals, Gregoria-Perez went 33-9 last season and took sixth at 105 in the IHSA while Zimmer was 35-3 last season and placed sixth at state at 115.

Lockport Township also had three individuals who placed in the top 10. The Porters top finishers were Rebekah Ramirez (sixth at 235, 7-5), Veronica Skibicki (ninth at 110, 9-3) and  Sophie Kelner (ninth at 190, 7-4). 

Huntley had two medalists, Aubrie Rohrbacher (fourth at 135, 11-3) and Natalie Aguirre (eighth at 170, 9-5). Rohrbacher, who went 45-5 last season and placed third at 130 in the IHSA Finals, lost in the semifinals while Aguirre fell in the quarterfinals

The other top two finishers from Illinois schools were Montini Catholic’s Katelyn Bell (third at 100, 9-1) and Joliet Catholic Academy’s Grace Laird (fifth at 130, 5-2). Bell, who went 25-9 last season and placed sixth at 100 in the IHSA Finals, lost in the semifinals while Laird fell in the quarterfinals.

Cassioppi champion, Andrew/Carl Sandburg co-op fifth at the Women’s Ironman 

Two individuals from Illinois schools reached the title mat in the Women’s Ironman, which was held at Walsh Jesuit in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Hononegah’s  Angelina Cassioppi won the championship at 120 while Loyola Academy’s Harlee Hiller took second place at 115.

Cassioppi won a 7-0 decision over Olentangy Orange, OH’s Mackenzie Carder in the 120 title match. She also won a pair of close decisions, including by a 2-1 score in the semifinals over Tulsa Union, Oklahoma’s McKenna Wilson after recording a pin in the quarterfinals.

The Hononegah senior who went 17-1 last season and won the IHSA title at 120 and placed first at 120 in 2023 and first at 100 in 2022, is one of the four girls who have won three-straight IHSA titles. The others are Batavia’s Sydney Perry and Freeport’s Cadence Diduch, who are now in college, and Glenbard North’s Gabby Gomez, who’s not competing this season.  

Hiller lost a 12-3 major decision to Blair Academy, NJ’s Marie Sharp in the 115 finals. She won her first three matches by fall, including one in 5:33 over Canon-McMillan, PA’s Marlee Solomon in the semifinals. The Ramblers senior is a three-time IHSA medalist, going 24-9 and taking second at 115 in 2024, winning the title at 105 in 2023 and placing third at 105 in 2022.

Andrew/Carl Sandburg co-op scored 80 points to claim fifth place. Four competitors for coach Liz Short’s team finished in the top seven, Emma Akpan (third at 190), Alyssa Keane (fifth at 135), Nola Obon (sixth at 155) and Jade Hardee (seventh at 100).

Akpan is a two-time IHSA medalist, went 34-8 and took fourth at 190 in 2024 and sixth at 235 in 2023 while Keane finished third at state at 135 in 2023. Akpan, Obon and Hardee all fell in the quarterfinals while Keane lost her opener and then won four of her next five matches.

Lockport Township’s Claudia Heeney also competed in the event, but lost in the quarterfinals at 135 and then fell to Keane in her next match. The Porters junior went 21-1 and won the IHSA title at 130 last season after placing second at 125 in 2023.

Wardlow wins title, Joliet Catholic Academy fourth at Dan Gable Donnybrook

Lockport Township’s Justin Wardlow won the 150 championship while Joliet Catholic Academy’s Kane Robles placed second at 106 and Luke Hamiti took second place at 165 and Marmion Academy’s Mateusz Nycz was the runner-up at 285 in the Dan Gable Donnybrook, which was held at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa.

Joliet Catholic Academy placed eight individuals in the top 10 to help it claim fourth place at the 38-team competition. The Hilltoppers finished with 326.5 points, which was six behind third place Don Bosco, IA. Bettendorf, IA won the title with 366.5 points while Staley, MO took second place with 352.

Top finishers for coach Ryan Cumbee’s fourth-place Hilltoppers were runners-up Robles (106) and Hamiti (165) while Nicholas Ronchetti (190) took third and Jason Hampton (126) finished fourth. JCA also received seventh-place finishes from Elias Gonzalez (144), Nolan Vogel (150) and Vince Tindal (157) while Issac Clauson (175) took 10th and Aiden Bishop (215) was 12th.

Robles lost by fall in 3:14 in the 106 finals to Waukee Northwest, IA’s Carew Christensen and Hamiti dropped a 5-4 decision to Don Bosco, IA’s Kyler Knaack in the 165 title match.

Last season, Hamiti went 36-20 and finished fifth at 157 in the Class 3A Finals. Ronchetti went 36-12 and placed sixth at 190 after taking second at 182 in 2A in 2023. And Hampton had a 35-16 record last season and finished second at 120 in 3A after taking fourth at 113 in 2A in 2023.

“Great start to the year at our first tournament!” Cumbee said. “There’s still a lot of work to do, but I’m really proud of the effort from the entire team and how they supported each other along the way.”

Marmion Academy finished 13th with 185.5 points, Lincoln-Way West took 16th with 173.5 points and Lockport Township was 18th with 162 points. DeKalb placed 22nd with 152 points, Montini Catholic took 23rd with 138 points and Huntley placed 25th with 136 points. Other Illinois teams that scored were Mount Carmel (31st, 107), Antioch (32nd, 91) and Marian Central Catholic (36th, 67).

The top performer for Marmion was runner-up Nycz, who lost by fall in 0:25 to Freedom, WI’s Hunter Vander Heiden in the 285 finals. Others in the top-12 were Demetrios Carrera (5th, 126), Preston Morrison (9th, 106), Colton Wyller (10th at 106), Andrew Haritos (10th, 157), Vincenzo Testa (11th, 175), Grayson Garcia (12th, 132) and Luke Boersma (12th, 190).

Lincoln-Way West was led by a seventh-place finish from Jimmy Talley (190) and ninth-place showings from Max Munn (120) and Nate Elstner (215) while Shane Stream (10th, 126), Jakob Siwinski (11th, 138) and DJ Freeman (11th, 165) were next in line.

Leading the way for Lockport Township was champion Wardlow (150) and Liam Zimmerman (5th, 132). Wardlow won the 150 title match 4-1 in sudden victory over Iowa City West, IA’s Justin Avila. He also had three wins by technical fall as well as a decision to give him a total of 50.5 team points. Wardlow went 42-7 last season and took second at 138 in Class 3A after also placing second at state at 120 in 2023.

DeKalb’s best showings were turned in by Hudson Ikens (6th, 150), Sean Kolkebeck (7th, 165) and Kaden Klapprodt (8th, 120). Top performers for Montini Catholic were Eric Klichurov (3rd, 106), Jack Bell (6th, 106), Jeremy Huf (6th, 132) and Isaac Mayora (12th, 126).

Huntley was paced by Radic Dvorak (6th, 157), Colin Abordo (7th, 113) and Jesse Lovell (11th, 190). Leading the way for Mount Carmel were Justin Williamson (4th, 132), who placed sixth at 113 in Class 3A last season and Sebastian Gracia (5th, 106). The top performers for Antioch were Owen Shea (5th, 285) and Ben Vazquez (9th, 175). Marian Central Catholic was led by Austin Hagevold (6th, 113), who took fourth place at 106 in Class 1A last season.

Noble claims championship, Mendoza, Denny runners-up at Ironman

Three individuals from Illinois advanced to the title mat at Walsh Jesuit’s Ironman in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio with Warren Township’s Caleb Noble winning the title at 106 while Mount Carmel’s Seth Mendoza finished second at 138 and Marist’s Will Denny was the runner-up at 157.

Noble won the 106 championship 4-1 by sudden victory over Malvern Prep, PA’s Justin Farnsworth. However, that wasn’t his only close call in his title run. He won 16-13 in sudden victory in his second match, prevailed 11-10 in the quarterfinals and earned his spot on the title mat with a 6-2 win over Edmond North, OK’s Turner Ross in the semifinals. Noble went 42-3 last season and won the IHSA 3A title at 106.

Mendoza dropped a 4-1 decision to Perrysburg, OH’s Marcus Blaze in the 138 title match. He opened with three-straight wins by technical fall before capturing a 4-0 decision in the semifinals over Sunnyside, AZ’s Sergio Vega. Mendoza, a three-time defending IHSA 3A champion, won at 126 last season when he went 46-2, took first at 113 in 2023 and was first at 106 in 2022.

Denny lost a 12-4 major decision to Edmond North, OK’s Kody Routledge in the 157 title match. After opening with a win by technical fall and a major decision, he won 4-1 in the quarterfinals and captured a 5-4 decision over Bishop McCort, PA’s Devon Magro in the semifinals. Denny won the IHSA 3A title last season at 150 when he went 42-4 after placing fourth at 145 in 2023.

Eight others from Illinois also finished in the top eight in the competition which featured competitors from more than 120 schools . 

St. Charles East’s Dom Munaretto finished third at 120 and Marian Central Catholic’s Jimmy Mastny took third at 190. Munaretto took second at 113 in Class 3A last season after winning the title at 106 in 2023.Mastny was the Class 1A champion at 157 last season.

IC Catholic Prep’s Deven Casey placed fifth at 132, Fremd’s Evan Gosz finished fifth at 144 and Washington’s Wyatt Medlin took fifth at 150. Casey was the Class 2A champion at 120 last season after taking third at 113 in 2023 and third at 106 in 2022. Medlin took first at 138 in the IHSA 2A Finals last season after placing third at 126 in 2023. And Gosz was second at 144 in 3A last season after taking third at 126 in 2023 and third at 113 in 2022.

Warren Township’s Aaron Stewart placed sixth at 175, Marmion Academy’s Zach Stewart was seventh at 132 and Washington’s Josh Hoffer took eighth at 215. Aaron Stewart won the 3A title at 157 last season after taking third at 152 in 2023. Zach Stewart was the IHSA Class 3A champion at 138 last season. Hoffer placed fourth at 190 in 2A last season after taking sixth at 195 in 2023.

Edwardsville wins Francis Howell North Tournament

Edwardsville had five champions and nine finalists to help it score 81.5 points and win the title of the 10-team Francis Howell North Tournament by 38 points over the hosts in Saint Charles, Missouri. 

Title winners for coach Eric Pretto’s champion Tigers were Bryson Nuttall (113), Ryan Richie (138), Blake Mink (150), Roman Janek (215) and Riley Steinkuehler (285).

Michael McNamara (106), Levi Wilkinson (126), Tyler Perry (132) and Simon Schulte (190) took second place. Claiming third place were Logan Hiller (144), KJ Jamison (157), and Brendan Landau (175) while Colin Waddington (120) and Jack Cloud (165) took fourth. Edwardsville also won the junior-varsity invite with 222 points to finish four points ahead of Jackson, Missouri. 

Granite City also took part in the competition and took seventh with 19.5 points. Leading the Warriors was champion Eli Miller (175) and third-place finisher Braxton Tolley (138).

Erie/Prophetstown has two champs at Willard Howell Invite

Erie/Prophetstown co-op was the lone Illinois team in the 60th Willard Howell Invitational in Wapello, Iowa. The Panthers had two champions and three finalists to take fifth in the 13-team tournament with 104.5 points.

Champions for Erie/Prophetstown were Wyatt Goossens (157) and Caleb Reymer (285) while Jordae Crow (175) took second and Noah Wetzell (144) and Tristan Hovey (150) were fourth.

By Mike Garofola for the IWCOA

Wrestling fans were able to get a close look at five teams that will be a part of the first ever dual-team state championship later this month, when Schaumburg hosted eight clubs at the 2024 Schaumburg Girls Invite on Saturday.

There was some terrific competition jammed nicely into a neat little round-robin package that gave all of those on hand a guaranteed three matches.

“Girls wrestling continues to grow leaps and bounds, and in a few weeks it’s going to be an exciting day of wrestling at Hoffman Estates, at the dual-team state championships,” Schaumburg head coach Matt Gruszka said.

Gruszka has been one of the biggest advocates for the sport, and one who continues to be a positive voice for all involved.

“Today you were able to see five of the 16 teams who will be a part of that historic Saturday at Hoffman Estates, plus another good group of wrestlers from the other teams we invited here today,” Gruszka said.

The host Saxons, along with Hoffman Estates, Homewood-Flossmoor, Minooka, and West Aurora will compete in the dual-team  state finals on December 28.

East Aurora, Oak Park-River Forest and Yorkville were present in Schaumburg as well, bringing with them wrestlers who competed in groups of four wrestlers for both the JV and varsity level.

Here’s a closer look at each club that was on hand:

East Aurora

Ryan Mick considers himself the luckiest wrestling coach around, thanks in part to quartet of seniors he enjoys on his East Aurora varsity roster.

Ruby Becerra, Brittany Chavarria, Yoheadi Contreras and Brenda Escobedo came in as freshmen, and immediately impressed Mick, and his staff.

“(Those) four are just incredible young women, who excel both in the room, and the classroom, as each comes to practice each and everyday ready to work hard, and lead by example – it’s like having four assistant coaches in the room,” said Mick, who admits to getting emotional when speaking of his quartet.

Escobedo is fully enjoying her senior season.

“We all want to have better results, but all of us enjoy this sport so much, our teammates, and just being together in the room each day,” said Escobedo, who was 19-8 a year ago.

Escobedo (140) who is likely on her way to Aurora University next fall, says getting better shots, and being more confident in herself were two things she worked on during the offseason.

Chavarria, an IWCOA fifth-place medal winner in freestyle, wants to increase the number of take-downs in her matches and, like Escobedo, says her mental game has improved since last season.

“We have a list of goals as individuals and as a team,” said Chavarria (125-130), who also plans to attend Aurora University.  “We want to win another conference title; I do as well, and making it to state is very important to me.” 

Contreras, who will compete at 155 this season, would claim the best record for the Tomcats last season at 20-10.

“After losing in the blood-round at regionals last year, my obvious goal was to get out of regionals and wrestle well enough to make it to sectionals and possibly state in my final year of high school,” said Contreras.

Last but not least is Becerra, who on Monday received the best news of her young life when she was accepted to attend Northwestern University, where she plans to major in neuroscience.

“I put a lot of pressure on myself at times last year, but I feel so much better about that part of my game,” Becerra said. “With regionals not going very well last year, I know I will be better prepared for this year.” Becerra went 14-11 last season.

Mink is overseeing a program that reflects the growth explosion of girls wrestling in Illinois.

“We have a terrific group of wrestlers, with numbers that have consistently improved with each season to where we stand with over fifty right now,” Mink said.

“I give everything that I can, both on and off the mats, because these girls give so much of themselves back to our program.”

Hoffman Estates

Seniors Sophia Ball and Anjali Gonzalez led a contingent from Hoffman Estates that enjoyed a terrific day at the home of division and league rival Schaumburg.

Ball, the 2024 state runner-up at 120, and Gonzalez, fifth a year ago at 235, were a perfect 3-0 on the day, as were teammates Roselyn Comier, and Jennifer and Judy Soto.

“This is a good team we have, we’re getting better with each day in the room, and we have some girls who are ready to step up this season,” said Ball, who suffered her lone defeat last season in her state final against Angela Cassioppi.

Ball is a two-time state medalist.

Gonzalez, who would like to wrestle in college while pursuing a degree in art, hopes to make her third trip to the state tournament her most memorable one.

“I was dealing with an injury during the offseason which required some physical therapy, but I am feeling so much better now,” Gonzalez said. “I feel if I stay healthy, continue to work, stay hungry and mentally strong, I’ll be able to make a run at a state title.” Gonzalez had three pins Saturday, which required just over two minutes to record.

“I am a lot stronger and tougher than last year, so I know I’ll be able to handle my opponents at 235 pounds,” said Gonzalez (32-7) who is a two-time state qualifier.

The Hawks will be at Conant this week along with Schaumburg, then take some time off in advance of hosting the dual-team state tournament on December 28.

Homewood-Flossmoor 

Vikings head coach Scott Aronson admits he’s having more fun than ever with a program that continues to see more success come its way as the numbers continue to grow in the room.

“It’s an absolute blast coaching this sport,” Aronson said. “It’s just amazing to see how it’s growing all around the state and at Homewood-Flossmoor.”

Aronson was named the 2023-2024 Coach of the Year in Illinois by the 

National Wrestling Coaches Association.

“It’s exciting to see a wrestler like London Gandy come along to become such an outstanding talent so quickly, and to have others starting to make a name for themselves as well,” added Aronson, who was the man in charge of the boys program at H-F for eight years.

As a sophomore last year, Gandy advanced to the state tournament at 110 pounds and finished with a respectable 22-16 record.

“Physically and mentally London has grown so much since a year ago, and she has the confidence of a lion now,” Aronson said.

Gandy was unstoppable in her three matches Saturday, and points to an invaluable experience in the off-season.

“(Fargo) was such a great experience for me,” said Gandy, who was 2-2 there. “It taught me a lot about myself, and what I have to do in order to be the best that I can.

“I did not do well under pressure, and panicked a little, but now I feel that my confidence is so much better and that I have a stronger mental approach to everything with this sport. There’s always a lot to learn, and I am willing to do whatever it takes.”

In addition to a glowing report on Gandy, Aronson highlighted a trio of Vikings as the day drew to a close.

Senior Nina Hamm, who lost in the blood round at the Evanston sectional, was 27-11 last year, and a state qualifier as a sophomore.

Makayla Marr qualified for state last season as a sophomore, and Aronson said she is as tough as they come, and he believes the improvement from sophomore Amara Nwoye (135) will lead to plenty of victories before the season comes to an end.

Minooka

It was another solid day on the mats for the Minooka Indians, who look to repeat as regional champions and go even further in the postseason.

The Indians lost just four from its championship club, including state qualifiers Eva Beck (27-13) and Peyton Kuetlzo (34-13). But Minooka returns a solid core beginning with a pair of seniors in Palmer Calvey and Beth Castro.

“This team has been working hard and we are all confident in each other,” Calvey said. “If we continue to work, this will be a very good year for us. I worked a lot on my set-ups, and my position on top during the offseason, so I am confident that will help me this season.”

Calvey lists Loras College as one of a handful of colleges she’s considering, but fellow senior Beth Castro will take a different route following her graduation this spring.

“I want to go into the trades as a welder,” said Castro, “There’s a shortage in a lot of the trades, and welding is something that I am very interested in.”

Castro is also considering college where a business management degree would provide the skills needed for a role in team management as well.

For now, her focus is set squarely on the wrestling season.

“I am asking for a lot more help from our coaching staff this year – trying to be as open minded as I can to whatever they help me with,” Castro said.

Juniors Sabina Charlevoix and Ezra Rodriguez are ready to make their mark on the season and for head coach Minooka coach Paige Schoolman.

“I’ve been in this sport for three and a half years, and I really feel like the work I’ve put in will have me ready for this season,” Charlevoix said. “Last year I wrestled at the Clash, and that experience helped me a lot also.”

Charlevoix will compete at either 125 or 130 for the Indians.

As a sophomore last year, Rodriguez sent 16-10 and advanced into the Geneseo sectional, where she lost her opener, 2-0.

“I was happy with the way my things went for me in just my second year of being in the sport,” Rodriguez said. “Being able to have success in regionals, and get into sectionals gave me a lot of confidence headed into this year.

“I really think we’ll do well this year as a team, and with some really good freshmen, we should be even better than last year.”

Minooka will host its own mega-dual on Saturday.

Oak Park-River Forest

Although not at full strength, Oak Park and River Forest head coach Patrick Woulfe nonetheless was quite pleased with the effort his club put forth.

“We were a little down today, but we performed well, especially Pearl Lacey and Lariyah Apollo, who both finished second in their group,” Woulfe said. “Pearl is a senior and leader of our program.

“I felt like she is doing a great job or wrestling in her positions, and competing to make her opponent wrestle where she wants the match to be.”

Lacey recorded pins in her first two matches, needing just under two and a half minutes to do so on her way to a 2-1 day.

“(Pearl) is having fun, and trying hard, and as a coach that’s all you can ask for,” Woulfe said.

Apollo made quick work of her first two opponents as she used all of 1:52 to register pins before running into 2024 fifth-place state medalist Anjali Gonzalez from Hoffman Estates.

“Lariyah is just a two year wrestler, and I was really proud of her fight today,” said Woulfe.

“(Her) final match was a great wrestler (Gonzalez) – so we got to see how Lariyah stacked up against an All-State wrestler, and I am excited to see she can close the gap as the season progresses.”

Teammates Alessandra Pina and Isabella Miller were 1-2 on the day, with each recording a pin.

The Huskies are away for their league opener against Downers Grove North, before taking part in the Homewood-Flossmoor quad on Saturday.

Schaumburg

Reigning MSL and regional champion Schaumburg once again saw its top wrestler Madeline Zerafa-Lazarevic overwhelm a trio of opponents, while receiving plenty of help from teammates Maya Brzosko, Aubree Jones and 2024 state qualifier Madyson Meyer.

All four posted 3-0 records on Saturday.

“I am really excited about this season, and the year that we can have,” said Zerafa-Lazarevic, who was second last year at state with a 37-3 overall record to give her a pair of state medals.

“Obviously my goal is to get on the top of the podium in Bloomington this year; of course that’s one of my goals. But I want to see our team win another conference title, and go on from there to win state as a team after finishing fourth last year.”

“We lost an amazing wrestler when Valeria Rodriguez graduated (Rodriguez was a three-time state medal winner), but we have a lot of depth this year, with some freshmen who came in with club experience.

“The new girls, along with those of us back will give us a great mix of wrestlers.”

Zerafa-Lazarevic will attend Illinois State University in the fall, which does not currently have a women’s program. But the affable Saxons senior will look to start a club program with the hope it will lead to a full-fledged D-1 collegiate program.

Not to be forgotten was the work from Alya and Nadia Razzak, who together were 3-0 at the end of the day.

The Saxons will be at Conant on Wednesday, then travel to Glen Ellyn on Saturday to compete in a quad at host Glenbard West.

West Aurora

West Aurora, was second a year ago at regionals and is one of the 16 teams that will take part in Hoffman Estates’ dual-team state tournament. Several of its wrestlers hope to do well in their group play, beginning with Kameyah Young, who went 21-4 last year and finished second in state at 100 pounds.

The Blackhawks star was 3-0 on the day, as was teammate Vicki Stackowicz.  Aiyanah Sylvester and Giselle Marin-Carrasco also earned plenty of praise from assistant coach Kayla Krieger.

“I was very proud of how the team wrestled today,” began Krieger, filling in for head coach Charles Graves. “A lot of our girls have been working hard in the room, and today they were able to see that pay off with some nice individual wins.

“Aiyanah has been consistent in her wrestling to start the season. She has a great attitude, absorbs as much information as she can, and is very competitive in the room and on the mat.

“Giselle (Marin-Carrasco) is another incredibly hard working wrestler. She comes to the room ready to work every day, and is gritty on the mat. We saw that today with her getting some good wins against tough opponents.”

Young continues to show an enormous amount of composure according to Krieger when giving a new move or two a try, while it’s the experience she’s gathered along the way that provides the type of leadership her teammates look up to.

Young was a preseason nationals champion during the offseason.

West Aurora is at Larkin this week before competing at the East Aurora Invite on the weekend.

Yorkville

Sophia Martin, Addison Tooley and Lauren Trotter all enjoyed a perfect day in Schaumburg, as the trio combined for five pins and a tech-fall (by Trotter) to lead Yorkville.

“(Overall) we were happy with the girl’s performance throughout the day, with many of our newer girls getting their feet wet at both the JV and varsity levels,” opined Yorkville head coach Kevin Roth.

“In just the few years of our existence, we feel this is the strongest group of freshmen we’ve ever had, with some coming here with prior experience from middle school.”

Janiah Murray earned praise from Roth after another solid day on the mats for the junior.

“Janiah is really coming into her own after building on her past success the last two seasons,” Roth said. “She was a bit undersized for the 190-pound bracket, but her quickness and strength makes her a force to be reckoned with.”

Murray feels like a different person on the mat this season.

“Last year wasn’t the greatest,” she said. “I felt like I could have been better. But I did a lot of extra work during the offseason to improve my fitness and strength, and my participation in Olympic Power lifting made me much stronger than a year ago.

“I really changed my diet also which is more of a high calorie diet, which includes fasting on Saturday for eight hours, and having my ‘cheat’ day on Sunday.”

Returning state qualifier Danielle Turner (30-13) and sectional qualifier Brooke Coy were unavailable for Yorkville. Roth expects both to return soon as his club prepares to host Batavia and Metea Valley on Wednesday in advance of competing at the East Aurora Invite this coming weekend.

By Chris Walker For the IWCOA

As the weather was beginning to warm up and days became longer this spring, Yorkville Christian coach Mike Vester was looking ahead towards winter as he pieced together the team’s competitive schedule. 

As he considered options for the Mustangs, he reached out to Joliet Central to inquire about the McLaughlin Classic

“I had reached out about the McLaughlin before, but it was full,” Vester said. “I inquired again this year and they graciously let us attend. Very good tournament, well run, great hospitality and competition.”

And it was a great Saturday for Yorkville Christian as a whole as the Mustangs walked away as team champions as their 214 points were tops among the 24-team field.

“We told the kids what we thought they were capable of doing if we all made the weight we were supposed to make, and then focused on some stuff,” Vester said. “We had some up and down matches that should’ve gone a different way, but then we had some guys step up and do some things that maybe we weren’t expecting so that was cool.”

Aiden Larsen (120) and Jackson Allen (190) won titles at their respective weights to lead the Mustangs.

“We do have a solid squad this year,” Larsen said. “We’re really tough this year and I don’t think people know that. I think that people are underestimating us as a team as a whole and today a statement was made. I know there are tough kids out at Ironman (held at Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Dec. 6-7) right now. Whatever we did, we had to do today and we’re hoping to keep this momentum going into the next tournaments. We have the Plano Reaper Classic next weekend and then we’re at West Chicago. So we just got to keep this momentum going into the next week and keep the train moving.”

Larsen needed 3:00 on the dot to pin Joliet Central’s Aleck Allende in the quarterfinals. Larsen took care of his other opponents in similar fashion but didn’t need as much time to do it. He needed just 51 seconds to win his semifinal match and only 42 seconds to pin St. Rita’s Jack Hogan in his title bout, handing Hogan his first loss of the year.

“I just went in wanting to attack,” Larsen said. “Just offense, offense, offense. He fell out of position. He’s a tough kid. I caught my cradle and there it was.”

Allen also was dominant, earning four straight pins, including over Belleville East’s Cedric King in 5:00 during the final. 

“There were a lot of good guys at the Ironman and other tournaments this weekend so it was a good little preview of what we’re going to face this season,” Allen said. “I woke up around five o’clock (Saturday morning), got to the school, drove out here and got a little warmup in and some stretching and wrestled. We started off the tournament and got to our offense, good defense and scored when we could and got bonus points.”

Vester continues to be impressed with Larsen and Allen.

“Aiden (Larsen) is a beast and just ran through people today and Jackson Allen is at another level this year so I’m happy for him,” he said. “And it was good to see other guys improving and you know where they can be in February.”

The Mustangs had 12 wrestlers place overall. They certainly needed all those points to outscore runner-up Normal Community by 18 points. 

John Gray (157) took second while Tiras Lombardo (150), Robby Nelson (165) and Xander Oliver (215) each won their third-place matches.

“Tiras (Lombardo) came back after he almost made finals,” Vester said. “He lost 4-3 in the semifinals so to come back and get a pin was a big deal. And we had Christian Sandoval, who is just kind of finding himself. It’s his first time on varsity and he fought in the fifth place match. He was really tough.”

Sandoval dropped a 14-13 decision to take sixth place at 113. Ryan Festerling Jr. (106), and Tyler Gleason (175) also took sixth place while Adrian Wadas-Luis (138) and Garrett Tunnell (285) won fifth-place matches. Ryan Alaimo (126) took fourth place.

Without a doubt, it was a total team effort from the Mustangs.

“We’ve been up for 14 hours now so it’s been a long day,” Larsen said. “Even with Antioch (on Nov. 26) we had to wake up at 4am and drive all the way up there and weigh in. It’s long days and you just got to stay focused and keep the energy going. We tried to cheer and keep the momentum going and install energy throughout.”

Positivity and noise provided quite a combination for the Mustangs, creating an environment for success.

“Noise and positivity go a long way,” Larsen said. “Even when I’m wrestling you get a takedown and you have your team next to you cheering and it instills energy and you want to keep going. You don’t think about being tired when that happens. You’re electric. You’re ready to go and it’s just go go go and get to your offense.”

Normal Community had three champions and a couple second-place finishes to earn second place overall with 196.

Caden Correll (113) became a two-time champion after his tech fall win over Marist’s Colin Phelan to give the Ironmen their first championship of the day.

Cole Gentsch (126) and Carter Mayes (157) also celebrated championship days in the City of Stone and Steel.

Gentsch (8-0) remained perfect on the young season with a major decision over Deerfield’s Adrian Cohen. His three earlier wins included two by fall and another by tech fall.

“There’s not a whole lot to be said – I stuck to my guns,” Gentsch said. “I stuck to what I knew I could do. I knew (Cohen) was going to come out of a headlock right away so I just based my offense off of that and I adjusted and reinforced it and I was able to get to a 13-1 major, you know. That’s a true blessing. It’s my senior year and I just give all things to God and Jesus. He’s my Lord and Savior and all glory to him.”

Gentsch isn’t one to shy away from his spiritual life. 

“I attended Catholic school all the way until seventh grade and I’ve always been that spiritual, but just recently the past two years I’ve really opened up my spirituality and I’m not afraid to show it like I used to.  I’m just giving thanks and I’m living life day to day. Thanks to this sport I’m committed right now to UW-Lacrosse. It is a blessing being able to compete at such a prestigious program and you know and give all things to Him.”

Last year Gentsch lost in the 120-pound championship match here at Joliet. 

“In high school I’ve really developed my skills,” he said. ‘I’ve figured myself out. Last year I was kind of battling an injury and was figuring out my wrestling and what I truly want to do with myself, and this year I figured out I can’t hide under a rock anymore. I have come short the last couple years in the state tournament but you know this year I’m ready to let it fly and let it show and give everything I have.”

Last December, Carter Mayes took third place at the McLaughlin while wrestling at 138. The junior won at 157 this time.

“I think I wrestled ok,” he said. “Obviously I have some things I need to work on – we all do, If I want to achieve my goals at the end of the season I’m going to have to work a little harder in practice and sharpen up the stuff that I got scored on today so I’ll go back and watch my matches and figure out what I need to do different to not get scored on anymore.”

Mayes won by tech fall over Yorkville Christian’s John Gray in his title match.

“You just got to get here and step on the scale and make weight and work hard from there and try to win every match and take it one match at a time until you’re on the podium,” Mayes explained. “I’ve kind of tried to mature a little bit and understand that not every match is going to be easy and that you’re going to have to walk out there and do it like every match is going to be a hard one if a kid is good enough. You just got to go out there and compete.”

He had get through wrestlers from Romeoville, Minooka and Marist before he got to Gray.

“We don’t see these teams very often,” Mayes said. “We won’t see these teams again until state especially some of the bigger schools because they have a harder schedule because we can’t come up to Chicago every weekend. It’s just a great opportunity to get to come up here at the beginning of the season and figure out what we need to work on. We’ll be back here later and then we’ll be in Champaign for state. Trying to get ready for that.”

Jaren Frankowiak (175) and Mason Caraway (215) placed second for the Ironmen. Jackson Soney (106) took third after winning a year ago. Daniel Bourbulas (190) was fourth. Brayden Manning (132) and Gavin Capodice (150) each took fifth place.

“It’s a great team and I love the guys and I think we all work pretty hard at practice.” Mayes said. “We’re dialed in at practice everyday. Everybody makes weight. We just go out and do what we do.”

So far, so good.

“We’ve been competing really well this year. Our team has surprised us,” Gentsch said. “We lost one of our best guys, Cooper Caraway (285), but that hasn’t stopped us. I’m really thankful for the team that we have and what we’ve made out of this program. This program isn’t very historic but we’ve made it historic the past three years and it’s truly a blessing being part of such an awesome team and awesome culture.”

Morton was third with 139 points. Benjamin Chaffer (215) won a title to lead the Potters while Caiden Robison (144) took second, Clay McKee (165) was fourth, Colton McKee (175) took fifth and Noah Harris (120) placed sixth.

Marist was fourth with 122 points after winning the previous two McLaughins. Hersey won the inaugural one in 2021. The RedHawks were without six of their top wrestlers as seniors Michael Esteban (126), Donavon Allen (138), Will Denny (157) and Ricky Ericksen (190) competed at the Ironman in Ohio along with junior Tommy Fidler (144). Illinois recruit George Marinopoulos did not compete on Saturday for the RedHawks. 

Denny led the RedHawks at the Ironman placing second.

The team still had a fine showing in Joliet with Colin Phelan (113) and Jonathan Fields (138) taking second place, Kevin Tomkins (175) winning third place, Gordon Gil (106) and Ronin Haran (157) taking fourth and Caden Campo (126) placing fifth.

Seniors Jackson Palzet (132) and Jordan Rasof (138) were crowned champions for a young Deerfield squad which took ninth with 109 points.

Rasof, who placed fifth in the state in 2A at 138 last year, also won at Joliet in 2023.

“I think I’m ranked around third this year and I’m back at 138 and feeling ready for the year,” Rasof said. “I just got to work on my offense, but I think things are going well. I just got to keep my temper on the mat and keep wrestling, but I think things are falling my way and with my training I’ll be able to be a state champion.”

Not feeling totally healthy, Rasof made sure to not waste any time during his title bout, pinning Marist freshman Jonathan Fields in 1:12.

“I didn’t really know much about the kid, but I just knew I had to stay aggressive,” he said. “I was feeling a little sick today so I wanted to just make it quick, so I knew once I got that takedown I felt I’d get my bar in and that’s my best move I think on top and I just had the pin ready.”

While he enjoyed his victorious day, Rasof was pleased to see Palzet succeed at 132. The two have squared off for countless hours during training.

“The past couple of years he’s always been injured, but he’s always been one of my main training partners since we started. We joined wrestling at the same time and go to club together. It’s good to see him finally healthy and he’s killing everybody. We work really hard together so this is what we train for. It’s good to see my training partner succeed just as well.”

The object is to continue progressing, focusing on the now and moving forward. That’s not for just the season but for long days like Saturday that begin in the early morning and carry on until evening.

“I think just staying positive in the crowd and I’ve been doing this for years,” Rosof said. “And just getting the right feel after matches, staying hydrated, not getting down on yourself even if you lose or something bad happen in the match. I keep moving forward, keep wrestling, next match, next match don’t worry about the past.”

Deerfield had six underclassmen competing at Joliet, including Adrian Cohen (126) who placed second and Alexander Shvartsman (144) who took sixth.

“I like seeing my teammates compete,” Rasof said. “We have a lot of young guys on the team and I’m a senior so it’s nice to see them compete, see how they are doing in the upcoming year. It’s all going so fast. I feel like I was a freshman yesterday.”

His advice? Train, train and train some more.

“I love winning on Saturday,” he said. “It builds my confidence throughout the year and year-round training helps me stay positive. I think training is the biggest thing. Just keep on training. Keep on working.”

Wheaton North senior Thomas Fulton acknowledged that he wrestled better the previous Saturday when he took fifth place at the 32nd Barrington Moore-Prettyman Invitational, but he still found a way to win in Joliet. The Falcons were seventh with 117.5 points, just behind sixth-place Minooka’s 119.5.

“I felt like it wasn’t my best wrestling,” he said. “I felt like I wrestled a little bit better last week at Barrington. I pulled out the wins in the end, but felt I could’ve wrestled better at the start and not put myself in vicarious situations in quarterfinals and semifinals and finals.”

Last year, Fulton took seventh place at 157 at Joliet.

“I was here last year and last year was a little worse for me so this was a little more satisfying,” he said. “I like this tournament. I feel there are some good kids and a lot more variety. Usually during the season we just see 3A. So here there are 2A and 1A and some pretty good guys so that’s a nice experience.”

About 300 miles separate Wheaton North from Belleville East, which is where Fulton’s championship opponent Terence Willis wrestles. Fulton won by a 9-5 decision.

“It’s nice to wrestle new guys instead of just the same guys over and over again.” Fulton said. “And I think wrestling a new person is a different style of wrestling than wrestling someone you already know.”

Fulton narrowly survived in the semifinal, winning by a 12-11 decision over Yorkville Christian’s Robby Nelson.

“I try not to care about winning necessarily,” he said. “Obviously that’s kind of the goal but  mostly when I wrestle at my best I’m focusing on just trying to dominate my opponent and push myself to my absolute limit no matter the opponent.”

Fulton’s teammates Rocco Macellaio (120) and Jacob Veltri (138) each took fourth place and Carlo Saenz (190) and Ezekeil Psenicka (215) each took sixth.

“I think we are a pretty decent team and I think we might surprise some people, but we still have a lot to work to get in the best possible position we want to get to,” Fulton said. “I think we have an absolutely amazing coaching staff. We have a new head coach this year in Coach (Tim) Walker. I think every team is good and obviously I think our team is the best because I’m on it.”

Homewood Flossmoor’s Davion Henry (106), St. Rita’s Enzo Canali (144), Minooka’s Ben Cyrkiel (150) and Kaden Meyer (175) and Belleville East’s Jonathan Rulo (285) were also champions at the 4th McLaughlin Classic.

Yorkville Christian’s Aiden Larsen had the most pins (4) in the least time (5:59) of any wrestler present, and St. Rita’s Nino Protti had the most tech falls (3) in the least time (6:29). Crete-Monee’s Trevon Williams and Belleville East’s Jonathan Rulo tied for the fastest fall in 11 seconds, Kennedy’s Victor Alvarado had the fastest tech fall in 1:07, and Larsen and Yorkville Christian teammate Jackson Allen tied for the the most team points scored with 30. Romeoville’s Rodrigo Gonzalez had the most single match points with 30, and Normal Community’s Caden Correll  scored the most total match points in the tournament with 74. Wheaton North’s Thomas Fulton (165) and Minooka’s Ben Cyrkiel (150) tied in providing the tournament’s largest seed-place difference, as the 14th seeds both left Joliet as individual champions.

