Feature Stories

By Chris Walker for the IWCOA

MORRIS REGIONAL

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

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

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

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

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

Regional champions:

106- Joey Calvillo, Batavia, 29-14

113- Liam Schroeder, Sycamore, 40-1

120- Paxton Valentine, Morris, 32-4

126- Tyler Lockhart, Sycamore, 32-10

132- Kyle Pasco, Batavia, 23-11

138- Brock Claypool, Morris, 40-5

144- Jayden Dohogne, Sycamore, 33-5

150- Carter Skoff, Morris, 28-1

157- Cole Hubbard, Batavia, 25-12

165- Cooper Bode, Sycamore, 39-4

175- Apollo Gochis, Kaneland, 33-9

190- Wes Weatherford, Ottawa, 33-5

215- Michael Junitz, Burlington Central, 28-4

285- Collin Hughes, Sycamore,  27-5

Additional sectional qualifiers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Batavia 18, Sycamore 17, Morris 8

Most tech falls: Sycamore 5, Morris 4

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

INDIVIDUAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

STERLING REGIONAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Regional champions:

106- Treyden Diduch, Freeport, 36-2

113- Sebastian Abwe, Rockford East, 24-12

120- Angelo Matute, Rock Island, 16-9

126- Aidan Lopez, Rochelle, 40-3

132- Victor Onofre, Rockford East, 26-6

138- Landen Vincent, Geneseo, 24-8

144- Malaki Jackson, Geneseo, 30-9

150- Dana Wickson, Rockford East, 34-5

157- Ty Smart, Rockford East, 37-3

165- Izaac Gaines, Geneseo, 33-2

175- Kye Weinzierl, Geneseo, 30-1

190- Harrison Hill, Geneseo, 29-9

215- Rowan Stockwell, Rock Island, 27-7 

285- Josh Stahl, Geneseo, 26-7

Additional sectional qualifiers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Freeport 12, Geneseo 11

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

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

INDIVIDUAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HARVARD REGIONAL

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

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

Runner-up Crystal Lake Central scored 179.5 points.

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

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

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

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

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

Regional champions:

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

113- Hogan Rice, Marian, 33-12

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

126- Cam Spiniolas, Marian, 23-19

132- Bryson Teunissen, Belvidere North, 26-9

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

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

150- Brendan Nardin, Marian, 7-0

157- Matt Moritz, Prairie Ridge, 30-10

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

175- Aiden Rodriguez, Prairie Ridge, 38-2

190- Dan French, Marian, 23-5

215- Jimmy Mastny, Marian, 46-1

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

Additional sectional qualifiers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Statistics

TEAM

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

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

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

INDIVIDUAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

METAMORA REGIONAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Regional champions:

106- Symon Woods, Washington, 30-9

113- Micah Jackson, Washington, 23-17

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

126- Lucas Bach, Washington, 20-11

132- Logan Makiney, Washington, 32-10

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

144- Connor Graham, Metamora, 42-4

150- Cooper Chester, East Peoria, 29-3

157- Grady Neal, Metamora, 40-4

165- Wyatt Medlin, Washington, 36-0

175- Wyatt Leman, Washington, 28-8

190- Mark Aeschliman, Metamora, 36-10

215- Josh Hoffer, Washington, 28-4

285- Sean Thornton, Washington, 31-9

Additional sectional qualifiers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Washington 14, Metamora 7

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

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

INDIVIDUAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Mike Garofola for the IWCOA

Barrington coach Dan Keller knew his men would be in for a fierce battle for a regional title once the IHSA released the class 3A assignments.

Both Barrington and Stevenson were coming off impressive efforts last weekend to win at the MSL and Lake County Invite tournaments, respectively, setting up a potential powder keg of thrills for the big audience inside the Foglia Health and Recreation Building in Palatine, on the sprawling campus of Harper Community College.

“When it was Stevenson in our regional, along with a strong team like Fremd from our conference, plus some really good wrestlers from the rest of the field, we knew we would be in for a tough day,” Keller said.

“(With) a really tough non-conference and tournament schedule we set up for the guys, I really felt we would be ready for the challenge today, and even though we were neck-and-neck with a very good Stevenson team, I knew in the end if the guys did what we knew they were capable of that we could win and advance.”

Next up for the Broncos will be a 6 p.m. dual-team sectional semifinal on Thursday against Loyola Academy in Fox Lake, at Grant.
Barrington will send nine wrestlers to its own individual sectional in two weeks. Six Broncos claimed individual championship trophies.

Stevenson advanced 10, Lake Zurich and Palatine five each, with Buffalo Grove and Fremd earning four spots in sectional play. Dundee-Crown (3) and Jacobs (2) will add to the sectional lineup.

Before Stevenson found its stride, the Patriots would be chasing a Barrington advantage that at one time was 53.5 points (166.5-128.0) around the noon hour, which was cut to just one point (190.5-189.5) before the eventual champs earned four individual titles, each via bonus-point victories.

“Stevenson is such a great team and program,” Keller said. “We have a lot of respect for them and Shane (Cook), so to get past them is a very nice accomplishment.”

Last season, the Broncos won a similarly tight affair over Stevenson at the Dundee-Crown regional, only to fall to eventual state runner-up Hononegah, 41-24.

106- Stefan Vihrov (Stevenson)

Freshman Stefan Vihrov (35-8) has been the perfect leadoff man for the Stevenson Patriots this season, witnessed by his astonishing 35 wins, two major victories, and a pair of second place medals all leading up to his 106-pound title here.

Vihrov and his sophomore teammate Daniel Berdich have provided the perfect dynamic duo at the top of the lineup, and it was his pin of Aiden Healey (Dundee-Crown, 27-6) that got the Patriots off and running in the final session.

“That’s my job, to give us a win and bonus points, especially in a tournament as important as this one,” Vihrov said. “After my second period near-fall, all I wanted to do was go for a tech fall or pin to give us extra team points.”

That near-fall Vihrov spoke of gave him a 9-3 advantage that would balloon to 18-5 at five minutes before he registered his pin.

Healey will move on, as will Fremd freshman Will Bousk (31-12) who was a MSL champion a week ago.

113- Daniel Berdich (Stevenson)

Daniel Berdich has provided the lower weight firepower all season long that has helped fuel a terrific Stevenson attack, while making himself one of the names to watch in the postseason.

After helping the Patriots to their Lake County Invite title last weekend, the Patriots’ sophomore mashed the competition with bonus-point victories in all three of his matches en route to the 113-pound title.