Team scores: 1. Yorkville Christian 214, 2. Normal Community 196, 3. Morton 139, 4. Marist 122, 5. Belleville East 119.5, 6. Minooka 117.5, 7. Wheaton North 115, 8. St. Rita 113, 9. Deerfield 109, 10. Providence Catholic 97.5, 11. Romeoville 83.5, 12. Joliet Central 80.5, 13. Homewood-Flossmoor 76.5, 14. Plainfield East 65.5, 15. Marian Catholic 41.5, 16. Shepard 32, 17. Crete-Monee 29, 18. Bloom Township 23.5, 19. McNamara 23, 19. Stagg 23, 19. Kennedy 23, 22. Rich Township 22, 23. Peotone 14.5, 24. Westinghouse College Prep 7

McLaughlin Classic results:
106

1st: Davion Henry (H-Flossmoor) 3-0, over Christian Corcoran (Providence) 8-3,  (D 9-7)

3rd: Jackson Soney (Normal C) 6-1, over Gordo Gil (Marist) 7-4,  (D 13-8)

5th: Pedro Hernandez (Romeoville (H.S.) 7-1, over Ryan Festerling,  (Yorkville C) 6-2,  (F 1:05)

113

1st: Caden Correll (Normal C) 8-0, over Colin Phelan (Marist) 7-3,  (TF-1.5 2:07 (20-3)

3rd: Liam Walsh (Joliet C) 6-5, over Lucas Forsythe (Providence) 6-4,  (D 8-4)

5th: Jon`King Williams (H-Flossmoor) 6-1, over Christian Sandoval (Yorkville C) 4-5,  (D 14-13)

120

1st: Aiden Larsen (Yorkville C) 10-2, over Jack Hogan (St. Rita) 6-1,  (F 0:42)

3rd: Victor Alvarado (Kennedy) 8-1, over Rocco Macellaio (Wheaton N) 7-5,  (D 12-8)

5th: Aleck Allende (Joliet C) 8-3, over Noah Harris (Morton) 5-2,  (MD 12-0)

126

1st: Cole Gentsch (Normal C) 8-0, over Adrian Cohen (Deerfield) 9-3,  (MD 13-1)

3rd: Adante Washington (H-Flossmoor) 5-2, over Ryan Alaimo (Yorkville C) 9-4,  (TF-1.5 4:11 (19-4)

5th: Caden Campo (Marist) 6-5, over Chace Tankson (Marian) 3-2,  (F 1:15)

132

1st: Jackson Palzet (Deerfield) 9-1, over Harrison Dea (Morton) 6-1,  (F 2:41)

3rd: Nino Protti (St. Rita) 7-3, over Roan Dukes (H-Flossmoor) 4-3,  (MD 20-8)

5th: Brayden Manning (Normal C) 8-1, over Dinero Garcia (Stagg) 6-3,  (TF-1.5 5:15 (17-1)

138

1st: Jordan Rasof (Deerfield) 10-1, over Jonathan Fields (Marist) 4-1,  (F 1:12)

3rd: Isaiah Kan (Joliet C) 6-4, over Jacob Veltri (Wheaton N) 5-4,  (D 6-5)

5th: Adrian Wadas-Luis (Yorkville C) 8-1, over Alex Kostecka (McNamara) 6-3,  (D 7-1)

144

1st: Enzo Canali (St. Rita) 9-1, over Caiden Robison (Morton) 6-1,  (D 6-0)

3rd: Camden McCloskey (Plainfield E) 10-2, over Dewayne Taylor (Belleville E) 3-2,  (D 1-0)

5th: Andrew Pellicci (Providence) 8-4, over Alexander Shvartsman (Deerfield) 8-4,  (D 4-1)

150

1st: Ben Cyrkiel (Minooka) 5-2, over Nolan Keenan (St. Rita) 6-3,  (MD 13-3)

3rd: Tiras Lombardo (Yorkville C) 9-4, over Jonah Greenwood (Marian) 3-2, . (F 3:53)

5th: Gavin Capodice (Normal C) 6-3, over Muhammad Hasib (Plainfield E) 6-7,  (F 1:33)

157

1st: Carter Mayes (Normal C) 8-0, over John Gray (Yorkville C) 10-3,  (TF-1.5 2:40 (17-0)

3rd: Jasper Harper (Providence) 10-3, over Ronin Haran (Marist) 3-2,  (TF-1.5 4:31 (16-1)

5th: Conor Pasch (Peotone) 7-3, over Killian Rauch (Belleville E) 4-2,  (D 10-4)

165

1st: Thomas Fulton (Wheaton N) 5-0, .over Terence Willis (Belleville E) 4-1,  (D 9-5)

3rd: Robby Nelson (Yorkville C) 11-2, over Clay Mckee (Morton) 3-2,  (D 4-2)

5th: Joey Baranski (Marian) 5-1, over Braeden McKay (Providence) 5-4,  (F 1:21)

175

1st: Kaden Meyer (Minooka) 6-1, over Jaren Frankowiak (Normal C) 7-1,  (D 12-9)

3rd: Kevin Tomkins (Marist) 7-2, over Aiden Hill (Palos Heights (Shepard) 5-2,  (D 10-3)

5th: Colton Mckee (Morton) 5-1, over Tyler Gleason (Yorkville C) 10-4,  (F 2:57)

190

1st: Jackson Allen (Yorkville C) 11-2, over Cedric King (Belleville E) 4-1,  (F 5:00)

3rd: Hugh Callaghan (Plainfield E) 9-2, over Daniel Bourbulas (Normal C) 4-2,  (F 2:36)

5th: Isiah Escobar (Romeoville (H.S.) 5-1, .over Carlo Saenz (Wheaton N) 7-4,  (SV-1 4-1)

215

1st: Benjamin Chaffer (Morton) 7-0, over Mason Caraway (Normal C) 7-1,  (D 9-2)

3rd: Xander Oliver (Yorkville C) 7-5, over Mohamad Almadani (Romeoville (H.S.) 5-2,  (Inj. 0:00)

5th: Santino Capodice (Minooka) 5-3, over Ezekiel Psenicka (Wheaton N) 5-4,  (F 3:38)

285

1st: Jonathan Rulo (Belleville E) 5-0, over Charles Walker (Joliet C) 8-1,  (MD 10-1)

3rd: Jamir Thomas (Romeoville (H.S.) 6-1, over Robbie Murphy (Minooka) 4-3,  (F 2:27)

5th: Garrett Tunnell (Yorkville C) 11-2, over George Range (Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 7-2, . (F 1:57)

By Curt Herron – for the IWCOA

Vandalia captures championship at Civic Memorial Bradley Invite

Vandalia had seven champions and eight finalists to help it score 283.5 points as it captured top honors at Civic Memorial’s 19-team Steve Bradley Invitational in Bethalto by 82.5 points over the hosts, who collected 201 points, while Olympia claimed third place with 184 points.

Champions for coach Jason Clay’s Vandals were Max Philpot (113), Preston Waughtel (120), Tyson Waughtel (126), Brody Matthews (138), Dillon Hinton (150), Ross Miller (175) and Kaden Tidwell (190) while Aiden Evans (106) placed second. Artan Mustafa (165) took third, Dominic Swyers (285) finished fourth, Elijah Mabry (132) and Cole Yarbrough (144) were fifth and Gabe Torres (215) took eighth place. 

Vandalia has several individuals who are back from last year’s team that finished fourth in the IHSA Class 1A Dual Team Finals and it also has two new additions, who both have captured IHSA titles. Tyson Waughtel won 1A titles at 106 in 2022 and 113 in 2023 and took second at 120 last season while his brother Preston took first at 113 while both were at Carlyle. Hinton is a two-time medalist who took second at 138 in 2024 and was fifth at 132 the year before that. Also last season, Philpot took second at 106 and Tidwell placed fourth at 190.

“It was a good early season tournament that allowed our guys to get a bunch of matches,” Clay said. “ Looking forward to watching the videos and getting to work on the things we need to improve on. Proud of how our guys competed.”

Leading the way for coach Jeremy Christeson’s runner-up Eagles were champions Bradley Ruckman (132) and James Wojcikiewicz (165) and second-place finishers Avery Jaime (126), Knox Verbais (150) and Kevahn Flanagan (175) while Nathen Herrin (144) and Luke McCoy (190) both finished in third place. Ruckman finished fourth in the IHSA Class 2A Finals at 106 in 2023 and placed sixth at 106 in 2022.

Top performers for coach Josh Collins’ third-place Spartans, who are a co-op involving Olympia and Delavan, were second-place finishers Dylan Eimer (113) and Kenzer Burrell (132) while Brandon Gaither (106) and Kelton Graden (157) both took third place. Eimer captured fourth place at 113 in the 2024 IHSA Class 1A Finals and also took fourth at 106 in 2022.

The other team in the field with multiple champions was Waterloo, who got firsts from Matthew Deutch (106) and Drew Glowacki (285). Other champions were East Alton Wood River’s Drake Champlin (215), who took second place at 215 in Class 1A last season, Highland’s Tyson Rakers (157), who placed fourth at 150 in Class 2A in 2024 and Mattoon’s Ben Capitosti (144), who finished sixth at 138 in Class 2A in 2023.

Also taking second place were Murphysboro’s Kaiden Richards (120) and Bryce Edwards (144), Mascoutah’s Desi Wade (138) and Jordan Sonon-Hale (165), Jacksonville’s Joe Reif (157) and Aiden Surratt (285), Waterloo’s Jackson Deutch (190) and Highland’s Ashton Zobrist (215).

Edwards finished fourth at 144 in the IHSA 1A Finals in 2024 while Zobrist was sixth at 215 in Class 2A last season.

Others who claimed third-place finishes were Mattoon’s Tristan Porter (126) and Mitchell Clapp (285), Murphysboro’s Paxton Pyatt (113), Highland’s Gavin Merkle (120), East Alton-Wood River’s Jamal Burgess (132), Alton’s Marshall Skelton (138), Mascoutah’s Brock Ross (150), Civic Memorial B’s Tristan Ward (175) and Bloomington’s Kenner Bye (215).

Glowacki, Matthews and Tidwell had the most team points with 30 while Ruckman had 29.5,  Tyson Waughtel and Wojcikiewicz both collected 29 points. Champlin and Deutch had 28 points, Miller finished with 27.5 points and Preston Waughtel scored 27 team points.

Civic Memorial Steve Bradley Invitational place matches

106

1st Place Match

Matthew Deutch (Waterloo) 8-0, So. over Aiden Evans (Vandalia) 3-1, Fr. (Fall 3:40)

3rd Place Match

Brandon Gaither (Olympia/Delavan) 6-1, Fr. over Jerry Moreno (Murphysboro) 2-3, Jr. (Fall 1:48)

5th Place Match

Maddox Williams (Jersey Community) 7-2, Fr. over Austin Jones (Alton) 5-3, Fr. (Fall 0:21)

7th Place Match

Jayden Long (Highland) 3-6, Fr. over Creed Cole (Mattoon) 1-3, Fr. (Dec 11-7)

113

1st Place Match

Max Philpot (Vandalia) 4-0, So. over Dylan Eimer (Olympia) 4-1, Sr. (Dec 9-3)

3rd Place Match

Paxton Pyatt (Murphysboro) 4-1, So. over Jaylen Sandy (Bloomington) 2-4, So. (Fall 1:59)

5th Place Match

Brody Johnson (Civic Memorial) 3-2, So. over Deston Hill (East St. Louis) 0-2, So. (Fall 0:30)

7th Place Match

Jackson Wirth (Waterloo) 4-2, So. over Bye

120

1st Place Match

Preston Waughtel (Vandalia) 4-0, So. over Kaiden Richards (Murphysboro) 5-1, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:27 (17-1))

3rd Place Match

Gavin Merkle (Highland) 7-2, Sr. over Hunter Hayes (Jacksonville) 7-2, Jr. (Fall 1:57)

5th Place Match

Vincent Gibson (Mattoon) 3-1, Sr. over Preston Furlow (Civic Memorial) 4-3, So. (Fall 1:38)

7th Place Match

Carter Knobloch (Olympia) 6-3, Jr. over Charlie St. Peters (Alton) 4-4, Fr. (Fall 0:30)

126

1st Place Match

Tyson Waughtel (Vandalia) 5-0, Sr. over Avery Jaime (Civic Memorial) 6-1, So. (Fall 4:28)

3rd Place Match

Tristan Porter (Mattoon) 6-1, Jr. over Sergio Garcia (Murphysboro) 4-3, Jr. (Dec 9-6)

5th Place Match

Maguire Leck (Mascoutah) 7-2, Jr. over Jack Schweitzer (Bloomington) 6-4, Fr. (Dec 8-2)

7th Place Match

Mateo Martinez (Olympia) 7-2, Sr. over Luke Schwarz (Highland) 6-5, Jr. (Fall 2:13)

132

1st Place Match

Bradley Ruckman (Civic Memorial) 6-0, Sr. over Kenzer Burrell (Olympia) 6-3, Fr. (Fall 0:48)

3rd Place Match

Jamal Burgess (East Alton-Wood River) 3-2, Sr. over Konnor Stephens (Waterloo) 5-2, Jr. (Dec 9-6)

5th Place Match

Elijah Mabry (Vandalia) 4-1, So. over Jeret Edwards (Murphysboro) 4-2, Fr. (Fall 1:37)

7th Place Match

Holden Barr (Mattoon) 2-2, Fr. over Marquez Singleton (Alton) 4-3, Sr. (Dec 6-1)

138

1st Place Match

Brody Matthews (Vandalia) 5-0, So. over Desi Wade (Mascoutah) 6-1, So. (Fall 3:09)

3rd Place Match

Marshall Skelton (Alton) 6-2, Sr. over Brody Goonan (Mattoon) 2-2, So. (Fall 2:40)

5th Place Match

Austin Kisner (Olympia) 6-3, So. over Tyler Barlow (Bloomington) 4-4, Jr. (Dec 10-4)

7th Place Match

Lemar Treshansky (Murphysboro) 5-2, Fr. over Jax Mifflin (Waterloo) 3-5, So. (Dec 14-12)

144

1st Place Match

Ben Capitosti (Mattoon) 6-1, Sr. over Bryce Edwards (Murphysboro) 5-1, Sr. (SV-1 8-5)

3rd Place Match

Nathen Herrin (Civic Memorial) 6-1, Sr. over Cooper Phillips (Olympia) 5-3, Sr. (MD 16-5)

5th Place Match

Cole Yarbrough (Vandalia) 4-1, So. over Jeremiah Farias (Jersey Community) 6-4, So. (TF-1.5 5:04 (28-10))

7th Place Match

Joshua White (East St. Louis) 3-2, So. over Tyler Hughes (Jacksonville) 6-4, Fr. (M. For.)

150

1st Place Match

Dillon Hinton (Vandalia) 5-0, Jr. over Knox Verbais (Civic Memorial) 5-1, Fr. (Dec 4-3)

3rd Place Match

Brock Ross (Mascoutah) 7-1, Jr. over Brayden Drew (Alton) 6-2, Jr. (MD 14-2)

5th Place Match

Kaden Collins (Olympia) 8-2, Fr. over Chris Rose (Bloomington) 3-4, So. (Fall 2:16)

7th Place Match

John Harper (Jacksonville) 7-3, So. over Brayden Dailey (Mattoon) 2-3, Jr. (Fall 3:07)

157

1st Place Match

Tyson Rakers (Highland) 9-0, Sr. over Joe Reif (Jacksonville) 8-1, Jr. (Dec 8-2)

3rd Place Match

Kelton Graden (Olympia) 6-2, Sr. over Lonnez Smith (East St. Louis) 2-2, Jr. (Fall 2:45)

5th Place Match

Sean Murphy (Mascoutah) 8-1, So. over Anthony Michelon (Civic Memorial) 6-2, So. (Fall 1:47)

7th Place Match

Bryce Bryant (Springfield) 4-5, So. over Cody L Stevens (Springfield High) 4-3, Sr. (MD 18-6)

165

1st Place Match

James Wojcikiewicz (Civic Memorial) 6-1, So. over Jordan Sonon-Hale (Mascoutah) 6-2, Jr. (Fall 2:55)

3rd Place Match

Artan Mustafa (Vandalia) 4-1, Sr. over Ean Freeman (Mattoon) 3-4, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:08 (15-0))

5th Place Match

Corey Robinson (East St. Louis) 4-1, So. over Maxon Stearns (Murphysboro) 5-2, So. (Dec 9-7)

7th Place Match

Kaleb Miller (Jacksonville) 5-4, Sr. over Liam Kobbeman (Highland) 6-5, Sr. (Dec 7-4)

175

1st Place Match

Ross Miller (Vandalia) 4-1, Jr. over Kevahn Flanagan (Civic Memorial) 5-1, Jr. (Fall 0:41)

3rd Place Match

TRISTAN WARD (Civic Memorial B) 5-1, So. over Vince Goodman (Waterloo) 5-2, Jr. (UTB 5-3)

5th Place Match

Daniel Aguas (Bloomington) 7-3, Jr. over Logan Tanner (Murphysboro) 5-3, So. (Fall 1:58)

7th Place Match

Brock Meyer (Jacksonville) 4-5, Fr. over Gavin Langley (Highland) 6-5, Jr. (Fall 3:33)

190

1st Place Match

Kaden Tidwell (Vandalia) 5-0, Sr. over Jackson Deutch (Waterloo) 7-1, Sr. (Fall 3:29)

3rd Place Match

Luke McCoy (Civic Memorial) 4-2, Jr. over Blaine Howell (Mattoon) 3-4, Sr. (Fall 1:39)

5th Place Match

Zach Fry (Olympia) 9-2, So. over Lavelle Peete Jr (Lift for Life Academy, Missouri) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 3:03)

7th Place Match

Thomas Mitchell (Highland) 6-4, Sr. over Davey Welch (Civic Memorial B) 2-4, Sr. (Fall 0:37)

215

1st Place Match

Drake Champlin (East Alton-Wood River) 6-0, Sr. over Ashton Zobrist (Highland) 9-1, Sr. (Dec 4-2)

3rd Place Match

Kenner Bye (Bloomington) 3-1, Sr. over Jackson O`Connor (Springfield High) 7-3, Sr. (MD 11-0)

5th Place Match

Caybren Hubbard (Murphysboro) 5-2, So. over Mason West (Waterloo) 6-2, So. (Fall 1:27)

7th Place Match

Nicholas Woelfel (Jersey Community) 5-3, Sr. over Gabe Torres (Vandalia) 2-3, Sr. (Fall 2:34)

285

1st Place Match

Drew Glowacki (Waterloo) 7-0, Sr. over Aiden Surratt (Jacksonville) 8-1, Sr. (Fall 4:10)

3rd Place Match

Mitchell Clapp (Mattoon) 5-2, So. over Dominic Swyers (Vandalia) 2-2, So. (MD 10-0)

5th Place Match

Darian Holloway (Olympia) 4-1, Jr. over Kelvin Harris (Bloomington) 4-4, Sr. (Fall 0:47)

7th Place Match

Damon Price (Civic Memorial) 4-2, Fr. over Ethan Daniels (Jersey Community) 4-5, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)

Team scores

1. Vandalia 283.5, 2. Civic Memorial 201, 3. Olympia/Delavan co-op 184, 4. Murphysboro 142.5, 5. Waterloo 137.5, 6. Mattoon 129.5, 7. Jacksonville 94, 8. Highland 93, 9. Bloomington 92, 9. Mascoutah 92, 11. Alton 56, 12. Jersey Community 52.5, 13. East Alton-Wood River 49, 14. East St. Louis 44.5, 15. Springfield High 29, 16. Civic Memorial B 14, 17. Life for Life Academy, Missouri 13.5, 18. Centralia 6, 18. Goreville/Dongola/Vienna co-op 6.

Glenwood claims title at own Tyler Cox Memorial Invite

Glenwood had three champions and four second-place finishers to help it win the title of its 18-team Tyler Cox Memorial Invite in Chatham with 241 points, for a 51.5-point edge over Grayslake Central, which had 189.5 points and Washington placed third with 173.5 points.

Winning titles for coach Jerod Bruner’s first-place Titans were champions Maizon Milestone (165), Eli Smith (175) and Max Wiezorek (190) while Tyler Clarke (126), Larson Nestar (150), Jullian Rammelkamp (157) and Cody Moss (285) all took second place. Cooper Clarke (106) placed third, Drew Moffitt (132) was fourth, Mason Streb (215) finished fifth and John Villar (138) took seventh place. Glenwood finished in third place in the IHSA Class 2A Dual Team Finals last season while Wiezorek claimed fifth place at 190 in the 2024 IHSA Class 2A Finals.

Top finishers for coach Matthew Joseph’s runner-up Rams were title winners Vince DeMarco (106), Krish Sahu (120) and Trevor Hengl (144) while Liam Halloran (132) and William Lyle (165) both took third place. DeMarco placed fourth at 106 in the 2024 IHSA Class 2A Finals.

Leading the way for coach Nick Miller’s two-time defending IHSA Class 2A champion Panthers were first-place finishers Noah Woods (126) and Cruise Brolley (157) while Symon Woods (106) and Michael Mendoza (138) took second and Lucas Bach (113), Wyatt Leman (190) and Sean Thornton (285) finished third. Noah Woods took sixth at 120 in the 2024 IHSA Class 2A Finals. 

Washington was missing two other two-time state medalists who were in Ohio competing in the prestigious Ironman, where Wyatt Medlin took fifth at 150 and Josh Hoffer placed eighth at 215. Medlin was the 2024 IHSA Class 2A champion at 138 after taking third at 126 the year before while Hoffer placed fourth at 190 last season after finishing sixth at 195 in 2023.

Other champions of the Tyler Fox Memorial Invite were Peoria Notre Dame’s Josh Stedwill (113) and Ian Akers (132), Colinsville’s Camron Minner (138), Marion’s Caden Frey (150), O’Fallon’s Gavin Gentille (215) and East Peoria’s Jose Del Toro (285). Akers was the IHSA Class 1A runner-up at 113 last season after finishing fourth at 106 in 1A in 2023 while Del Toro took fourth place at 285 in the 2024 IHSA Class 2A Finals.

Additional second-place finishers were East Peoria’s Cooper Chester (132) and Dalton Oakman (190), Marion’s Nate Page (144) and Bryan Madinger (215), Dunlap’s Jayden Schmick (165) and Joseph Weeks (175), O’Fallon’s Jayden Wiegand (113) and Collinsville’s Jordan Thigpen (120).

Also finishing in third place were O’Fallon’s Logan Thomas (157) and Payton Chanerl (175), 

Carbondale’s Bradley O’Dell (120), Decatur Eisenhower’s Kayson Duffney (126), Normal Community’s Luke Eganhouse (138), Southeast’s Frank Kittrell (144), Collinsville’s Carter Bub (150) and Charleston’s Marcellx Boling (215).

There was a tie for the most team points with 29.5 between Smith and Wiezorek while Akers, Frey and Sahu tied for third with 29 points. Noah Woods, Gentille, Hengl and Milestone all collected 28.5 team points while DeMarco and Minner both finished with 28 points.

Glenwood Tyler Cox Memorial Invite place matches

106

1st Place Match

Vince DeMarco (Grayslake Central) 10-1, So. over Symon Woods (Washington) 7-2, Jr. (Dec 6-4)

3rd Place Match

Cooper Clarke (Glenwood) 4-3, Fr. over Bryce Kuhlman (Normal Community) 4-2, Fr. (Dec 6-3)

5th Place Match

Owen Schoonover (Centennial) 3-1, Jr. over Issac Rabin (Glenwood 2) 3-2 (Fall 1:39)

7th Place Match

Carter Warchol (O`Fallon) 5-4, Fr. over Connor Castens (Collinsville) 4-3, Fr. (For.)

113

1st Place Match

Josh Stedwill (Peoria Notre Dame) 10-6, So. over Jayden Wiegand (O`Fallon) 5-4, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:31 (16-1))

3rd Place Match

Lucas Bach (Washington) 6-4, So. over Jamarius MeyRick (MacArthur) 4-2, Sr. (Fall 1:08)

5th Place Match

Rigdon Meacham (Marion) 5-3, Fr. over Dominick Buckler (Collinsville) 5-4, Fr. (Fall 3:28)

7th Place Match

Tyler Callaghan (Grayslake Central) 2-2, Sr. over Ian Holzmueller (Carbondale) 2-3, Fr. (Fall 0:33)

120

1st Place Match

Krish Sahu (Grayslake Central) 11-3, Jr. over Jordan Thigpen (Collinsville) 5-4, Jr. (TF-1.5 6:00 (19-4))

3rd Place Match

Bradley O`Dell (Carbondale) 4-1, Fr. over Juelz Elliott (Marion) 4-3, So. (Dec 12-6)

5th Place Match

Johnny Thomas (Normal Community) 6-1, So. over Xander DeBurger (Grayslake Central) 3-2, Fr. (Dec 10-5)

7th Place Match

Trotter Titus (Charleston) 3-2, Fr. over Liam Cardwell (O`Fallon) 4-5, So. (Fall 2:44)

126

1st Place Match

Noah Woods (Washington) 8-0, Sr. over Tyler Clarke (Glenwood) 6-2, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:53 (23-7))

3rd Place Match

Kayson Duffney (Decatur Eisenhower) 3-1, Sr. over Riddick Cook (Marion) 7-2, Sr. (M. For.)

5th Place Match

Remi Joesting (Peoria Notre Dame) 11-5, Jr. over Ayden Swan (Carbondale) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 3:19)

7th Place Match

Kyle Christophersen (Grayslake Central) 6-5, Sr. over Miles Cintron (O`Fallon) 2-5, So. (Fall 0:39)

132

1st Place Match

Ian Akers (Peoria Notre Dame) 15-0, Sr. over Cooper Chester (East Peoria) 6-2, So. (Fall 3:45)

3rd Place Match

Liam Halloran (Grayslake Central) 10-3, Sr. over Drew Moffitt (Glenwood) 3-4, Sr. (Fall 3:02)

5th Place Match

AJ Williams (Glenwood 2) 4-3, Sr. over Tanilyn Reed (MacArthur) 4-3, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:23 (19-4))

7th Place Match

Martavious Johnson (Decatur Eisenhower) 3-2, Fr. over Karson Beenenga (Southeast) 4-3, So. (TF-1.5 2:55 (21-5))

138

1st Place Match

Camron Minner (Collinsville) 8-1, Sr. over Michael Mendoza (Washington) 4-3, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:00 (23-6))

3rd Place Match

Luke Eganhouse (Normal Community) 6-1, Jr. over Brenden Turnbo (MacArthur) 4-2, Sr. (Fall 1:21)

5th Place Match

Nehemie Mbangi (Centennial) 6-1, Jr. over Aidan Eisenberg (Grayslake Central) 5-6, Jr. (Fall 4:00)

7th Place Match

John Vallar (Glenwood) 3-2, Jr. over Tristan Mosack (Dunlap) 10-4, Sr. (M. For.)

144

1st Place Match

Trevor Hengl (Grayslake Central) 6-4, So. over Nate Page (Marion) 5-2, Fr. (TF-1.5 5:19 (17-1))

3rd Place Match

Frank Kittrell (Southeast) 4-2, Sr. over Ty Welsh (Carbondale) 3-2 (Fall 4:37)

5th Place Match

Joe Prideaux (Carbondale) 5-1, Jr. over Ethan Stoops (Normal Community) 4-3, Jr. (Fall 3:19)

7th Place Match

Jacob Kuhn (Charleston) 3-2, Jr. over Cameron Garcia (Dunlap) 4-6, So. (Fall 3:43)

150

1st Place Match

Caden Frey (Marion) 8-2, Jr. over Larson Nestar (Chatham-Glenwood High School) 6-4, Sr. (MD 17-3)

3rd Place Match

Carter Bub (Collinsville) 6-3, Sr. over Jon Martin (Carbondale) 4-2, Jr. (Fall 3:24)

5th Place Match

Quentin Conkle (Grayslake Central) 9-5, Sr. over Johnny Lopez (Grayslake Central) 3-2, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:04 (16-0))

7th Place Match

Hunter Hardwick (Normal Community) 6-3, Sr. over Liam Kilgore (East Peoria) 4-5, So. (Fall 2:42)

157

1st Place Match

Cruise Brolley (Washington) 7-2, Jr. over Jullian Rammelkamp (Glenwood) 7-3, So. (Fall 5:23)

3rd Place Match

Logan Thomas (O`Fallon) 8-1, Sr. over Colton Mosack (Dunlap) 9-4, So. (Fall 1:17)

5th Place Match

Warren Nash (Grayslake Central) 10-5, Jr. over Justin Murphy (Marion) 5-3, Sr. (Dec 12-5)

7th Place Match

Ayden Gratzl (Collinsville) 4-4, Sr. over Max Epplin (Carbondale) 3-3, So. (Fall 2:53)

165

1st Place Match

Maizon Milestone (Glenwood) 7-2, Sr. over Jayden Schmick (Dunlap) 12-1, So. (TF-1.5 5:47 (24-9))

3rd Place Match

William Lyle (Grayslake Central) 10-4, Jr. over Thomas Imboden (Carbondale) 4-2, Sr. (Dec 7-2)

5th Place Match

Tate Miller (Marion) 8-2, Sr. over John Couri (Peoria Notre Dame) 10-7, Sr. (Fall 0:34)

7th Place Match

Kyle Kujawa (O`Fallon) 6-4, Sr. over Wyatt Durham (East Peoria) 5-4, Jr. (Fall 1:59)

175

1st Place Match

Eli Smith (Glenwood) 9-1, So. over Joseph Weeks (Dunlap) 5-1, Sr. (Fall 4:33)

3rd Place Match

Payton Chanerl (O`Fallon) 7-2, So. over Victor Reyes (Normal Community) 4-2, Jr. (Dec 6-2)

5th Place Match

Braden Brown (Washington) 5-3, Jr. over Sie Couri (Peoria Notre Dame) 11-6, Sr. (Dec 10-3)

7th Place Match

Grayson Sanders (Marion) 6-4, Sr. over George Flaig (Grayslake Central) 3-3, So. (Fall 3:20)

190

1st Place Match

Max Wiezorek (Glenwood) 9-1, Sr. over Dalton Oakman (East Peoria) 6-1, Jr. (Fall 1:00)

3rd Place Match

Wyatt Leman (Washington) 7-3, Jr. over Sergio Baity (Centennial) 4-2, So. (MD 11-1)

5th Place Match

Jon Weiderman (Carbondale) 5-1, Sr. over Chris Hull (Southeast) 5-2, Jr. (Fall 0:24)

7th Place Match

Joe Culp (Peoria Notre Dame) 11-3, Sr. over Brody Commean (Glenwood 2) 2-3, So. (SV-1 4-1)

215

1st Place Match

Gavin Gentille (O`Fallon) 9-0, Sr. over Bryan Madinger (Marion) 7-3, Sr. (Dec 3-0)

3rd Place Match

Marcellx Boling (Charleston) 4-1, Sr. over Montray Crume (Collinsville) 7-2, Sr. (SV-1 1-4)

5th Place Match

Mason Streb (Glenwood) 5-3, Jr. over Alec Del Toro (East Peoria) 7-2, Jr. (Fall 5:47)

7th Place Match

Carson Paustian (Dunlap) 13-4, Sr. over Connor Daly (Carbondale) 3-3, Jr. (Fall 1:57)

285

1st Place Match

Jose Del Toro (East Peoria) 8-0, Sr. over Cody Moss (Glenwood) 6-2, Jr. (Dec 13-7)

3rd Place Match

Sean Thornton (Washington) 7-2, Jr. over Jack Shepherd (Collinsville) 6-3, Sr. (Fall 3:49)

5th Place Match

Keegan Barnes (East Peoria) 4-1, . over Jaspher Williams (Dunlap) 6-6, So. (Dec 1-0)

7th Place Match

Martin Xoxotla (Carbondale) 6-2, So. over Brady Mullens (Peoria Notre Dame) 10-7, Jr. (Fall 1:18)

Team scores

1. Glenwood 241, 2. Grayslake Central 189.5, 3. Washington 173.5, 4. Marion 154.5, 5. Carbondale 123.5, 6. O’Fallon 123, 7. Collinsville 122, 8. Peoria Notre Dame 110.5, 9. Dunlap 98, 10. East Peoria 97, 11. Normal Community 86.5, 12. Centennial 48, 13. Charleston 44, 14. MacArthur 40, 15. Southeast 38.5, 16. Decatur Eisenhower 34, 17. Peoria Heights 5.

Kewanee claims top honors at Seneca Irish Invite

Kewanee had three champions and four second-place finishers to help it capture the title at the 20-team Seneca Irish Invite with 236.5 points, which was 57 points ahead of runner-up Canton, who claimed second place by a 179.5-172.5 margin over Wheaton Academy.

Winning championships for coach Charley Eads’ first place Boilermakers were Tyson Currie (113), Ben Taylor (150) and Alejandro Duarte (215) while Kingston Peterson (120), Chance DeSplinter (132), Lain Taylor (138) and Ace Lafollette (175) finished in second place. Dontel Wommack (144), Brayden Johnson (165) and Douglas Swearingen (190) all placed fourth and Landyn Greenhagen (126) claimed sixth place. Duarte placed fifth at 215 in Class 1A in the 2024 IHSA Finals.

“We have had an amazing run this far in the season,” Eads said. “The Kewanee athletes have come out with a desire to be the best they can be and have shown it so far this season. We always know we can compete as a team at this fun Seneca tournament, winning it as a team was a blast!  The athletes had fun and competed tough and that is what my coaching staff asks of them day in and out!  We are excited to see what the rest of the season brings!”

Title winners for coach Zach Crawford’s runner-up Little Giants were Jacob Hardesty (120), Dyllan Steele (126) and Connor Williams (285). Jaxsun Owens (106) took second place while Jack Jochums (138) finished in third place.

Top performers for coach Steve Aiello’s third-place Warriors were champions Lincoln Hoger (132), Chasen Kazmierczak (157) and Tyler Jones (165) and runners-up Buckley Kazmierczak (113), Jeremy Johanik (215) and Hezekiah Garcia (285). Hoger finished fifth at 126 in the IHSA Class 1A Finals last season.

Other invite title winners were Seneca’s Raiden Terry (106), Eureka’s Finn Hoffman (138),

Clifton Central/Iroquois West co-op’s Evan Cox (144), Beardstown’s Gunner Looker (175) and Orion’s Maddux Anderson (190), who took third place at 190 in the 2024 IHSA Class 1A Finals.

Also finishing in second place were St. Bede Academy’s Max Moreno (126), Walther Christian’s Caleb Peterson (144), Beardstown’s Luis De La Cruz (150), Clifton Central co-op’s Gianni Panozzo (157), Orion’s Carson Peck (165) and Seneca’s Landen Venecia (190).

The Amboy co-op, which also involves Ashton-Franklin Center, LaMoille and Ohio, had three third-place finishers, Aden Spinelli (106), Chase Montavon (132) and Caiden Heath (144). 

Additional individuals who placed third were University High’s Ruben Rivera (126) and Charlie Karun (190), Seneca’s Gunner Varland (157) and Nick Grant (165), St. Bede Academy’s Michael Benge (113), Aurora Central Catholic’s Vince Hefke (120), Clifton Central co-op’s Giona Panozzo (150), Eureka’s Aaron Eastman (175), Orion’s Aiden Fisher (215) and Beardstown’s Chunk Dailey (285).

There was a three-way tie for the most team points between Anderson, Cox and Hoffman with 30 points apiece. Hoger was next-best with 29.5 team points, Duarte collected 29 points and Taylor had 28.5. Chasen Kazmierczak, Currie and Williams all scored 28 team points and Jones collected 27 points.

Seneca Irish Invite place matches

106

1st Place Match

Raiden Terry (Seneca) 3-0, So. over Jaxsun Owens (Canton) 4-1, So. (TF-1.5 3:42 (20-5))

3rd Place Match

Aden Spinelli (Amboy/Ashton-Franklin Center/LaMoille/Ohio) 3-1, Fr. over Jayden Rodriguez (Clifton Central/Iroquois West) 3-3, Fr. (Fall 1:32)

5th Place Match

Carter Webber (Manteno) 1-3, Fr. over Conner Knapp (Eureka) 3-5, Fr. (Dec 12-9)

113

1st Place Match

Tyson Currie (Kewanee) 3-0, Sr. over Buckley Kazmierczak (Wheaton Academy) 4-6, So. (Fall 3:33)

3rd Place Match

Michael Benge (St. Bede Academy) 3-2, Fr. over Bryan Islas (Beardstown) 2-2, Jr. (Fall 4:44)

5th Place Match

Chris Thompson (Seneca) 1-2, Fr. over Matthew Salas (Clifton Central) 0-3, Jr. (Fall 2:26)

120

1st Place Match

Jacob Hardesty (Canton) 6-0, So. over Kingston Peterson (Kewanee) 4-1, Jr. (Dec 7-2)

3rd Place Match

Vince Hefke (Aurora Central Catholic) 5-1 over Henry Watson (Eureka) 4-3, So. (Dec 9-4)

5th Place Match

Emmett Roeder (Heyworth) 7-4, Fr. over Tyler Olson (Orion) 3-3, So. (Fall 4:38)

126

1st Place Match

Dyllan Steele (Canton) 5-0, Jr. over Max Moreno (St. Bede Academy) 7-2, Fr. (Dec 11-4)

3rd Place Match

Ruben Rivera (University High) 4-1, Jr. over Jesus Martinez (Streator Township/Woodland) 7-3, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:31 (18-2))

5th Place Match

Kellen Brown (Beardstown) 5-3, Fr. over Landyn Greenhagen (Kewanee) 3-3 (TF-1.5 4:51 (15-0))

132

1st Place Match

Lincoln Hoger (Wheaton Academy) 9-3, Jr. over Chance DeSplinter (Kewanee) 5-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:00 (15-0))

3rd Place Match

Chase Montavon (Amboy) 5-1, Jr. over Garritt Benstine (Streator Township) 6-5, Jr. (Fall 1:50)

5th Place Match

Dillon McKinnon (Ottawa Township) 4-4, Jr. over Kooper Wiles (Pontiac) 3-3, So. (Inj. 0:00)

138

1st Place Match

Finn Hoffman (Eureka) 8-1, Fr. over Lain Taylor (Kewanee) 4-1, Fr. (Fall 3:38)

3rd Place Match

Jack Jochums (Canton) 6-1, Sr. over Noah Davis (Pontiac) 4-2, So. (TF-1.5 4:49 (17-1))

5th Place Match

Avery Phillips (Seneca) 4-2, Jr. over Brady Anders (Manteno) 3-4, . (Fall 3:02)

144

1st Place Match

Evan Cox (Clifton Central) 5-0, Jr. over Caleb Peterson (Walther Christian) 4-1, Sr. (Fall 3:17)

3rd Place Match

Caiden Heath (Amboy) 5-1, So. over Dontel Wommack (Kewanee) 4-2, Jr. (Fall 3:35)

5th Place Match

Alex Carrier (Canton) 5-3, So. over Doug Sibert (Ottawa Township) 2-3, So. (Fall 0:50)

150

1st Place Match

Ben Taylor (Kewanee) 6-0, Sr. over Luis De La Cruz (Beardstown) 7-1, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:44 (16-0))

3rd Place Match

Giona Panozzo (Clifton Central) 6-1, Jr. over Logan Stout (Heyworth) 7-5, So. (Fall 1:00)

5th Place Match

Grady Smith (Canton) 4-4, So. over Ryan Flynn (Seneca) 2-3, Sr. (Fall 3:56)

157

1st Place Match

Chasen Kazmierczak (Wheaton Academy) 11-1, Sr. over Gianni Panozzo (Clifton Central) 5-1, Sr. (Dec 2-0)

3rd Place Match

Gunner Varland (Seneca) 5-1, Jr. over Lucas Maier (Pontiac) 6-2, Fr. (Fall 3:38)

5th Place Match

Joshua Caraballo (University High) 4-2, Sr. over Maddox Medrano (Beardstown) 3-4, So. (Fall 2:10)

165

1st Place Match

Tyler Jones (Wheaton Academy) 10-1, Jr. over Carson Peck (Orion) 3-1, Jr. (MD 12-1)

3rd Place Match

Nick Grant (Seneca) 5-1, Sr. over Brayden Johnson (Kewanee) 4-2, Jr. (Fall 4:47)

5th Place Match

Tristian Stamp (Heyworth) 7-4, Fr. over Max Gillie (St. Edward) 3-4 (Fall 1:42)

175

1st Place Match

Gunner Looker (Beardstown) 6-0, Jr. over Ace Lafollette (Kewanee) 4-1, Fr. (Dec 15-9)

3rd Place Match

Aaron Eastman (Eureka) 7-3, Sr. over Wes Weatherford (Ottawa Township) 6-3, So. (Fall 2:39)

5th Place Match

Grayson Moody (University High) 4-3, Jr. over Cooper Moyer (Clifton Central) 3-4, Sr. (Fall 1:50)

190

1st Place Match

Maddux Anderson (Orion) 4-0, Sr. over Landen Venecia (Seneca) 3-1, Jr. (Fall 1:36)

3rd Place Match

Charlie Karun (University High) 6-1, Sr. over Douglas Swearingen (Kewanee) 4-2, Jr. (MD 10-2)

5th Place Match

Garrett Sego (Canton) 5-4, Sr. over Ashton Helberg (Eureka) 2-3, Fr. (Dec 7-5)

215

1st Place Match

Alejandro Duarte (Kewanee) 4-0, Sr. over Jeremy Johanik (Wheaton Academy) 10-2, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:16 (17-1))

3rd Place Match

Aiden Fisher (Orion) 4-1, Sr. over Evan Flanagan (Amboy) 4-2, So. (Fall 1:11)

5th Place Match

Ryder Hamlin (Beardstown) 4-3, Sr. over Brody O`Connor (Clifton Central) 4-3, Jr. (Fall 2:53)

285

1st Place Match

Connor Williams (Canton) 4-0, Jr. over Hezekiah Garcia (Wheaton Academy) 9-3, Jr. (Fall 4:19)

3rd Place Match

Chunk Dailey (Beardstown) 7-2, Sr. over Josh McCurry (Clifton Central) 5-3, So. (Fall 1:53)

5th Place Match

Miles Fredrickson (Ottawa Township) 4-2, Sr. over Carter Nunley (Manteno) 2-3, So. (Fall 4:54)

Team scores

1. Kewanee 236.5, 2. Canton 179.5, 3. Wheaton Academy 172.5, 4. Seneca 149, 5. Clifton Central/Iroquois West 145.5, 6. Beardstown 130.5, 7. Amboy/Ashton-Franklin Center/LaMoille/Ohio 106, 8. Orion 105, 9. Eureka 99, 10 University High 77.5, 11. Ottawa Township 67.5, 12. Pontiac 55.5, 13. Heyworth 55, 14. St. Bede Academy 54, 16. Streator Township/Woodland 43, 16. Manteno 34, 17. Aurora Central Catholic 25.5, 18. Walther Christian 25, 19. St. Edward 9, 20. Somonauk/Leland 2.