Berdich (31-4) opened his tournament with a pin, followed by a tech fall, before closing out Lucas Crandall (31-10) in a contest that would see the No. 1 seed defeat the No. 2 seed with a 12-0 major decision.

“Daniel has fully committed himself to the sport,” Stevenson coach Shane Cook said. “He trains year round, works incredibly hard, loves to learn, and wrestles at a high pace. He’s always looking to score points.”

No. 7-rated Berdich, a 2025 state qualifier, has recorded either a tech-fall or pin in (23) of his 31 victories on the season thus far.

Freshman Dunamis Philip (Palatine, 20-5) advanced following his third place victory.

120- Kaleb Pratt (Barrington)

After the Vihrov-Berdich duo earned enough bonus points to draw the Patriots within one point of Barrington, it would be a hard-fought 2-0 decision from No. 3 Kaleb Pratt that effectively put the eventual regional champions in front for good.

The Broncos’ talented junior would execute a perfect reversal midway through the second period to take the lead for good over No. 10 Mykola Shamray (31-6), who was rode hard in the second period and unable to get anything going after the Pratt (40-5) reversal.

“We’ve wrestled before,” Pratt said. “We know each other pretty well and I just didn’t feel like he wanted to be offensive in this match, and not attempt to open things up.”
Pratt recorded a major decision victory over the sophomore a week earlier in their MSL championship match.

“I obviously wanted to get bonus points for our team, but it was more important to get the win, especially after Stevenson got those first two at 106 and 113.”

Stevenson senior Evan Mishels (31-12) advances to sectionals after a pin in his third place contest.

126- Saul Ramirez (Barrington)

Saul Ramirez (27-12) kept the Barrington faithful on the edge of its seats all throughout his contest with Ben Arbotante (Jacobs, 34-11), but not because the Broncos senior provided a lively, high-scoring six minutes of wrestling.

“It wasn’t my best effort of the season, I could have pushed the pace, and opened things up a lot more,” Ramirez said. “But I guess I was able to find a burst of energy when I needed it most.”
Ramirez won a tense 3-1 decision over Arbotante, who lost in the blood round a year ago at the Barrington sectional.

The Jacobs’ senior appeared to have enough in his tank to hold onto a 1-0 advantage late into the third period, until Ramirez struck with a late take-down to take the lead for good.

Stevenson senior Marcelo Cantu (29-8) who lost to Ramirez (8-2) in the semifinals, came back to secure third place with a 10-5 decision over Jonathan Diaz from Lake Zurich.

132- Ryan Dorn (Barrington, 34-5)

As high-profile matches go, the title match at 132 had everyone’s attention..

It was No. 3 Ryan Dorn from Barrington vs. No. 5 Shawn Kogan (Stevenson) in a rematch of sorts, that saw Dorn manage a 5-4 decision early on.

However, this contest would carry far more importance in the team race both clubs were involved in.

“Shawn is a great wrestler, so it was important to wrestle smart, look for my chances and be aggressive in my attack in order to score points,” said Dorn (34-5) moments after his 12-4 major decision victory.

“It was a good match for myself, and especially our team with the bonus points from the major.” Dorn said. “I was happy to get that first tilt, and thought about a second late in the match, but it wasn’t quite there, and I didn’t want to risk anything at that point.”

An active first period ended at 7-2, later to 8-2 after two periods before Dorn added four more points from a near-fall one minute from time.

The two rivals will likely be on opposite sides of the bracket at sectionals in two weeks, perhaps leading to a third meeting between the two stars.

Armando Aguilar-Rodriguez (Palatine, 18-13) came back in wrestle-backs to place third and earn his first sectional appearance.

138- Mikey Polyakov (Stevenson)

Mikey Polyakov looks to be in fine form and as good as new, after missing considerable time to an injury — witnessed by a superb two-match effort on his way to the 138-pound title.

The Patriots junior opened his tournament with a fall in just 33 seconds, before unleashing a magnificent six-minute effort against Barrington sophomore Matthew Blanke (18-7) on his way to a 17-3 major decision victory.

“I was out for five-and-a half weeks with a hip flexor injury, which takes a long time to heal, but right now I feel a hundred percent, so I’m ready for these last couple of weeks of the season,” said Polyakov, who was a 2025 state qualifier and now the owner of two major titles on the season.

“I did a lot of extra work, especially my cardio to get myself ready for my return, and I’m really excited for sectionals and another trip to state,” added Polyakov, now 20-4.

Junior Evan Honegger (Lake Zurich, 27-14) won his third place match to advance.

144- Jimmy Whitaker (Barrington)

Jimmy Whitaker continues to make the middle of the Barrington lineup — along with teammate Daniel Blanke at 150 — a lethal and dangerous scoring machine.

The Broncos’ senior earned his third major title of the campaign with yet another marvelous effort on the mat, pinning his way to a regional title just one week after recording a trio of pins to claim the 144-pound title at the MSL tournament.

“I am feeling really good right now with everything, especially my arm-bar, which is kind of becoming the bread-and-butter of my game,” said Whitaker, who is now a dazzling 38-7 and has beaten Stevenson senior Valentin Vihrov (33-7) twice this season.

“Mentally I’m feeling it right now, which is a good thing in this sport, but I also know there’s still a lot of work ahead of me,” added Whitaker, who was a state qualifier in 2024, before missing most of the season a year ago with an injury.

Lincoln Riemer (Lake Zurich, 14-11) won his third place match to advance to sectionals.

150- Daniel Blanke (Barrington)

The Whitaker pin increased the Broncos advantage to ten points over Stevenson (203.0-193.0) and that lead would increase further thanks to another fabulous bit of work from Daniel Blanke (37-9), who left no doubt as to who was the best at 150 pounds on this day.

The No. 7 man in the state easily claimed his second consecutive major when he pinned his way to the top of the podium. His final pin came at just 37 seconds over Dundee-Crown senior Jadon Wheatley (24-12), who will making his second sectional appearance of his career.

“Win first, then go after bonus points to help the team,” Blanke said. “It really is a team sport when you get to regionals.”

The Broncos’ junior would unload on a trio of opponents a week ago at the MSL tournament – needing just over 4 1/2 minutes to finish the job – far more than the 2:40 minutes he spent on Saturday to dash the hopes of his rivals.

“My shots, set-ups, and hand-fighting are things I spent a lot of time working on during the offseason, and I’ll continue to do so the rest of the way,” added Blanke, who is now a two-time regional champ, and 30-match winner a year ago after his first appearance at state.

Stevenson freshman Kingsley Chen (22-14) wrestled back to earn a third place medal.

157- Anthony Klikas (Buffalo Grove)

Whenever Anthony Klikas (Buffalo Grove, 27-7) and Palatine senior Daniel Derevlyak (26-10) meet, the scorers’ table needs to be ready to add points as quickly as it can.

One week ago at the MSL tournament, it was an all-out point scoring contest, with Klikas winning a 32-point thriller (17-15) after overcoming an almost insurmountable deficit.

On Saturday, when Klikas would concede four straight points to see his 7-2 advantage shrink to 7-6 just seconds into the third period, the affable junior admitted it may be a case of deja vu all over again.

However, an 8-0 run fueled by a late near-fall would ensure an easier time for the Bison faithful who would watch Klikas earn his first regional title after a 15-6 major decision triumph.

“We’ve wrestled three times now, and I am 3-0 against Daniel, but there’s always a chance we could meet again in two weeks at sectionals,” opined Klikas

“Last week at conference, things really got away from me. All of a sudden I was down like 13-1. But I didn’t panic and I think that match really helped me today.”

Dom Sponsel (23-18), a sophomore from Fremd, is headed to his first sectional appearance after recording a pin in his third place match.

165- Karl Bep (Palatine)

As a self-described sponge who absorbs everything the Palatine coaching staff has tossed at him during his short time with the big club, Karl Bep has gone from nowhere to somewhere since his start in the sport during his freshman year.

The Pirates’ senior, who won at the 70th Berman Holiday Classic in his home gym with a marvelous three-match effort, was at it again Saturday. He recorded a pin followed by an outstanding 20-2 tech-fall result over Filip Kawalec (Lake Zurich, 24-14) to win his first regional crown and an automatic first round bye at the Barrington sectional.

“I’ve only been in this sport for three years, so there is so much to catch-up on and to learn,” Bep (27-7) said. “But I’m a hard worker who will do whatever it takes to improve, and fortunately for me we have a great coaching staff with coach Tulga (Zuunbagen), the guy I credit for all my progress and success.

“I am looking forward to wrestling right here at Harper next season, but first I want to do my best to get to state and do well there.”

Kosuke Hirata (Stevenson, 24-15) will advance after his third place finish.

175- Sam Cushman (Barrington)

Sam Cushman earned Barrington’s sixth and final individual title to effectively close out its rivals, following his 18-0 tech-fall over Philip Boyko (29-9) from runner-up Stevenson.

Both finalists pinned their way into the final. No. 19 rated Cushman (31-10) unveiled an all-action pace in the opening period to earn a 3-0 advantage. The lead extended to 6-0 after four minutes, before a third period explosion saw the Broncos junior register a pair of four-point near fall moves to increase his lead to 14-0.

“I’m a completely different wrestler compared to the start of the season,” Cushman said. “My attack is so much better, and although there was a game plan in place for my final, I knew I wanted to score first and just add points along the way to keep pressure on him.”

Cushman, who won an MSL title a week ago, conceded a pin to Boyko earlier in the season but made amends in a big way for himself to pad the Broncos’ score sheet.

Buffalo Grove senior Sonny Tugs (23-11) moves on after his third place victory.

190- Lucas Nance (Fremd)

Lucas Nance is arguably one of the best 190-pounders in the state, and after another superb weekend of wrestling, the Fremd senior is on a collision course with No. 1 Aaron Stewart in two weeks at the Barrington sectional.

The No. 2 man just behind Stewart, the Vikings’ star is now 33-5 after defeating Aaron Jafri (Barrington, 28-17) with his 19th tech-fall victory of the season

“Lucas is quite an amazing young man,” begins Vikings head coach Jeff Keske.

“He’s a tremendous student-athlete. He scored a 35 on his ACT, has an amazing support group with his parents, grandparents, and family, who have always been there for him, and his leadership skills are second to none. So is his work ethic, and as a wrestler one of the many strengths he has is those great (heavy) hips.”

The University of Chicago-bound Nance is a clinical and precise finisher, who can score points from many ways. He was one win away from a state medal a year ago and finished the 2025 campaign with a 39-10 overall record.

Aleksander Krotoszynski (30-16) became the fourth man from Buffalo Grove to advance into the Barrington sectional following his third place triumph.

215- Teigen Moreno (Dundee-Crown)

Teigen Moreno admits time is running out on the Dundee-Crown four-year star, who in three previous trips to the Barrington sectional has come up empty, including back-to-back blood-round losses to end his season in heart-breaking fashion.

“Enough is enough,” Moreno said. “This is my last chance to get downstate and win a medal for the Dundee-Crown program.”
Moreno (37-2) pinned his way into the final match against the super-sophomore from Lake Zurich, Rocco DiCanio (36-4), who a week ago won the Lake County Invite crown at 215 pounds.

“Twice at sectionals, I ran into (Loyola’s defending state champion) Kai Calcutt early, and went into wrestle-backs, where things ended badly.

“But I feel better than ever and ready for sectionals. It feels like if all goes well, I’ll be up against Calcutt again, only this time in the sectional final.”

With his 6-2 championship victory, Moreno is likely to be placed on the opposite side of the bracket from Calcutt.

Moreno’s three victories gives him 140 for his career, and the Chargers senior will wrestle next season at the University of Dubuque.

Lucas Retzler (Jacobs, 23-15) is on his way to his first sectional appearance following his pin at 5:44.

285- Hakeem Coleman (Fremd, 6-1)

Fremd coach Jeff Keske is sold on the future of his big man Hakeem Coleman, who missed all of the football season due to a knee injury.  But through hard work and dedication, Coleman has now earned a first-round bye at sectionals, as perhaps a sleeper in the 285-pound weight class.

“Hakeem (6-1) is a fierce competitor, who has put in the extra work to allow him to  slowly come back from his injury,” Keske said. “He is definitely someone to watch at sectionals and during the next two years.”

The three-sport athlete (football and track) was a middle-school wrestling champion in Buffalo Grove before his family moved into the Fremd district.

 A hard-fought 4-0 decision over Adriel Arana (Barrington) in his semifinal would send the sophomore into the final where he recorded a 7-4 victory over Jacari Travis (24-11) from Palatine.