Lawrence County wins championship of its tournament

Lawrence County co-op had five champions and seven finalists to easily capture the title at its own 50th Lawrence County Tournament in Lawrenceville after scoring 255 points, which was 75.5 ahead of the second-place finisher, Carterville, who had 179.5 points while Robinson claimed third place in the 12-team competition with 167 points.

Winning championships for coach Cody Bobe’s co-op team that involves Lawrenceville and Red Hill, were Drew Seitzinger (120), Dylan Aten (132), Cale Seitzinger (138), Malikye Williams (190) and Dylan Camden (285) while Hudson Meek (144) and Daniel Kiser (157) finished second. Placing third were Kyler Guercio (106) and Keegan Liston (150) while Dayton Ledbetter (113) and Grayson Allender (126) took fifth place and Nick Morehead (175) and Noah Carie (215) claimed sixth-place finishes.

“I was very proud of the kids’ intensity and pace wrestling this weekend,” Bobe said. “I think we were all inspired by the Lawrence County wrestling tradition that was celebrated with the 50th anniversary of the tournament and walked out with the second highest team score in tournament history. We still have work to do but I truly believe this is a special group. 

Title winners for coach Daniel Alderman’s runner-up Lions were Landyn Flood (126) and Carter Jones (175) while Ramiro Sebastian (113) and Carl Watkins (215) took second place and Brawnsen Bloodworth (120), Gavin Slack (138) and Terry Mick (190) all placed third.

Winning championships for coach Tanner Keeler’s third-place Maroons were Gracen Elliott (106), Broady Kelly (144) and Ben Mullins (157) while Kahne Hyre (165) and William Mullins (190) claimed second place and Lenox Parker (175) finished third.

The other tournament title winners were Vandalia’s Dade Kleinik (150) and Parker Ray (165), Paris’ Christian Perez (113) and East Richland’s Zander Schrader (215).

Johnston City had four second-place finishers, Benjamin Harris (132), Jace Weaver (138), Jerry Tate (150) and Juan Salazar (175). Also claiming second place were Fairfield’s Jedd Wellen (126) and Bentley Rogers (285), East Richland’s Hayden Hazel (106) and Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine co-op’s Mason Correll (120).

Additional third-place finishers were Mt. Carmel’s Carson Sloss (132) and Johnny Askren (165), 

Breese Central’s Matthew Walsh (157) and Brody Beckmann (215), Fairfield’s Anthony Granfeldt (113), East Richland’s Kaeden Davis (126) and Oblong co-op’s Jude Wirey (144).

Kleinik led all competitors with 29.5 points while three others tied for second with 28 points, Drew Seitzinger, Elliott and Schrader. Aten and Ray both collected 27.5 team points while Jones and Williams each finished with 27 points and Camden and Perez scored 26 team points. 

Lawrence County Tournament place matches

106

1st Place Match

Gracen Elliott (Robinson) 4-0 over Hayden Hazel (East Richland) 2-1, Fr. (Fall 2:00)

3rd Place Match

Kyler Guercio (Lawrence County) 2-1, Fr. over Paxton Overturf (Johnston City) 1-2, Fr. (Fall 1:15)

5th Place Match

Isaac Wood (Carterville) 5-1, Fr. over Gage Anderson (Carmi-White County) 3-3, So. (Fall 0:44)

113

1st Place Match

Christian Perez (Paris) 5-0, Jr. over Ramiro Sebastian (Carterville) 3-1, Sr. (Dec 4-1)

3rd Place Match

Anthony Granfeldt (Fairfield) 4-2, Jr. over Malachi Oberlender (Carmi-White County) 3-3, Fr. (Fall 2:29)

5th Place Match

Dayton Ledbetter (Lawrence County) 2-1, Fr. over Abigayle Haller (Breese Central) 1-2, So. (Fall 1:30)

120

1st Place Match

Drew Seitzinger (Lawrence County) 3-0, Jr. over Mason Correll (Oblong/H/P) 6-3 (Fall 3:03)

3rd Place Match

Brawnsen Bloodworth (Carterville) 3-1, Sr. over Jacob Booher (Robinson) 3-3 (Fall 5:52)

5th Place Match

Robert McCoy (Vandalia) 2-1, So. over Max Etherton (Johnston City) 1-2, Fr. (Fall 1:48)

126

1st Place Match

Landyn Flood (Carterville) 4-1, Sr. over Jedd Wellen (Fairfield) 4-2, Jr. (Fall 2:54)

3rd Place Match

Kaeden Davis (East Richland) 2-1, So. over Connor Benham (Carmi-White County) 2-3, So. (TF-1.5 2:00 (15-0))

5th Place Match

Grayson Allender (Lawrence County) 2-1, Fr. over Coy Romero (Paris) 2-3, So. (Dec 15-14)

132

1st Place Match

Dylan Aten (Lawrence County) 3-0, Sr. over Benjamin Harris (Johnston City) 2-1, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:04 (18-3))

3rd Place Match

Carson Sloss (Mt. Carmel) 3-1, Fr. over Dylan Blain (Vandalia) 2-2, So. (Dec 10-5)

5th Place Match

Nolan Garner (Carmi-White County) 4-4, Fr. over Lane Witucki (Fairfield) 3-5, So. (Fall 0:32)

138

1st Place Match

Cale Seitzinger (Lawrence County) 3-0, Jr. over Jace Weaver (Johnston City) 2-1, Jr. (Dec 15-12)

3rd Place Match

Gavin Slack (Carterville) 4-1, Jr. over Drew Jones (Vandalia) 1-2, Fr. (Fall 3:01)

5th Place Match

Chase Phillips (Fairfield) 4-2, Sr. over Owen Griffen (Oblong/H/P) 3-7 (TB-1 12-11)

144

1st Place Match

Broady Kelly (Robinson) 6-0 over Hudson Meek (Lawrence County) 2-1, So. (Dec 4-3)

3rd Place Match

Jude Wirey (Oblong/H/P) 8-4 over Garret Rigdon (Paris) 3-2, Jr. (Inj. 4:00)

5th Place Match

Samuel Dial (East Richland) 3-1, Fr. over Jay Klemish (Breese Central) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 1:41)

150

1st Place Match

Dade Kleinik (Vandalia) 4-0, So. over Jerry Tate (Johnston City) 2-1, Sr. (Fall 0:32)

3rd Place Match

Keegan Liston (Lawrence County) 3-1, So. over Jazz Duckworth (Carmi-White County) 2-4, So. (Fall 2:17)

5th Place Match

Nic Masterson (Fairfield) 6-1, Sr. over Peyton Vlahos (Paris) 2-3, Sr. (Fall 5:02)

157

1st Place Match

Ben Mullins (Robinson) 6-0 over Daniel Kiser (Lawrence County) 3-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:11 (15-0))

3rd Place Match

Matthew Walsh (Breese Central) 2-1, Jr. over TJ Stites (Oblong/H/P) 2-3 (Fall 0:33)

5th Place Match

Corbin Meyers (Vandalia) 2-1, So. over Cole Evans (Carmi-White County) 5-2, Fr. (Fall 1:51)

165

1st Place Match

Parker Ray (Vandalia) 4-0, Sr. over Kahne Hyre (Robinson) 5-1 (Dec 10-5)

3rd Place Match

Johnny Askren (Mt. Carmel) 7-4, Sr. over Branson Burnett (Carmi-White County) 3-3, Fr. (Fall 1:22)

5th Place Match

Aiden Cates (Fairfield) 6-1, Jr. over Joshua Lamore (Paris) 3-3, Jr. (MD 14-6)

175

1st Place Match

Carter Jones (Carterville) 6-0, So. over Juan Salazar (Johnston City) 2-1, So. (MD 20-9)

3rd Place Match

Lenox Parker (Robinson) 5-1 over Talan Keoughan (Fairfield) 4-2, Sr. (MFFL)

5th Place Match

Noah Langston (Vandalia) 4-1, So. over Nick Morehead (Lawrence County) 3-2, So. (Dec 5-4)

190

1st Place Match

Malikye Williams (Lawrence County) 3-0, Jr. over William Mullins (Robinson) 5-1 (Fall 2:56)

3rd Place Match

Terry Mick (Carterville) 4-2, So. over Gavin Grubb (Paris) 2-3, Sr. (Fall 1:45)

5th Place Match

Ethan Miller (Oblong/H/P) 5-6 over Delton Morgan (East Richland) 1-2, So. (Fall 1:14)

215

1st Place Match

Zander Schrader (East Richland) 3-0, Jr. over Carl Watkins (Carterville) 5-1, So. (Fall 3:10)

3rd Place Match

Brody Beckmann (Breese Central) 2-1, Jr. over Lukas Madlam (Mt. Carmel) 2-2, Sr. (Fall 1:24)

5th Place Match

Joseph Hercules (Johnston City) 3-1, Jr. over Noah Carie (Lawrence County) 1-2, So. (Fall 1:11)

285

1st Place Match

Dylan Camden (Lawrence County) 3-0, Sr. over Bentley Rogers (Fairfield) 4-2, Sr. (Dec 4-2)

3rd Place Match

Jeremiah Bouchard (Carterville) 3-2, So. over Carter Pyatt (Mt. Carmel) 5-5, Fr. (TF-1.5 4:06 (16-0))

5th Place Match

Gentry Michels (East Richland) 4-1, Fr. over Anthony Escobedo (Robinson) 2-2 (Fall 2:07)

Team scores

1. Lawrence County co-op (Lawrenceville/Red Hill) 255, 2. Carterville 179.5, 3. Robinson 167, 4. Fairfield 130, 5. Johnston City 127.5, 6. Vandalia 120, 7. East Richland 103, 8. Carmi-White County 96, 9. Paris 86, 10. Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine co-op 81, 11. Mt. Carmel 78.5, 12. Breese Central 58.

Dixon takes first at Sterling DeJarnatt Invitational

Dixon had three champions and three second-place finishers to help it to score 268 points to win Sterling’s 46th Carson DeJarnatt Invitational, placing it 48.5 points ahead of runner-up Newman Central Catholic, who had 219.5 points. The host Golden Warriors took third place in their 10-team tournament with 196.5 points.

Claiming first-place finishes for coach Micah Hey’s champion Dukes were Jack Ragan (113), Doolan Long (120) and Will Howell (215) while Riley Paredes (106), Charlie Connors (138) and Preston Richards (144) placed second. Jayden Weidman (157) took third place. Kye Dieterle (126), Gavin Kramer (132), James Simpson (150), Daniel Fordham (190) and Dawson Kemp (285) all were fourth while Neyo Holloway (165) and Seth Shaffer (175) both placed sixth. 

Winning titles for coach Brian Bahrs’ runner-up Comets were Landon Near (106), Briar Ivey 

(157) and Daniel Kelly (165) while Javen Reyes (113), Zhyler Hansen (126) and Landon Blanton (132) took second place and Ben Geske (175) and Jacob Newberry (190) placed third. Kelly finished in fifth place at 157 in the 2024 IHSA Class 1A Finals.

Capturing championships for coach Nolan Baker’s third-place Golden Warriors were Zyan Westbrook (132) and Gage Tate (175) while Landon Kenney (150) and and Oswaldo Navarro (285) took second place and Landon Heckman (120), Cael Lyons (126) and Tatum Allen (165) finished in third place.

Other title winners were Rock Falls’ Josiah Tarbill (126), Polo/Eastland/Forreston/Milledgeville co-op’s Lucas Nelson (138), Fulton’s Mason Kuebel (190), Galesburg’s Larry Randolph (285) and Clinton, Iowa’s Danny Peters (144) and Brady Jennings (150). 

Also claiming second-place finishes were Limestone’s Christian Johnson (120), Bruce Ryder (190) and Ethan Dixon (215), Galesburg’s Josiah Carter (157) and Anthony Makwala (165) and Fulton’s Skylier Crooks (175).

Others who finished in third place were Fulton’s Hudson Price (106), Jeff Kane (215) and Daniel Holman (285), Rock Falls’ Logan Thome (132) and Tucker Ullrich (138), Limestone’s Kaleb Fuchs (113), Galesburg’s Caleb Johnson (144) and Polo co-op’s Kaenyn McCarren (150).

There was a three-way for the most team points with 30 between Jennings, Long and Randolph while Howell, Ragan and Tate had 29 points and Ivey,Near, Peters and Westbrook all collected 28 team points. 

Sterling Carson DeJarnatt Invitational place matches

106

1st Place Match

Landon Near (Newman Central Catholic) 5-0, Fr. over Riley Paredes (Dixon) 7-1, So. (Dec 9-2)

3rd Place Match

Hudson Price (Fulton) 5-3, Fr. over Coltin Hartman (Fulton) 2-2, Fr. (Dec 8-4)

5th Place Match

Scottie Hampton (Rock Falls) 2-2 over Chad Bennett (Sterling) 2-4, Fr. (Fall 2:23)

113

1st Place Match

Jack Ragan (Dixon) 8-0, So. over Javen Reyes (Newman Central Catholic) 5-1, Fr. (MD 9-1)

3rd Place Match

Kaleb Fuchs (Limestone) 8-2, Jr. over Evan Jones (Sterling) 3-3, Jr. (SV-1 6-3)

5th Place Match

Jakob Litherland (Clinton, Iowa) 2-3, So. over Owen Bohm (Galesburg) 4-3, Fr. (Fall 2:30)

120

1st Place Match

Doolan Long (Dixon) 7-1, Fr. over Christian Johnson (Limestone) 6-3, So. (Fall 1:53)

3rd Place Match

Landon Heckman (Sterling) 4-2, Jr. over Camdynn Bray (Clinton, Iowa) 3-2, Jr. (Dec 11-4)

5th Place Match

Jaxon Myers (Sterling) 3-2, So. over Landon Darst (Galesburg) 5-3, Fr. (Fall 1:10)

126

1st Place Match

Josiah Tarbill (Rock Falls) 3-0, Jr. over Zhyler Hansen (Newman Central Catholic) 3-1, Jr. (Fall 3:56)

3rd Place Match

Cael Lyons (Sterling) 5-1, Jr. over Kye Dieterle (Dixon) 4-3, So. (Dec 7-5)

5th Place Match

Easton Spooner (Fulton) 4-4, Fr. over Joaquin Donaire (Clinton, Iowa) 2-3, So. (TF-1.5 2:27 (15-0))

132

1st Place Match

Zyan Westbrook (Sterling) 5-0, Sr. over Landon Blanton (Newman Central Catholic) 2-1, Jr. (Dec 8-1)

3rd Place Match

Logan Thome (Rock Falls) 3-1, Jr. over Gavin Kramer (Dixon) 5-5, Sr. (Fall 3:10)

5th Place Match

Brody Harrington (Clinton, Iowa) 3-2, Jr. over Tyler Mosure (Polo/Eastland/Forreston/Milledgeville) 1-4, . (Fall 0:20)

138

1st Place Match

Lucas Nelson (Polo) 7-1 over Charlie Connors (Dixon) 6-1, Fr. (Inj. 3:19)

3rd Place Match

Tucker Ullrich (Rock Falls) 3-1, So. over Orlando Castellano (Galesburg) 5-3, So. (MD 20-12)

5th Place Match

Connor Petrakis (Limestone) 1-3, Fr. over Ty Sander-Welzien (Clinton,Iowa) 1-3, So. (MD 13-0)

144

1st Place Match

Danny Peters (Clinton, Iowa) 4-0, Jr. over Preston Richards (Dixon) 7-1, Fr. (Dec 2-1)

3rd Place Match

Caleb Johnson (Galesburg) 4-2, Sr. over Jaidyn McKinney (Polo) 9-2, . (Fall 1:07)

5th Place Match

Seamus McDonnell (Newman Central Catholic) 3-3, Sr. over Logan Williamson (Rock Falls) 3-3, Sr. (Fall 5:28)

150

1st Place Match

Brady Jennings (Clinton, Iowa) 3-0, Sr. over Landon Kenney (Sterling) 3-1, Sr. (Fall 1:24)

3rd Place Match

Kaenyn McCarren (Polo) 5-4, . over James Simpson (Dixon) 4-3, Sr. (Fall 5:27)

5th Place Match

Wiley Blasdell (Fulton) 3-4, So. over Don Patrick (Galesburg) 3-3, Sr. (Dec 17-14)

157

1st Place Match

Briar Ivey (Newman Central Catholic) 5-0, Sr. over Josiah Carter (Galesburg) 6-1, Sr. (Dec 11-4)

3rd Place Match

Jayden Weidman (Dixon) 9-1, Sr. over Sam Hoffman (Clinton, Iowa) 3-2, Sr. (Fall 1:49)

5th Place Match

Jack Bernardi (Galesburg) 4-2, So. over Jonah Lutz (Fulton) 4-6, So. (MD 16-7)

165

1st Place Match

Daniel Kelly (Newman Central Catholic) 4-0, Sr. over Anthony Makwala (Galesburg) 6-1, Jr. (Dec 12-11)

3rd Place Match

tatum allen (Sterling) 4-2, Sr. over Micah Stringini (Polo) 8-2, . (Fall 2:43)

5th Place Match

Trail Stonitsch (Rock Falls) 4-2, So. over Neyo Holloway (Dixon) 3-3, So. (MD 17-8)

175

1st Place Match

Gage Tate (Sterling) 4-1, Sr. over Skylier Crooks (Fulton) 6-1, Sr. (MD 16-8)

3rd Place Match

Ben Geske (Newman Central Catholic) 4-1, Jr. over Mason Taylor (Galesburg) 6-2, Jr. (Fall 1:57)

5th Place Match

Braiden Tucker (Galesburg) 4-2, So. over Seth Shaffer (Dixon) 3-7, So. (TF-1.5 5:08 (18-3))

190

Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match

Mason Kuebel (Fulton) 7-0, Jr. over Bruce Ryder (Limestone) 5-4, Sr. (MD 10-2)

3rd Place Match

Jacob Newberry (Newman Central Catholic) 4-1, Sr. over Daniel Fordham (Dixon) 5-5, Jr. (MD 12-1)

5th Place Match

Nathan Maloy (Galesburg) 5-4, Sr. over Hayden Chandler (Clinton, Iowa) 2-3, Jr. (Fall 0:55)

215

1st Place Match

Will Howell (Dixon) 6-3, Sr. over Ethan Dixon (Limestone) 6-2, Sr. (Fall 1:15)

3rd Place Match

Jeff Kane (Fulton) 4-1, Jr. over LaVant Ritenour (Galesburg) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 1:37)

5th Place Match

Mathew Murray (Newman Central Catholic) 3-3, So. over Hunter Bertolozzi (Sterling) 1-5, Sr. (Fall 1:44)

285

1st Place Match

Larry Randolph (Galesburg) 6-0, Sr. over Oswaldo Navarro (Sterling) 2-2, Sr. (Fall 3:56)

3rd Place Match

Daniel Holman (Fulton) 7-1, Sr. over Dawson Kemp (Dixon) 1-2, Jr. (Dec 4-3)

5th Place Match

Jadis Franklin (Clinton, Iowa) 2-2, Sr. over Charlie Reyes (Sterling) 1-3, Sr. (Dec 7-5)

Team scores

1. Dixon 268, 2. Newman Central Catholic 219.5, 3. Sterling 196.5, 4. Galesburg 190, 5. Clinton, Iowa 146, 6. Futon 132.5, 7. Rock Falls 113.5, 8. Limestone 93, 9. Polo/Eastland/Forreston/Milledgeville co-op 86.5.

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

Princeton’s 1st Annual Girls PIT

Princeton launched its first PIT on the girls’ side of wrestling on Saturday, a 28-teamer that saw Geneseo dominate the competition to hoist the team title.

Geneseo won 200.5-94 over second-place LaSalle-Peru. Hampshire (93) was right behind LaSalle-Peru in third, Vandalia (85.5) was fourth, and Erie (84) rounded out the top five team finishes.
Geneseo’s 13 entrants were the most of any team. LaSalle-Peru and Freeport were next with 9 girls competing apiece.

1st place: Geneseo (200.5 points)
The Maple Leafs rolled over the competition with 10 place-winners, including individual titles from Addison Hadsall (100), Molly Snyder (105), Annibelle Juarez (135), and Mady Mooney (145). Geneseo also got second-place finishes from Bella Curcuru (125), Lauren Piquard (155) and Sophie Bellagamba (170), a third from Lydia King (120), a fifth from Ayla Schultz (130), and a sixth from Brooke Shollenderger (140).

2nd place: LaSalle-Peru (94)
Kiely Domyancich (115) won an individual title for the Lady Cavaliers, who also got a runner-up finish from Sarah Lowery (110), fourths from Kalista Frost (100), Ruby Davis (130) and Avalyn Edwall (140), and a fifth from Kalli Ware (115).

3rd place: Hampshire (93)
The Whip-purs sent three champs to the top of the awards stand in Ameila Nidelea-Polanin (120), Annelise Tavira (170) and Samantha Diehl (190), and Hampshire also got a fourth from Gwen Wilds (145).

Other Girls PIT champions in Princeton were Streator’s Addison Yacko (110), Vandalia’s returning state champion Sophie Bowers, Erie’s Michelle Naftzger (130), Dunlap’s Olivia Curtis (140), and Tolono’s Anna Vasey (155) and returning state medalist (2nd) Phoenix Molina (235)

Vandalia’s Amelia Watterson posted the most pins (5) in the least time (9:35) of all wrestlers present, and Hampshire’s Annelise Tavira had the most tech falls (2) in the least time (6:00). Unity’s Phoenix Molina had the fastest tech fall (1:07), and Hampshire’s Amelia Nidelea-Polanin scored the most team points with 33. Tavira tied with Galena’s Emma Duncan for the most single match points (21), and Nidelea-Polanin scored the most total match points (62). The largest seed-place difference went to Sherrard’s Sophia Bradarich, who was seeded 17th but placed 5th at 120.

Team scores: Geneseo 200.5, LaSalle-Peru 94, Hampshire 93, Vandalia 85.5, Erie 84, Freeport 74, Streator 72, Princeton 71, Unity 60.5, Sherrard 52, Rock Falls 51, Genoa-Kingston 48.5, Rock Island 47, Dunlap 42.5, ROWVA 42, Metamora 30, Mendota 26, United Township 25, Washington 21, Mahomet-Seymour 20, Moline 18, Illinois Valley Central 15, Illini West 14, Galena 10, Ottawa 9, Kewanee 7, Oregon 0, Newman Central Catholic 0

Princeton’s 1st Annual Girls PIT results:

100

1st: Addison Hadsall (Geneseo) 8-2,  over Aurielle Calmese (Freeport) 6-3,  (F 0:31)

3rd: Rylee Backes (Princeton) 3-2,  over Kalista Frost (L.-Peru) 3-4,  (F 1:09)

105

Molly Snyder (Geneseo) 6-1,  over Grace Aeschliman (Metamora) 4-3,  (F 0:33)

Isis Lopez (Moline (H.S.) 1-4,  over () , . (Bye)

110

1st: Addison Yacko (Streator (Twp.) 5-0,  over Sarah Lowery (L.-Peru) 3-1,  (F 1:45)

3rd: Ariyana Calmese (Freeport) 6-5,  over Kaydence Klein (Metamora) 5-4,  (F 4:49)

5th: Aerith Adams (Dunlap) 6-2,  over Elizabeth Farney (Unity) 3-3,  (F 2:30)

115

1st: Kiely Domyancich (L.-Peru) 7-0,  over Payton Henson (Streator (Twp.) 3-1,  (F 1:42)

3rd: Marissa Brown (ROWVA) 5-1,  over Abby Harris (Princeton) 4-2,  (F 5:00)

5th: Kalli Ware (L.-Peru) 4-3,  over Violet Sanders (G.-Kingston) 2-3,  (F 1:12)

120

1st: Amelia Nidelea-Polanin (Hampshire) 9-0,  over Ryleigh Stephens (Erie) 8-2,  (F 3:45)

3rd: Lydia King (Geneseo) 9-2,  over Laila Vaughn (Streator (Twp.) 5-2,  (F 1:30)

5th: Sophia Bradarich (Sherrard) 5-2,  over Kaiya Galindo (Freeport) 8-7,  (F 3:58)

125

1st: Sophie Bowers (Vandalia) 4-0,  over Bella Curcuru (Geneseo) 8-2,  (F 2:00)

3rd: Ryleigh Ericks (Rock Fs) 4-1,  over Cora Hanks (Illini West) 3-5,  (F 2:36)

5th: Kylie Mathis (Sherrard) 3-2,  over Adison Stephens (Erie) 4-5,  (F 1:37)

130

1st: Michelle Naftzger (Erie) 9-1,  over Izabel Vega (Rock Island) 2-1,  (F 3:06)

3rd: Jadeyn Klingenberg (Princeton) 5-1,  over Ruby Davis (L.-Peru) 4-4,  (F 1:47)

5th: Ayla Schultz (Geneseo) 3-2,  over JAYLEEN JORDAN (Mendota) 3-3,  (F 3:21)

135

1st: Annibelle Juarez (Geneseo) 8-2,  over Jaelyn Hare (United Township) 3-1,  (F 1:12)

3rd: Nadia Anderson (Sherrard) 4-1,  over Dulce Ibarra (G.-Kingston) 5-4,  (F 4:50)

5th: Izzy Gibson (Princeton) 4-2,  over Rebecca Cahill (Illinois Valley C) 3-3,  (F 0:42)

140

1st: Olivia Curtis (Dunlap) 5-1,  over Vanesa Penaloza (Freeport) 6-3,  (TF-1.5 4:19 (19-3)

3rd: Amelia Watterson (Vandalia) 5-1,  over Avalyn Edwall (L.-Peru) 5-4,  (F 2:14)

5th: Brianna Blunt (Moline (H.S.) 4-5,  over Brooke Shollenderger (Geneseo) 2-4,  (F 3:22)

145

1st: Mady Mooney (Geneseo) 8-1,  over Dena Cox (Erie) 6-3,  (Dec 1-0)

3rd: Ashlyn Fargher (Rock Fs) 3-1,  over Gwen Wilds (Hampshire) 5-6,  (F 0:39)

155

1st: Anna Vasey (Unity) 7-1,  over Lauren Piquard (Geneseo) 7-2,  (F 1:23)

3rd: Akira Schick (Rock Fs) 4-1,  over Brynn Swyers (Vandalia) 3-2,  (TF-1.5 4:00 (15-0)

170

1st: Anneliese Tavira (Hampshire) 11-0,  over Sophie Bellagamba (Geneseo) 7-3,  (TF-1.5 4:00 (21-5)

3rd: Jordyn Graf (G.-Kingston) 7-2,  over Violet Gray (Vandalia) 2-2,  (F 3:30)

190

1st: Samantha Diehl (Hampshire) 9-1,  over DaLonna Buckley (ROWVA) 3-1,  (F 0:52)

3rd: Courtney Walls (Rock Island) 5-1,  over Patience Riggs (ROWVA) 3-2,  (TF-1.5 4:28 (17-2)

5th: Grace Mordhorst (Washington) 2-2,  over Gracie VanQuakebeke (Washington) 2-3,  (Dec 6-3)

235

1st: Phoenix Molina (Unity) 6-1,  over Gracey Simmons (Vandalia) 2-1,  (F 0:26)

3rd: Jaycee Weitekamp (Mahomet-S) 6-3,  over LAINA GONZALES (Mendota) 2-2,  (F 2:48)

Granite City Girls Invitational

Edwardsville sent 14 girls to the awards stand at this year’s 30-team Granite City Girls Invitational, winning the team title 230.5-172 over the team from Bartlett, Tennessee. Collinsville (126) placed third, followed by Hazelwood West, Missouri (105) and Glenwood (88.5) to round out the top five team finishes.

1st place: Edwardsville (230.5 points)
The Tigers got individual titles from Emma Rogers (100), Allie Chong (120), returning state medalist Holly Zugmaier (135), and Victoria White (190), seconds from Maddy Allen (105), Genevieve Dykstra (110), Gianna Linhorst (115), Olive Linhorst (130), thirds from Brooklyn Alldredge (125), fourths from Haily Buckingham (110) and Jaylnn Parker (140), and fifths from Emily Rogers (125), Lydia Blind (140), and Jada Tyus (235). Buckingham, Rogers, Parker and Tyus participated for the Tigers as non-scoring wrestlers.

2nd place: Bartlett, TN (172)
The team from Tennessee had seven wrestlers win place medals, including two individual champions in Ella Berg (105) and Ayanna Omollo (235), along with two second-place finishes and three fifth-place wrestlers.
3rd place: Collinsville (126)

The Kahoks had three individual champs in Londyn Long (125), returning state runner-up Taylor Dawson (140), and Tashieya Taylor (155), and a pair of fifth-place finishes from Emma Ford (115) and Addy Bailey (135).
Other Granite City Girls Invitational champions were Rochester’s Carlly Ho (110), Carbondale’s Delaney Measimer (115), Jacksonville’s returning state medalist Alexis Seymour (130), Cumberland’s Natalie Beaumont (145), and Highland’s returning state medalist August Rottmann (170).
Glenwood’s Kenzi Milestone had the most pins (5) in the least time (4:05) of any wrestler in the tournament, and Jacksonville’s Alexis Seymour had the fastest tech fall in 1:53. Collinsville’s Tashieya Taylor scored the most team points with 32, Springfield co-op’s Maya Bennett had the most single match points with 23, and Springfield’s Reaghan Madura scored the most total match points with 60. Glenwood’s Kadi Wilbern provided the largest seed-place difference, as the 16th seed placed second at 100 pounds.

Team scores: Edwardsville 230.5, Bartlett TN 172, Collinsville 126, Hazelwood West MO 105, Glenwood 88.5, Granite City 84, Marion 79, Belleville West 78, Carbondale 70, Civic Memorial 69, Jacksonville 56.5, Triad 53, O’Fallon 50, Highland 48.5, Normal Community West 46, Springfield co-op 45.5, Mt. Vernon 41.5, Cumberland 38, Waterloo 37, Rochester 35, Jerseyville 34, Mascoutah 31, Hazelwood Central MO 26, East St. Louis 24, Robinson 23, Alton 20, PORTA 12.5, Belleville East 7, Peoria Notre Dame 7, Auburn 0

Granite City Girls Invitational results:

100

1st: Emma Rogers (Edwardsville) 6-0, over Kadi Wilbern (Glenwood) 6-1,  (D 10-7)

3rd: Claire Crouch (Triad) 4-1, over Lily Davis (Mt Vernon) 3-2,  (F 0:33)

5th: Kelly Tran (Hazelwood W) 4-2, over Ariel Sipes (Porta) 6-5,  (MD 16-8)

105

1st: Ella Berg (Bartlett) 9-1, over Maddy Allen (Edwardsville) 3-1,  (D 15-11)

3rd: Briana Ramirez (Granite City) 6-2, over Janiya Fleming (Hazelwood W) 8-3,  (TB-1 4-3)

5th: Josselyn Allen (Jerseyville) 2-2, over Beautifull Wims (Springfield(Coop) 0-3,  (F 0:18)

110

1st: Carlly Ho (Rochester) 5-2, over Genevieve Dykstra (Edwardsville) 4-1,  (F 3:51)

3rd: Reaghan Madura (Springfield(Coop) 4-1, over Haily Buckingham (Edwardsville) 5-2,  (MD 16-6)

5th: Jala Singleton (Belleville W) 3-2, over Cecelia Irwin (Springfield(Coop) 2-3,  (D 9-7)

115

1st: Delaney Measimer (Carbondale) 6-0, over Gianna Linhorst (Edwardsville) 4-1,  (F 3:54)

3rd: Kendall Moss-Smith (Civic Memorial) 6-1, over Vanessa McDaniel (Hazelwood W) 4-2,  (F 1:26)

5th: Emma Ford (Collinsville) 7-3, over Lucie Eisenbarth (Rochester) 2-5,  (F 1:41)

120

1st: Allie Chong (Edwardsville) 5-0, over Alauni Muex (Marion) 6-1,  (D 3-0)

3rd: Zoey Nelson (Mascoutah) 4-1, over Lelynn Kelly (Granite City) 7-4,  (F 3:25)

5th: Shyler Salmon (Bartlett) 8-4, over Yanni Smith (Hazelwood W) 5-5,  (F 1:16)

125

1st: Londyn Long (Collinsville) 8-1, over Deziare Jones (Mt Vernon) 3-1,  (F 1:57)

3rd: Brookyln Alldredge (Edwardsville) 5-1, over Ariella Miloncus (Springfield(Coop) 3-2,  (D 6-4)

5th: Emily Rogerfs (Edwardsville) 5-2, over Amelia McClure (Normal West) 2-2,  (M. For.)

130 

1st: Alexis Seymour (Jacksonville) 6-0, over Olive Linhorst (Edwardsville) 5-1,  (F 0:52)

3rd: Kenzi Milestone (Glenwood) 7-2, over Josephine Crow (Hazelwood W) 4-2,  (F 1:11)

5th: Addison Arnold (Marion) 6-2, over DJ Tucker-Lester (Marion) 4-5,  (For.)

135 

1st: Holly Zugmaier (Edwardsville) 6-0, over Scarlett Gentille (O`Fallon) 7-1,  (MD 12-2)

3rd: Audrey Barnes (Granite City) 8-1, over Isabella Resendez (Glenwood) 6-3,  (F 1:24)

5th: Addy Bailey (Collinsville) 7-3, over Rachel Richey (Robinson) 3-3,  (F 0:28)

140 

1st: Taylor Dawson (Collinsville) 8-0, over Turner Corbin (Bartlett) 6-2,  (F 0:45)

3rd: Jariyah Powell (East St. Louis) 4-1, over Jaylnn Parker (Edwardsville) 7-2,  (F 1:41)

5th: Lydia Blind (Edwardsville) 6-2, over Bailly Rabun (Hazelwood W) 2-2,  (M. For.)

145

1st: Natalie Beaumont (Cumberland) 4-0, over Audrey Whipple (Civic Memorial) 3-1,  (F 1:06)

3rd: Jenna Tuxhorn (Glenwood) 7-1, over Tamia Coleman-Hawkins (Hazelwood W) 3-2,  (F 2:27)

5th: Kyla Ford (Carbondale) 6-2, over Vivian Guither (Normal West) 3-3,  (MD 15-4)

155

1st: Tashieya Taylor (Collinsville) 7-1, over Kira Thompson (O`Fon) 4-1,  (F 1:26)

3rd: Rory Speidel (Jerseyville) 4-1, over Lola Sumpter (Alton) 3-2,  (F 3:33)

5th: Paige McKendry (Bartlett) 11-3, over Maria Pimienta (Carbondale) 4-3,  (F 0:19)

170

1st: August Rottmann (Highland) 11-0, over Demi Barnes (Granite City) 4-1,  (TF-1.5 2:41 (20-2)

3rd: Ju`Bri Edwards (Belleville W) 4-1, over Kaitlin Wood (Triad) 4-2,  (F 0:31)

5th: Terrelynn Cannon (Bartlett) 7-4, over Makayla Padilla (Jacksonville) 3-2,  (M. For.)

190

1st: Victoria White (Edwardsville) 5-1, over Morgan Ragsdale (Bartlett) 3-1,  (SV-1 4-1)

3rd: Izabell McBride (Waterloo) 4-1, over Nina Landmann (Highland) 3-2,  (F 1:39)

5th: Andre`a Kirkpatrick (Belleville W) 3-2, over Olivia Monroe (Jacksonville) 5-3,  (F 1:29)

235

1st: Ayanna Omollo (Bartlett) 11-0, over Olivia McDermott (Marion) 6-1,  (F 0:31)

3rd: Cadence Duvall (Normal West) 4-1, over Rain Moore (Hazelwood C) 3-2,  (F 1:24)

5th: Jada Tyus (Edwardsville) 2-2, over Cheyanne Sullivan (Highland) 1-3,  (F 5:07)

Sterling’s 46TH Carson DeJarnatt Girls Invitational

Five individual champions will go a long way towards winning a team tournament title, and when you add three second-placers and a few thirds, you have the type of win Plainfield South enjoyed at this year’s 11-team Carson DeJarnatt Girls Invitational at Sterling.

“I’m happy with the way we performed; a team title — our first as a program — and five individual champions makes for a good day,” South coach Tom Redmon said.
“Overall we’ve had a great start to the season with solid showings in our opening competitions, but we’re going to continue to stay grounded, take everything one match at a time, and focus on improving every day.”

The tournament is named for legendary former Sterling coach Carson DeJarnatt, whose 24-year career (1959-1983) as the program’s head coach saw his teams win three team state finals medals. DeJarnatt was named Coach of the Year in Illinois in 1973 and the IWCOA recognized DeJarnatt with its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

1st place: Plainfield South (219 points)

The Cougars sent eight girls to the championship mat and got individual titles from Allison Assante (120), Teagan Aurich (155), Layla Spann (170), Keira Enright (190), and Timi Mudasiru (235). Aurich was named the tournament’s outstanding wrestler after her win by fall on the title mat over Galesburg’s Annalisa Gibbons, who placed 6th in Illinois at 140 last year.
Plainfield South got second-place finishes from Gabi Mardula (125), Lexi Kachiroubas (130), and Mora Munoz (140), thirds from Amie Fuentes (105), Zola Burdette (135), and Lily Kenost (170), and a fifth from Yuli Manrique (120), who participated as a non-scoring wrestler.

Seniors Keira Enright and Teagan Aurich led the way, but all the girls wrestled well and made major contributions throughout the day,” Redmon said.

2nd place: Sterling (156.5)

A total of 15 wrestlers earned place-medals for the host Golden Warriors in their runner-up team finish. Sterling got an individual title from Skyann Munz (130), seconds from Katherine Garcia (100), Noelani Ibarra (115) and Arianna Tamayo (235), thirds from Kylie Tate (110), Nevaeh Delgado (125) and Lillian Tunk (190), fourths from Caylee Lyons (120), Betzy Aguilar-Navarro (135), and Chalice Buyno (140), fifths from Addison Robbins (115) and Alayna Wargo (135), and sixths from Jenavieve Echols (115), Emily Newman (125), and Vivianna Torres (155).
Echols, Robbins, Newman, and Wargo earned place medals as non-scoring wrestlers for the Golden Warriors.