Arana (20-22) would later earn his first trip to sectionals after the Broncos junior registered a pin in his third place contest with Aaron Von Heimburg from Stevenson.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

Barrington 226.0, Stevenson 204.0, Fremd 110.0, Palatine 97.5, Lake Zurich 87.0, Buffalo Grove 82.0, Jacobs 69.0, Dundee-Crown 61.5.

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

EAST AURORA REGIONAL

With ten regional champions among its 12 sectional qualifiers, No. 2 defending 3A state champion Marmion Academy won its 13th team regional title in Aurora on Saturday.

Marmion posted 267 points in the win and led the field in pins (14) and tech falls (9) for Cadets coach Anthony Cirrincione.

Marmion reeled off regional title wins from 106-150: Colton Wyller (106), James Morrison (113), Brody Page (120), Aidan McClure (126), Nicholas Garcia (132), Zach Stewart (138), Demetrios Carrera (144) and Ashton Hobson (150). The Cadets also got regional titles from Vincenzo Testa (190) and Joey Favia (285), and thirds from Grayson Garcia (157) and Luke Boersma (215).

No. 17 West Aurora (173.5) placed second, with nine sectional qualifiers led by regional champions Malan Hatfield (157), Marcus Quintana (165) and Dayne Serio (175). Third-place Downers Grove South (155) had seven qualifiers. Downers Grove North (105.5) finished fourth, led by regional champ Nate Olona (215), followed by Wheaton Warrenville South (82.5), East Aurora (51.5), Waubonsie Valley (48) and Metea Valley (25.5).

Downers Grove North had seven qualifiers, Wheaton Warrenville South and Waubonsie Valley had three sectional qualifiers, and Metea Valley had one qualifier.

All 14 title matches were won by either fall, tech fall, or major decision. Only one match on the win-or-go-home third place match was decided by less than a three-point decision, with DG North’s Jack Heldson winning 11-9 at 190 over East Aurora’s Emmanuel Diaz.

Regional champions
106 Colton Wyller, Marmion 30-9
113 James Morrison, Marmion 33-6
120 Brody Page, Marmion 29-14
126 Aidan McClure, Marmion 27-9
132 Nicholas Garcia, Marmion 43-2
138 Zach Stewart, Marmion 18-3
144 Demetrios Carrera, Marmion 33-5
150 Ashton Hobson, Marmion 22-2
157 Malan Hatfield, West Aurora 30-7
165 Marcus Quintana, West Aurora 26-4
175 Dayne Serio, West Aurora 36-3
190 Vincenzo Testa, Marmion 20-4
215 Nate Olona, DG North 37-7
285 Joey Favia, Marmion 35-5

Additional sectional qualifiers
106 Rocco Valvano, WWSouth 38-3; Donovan Johnson, W Aurora 14-5

113 Gabe Richmond, W Aurora 28-5; Tommy Tyson, DG South 25-10

120 Tanner Stone, DG South 30-8; Damian Garcia, DG North 34-7

126 Jeremiah Haynes, W Aurora 15-10; Matthew Lisowski, WWSouth 21-22

132 Jadon Dinwiddie, DG South 29-6; Nathan Duffield, Waubonsie 30-12

138 Jack Platt, W Aurora 26-10; Alex Hengles, DG North 35-8

144 Joey Sirmon, WWSouth 24-15; Michael Huicochea, W Aurora 15-9

150 Evan Matkovich, W Aurora 28-10; Caden Chiarelli, DG North 26-11

157 Grayson Garcia, Marmion 18-16; Billy Rausch, DG North 30-14

165 Chase Nailos, Waubonsie 17-12; Andre Auernhamer, DG South 13-7

175 Lucas Marcoux, Metea 30-11; Noah Greene, DG South 34-8

190 Daniel Mensah, DG South 27-7; Jack Heldson, DG North 30-18

215 Luke Boersma, Marmion 30-14; Chris Cali, DG South 28-15

285 AJ Forst, Waubonsie 9-3; Colin Murphy, DG North 34-4

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Marmion 14, DG South 11, DG North 9
Most tech falls: Marmion 9, W Aurora 7, DG South 7
Most total match points: DG South 379, Marmion 355

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: DG North’s Caden Chiarelli, 3 falls in 2:59
Most tech falls least time: W Aurora’s Dayne Serio, 3 techs in 7:03
Fastest fall: Chiarelli 0:10
Fastest tech fall: Serio 1:26
Most team points: 24 (tie)-Marmion’s Joey Favia, W Aurora’s Marcus Quintana, DG North’s Nate Olona
Most single-match points: Waubonsie’s Nathan Duffield 24
Most total match points: DG South’s Noah Greene 60
Largest seed-place difference: Waubonsie’s Nathan Duffield placed third as the No. 7 seed at 132 pounds

NAPERVILLE NORTH

No. 3 Montini Catholic won the 30th team regional title in program history and the first for first-year head coach Sal Annoreno, who took over this year for long-time coach Mike Bukovsky.

Montini had eight individual regional champions in Naperville among its 11 sectional qualifiers. Winning titles for Annoreno were Erik Klichurov (113), Allen Woo (120), Bobby Ruscitti (125), Mikey Malizzio (132), Kam Luif (144), Santino Tenuta (165), AJ Tack (175) and Gavin Ericson (285). Montini also got second-place finishes from Jeremy Huf (138) and Sam Swais (215), and a third from Will Konder (157).

No. 25 Naperville Central (199) placed second, getting regional titles from Alexi Aguinaldo (106), Vince Bern (150), Reid Balis (157) and Paul Peradotti (190). Third-place Naperville North (144.5) got a title from Tavfik Ibragimov (215) and were followed in the team standings by Lyons (107.5), Glenbard East (70.5), Willowbrook (68), Hinsdale Central (56.5) and Argo (14.5).

Naperville Central had 10 sectional qualifiers. Naperville North had six, followed by Lyons with five, led by regional champion Griff Powell (138). Glenbard East and Willowbrook each had four sectional qualifiers and Hinsdale Central advanced two.

The closest title match came at 126 pounds, with Montini’s Ruscitti winning a sudden-victory 11-8 decisionover Glenbard East’s Ismael Chaidez.

The third-place mat saw Naperville North’s Kai Balice win a 14-12 decision to earn sectional advancement at 150 against Argo’s Skylar A. Phipps. At 175, Willowbrook’s Korvyn Nieves won a sudden-victory, 18-15 decision over Naperville North’s David Hurrle to advance.