3rd place: Macomb (120)

The Bombers got runner-up finishes from Mikaela Mwangong (145), Liberty Harner (170), and Avery Lundgren (190), thirds from Maria Hernandez (120), Kelly Ladd (140), and Dru Hyde (155), fifths from Ava Clayton (130) and Dana Kane (145), and sixths from Katherine Gravitt (110) and Griffin Schauble (190).

Other Carson DeJarnatt individual champions were St. Charles East’s Sophia Espinoza (100), Rockford East’s Saya Hongmoungkhoune (105), Clinton’s Ariana Humes (110), Galesburg’s Eliana Juarez (115), Fulton’s Grace Bray (125), Durand/Pecatonica’s Evie Anderson (135), and St. Charles East’s Ema Durst (145).

Sterling’s Nevaeh Delgado posted the most pins (4) in the least time (7:13) of any wrestler in the tournament, and Galesburg’s Eliana Juarez posted the fastest tech fall, in 1:25. Plainfield South teammates Zola Burdette and Layla Spann tied for the fastest posted pin (0:11 seconds), Macomb’s Maria Hernandez scored the most single match points with 22, Galesburg’s Kelsie Wooldridge scored the most total match points with 46, and largest seed-place difference posted came from Clinton’s Jade Stevenson, who was seeded 13th and placed fourth at 110.
Team scores: Plainfield South 219, Sterling 156.5, Macomb 120, St. Charles East 116, Galesburg 97.5, Durand/Pecatonica 48, Rockford East 46, Clinton 45.5, Fulton 26, Sycamore 24, Newman 20

DeJarnatt Girls Tournament Results

100
1st: Sophia Espinoza (SC East) 2-0 over Katherine Garcia (Sterling) 2-2 (F 0:28)

3rd: Bella Villanueva (Clinton) 0-1 (Bye)

105

1st: Saya Hongmoungkhoune (Rockford E) 5-0 over Sydney Stieb (SC East) 1-1 (F 3:17)

3rd: Amie Fuentes (Plainfield S) 5-3 over Kinsley Furnald (Galesburg) 1-2 (F 0:47)

5th: Liberty Darst (Galesburg) 0-2 (Bye)

110

1st: Ariana Humes (Clinton) 3-0 over Mireya Irizarry (Rockford E) 4-3 (F 2:38)

3rd: Kylie Tate (Sterling) 3-1 over Jade Stevenson (Clinton) 2-2 (F 1:24)

5th: Alanna Mechling (DUPEC) 2-2 over Katherine Gravitt (Macomb) 0-3 (D 8-3)

115

1st: Eliana Juarez (Galesburg) 2-0 over Noelani Ibarra (Sterling) 6-2,  (TF-1.5 1:25 (16-0)

3rd: Ireland Dolan (DUPEC) 4-1 over Eliza Diaz (SC East) 1-2,  (D 10-3)

5th: Addison Robbins (Sterling) 2-5, over Jenavieve Echols (Sterling) 0-3, (F 0:25)

120

1st: Allison Asante (Plainfield S) 4-3,  over Kaylee Benyo (Newman) 2-1,  (F 1:07)

3rd: Maria Hernandez (Macomb) 2-1,  over Caylee Lyons (Sterling) 1-5,  (F 4:34)

5th: Yuli Manrique (Plainfield S) 1-4,  over (Bye)

125

1st: Grace Bray (Fulton (HS) 3-0,  over Gabi Mardula (Plainfield S) 3-4,  (F 1:18)

3rd: Nevaeh Delgado (Sterling) 6-4,  over Kelsie Wooldridge (Galesburg) 3-2,  (F 2:50)

5th: Vida Sanchez (Plainfield S) 4-5,  over Emily Newman (Sterling) 1-3,  (F 4:51)

130

1st: Skyann Munz (Sterling) 7-2,  over Lexi Kachiroubas (Plainfield S) 6-3,  (F 5:03)

3rd: Olivia Pearson (SC East) 3-1,  over Dai Driana Willford (Galesburg) 2-2,  (F 1:26)

5th: Ava Clayton (Macomb) 3-2,  over Sophia Rivas (SC East) 2-3,  (F 0:57)
135

1st: Evie Anderson (DUPEC) 6-0,  over Amyah Pruitt (Galesburg) 2-1,  (F 3:25)

3rd: Zola Burdette (Plainfield S) 3-4,  over Betzy Aguilar-Navarro (Sterling) 1-5,  (F 0:11)

5th: Alayna Wargo (Sterling) 0-2,  over (Bye)

140

1st: Mia Olenek (SC East) 2-0,  over Mora Munoz (Plainfield S) 5-5,  (F 1:55)

3rd: Kelly Ladd (Macomb) 3-1,  over Chalice Buyno (Sterling) 1-2,  (F 1:43)

5th: Laila Cuadra (SC East) 0-2,  over (Bye)

145

1st: Ema Durst (Sycamore) 6-0,  over Mikaela Mwangong (Macomb) 2-2,  (D 12-6)

3rd: Addison Wolf (SC East) 2-1,  over Cynthia Mitchell (Clinton) 1-2,  (F 1:31)

5th: Dana Kane (Macomb) 0-2,  over (Bye)

155

1st: Teagan Aurich (Plainfield S) 9-0,  over Annalisa Gibbons (Galesburg) 1-1,  (F 1:17)

3rd: Dru Hyde (Macomb) 3-1,  over Vivian Aldus (Galesburg) 2-2,  (F 1:01)

5th: Alycia Rodriguez (Plainfield S) 2-4,  over Vivianna Torres (Sterling) 2-6,  (F 4:44)

170

1st: Layla Spann (Plainfield S) 5-1,  over Liberty Hamer (Macomb) 1-1,  (F 0:11)

3rd: Lily Kenost (Plainfield S) 0-3, (Bye)

190

1st: Keira Enright (Plainfield S) 9-0,  over Avery Lundgren (Macomb) 2-1,  (F 1:16)

3rd: Lillian Tunk (Sterling) 6-3,  over Macie Taylor (Galesburg) 2-2,  (F 2:37)

5th: Sammie Ntone (Plainfield S) 4-5,  over Griffin Schauble (Macomb) 1-3,  (F 0:41)

235
1st:

Timi Mudasiru (Plainfield S) 2-4,  over Arianna Tamayo (Sterling) 1-3,  (MD 17-9)

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

Fenton’s 44th Annual Weiss Invitational

With four individual champions and 11 total placewinners in the top six, DePaul College Prep laid claim to the team title at this year’s 44th annual Weiss Invitational at Fenton.
DePaul won 212-177 over second-place Riverside-Brookfield. The team from Milton, Wisconsin (165) placed third, Saint Ignatius (150.5) was fourth, and Fenton (128.5) rounded out the top five team finishes.

1st place: DePaul College Prep (212)
Rams coach Patrick Heffernan got individual titles from Aedan Dillow (106), Nabiel Rosario (132), Max Rosen (144), and Hunter Wahtola (285) in Bensenville.

“We wrestled well together as a team, with finally getting our football players back in the lineup,” Heffernan said. “Max Rosen won the outstanding wrestler award of the tournament and won his fourth Fenton title in a row.”

Heavyweight Wahtola came in rusty at Fenton but he didn’t wrestle like it.
“Hunter Wahtola, coming off of a football state championship and with only a week of practice, defeated two state qualifiers to win the title at 285,” Heffernan said. “These guys have fun together and they compete hard.”

The Rams also got a pair of second-place finishes from Dimitri Dobre (113) and Matthew Brendel (157), a third from Andrew Brendel (165), fourths from Colin Bosak (120) and Alex Drees (190), and fifths from Johnny Cunningham (138) and Drew Gerstung (150).

2nd place: Riverside-Brookfield (177)
The Bulldogs got individual titles from returning state runner-up Edgar Mosquera (120) and Max Strong (165), seconds from Ricky Gutierrez-Blanco (144), Nicholas O’Connor (175) and Matthew Elzy (190), thirds from Steven Guzman (106) and Tony Lombardo (138), a fourth from Ethan Rivas (157), and a fifth from Jayden Tulian (126).

3rd place: Milton, WI (165)
Milton sent a trio to the top of the awards stand in champions Aiden Siama (126), Devin Bobzien (138), and Gage Gross (150), and got thirds from David Bilhorn (120) and Kaiden Fitterer (157), fourths from Bradynn Moen (132) and Caedmon Jauch (215), and a fifth from Kayden Looney (113).
Other Weiss individual champions at Fenton were South Elgin’s Nick Dilallo (113), Saint Ignatius’ Nate Sanchez (157), Palatine’s Trey Widlowski (175), Richards’ Mike Taheny (190), and South Elgin’s Deremit Zamora (215).

Team scores: DePaul College Prep 212, Riverside-Brookfield 77, Milton WI 165, Saint Ignatius 150.5, Fenton 128.5, Palatine 121, South Elgin 119.5, Westmont 88, Waubonsie Valley 60.5, Bremen 53, Saint Viator 49.5, Proviso East 48, Richards 39.5, Leo 31, Elmwood Park 16, Fenton JV 6

Fenton’s Weiss Invitational results:
106

1st: Aedan Dillow (DePaul) over Julian Lopez (St. Ignatius) (F 1:17)

3rd: Steven Guzman (Riverside-Brookfield) over Mason Ponce (Westmont) (F 0:26)

5th: Evan Hamilton (South Elgin) 3-6,  over Oscar Ruiz (Elmwood Park) (F 1:46)

113

1st: Nick Dilallo (South Elgin) over Dimitri Dobre (DePaul) (MD 19-7)

3rd: Mason Goldman (Waubonsie Valley) over Luke Jimenea (Westmont) (F 2:35)

5th: Kayden Looney (Milton) over Tristyn Santiago (Fenton) (F 2:48)

120

1st: Edgar Mosquera (Riverside-Brookfield) over Alex Villanueva (St. Ignatius) (F 3:08)

3rd: David Bilhorn (Milton) Colin Bosak (DePaul) (F 3:15)

5th: Chase Murrell (Proviso East) over Gabriel Hernandez (Fenton) (F 4:25)

126

1st: Aiden Slama (Milton) over Malachi Turner (Bremen) (F 1:21)

3rd: Christian Rosa (Westmont) over Shawn Hanton (Elmwood Park) (F 5:32)

5th: Jayden Tulian (Riverside-Brookfield) over Jose Monzon (Fenton) (F 2:00)

132

1st: Nabiel Rosario (DePaul) over Daniel Deredlyak (Palatine) (MD 13-3)

3rd: Izaiah Gonzalez (Bremen) over Bradynn Moen (Milton) (TF-1.5 3:09 (22-7)

5th: Nathan Duffield (Waubonsie) over Lawrence Walker (Westmont) (TF-1.5 3:53 (17-0)

138

1st: Devin Bobzien (Milton) over Aamir Nieves-Allen (South Elgin)  (F 1:39)

3rd: Tony Lombardo (Riverside-Brookfield) over Rene Reyna (Fenton)  (D 10-5)

5th: Johnny Cunningham (DePaul) over Luke Sanchez (St. Ignatius) (F 4:00)

144

1st: Max Rosen (DePaul) over Ricky Gutierrez-Blanco (Riverside-Brookfield) (MD 15-5)

3rd: Nathan Yerian (Fenton) over Zion Gay (Proviso East) (F 0:24)

5th: Ethan Collins (St. Ignatius) over Daniel Chacia (St. Viator) (F 1:48)

150

1st: Gage Gross (Milton) over Mission Hatchell (Westmont) (TF-1.5 3:27 (17-0)

3rd: Miguel Allende (Palatine) over Luca Capuano (St. Ignatius) (MD 12-2)

5th: Drew Gerstung (DePaul) over Dane Henson (South Elgin) (F 4:48)

157

1st: Nate Sanchez (St. Ignatius) over Matthew Brendel (DePaul) (TF-1.5 4:00 (15-0)

3rd: Kaiden Fitterer (Milton) over Ethan Rivas (Riverside-Brookfield) (Inj. 0:00)

5th: Alan Allende (Palatine) over Sean Patterson (Westmont) (MD 15-2)

165

1st: Max Strong (Riverside-Brookfield) over Omar Diaz (Fenton) (F 3:06)

3rd: Andrew Brendel (DePaul) over Caleb Jendras (St. Viator) (F 1:13)

5th: Sebastian Cuadros (St. Ignatius) over Mejed Jabri (Palatine) (F 5:07)

175

1st: Trey Widlowski (Palatine) over Nicholas O`Connor (Riverside-Brookfield) (F 2:57)

3rd: Charlie Howell (St. Ignatius) over Nazar Yakubyak (St. Viator) (F 3:25)

5th: Dereck Mazariegos (Fenton) over Huthaifa Issa (Richards) (D 9-5)

190

1st: Mike Taheny (Richards) over Matthew Elzy (Riverside-Brookfield) (TF-1.5 1:57 (17-1)

3rd: Michael Adobuye (Palatine) over Alex Drees (DePaul) (TF-1.5 2:20 (19-4)

5th: Karl Pretzer (South Elgin) over Colton Schneider (St. Viator) (F 3:37)

215

1st: Deremit Zamora (South Elgin) over Danny Martinez (Fenton) (MD 16-3)

3rd: Melson Ngassa (St. Ignatius) over Caedmon Jauch (Milton) (F 0:45)

5th: Andony Castelan (Waubonsie Valley) over Daniel Jackson (Leo) (SV-1 14-11)

285

1st: Hunter Wahtola (DePaul) over Nicholas Armour (Leo) (D 6-4)

3rd: Thomas Klos (Fenton) over Marco Olvera (Bremen) (MD 18-7)

5th: Jaylen Maiden (Palatine) over Alejandro Facio (South Elgin) (F 5:27)

Plainfield North Dual Team Tournament

Lincoln-Way East took the top spot at this year’s 16-team dual tournament, going 5-0 in duals against Round Lake (74-4), Sandwich (62-15), Auburn (77-5), and Glenbard North (46-24) before topping Moline 63-17 in the championship round.
“We showed up ready to wrestle with a lot of energy,” Lincoln-Way East coach Colin McKillip said. “I want the boys to have fun out there and I thought we did that today. This was just our second competition this year and our first with our full line up. The football players are just getting started after their deep run in the playoffs.”

Going a perfect 5-0 for the Griffins were Alex Lizak (157), Jackson Zaeske (175) and Colton Zvonar (190). Unbeaten wrestlers at 4-0 were Noah Ciolkosz (113), Tyson Zvonar (138), and Brayden Mortell (150). Joshua Theis (126), Kaidreaus Richardson (144), and Christian Darnell (165) each went 4-1 in Plainfield, while Nathan Powers (106) and Ryan Stingily (285) went 3-1 on the day.

“I was happy with how many points we were scoring,” McKillip said. “With the new rules in place, no lead is safe. As a group we did a great job of going after bonus points in all of our matches. It was an exciting day with lots of energy from the team. Great building block for hopefully another good week, with a big challenge against Lincoln-Way Central looming on Friday.”

Second-place Moline (4-1) reached the title round after topping Willowbrook (57-12), Rantoul (81-0), York (44-30), and Plainfield North (38-35); third-place Glenbard North (4-1) won over Hinsdale Central (69-9), Morris (50-26), Wauconda (46-24), and Plainfield North (60-9) in placing third.

Wrestlers who went unbeaten with a minimum of four matches wrestled:
Moline: Dominick Diaz (132/138), Collin Ledbetter (120), Jaxson Soliz (165); Glenbard North: returning state medalist Kalani Khiev (126), Trey Thompson (132); Plainfield North: Maddox Garbis (113); Morris: Paxton Valentine (113), Brandon Anderson (120), Owen Slater (106); Joliet West: Zachary Cronk (175); York Mondo Martinelli (132), Frank Nitti (144/150), Jackson Hanselman (150/157), Jacob Zabresky (138); Wauconda: Wyatt Roland (150); Dundee-Crown: Chris Gerardo (132/138), Teigen Moreno (215), Roy Ramirez (285); Willowbrook: Aris Neal (113), Maximiliano Contreras (126); Round Lake: returning state medalist William Cole (285); Hinsdale Central: Zachary Kruse (190); Auburn: Tyrone Sims (113).

Team finishes at Plainfield North:

1st: Lincoln-Way East; 2nd: Moline; 3rd: Glenbard North; 4th: Plainfield North; 5th: Morris; 6th: Joliet West; 7th: York; 8th: Sandwich; 9th: Wauconda; 10th: Dundee-Crown; 11th: Willowbrook; 12th: Round Lake; 13th: Hinsdale Central; 14th: Rantoul; 15th: Auburn; 16th: Hoffman Estates

Place-winning duals:

1st: Lincoln-Way East defeated Moline  63-17.

3rd: Glenbard North defeated Plainfield North 60-9.

5th: Morris defeated Joliet West 46-35.

7th: York defeated Sandwich 57-21.

9th: Wauconda defeated Dundee-Crown 47-27.

11th: Willowbrook defeated Round Lake 55-24.

13th: Hinsdale Central defeated Rantoul 53-21.

15th: Auburn defeated Hoffman Estates  27-20.

Hinsdale South’s Matozzi Invitational

The storm’s been brewing for a while and it finally swept over the field at Hinsdale South this year.
After coming in fourth at the Hornets’ 12-team tournament in 2021, third in 2022, and second last season, Fenwick finally snared the top team prize at Hinsdale South’s 12-team Matozzi Invitational in 2024.
“Overall, it was a solid tournament for us,” Fenwick coach Seth Gamino said. “We had 12 placers — two thirds, five seconds, and five firsts. We’re happy with the hard work paying off and now it’s on to the next thing on our schedule.”
The tournament is named after long-time Hinsdale South coach Mike Matozzi, who coached the Hornets for 20 years, retiring from coaching in 2008.
Gamino saw nine of his wrestlers reach the finals and five of them come away with individual titles to pace the Friars to a 248.5-191.5 win over second-place host Hinsdale South. St. Laurence (144) finished third, Glenbard South (134) was fourth, and Highland Park (79) took fifth.

1st place: Fenwick (248.5)
Gamino got titles from CJ Brown (120), Max Kenny (138), Aiden Burns (165), and Dominic Esposito (175), plus seconds from Santino Scardina (106), Harrison Brown (113), Brian Timpone (157), Patrick Gilboy (215) and Gianni Bertacchi (285). The Friars also got thirds from Solanus Daley (132) and Eiam Staples (144) to round out a crew that had 11 wrestlers finish in the top three of their weight classes.

2nd place: Hinsdale South (191.5)
Coach Steve Matozzi sent five wrestlers to the title mat and got individual titles from Alex Schuetz (126) and Terrence Newell (157). The Hornets got seconds Apollo Cobb (138), Al Amir Almannai (144), and Brady Miller (150), thirds from Sahil Malik (106), Jamarion Moffett (113), Antonio Bingham (120), and Frank Waitkus (190), and a fourth from Darrion Glover (165).

3rd place: St. Laurence (144)
The Vikings had a pair of champions for coach Marcel Cook in Liam Kissane (106) and Khalid Eid (132) and a runner-up in Matthew Zalinski (175) in their third-place team finish. St. Laurence also got thirds from Damien Torres (157) and Jack Claussen (165), and fourths from Adrian Pintado (120) and Andrew Banazak (190).

Other Matozzi Invitational champions in Darien were Highland Park’s Alexander Gudgeon (113), Argo’s Jacob VanAllen (144), Highland Park’s Nathan Ferrari (150), Tinley Park’s Sebastian Sanderson (215) and St. Francis’ returning state runner-up Jaylen Torres (285).

The most pins in the least time by any wrestler in the tournament was posted by St. Laurence’s Liam Kissane, with four pins in 6:42. Teammate Khalid Eid had the most tech falls (3) in the least time (13:25), and Glenbard South’s Danny Langner had the fastest fall in 015. Fenwick’s Jack Paris had the fastest tech fall in 1:48, St. Laurence’s Eid anbd Argo’s Jacob VanAllen tied for the most team points with 26.5, Back of the Yards’ Erik Martinez scored the most single match points with 27, and Argo’s Aldo Gutierrez finished with the most total match points, with 67.

Team scores: Fenwick 248.5, Hinsdale South 191.5, St. Laurence 144, Glenbard South 134, Highland Park 79, Tinley Park 66, Argo 64.5, Oak Lawn 62.5, Thornton Fractional South 55, St. Francis 49, Lindblom 29, Back of the Yards 16.

Hinsdale South Matozzi Invitational results:

106

1st: Liam Kissane (St. Laurence) over Santino Scardina (Fenwick) (SV-1 6-3)

3rd: Sahil Malik (Hinsdale S) over Emmanuel Munoz (Back of the Yards) (F 0:34)

5th: Aden Long (Oak Lawn) over Saverio Ruta (Highland Park) (Inj. 0:00)

113

1st: Alexander Gudgeon (Highland Park) over Harrison Brown (Fenwick) (D 14-7)

3rd: Jamarion Moffett (Hinsdale S) over Gabe Insalaco (Tinley Park ) (F 2:53)

120
1st: CJ Brown (Fenwick) over Jayden Scott TF South (TF 18-2)

3rd: Antonio Bingham (Hinsdale S) over Adrian Pintado (St. Laurence) (D 8-5)

126

1st: Alex Schuetz (Hinsdale S) over Adonis Wilson TF South (F 5:33)

3rd: Abram Castro (Tinley Park ) over Logan Gray (Oak Lawn) (F 1:49)

132

1st: Khalid Eid (St. Laurence) over Jordan Quaid Bowman (Glenbard S) (TF 18-2)

3rd: Solanus Daley (Fenwick) over Caiden Dodson (Oak Lawn) (D 5-3)

138

1st: Max Kenny (Fenwick) over Apollo Cobb (Hinsdale S) (D 14-10)

3rd: Grant Rabanus (St. Francis) over Diego Myers (Glenbard S) (D 5-3)

144

1st: Jacob VanAllen (Argo) over Al Amir Almannai (Hinsdale S) (TF 17-1)

3rd: Eiam Staples (Fenwick) over Marco Herrera (Oak Lawn) (D )
150

1st: Nathan Ferrari (Highland Park) over Brady Miller (Hinsdale S) (F 0:48)

3rd: Jin Tai (Glenbard S) over Aldo Gutierrez (Argo) (D 9-3)

157

1st: Terrence Newell (Hinsdale S) over Brian Timpone (Fenwick) (MD 10-2)

3rd: Damien Torres (St. Laurence) over Anthony Kinney (Glenbard S) (F 3:32)

165

1st: Aiden Burns (Fenwick) over Logan Price (Glenbard S) (TF 19-4)

3rd: Jack Claussen (St. Laurence) over Darrion Glover (Hinsdale S) (F 4:48)

175

1st: Dominic Esposito (Fenwick) over Matthew Zalinski (St. Laurence) (MD 10-1)

3rd: Reid Sebahar (Glenbard S) over Joe Nieto (Argo) (F 1:17)

190

1st: Jack Paris (Fenwick) over Ayman Shaikh (Oak Lawn) (TF 20-5)

3rd: Frank Waitkus (Hinsdale S) over Andrew Banazak (St. Laurence) (MD 14-3)

215

1st: Sebastian Sanderson (Tinley Park ) over Patrick Gilboy (Fenwick) (F 2:52)

3rd: Danny Langner (Glenbard S) over Daniel Derbedyenyev (Highland Park) (F 0:19)

285

1st: Jaylen Torres (St. Francis) over Gianni Bertacchi (Fenwick) (F 3:24)

3rd: Josue Olivo (Chicago (Lindblom) over Ambrose Davis (Glenbard S) (D 10-4)

Evanston’s Elias George Tournament

Evanston Township had a Blue and an Orange team competing at this year’s Elias George Tournament, and the Blue team walked away with the team title at this year’s 11-team tournament.
It didn’t come easy. A dogfight against Niles West saw Evanston-Blue earn a 215.5-212 edge and the team crown. Mather (171.5) finished third, Sarah Goode (152) was fourth, and Evanston-Orange (142.5) rounded out the top five team finishes.
1st place: Evanston – Blue (215.5)

The host Wilkits’ Blue team sent three wrestlers to the top of the awards stand, in champions Nicholas Arend (106), Art Bytyqi (157) and Brian Henry (190). Evanston’s Blue team also had three runners-up in Evan Potijinda (126), Zach Weston (144), and Jeremy Marshall (285), and added a trio of thirds from Andy Edwards (132), Gavin McPherson (138), Diego Lopez (175). Aiden Flores (150) also brought home a fourth-place finish.
2nd place: Niles West (212)
Niles West got an individual title from Duad Chaudhry (138) and five runner-up finishes from David Okon (120), Piero Ruiz (132), Lucas Youmara (138), Sebastian Gordon (150), and Joshua Mreana (157). The Wolves also got thirds from Fayyaz Munshi (120), Qaisar Sadat (144), and Manny Olojo (285), a fifth from Nikolas Mestousis (175), and a sixth from Idris Redzovic (175).
3rd place: Mather (171.5)
Coach Kyle Shinall saw 12 wrestlers finish in the top six of their weight classes. Mather got individual titles from Tommy Lam (120) and Zomire Dilworth (175), a second from Celvin Cung (165), fourths from Shokrullah Sayedi (106) and Charles-evidently Seri (126), fifths from Sahel Abrahimi (150), Omobobola Bankole (157), and Danny Quizhpi (165), and sixths from Dassany Abderakzack (106), Gabriel Bandera (132), Julian Rios (215) and Denzel Lockhart (285).
Other Elias George Tournament individual champions were Rickover Naval Academy’s Jonathan Pawlowski (113) and Justin Hernandez (132), Evanston-Orange’s Charlie Wagner (126), Ken Coleman (165), and Ian Sims (285), Sarah Goode’s Jayden Veal (144) and Xavier Woods (150), and Amundsen’s Adrian Zepeda (215).
Rickover’s Justin Hernandez had the most pins (4) in the least time (4:20) of anyone in the tournament, and Niles West’s Qaisar Sadat had the most tech falls (2) in the least time (4:43). Kenwood’s Kamren Myvett posted the fastest fall in 0:09 seconds, Sarah Goode’s Xavier Woods had the fastest tech fall in 1:16, Rickover’s Hernandez scored the most team points with 30, Evanston-Orange’s Andrei Bunas scored the most match points with 24, and Sarah Goode’s Alexis Zacarias posted the most total match points with 65.

Team scores: Evanston Township – Blue 215.5, Niles West 212, Mather 171.5, Sarah Goode 152, Evanston – Orange 142.5, Rickover Naval Academy 140, Amundsen 106.5, Niles North 90, Ridgewood 47, ITW Speer 44, Kenwood 32.5

Elias George Boys Tournament individual results:
106

1st: Nicholas Arend (Evanston Blue) over Roman Martinez (Amundsen) (F 0:29)

3rd: Nathan Hernandez (Rickover) over Shokrullah Sayedi (Mather) (F 0:32)

5th: Steven Saltos Saltos (Rickover) over Dassany Abderakzack (Mather) (F 3:15)

113

1st: Jonathan Pawlowski (Rickover) over Cartiere Jackson (Sarah Goode) (MD 9-0)

3rd: Dyllan Ornelas (ITW Speer) received a bye () (Bye)

120

1st: Tommy Lam (Mather) over David Okon (Niles W) (F 0:20)

3rd: Fayyaz Munshi (Niles W) over Aiden Butler (Rickover) (F 0:41)

5th: Adrian Ortiz (ITW Speer) over Muhammed Warsi (Niles N) (F 0:54)

126

1st: Charlie Wagner (Evanston Orange) over Evan Potijinda (Evanston Blue) (F 3:22)

3rd: Joshua Sandoval (Sarah Goode) won by forfeit over Charles-evi Seri (Mather) (FF)

5th: Lance Tuck (Kenwood) over Aaron Jon Estella (Rickover) (TF 19-4)

132

1st: Justin Hernandez (Rickover) over Piero Ruiz (Niles W) (F 1:28)

3rd: Andy Edwards (Evanston Blue) over Dino Palmisano (Ridgewood) (F 4:25)

5th: Alexis Zacarias (Sarah Goode) over Gabriel Banderas (Mather) (D 14-13)

138

1st: Duad Chaudhry (Niles W) over Lucas Youmara (Niles W) (F 4:39)

3rd: Gavin McPherson (Evanston Blue) over Sivchay Ngen (Niles N) (F 1:21)

5th: Mohamad Khater (Ridgewood) over Isaiah Diaz (Sarah Goode) (SV-1 10-7)

144

1st: Jayden Veal (Sarah Goode) over Zach Weston (Evanston Blue) (F 2:55)

3rd: Qaisar Sadat (Niles W) over Luis Cruz (ITW Speer) (TF 16-0)

150

1st: Xavier Woods (Sarah Goode) over Sebastian Gordon (Niles W) (F 4:51)

3rd: Justin Turley (Niles N) over Peter Martin (Amundsen) (D 9-5)

5th: Sahel Abrahimi (Mather) over Aiden Flores (Evanston Blue) (F 1:35)

157

1st: Art Bytyqi (Evanston Blue) over Joshua Mreana (Niles W) (TF 15-0)

3rd: Nathan Eiduk (Niles N) over Trevor Williams (Sarah Goode) (F 5:50)

5th: Omobobola Bankole (Mather) over Nathaniel Gustafson (Evanston Orange) (F 1:09)

165

1st: Ken Coleman (Evanston Orange) over Celvin Cung (Mather) (F 3:08)

3rd: Kiran McCarter (Amundsen) over Nate Jane Smith (Niles N) (F 0:32)

5th: Danny Quizhpi (Mather) over Aaron Carlson (Ridgewood) (F 5:51)

175

1st: Zomire Dilworth (Mather) over Musa Amin (Evanston Orange) (D 12-7)

3rd: Diego Lopez (Evanston Blue) over Jose Santos Santos (Rickover) (TF 16-0)

5th: Nikolas Mestousis (Niles W) over Idris Redzovic (Niles W) (TF 15-0)

190

1st: Brian Henry (Evanston Blue) over Dylan Wilborn (Sarah Goode) (F 2:41)

3rd: James Reshoft (Amundsen) over Darien Whitehead (Evanston Orange) (F 2:42)

5th: Luciano Diaz (Niles N) over Ben Augustine (Niles N) (F 0:52)

215

1st: Adrian Zepeda (Amundsen) over Michael Pryor (Evanston Orange) (F 5:13)

3rd: Naruto Martinez (Rickover) over Solar Strom-Corso (Amundsen) (TF 18-2)

5th: Thomas Davis (Sarah Goode) over Julian Rios (Mather) (F 1:06)

285

1st: Ian Sims (Evanston Orange) over Jeremy Marshall (Evanston Blue) (UTB 2-1)

3rd: Manny Olojo (Niles W) over Dameon Norman (Kenwood) (F 0:34)

5th: Jonathon Pierre (Niles N) over Denzel Lockhart (Mather) (MD 17-4)

Neuqua Valley Scuffle

Oak Park and River Forest topped the 10-team field at this year’s Neuqua Valley Scuffle, with coach Paul Collins’ squad finishing with a 220.5-189 edge over second place Warren. Lincoln-Way Central (178.5) was third, Bolingbrook (112.5) finished fourth, and Loyola Academy (108.5) placed fifth in Naperville.
1st place: Oak Park and River Forest (220.5)
Every one of coach Paul Collins’ wrestlers who reached the championship mat won, and the Huskies led the field with six individual champs in MJ Rundell (113), returning state medalist Jamiel Castelberry (120), Zev Koransky (132), Joseph Knackstedt (138), returning state medalist David Ogunsanya (150), and Lucas Albrecht (190). Collins also got thirds from Gabriel Rojas (126), Ryan Wozniak (157), and Terrence Garner (285), a fourth from Zach Michaud (165), and fifths from Liam Nikolakakis (113), Alex Cohen (126), Jeremiah Hernandez (157), and Eric Harris (215).

2nd place: Warren (189)
The Blue Devils got individual titles from Royce Lopez (165) and Anthony Soto (285), and runner-up finishes from Chris Garcia (106), Jonathan Marquez (120), Evan Glowinski (132), Simon Castillo (150), and Nicholas Hermsen (157). Coach Brad Janecek also got a third from Caleb Vanleer (190), fourths from Bishop Badillo (113) and Luis Calderone (126), and a fifth from Kyle Miron (144).
3rd place: Lincoln-Way Central (178.5)
The Knights had a pair of champions in Zander Zilewicz (144) and Caden Harvey (175), and coach Tyrone Byrd got seconds from Eric Hoselton (126), Aiden Henning (215), and Ethan Toosley (285), thirds from Jadon Zimmer (132), Ryne Nape (138), and Jalen Byrd (165), a fourth from Justin Langford (190), and a fifth from Beckham Cundiff (120).
Other individual champions at Neuqua Valley were Loyola’s Quentin Williams (106), Bolingbrook’s Jared Craig (126), Proviso West’s Marquis Deloach (157), and Taft’s Evan Jocic (215).
Other Neuqua Valley Scuffle individual champions were Loyola’s Quentin Williams (106), Bolingbrook’s Jared Craig (126), Proviso West’s Marquis Deloach (157), and Taft’s Evan Jocic (215).

Warren’s Anthony Soto had the most pins (4) in the least time (4:22) among all wrestlers, Lincoln-Way Central’s Jared Craid led the field for the most tech Fs (4) in the least time (10:05), Warren’s Evan Glowinski had the fastest pin in 0:17, Loyola’s Daniel Malan had the fastest tech F in 1:01, Lincoln-Way Central’s Zander Zilewicz scored the most team points (30), Loyola’s Mateo Hatzopoulos had the most single match points (22), and Lincoln-Way Central’s Jadon Zimmer scored the most total match points with 97.

Team scores: 1. Oak Park and River Forest 220.5, 2. Warren 189, 3. Lincoln-Way Central 178.5, 4. Bolingbrook 112.5, 5. Loyola Academy 108.5, 6. Taft 95.5, 7. Neuqua Valley 72.5, 8. Reavis 66, 9. Leyden 65.5, 10. Proviso West 39.5

Neuqua Valley Scuffle individual results:

106

1st: Quentin Williams (Loyola) over Chris Garcia (Warren) (TF 17-2)

3rd: Weston Amato (Taft) received a bye () (Bye)

113
1st: MJ Rundelll (OPRF) over Bernardo Roque (Taft) (F 3:03)
3rd: Cardevion Gordon (Neuqua) over Bishop Badillo (Warren) (TF 16-1)

5th:  Liam Nikolakakis (OPRF) over Andy Casmiro (Reavis) (F 4:41)

120
1st: Jamiel Castleberry (OPRF) over Jonathan Marquez (Warren) (MD 16-4)
3rd: Isaac Harris (Bolingbrook) over Daniel Myint (Loyola) (D 10-8)
5th: Beckham Cundiff (LWC) over Alex Rodriguez (Leyden) (D 11-8)

126
1st: Jared Craig (Bolingbrook) over Eric Hoselton (LWC) (TF 16-0)
3rd: Gabriel Rojas (OPRF) over Luis Calderone (Warren) (F 1:19)
5th: Alex Cohen (OPRF) over Brady Podracky (Neuqua) (MD 16-7)

132
1st: Zev Koransky (OPRF) over Evan Glowinski (Warren) (MD 18-6)
3rd: Jadon Zimmer (LWC) over Mateo Hatzopoulos (Loyola) (TF 19-2)
5th: Armani Vargas (Taft) over David Gold (Neuqua) (TF 17-1)

138
1st: Joseph Knackstedt (OPRF) over Dame Avila (Bolingbrook) (TF 20-3)
3rd: Ryne Nape (LWC) over Adrian Junco (Taft) (D 8-2)
5th: Samandar Khodzhamuratov (Neuqua) over Michael Crawford (Loyola) (MD 17-6)

144
1st: Zander Zilewicz (LWC) over Daniel Malan (Loyola) (Inj. 0:00)
3rd: Elijah Flowers (Bolingbrook) over Kelvin West (Proviso W) (D 15-11)
5th: Kyle Miron (Warren) over Julian Rico (Reavis) (F 1:47)

150
1st: David Ogunsanya (OPRF) over Simon Castillo (Warren) (F 1:40)

3rd: Joaquin Gaskin (Bolingbrook) over Curtis Burke (Neuqua) (F 3:24)

5th: Damien Martinez (Leyden) over Nahom Zigta (Loyola) (F 3:28)

157
1st: Marquis Deloach (Proviso W) over Nicholas Hermsen (Warren) (D 12-6)
3rd: Ryan Wozniak (OPRF) over Nicholas Pape (Neuqua) (D 9-6)
5th: Jeremiah Hernandez (OPRF) over Sam Thompson (Loyola) (F 1:53)

165
1st: Royce Lopez (Warren) over Tommy McDermott (Bolingbrook) (D 10-6)
3rd: Jalen Byrd (LWC) over Zach Michaud (OPRF) (D 12-6)
5th: Aleksander Knapik (Loyola) over Filip Velisavljevic (Neuqua) (MD 14-2)

175
1st: Caden Harvey (LWC) over Chris Quizhphi (Leyden) (MD 11-3)
3rd: Dominic Ganir (Leyden) over Mikolaj Wrobel (Reavis) (F 1:39)
5th: Stephen Carrera (Taft) over Jack Drane (Loyola) (F 1:27)

190
1st:Lucas Albrecht (OPRF) over Malik Salameh (Reavis) (F 3:44)

3rd:Caleb Vanleer (Warren) over Justin Langford (LWC) (D 14-7)
5th: Josh Taylor (Taft)
215
1st: Evan Jocic (Taft) over Aiden Hennings (LWC) (D 8-1)

3rd: Erick Worwa (Leyden) over Terry Ferguson (Reavis) (F 2:18)
5th: Eric Harris (OPRF) over August Close (Loyola) (F 3:17)

285

1st:Anthony Soto (Warren) over Ethan Toosley (LWC) (MD 11-1)
3rd:Terrence Garner (OPRF) over Aidan Jaffray (Leyden) (F 1:37)
5th:Dan Ramirez (Reavis) over Eligiah Pagan (Taft) (F 2:22)

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

Evanston’s Elias George Tournament


Evanston Township hosted both a boys’ and a girls’ 11-team Elias George Tournament this year and when it was settled, Rickover Naval Academy had the highest overall combined team score, 314-296 over second-place Mather.

The Rickover girls finished first on the girls side of the tournament, and the boys took fifth overall.
Rickover assistant coach Brian Augello spoke highly of both the boys and girls in the school’s wrestling programs.

“I was really proud of the kids yesterday,” Augello said. “We are a large, young group of wrestlers and the majority of our kids have less than two years of wrestling experience. We had twenty place-winners in total. I’m really pleased with our early season development.”
The Lady Sea Dragons out-pointed second-place Mather 174-124.5, with Evanston’s Blue team (79) and Niles West (79) tying for third place, and ITW Speer (61) placing fifth.

1st: Rickover Naval Academy (174 points)
Rickover got individual titles from Elizabeth Castrejon (105), Paige Finnegan (110) and Camilla Martinez-Gonzalez (170), who will likely wrestle at 155 for the rest of the season.
The Lady Sea Dragons got seconds from Dakota Perez (100), Mia Castillo (105), Litzy Estrada (115), Karen Velazquez (125), Jimena Romero-Chaga (140), and Isabel Nejia (145), thirds from Naomy Chavez (125), Paola Ramirez (130) and Jasmine Mejia (235), and a fourth from Litzy Guaman (115).
2nd: Mather (124.5)

Mather got individual titles from Nuti Ho (115), Ariadna Cruz (120), and Lisbeth Tenorio (140), seconds from Miriam Orduno (120) and Julissa Az (190), thirds from Marleyna Monzon (115), Mia Zepeda (140), and Marestela Martinez (145), and a fourth from Esther Gouegnon (170).

3rd: Niles West (79)

Niles West got an individual title from Zainab Nathani (135), seconds from Isabella Odishu (130) and Harmony Donerson (170), a third from Stevie Bass (110), fourths from Maya Silverwood (120), Vlada Shavaruska (125), and Aaizah Khan (145), a fifth from non-scoring wrestler Yari Parrish (115), and a sixth from Nour Al Radi (115).

Other Elias George individual champions were ITW Speer’s Adali Cruz (100), Ridgewood’s Gianna Mezzano (125) and Sophia Kellikidis (130), Evanston-Blue’s Kennedy Murray (145), Niles North’s Gabrielle Toney (155), Evanston-Blue’s Fatima Gomez (190), and ITW Speer’s Esmerelda Bustamante (235).
Rickover’s Jasmine Mejia recorded the most pins (3) in the least time (2:09) of any wrestler in the tournament, and ITW Speer’s Esmerelda Bustamante had the fastest pin in 0:23. Niles North’s Gabrielle Toney had the fastest tech fall in 2:00, Mather’s Nuti Ho scored the most team points with 26.5 and the most total match points with 32, and ITW Speer’s Tansha Esteban scored the most single match points with 17.
Team scores: Rickover Naval Academy 174, Mather 124.5, Evanston-Blue 79, Niles West 79, ITW Speer 61, Ridgewood 56, Niles North 39.5, Amundsen 4, Evanston-Orange 0, Kenwood 0, Sarah Goode 0.

Elias George Tournament individual results:
100
1st: Adali Cruz (ITW Speer) over Dakota Perez (Rickover) (F 2:49)
105
1st: Elizabeth Castrejon (Rickover) over Mia Castillo (Rickover) (F 3:33)
110
1st: Paige Finnegan (Rickover) over Samantha Albaugh (Evanston – Blue) (F 4:23)
3rd: Stevie Bass (Niles W) received a bye () (Bye)
115
1st: Nuti Ho (Mather) over Litzy Estrada (Rickover) (MD 11-1)
3rd: Marleyna Monzon (Mather) over Litzy Guaman (Rickover) (F 1:41)
5th: Yari Parrish (Niles W) over Nour Al Radi (Niles W) (MD 11-2)
120
1st: Ariadna Cruz (Mather) over Miriam Orduno (Mather) (Dec 13-6)
3rd: Yashlin Giron (ITW Speer) over Maya Silverwood (Niles W) (F 3:02)
125
1st: Gianna Mezzano (Ridgewood) over Keren Velazquez (Rickover) (F 1:52)
3rd: Naomy Chavez (Rickover) over Vlada Shavaruska (Niles W) (F 2:50)
130
1st: Sophia Kellikidis (Ridgewood) over Isabella Odishu (Niles W) (F 1:38)
3rd: Paola Ramirez (Rickover) over Kj Bienenmann (Amundsen) (FF)
135

1st: Zainab Nathani (Niles W)
140
1st: Lisbeth Tenorio (Mather) over Jimena Romero-Chaga (Rickover) (F 3:23)
3rd: Mia Zepeda (Mather) received a bye () (Bye)
145
1st: Kennedy Murray (Evanston – Blue) over Isabell Nejia (Rickover) (F 1:25)
3rd: Marestela Martinez (Mather) over Aaizah Khan (Niles W) (F 1:08)
155
1st: Gabrielle Toney (Niles N) over Sydney Springer (Niles N) (F 2:14)
3rd: Rose Mcfadden (Ridgewood) over Sophia Kiedrowski (Evanston – Blue) (F 2:48)
170
1st: Camilla Martinez (Rickover) over Harmony Donerson (Niles W) (F 1:05)
3rd: Isabella Vernon (Evanston – Blue) over Esther Gouegnon (Mather) (F 4:58)
190
1st: Fatima Gomez (Evanston – Blue) over Julissa Az (Mather) (F 0:32)
3rd: Aileen Galvez (ITW Speer) over Tansha Esteban (ITW Speer) (F 1:59)
235 
1st: Esmerelda Bustamante (ITW Speer) over Areli Espinosa (ITW Speer) (F 0:23)
3rd: Jasmine Mejia (Rickover) over Dayrin Tirado (ITW Speer) (F 0:37)

Waukegan Girls Tournament 2024



Glenbard East took the crown at Waukegan’s 30-team tournament, posting a 161.5-153.5 edge over the second-place team from Rossview, Tennessee. Palatine (116) placed third, JS Morton (107.5) was fourth, and Zion-Benton (103.5) rounded out the top five team finishes.

“Having seven girls making it to the semi-finals was phenomenal for us, and a testament to how much work the girls have put into training this season,” Rams coach Matt Nelson said.

1st: Glenbard East (161.5 points)

In a tight battle for the top team spot against the team from Rossview, TN, Coach Matt Nelson’s squad sent three girls to the title mat, getting individual titles from Nadia Shymkiv (110) and Maria Green (140) and a second-place finish from Kaila Stubbs (120).
Shymkiv placed third in Illinois at 105 last year as a sophomore and both she and Green wrestled up a weight Saturday.

“They rose to the occasion, with no questions asked, and gave solid performances,” Rams coach Matt Nelson said. “Kaila Stubbs also wrestled with a lot of heart, battling through her bracket and taking second place.” 

Individual finalists alone can’t carry a team to victory, and Glenbard East needed more in a tight battle for the title against the team from Rossview.
They got it.
The Rams got a third from Andrea Jones (100) and fourths from Angela Marinelli (105), Asia Lacey (170), and Nadine Spandiary (190) to help provide the eight-point team win.

“Entering into the medal matches, we knew the team scores were getting close with Rossview,” Nelson said. “And Nadine (Spandiary) stepped up at 170, putting her opponent on her back for the win, and securing the team victory.”
2nd: Rossview, TN (153.5)

Rossview had a pair of champions in Nevada Wildheart (135) and Lily Avalos (155), and got a third from Elizabeth Nelson (125), fourths from Nayeli Longfellow (130), Saleen Hawwash (145), and Hannah Taylor (235), and a sixth from Kaelyn Sproles (115).

3rd: Palatine (116)

Pirates coach Krista Semkiv sent three wrestlers to the finals, getting an individual title from Sabrina Cargill (170) and a pair of second-place finishes from Kevelyn Price (100) and Evelyn Arrola (135). Palatine also got a pair of fifth-place finishes from Naleah Parham (120) and Aliva Wikar (190).
Other Waukegan individual champions were Glenbrook North’s Leah Stringfellow (100), Round Lake’s Riley Kongkaeow (105) and Ireland McCain (115), Metea Valley’s Janiya Moore (120), Glenbrook North’s returning state medalist Ariella Dobbin (125), Zion-Benton’s Emily Ortiz (130) and returning state medalist Naomi Foote (145), Lakes’ returning state medalist Josie Larson (190), and Glenbard North’s Asreilla Wallace (235).

Rossview’s Jordan Jilek had the most pins (4) in the least time (1:23) of any wrestler present, while Wheeling’s Elie Burkut had the most tech falls (3) in the least time (9:19) and the most total match points scored with 76. Glenbard North’s Allison Poole had the fastest pin in 0:09 seconds, Glenbard East’s Maria Green had the fastest tech fall in 0:56 seconds and the most team points scored with 31.5, Glenbrook North’s Leah Stringfellow scored the most points in a single match with 26.

Team scores: Glenbard East 161.5, Rossview, TN 153.5, Palatine 116, JS Morton 107.5, Zion-Benton 103.5, Warren 95.5, Lakes 93, Wheeling 85.5, Round Lake 77, Stevenson 64, Glenbrook North 59.5, McHenry 58, Riverside-Brookfield 58, Grant 56.5, Metea Valley 50.5, Harvard 50, Maine South 50, Maine West 49, Glenbard North 46, Rolling Meadows 44.5, Grayslake North 41.5, Fremd 41, Vernon Hills 40, Guilford 32, Grayslake Central 25, Lake Forest 24, Jefferson 20, Mundelein 18, Richmond-Burton 15, Saint Viator 13
Waukegan Girls Tournament individual results:

100
1st: Leah Stringfellow (Glenbrook North) over Kevelyn Price (Palatine) (TF 16-0)
3rd: Andrea Jones (Glenbard East) over Denise Lopez (Harvard) (F 0:23)
5th: Haydee Cruz (Wheeling) over Makenna Laarveld (Stevenson) (F 0:22)
105
1st: Riley Kongkaeow (Round Lake) over Nevaeh Ovalle (Harvard) (F 0:29)
3rd: Andaira Marron (Morton East) over Angela Marinelli (Glenbard East) (MD 13-1)
5th: Jazmine Medina (Zion-Benton) over Samira Giron-Cantero (Riverside-Brookfield) (F 3:51)
110
1st: Nadiia Shymkiv (Glenbard East) over Hope Donnamario (Morton East) (F 2:52)
3rd: Haven Sylves (Lakes) over Hanna Lee (Vernon Hills) (F 1:39)
5th: Evalyn Idzik (St. Viator) over Italia Cernas (Mundelein) (D 10-6)
115
1st: Ireland McCain (Round Lake) over Aaliyah Vazquez (Warren) (D 13-6)
3rd: Alexa Colin-Garcia (McHenry) over Giulia Gheciu (Stevenson) (F 1:00)
5th: Alyssa Bentley (Warren) won by forfeit over Kaelyn Sproles (Rossview) (FF)
120
1st: Janiya Moore (Metea Valley) over Kaila Stubbs (Glenbard East) (MD 12-3)
3rd: America Camacho (Grant) over Korrie Levandoski (Round Lake) (F 3:24)
5th: Naleah Parham (Palatine) over Monica Garcia (Morton East) (F 1:17)
125
1st: Ariella Dobin (Glenbrook North) over Gianna Arzer (Grayslake Central ) (D 11-7)
3rd: Elizabeth Nelson (Rossview) over Alyssa Gianola (Maine South) (F 2:01)
5th: Karina Lojowski (Stevenson) over Jane Kelly (Warren) (F 3:48)
130
1st: Emily Ortiz (Zion-Benton) over Elise Burkut (Wheeling) (D 10-8)
3rd: Sophie Dolinar (Warren) over Nayeli Longfellow (Rossview) (F 1:24)
5th: Muneeba Butt (Rolling Meadows) over Bree Hirsch (Lake Forest) (F 4:22)
135
1st: Nevada Wildheart (Rossview) over Evelyn Arrola (Palatine) (F 0:25)
3rd: Layah Woods (Wheeling) over Angelica Solis (Riverside-Brookfield) (Inj. 0:00)
5th: Keagan Edwards (Glenbard North) over Elise Kaylor (Lakes) (F 1:35)
140
1st: Maria Green (Glenbard East) over Grace Johnson (Zion-Benton) (F 1:02)
3rd: Alketa Picari (Metea Valley) over Soila Orozco (Maine West) (Inj. 0:00)
5th: Lloyd Kowalczyk (Fremd) over Natalie Corona (McHenry) (F 4:40)
145
1st: Naomi Foote (Zion-Benton) over Christina Hasner (Lakes) (F 1:21)
3rd: Cassidy Graham (Grant) over Saleen Hawwash (Rossview) (F 1:36)
5th: Alyson Alvarenga (Grayslake North) over Hanna Bairstow (Warren) (F 2:03)
155
1st: Lily Avalos (Rossview) over Violet Mayo (Morton East) (Inj. 1:07)
3rd: Krystal Diaz (Wheeling) over over Elyanna De Leon (Vernon Hills) (SV-1 7-4)
5th: Danely Villagomez (Riverside-Brookfield) over Janet Brindis (Rolling Meadows) (MD 8-0)
170
1st: Sabrina Cargill (Palatine) over Lillian Garrett (Maine West) (D 3-2)
3rd: Erin Bush (Warren) over Asia Lacey (Glenbard East) (F 1:45)
5th: Madalynn Sima (McHenry) over Aishah Sanchez (Rolling Meadows) (F 0:34)
190
1st: Josephine Larson (Lakes) over Anjanne Haywood (Guilford) (F 1:46)
3rd: Danai Kostarelou (Maine South) over Nadine Spandiary (Glenbard East) (F 1:25)
5th: Aiva Wikar (Palatine) over Kaylee Sanchez (Stevenson) (F 0:13)
235
1st: Asreilla Wallace (Glenbard North) over Jasmin Ocampo (Fremd) (F 4:13)
3rd: Anali Wilson (Morton East) over Hannah Taylor (Rossview) (F 2:02)
5th: Kylie Eilken (Jefferson) over Allison Poole (Grayslake North) (F 0:25)

Larkin Girls Royal Rumble

Batavia graduated one of Illinois’ best in state champion Sydney Perry but the Bulldogs are aiming to keep the bar set high.
Coach Scott Bayer’s girls took the team title at Saturday’s 16-team Larkin Girls Royal Rumble, posting a 203.5-187 scoring edge over second-place Glenbard West. Host Larkin and Oak Forest tied with 135.5 points, and Joliet Central (132.5) rounded out the top five team finishes.

1st: Batavia (203.5)

The Bulldogs got individual titles from returning state medalist Lily Enos (100), who placed third at 100 in Illinois last season, and Natalie Lenart (125), plus second-place finishes from Yasmin Lopes (130) and Emma Abbate (170). Lizzy Beling (140) placed third, Mackenzie Harried (130) and Jamie Gabriel (190) finished fourth, Batavia got fifths from Norah Stoodley (135), Anabelle Guthke (145), and Caoimhe Mitchell (155), and a sixth from Miracle Jackson (105).

2nd: Glenbard West (187)
The Hilltoppers had a pair of champions in Khloe Perez (115) and Myalinna DeJesus (155), and coach Pat McCluskey got seconds from Karolina Konopka (120) and Val Fantoni (125). Glenbard West also got a third from Nydia Jotzat (135), fourths from Jivona Brown (105) and Gia Cozzani (145), a fifth from Thanh Dinh (235), and a sixth from Daniyah Nixon (190).

3rd: Larkin (135.5)

The host Royals and coach Patrick Hillebrand got individual titles from Zamaya Taylor (170) and Kimberly Reyes (235), and seconds from Susan Cruz (100), Ashley Hammond (105), and Jadelin Caballero (190).
3rd: Oak Forest (135.5)
Isabel Peralta (190) captured Oak Forest’s lone individual title, and the Bengals got seconds from Marjorie Rodriguez (115) and Iyobosa Odiase (145), a third from Jordan Clyne (130), a fourth from Adri Bille (170), and a sixth from Brooklyn Strelow (135).

Other Larkin Royal Rumble individual champions were Dundee-Crown’s Diamond Rodriguez (105), Woodstock’s Eva Hermansson (110), Bartlett’s returning state medalists Emma Engels (120) and Lilly White (130), Conant’s Jasmine Zavaleta (135) and Ewa Krupa (140), and Lake Park’s Joscelin Ritthamel (145).
Glenbard West’s Khloe Perez had the most pins (5) in the least time (7:58) of any wrestler in the tournament, and Perez’s 32 team points scored also topped the field. Bartlett’s Emma Engels had the most tech falls (2) in the least time (5:17) and the fastest tech fall (226). Glenbard West’s Jivona Brown had the fastest pin in 0:08 seconds, Woodstock’s Kiara Manning had the most single match points with 20, Bolingbrook’s Alejandra Flores scored the most total match points with 43, and largest seed-place difference went to Lake Park’s Elida Garcia Torres, who was seeded 19th and placed third at 120.

Team scores: Batavia 203.5, Glenbard West 187, Larkin 135.5, Oak Forest 135.5, Joliet Central 132.5, Dundee-Crown 132, Woodstock 128.5, West Chicago 101, Lake Park 97, Conant 94, Bolingbrook 88.5, Andrew 87.5, Bartlett 87, Maine East 67, Richwoods 57, Addison Trail 54.
Larkin Girls Royal Rumble individual results:
100
1st: Lily Enos (Batavia) over Susan Cruz (Larkin) (F 1:29)
3rd: Ariadna Arciniega (Joliet C) over Karyme Estrada (Maine E) (F 1:24)
5th: Evelyn Torres (Maine E) over Melina Valdez (Addison Trail) (F 1:50)
105
1st: Diamond Rodriguez (Dundee-Crown) over Ashley Hammond (Larkin) (F 1:51)
3rd: Eliana Badeen (Maine E) over Jivona Brown (Glenbard W) (F 1:29)
5th: Mikaela Najera (Bolingbrook) over Miracle Jackson (Batavia) (F 3:16)
110
1st: Eva Hermansson (Woodstock) over Alisha Carter (Joliet C) (Dec 6-3)
3rd: Sophia Newell (West Chicago) over Jordan Rodriguez (Bolingbrook) (F 3:36)
5th: Norah Cwik (Bartlett) over Keira Zamudio (Andrew) (F 0:54)
115
1st: Khloe Perez (Glenbard W) over Marjorie Rodriguez (Oak Forest) (F 0:39)
3rd: Alejandra Flores (Bolingbrook) over Iris Torres (Dundee-Crown) (TF-1.5 5:24 (19-3))
5th: Monica Sanchez (West Chicago) over Jamie Varda (Richwoods) (F 0:13)
120
1st: Emma Engels (Bartlett) over Karolina Konopka (Glenbard W) (F 2:42)
3rd: Elida Garcia Torres (Lake Park) over Susana Correa (West Chicago) (F 1:21)
5th: Danica LaTessa (Woodstock) over Keily Centeno (Joliet C) (Dec 15-8)
125
1st: Natalie Lenart (Batavia) over Val Fantoni (Glenbard W) (F 2:41)
3rd: Jaydah Green (Richwoods) over Hannah Olsen (Woodstock) (Dec 6-3)
5th: Drea Lazzara (Addison Trail) over Brynnley Krauchun (Andrew) (F 5:26)
130
1st: Lilly White (Bartlett) over Yasmin Lopes (Batavia) (F 1:27)
3rd: Jordan Clyne (Oak Forest) over Mackenzie Harried (Batavia) (F 5:02)
5th: April Ortiz (Joliet C) over Piper Booe (Andrew) (F 3:46)
135
1st: Jasmine Zavaleta (Conant) over Ruby Gavina (Dundee-Crown) (F 0:59)
3rd: Nydia Jotzat (Glenbard W) over Talah Hamed (Andrew) (F 2:00)
5th: Norah Stoodley (Batavia) over Brooklyn Strelow (Oak Forest) (F 1:51)
140
1st: Ewa Krupa (Conant) over Ava Burns (Lake Park) (F 1:50)
3rd: Lizzy Beling (Batavia) over Nadya McCottrel (Joliet C) (F 4:00)
5th: Lydia Weidner (Woodstock) over Anaya Campbell (Bolingbrook)  (F 0:38)
145 
1st: Joscelin Ritthamel (Lake Park) over Iyobosa Odiase (Oak Forest) (F 3:57)
3rd: Madeline Beltran (Addison Trail) over Gia Cozzani (Glenbard W) (F 2:44)
5th: Anabelle Guthke (Batavia) over Daniella Ibanez (Dundee-Crown) (F 1:50)
155
1st: Miyalinna DeJesus (Glenbard W) over Mackenzie Lessner (Dundee-Crown) (SV-1 12-9)
3rd: Brianna Crown (Woodstock) over Analiese Aberman (Conant) (Dec 5-2)
5th: Caoimhe Mitchell (Batavia) over Savannah Burns (Bolingbrook) (F 1:25)
170
1st: Zamaya Taylor (Larkin) over Emma Abbate (Batavia) (F 3:43)
3rd: Delaney Hajdich (Lake Park) over Adri Bille (Oak Forest) (Dec 7-2)
5th: Liv Halminiak (West Chicago) over Maddie Murray (Andrew) (F 1:04)
190
1st: Isabell Peralta (Oak Forest) over Jadelin Caballero (Larkin) (F 3:25)
3rd:Evelyne Perez-Bedolla (Joliet C) over Jamie Gabriel (Batavia)  (F 0:37)
5th: Jessica Vega (Andrew) over Daniyah Nixon (Glenbard W) (F 1:39)
235
1st: Kimberley Reyes (Larkin) over Marley Clark (Richwoods) (F 1:25)
3rd: Gladys Reyes (Dundee-Crown) over Ariana Bonilla (West Chicago) (F 3:56)
5th: Thanh Dinh (Glenbard W) over Allison Hill (Woodstock) (F 0:23)
235+
1st: Blessing Ajere Tamatekou (Bolingbrook)
2nd: Hal Grant of Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)

Eisenhower’s Cardinal Girls Invitational

Joliet West and Marist stared each other down all the way to the final round at Eisenhower’s 25-team Cardinal Girls Invitational on Saturday.

Marist blinked first, as Joliet West won the team title 179-173.5 in Blue Island. Lane Tech (140) was third, Romeoville (131) placed fourth, and Phoenix Military Academy (110) rounded out the top five team finishes.

“We were pleased with how the team bounced back from a tough semi-final round where Marist took a brief lead,” Joliet West coach Erik Murry said. “I believe we had the advantage of having more girls in the consolation and fighting back for third place.”

1st: Joliet West (179)
The Tigers’ lone individual champion on the day was Bianca Campos (170), who posted a pivotal major decision win on the title mat against Marist’s Sarah Parker. Natalie Quiroz (235) finished second for the Tigers, who also got third-place finishes from Briana Klobnak (125), Veronica Klobnak (135), Majh Starks (155), and Trista Pisano (190), fourths from Gabriella Huerta (115) and Vanessa O’Connor (145), and a fifth from Morgan Kelly (105).

“Overall, I am extremely pleased with how the girls are progressing mentally and physically from week to week,” Murry said. “We are seeing great leadership from this young team that has much to look forward to, especially with having only two seniors in the starting line-up.”

2nd: Marist (173.5)

Shae Halleran (105) and Sarah Parker (170) led the way for Marist with a pair of second-place finishes. The Redhawks also got a third from Izzy Locascio (145), fourths from Mariajose Sanchez (100) and Samantha Durbin (135), fifths from Ava Enright (120), Zoe Kamper (125), and Stella Harris (140), and a sixth from Livia Adolfo (110).


3rd: Lane Tech College Prep (140)

Lane got an individual title from Nyah Lovis (130), seconds from Lauren Guerrero (115) and Allison Gutierrez (155), thirds from Sofia Guerrero (110) and Zabby Badru (140), and a sixth from Valeria Hernandez (105).


Other individual champions at Eisenhower were Romeoville’s Daniela Santander (100), Naperville Central’s Annika Hull (105), Tinley Park’s Jayden Melendez (110), Bremen’s De’neasia Hawkins (115), De La Salle’s Iliana Heredia (120), Naperville Central’s Dezi Azar (125), Phoenix Military Academy’s Ariel Foreman (135), Hillcrest’s Christiara Finley (140), Saint Ignatius College Prep’s GG Garduno (145), Reavis’ Lilly Fish (155), Clifton Central’s returning state medalist Payton Temple (190), and Romeoville’s Henessis Villagrana (235).

De La Salle’s Iliana Heredia finished the tournament with the most pins (5) in the least time (4:12), and she scored the most team points of any wrestler with 34. Antioch’s Sasha Johnson had the most tech falls (2) in the least time (7:53), Mother McAuley’s Ella Quigley scored the most single match points with 24, Clifton Central’s Payton Temple had the most total match points with 54, and the largest seed-place difference went to Shepard’s Mila Rousch, was was seeded 21st and placed 6th at 130.
Team scores: Joliet West 179, Marist 173.5, Lane 140, Romeoville 131, Phoenix Military Academy 110, New Trier 104, Naperville Central 97.5, Tinley Park 89, Saint Ignatius 88, De La Salle 87, Bremen 86, Bradley-Bourbonnais 78, Eisenhower 60.5, Reavis 59, Antioch 55, Shepard 50, Clifton Central 46.5, Willowbrook 46.5, Lindblom 46, Evergreen Park 44, Hillcrest 34, Thornton Fractional South 34, Mother McAuley 33.5, Hubbard 19, Peotone 15

Cardinal Girls Invitational individual results:

100
1st: Daniela Santander (Romeoville) over Sunny Aitzemkour (New Trier) (F 3:06)
3rd: Anapaula Cerna Rivera (De La Salle) over Mariajose Sanchez (Marist) (F 0:14)
5th: Jitzel Aranda (Phoenix) over Thi Van (Reavis) (F 0:23)
7th: Breana Marshall (Shepard) (Bye)
105
1st: Annika Hull (Naperville C) over Shae Halleran (Marist) (F 0:55)
3rd: Sofia Perez (Shepard) over Delilah Rios (Romeoville) (F 5:17)
5th: Alejandra Perez Delgado (Naperville C) over Valeria Hernandez (Lane) (F 1:01)
7th: Morgan Kelly (Joliet W) 3-4,  over Ella Quigley (Mother McAuley) (F 2:45)
110
1st: Jayden Melendez (Tinley Park) over Lola Bianco (New Trier) (F 2:00)
3rd: Sofia Guerrero (Lane) over Molia O’Neal (Evergreen Park) (Dec 6-2)
5th: Dakodia Kelly (Lansing (Thornton Fractional South) over Livia Adolfo (Marist) (F 0:13)
7th: Riley Osborn (Evergreen Park) over Isabella Castro (New Trier) (F 0:17)
115
1st: De`neasia Hawkins (Bremen) over Lauren Guerrero (Lane) (F 3:46)
3rd: Lina Sniegowski (St. Ignatius) over Gabriella Huerta (Joliet W) (F 5:44)
5th: Ella Graham (Central) over Analiz Torres (Romeoville) (F 3:32)
7th: Tracy Balnis (Marist) over Alyana Cotton (Antioch) (TF-1.5 3:15 (16-1))
120
1st: Iliana Heredia (De La Salle) over Ellen Purl (Naperville C) (F 0:29)
3rd: Diana Lopez-Jimenez (Phoenix) over Gracie Meluch (Naperville C) (F 3:10)
5th: Ava Enright (Marist) over Abitatu Mogaji (TF South) (F 0:32)
7th: Jesslynne Ochoa (Romeoville) over Danita Palmore (Lindblom) (F 1:47)
125
1st: Dezi Azar (Naperville C) over Bianca Arredondo (Naperville C) (F 1:14)
3rd: Briana Klobnak (Joliet W) over Julianna Adamski (Tinley Park) (F 2:32)
7th: Mia Vargas (De La Salle) over Ashley Cusack (Eisenhower) (M. For.)
130
1st: Nyah Lovis (Lane) over Madison Monreal (Tinley Park) (TF-1.5 4:14 (17-2))
3rd: Aubrianna Rapier (B.-Bourbonnais) over Christine Velasco (Eisenhower) (F 1:03)
5th: Abigail Trendle (De La Salle) over Mila Rousch (Shepard) (F 0:17)
7th: Annie Bergeron (Peotone) over Shan`drea Jones (Bremen) (F 1:37)
135
1st: Ariel Foreman (Phoenix) over Amelia Quinlan (Bremen) (F 0:29)
3rd: Veronica Klobnak (Joliet W) over Samantha Durbin (Marist) (F 1:06)
5th: Sommer Boswell (Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) over Areli Sanchez (Bremen) (Dec 7-1)
7th:
Brianna Garcia (Romeoville) 3-4,  over Linda Rodriguez (Joliet W) 4-5,  (F 0:25)
140
1st: Christiara Finley (Hillcrest) over Jillian Giller (New Trier) (Dec 13-7)
3rd: Zabby Badru (Lane) over Jessica Simmons (Evergreen Park) (F 4:56)
5th: Stella Harris (Marist) over Lilian Longtin (B.-Bourbonnais) (F 3:23)
7th: Sasha Johnson (Antioch) over Ariana Vergara (Romeoville) (TF-1.5 2:24 (16-0)
145
1st: GG Garduno (St. Ignatius) over AJ Grant (Phoenix) (F 2:22)
3rd: Izzy Locascio (Marist) over Vanessa O`Connor (Joliet W) (F 1:21)
5th: Sophia Domont (B.-Bourbonnais) over Arianna Rico (Naperville C) (F 3:14)
7th: Isabella Marcomb (Antioch) over Bridie O`Conner (Mother McAuley) (F 0:42)
155
1st: Lilly Fish (Reavis) over Allison Gutierrez (Lane) (F 0:45)
3rd: MDh Starks (Joliet W) over Julyssa Gonzalez (Reavis) (Inj. 0:38)
5th: Isabela Barajas (Willowbrook) over Marlen Morelos Perez (Eisenhower) (F 3:04)
7th: Catalina Flores (St. Ignatius) over Natalia Cordova (Lane) (F 0:35)
170 
1st: Bianca Campos (Joliet W) over Sarah Parker (Marist) (MD 15-3)
3rd: Jazilah Gatlin (Willowbrook) over Valeria Santiago (St. Ignatius) (For.)
5th: Mariyah Mani (Romeoville) over Jazlynn Bracamontes (Hubbard) (F 0:27)
7th: Yamieth Castillo (Reavis) over Lindy Hamilton (New Trier) (F 1:01)
190
1st: Payton Temple (Central) over Ashyia Scott (Lindblom) (F 1:40)
3rd: Trista Pisano (Joliet W) over Phoebe Heyboer (Eisenhower) (F 0:15)
5th: Lili Meierkort (Evergreen Park) over Josie Blau (Antioch) (F 2:38)
7th: Gabriella Teufackmomo (M McAuley) over Karina Robledo (St. Ignatius) (F 1:41)
235
1st: Henessis Villagrana (Romeoville) over Natalie Quiroz (Joliet W) (Dec 7-6)
3rd: Karrine Jenkins (Shepard) over Kiara Owens (Lindblom) (For.)
5th: Nyla Johnson (Bremen) over () , . (Bye)

By Curt Herron – For the IWCOA

A year ago, Hononegah made a statement when it finished in second place 7.5 points behind host Barrington in its Moore-Prettyman Wrestling Invitational to open its season and the Indians concluded 2023-2024 by qualifying for the IHSA Class 3A Dual Team Finals for the first time since 2016, where it lost to St. Charles East 40-29 in the quarterfinals. 

On Saturday, coach Tyler DeMoss’ Indians definitely raised the bar on this season’s expectations after placing eight individuals in the top five at their weights with four of those being champions as well as five finalists to help them to easily win the championship of the 32-team competition, which was renamed as the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational prior to the start of the finals. 

Hononegah finished with 283.5 points, which was 47.5 points ahead of runner-up Washington, the defending Class 2A IHSA champions who finished with 236 points. Hersey (211) and Stevenson (180.5) also were honored for top-four finishes while Providence Catholic (178.5) made a huge jump from 17th place to fifth and fell two points shy of fourth place. Grant (170), Barrington (167.5), Crystal Lake Central (154.5), Fremd (154) and Wheaton North (154) rounded out the top 10 teams.

The Indians were missing a returning champion and an IHSA placewinner from a year ago, Bruno Cassioppi, due to an injury, but it’s hoped that he can return by the end of the season, giving the team hope that it can not only pursue its first state trophy since 2014, when DeMoss was a junior and the team finished fourth, but also to finish better than fourth place, which they also did in both 2007 and 2005. 

Champions for Hononegah were Rocco Cassioppi (126), TJ Silva (138), Brody Sendele (165) and Connor Diemel (175) and all of them captured their titles with wins by technical fall. Kurt Smith (190) lost by one point in his finals match while Jackson Olson (120) and Max Haskins (157) took third place and Kristian DeClercq (106) finished fifth.  Sendele was one of the two individuals who also won a title last season while Silva and Diemel were both second in 2023.

“I think we’re pretty confident that we can win state,” DeMoss said. “We’ve got to figure some parts out and we’re not fully healthy yet, we’re short one Cassioppi. We’ll get him back and we’ll get some of the other weights figured out. That’s our goal, to win team state. We have a great mix of upper weights  and lower weights and they’re all pushing each other. These guys have known each other since second grade. They went to middle school together, all the way through, so they’re wrestling for themselves individually but they’re also wrestling for each other as a team.”

Washington, which aims to capture the Class 2A title for the third year in a row for coach Nick Miller, had three champions, four finalists and seven in the top seven at their weights. Title winners for the Panthers were Noah Woods (120), Wyatt Medlin (157) and Josh Hoffer (215) while Sean Thornton (285) placed second, Symon Woods (106) took third, Peyton Cox (144) finished fifth and Cruise Brolley (165) claimed seventh place. Medlin also repeated as a champion in the competition. 

Fremd was the only other team that had multiple champions, Evan Gosz (144) and Owen Jakubczak (285). Gosz received the Outstanding Wrestler Award after winning by technical fall in the finals, scoring the most team points and capturing his third title in the event, with the others coming in 2021 and 2022. Jakubczak, who was seeded eighth at his weight, won the first tournament of his high school career.

Others who placed second last season and won championships on Saturday were Barrington’s Kaleb Pratt (113) and Stevenson’s Shawn Kogan (132). Making the move from sixth-place to title winner was Crystal Lake Central’s Cayden Parks (190).

Two freshmen also demonstrated that they will be factors this season. Providence Catholic’s Justus Heeg (150), who won a Minnesota state title as an eighth grader last season, prevented Joliet West’s Carson Weber from repeating as a champion. Loyola Academy’s Niko Odiotti (106) joined his brother Massey, who’s competing at Northwestern University, as a champion in the competition.

Gosz led all competitors with 42 team points while Silva was next with 41.5 and Hoffer ranked third with 41. Diemel, Pratt and Medlin all finished with 40 team points while Cassioppi and Sendele had 39.5 apiece, Jakubczak and Parks collected 39 team points, Kogan had 37.5, Woods finished with 37 and Odiotti wound up with 36.5 points.

Before the start of the finals, there was a special ceremony announcing that the tournament, which is in its 33rd year, would be renamed as the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Wrestling Invitational, to also honor Tim Dunn, who passed away just days after last year’s tournament at age 72. He was a lifelong Barrington resident, local historian and trustee who was the Social Studies Department head and a history and government teacher at the high school as well as being a wrestling and football coach with the Broncos from 1987 until his retirement in 2008. 

106 – Niko Odiotti, Loyola Academy

Niko Odiotti knows all too well how competitive wrestling is in Illinois after seeing his brother Massey make history at Loyola Academy by becoming its first state finalist in 2022 when he took second place in Class 3A at 120 and then its first champion in 2023 when he won 3A at the same weight class before continuing his career at Northwestern University, where he’s a sophomore.

Odiotti hopes to follow in his brother’s footsteps and he’s definitely off to a great debut after the freshman beat two individuals who were seeded ahead of him to capture the 106 title at the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational. He followed a quick fall and win by technical fall with a 9-3 decision over Washington’s Symon Woods in the semifinals to become the lone finalist and medalist for coach Matt Collum’s Ramblers, where he won a 7-1 decision over Grayslake Central’s Vince DeMarco.

“It felt good,” Odiotti said. “My brother came here a couple of times, so I was able to watch and the environment is pretty cool so I like this tournament a lot. There’s a lot of pressure but I feel like I handled it well. I was really nervous before all of my matches but I was prepared and work as hard as anyone so I think that I’m ready to win. The goal is to be a state champion. (Coach Matt Collum) He shows us a lot and pushes us really hard day in and day out and that helps us and it shows on the mat.”

DeMarco, a sophomore, was the tournament’s top-seed after going 45-9 a year ago and finishing in fourth place at 106 in Class 2A. He became the lone finalist for coach Matthew Joseph’s Rams after he followed a fall with two wins by technical fall, with the latter one in 1:53 over Hononegah’s Kristian DeClercq in the semifinals. Woods, a junior, claimed third place after prevailing 13-10 in sudden victory over Providence Catholic freshman Christian Corcoran. DeClercq, a sophomore who was one of eight individuals who placed fifth or better for the champion Indians, claimed fifth place with a fall in 0:58 over Stevenson freshman Daniel Berdich. Grant junior Carter Hutchinson captured a 7-2 decision over Barrington freshman Matthew Blanke for seventh and in the ninth-place match, Fremd freshman Lucas Crandall won a 16-4 major decision over Wheaton North sophomore Daniel Hyde.

113 – Kaleb Pratt, Barrington

Kaleb Pratt was definitely the highlight for the host Broncos during the 33rd edition of their season-opening tournament, which was renamed as the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational during a pre-finals ceremony. Not long after that, the Broncos sophomore who was top-seeded in the invite, captured the first of two falls during the finals when he pinned Stevenson’s Evan Mishels in 5:51 in the 113 title match.

Pratt, who capped a 36-14 debut season in 2023-2024 with a 36-14 record after finishing sixth at 106 in Class 3A, was the lone champion and finalist for coach Dan Keller’s Broncos. He followed two first-period falls with a 9-0 major decision in the semifinals over Crystal Lake Central sophomore Jackson Marlett. 

“I had a good season last year and I got sixth, but now I want to get first,” Pratt said. “I’ve been in the room and just working hard and doing extra, like staying after practice and eating good and keeping a good diet and pushing myself. It feels good winning the tournament and to go undefeated to start the season.”

Mishels, a junior who went 36-16 a year ago but fell one win shy of advancing from the Barrington Sectional after losing to Pratt, was the second-seed in the competition and was the first of two finalists for coach Shane Cook’s Patriots. After opening with a win by technical fall and an 8-5 decision in the quarterfinals, he earned his spot on the 113 title mat by claiming a 4-1 decision over Providence Catholic freshman Lucas Forsythe in the semifinals. Marlett claimed third place with a 6-3 decision over Forsythe while Joliet West junior Jakob Crandall took fifth with a 15-4 major decision over another Providence Catholic freshman, Nate Ortiz. Hersey sophomore Cole Anselmi won a 9-4 decision over Wauconda junior Nicholas Ruiz for seventh place and Bradley-Bourbonnais sophomore Zach Hoffner won by fall in 2:35 over Washington sophomore Lucas Bach to claim ninth place. Loyola Academy senior Harlee Hiller, a three-time medalist, two-time finalist and 2023 IHSA champion at 105, competed in the tournament but was unable to place as she did one year ago.

120 – Noah Woods, Washington

Noah Woods began a run of championship mat success for defending Class 2A champion Washington as coach Nick Miller’s Panthers got three-straight title wins with senior Woods getting things started at 120 with an 11-6 decision over Glenbard East’s Ismael Chaidez, then junior Wyatt Medlin followed a short time later with a championship at 157 and junior Josh Hoffer added another title at 215 before the team’s fortunes finally changed in their last visir to the title mat as Sean Thornton got pinned by Fremd’s Owen Jakubczak at 285.

Woods, the second-seed at the weight who went 44-16 last season after finishing sixth at 120 in Class 2A, opened with a fall, followed that with a 15-2 major decision in the quarterfinals and assured himself of being the first Panther on the championship mat after he won another major decision, this time by a 16-6 margin over Barrington sophomore Ryan Dorn.

“I think I wrestled pretty good,” Woods said. “Honestly, I think I deserve this because I’ve put in the work for it and I mentally prepared every single match for this. But this isn’t really important to me right now, and what is important to me is the end goal. I want to come here and learn from what I’m doing and get in a routine this year so that I can consistently compete and perform good. That was my goal today, to perform as well as I can. We’re a pretty good family and we support each other. And if there’s something that needs to be fixed, you can rely on your teammates to help you fix it.”

Chaidez, a junior who went 37-7 and fell one win shy of a state trip at the Class 3A Hinsdale Central Sectional a year ago, was the fourth seed but sprung an upset in the semifinals when he won a 12-3 major decision over the top-seed, Wauconda senior Gavin Rockey, who was an IHSA runner-up in Class 2A at 106 in each of the past two years. That victory, which made Chaidez the lone finalist for coach Donald Pool’s Rams, followed another major decision in the quarterfinals and a win by technical fall in his first match. Hononegah junior Jackson Olson captured third place with an 11-6 decision over Dorn. Rockey, who went 44-11 last season and 29-6 in 2022-2023, settled for fifth place after winning an 11-7 decision over Hersey senior Danny Lehman. In the seventh-place match, Joliet West sophomore Joseph Pedrosa claimed an 8-2 decision over Grayslake Central junior Krish Sahu and for ninth place, Jacobs freshman Enrique Garcia won a 25-11 major decision over Wheaton North sophomore Rocco Macellaio.