Regional champions
106 Alexi Aguinaldo, Naperville C 24-14
113 Erik Klichurov, Montini 31-2
120 Allen Woo, Montini 35-8
126 Bobby Ruscitti, Montini 40-0
132 Mikey Malizzio, Montini 32-10
138 Griff Powell, Lyons 38-3
144 Kam Luif, Montini 15-2
150 Vince Bern, Naperville C 37-10
157 Reid Balis, Naperville C 36-11
165 Santino Tenuta, Montini 21-6
175 AJ Tack, Montini 28-10
190 Paul Peradotti, Naperville C 41-4
215 Tavfik Ibragimov, Naperville N 32-1
285 Gavin Ericson, Montini 29-10

Additional sectional qualifiers
106 Luca Ligammari, Lyons 12-21; Nick Greenfield, Glenbard E 27-15

113 Leo Kingji, Willowbrook 16-12; Rowen Patel, Naperville C 18-22

120 Aris Neal, Willowbrook 26-7; Cole Forsyth, Glenbard E 24-6

126 Ismael Chaidez, Glenbard E 33-5; Jake Moore, Naperville C 40-8

132 Michael Arredondo, Naperville N 31-6; Logan Barrios, Hinsdale C 29-7

138 Jeremy Huf, Montini 22-11; Jacob Cochran, Naperville C 43-4

144 Jonathan Martinez, Hinsdale C 21-15; Stavros Gerousis, Naperville C 8-2

150 Jesse Nunez-Garcia, Lyons 30-15; Kai Balice, Naperville N 27-11

157 Timothy Garmon, Naperville N 13-2; Will Konder, Montini 27-18

165 Cornell Fennessee, Lyons 30-18; Travis Jones, Willowbrook 24-11

175 Nicolas Olvera, Naperville C 38-9; Korvyn Nieves, Willowbrook 22-13

190 Orlando Hoye, Glenbard E 18-2; JT Hill, Naperville N 29-5

215 Sam Swais, Montini 2-1; Caelon Young, Naperville C 34-12

285 Jimmy Hillmann, Lyons 33-13; Jake Johnson, Naperville N 20-10

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Naperville Central 18, Montini 16, Naperville North 10
Most tech falls: Montini 7, Naperville Central 6, Lyons 5
Most total match points: Montini 322, Naperville Central 313

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Naperville Central’s Caelon Young, 3 falls in 3:20
Most tech falls least time: Naperville Central’s Vince Bern, 3 techs in 10:43
Fastest fall: Montini’s Gavin Ericson 0:26
Fastest tech fall: Montini’s Bobby Ruscitti 1:09
Most team points: 24 (tied)-Naperville Central’s Alexi Aguinaldo, Montini’s Ericson, Kam Luif, Santino Tenuta
Most single-match points: Lyons’ Griff Powell 23
Most total match points: Bern 54
Largest seed-place difference: Montini’s Sam Swais and Willowbrook’s Korvyn Nieves. Swais placed second as the No. 2 seed at 215, and Nieves placed third as the No. 8 seed at 175.

MARIST

Host Marist won its 24th team regional title overall and its fifth for coach Brendan Heffernan, winning Saturday’s competition with 280 team points. Carl Sandburg (222) placed second and Brother Rice (185.5) finished third.

Heffernan had 11 individual regional champions and 13 total sectional qualifiers, with titles coming from Elio Gil (106), Colin Phelan (120), Dylan Weber (126), Te’Jon Beals (132), Axel Rodriguez (138), Jaxon Jorgensen (144), Tommy Fidler (150), Ethan Sonne (157), Ronin Haran (175), Tom O’Brien (215) and Jack Watson (285).

Also advancing to the sectional for Marist were second-placer Crue Hatchell (113) and third-placer Collin Coffey (190).

Shepard (85) finished fourth, followed by Reavis (40), Oak Lawn (38), Stagg (37), Eisenhower (36) and Thornton (34.5).

Sandburg regional champ Kyle Hayes (113) led a group of 11 sectional-qualifying Eagles, and Brother Rice’s nine qualifiers were led by regional champs Otis Davis (165) and Colin Goggin (190).
Shepard, Thornton and Stagg had two qualifiers each, while Reavis and Oak Lawn had one apiece.

Regional champions
106 Elio Gil, Marist 26-8
113 Kyle Hayes, Sandburg 29-11
120 Colin Phelan, Marist 25-13
126 Dylan Weber, Marist 18-9
132 Te’Jon Beals, Marist 29-12
138 Axel Rodriguez, Marist 33-10
144 Jaxon Jorgensen, Marist 13-3
150 Tommy Fidler, Marist 35-9
157 Ethan Sonne, Marist 31-3
165 Otis Davis, Brother Rice 25-6
175 Ronin Haran, Marist 30-17
190 Colin Goggin, Brother Rice 13-3
215 Tom O’Brien, Marist 31-15
285 Jack Watson, Marist 28-12

Additional sectional qualifiers
106 Anthony Hayes, Sandburg 27-6; Owen Manning, Brother Rice 18-16

113 Crue Hatchell, Marist 28-19; Adrian Valadez, Thornton 26-6

120 Brandon Kalman, Sandburg 19-19; Javier Corral, Stagg 20-11

126 Zayne Salah, Sandburg 28-15; Vinny Miceli, Brother Rice 21-7

132 James Lotito, Brother Rice 17-9; Macartan Parker, Sandburg 24-15

138 Oscar Kalman, Sandburg 28-12; Henry Manning, Brother Rice 16-13

144 Oliver Davis, Brother Rice 31-5; Khalid Eid, Oak Lawn 33-6

150 Brandon Leech, Shepard 33-9; Arturo Balderas, Brother Rice 27-9

157 Brady Ritter, Sandburg 38-5; Samer Suleiman, Stagg 3-1

165 Aiden Hill, Shepard 36-10; Obaida Hasan, Sandburg 30-15

175 Adnan Askar, Sandburg 27-16; Mark Bew, Thornton 18-7

190 Rayshawn Doles, Eisenhower 22-10; Collin Coffey, Marist 13-21

215 Dan Costello, Brother Rice 19-5; Wyatt Hochgraber, Sandburg 36-9

285 Rami Hindi, Sandburg 24-15; Dan Ramirez, Reavis 12-6

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Sandburg 21, Brother Rice 15, Marist 14
Most tech falls: Brother Rice 11, Marist 9, Oak Lawn 4, Stagg 4
Most total match points: Marist 414, Brother Rice 387, Sandburg 239

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Sandburg’s Wyatt Hochgraber, 3 falls in 2:28
Most tech falls least time: Brother Rice’s Vinny Miceli, 3 techs in 6:09
Fastest fall: Marist’s Jonathan Fields 0::17
Fastest tech fall: Miceli 1:10
Most team points: Sandburg’s Kyle Hayes 24, Marist’s Jack Watson 24
Most single-match points: Thornton’s Kayden Miller 27
Most total match points: Miceli 62
Largest seed-place difference: Thornton’s Mark Bew placed third as the No. 8 seed at 175 pounds.