126 – Rocco Cassioppi, Hononegah

Rocco Cassioppi started off a run of four-straight title wins by technical fall for Hononegah when he won the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn title at 126 with a win over Grant’s Vince Jasinski in 3:14 as the program wrapped up a dominating showing where it used five finalists and eight individuals placing fifth or better to defeat Washington by a 283.5-236 margin for top honors in the 32-team competition. 

Cassioppi, a sophomore who went 43-4 last season and dropped a 6-5 decision to Warren Township’s Caleb Noble in the IHSA Class 3A Finals at 106, was the first of five finalists for coach Tyler DeMoss’ Indians. He hopes to become the fourth Cassioppi to capture a state title with Anthony taking firsts in 3A in 2017 and 2018, Rose winning a title in the inaugural IHSA Finals in 2022 and Angelina is one of four individuals who has won titles in each of the first three Finals. The top-seed opened the tournament with two first-minute falls before needing to go the full six in the semifinals, where he won a 13-4 major decision over Hersey senior Riddick Variano.

“I’m very excited,” Cassioppi said. “There’s a lot of teamwork, a lot of hard work in the room, just making each other better. Iron sharpens iron and we all work very hard and push each other. We work all summer long, workouts, wrestling, everything together. It’s a great team and I’m happy to see it’s working out. We’re hoping we can get him (Bruno) back for team state and state. Just recurring issues and he hates being out but he comes and watches every practice and he’s learning mentally. We all want to succeed personally, but we all really hope that we do good as a team. The best that Hononegah has ever done as a team is fourth. Both of my brothers have been on teams that placed at state and I kind of want to step outside of their shadow and do more than just place, but win it. Going into my barn, we have the state brackets hung up. It’s a lot to look up to, but it’s also a lot of pressure, but the pressure helps me and it makes me work harder.”

Jasinski, a junior who went 33-15 last season and qualified for the IHSA Finals, also has a sister who won a state title, Ayane, a three-time medalist who became Grant’s first girls champion in 2023. He secured his spot as the lone finalist in the tournament for coach Mark Jolcover’s Bulldogs by recording falls in his first two matches before advancing from the semifinals with a forfeit win over Providence Catholic sophomore Tommy Banas. Variano captured third place with a fall in 2:46 over Wheaton North junior Caden Cahill. Jacobs junior Ben Arbotante claimed fifth place with a forfeit win over Banas, who took sixth at 126 in last year’s IHSA 2A Finals. In the seventh-place match, Lyons Township senior Roger Martinez won a 22-9 major decision over Crystal Lake Central junior Dylan Ramsey and for ninth place, Barrington junior Saul Ramirez was a winner by technical fall in 5:26 over Sandwich senior Jakob Gruca.

132 – Shawn Kogan, Stevenson

Shawn Kogan qualified for the IHSA 3A Finals last season but was disappointed that he didn’t win a match there and finished with a 24-10 record. The Stevenson junior hopes that he can make his way to the state awards stand this season and kicked things off in good fashion when he won the 132 championship at the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational after prevailing with a 15-14 decision over Lyons Township junior Griff Powell in the 132 title match. 

One of two finalists and the lone champion for coach Shane Cook’s Patriots, Kogan won each of his first three matches by technical fall before earning his spot on the title mat with a 12-10 decision over Hersey senior Elijah Garza in the semifinals. Powell, who went 34-6 last season but saw his season end due to injury at the Hinsdale Central Sectional, was the top-seed in the tournament over Kogan. The lone finalist for coach Griff Powell’s Lions, followed two wins by technical fall with a 6-2 decision over Lane Tech senior Alex Valentin in the semifinals.

 “I feel pretty good,” Kogan said. “I feel like there’s great competition here and high-ranked guys. I definitely see a lot of room for improvement so I’ll just keep my mind on February and the state tournament and how I can improve so that I can be at my best there. Being a leader on the team definitely gives me a lot of confidence in  everybody and I’m surrounded by people that work hard. Everybody has kind of become single-minded and just want to improve and to be their best. I’ve definitely put my mind on bigger goals than just qualifying for the state tournament. I’ve just been working hard with my coaches at Relentless Training Center, Ryan Prater and Jordan Blanton, and my Stevenson coaches, Mike Martinez and coach Cook and so many other guys and our alumni that have prepared me for bigger moments like these. That’s definitely had a huge impact on my training and my work ethic, for sure.” 

Garza won by technical fall in 2:45 over Hinsdale Central junior Anthony Maven to capture third place. In a matchup of seniors who are returning state qualifiers, York’s Mondo Martinelli finished fifth after recording a fall in 4:56 over Valentin. In the seventh-place match, Grant senior Sammy Mendez won a 9-3 decision over Downers Grove South sophomore Jadon Dinwiddie and for ninth place, Grayslake Central senior Liam Halloran captured a 13-8 decision over Joliet West senior Marquan Godfrey.

138 – TJ Silva, Hononegah

TJ Silva followed a runner-up finish at 132 in Class 1A in 2022 with a 1A state championship at 126 in 2023 while competing for Dakota. Now the Hononegah senior hopes to get back to an IHSA title match for the fourth year in a row and finish with his second championship after losing by technical fall to a four-time state champion, St. Charles East’s Ben Davino, in last year’s Class 3A Finals at 132 that concluded a quality 28-5 debut season with the Indians. He kicked off this season in impressive fashion by capturing the 138 title with a win by technical fall in 2:15 over Fremd’s Drew Fifield to become the first of four champions and five finalists as Hononegah won the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational with 283.5 points, which was 47.5 ahead of Washington. 

Silva, the top-seed at 138, was joined by Rocco Cassioppi (126), Brody Sendele (165) and Connor Diemel (175) as champions and all of them won their titles with wins by technical fall. Along with runner-up Kurt Smith (190), he was one of five finalists for coach Tyler DeMoss’ Indians, who had eight individuals who placed fifth or better. He had falls in his opener and and in the quarterfinals and additional wins by technical fall in his second match and in the semifinals, where he won in 2:38 over Stevenson sophomore Mikey Polyakov. He finished with 41.5 team points, which was one-half point behind the leader in that category, Fremd’s Evan Gosz.

“I’m really excited just because I see all of the hard work that we put in the practice room, so I’m just so confident in my team that we’re going to do really well, ” Silva said. “And we have great coaches around us. It’s a great accomplishment. Coming to this tournament, last year we lost so this year we wanted to make a statement that our team is the best. We’re really good at whenever someone makes a mistake that we pick each other up. (Winning another title) That’s the goal. I’m just going to keep focusing on how hard I work and my technique and I feel that’s going to get me to the top of the podium.”

Fifield, a junior who went 20-12 last season and qualified for the IHSA Finals at 126, was the third-seed at 138. He opened this competition with two wins by technical fall before claiming an 11-8 decision in the quarterfinals and then won a 13-5 major decision over the second-seed, Grant junior Erik Rodriguez, in the semifinals to become one of three finalists for coach Jeff Keske’s Vikings. Rodriguez, who was an IHSA qualifier last season, claimed third place with a 14-5 major decision over Polyakov. Joliet West senior Adrian Hernandez took fifth place after winning a 16-4 major decision over Wheaton North junior Andrew Langas. In the seventh-place match, Barrington junior Brennan O’Donnell won by fall in 5:30 over Fenwick senior Max Kenny. And for ninth place, Hersey sophomore Nolan Variano claimed an 8-3 decision over Lyons Township senior Claudio Rodriguez.

144 – Evan Gosz, Fremd

Evan Gosz may have had one of the toughest brackets at the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational considering that the three-time Class 3A state medalist and 2024 runner-up had two others to contend with who also had won two or more medals, Washington’s Peyton Cox, a three-time Class 2A runner-up, and Hersey’s Maksim Mukhamedaliyev, a two-time 3A medal winner. Sandwich’s Cooper Corder also was a Class 1A medalist a year ago. But Gosz, a senior who was the top-seed, emerged as champion, winning his third title in the event, adding to firsts he captured in 2021 and 2022. After winning by technical fall in 3:55 over Mukhamedaliyev in the 144 title match, he was presented with the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler Award.

Gosz suffered his only loss in 38 matches last season by a 14-5 score to St. Charles East’s Jayden Colon in the IHSA Class 3A Finals at 144. He also finished in third place at 126 in 2023 and third at 113 in 2022. He opened his OWA tournament run with three-straight falls before claiming a win by technical fall over York’s Frank Nitti in 4:15 to become one of three finalists, and eventually, two champs for coach Jeff Keske’s Vikings. He led all competitors for the most team points with 42, which was one-half point more than Hononegah’s TJ Silva had.

“I was really excited for the year at the beginning since I thought we had a lot of talent,” Gosz said. “Just seeing it translate to having three finalists and a guy wrestling for third place is awesome. I think we’re young and we have a lot of potential. We have a lot of athleticism and if we can translate that into learning good technique, it will be really great. I think we all have the athleticism, so if we can hone in on the technique and keep pushing in the wrestling room with the conditioning, I don’t know many teams that are going to be able to compete with us. Over the years I’ve kind of realized that my offense has been lacking and last year I kind of tried to showcase it a little bit, but this year, I’m really trying to hone in and solidify that. That’s kind of what I’ve been working on all offseason and it was really exciting to see it translating, and honestly, it was awesome.”

Mukhamedaliyev, the third-seed who went 36-4 last season and took third place in Class 3A at 132 after finishing sixth at 126 in 2023, opened with two first-period falls before winning by technical fall in the quarterfinals. He captured a 7-2 decision over senior Cox in the semifinals to become the lone finalist for coach Joseph Rupslauk’s Huskies, who finished in third place in the competition with 211 points. Nitti, who won 43 matches and fell one win shy of a Class 3A medal at 138 last season, claimed third place after winning 8-5 by sudden victory over Corder, a sophomore who won 35 matches and finished fourth at 138 in 1A in 2024. Cox, who won 28 matches last season and fell 9-7 to St. Rita’s Sean Larkin in the IHSA Class 2A 144 title match after taking second at 132 in 2023 and second at 120 in 2022, took fifth place after winning a 12-3 major decision over Wauconda sophomore Brian Hart. Lyons Township senior Jack Kutchek won an 11-3 major decision over Lane Tech senior Vermaat VanderBrug for seventh and Plainfield Central senior Jack Bowen claimed a 9-3 decision over Providence Catholic freshman Andrew Pellicci for ninth place.

150 – Justus Heeg, Providence Catholic

Justus Heeg is understandably excited about beginning his freshman season, but the dramatic 2-1 victory that the Providence Catholic athlete captured in an ultimate tiebreaker over Joliet West’s Carson Weber in the 150 championship match at the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational was certainly not his first title that he had won in a high school competition. As an eighth grader, he went 44-9 and won the 2024 Minnesota State High School League individual championship in Class AA at 133 representing Simley, who also captured its sixth-straight dual team title. 

He was one of nine freshmen that competed for the Celtics, who are coached by 2022 IWCOA Hall of Fame inductee Donald Reynolds. Five of those placed sixth or better with Heeg being the lone finalist for PC, which finished in fifth place in the competition with 178.5 points, just two points behind the final team that got a trophy for fourth place, Stevenson. Last year, the Celtics finished in 17th place in the event with 72 points. His other three victories were wins by technical fall and he needed just one period to claim his first two victories and 3:09 to defeat Barrington’s Daniel Blanke in the semifinals. Then in the  championship match, Heeg got an escape early in the ultimate tiebreaker and held off Weber, who was a returning champion.

“A lot of that stuff from last year obviously prepared me for this year since I’ve been used to wrestling the high school guys,” Heeg said. “I’ve already wrestled some high school tournaments so I’m used to wrestling these type of guys. “It’s definitely mindset, If you have the right mindset, you can do anything. The main reason that we wanted to come to Providence was the Reynolds family and the connection that they have with Sean Bormet, and because he went to Providence.”

Weber, a senior who was the top-seed after finishing 42-2 last season and claiming third place in Class 3A at 144 to claim his first state medal, was the lone finalist for coach Awais Arain’s Tigers. He opened the tournament with two victories by technical fall and then received a forfeit win in the semifinals over Hersey’s Rodrigo Arceo. Blanke, a sophomore, captured an 18-5 major decision over York junior Benjamin Gorny to claim third place. Stevenson junior Valentin Vihrov, a state qualifier last season, won fifth place by forfeit over Arceo, who also advanced to state in 2024. In the seventh-place match, Hampshire senior Chris Napiorkowski got a win by technical fall in 4:57 over Grayslake Central senior Quentin Conkle. And Grant senior Nate Flores won a 5-2 decision over Wauconda junior Wyatt Roland for ninth.

157 – Wyatt Medlin, Washington

Wyatt Medlin stood out among the 17 returning state medal winners and eight finalists from last years’ IHSA Class 3A, 2A, 1A and Girls Finals that competed in the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational since the Washington junior was the lone 2024 state champion in the competition. Last season, he defeated Mt. Vernon’s Dillon White 10-3 to win the Class 2A title at 138 to highlight a 49-4 season after finishing in third place at 126 as a freshman. This season he hopes to join a prestigious group of Panthers who are two-time champions and three-time medalists. He kicked off his season in great fashion by winning the 157 title with a 13-3 major decision over Wheaton North senior Thomas Fulton.

Medlin, who was the top-seed, was one of three champions and four finalists for coach Nick Miller’s Panthers, who claimed second place in the 32-team competition. He won his initial three matches with first-period falls, which included one in 1:56 over Prospect junior Bennett Westfallen in the semifinals. Fulton, who was the second-seed in the bracket, went 40-10 last season and advanced to the Class 3A state finals at 157. After opening with a pair of pins, Fulton got a win by technical fall in the quarterfinals and then recorded a fall in 4:48 over Hononegah’s Max Haskins in the semifinals to become the only finalist for coach Tim Walker’s Falcons. 

“This is a good early-season gauge and there’s good competition up here at all weights,” Panthers coach Nick Miller said. “Every one of our kids got pushed somewhere. Some performed really well and all of them are going to go back to the room with something to work on and that’s what we want to get in the early season. It’s a process. In the years when it’s been applicable, I’ve always told the teams that won a state championship, I’m like ‘hey, you’re not the state champions, that was last year’s team and this is a brand new thing.’ So this is the start of that process. We’ve got a schedule that’s built to be really challenging to make sure that by the time that we reach the season’s end that we’re battle-tested. So we’re going to take the same approach and hope to see where the end of the year puts us.”

Haskins, a senior who won 34 matches and also qualified for the IHSA Finals last season, claimed third place with a 23-13 major decision over Providence Catholic freshman Jasper Harper. Hersey junior Frank Tagoe won a 16-12 decision over Westfallen to finish in fifth place. Lane Tech senior Nasser Hammouche won by fall in 4:52 over Barrington senior Silas Oberholtzer to capture seventh and York junior Jackson Hanselman claimed a 13-0 major decision over Grayslake Central junior Warren Nash for ninth place.

165 – Brody Sendele, Hononegah

Brody Sendele made quite a name for himself last season when he capped his freshman year at Hononegah by advancing to the IHSA Class 3A semifinals before capturing third place at 157 to cap a 47-3 season. Now he hopes that he and several of his teammates have what it takes to join an elite group of Indians who have won state championships. Sendele kicked off his sophomore season in style by being one of the four members of his team to win titles at the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational by technical fall, with his win coming in 3:14 over Fenwick senior Aiden Burns in the 165 title match to repeat as a  champion in the tournament.

Sendele, the top-seed in the competition, opened with a fall before getting wins by technical fall in both the quarterfinals and semifinals, defeating Fremd junior Lucas Nance in 4:41 to become one of the five finalists for coach Tyler DeMoss’ Indians, who took top honors in the 32-team competition with 283.5 points, which was 47.5 points better than runner-up Washington. Burns, who was the sixth-seed in the bracket, opened with a win by technical fall, followed with a major decision in the quarterfinals and then got another win by technical fall in 4:00 over Wheaton North junior Julian Flores to become the lone finalist for coach Seth Gamino’s Friars.  

“I got first last year, too,” Sendele said. “We were missing a guy (Rocco Cassioppi) last year. We got him back, but his brother is hurt, so it feels good to get first this year. I’m excited to see what we’ll have at the end of the year, we just need to keep putting the work in. You have to just keep on working until you get to the top. I love this group of guys, we’re all so close, it’s like a family. We’re all hard-working, always there for each other and have each others’ backs the whole way, it’s really cool.”

Flores claimed third place with a 13-3 major decision over Nance while Hersey junior Grant Moga finished fifth after winning an 11-4 decision over Crystal Lake Central senior Tommy Tomasello. Washington junior Cruise Brolley placed seventh after winning a 15-5 major decision over Grant sophomore Grayson Lennon. And Grayslake Central junior William Lyle won a 7-1 decision over Libertyville’s Ethan Trowbridge to claim ninth place.

175 – Connor Diemel, Hononegah

Connor Diemel made it four-for-four for Hononegah competitors in the final round of the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational, with all of those being victories by technical fall, when he won in 2:06 over Plainfield South senior Colin Bickett in the 175 title match. The Indians, who scored 283.5 points to win the team title by 47.5 points over Washington, finally lost a title match right after Diemel’s triumph, but just barely, as Crystal Lake Central’s Cayden Parks prevailed over Kurt Smith 5-4 in the 190 championship match.

Diemel, a senior who went 45-7 last season and fell a bit short of getting a medal in the IHSA 3A Finals at 165, was the top seed at the weight while Bickett was the second-seed. He opened with a fall, won by technical fall in the quarterfinals and earned his spot as one of the five finalists for coach Tyler DeMoss’ Indians when he got a pin in 1:56 over Jacobs senior Owen Piazza in the semifinals. Bickett got a pin in his first match, won by technical fall in the quarterfinals and recorded a fall in 1:10 in the semifinals over Downers Grove South sophomore Noah Greene to become the lone finalist for coach Daniel Saracco’s Cougars.

“It’s awesome,” Diemel said. “It’s kind of fun to turn the corner and start having success, not just individually but also as a team. I want to take another big step this year and I’ve done that pretty much every year of my high school career. When you have one of the toughest matches that you’re going to wrestle all year every day in your wrestling room, it’s pretty hard to lose them on the big stage. I think we’re the closest team in the state. If we want to hang out with anyone, we hang out with each other. And whenever we’re in the wrestling room, we’re always having fun. And it’s a lot easier to get better when it’s not a grind than when it is.”

Hampshire senior Aidan Rowells won a 10-4 decision over Joliet West junior Zachary Cronk to take third place while Greene won by technical fall in 6:00 over Piazza in the fifth-place match. Grant sophomore Aaden Arroyo recorded a fall in 5:07 over Libertyville sophomore James Scanio to place seventh and in the ninth-place match, Bradley-Bourbonnais sophomore Kayden Roach was a winner by fall in 4:25 over Lane Tech senior Eyob Abebe.

190 – Cayden Parks, Crystal Lake Central

Cayden Parks wasn’t thrilled with having to go down to the wire in order to defeat Hononegah senior Kurt Smith by a 5-4 decision in the 190 title match at the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational. But considering that his opponent’s school already had four title winners who all prevailed with wins by technical fall to help them easily wrap up the team title, the Crystal Lake Central senior was more than happy to walk away with the well-earned championship against a quality opponent. 

Parks, who lost 9-2 to Rock Island’s Andrew Marquez in the 2024 IHSA Class 2A Finals to complete a 44-8 junior season, hopes to join an elite group of champions that the school has had during Justen Lehr’s tenure as coach. He was the top seed at the weight and was the lone finalist for the Tigers after opening with a fall, following that with two wins by technical fall and then capturing a 19-8 major decision over Wauconda senior Mike Merevick in the semifinals.

“Obviously, it’s great and I’m happy to win at the end,” Parks said. “It’s just the start of the season, the first tournament and obviously we’ve got a lot more to do. We’re going to get a lot better as the season goes on and you don’t want to hit your peak right now. Coach Lehr makes a schedule that he knows is going to be terrible for us throughout the whole year with hard match after hard match. So as soon as February comes, then we’re ready to go and not scared of anything and it always works out in the end. You just want to make sure that you build up the whole season so as soon as regionals come around, you’re at your best and you’re ready to go.”

Smith, who was one of five finalists and eight individuals who placed fifth or better for coach Tyler DeMoss’ team champion Indians, went 40-12 last season and qualified for the IHSA Class 3A Finals at 175. He opened with a fall and followed with two wins by technical fall before pulling out an 8-6 decision in the semifinals over Fenwick senior Jack Paris, who went on to claim third place with a 9-6 decision over Merevick. Grant junior Casey Gipson finished fifth after winning by technical fall in 5:05 over Libertyville junior Jack Treutelaar. In the seventh-place match, Lake Zurich freshman Rocco DiCanio won a 14-7 decision over Plainfield Central junior Ty Sabin and Washington junior Wyatt Leman won by fall in 3:06 over Prospect junior Brock Wrede to claim ninth place.

215 – Josh Hoffer, Washington

Josh Hoffer has already accomplished a lot during his first two seasons at Washington, going 39-12 last season and placing fourth in IHSA Class 2A at 190 after placing sixth at 195 in 2023 in addition to being a member of two Class 2A dual team championships. Beside helping his team to win another team title, the junior would like to do what his brother Justin achieved as a senior in 2023, which was winning an individual state championship. He opened this season in a good fashion by capturing the 215 title at the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational with a 9-0 decision over Libertyville senior Caleb Baczek in the finals.

Hoffer, who was the top-seed in his bracket, joined Noah Woods and Wyatt Medlin as champions and was one four finalists for coach Nick Miller’s Panthers, who took second-place in the 32-team competition with 236 points. He opened with a win by technical fall, followed up with two pins and then earned his spot on the title mat with another win by technical fall, this time in 2:34 over Fenwick senior Patrick Gilboy. Baczek went 36-9 last season and fell one win shy of a state trip from the Barrington Sectional but was able to help his team to a fourth-place finish in Class 3A, which equaled Libertyville’s best previous finish at dual team state in 2008. The 2023 state qualifier, who was seeded third, opened with two first-period falls before winning a 2-1 decision in the quarterfinals over Crystal Lake Central senior Tommy McNeil and then captured a 12-1 major decision in the semifinals over Hampshire sophomore Carter Hintz to become the lone finalists for the Wildcats, who are coached by Dale Eggert, a 2015 Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award recipient of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum – Illinois Chapter and a 2000 IWCOA Hall of Fame inductee. 

“I thought that I did pretty well,” Hoffer said. “I kind of came out a little slow in the first couple of rounds but in that third match, I wrestled pretty well. Coming in on the second day I thought I wrestled pretty good on my first match of the day and I would have liked to score some more points but I think I also need to work more on finishing. I think we have a lot of hard workers in the room and our coaches do a good job of pushing us to our limits and getting us better. And we also have great competition with a good schedule that prepares us for February when we’re taking on state and team state.”

McNeil won by fall in 1:38 over Hintz to finish third and Gilboy captured a 10-6 decision over Barrington junior Clarence Jackson for fifth. In the seventh-place match, Lyons Township senior Nicholas Arquilla claimed a 7-5 decision over Elk Grove senior Dylan Berkowitz and for ninth, Stevenson senior Everett Ciezak won by technical fall in 2:59 over Grant junior Matthew Longabaugh.

285 – Owen Jakubczak, Fremd

Owen Jakubczak entered the Moore-Prettyman-Dunn Invitational with nothing to lose and then the Fremd junior who was the eighth seed at his weight went on to not lose any of his matches as he captured the first tournament title of his high school career, capping his run through the 285 bracket with a fall in 3:33 over Washington junior Sean Thornton, who was the second-seed, for the championship.

Jakubczak, who went 22-16 last season and failed to advance from the Class 3A Barrington Sectional, opened with two falls before winning a 5-0 decision in the quarterfinals over the top-seed, Elk Grove senior Mikey Milovich. He earned his spot in the final championship match of the day when he captured a 4-1 decision over Plainfield Central senior Anthony Minnito in the semifinals to become one of three finalists and then ultimately joined OWA recipient Evan Gosz as one of two champions for coach Jeff Keske’s Vikings. Thornton, who fell one win shy of advancing from the Sycamore Sectional but helped his team to win the Class 2A dual team title to cap a 42-14 season, was one of  four finalists for coach Nick Miller’s runner-up Panthers. After opening with two falls, Thornton claimed a 10-3 decision in the quarterfinals and then won by fall in 2:28 over Waubonsie Valley junior Leonidas Hobson in the semifinals.

“This is my first tournament win actually,” Jakubczak said. “Before this, I got second place in one tournament and that’s the best that I’ve done. I think it was my confidence level going into it. Although I did get better from last year, I was nervous going up against the older guys. The guys in our wrestling room, they work really hard. After practice, all of my friends are in the wrestling room or they’re trying to get me to stay after to do extra conditioning or put some more work in for another hour. I like how close our team is. I think we’re going to be good this year just because we are a good team but we also have good relationships and that makes practices better. It feels really good. I’m really happy I finally won a tournament.”

Minnito won by fall in 3:19 over Milovich to claim third place while Providence Catholic senior Michael Fisk won by fall in 2:47 over Hobson for fifth place. Libertyville junior Erich Walldorf claimed a 4-0 decision over Lyons Township junior Jimmy Hillman to take seventh and Crystal Lake Central junior Logan Gough got a fall in 4:23 over Washington sophomore Marqwuan Young to claim ninth place.

106

1st Place Match

Niko Odiotti (Loyola Academy) 4-0, Fr. over Vince DeMarco (Grayslake Central) 3-1, So. (Dec 7-1)

3rd Place Match

Symon Woods (Washington) 4-1, Jr. over Christian Corcoran (Providence Catholic) 5-2, Fr. (SV-1 13-10)

5th Place Match

Kristian DeClercq (Hononegah) 4-2, So. over Daniel Berdich (Stevenson) 4-3, Fr. (Fall 0:58)

7th Place Match

Carter Hutchinson (Grant) 5-2, Jr. over Matthew Blanke (Barrington) 3-3, Fr. (Dec 7-2)

9th Place Match

Lucas Crandall (Fremd) 5-2, Fr. over Daniel Hyde (Wheaton North) 4-3, So. (MD 16-4)

113

1st Place Match

Kaleb Pratt (Barrington) 4-0, So. over Evan Mishels (Stevenson) 3-1, Jr. (Fall 5:51)

3rd Place Match

Jackson Marlett (Crystal Lake Central) 4-1, So. over Lucas Forsythe (Providence Catholic) 4-2, Fr. (Dec 6-3)

5th Place Match

Jakob Crandall (Joliet West) 6-2, Jr. over Nate Ortiz (Providence Catholic) 5-3, Fr. (MD 15-4)

7th Place Match

Cole Anselmi (Hersey) 4-2, So. over Nicholas Ruiz (Wauconda) 4-3, Jr. (Dec 9-4)

9th Place Match

Zach Hoffner (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 3-2, So. over Lucas Bach (Washington) 3-3, So. (Fall 2:35)

120

1st Place Match

Noah Woods (Washington) 4-0, Sr. over Ismael Chaidez (Glenbard East) 3-1, Jr. (Dec 11-6)

3rd Place Match

Jackson Olson (Hononegah) 6-1, Jr. over Ryan Dorn (Barrington) 3-2, So. (MD 11-2)

5th Place Match

Gavin Rockey (Wauconda) 3-2, Sr. over Danny Lehman (Hersey) 4-3, Sr. (Dec 11-7)

7th Place Match

Joseph Pedrosa (Joliet West) 5-2, So. over Krish Sahu (Grayslake Central) 4-3, Jr. (Dec 8-2)

9th Place Match

Enrique Garcia (Jacobs) 5-2, Fr. over Rocco Macellaio (Wheaton North) 3-3, So. (MD 25-11)

126

1st Place Match

Rocco Cassioppi (Hononegah) 4-0, So. over Vince Jasinski (Grant) 3-1, Jr. (TF 3:14 (19-2))

3rd Place Match

Riddick Variano (Hersey) 5-1, Sr. over Caden Cahill (Wheaton North) 6-2, Jr. (Fall 2:46)

5th Place Match

Ben Arbotante (Jacobs) 6-2, Jr. over Tommy Banas (Providence Catholic) 2-3, So. (For.)

7th Place Match

Roger Martinez (Lyons Township) 4-2, Sr. over Dylan Ramsey (Crystal Lake Central) 2-3, Jr. (MD 22-9)

9th Place Match

Saul Ramirez (Barrington) 5-2, Jr. over Jakob Gruca (Sandwich) 3-3, Sr. (TF 5:26 (22-6))

132

1st Place Match

Shawn Kogan (Stevenson) 5-0, Jr. over Griff Powell (Lyons Township) 4-1, Jr. (Dec 15-14)

3rd Place Match

Elijah Garza (Hersey) 5-1, Sr. over Anthony Mayen (Hinsdale Central) 6-2, Jr. (TF 2:45 (19-1))

5th Place Match

Mondo Martinelli (York) 5-2, Sr. over Alex Valentin (Lane Tech) 3-3, Sr. (Fall 4:56)

7th Place Match

Sammy Mendez (Grant) 5-2, Sr. over Jadon Dinwiddie (Downers Grove South) 3-3, So. (Dec 9-3)

9th Place Match

Liam Halloran (Grayslake Central) 4-2, Sr. over Marquan Godfrey (Joliet West) 4-3, Sr. (Dec 13-8)

138

Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match

TJ Silva (Hononegah) 5-0, Sr. over Drew Fifield (Fremd) 4-1, Jr. (TF 2:15 (18-2))

3rd Place Match

Erik Rodriguez (Grant) 5-1, Jr. over Mikey Polyakov (Stevenson) 4-2, So. (MD 14-5)

5th Place Match

Adrian Hernandez (Joliet West) 5-2, Sr. over Andrew Langas (Wheaton North) 5-3, Jr. (MD 16-4)

7th Place Match

Brennan O`Donnell (Barrington) 4-2, Jr. over Max Kenny (Fenwick) 3-3, Sr. (Fall 5:30)

9th Place Match

Nolan Variano (Hersey) 5-2, So. over Claudio Rodriguez (Lyons Township) 3-3, Sr. (Dec 8-3)

144

1st Place Match

Evan Gosz (Fremd) 5-0, Sr. over Maksim Mukhamedaliyev (Hersey) 4-1, Sr. (TF 3:55 (18-3))

3rd Place Match

Frank Nitti (York) 5-1, Jr. over Cooper Corder (Sandwich) 5-2, So. (SV-1 8-5)

5th Place Match

Peyton Cox (Washington) 4-2, Sr. over Brian Hart (Wauconda) 4-3, So. (MD 12-3)

7th Place Match

Jack Kutchek (Lyons Township) 4-2, Sr. over Vermaat VanderBrug (Lane Tech) 4-3, Sr. (MD 11-3)

9th Place Match

Jack Bowen (Plainfield Central) 4-2, Sr. over Andrew Pellicci (Providence Catholic) 4-3, Fr. (Dec 9-3)

150

1st Place Match

Justus Heeg (Providence Catholic) 4-0, Fr. over Carson Weber (Joliet West) 3-1, Sr. (TB-1 2-1)

3rd Place Match

Daniel Blanke (Barrington) 4-1, So. over Benjamin Gorny (York) 5-2, Jr. (MD 18-5)

5th Place Match

Valentin Vihrov (Stevenson) 4-2, Jr. over Rodrigo Arceo (Hersey) 2-3, Sr. (For.)

7th Place Match

Chris Napiorkowski (Hampshire) 4-2, Sr. over Quentin Conkle (Grayslake Central) 3-3, Sr. (TF 4:57 (18-2))

9th Place Match

Nate Flores (Grant) 5-2, Sr. over Wyatt Roland (Wauconda) 4-3, Jr. (Dec 5-2)

157

1st Place Match

Wyatt Medlin (Washington) 4-0, Jr. over Thomas Fulton (Wheaton North) 4-1, Sr. (MD 13-3)

3rd Place Match

Max Haskins (Hononegah) 5-1, Sr. over Jasper Harper (Providence Catholic) 6-2, Fr. (MD 23-13)

5th Place Match

Frank Tagoe (Hersey) 5-2, Jr. over Bennett Westfallen (Prospect) 3-3, Jr. (Dec 16-12)

7th Place Match

Nasser Hammouche (Lane Tech) 4-2, Sr. over Silas Oberholtzer (Barrington) 3-3, Sr. (Fall 4:52)

9th Place Match

Jackson Hanselman (York) 4-2, Jr. over Warren Nash (Grayslake Central) 4-3, Jr. (MD 13-0)

165

1st Place Match

Brody Sendele (Hononegah) 4-0, So. over Aiden Burns (Fenwick) 4-1, Sr. (TF 3:14 (17-2))

3rd Place Match

Julian Flores (Wheaton North) 4-1, Jr. over Lucas Nance (Fremd) 3-2, Jr. (MD 13-3)

5th Place Match

Grant Moga (Hersey) 5-2, Jr. over Tommy Tomasello (Crystal Lake Central) 4-3, Sr. (Dec 11-4)

7th Place Match

Cruise Brolley (Washington) 3-2, Jr. over Grayson Lennon (Grant) 3-3, So. (MD 15-5)

9th Place Match

William Lyle (Grayslake Central) 5-2, Jr. over Ethan Trowbridge (Libertyville) 4-3, Jr. (Dec 7-1)

175

1st Place Match

Connor Diemel (Hononegah) 4-0, Sr. over Colin Bickett (Plainfield South) 3-1, Sr. (TF 2:06 (19-3))

3rd Place Match

Aidan Rowells (Hampshire) 6-1, Sr. over Zachary Cronk (Joliet West) 5-2, Jr. (Dec 10-4)

5th Place Match

Noah Greene (Downers Grove South) 3-2, So. over Owen Piazza (Jacobs) 3-3, Sr. (TF 6:00 (20-3))

7th Place Match

Aaden Arroyo (Grant) 4-2, So. over James Scanio (Libertyville) 3-3, So. (Fall 5:07)

9th Place Match

Kayden Roach (Bradley-Bourbonnais) 5-2, So. over Eyob Abebe (Lane Tech) 4-3, Sr. (Fall 4:25)

190

1st Place Match

Cayden Parks (Crystal Lake Central) 5-0, Sr. over Kurt Smith (Hononegah) 4-1, Sr. (Dec 5-4)

3rd Place Match

Jack Paris (Fenwick) 5-1, Sr. over Mike Merevick (Wauconda) 4-2, Sr. (Dec 9-6)

5th Place Match

Casey Gipson (Grant) 5-2, Jr. over Jack Treutelaar (Libertyville) 4-3, Jr. (TF 5:05 (17-0))

7th Place Match

Rocco DiCanio (Lake Zurich) 5-2, Fr. over Ty Sabin (Plainfield Central) 4-3, Jr. (Dec 14-7)

9th Place Match

Wyatt Leman (Washington) 4-2, Jr. over Brock Wrede (Prospect) 4-3, Jr. (Fall 3:06)

215

1st Place Match

Josh Hoffer (Washington) 5-0, Jr. over Caleb Baczek (Libertyville) 4-1, Sr. (MD 9-0)

3rd Place Match

Tommy McNeil (Crystal Lake Central) 6-1, Sr. over Carter Hintz (Hampshire) 4-2, So. (Fall 1:38)

5th Place Match

Patrick Gilboy (Fenwick) 4-2, Sr. over Clarence Jackson (Barrington) 4-3, Jr. (Dec 10-6)

7th Place Match

Nicholas Arquilla (Lyons Township) 4-2, Sr. over Dylan Berkowitz (Elk Grove) 3-3, Sr. (Dec 7-5)

9th Place Match

Everett Ciezak (Stevenson) 5-2, Sr. over Matthew Longabaugh (Grant) 4-3, Jr. (TF 2:59 (16-0))

285

1st Place Match

Owen Jakubczak (Fremd) 5-0, Jr. over Sean Thornton (Washington) 4-1, Jr. (Fall 3:33)

3rd Place Match

Anthony Minnito (Plainfield Central) 5-1, Sr. over Mikey Milovich (Elk Grove) 4-2, Sr. (Fall 3:19)

5th Place Match

Michael Sisk (Providence Catholic) 5-2, Sr. over Leonidas Hobson (Waubonsie Valley) 3-3, Jr. (Fall 2:47)

7th Place Match

Erich Walldorf (Libertyville) 4-2, Jr. over Jimmy Hillman (Lyons Township) 3-3, Jr. (Dec 4-0)

9th Place Match

Logan Gough (Crystal Lake Central) 5-2, Jr. over Marqwuan Young (Washington) 4-3, So. (Fall 4:23)

Team standings

1. Hononegah 283.5, 2. Washington 236, 3. Hersey 211, 4. Stevenson 180.5, 5. Providence Catholic 178.5, 6. Grant 170, 7. Barrington 167.5, 8. Crystal Lake Central 154.5, 9. Fremd 154, 9. Wheaton North 154, 11. Joliet West 142.5, 12. Lyons Township 125, 13. Fenwick 123.5, 14. Wauconda 109.5, 15. York 99.5, 16. Libertyville 99, 17. Grayslake Central 96.5, 18. Hampshire 91.5, 19. Glenbard East 71.5, 20. Prospect 66.5, 21. Jacobs 66, 22. Downers Grove South 61.5, 23. Plainfield Central 60, 24. Sandwich 59.5, 25. Elk Grove 58.5, 26. Plainfield South 57, 27. Bradley-Bourbonnais 54.5, 28. Lane Tech 53.5, 29. Loyola Academy 50, 30. Hinsdale Central 36, 31. Lake Zurich 33, 32. Waubonsie Valley 25.5.

By Mike Garofola for the IWCOA



Vernon Hills’ Cougar Thanksgiving Invite

Glenbrook South had too much for the 17-team field at Vernon Hills on Saturday as the Titans rode to an impressive victory and lifted the championship trophy at Vernon Hills’ Cougar Thanksgiving Invite.

The Titans would collect 247.0 overall points with Grayslake North finishing second with 159.5.

Johnsburg was third at 142.5, with Bartlett next with 133.5 points, and Glenbrook North fifth with 125.0.

North would earn top honors here a year ago over its crosstown rival Glenbrook South, by a 12.5 point difference.

“Our opening dual meet victories coupled with a strong tournament showing here at Vernon Hills served as a good litmus test for where we are at the start of our season,” opined Titans head coach Pat Castillo.

”Our next dual will be against conference rival Maine South, which is going to be a good challenge that will help us see where we stand in a head-to-head match-up.”

Illinois wrestling fans will remember Castillo when he twice earned state medals while at Lyons Township, before going on to star at Northern Illinois University where he qualified for the NCAA Championships on three occasions.

“Our two individual champs, Urmuun Urtnasan (120) and Henry Downing (165) both are expected to be strong competitors for us, and have been instrumental during the early stages of the season in playing leadership roles for the rest of their teammates,” said Castillo.

Urtnasan won a hard-fought opening contest with Eduardo Vences when he bagged a take-down 30 seconds into overtime to register a 10-7 victory, before back-to-back tech-falls earned him the title at 120.

Downing would bookend an 8-2 decision with a pair of pins to take home his second straight Cougars title.

“Henry continues to be a guy looking to secure a pin, and he seems poised to make the jump to an even higher level,” said Castillo.

Downing was a sectional qualifier with a 34-13 record last year.

Crystal Lake South was eighth overall, but would lead the field with a trio of champions on the day.