MORTON REGIONAL

Mount Carmel won a ninth consecutive team regional title for coach Alex Tsirtsis and the program’s 36th overall regional crown at Morton.

The Caravan’s eight individual champions and 12 total sectional qualifiers earned 247.5 team points, well ahead of second-place host Morton (158). St. Laurence (153) placed third, followed by Kenwood (101), Hancock (54), Curie (45), Simeon (39), and Lindblom (25).

Mount Carmel’s champions were Sebastian Gracia (106), Daniel Macatangay (113), Brody Koselke (126), William Grafton-Hodgetts (132), George Hollendoner (138), Justin Williamson (144), Kenneth Seggerson (190) and Landin Carter (285). The Caravan also got second’s from Luke Erwinski (120), Jaxon Gineris (150) and Daniel Lynch (175) and a third from Mason Edwards (215).

Regional champions Jose Berrios (120), Daniel Gonzalez (165) and Santiago Moya (175) led Morton’s crew of seven sectional qualifiers. Regional champ Xavier Bitner (215) led a group of nine qualifiers for St. Laurence, and Kenwood’s five qualifiers included a regional champ in Demeir Williams (157). Hancock had three sectional qualifiers, while Curie and Lindblom each had two.

Regional champions
106 Sebastian Gracia, Mount Carmel 21-8
113 Daniel Macatangay, Mount Carmel 15-13
120 Jose Berrios, Morton 26-21
126 Brody Koselke, Mount Carmel 14-6
132 William Grafton-Hodgetts, Mount Carmel 17-13
138 George Hollendoner, Mount Carmel 12-13
144 Justin Williamson, Mount Carmel 18-7
150 Davion Hall, Simeon 16-1
157 Demeir Williams, Kenwood 11-5
165 Daniel Gonzalez, Morton 12-10
175 Santiago Moya, Morton 34-5
190 Kenneth Seggerson, Mount Carmel 14-11
215 Xavier Bitner, St. Laurence 28-3
285 Landin Carter, Mount Carmel 5-4

Additional sectional qualifiers
106 Liam Kissane, St. Laurence 24-5; Jonathan Mendoza-Rodriguez, Lindblom 22-10

113 Ithan Payne, Lindblom 15-5; Armani Diaz, St. Laurence 8-5

120 Luke Erwinski, Mount Carmel 17-15; Ariyan Kernaghan, Kenwood 9-6

126 Nicolas Jaramillo, Morton 23-17; Marcell Jackson, Kenwood 10-5

132 Adrian Pintado, St. Laurence 12-13; Leland Pulido, Curie 19-8

138 Adrian Rodriguez, Hancock 24-10; Daniel Malvaez, Morton 9-7

144 Francisco Camargo, Curie 21-4; Jaden Rodriguez, Morton 16-22

150 Jaxon Gineris, Mount Carmel 15-15; Nathan Sirevicius, St. Laurence 7-12

157 Joseph McGeehan, St. Laurence 8-12; Jayden Melendez, Morton 1-3

165 Jesse Cozzie, St. Laurence 12-10; Francisco Ambriz, Hancock 6-6

175 Daniel Lynch, Mount Carmel 13-14; Malakai Davis, Hancock 34-2

190 Matthew Zalinski, St. Laurence 25-6; Kameron Love, Kenwood 15-1

215 Dantrell Fraizer, Simeon 14-3; Mason Andrews, Mount Carmel 9-10

285 Dameon Norman, Kenwood 13-3; Anthony Rocush, St. Laurence 5-3

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Mount Carmel 12, Morton 12, St. Laurence 9
Most tech falls: Mount Carmel 8, Morton 2
Most total match points: Mount Carmel 327, Morton 215, St. Laurence 206

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Kenwood’s Ariyan Kernaghan, 2 falls in 1:40
Most tech falls least time: Mount Carmel’s George Hollendoner, 2 techs in 3:53
Fastest fall: St. Laurence’s Matthew Zalinski 0:12
Fastest tech fall: Hollendoner 1:04
Most team points: 24 (tie)-Mount Carmel’s Daniel Macatangay, St. Laurence’s Xavier Bitner, Morton’s Jose Berrios
Most single-match points: 22 (tie)-St. Laurence’s Anthony Rocush and Nicholas Robles, Morton’s Daniel Malvaez
Most total match points: Mount Carmel’s Jaxon Gineris 46
Largest seed-place difference: Mount Carmel’s Mason Andrews placed third as the No. 6 seed at 215 pounds

By Chris Walker for the IWCOA

CARBONDALE REGIONAL

Mascoutah rolled to the Carbondale regional title with seven individual champions, easily outdistancing runner-up Waterloo, 220.5-163.4. 

Braxton McCall (106), Xavier Sonon-Hale (126), Desi Wade (138), Brock Ross (157) Sean Murphy (165), Jordan Sonon-Hale (175) and Nygel Bowers (285) won regional titles to lead the Indians.
The win gave Mascoutah its third team regional title in program history, its first since 2007, and the first for coach Cole Witzig.

Waterloo was the only other team to have more than a single champion and the Bulldogs produced five, including Matthew Deutch (113), Konnor Stephens (132), Jaxon Mifflin (144), Joseph Newell (150) and Jaxson Mathenia (215).

Carbondale (135) was third and followed by Marion (129), Mt. Vernon (105), Cahokia (65.5), East St. Louis (59) and Centralia (32).

Regional champions:

106- Braxton McCall, Mascoutah, 27-8
113- Matthew Deutch, Waterloo, 40-5

120- Dalton St Angelo, Mt. Vernon, 22-1

126- Xavier Sonon-Hale, Mascoutah, 32-9

132- Konnor Stephens, Waterloo, 34-10

138- Desi Wade, Mascoutah, 34-6

144- Jaxon Mifflin, Waterloo, 21-19

150- Joseph Newell, Waterloo, 33-11

157- Brock Ross, Mascoutah, 36-0

165- Sean Murphy, Mascoutah, 15-4

175- Jordan Sonon-Hale, Mascoutah, 36-5

190- Evan Francis, Marion, 39-2

215- Jaxson Mathenia, Waterloo, 33-1

285- Nygel Bowers, Mascoutah, 26-12

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- Kaden Luton, Marion, 28-12, Declan Stewart, Mt. Vernon, 16-23.

113- Logan Lott, Mascoutah, 18-24, Murray Beck, Marion, 17-20.

120- Ayden Swan, Carbondale, 24-14, Max Wade, Marion, 31-7.

126- Bradley O`dell, Carbondale, 29-13, Jack Clark, Mt. Vernon, 24-11.

132- Kyler Reisner, Mt. Vernon, 20-14, Hartles Holman, Cahokia, 15-5.

138- Kurt Ford, Carbondale, 22-18, Hunter Detrick, Marion, 15-19.

144- Gavin Pedigo, Mt. Vernon, 21-9, Marcus Nobles, Mascoutah, 22-14.

150- Mark Norris, Cahokia, 20-9, Adrian Nastas, Mascoutah, 18-13.

157- Jon Martin, Carbondale, 23-8, Jonathan McCray, East St. Louis, 20-5.

165- Hudson Maddox, Waterloo, 30-8, Corey Robinson, East St. Louis, 22-6.

175- Lonnez Smith, East St. Louis, 27-8, Vince Goodman, Waterloo, 34-14.

190- Harrison Redenius, Mascoutah, 31-13, Christian Caffey, Carbondale, 27-18.

215- Connor Daly, Carbondale, 26-12, Martez Williams, Cahokia, 22-12.

285- Martin Xoxotla Perez, Carbondale, 7-1, Bradey Starr, Centralia, 20-14.

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Marion 19, Mascoutah 16, Waterloo 14

Most tech falls: Mascoutah 5, East St. Louis 2, Marion 2, Mt. Vernon 2, Carbondale 2

Most totals match points: Marion 255, Mascoutah 240, Carbondale 202

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: Marion’s Max Wade, 3 falls in 2:46

Most tech falls least time: Mascoutah’s Jordan Sonon-Hale. 2 techs in 6:07

Fastest fall: Marion’s Kaden Luton 0:18

Fastest tech fall: Mascoutah’s Marcus Nobles 1:20

Most team points: Waterloo’s Jaxson Mathenia, Waterloo’s Jaxon Mifflin, Marion’s Evan Francis, Mascoutah’s Brock Ross 24

Most single-match points: Cahokia’s Hartles Holman 24; Marion’s John Walters 23

Most total match match: Carbondale’s Christian Caffey 43, East St. Louis’ Corey Robinson 42

Largest seed-place differential: Carbondale’s Ayden Swan placed second at 120 as the No. 8 seed.

MATTOON REGIONAL

Sixes were wild on Saturday as Mahomet-Seymour and Mattoon each produced a half dozen champions at the Mattoon Regional with Champaign Central securing the final two individual titles.

In addition to its champions, Mahomet-Seymour had four wrestlers place second while Mattoon had one and that difference was noted in the final standings as the Bulldogs scored a regional-best 238.5 points and most significantly they scored nearly 50 points better than the 192 by runner-up Mattoon.
The team regional title win was the 37th in Mahomet-Seymour’s program history and the 14th under head coach Rob Ledin’ guidance.

Champaign Central took third place with 146.5 and was followed by Charleston (73), Champaign Centennial (63), Danville (50.5), Rantoul (47) and Urbana (27.5).

Regional champions:
106- Creed Cole, Mattoon, 13-5
113- Jaxtyn Howell, Mattoon, 23-8

120- Noah Meints, Mahomet-Seymour, 25-16

126- Tristan Porter, Mattoon, 31-2

132- Jaxson Bagwell, Mattoon, 17-7

138- Talin Baker, Champaign Central, 29-3

144- Justus Vrona, Mahomet-Seymour, 38-9

150- Garrett Waisath, Mahomet-Seymour, 36-12

157- Trae Griffiths, Champaign Central, 22-3

165- Talon Decker, Mahomet-Seymour, 34-6

175- Christopher Dill, Mahomet-Seymour, 27-14

190- Marco Casillas, Mahomet-Seymour, 41-3

215- Carson Kimbro, Mattoon, 11-4

285- Mitchell Clapp, Mattoon, 31-2

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- Carlos Juarez, Danville, 20-9, Myles Hartzler, Mahomet-Seymour, 28-19.

113- Grant Morphew, Mahomet-Seymour, 30-10, Seth Helmuth, Charleston) 6-15.

120- Nathan Helmuth, Charleston, 5-15, Dasch Gage, Mattoon, 3-1.

126- Gideon Hayter, Mahomet-Seymour, 29-10, Rylan Poeta, Champaign Central, 27-6.

132- Elliott Tanner, Champaign Central, 29-7, Collin Booker, Charleston, 22-15.

138- Trotter Titus, Charleston, 29-5, Liam Noonan, Mahomet-Seymour, 21-19.

144- Nehemie Mbangi, Champaign Centennial, 29-10, Malachi Hutchison, Champaign Central,  27-11.

150- Harley Pierce, Mattoon, 23-6, Jaymion Cunningham, Danville, 16-8.

157- Weston Neutz, Mahomet-Seymour, 32-16, Markus Gibson, Champaign Centennial, 16-12.

165- Brandon Almanza, Rantoul, 28-10, Sam Alvarado, Champaign Central, 27-12.

175- Josiah Williams, Danville, 25-5, Maurice Dominick, Champaign Central, 10-6.

190- Sergio Baity, Champaign Centennial, 31-5, David Ward, Champaign Central, 19-13.

215- Frank Watson, Mahomet-Seymour, 21-16, Michael Anthony, Rantoul, 15-13.

285- Remi Bryant, Charleston, 21-12, Jose Torres, Mahomet-Seymour, 24-22.