Sophomore Christopher Talbert won at 106, Nathan Randle at 138, and teammate Aiden Marrello, another sophomore, grabbed the title at 144.

Randle is a two-time state qualifier, and 2A state runner-up in 2023 when he helped lead Wauconda to a third place finish at the 2A dual-team state tournament.

The sophomore is 75-19 in his first two seasons.

Eight other clubs would take home championship trophies, beginning with Taft junior and 2024 state qualifier Bernardo Roque at 113 pounds.

Roque was 35-7 a year ago, while another junior, Ilia Dvoriannikov (Vernon Hills) smashed the competition at 175 pounds.

“Ilia worked extremely hard during the offseason, and continues to do so at Toss Em Up, where he trains with one of the best in the country, Aaron Stewart from Warren Township,” said Vernon Hills head coach Jesse Wolter.

Dvoriannikov, state runner-up at 2A in the 165-pound weight class to Nick Mueller of Dunlap, opens the season ranked No. 2 in the state behind Geneseo senior Zachary Montez.

“Ilia is stronger and more explosive this season,” Wolter said. “He qualified for Fargo in both Freestyle and Greco, and won Greco state, which was a big accomplishment for him.”

“He’s always the hardest working guy in the room, which is always a good thing to have your best man leading by example, working as hard as he does.”

Wolter would point to solid performances from fifth-placers Charles Dominguez (106), Tony Lopez (113) and sophomore Jacob Becker (165).

Freshman Tanner Hansen of Johnsburg won it all at 126, Austin Lee (Burlington Central), a sectional qualifier last season, claimed the top prize at 132.

Glenbrook North seniors Owen Anderson (25-13 last year) and Ilan Ruderman (27-13) were champions at 150 and, respectively.

James Smrha, part of a strong senior group according to Bartlett head coach John Glorioso, pinned his way to his 215-pound crown.

Evanston senior Jeremy Marshall held off his rivals at 285 pounds to win here following his 9-2 decision over Luis Alba of Bartlett. Marshall, 40-11 a year ago, was a sectional qualifier.

Another sectional qualifier, Adnan Shkeir (Maine East), needed just under five minutes to record a trio of pins to win with ease at 190.

Vernon Hills’ Cougar Thanksgiving Invitational results
106
1st Place Match
Christopher Talbert (Crystal Lake (South)) 4-0, So. over Caleb Son (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 3-4, So. (Fall 0:48)
3rd Place Match
Sergio Jaimes (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-1, Jr. over Duncan Tenezaca (Park Ridge (Maine East)) 1-2, Fr. (Fall 5:30)
5th Place Match
Charles Dominguez (Vernon Hills) 3-1, Fr. over Kai Surdick (Johnsburg) 2-2, Fr. (Fall 3:38)
7th Place Match
Nicholas Arend (Evanston (Twp.)) 1-2, Fr. over Colin Ludford (Grayslake (North)) 0-3, So. (Fall 0:21
113
1st Place Match
Bernardo Roque (Chicago (Taft)) 6-0, Jr. over Diego Arteaga (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-1, Jr. (Fall 0:52)
3rd Place Match
Chase Vogel (Johnsburg) 3-1, Fr. over Elliot Heckard (Arlington Heights (St. Viator)) 3-2, Sr. (TF-1.5 1:20 (18-1))
5th Place Match
Tony Lopez (Vernon Hills) 4-1, Fr. over James Dravenack (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 2-2, Sr. (Inj. 0:20)
7th Place Match
Dominic Cimino (Vernon Hills) 3-2, Fr. over Annalee Aarseth (Crystal Lake (South)) 2-3, So. (Fall 4:00)
120
1st Place Match
Urmuun Urtnasan (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 5-0, Jr. over Anthony Motejzik (Woodstock (North)) 5-1, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:37 (16-1))
3rd Place Match
Ryan Larrivee (Grayslake (North)) 4-1, Jr. over David Ruiz (Chicago (Taft)) 2-4, Sr. (Dec 7-5)
5th Place Match
Chase Davis (Johnsburg) 4-1, Fr. over Eduardo Vences (Burlington (Central)) 5-5, So. (Dec 6-2)
7th Place Match
Jairo Kish (Park Ridge (Maine East)) 3-2, Fr. over Jacob Badal (Skokie (Niles North)) 1-3, Fr. (Fall 3:24)
126
1st Place Match
Tanner Hansen (Johnsburg) 4-0, Fr. over Landon Harper (Grayslake (North)) 3-2, Fr. (Dec 8-3)
3rd Place Match
Michael Uhler (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 4-3, Fr. over Jonah Fogel (Skokie (Niles North)) 1-4, So. (Fall 1:15)
5th Place Match
Ammar Khan (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 3-1, Sr. over David Wyruchowski (Burlington (Central)) 3-5, Jr. (Fall 0:32)
7th Place Match
Caleb Larsen (Hoffman Estates (H.S.)) 1-2, So. over Colin McInereney (Arlington Heights (St. Viator)) 1-3, Jr. (For.)
132
1st Place Match
Austin Lee (Burlington (Central)) 8-1, Sr. over Nick Barton (Bartlett) 2-1, Sr. (MD 13-1)
3rd Place Match
Mike Tsendayush (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-1, Sr. over Roman Ocampo (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 2-2, Fr. (Dec 13-9)
5th Place Match
Mason Haussmann (Hoffman Estates (H.S.)) 3-1, Jr. over Armani Vargas (Chicago (Taft)) 4-4, Sr. (MD 10-0)
7th Place Match
Jared Lopez (Johnsburg) 3-2, Jr. over Gabriel Quintana (Harvard) 1-3, So. (TF-1.5 2:44 (16-1))
138
1st Place Match
Nathan Randle (Crystal Lake (South)) 3-0, Jr. over Landon Johnson (Johnsburg) 2-1, Jr. (Dec 7-2)
3rd Place Match
Cam Engels (Bartlett) 2-1, So. over Dulguun Nyamdavaa (Park Ridge (Maine East)) 1-2, Sr. (MD 18-5)
5th Place Match
Jack Burton (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 5-2, Jr. over Jordan Mokhtarian (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 3-6, Jr. (Fall 0:37)
7th Place Match
Kevin Sanchez (Chicago (Taft)) 3-4, Jr. over Emilio Huerta Rodriguez (Grayslake (North)) 2-4, So. (Dec 19-13)
144
1st Place Match
Aiden Marrello (Crystal Lake (South)) 4-0, So. over Max Mulhearn (Elgin (Harvest Christian)) 3-1, So. (TF-1.5 4:00 (18-1))
3rd Place Match
Kale Schrauth (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 5-1, Jr. over Jack Aguirre (Burlington (Central)) 4-5, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)
5th Place Match
Andrew Diaz (Vernon Hills) 4-1, Sr. over Filip Szeszko (Bartlett) 3-2, Sr. (Fall 4:38)
7th Place Match
Brennan Peters (Harvard) 3-2, So. over Haruya Okada (Hoffman Estates (H.S.)) 2-3, Sr. (Inj. 2:00)
150
1st Place Match
Owen Anderson (Grayslake (North)) 6-0, Sr. over Oliver Quiros (Skokie (Niles North)) 4-2, Sr. (Dec 12-5)
3rd Place Match
Kainoa Ancog (Johnsburg) 3-1, Jr. over John Palmer (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 2-2, Jr. (MD 12-3)
5th Place Match
Aidan Minihane (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 6-1, Jr. over Caden Solorio-Alvarez (Vernon Hills) 3-2, So. (TF-1.5 4:37 (16-1))
7th Place Match
Joey Caputo (Bartlett) 3-2, Jr. over Brock Miller (Crystal Lake (South)) 2-3, Sr. (Inj. 3:57)
157
1st Place Match
Ilan Ruderman (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 6-1, Sr. over Jake Ronsman (Grayslake (North)) 4-1, Sr. (Dec 11-9)
3rd Place Match
Dom Marino (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-1, Jr. over Lawrence Marcelo (Bartlett) 2-2, Sr. (MD 13-1)
5th Place Match
Jayden Villa (Chicago (Taft)) 5-3, So. over Drew Jesuit (Johnsburg) 2-2, So. (Fall 2:55)
7th Place Match
Evan Lasik (Skokie (Niles North)) 4-3, So. over Ezekiel Carrillo (Bartlett) 1-3, Sr. (Fall 2:53)
165
1st Place Match
Herny Downing (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 5-0, Sr. over Henry Hafner (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 5-2, Jr. (Fall 1:54)
3rd Place Match
Jackson Hjorth (Johnsburg) 3-1, Fr. over Connor Riley (Skokie (Niles North)) 2-3, Sr. (Dec 4-1)
5th Place Match
Jacob Becker (Vernon Hills) 3-1, So. over Jayden Valentino (Hoffman Estates (H.S.)) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 3:06)
7th Place Match
Eric Bello (Bartlett) 3-2, Sr. over Caleb Jendras (Arlington Heights (St. Viator)) 3-3, So. (Inj. 0:00)
175
1st Place Match
Ilia Dvoriannikov (Vernon Hills) 3-0, Jr. over Shane Onixt (Northbrook (Glenbrook North)) 5-2, Sr. (Fall 3:15)
3rd Place Match
Jason Yousif (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 5-1, Jr. over Daniel Rosas (Harvard) 1-2, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)
5th Place Match
Holden Wiegel (Burlington (Central)) 8-2, Sr. over Omar Adzhir (Grayslake (North)) 3-2, Jr. (Dec 9-3)
7th Place Match
Gavin Cafferkey (Grayslake (North)) 4-3, Jr. over Musa Amin (Evanston (Twp.)) 4-4, Fr. (Fall 1:48)
190
1st Place Match
Adnan Shkeir (Park Ridge (Maine East)) 3-0, Sr. over Joey Torres (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-1, Jr. (Fall 3:12)
3rd Place Match
Michael Junitz (Burlington (Central)) 6-3, Jr. over Josh Taylor (Chicago (Taft)) 3-3, Sr. (Fall 3:19)
5th Place Match
Angel Rosiles (Grayslake (North)) 4-3, So. over Colton Schneider (Arlington Heights (St. Viator)) 4-2, So. (Fall 3:26)
7th Place Match
Shane Blumberg (Vernon Hills) 3-2, Jr. over Kevin Salas (Harvard) 2-3, Sr. (SV-1 4-1)
215
1st Place Match
James Smrha (Bartlett) 3-0, Sr. over David Williams (Grayslake (North)) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 3:51)
3rd Place Match
Shiloh Martinez (Skokie (Niles North)) 3-2, Sr. over Andrew Peterson (Burlington (Central)) 2-6, So. (Fall 3:47)
5th Place Match
Sain Uranbold (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 4-2, Jr. over Louis Luna (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 2-2, So. (Dec 6-3)
7th Place Match
Todial Issac (Park Ridge (Maine East)) 1-2, Sr. over Bo Branum (Harvard) 0-3, Jr. (Fall 2:52)
285
1st Place Match
Jeremy Marshall (Evanston (Twp.)) 5-1, Sr. over Luis Alba (Bartlett) 2-1, Sr. (Dec 9-2)
3rd Place Match
Robbie White (Grayslake (North)) 2-3, Sr. over Eligiah Pagan (Chicago (Taft)) 1-2, So. (Fall 2:26)
5th Place Match
Hunter Johnson (Glenview (Glenbrook South)) 3-3, Jr. over Charles Plunkett (Crystal Lake (South)) 2-2, Fr. (Fall 2:36)
7th Place Match
Rhyllen Gutierrez (Skokie (Niles North)) 1-4, So. over Caiden Koski (Woodstock (North)) 0-3, Jr. (Inj. 5:36)

Team standings for Vernon Hills’ Cougar Thanksgiving Invitational
1. Glenbrook South 247 2, 2. Grayslake North 159.5, 3. Johnsburg 142.5, 4. Bartlett 133.5, 5. Glenbrook North 125, 6. Central 109, 6. Vernon Hills 109, 8. Crystal Lake South 108, 9. Taft 89, 10. Niles North 88, 11. Maine East 68.5, 12. Saint Viator 42, 13. Hoffman Estates 39, 14. Harvard 38, 15. Evanston 33, 16. Woodstock North 27, 17. Harvest Christian 22

Illini Bluffs Wrestling Invitational

Stanford Olympia has been crowned Illini Bluffs Wrestling Invite champion for the second consecutive year after its near 100-point advantage over second-place East Peoria Saturday afternoon in the village of Glasford.

Josh Collins’ club claimed a trio of first place trophies, and another ten top six medals en route to amassing 273.5 overall points to the 179.0 points earned by East Peoria.

Peoria Richwoods was third with 165.5 points, one more than Dunlap. Peoria Notre Dame would round out the top five on the leader-board at 129.5 points in this 20-plus team affair.

The trio of Brandon Gaither (106), Dylan Eimer (113) and Mateo Martinez (126)
got the Spartans off to a flying start en route to their overwhelming victory.

“Brandon (Gaither) is a tough freshman who is looking to make some waves this year, and Dylan Eimer is a senior with some unfinished business,” began Josh Collins.

“He’s a two-time fourth-place medalist looking to get to the top of the podium this year.”

Eimer, 33-5 a year ago, used three consecutive tech-falls to secure his title Gaither used a little bit of everything to reach his final where he would defeat Peoria Richwoods sophomore Wensley Rahn, 10-3.

Mateo Martinez, now twice champion at this invite, cruised to victory with a pair of falls before recording a tech-fall at 3:54 over Remi Joesting of Peoria Notre Dame.

“Mateo is a senior trying to make it onto the podium,” said Collins.

The Spartans depth would be key in their championship run with ten of their men earning top six medals, one of which was a second-place finish by Kelton Graden at 157.

The senior fell to reigning 1A state champion Jackson Carroll (Illini Bluffs) who was 51-2 a year ago, and enters this season as the No. 1 rated man at 144 pounds.

“We’re looking for Kelton to make some noise of his own this season,” said Collins.

Runner-up East Peoria would dominate at the higher weights with Dalton Oakman (190), Alec Del Toro (215) and his brother Jose Del Toro (285) sweeping aside the competition.

“Jose comes into the season as the No. 1 ranked heavyweight in the state, and he is so much stronger this year after a fourth-place finish at state,” began East Peoria head coach Phil Johns.

“Everyone who finished ahead of him at state has graduated, and he has beaten the rest of the state-ranked guys. He’s determined to win state, and with his continued hard work, and a little bit of luck, he will get himself into that final.”

Del Toro was 30-9 last season, while his brother Alec (13-13) placing fourth at regionals last season. Alec has impressed Johns with his offseason regimen.

“Alec is a three-year varsity guy who wrestled smart,” Johns said. “He’s in great condition, and the extra lifting and maturing is helping him grow into his weight class.”

The Del Toro brothers would each need extra time in their respective finals: Jose Del Toro garnering a 2-1 tie-breaker victory over teammate Keegan Barnes, with Alec Del Toro a 4-2 tie-breaker decision over Peoria Notre Dame junior Joe Culp.

Oakman avenged a loss here a year ago to Ethan Dixon (Limestone) to secure his 190-pound crown. following his 15-5 major decision triumph.

“Dalton may eventually drop to 175 along the way, but he is beginning to wrestle so much better already after two years on the varsity,” said Johns.

Around the weight divisions, Illinis Bluffs’ Barrett Speck would give the hometown crowd something to celebrate after his win at 120 pounds in advance of the impressive day from teammate Jackson Carroll, who won the title at 157.

Ian Akers (41-6), state runner-up last season at 113, recorded three pins and a major decision to lift the big trophy at 132. The senior is No. 3 in the most recent state rankings.

Gabe Robb (138), Christopher Harris (150) and Gabe Martinez at 175 gave Peoria Richwoods three individual champs, Harris claiming his title with a fall in just 13 seconds.

Farmington’s 2024 state qualifier Bradlee Ellis (37-13) won his second straight title here after his pin at 3:51 in the 144-pound final.

Dunlap sophomore Jayden Schmick gave his club its lone title on the day at 165 pounds. Schmick, 26-19 last season, pinned his way to his crown.

“We have a real solid team this season that has the goal of bringing back a team state trophy,” said Collins.

The last time the Spartans advanced to dual-team state was 2017 when they finished third overall under head coach Pete Cleary with a 30-4-0 record.

Illini Bluffs Invite

106
1st Place Match
Brandon Gaither (Olympia) 3-0, Fr. over Wensley Rahn (Richwoods) 2-1, So. (Dec 10-3)
3rd Place Match
Kaleb Fuchs (Limestone) 3-1, Jr. over Sage Davis (Washington JV) 2-2, So. (Fall 0:52)
5th Place Match
Conner Knapp (Eureka) 2-2, Fr. over Jayden Schmider (Farmington) 2-3, Fr. (Fall 3:04)
113
1st Place Match
Dylan Eimer (Olympia) 3-0, Sr. over Tucker Garey (Olympia) 2-1, Fr. (TF-1.5 1:52 (19-4))
3rd Place Match
Parker Zerfass (Farmington) 3-1, So. over Jairon Royer (Macomb) 2-2, Fr. (Fall 2:32)
5th Place Match
Benny Marz (Dunlap) 2-2, Jr. over Nicholas Olson (Illinois Valley Central) 3-4, Fr. (For.)
120
1st Place Match
Barret Speck (Illini Bluffs) 6-0, Fr. over Henry Watson (Eureka) 2-1, So. (Fall 0:47)
3rd Place Match
Carter Knobloch (Olympia) 3-1, Jr. over Logan Makiney (Washington JV) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 1:06)
5th Place Match
Nathan Owens (Illini Bluffs) 7-2, Jr. over Josh Stedwill (Peoria Notre Dame) 5-4, So. (Fall 1:40)
126
1st Place Match
Mateo Martinez (Olympia) 3-0, Sr. over Remi Joesting (Peoria Notre Dame) 6-2, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:54 (17-2))
3rd Place Match
Nathan Ortiz (Richwoods) 4-1, Fr. over Ogdan Parker (Illini Bluffs) 5-3, Fr. (Dec 10-3)
5th Place Match
Jordan Jones (Farmington) 4-2, Fr. over Drake Clemons (Prairie Central) 3-3, Sr. (Dec 4-3)
132
1st Place Match
Ian Akers (Peoria Notre Dame) 8-0, Sr. over Cooper Chester (East Peoria) 3-1, So. (Fall 3:19)
3rd Place Match
Colton Boyer (Richwoods) 4-1, Sr. over Kinzer Burell (Olympia) 3-2, Fr. (MD 10-0)
5th Place Match
John Traub (Prairie Central) 5-1, Sr. over Kalan Delbridge (Dunlap) 5-5, Sr. (Fall 1:14)
7th Place Match
Nic Parkins (Macomb) 2-2, Sr. over Alrec Robinson (ROWVA) 3-3, So. (DFF)
138
1st Place Match
Gabe Robb (Richwoods) 4-0, Jr. over Tristan Mosack (Dunlap) 6-2, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:51 (16-1))
3rd Place Match
Finn Hoffman (Eureka) 3-1, Fr. over Chase Frye (Farmington) 2-2, Fr. (Dec 6-5)
5th Place Match
Austin Kisner (Olympia) 4-1, Jr. over Gage Fox (Knoxville) 5-2, Sr. (Fall 4:52)
7th Place Match
Austin Brewer (Farmington) 2-2, So. over Gavyn Stevens (Knoxville) 3-2, Fr. (DFF)
144
1st Place Match
Bradlee Ellis (Farmington) 3-0, Jr. over Rikyis Doss (Richwoods) 3-1, Sr. (Fall 3:51)
3rd Place Match
Cooper Phillips (Olympia) 3-1, Sr. over Remington Vonderheide (Midwest Central) 4-4, Sr. (Fall 1:36)
5th Place Match
Devon Stone (Illinois Valley Central) 5-3, Jr. over Jamarkus Miller (East Peoria) 3-3, So. (Fall 3:43)
150
1st Place Match
Christopher Harris (Richwoods) 4-0, Sr. over Jacob Allen (Dunlap) 6-1, Sr. (Fall 0:13)
3rd Place Match
Trevor Soice (Heyworth) 3-1, Jr. over Cade Strawn (Eureka) 2-2, So. (Fall 2:48)
5th Place Match
Kaden Collins (Olympia) 4-1, Fr. over Jack Cordle (ROWVA) 5-4, Sr. (Fall 0:56)
7th Place Match
Liam Kilgore (East Peoria) 2-2, So. over Krystian Elloye (Dunlap) 3-2, So. (DFF)
157
1st Place Match
Jackson Carroll (Illini Bluffs) 7-0, Sr. over Kelton Graden (Olympia) 3-1, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:24 (23-8))
3rd Place Match
Cohen Green (Macomb) 3-1, Sr. over Colton Mosack (Dunlap) 2-2, So. (Dec 4-2)
5th Place Match
Sam Hoffman (Eureka) 4-1, Jr. over Antonio Toliver (Illinois Valley Central) 7-3, So. (For.)
7th Place Match
Jayden Hermacinski (Richwoods) 2-2, Fr. over Zach Roth (Washington JV) 2-2, Fr. (DFF)
165
1st Place Match
Jayden Schmick (Dunlap) 7-0, So. over Preston Schroeder (ROWVA) 7-1, Sr. (Fall 3:56)
3rd Place Match
Wyatt Durham (East Peoria) 3-1, Jr. over Kayden Thomas (Olympia) 2-2, So. (Fall 2:43)
5th Place Match
Atsard Aplogan (Macomb) 5-1, Sr. over John Couri (Peoria Notre Dame) 7-3, Sr. (Fall 0:40)
7th Place Match
Isaac Jin (Dunlap) 2-3, Sr. over Maison Toliver (Illinois Valley Central) 3-2, So. (DFF)
175
1st Place Match
Gabe Martinez (Richwoods) 4-0, Sr. over Owen Moser (Illinois Valley Central) 5-2, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:45 (16-1))
3rd Place Match
Braden Brown (Washington JV) 3-1, Jr. over Tristian Stamp (Heyworth) 2-2, Fr. (Fall 5:12)
5th Place Match
Brayden Flinn (East Peoria) 4-1, Jr. over Jeshua McPheeters (Macomb) 4-2, So. (Fall 1:40)
7th Place Match
Brody Simons (Heyworth) 2-2, Fr. over Sie Couri (Peoria Notre Dame) 5-3, Sr. (DFF)
190
1st Place Match
Dalton Oakman (East Peoria) 3-0, Jr. over Ethan Dixon (Limestone) 2-1, Sr. (MD 15-5)
3rd Place Match
Zach Fry (Olympia) 5-1, So. over Jarrod Fulcher (Heyworth) 3-2, So. (Fall 3:34)
5th Place Match
Kyler Cheatham (Macomb) 3-2, Sr. over Matthew Schmitt (Dunlap) 4-3, Sr. (M. For.)
215
1st Place Match
Alec Del Toro (East Peoria) 4-0, Jr. over Joe Culp (Peoria Notre Dame) 7-1, Sr. (TB-1 4-2)
3rd Place Match
Cayden Sanders (ROWVA) 6-1, Sr. over Darien Jones (Peoria Heights) 2-1, Sr. (M. For.)
5th Place Match
Carson Paustian (Dunlap) 6-1, Sr. over Cohen Maness (Olympia) 4-2, Jr. (Fall 1:06)
7th Place Match
Bobby Stickelmaier (Peoria Notre Dame) 2-2, Sr. over Charlie Tiezzi (Dunlap) 3-2, Jr. (DFF)
285
1st Place Match
Jose Del Toro (East Peoria) 4-0, Sr. over Keegan Barnes (East Peoria) 3-1, Jr. (TB-1 2-1)
3rd Place Match
Alex Brown (Macomb) 5-1, Sr. over Darian Holloway (Olympia) 4-2, Jr. (Fall 0:54)
5th Place Match
Brady Mullens (Peoria Notre Dame) 7-2, Jr. over Ayden Sanders (ROWVA) 4-5, Sr. (Fall 1:50)

Team standings at Illini Bluffs
1. Olympia 273.5, 2. East Peoria 179, 3. Richwoods 165.5, 4. Dunlap 164.5, Peoria Notre Dame 129.5, 6. Macomb 114, 7. Eureka 104.5, 8. Farmington 99, 9. Illinois Valley Central 91, 10. ROWVA 87.5, 11. Heyworth 76.5, 12. Illini Bluffs 75, 13. Washington JV 60.5, 14. Limestone 57, 15. Prairie Central 34.5, 16. Midwest Central 31.5, 17. Knoxville 26.5, 18. Monmouth United 17, 18. Peoria Heights 17, 20. Manual 3.

Antioch’s Ted DeRousse Invitational

It would be a group of granite trio that the rest of the field would find nearly impossible to break open at Antioch’s annual Ted DeRousse Invitational.

IC Catholic Prep, West Aurora and Marmion Academy would gobble up nearly all of the first place trophies to claim an incredible number of points when this long running tournament came to an end.

2A state power IC-Catholic Prep finished on top with an amazing 430.5 overall points. West Aurora would take home second place with its 356.5 points, seven more than Marmion Academy which ended the day with 349.5 points.

Yorkville Christian broke the 300-point barrier with 320.5 to earn a well-deserved fourth place while Deerfield edged St. Patrick to earn fifth place with 287.5 points.

“We were very pleased with our result, but we know we have a lot of work to do if we want to  reach the goals we’ve set at the end of the season,” said IC Prep head coach Danny Alcocer.

”There’s a lot of potential in this young group that we have, so we’re looking for everyone to continue to work hard, and continue to improve throughout the year.”

Alcocer lost five of the ten state qualifiers from a year ago to graduation – over 200 victories combined – all who were state medal winners, including state champions Michael Calcagno (215).

“We graduated five all-state seniors, and will be replacing them with underclassmen, who will be part of the present and future of this team, but we expect great things from them as the season goes on,” Alcocer said.

Returning state champion Deven Casey gave the Knights the first of their four titles when he used a 4-1 decision to defeat Demetrios Carrera of Marmion Academy in their 132-pound final.

Carrera, twice a state qualifier, came over from South Elgin where he won 76 matches in two seasons.

Freshman Aidan Arnett gave the Knights their second title at 144, followed by a third from junior Brody Kelly with a tech-fall at 175.

Kelly was a 2A state runner-up last year in Champaign.

Junior Foley Calcagno, already a two-time state medal winner, brought home the fourth championship for the Knights when he would defeat Teigen Moreno of Dundee-Crown in their 215-pound final.

“Aidan is one of our stud freshman, so it was great to see him step his game up in order to compete at the varsity level, while Brody, who was named (outstanding wrestler) at the upper weights, had such a great tournament,” said Alcocer.

“Foley was just dominant all throughout, so we’re hoping he can keep that same pace and high output throughout the season.”

West Aurora was led by the Serio brothers: Dominic and Dayne, who are both rated the No. 3 men in their respective weight divisions in the first state polls released by Rob Sherrill.

Dominic Serio, who was fourth overall at state last February with a record of 33-4, recorded a tech-fall over Andrew Haritos (Marmion Academy) in the 157-pound final.

Haritos was at Glenbrook South last season.

Dayne Serio (35-7) also a state qualifier, won a hard fought 3-0 contest in overtime over Yorkville Christian senior and state qualifier Robby Nelson (41-7) to win at 165 pounds.

Teammate and sophomore Marcus Quintana gave West Aurora its third champion of the tournament at 150 pounds when he outlasted Quincy senior Eli Roberts via 1-0 decision.

Marmion Academy, still not at full strength, did, however, garner four individual titles beginning at 106 pounds where sophomore Colton Wyller tech-falled Jack Koenig of St. Patrick at 5:51 by the score of 25-9.

Another Cadets sophomore, Logan Conover beat Kannon Judycki (IC Catholic Prep) 4-2 to secure his crown at 120 pounds.

No. 1-rated Zach Stewart, a returning state champion, would easily collect the 138-pound trophy on Saturday, and Marmion senior Mateusz Nycz was victorious at 285-pounds after his 2-0 decision over Mundelein senior Abisai Hernandez.

Hernandez was sixth last season at state to give the Mustangs their first state medal in program history at the heavyweight division.

“Mateusz, Zach and Colton all dominated their competition, both this weekend and last week at our Marmion Cadet Classic on Wednesday,” began Cadets head coach Anthony Cirrincione.

“Colton Wyller was at 95 pounds last year and has moved into his spot at 106 very nicely, and Carrera had a great match against No. 1 Michael Esteban of Marist at our Classic with his 4-0 victory.”

St. Patrick junior Danny Goodwin won at 113 pounds after his 5-3 decision against Normal Community senior Dylan McGrew. Goodwin was sixth at state a year ago with an impressive 40-11 record.

Coji Campbell from St. Joseph Catholic Academy won easily at 126 to jump-start what he hopes is a third consecutive Wisconsin State title later this season.

The junior was 45-0 at 120 pounds last season.

2024 2A state qualifier Mike Taheny (31-6) from Richards won at 190 pounds over Rolling Meadows junior John Rappa with a pin at 3:25.

Antioch’s Ted DeRousse Invitational results

106
1st Place Match
Colton Wyller (Marmion Academy) 5-0, So. over Jack Koenig (St. Patrick) 4-1, So. (TF-1.5 5:51 (25-9))
3rd Place Match
Preston Morrison (Marmion Academy) 4-1, So. over Liam Perkins (Carmel) 3-2, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:46 (18-3))
5th Place Match
Dominic Paqueale (IC Catholic Prep) 4-1, So. over Aiden Ambre (West Aurora) 3-2, Fr. (TF-1.5 2:53 (19-4))
7th Place Match
Christian Saucedo (Mundelein) 4-2, So. over Jorey Becker (Deerfield) 2-3, So. (Dec 4-2)
113
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Danny Goodwin (St. Patrick) 4-0, Jr. over Dylan McGrew (Normal West) 3-1, Sr. (Dec 5-3)
3rd Place Match
Gabriel Richmond (West Aurora) 3-1, Fr. over Mike Bird (IC Catholic Prep) 2-2, Fr. (MD 13-2)
5th Place Match
Gideon Hayter (Mahomet-Seymour) 3-1, So. over Clayton McClelland (Quincy Senior) 2-2, Fr. (Fall 5:36)
7th Place Match
Gabi Pearlman (Deerfield) 2-2, . over Jayden Rudnicki (Lakes) 1-3, So. (TF-1.5 1:59 (17-2))
120
1st Place Match
Logan Conover (Marmion Academy) 5-0, So. over Kannon Judycki (IC Catholic Prep) 4-2, So. (Dec 7-6)
3rd Place Match
Aiden Larsen (Yorkville Christian) 3-1, Sr. over Calvin Stahl (St. Patrick) 3-2, Jr. (Dec 5-0)
5th Place Match
William DuChemin (Wilmot Union, WI) 4-1, So. over Blake Anderson (Peotone) 3-2, So. (Fall 1:58)
7th Place Match
Joseph Huicochea (West Aurora) 2-2, Sr. over Colin Deatherage (Lakes) 2-3, So. (TF-1.5 1:19 (17-2))
126
1st Place Match
Coji Campbell (Ken. St. Joseph Cath., WI) 5-0, Sr. over Adrian Cohen (Deerfield) 4-1, So. (Fall 0:56)
3rd Place Match
Wyatt Boeing (Quincy Senior) 3-1, Jr. over Danny Martinez (Deerfield) 2-2, So. (Fall 5:17)
5th Place Match
Jacob Smith (Antioch) 3-1, So. over Alexander Schuetz (Hinsdale South) 3-2, Jr. (Dec 8-7)
7th Place Match
Griffen McGrew (Normal West) 1-2, So. over Bye
132
1st Place Match
Deven Casey (IC Catholic Prep) 6-0, Sr. over Demetrios Carrera (Marmion Academy) 4-1, Jr. (Dec 5-1)
3rd Place Match
Lincoln Hoger (Wheaton Academy) 4-1, Jr. over Alexander Shvartsman (Deerfield) 3-2, So. (MD 14-2)
5th Place Match
Jackson Palzet (Deerfield) 3-1, Sr. over Luis Medina (Zion-Benton) 2-2, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:24 (18-2))
7th Place Match
Colton McClure (Mahomet-Seymour) 2-2, Jr. over Abram Rader (Normal West) 1-3, Sr. (Fall 5:10)
138
1st Place Match
Zach Stewart (Marmion Academy) 5-0, Jr. over Jordan Rasof (Deerfield) 4-1, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:00 (20-5))
3rd Place Match
Matt Lucansky (Carmel) 4-1, Sr. over Chris Gerardo (Dundee-Crown) 4-2, Sr. (Dec 1-0)
5th Place Match
Alvarez Jacob (IC Catholic Prep) 4-1, Fr. over Dylan Solesky (Zion-Benton) 3-2, Fr. (TF-1.5 2:56 (18-1))
7th Place Match
Justus Vrona (Mahomet-Seymour) 3-2, Jr. over Caleb Yancoskie (Dundee-Crown) 2-4, Sr. (Fall 5:43)
144
1st Place Match
Aidan Arnett (IC Catholic Prep) 5-0, Fr. over Chase Nobiling (Antioch) 4-1, Jr. (Dec 11-4)
3rd Place Match
Evan Matkovich (West Aurora) 4-1, Jr. over Al Amir Almannai (Hinsdale South) 3-2, Jr. (MD 16-6)
5th Place Match
Jonathan Kopcio (Marmion Academy) 4-1, So. over Tristin King (Rich Township) 5-2, Jr. (MD 16-7)
7th Place Match
Alex Asllani (Carmel) 3-2, Sr. over Ethan Banda (Mundelein) 3-3, Jr. (For.)
150
1st Place Match
Marcus Quintana (West Aurora) 5-0, So. over Eli Roberts (Quincy Senior) 4-1, Sr. (Dec 1-0)
3rd Place Match
Joey Pontrelli (IC Catholic Prep) 4-2, So. over Jadon Wheatley (Dundee-Crown) 5-2, Jr. (MD 8-0)
5th Place Match
Tiras Lombardo (Yorkville Christian) 4-1, Sr. over Jacob Rasof (Deerfield) 3-2, . (Dec 12-11)
7th Place Matc
Gabriel Sarnella (Woodstock) 3-2, So. over Antonio Hinojosa (Carmel) 2-3, Jr. (Inj. 0:00)
157
1st Place Match
Dominic Serio (West Aurora) 5-0, Sr. over Andrew Haritos (Marmion Academy) 4-1, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:20 (17-2))
3rd Place Match
Kevin Hernandez (Mundelein) 5-1, Sr. over John Gray (Yorkville Christian) 3-2, Sr. (Dec 8-4)
5th Place Match
Chasen Kazmierczak (Wheaton Academy) 4-1, Sr. over Rennie Lilo (Quincy Senior) 2-2, So. (Dec 7-0)
7th Place Match
Connor Pasch (Peotone) 3-2, Sr. over Charlie Cross (Deerfield) 2-3, Sr. (Dec 7-6)
165
1st Place Match
Dayne Serio (West Aurora) 5-0, Jr. over Robby Nelson (Yorkville Christian) 4-1, Sr. (SV-1 3-0)
3rd Place Match
Tyler Jones (Wheaton Academy) 4-1, Jr. over AJ Demos (Mahomet-Seymour) 3-2, Sr. (Dec 7-5)
5th Place Match
Gunnar Derhake (Quincy Senior) 3-1, Sr. over Nathan Gorski (Antioch) 2-2, Sr. (Fall 3:18)
7th Place Match
Michael Flatley (Lakes) 2-2, So. over Jadin Billingsley (Rich Township) 3-3, Sr. (Fall 6:25)
175
1st Place Match
Brody Kelly (IC Catholic Prep) 6-0, Jr. over Marco Casillas (Mahomet-Seymour) 4-1, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:04 (19-4))
3rd Place Match
Ben Vazquez (Antioch) 4-1, Sr. over Van Grasser (St. Patrick) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 1:06)
5th Place Match
Josh Rappa (Rolling Meadows) 4-1, Jr. over Benjamin Miller (Hinsdale South) 2-2, So. (MD 20-6)
7th Place Match
Danny Hernandez (Mundelein) 1-2, Jr. over Nick Parker (Rich Township) 2-4, Jr. (Fall 1:51)
190
1st Place Match
Mike Taheny (Richards) 5-0, .over John Rappa (Rolling Meadows) 5-1, Jr. (Fall 3:25)
3rd Place Match
Brock VanDeveer (Mahomet-Seymour) 4-1, Sr. over Zach Anderson (Dundee-Crown) 5-2, Jr. (Fall 2:17)
5th Place Match
Isaac Barrientos (IC Catholic Prep) 4-1, Fr. over Jackson Allen (Yorkville Christian) 3-2, Jr. (MD 11-2)
7th Place Match
Willy Nieves-Pena (Mundelein) 3-2, Sr. over Tim Golden (St. Patrick) 1-3, So. (Fall 0:46)
215
1st Place Match
Foley Calcagno (IC Catholic Prep) 6-0, Jr. over Teigen Moreno (Dundee-Crown) 4-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:52 (22-6))
3rd Place Match
Jeremy Johanik (Wheaton Academy) 4-1, Sr. over Sal Espinoza (St. Patrick) 2-2, Sr. (Fall 0:54)
5th Place Match
Will Pasquire Betanco (Mundelein) 5-1, So. over Phil Daniels (Mahomet-Seymour) 1-2, Jr. (Dec 8-4)
7th Place Match
Xander Oliver (Yorkville Christian) 2-2, Sr. over Azamat Samarov (Deerfield) 1-3, . (Fall 1:12)
285
1st Place Match
Mateusz Nycz (Marmion Academy) 5-0, Sr. over Abisai Hernandez (Mundelein) 5-1, Sr. (Dec 2-0)
3rd Place Match
Garrett Tunnell (Yorkville Christian) 3-1, Sr. over Alfonso Aguilar (West Aurora) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 2:56)
5th Place Match
Anthony Sebastian (IC Catholic Prep) 4-1, So. over Owen Shea (Antioch) 3-2, Jr. (TB-2 3-2)
7th Place Match
Isaiah Tellado (Zion-Benton) 3-2, Sr. over Roy Ramirez (Dundee-Crown) 3-3, Sr. (Fall 2:55)

Team standings for Antioch’s Ted DeRousse Invitational
1. IC Catholic Prep 430.5, 2. West Aurora 356.5, 3, Marmion Academy 349.5, Yorkville Christian 320.5, 5. Deerfield 287.5, 6. St. Patrick 281.0, 7. Quincy Senior 279.5, 8. Mahomet-Seymour 275.5, 9. Mundelein 266.0, 10. Dundee-Crown 207.0, 11. Antioch 200.5, 12. Wheaton Academy 199.0, 13. Hinsdale South 160.0, 14. Normal West 136.0, 15. Zion-Benton 134.0, 16. Lakes 121.0, 17. Carmel 119.5, 18. Woodstock 112.0, 19. Peotone 110.0, 20. Wilmot Union, WI, 107.0, 21. Richards 99.5, 22. Rich Township 95.5, 23. Rolling Meadows 68.5, Ken – St. Joseph Catholic, WI, 56.0.

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

NCHS Wrestling Girls Invitational

Schaumburg hit the ground running this season.
The Saxons were dominant at this year’s 29-team Normal Community Girls Invitational, topping the field by 88.5 team points on Nov. 24. Schaumburg won 227.5-139 over second-place Plainfield South, with Joliet Central (128) taking third, Homewood-Flossmoor (126.5) fourth, and Collnsville (124) rounding out the top five team finishes.
Saxons coach Matt Gruszka was happy with his girls performance in Normal, and he’s optimistic that the meteoric rise of girls wrestling in Illinois will continue.
“I thought the competition was very tough this year and I can see how many of these freshmen around the state will make an impact because of the experience they bring in from wrestling in the IKWF,” Gruszka said. “The IKWF has done an outstanding job promoting and setting up state tournaments for the girls and that translates to success at the next level.”
Schaumburg got team points from 12 wrestlers, including three individual champions in Madyson Meyer (120), Anna Villareal (125), and Madeline Zerafa-Lazarevic (145), one runner-up, three third-place finishers, and two fifth-place finishers.

“The girls wrestled tough,” Gruszka said. “We have a good mix of old and new talent that we are excited about.
“The three champs had an outstanding day. Madyson Meyer beat a quality opponent in the finals from Homewood-Flossmoor (Nina Hamm). Anna Villarreal really has progressed from last year where she had 36 wins, and Madeline Zerafa-Lazarevic has her goals set high this year. Nadia Razzak also took second at 190 and wrestled well but lost to a tough opponent from Plainfield South.”
1st place: Schaumburg (227.5 points)
Individual champs Meyer (120), Villareal (125) and Zerafa-Lazarevic (145) led the charge, and the Saxons also got a second-place finish from Razzak (190) in the win. Placing third for for Schaumburg were Mia Phelps (105), Alina Garcia (140), and Alya Razzak (170). Justice Girod (110) and Sharon Olorunfemi (135) took fifth, and Layla McHenry (170) finished sixth for the Saxons.
2nd place: Plainfield South (139)
Nine girls scored team points for the Cougars, led by individual champions Teagan Aurich (155) and Keira Enright (190), and a runner-up finish from Layla Spann (170). Coach Dan Saracco also got a pair of fourth-place finishes from Amie Fuentes (105) and Lexi Kachiroubas (130), a fifth from Mora Munoz (140), and an eighth from Allison Asante (120). Micayla Cory (145) and Timi Mudasiru (235) also chipped in team points for the Cougars.

3rd place: Joliet Central (128)
A pair of second-place finishes from Ariadna Arciniega (100) and Izabel Barrera (140) paced the Steelwomen’s third-place team finish for coach Marcus McCullum. Central also got a third from Alisha Carter (110), fourths from Shaila Aguirre (115) and Evelyne Perez-Bedolla (190), and a sixth from Melissa Aguirre (125).
Other individual champions in Normal were Gibson City’s Justice Mulligan (100), Lemont’s Ariana Baier (105), Pekin’s Tessa Donaldson (110), Galesburg’s Eliana Juarez (115), Canton’s Kinnley Smith (130), Granite City’s Audrey Barnes (135), Collinsville’s Taylor Dawson (140), Highland’s August Rottman (170), and Ottawa’s Juliana Thrush (235).
Schaumburg’s 31 total pins led all teams in Normal, and Collinsville led all teams in tech falls with four. Joliet Central’s April Ortiz had five pins in 8:59 to lead all individuals, and Collinsville’s Taylor Dawson provided her side’s tournament-leading four tech falls, in 13:33, and Dawson also scored the most match points by any individual present, with 74.
Schaumburg’s Anna Villareal scored the most team points with 34, while Pontiac’s Sophia Mussari and Plainfield South’s Sammie N’Tone tied for the most points in a single match with 23. Collinsville’s Londyn Long provided the largest seed-place difference, as the No. 23 seed finished third at 125.

Team scores: Schaumburg 227.5, Plainfield South 139, Joliet Central 128, Homewood-Flossmoor 126.5, Collinsville 124, Galesburg 100, Pekin 81.5, Erie 77.5, Morris 77.5, Canton 74, Lemont 71, Normal West 62, Ottawa 61, East Peoria 57, Granite City 54, Gibson City 52, Highland 49, Centennial 44, Richwoods 43, Unity 40, Morton 39, Urbana 37, Westville 35.5, Pontiac 32.5, Deer Creek-M. 24, Belleville East 21, Mahomet-Seymour 17, Olympia 16, Bloomington 13, Clinton 13

NCHS Girls Invitational results
100:
Championship: Justice Milligan (Gibson City) 3-0, Sr. over Ariadna Arciniega (Joliet C) 3-1, Jr. (F 3:04)

Third: Mya Down (Stanford (Olympia)) 3-1, Sr. over sandy clark (Clinton) 1-2, Jr. (MD 12-3)

Fifth: Ariel Sipes (Petersburg (PORTA)) 2-1, Fr. over Kinsley Furnald (Galesburg) 2-2, So. (F 3:10)

105:
Championship: Ariana Baier (Lemont) 3-0, Fr. over Ellie Evans (Morris) 2-1, Sr. (Dec 11-4)

Third: Mia Phelps (Schaumburg (H.S.)) 2-1, Fr. over Amie Fuentes (Plainfield S) 1-2, Jr. (F 3:46)
Fifth: Briana Ramirez (Granite City) 2-1, Jr. over Shayla Schielein (Canton) 1-2, So. (Dec 3-2)

110:

Championship: Tessa Donaldson (Pekin) 4-0, Jr. over Kennedy McMenimen (East Peoria) 2-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 6:00 (17-1))

Third: Alisha Carter (Joliet C) 3-1, Jr. over Carlly Ho (Rochester) 2-2, So. (Dec 4-2)

Fifth: Justice Girod (Schaumburg (H.S.)) 4-1, So. over Grace Aeschliman (Metamora) 3-2, Jr. (F 0:45)

115:
Championship: Eliana Juarez (Galesburg) 4-0, Sr. over London Gandy (Homewood-F) 4-1, Jr. (F 2:29)

Third: Madizyn Megrant (Pekin) 3-1, So. over Shaila Aguirre (Joliet C) 2-2, Fr. (F 0:21)

Fifth: Emma Ford (Collinsville) 4-1, Jr. over Maggie Gordon (Morris) 4-2, Sr. (F 1:34)

120:

Championship: Madyson Meyer (Schaumburg (H.S.)) 4-0, Sr. over Nina Hamm (Homewood-F) 3-1, Sr. (F 1:15)

Third: Jocelyn Cobix (Pontiac) 4-1, Fr. over Violet Pennington (Pekin) 3-0, So. (M. For.)

Fifth: Ryleigh Stephens (Erie) 4-1, So. over Chloe Hedges (Canton) 4-2, Fr. (MD 14-1)

125:

Championship: Anna Villarreal (Schaumburg (H.S.)) 5-0, Jr. over Makayla Marr (Homewood-F) 4-1, Jr. (Inj. 3:27)

Third: Londyn Long (Collinsville) 4-1, Fr. over Jaydah Green (Peoria (Richwoods)) 3-2, Jr. (Dec 7-0)

Fifth: Amelia McClure (Normal (Community West)) 4-1, Jr. over Melissa Aguirre (Joliet C) 4-2, Sr. (F 0:33)

130:

Championship: Kinnley Smith (Canton) 4-0, Sr. over Karen Canchola (Morton) 5-1, . (Dec 4-0)

Third: Molly O`Connor (Lemont) 3-1, Jr. over Lexi Kachiroubas (Plainfield S) 2-2, So. (F 1:27)

Fifth: Michelle Naftzger (Erie) 4-1, Jr. over April Ortiz (Joliet C) 5-2, Sr. (MD 12-0)

135:

Championship: Audrey Barnes (Granite City) 4-0, So. over Ava Beldo (Centennial) 4-1, So. (F 5:37)

Third: Addyson Bailey (Collinsville) 4-1, Fr. over Amara Nwyoe (Homewood-F) 2-2, So. (F 2:23)

Fifth: Sharon Olorunfemi (Schaumburg (H.S.)) 5-1, So. over Randi Campe (Urbana) 3-2, Sr. (F 2:35)

140:

Championship: Taylor Dawson (Collinsville) 4-0, Sr. over Izabel Barrera (Joliet C) 3-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:40 (18-1))

Third: Alina Garcia (Schaumburg (H.S.)) 3-1, So. over Brionna Latin (Belleville E) 2-2, Sr. (F 2:28)

Fifth: Mora Munoz (Plainfield S) 4-1, So. over Sinceer Edwards (Centennial) 3-2, Jr. (Dec 11-8)

145:

Championship: Madeline Zerafa-Lazarevic (Schaumburg (H.S.)) 3-0, Sr. over Avery Schlickman (Gibson City) 3-1, Sr. (F 1:29)

Third: Ava Weatherford (Ottawa (Twp.)) 3-1, Jr. over Dena Cox (Erie) 2-2, Sr. (F 1:36)

Fifth: Vivian Guither (Normal (Community West)) 4-1, Sr. over Kennedy Smith (Canton) 3-2, So. (MD 8-0)

155:

Championship: Teagan Aurich (Plainfield S) 4-0, Sr. over Holly Hixon (Mackinaw (Deer Creek-M.)) 3-1, Sr. (F 1:40)

Third: Tashieya Taylor (Collinsville) 3-1, Sr. over Rachel Nugin (Homewood-F) 2-2, So. (F 0:47)

Fifth: Anna Vasey (Unity) 4-1, Jr. over Annalisa Gibbons (Galesburg) 3-2, Sr. (MD 11-3)

170:

Championship: August Rottmann (Highland) 4-0, Sr. over Layla Spann (Plainfield S) 2-1, Fr. (F 1:08)

Third: Alya Razzak (Schaumburg (H.S.)) 3-1, Sr. over Dezyrae Murray (East Peoria) 2-2, So. (Dec 5-2)

Fifth: Jayda Rosenow (Erie) 4-1, Sr. over Layla McHenry (Schaumburg (H.S.)) 3-2, Fr. (F 1:57)

190:

Championship: Keira Enright (Plainfield S) 5-0, Sr. over Nadia Razzak (Schaumburg (H.S.)) 3-1, Jr. (F 1:11)

Third: Morgan Congo (Morris) 3-1, Sr. over Evelyne Perez-Bedolla (Joliet C) 3-2, So. (F 1:43)

Fifth: Sydney Johnson (Peoria (Richwoods)) 5-1, Jr. over Sophia Elkins (Highland) 5-2, So. (Dec 13-9)

235:

Championship: Juliana Thrush (Ottawa (Twp.)) 4-0, Jr. over Phoenix Molina (Unity) 3-1, Jr. (F 3:28)

Third: Addison Briggs (Westville) 3-1, So. over Rowyn Page (Lemont) 2-2, Sr. (F 1:26)

Fifth: Cadence Duvall (Normal (Community West)) 5-1, Sr. over Isabella Rivera (Galesburg) 3-2, So. (F 1:41)

Fremd Girls Invitational

With three individual champions, three runners-up, and 13 total wrestlers earning team points, Andrew had enough cushion to finish ahead of Joliet West at this year’s 17-team Fremd Girls Invitational.
Coach Liz Short’s Thunderbolts won 221.5-188, followed by Huntley (155), Hampshire (119) and Stevenson (110) to round out the top five team finishes.
Comprised of girls from Andrew, Stagg, and Carl Sandburg, Andrew also won a season-opening 29-team tournament at Minooka.
“I couldn’t be more proud of how the team has performed,” coach Liz Short said. “We have had an amazing start with these first two tournaments. Every match is a learning opportunity, and I know this experience will make us stronger as we continue to build for this upcoming season. 

“This tournament was a great test for us. We faced some tough competition, but I’m proud of the way our athletes represented themselves and the program

Like girls coaches around the state, Short is witnessing a tidal wave in girls’ wrestling in Illinois.

“It’s been incredible to see how the level of competition has grown,” she said. “More and more girls are getting involved, and the quality of the matches is improving every year. And one thing that stands out is the way these athletes support each other. The team culture is something we’ve really worked on, and it’s amazing to see how they motivate one another both in the practice room and in competition.”

1st place: Andrew (221.5)
The Thunderbolts got individual titles from Jade Hardee (105), Alyssa Keane (140), and Emma Akpan (190), and seconds from Brynnley Krauchen (120), Nola Oben (170), and Sophie Reichard (145) as a non-scoring wrestler. In the closest finals match of the day, second-seeded Akpan won a 2-0 decision over fourth-seeded Samantha Diehl of Hampshire.
Short also got thirds from Sophia Figueroa (120) and Saja Bader (125), a fourth from Mackenzie Conroy (130), and fifths from Angelina Marsella (130), Anastasia Dvorak (140), Ahlam Meyhar (145), and Gabriella Vasquez (235). Marsella and Dvorak both  placed as a non-scoring wrestlers.
Other Thunderbolts scoring team points were Iman Ikamawi (100), Tatum De La Vega (110), Alanis Engstrom (115), and Liana Lill (135).
“All three of our champions (Hardee, Keane, and Akpan) were active in the offseason competing this summer for Team Illinois,” Short said. “They’ve come into this season ready to go and have created a positive ripple in the wrestling room. They have come back in shape, with new skill,  and a sense of determination that sets a positive tone for the entire team.

“We’ve still got a lot of work ahead of us, but I’m excited about the progress we have made. We’re focused on continuing to improve, and we’re ready for the challenges that lie ahead.”

2nd place: Joliet West (188)
Tigers coach Erik Murry got an individual title from Natalie Quiroz (235) and saw five wrestlers win their 3rd:-place matches in Aysia Smith (100), Takyla Johnson (105), Veronica Klobnak (140), Bianca Campos (170), and Trista Pisano (190).
Twelve girls scored team points for Joliet West, including Koral Flamming (115), Willow Perruque (120), Briana Klobnak (125), Addison Berey (130), Vanessa O’Connor (145), and Majh Starks (155).

3rd: place: Huntley (155)
Aubrie Rohrbacher (135) led the charge for Huntley, wining an individual title for the Red Raiders and coach Gannon Kosowski. Nariah Adams (140) earned second-place and Sara Willis (235) placed 3rd:.
Ten Red Raiders earned team points, including Alissa Lessner (115), Aubrey Balovich (120), Julietta Ceballos (125), Parker Chase (130), Lilliana Castanon (145), Gianna Scheiblein (155), and Natalie Aguirre (170).

Other individual champions at Fremd were Elk Grove’s Linna Vo (100), Leyden’s Zoey Dodgers (110), Elk Grove’s Valeria Pesantes (115), Hampshire’s Amelia Nidelea-Polanin (120), Grayslake Central’s Gianna Arzer (125), Stevenson’s Karina Lojowski (130), Huntley’s Aubrie Rohrbacher (135), Hampshire’s Madison Minson (145), South Elgin’s Alison Garbacz (155), and Hampshire’s Annelise Tavira (170).
With four pins in 4:14, Huntley’s Sara Willis (235) had the most pins in the least time of any wrestler present at Fremd. Willis also posted the fastest pin, in 12 seconds. Grayslake Central’s Gianna Arzer (125) had the fastest tech F, in 1:14.
Hampshire’s Madison Minson (145) and Huntley’s Aubrie Rohrbacher (135) tied for the lead for the most team points earned, with 30 apiece. Stevenson’s Olivia Guo (120) scored the most points in a single match with 29, and Hampshire’s Amelia  Nidelea-Polanin (120) produced the most total match points of any wrestler, with 58.
Team scores: Andrew 221.5, Joliet West 188, Huntley 155, Hampshire 119, Stevenson 110, Elk Grove 108, St. Charles East 93, South Elgin 91, Bartlett 77.5, Leyden 58, Proviso East 51.5, Buffalo Grove 48, Grayslake Central 47, Lisle 43.5, Waubonsie Valley 42, Hinsdale Central 34, Fremd 7

Fremd Invitational results:
100

Championship: Linna Vo (Elk Grove) 2-0, So Kahlynn Spurgeon (Bartlett) 2-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:14 (17-1)

Third place: Aysia Smith (Joliet W) 3-1, Sr Lidia Basave (Proviso E) 2-2, . (F 0:22)

Fifth place: Kayla Vasquez (Leyden) 1-2, So Iman Ikarmawi (Andrew) 1-3, . (F 3:15

Seventh place: Chloe Lachica (Stevenson) 0-2, Fr () , . (Bye)

105

Championship: Jade Hardee (Andrew) 3-0, Fr ANNI ROMO (S Elgin) 1-1, So. (F 1:14)

Third place: Takyla Johnson (Joliet W) 2-1, Fr Emily Gandar (Leyden) 2-2, Fr. (F 0:38)

Fifth place: Morgan Kelley (Joliet W) 1-2, So Makenna Laarvard (Stevenson) 1-1, Jr. (M. For.)

110

Championship: Zoey Dodgers (Leyden) 5-0, So Cadence DuBois (Lisle) 2-1, So. (F 4:53)
Third place: Sydney Stieb (SC East) 4-1, Fr Regina Jones (Proviso E) 2-2, So. (F 1:33)

Fifth place: Isabla Hernandez (S Elgin) 3-2,  Bella Clayton (Grayslake C) 1-5, Fr. (F 1:20)

Seventh place: Tatum De La Vega (Andrew) 2-1,  MONSE ALVAREZ (S Elgin) 1-2, So. (F 0:18)

115

Championship: Valeria Pesantes (Elk Grove) 4-1, Jr Eliza Diaz (SC East) 3-1, Jr. (F 0:53)

Third place: Azucena Rodriguez (S Elgin) 4-1, Jr Alissa Lessner (Huntley) 3-2, Fr. (F 0:41)

Fifth place: Maddie Powell (Grayslake C) 4-4, So Koral Flamming (Joliet W) 2-3, . (F 1:57)

Seventh place: Giulia Gheciu (Stevenson) 3-1, So Alanis Engstrom (Andrew) 3-2, . (F 0:40)

120

Championship: Amelia Nidelea-Polanin (Hampshire) 4-0, So Brynnley Krauchen (Andrew) 3-1, . (F 0:35)

Third place: Sophia Figueroa (Andrew) 4-1,  Nastasia Kobets (Stevenson) 3-2, So. (Dec 13-8)

Fifth place: Chloe Cortez (Joliet W) 3-2, Jr Olivia Guo (Stevenson) 2-3, So. (Inj. 3:25)

Seventh place: Sabrina Bono (Leyden) 4-1, So Ulyana Krylova (Stevenson) 2-3, Fr. (F 0:22)

125

Championship: Gianna Arzer (Grayslake C) 6-1, Jr Emma Engels (Bartlett) 3-1, Sr. (Dec 4-2)

Third place: Saja Bader (Andrew) 4-1,  Julieta Ceballos (Huntley) 3-2, Jr. (F 1:30)

Fifth place: Alianna Luna (Elk Grove) 4-3,  Nora Guisinger (Andrew) 2-3, . (F 1:33)

Seventh place: Briana Klobnak (Joliet W) 4-1,  Lianny Guzman (Huntley) 2-3, Sr. (F 0:56)

130

Championship: Karina Lojowski (Stevenson) 3-0, Jr Lilly White (Bartlett) 2-1, Jr. (F 4:24)

Third place: Sophie Crescenzo (Lisle) 4-1, Fr Mackenzie Conroy (Andrew) 3-2, . (TF-1.5 4:19 (15-0)

Fifth place: Angelina Marsella (Andrew) 3-2,  Melanie Mundo (Proviso E) 2-3, . (F 3:48)

Seventh place: Addison Berey (Joliet W) 3-2, Fr Parker Chase (Huntley) 2-2, So. (F 1:24)

135

Championship: Aubrie Rohrbacher (Huntley) 4-0, Jr Caroline Marogy (Buffalo Grove) 3-1, . (F 0:19)

Third place: Olivia Pearson (SC East) 4-1, Fr Katya Novitskiy (Stevenson) 3-2, Fr. (F 0:43)

Fifth place: Cordelia Adame (Huntley) 3-2, Fr Liana Lill (Andrew) 2-3, . (F 3:13)

Seventh place: Sophia Contreras (Waubonsie) 4-1, Fr Olivia Smith (Andrew) 2-3, . (F 3:00)

140

Championship: Alyssa Keane (Andrew) 3-0,  Nariah Adams (Huntley) 3-1, Sr. (F 0:37)

Third place: Veronica Klobnak (Joliet W) 4-1, Jr Silvana Gonzalez (Stevenson) 2-2, Jr. (F 0:59)
Fifth place: Anastasia Dvorak (Andrew) 3-2,  Isabel Hilinski (Stevenson) 1-3, Fr. (F 0:46)

Seventh place: Isabella De La Vega (Andrew) 3-1,  Ayati Ojha (Stevenson) 2-2, So. (F 3:34)

145

Championship: Madison Minson (Hampshire) 4-0, So Sophie Reichard (Andrew) 3-1, . (F 1:42)

Third place: Mia Olenek (SC East) 4-1, So Vanessa O`Connor (Joliet W) 2-2, Jr. (F 2:46)

Fifth place: Ahlam Mehyar (Andrew) 2-2,  Jackie Diaz (S Elgin) 1-3, Sr. (F 1:24)

Seventh place: Stephanie Valdez (Elk Grove) 3-3, Sr Lilliana Castanon (Huntley) 1-2, Fr. (F 1:20)

155

Championship: Alison Garbacz (S Elgin) 3-0, Fr Alondra Tejeda (Buffalo Grove) 3-1, Sr. (F 3:03)

Third place: Emely Herrera (Elk Grove) 4-2,  Jessica Ivanyuk (Stevenson) 2-2, Fr. (F 1:39)

Fifth place: Gianna Scheiblein (Huntley) 3-2, Jr Majh Starks (Joliet W) 2-3, Jr. (F 1:11)

Seventh place: Roya Shayestehjah (Huntley) 3-1, So Kimberly Alverez (Joliet W) 2-2, So. (F 0:33)

170

Championship: Anneliese Tavira (Hampshire) 4-0, Sr Nola Oben (Andrew) 2-1, Sr. (MD 16-7)

Third place:

Bianca Campos (Joliet W) 4-1, Jr Nysa Bilal (Waubonsie) 3-2, So. (F 1:34)

Fifth place:

Natalie Aguirre (Huntley) 3-2, Sr Naomi Schaller (Hinsdale C) 1-0, Jr. (M. For.)

Seventh place:

Adriana Vela (Andrew) 3-2,  Brianna Felde (Huntley) 2-2, Jr. (F 0:34)

190

Championship: Emma Akpan (Andrew) 3-0,  Samantha Diehl (Hampshire) 2-1, Fr. (Dec 2-0)

Third place: Trista Pisano (Joliet W) 3-1, Jr Imani McIntosh (Waubonsie) 2-2, Sr. (F 0:29)

Fifth place: Camryn Matheny (Joliet W) 1-2, Jr Ava Buchanan (Elk Grove) 1-4, So. (F 4:33)

Seventh place: Jazmin Guerrero-Alcantar (Bartlett) 0-2, Fr () , . (Bye)

235

Championship: Natalie Quiroz (Joliet W) 3-0, Sr Chloe Black (Hinsdale C) 2-1, Sr. (F 0:57)
Third place: Sara Willis (Huntley) 4-1, Sr Christina Negrych (Elk Grove) 4-2, . (F 0:51)

Fifth place: Gabriella Vasquez (Andrew) 2-2,  Raelynn Smith (S Elgin) 1-3, Jr. (F 5:56)

Seventh place: Kaylee Sanchez (Stevenson) 1-2, So Nancy Herrera (Andrew) 1-2, . (F 0:25)

Rockford East E-Rab Girls Invitational

Warren brought 16 girls to this year’s inaugural E-Rab Girls Invitational and in a 27-team field, the Blue Devils snared the top prize at Rockford East for coach Nick Grujanac. Hononegah entered eight wrestlers and placed second, while Thornton’s seven girls finished 3rd:.
The Blue Devils also led the field in Rockford with 31 pins in 51:54, and in match points with 252.

Warren topped second-pace Hononegah and its 8-girl team 220-125.5, and Thornton placed 3rd: with 105 points.

1st place: Warren (220 points)
The Blue Devils sent 11 wrestlers into place matches. They got individual titles from Aaliyah Vazuez (115) and Jane Kelly (130), second-place finishes from Alyssa Bentley (120) and Hanna Bairstow (145), a 3rd: from Ashley Fugelseth (155), fourths from Natasha Flores (105), Grace Ciszek (140) and Ellery Brown (145), and fifths from Sophie Dolinar (135), Tyanna Jackson (155), and Erin Bush (170).
2nd place: Hononegah (125.5)
The Lady Indians got individual titles from returning state champion Angelina Cassioppi (125) and Bella Castelli (140), a second from Rush Robare (190), a 3rd: from Kiana Saulters (135), and a fourth from Skylar Paul (115).
3rd: place: Thornton (105)
Thornton’s Ariel Woodfin (105) and Jalah Wilson (135) won titles for the Wildcats, who also got a second from Sionna Stampley (235), and a 3rd: from Destiny Bright (125).
Also winning individual titles in Rockford were Sandwich’s Lydia Cartwright (110), Lasalle-Peru’s Kiely Domyancich (120), Sycamore’s Ema Durst (145), Rochelle’s Dempsey Atkinson (155), Hampshire’s Annilease Tavaria (170) and Samantha Diehl (190), and Streamwood’s Jasmine Rene (235).
The largest seed-place difference went to Hampshire individual champion Annilease Tavaria, who was seeded 14th, followed by Harlem’s Izabella Martens (3rd: at 170, seeded 15th) and Hononegah’s Bella Castelli (1st at 140, seeded 11th).
Rochelle’s Dempsey Atkinson (155) scored the most match points with 39, followed by Rockford East champ Saya Hongmoungkhoune (100) with 38 and Hononegah’s Robare Rush (190) with 36. Rush also earned the most points in any single match with 23.
Domyancich (LaSalle-Peru), Castelli (Hononegah), Tavaria (Hampshire) and Kelly (Warren) each scored 30 team points to lead all wrestlers, followed by Durst (Sycamore) with 29.5 and Diehl (Hampshire) with 29. Sterling’s Skyann Munz had to most pins in the least time, with four Fs recorded in 3:27.
Final team scores: Warren 220, Hononegah 125.5, Thornton 105, Lasalle-Peru 104.5, Hampshire 86, Harlem 80, Sandwich 76, Sycamore 75.5, Freeport 74, Sterling 71.5, Antioch 60.5, Richmond-Burton 59, Rochelle 51, Rockford East 46, Streamwood 46, Prairie Ridge 36, Grayslake Central 32, Jefferson 32, St. Viator 28, Belvidere North 28, Johnsburg 25, Cary Grove 24, Guilford 20, Marengo 17, Belvidere 4, Fremd 3, Crystal Lake Central 0.

E-Rab Girls Invitational Championship matches:
100:  Saya Hongmoungkhoune (Rockford East) F 1:55 Aurielle Calmese (Freeport)

105:  Ariel Woodfin (Thornton) F 0:15  Mirreya Irizarry (Rockford East)

110:  Lydia Cartwright (Sandwich) F 4:38 Evalyn Idzik (St. Viator)

115:  Aaliyah Vazquez (Warren) F 3:23 Holly Stengel (Prairie Ridge)

120:  Kiely Domyancich (LaSalle-Peru) F 1:56 Alyssa Bentley (Warren)

125:  Angelina Cassioppi (Hononegah) F 3:29 Gianna Arzer (Grayslake Central)

130:  Jane Kelly (Warren) F 0:28 Gretchen Dunbar (Sycamore)

135:  Jalah Wilson (Thornton) F 0:49 Charlotte Gentry (Richmond-Burton)

140:  Bella Castelli (Hononegah) F 3:29 Cammyla Macias (Rochelle)

145:  Ema Durst (Sycamore) TF 3:44 Hanna Bairstow (Warren)

155:  Dempsey Atkinson (Rochelle) F 0:54 Marisa Eggersdorfer (LaSalle-Peru)

170:  Annilease Tavaria (Hampshire) F 3:13 Denver Gier (Cary Grove)

190:  Samantha Diehl (Hampshire) F 0:31 Rush Robare (Hononegah)
235:  Jasmine Rene (Streamwood) F 0:23 Sionna Stampley (Thornton)

3rd-place matches

100:  Kiani Nevel (Harlem) F 0:31 Kalista Frost (LaSalle-Peru)

105:  Abigail Channell (Sandwich) F 0:58 Natasha Flores (Warren)

110:  Lillian Davis (Belvidere North) F 0:14 Londyn LLoyd (Antioch)

115:  Emily Lowery (LaSalle-Peru) F 2:19 Skylar Paul (Hononegah)

120:  Kaiya Galindo (Freeport) F 4:17 Marijose Avila (Freeport)

125:  Destiny Bright (Thornton) F 0:41 Murial Grothendick (Johnsburg)

130:  Dylylah Patterson (Antioch) F 1:41 Ruby Ferguson (Sandwich)

135:  Kiana Saulters (Hononegah) F 1:42 Luana Mafuiana (Antioch)

140:  Madelyn Peterie (Richmond-Burton) F 1:01 Grace Ciszek (Warren) 

145:  Madison Minson (Hampshire) D 7-1 Ellery Brown (Warren)

155:  Ashley Fugelseth (Warren) F 1:27 Mariah Brady (Harlem)

170:  Izabella Martens (Harlem) F 0:40 Carla Pineda (Harlem)
190:  Lillian Tunk (Sterling) F 0:25 Charlie Bown (Marengo)

235:  Kylie Eilken (Jefferson) F 0:56 Jocelyn Gonzalez (Streamwood)
5th-place matches:
100:  Katherine Garcia (Sterling) F 0:48 Camilia Olvera-Garnica (Thornton)
105:  Monika Jahn (Hononegah) bye

110:  Ariyana Calmese (Freeport) F 2:14 Danika Lamb (Jefferson)

115:  Noelani Ibarra (Sterling) F 2:53 Maddie Powell (Grayslake Central)

120:  Norah Vick (Sandwich) F 1:01 Breanna Warren (Richmond-Burton)

125:  Isabella Nelson (Richmond-Burton) F 0:47 Nevaeh Delgado (Sterling)

130:  Skyann Munz (Sterling) F 0:39 Ja’rya Wilcox (Guilford)

135:  Sophie Dolinar (Warren) F 0:33 Ariana Martinez (Streamwood)

140:  Angela Thrush (Prairie Ridge) F 3:13 Vanessa Penaloza (Freeport)

145: Jazmin Rios (Sandwich) F 2:20 Avalyn Edwall (LaSalle-Peru)

155:  Tyanna Jackson (Warren) F 0:49 Jazmin Novoa (Streamwood)

170:  Erin Bush (Warren) F 0:43 Avelina McMurtry (Sycamore)

190:  Anjanne Haywood (Guilford) F 2:27 Carmen Sierra (Johnsburg)

235:  Savannah Schutt (Harlem) F 0:19 Jasmine Enriquez (Sycamore)

Niles West Girls Invite
Warren continued to break fast from the gate Saturday, taking the team title at Niles West’s 29-team tournament, just three days after winning a team title at Rockford East.
Lockport (150) finished second, Kaneland (129) was 3rd:, Wheeling (112) took fourth and Fenton (98) placed fifth to round out the top five team finishes.
1st place: Warren (173 points)
Among scoring wrestlers, Warren got an individual title from Aaliyah Vazquez (115), and coach Nick Grujanac got seconds from Alyssa Bentley (120) and Tyanna Jackson (155), and a 3rd: from Erin Bush (170), and fifths from Sophie Dolinar (135) and Kaylee Farias (235). Ashley Fugelseth (155) and Madison Kozlowski (170) placed fourth at non-scoring wrestlers for Warren, and Ellery Brown (145) finished fifth.
2nd place: Lockport (150)
The Porters got individual titles from Sophie Kelner (190) and Rebekah Ramirez (235) for coach Nate Roth, seconds from Averi Colella (105) and Veronica Skibicki (110), and a fifth from Dakota Obbish (155).
Also scoring team points for Lockport were Bella Romano (115), Natalie Dado (120), Miranda Powley (125), Carly Pradin (130), and Heaven Britton (170).
3rd: place: Kaneland (129)
The Knights had a pair of individual champions in Angelina Gochis (110) and Brooklyn Sheaffer (130), and coach Josh West also got a second from Dyani Torres (145), a 3rd: from Carly Duffing (190), and a fifth from Thalia Patton (115) among scoring wrestlers.
Also earning team points Adeline Coady (120) and Caitlyn Manier (155), while Chloe Cervantes (145) placed sixth among non-scoring wrestlers.

Other girls winning individual championships were Montini’s Katelyn Bell (100), Round Lake’s Riley Kongkaeow (105), Addison Trail’s Brithany Mondragon (120), Glenbrook North’s Ariella Dobin (125), Fenton’s Yannel Perez (135), New Trier’s Jillian Giller (140), Zion-Benton’s Naomi Foote (145), Highland Park’s Dana Holt (155), and Oswego East’s Jessica Stover (170).

Warren posted the most pins in the least time of any team present in Niles with 27 pins in 37:44, and also earned the most match points of any team with 238.
Conant’s Ewa Krupa had five pins in 1:57 as the wrestler with the most pins in the least time, Montini’s Katelyn Bell had two tech Fs in 3:10 for the most tech Fs in the least time, and Addison Trail’s Brithany Mondragon scored the most team points with 33. Three girls tied for the most single-match points with 21 in Metea Valley’s Anusha Nagar, Kaneland’s Angelina Gochis, and Wheeling’s Elise Burkut, and Burkut also led all wrestlers with 59 total match points scored.
The largest seed-place difference of the tournament came courtesy of Oak Park and River Forest’s Pearl Lacey, who placed fourth as the 26th seed at 125 pounds.

Final team scores: Warren 173, Lockport 150, Kaneland 129, Wheeling 112, Fenton 98, Zion Benton 94, Naperville C 92, Round Lake 89, Oswego E 88, Lane Tech 86, Addison Trail 85, Maine E 83, Glenbard N 81, OPRF 81, Highland Park 66, New Trier 64, Conant 63.5, Mundelein 62, Metea Valley 58.5, Maine South 48, Maine West 45, Vernon Hills 40.5, Evanston 34.5, Glenbard South 32, Glenbrook N 32, Niles W 32, Ridgewood 28, Montini 23, Jacobs 19, Lake Forest 19.
Niles West Invitational results:
100:
Round 1
Evelyn Torres (Maine E) 3-1, over Autumn Oregon-Williams (Addison Trail) 1-3,  (Dec 9-6)
Melina Valdez (Addison Trail) 2-2, over Andrea Cruz (Wheeling) 0-6,  (F 0:38)
Round 2
Katelyn Bell (Montini) 29-9, over Andrea Cruz (Wheeling) 0-6,  (F 0:45)

Evelyn Torres (Maine E) 3-1, over Melina Valdez (Addison Trail) 2-2,  (F 2:53)

Round 3

Katelyn Bell (Montini) 29-9, over Melina Valdez (Addison Trail) 2-2,  (TF-1.5 1:36 (19-4)

Autumn Oregon-Williams (Addison Trail) 1-3, over Andrea Cruz (Wheeling) 0-6,  (F 0:16)

Round 4

Katelyn Bell (Montini) 29-9, over Autumn Oregon-Williams (Addison Trail) 1-3,  (F 0:54)

Evelyn Torres (Maine E) 3-1, over Andrea Cruz (Wheeling) 0-6,  (F 0:31)

Round 5

Katelyn Bell (Montini) 29-9, over Evelyn Torres (Maine E) 3-1,  (TF-1.5 1:43 (20-5)

Melina Valdez (Addison Trail) 2-2, over Autumn Oregon-Williams (Addison Trail) 1-3,  (TB-1 3-2)
105:
Championship match: Riley Kongkaeow (Round Lake) 36-5, over Averi Colella (Lockport) 46-13,  (NC)

3rd: Eliana Badeen (Maine E) 28-13, over Annika Hull (Naperville C) 3-2,  (F 0:52)

5th: Sofia Guerrero (Lane Tech) 17-17, over Isabella Datil (Addison Trail) 2-3,  (F 1:52)
110:

Championship match: Angelina Gochis (Kaneland) 46-5, over Veronica Skibicki (Lockport) 30-19,  (F 1:43)

3rd: Lola Bianco (New Trier) 5-1, over Anusha Nagar (Metea Valley) 1-2,  (F 1:16)

5th: Cristal Jacinto (Glenbard N) 3-1, over Hanna Lee (Vernon Hills) 17-17,  (F 3:39)
115:

Championship match:

Aaliyah Vazquez (Warren) 7-0, over Ireland McCain (Round Lake) 35-11,  (Dec 11-8)

3rd: Zoe Pomeranets (Niles W ) 25-7, .over Kai Zamora (Fenton) 4-2,  (F 4:15)

5th: Thalia Patton (Kaneland) 4-2, over Italia Cernas (Mundelein) 2-3,  (F 0:58)

Consolation 1st: Bella Romando (Lockport) 12-23, over Joselyn Honorato (Fenton) 16-10,  (F 5:09)
120:

Championship match: Brithany Mondragon (Addison Trail) 5-0, over Alyssa Bentley (Warren) 5-2,  (MD 9-1)

3rd: Janiya Moore (Metea Valley) 21-11, over Gracie Meluch (Naperville C) 4-2,  (Dec 5-2)
5th: Sofia Hinojosa (OPRF) 14-13, over Samantha Gipson (Evanston) 3-3,  (Inj. 2:32)

Consolation 1st: Payton Lustrup (Oswego E) 4-1, over Jada Williams (Lockport) 4-2,  (F 3:15)
125:

Championship match: Ariella Dobin (Glenbrook N) 8-0, over Ellen Purl (Naperville C) 3-1,  (F 1:07)

3rd: Dezi Azar (Naperville C) 5-1, over Pearl Lacey (OPRF) 22-12,  (F 1:36)

5th: Mia Nevarez (Oswego E) 3-2, over Drea Lazzara (Addison Trail) 2-3, . (TF-1.5 4:17 (17-0)

Consolation 1st: Alyssa Gianola (Maine South) 5-1, over Vanessa Osorio (Mundelein) 4-2,  (F 0:52)
130:

Championship match: Brooklyn Sheaffer (Kaneland) 4-0, over Isabella Gomez (Wheeling) 4-1,  (Dec 7-0)

3rd: Nyah Lovis (Lane Tech) 36-7, over Gianna Mezzano (Ridgewood) 6-2,  (F 1:07)

5th: Emily Ortiz (Zion Benton) 4-2, over Nichole Castillo (Glenbard S) 2-3,  (F 1:17)

Consolation 1st: Jane Kelly (Warren) 8-1, over Brianna Perez (Round Lake) 18-22,  (F 1:35)
135:

Championship match: Yannel Perez (Fenton) 34-10, over Keagan Edwards (Glenbard N) 31-10,  (F 1:20)

3rd: Elise Burkut (Wheeling) 6-1, over Bree Hirsch (Lake Forest) 3-2,  (F 1:07)

5th: Sophie Dolinar (Warren) 5-3, over Alena Oshana (Maine E) 26-12,  (For.)

Consolation 1st: Aryna Latushkina (Vernon Hills) 7-24, over Nora Bestor (Conant) 4-2,  (F 2:23)
140:

Championship match: Jillian Giller (New Trier) 6-0, over Jasmine Zavaleta (Conant) 4-1,  (Dec 5-1)

3rd: Grace Johnson (Zion Benton) 35-10, over Zabby Badru (Lane) 20-19,  (F 2:19)

5th: Lucy Rodriguez (Fenton) 4-2, over Layah Woods (Wheeling) 3-3,  (F 1:05)

Consolation 1st: Ewa Krupa (Conant) 6-1, over Grace Ciszek (Warren) 4-4,  (F 0:13)
145:

Championship match: Naomi Foote (Zion Benton) 43-11, over Dyani Torres (Kaneland) 3-1,  (F 3:49)

3rd: Quinn Janssens (Oswego E) 5-1, over Ella Cooper (Oswego E) 4-2,  (F 0:11)

5th: Ellery Brown (Warren) 5-4, over Chloe Cervantes (Kaneland) 3-3,  (F 3:07)

Consolation 1st: Kennedy Murray (Evanston) 5-1, over Suzanne Stalley (Glenbard N) 3-2,  (SV-1 16-13)
155:

Championship match: Dana Holt (Highland Park) 12-6, over Tyanna Jackson (Warren) 4-1, . (F 1:55)