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Mahomet-Seymour 15, Champaign Central 14, Mattoon 13

Most tech falls: Mahomet-Seymour 3, Urbana 3, Champaign Centennial 3

Most match points: Mahomet-Seymour 293, Mattoon 252, Champaign Central 231

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: Marion’s Max Wade, 3 falls in 2:46

Most tech falls least time: Mascoutah’s Jordan Sonon-Hale. 2 techs in 6:07

Fastest fall: Marion’s Kaden Luton 0:18

Fastest tech fall: Mascoutah’s Marcus Nobles 1:20

Most team points: Waterloo’s Jaxson Mathenia, Waterloo’s Jaxon Mifflin, Marion’s Evan Francis, Mascoutah’s Brock Ross 24

Most single-match points: Cahokia’s Hartles Holman 24; Marion’s John Walters 23

Most total match points: Carbondale’s Christian Caffey 43, East St. Louis’ Corey Robinson 42

Largest seed-place differential: Carbondale’s Ayden Swan placed second at 120 as the No. 8 seed.

CIVIC MEMORIAL REGIONAL

While Civic Memorial had the advantage of competing at home in Bethalto, Glenwood had to make an hour-plus trek to begin its state series.

Glenwood travels as well as it wrestles, if not better.

Both teams had five wrestlers crowned as champions, but Glenwood had 10 of its wrestlers advance while Civic Memorial had nine move on as the Titans outscored the runner-up Eagles, 246.5-188.
Glenwood has now won 21 team regional titles and Saturday’s title was the first for head coach Nick Anthony.

Cooper Clarke (106), Pierce Bultmann (113), Jaxon Ferguson (120), Elijah Smith (175) and Cody Moss (285) won regionals for the Titans and Avery Jaime (138), Greg Harkey (144), Knox Verbais (150), James Wojcikiewicz (165) and Kevahn Flanagan (215) soared to the top of the awards stand for the Eagles. 

Jacksonville’s Dashawn Armstrong (126) and Springfield Southeast’s Chris Hull (190) also won regional titles.

Granite City (111.5) was third, Jacksonville (109) took fourth and Troy Triad (103) was fifth. Other teams who competed included Jersey (85), Springfield (60), Springfield Southwest (49.5) and Highland (5). 

Regional champions:

106- Cooper Clarke, Glenwood, 34-4

113- Pierce Bultmann, Glenwood, 38-5

120- Jaxon Ferguson, Glenwood, 27-6

126- Dashawn Armstrong, Jacksonville, 28-5

132- Will Kelly, Triad, 35-4

138- Avery Jaime, Civic Memorial, 31-6

144- Greg Harkey, Civic Memorial, 26-7

150- Knox Verbais, Civic Memorial, 40-6

157- Nicholas Hartley, Jersey, 31-4

165- James Wojcikiewicz, Civic Memoriał, 35-7

175- Elijah Smith, Glenwood, 35-5

190- Chris Hull, Springfield Southeast, 14-4

215- Kevahn Flanagan, Civic Memorial, 33-13

285- Cody Moss, Glenwood,  38-3

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- Cody Weidner, Civic Memorial, 37-10, Maddox Williams, Jersey, 33-6.

113- Hunter Hayes, Jacksonville, 34-8, Bo Allison, Jersey, 25-16.

120- Hunter Hodge, Jersey, 25-11, Brody Johnson, Civic Memorial, 15-14.

126- Jace Brown, Granite City, 16-9, Jake Tuxhorn, Glenwood, 24-23.

132- Jordan Kholian, Jacksonville, 28-5, Aj Williams, Glenwood, 33-13.

138- Brody Smith, Troy Triad, 13-7, Eli Britton, Glenwood, 9-11.

144- Omar Mendez, Granite City, 21-14, Glen Henry, Troy Triad, 25-11.

150- Wesley Ortiz, Jacksonville, 25-20, Finnley Try, Glenwood, 26-20.

157- Bryce Bryant, Springfield, 29-6, Gavin Woolverton, Troy Triad, 19-18.

165- Julian Rammelkamp, Glenwood, 32-14, Julian Pagliara, Springfield, 25-11.

175- Shamar Brownlee, Springfield, 19-5, Tristian Ward, Civic Memorial, 28-11.

190- Eli Miller, Granite City, 26-10, Brock Meyer, Jacksonville, 33-10.

215- Zacharia Fry, Springfield Southeast, 24-8, Mason Streb, Glenwood, 31-16.

285- Hudson Davis, Civic Memorial, 32-9, Raymond Morales, Granite City, 20-11.

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Glenwood 29, Civic Memorial 12, Troy Triad 11, Granite City 11

Most tech falls: Jacksonville 5, Troy Triad 4, Springfield 4

Most match points: Glenwood 264, Civic Memorial 225, Jacksonville 202

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: Glenwood’s Elijah Smith 3 falls in 5:55, Glenwood’s Jake Tuxhorn 3 falls in 6:06, Jersey’s Maddox Willians 3 falls in 6:17, Glenwood’s Mason Streb 3 falls in 10:23

Most tech falls least time: Jacksonville’s Dashawn Armstrong 2 techs in 2:58, Granite City’s Parker Allison 2 techs in 7:27, Jersey’s Nicholas Hartley 2 techs in 7:33, Troy Triad’s Bryce Cast 2 techs in 9:02, Springfield’s Julian Pagliara 2 techs in 9:04

Fastest fall: Springfield Southeast’s Chris Hull 0:08, Civic Memorial’s Kevahn Flanagan 0:13, Granite City’s Paul Brandt 0:15, Troy Triad’s Brody Smith 0:19, Granite City’s Brendon Freyerabend 0:22

Fastest tech fall: Jacksonville’s Dashawn Armstrong 1:19, Jacksonville’s Dashawn Armstrong 1:39, Troy Triad’s Brody Smith 1:46

Most team points: Glenwood’s Cody Moss 24, Glenwood’s Jaxon Ferguson 24, Glenwood’s Pierce Bultmann 24, Glenwood’s Elijah Smith 24

Most single-match points: Springfield’s Julian Pagliara 24

Most total match points: Jacksonville’s Dashawn Armstrong 49, Troy Triad’s Bryce Cast 43, Springfield’s Julian Pagliara 43

Largest seed-place differential: Jacksonville’s Wesley Ortiz placed second at 150 as the No. 6 seed.

LINCOLN REGIONAL

It was a two-team race for the Lincoln Regional title as Bloomington and Morton went neck and neck with each team walking away with six individual champions and just eight points separating the squads.

Ultimately, it was Bloomington coach Jake Lehr’s squad that came out on top with five wrestlers placing second and another two taking third as they had 13 qualify overall compared to the 11 from the Potters, who had four wrestlers narrowly come up short in their respective title bouts and another who won on the third-place mats.
The win marked Bloomington’s 18th team regional, its first since 2014, and the first with Lehr at the helm.

Bloomington prevailed over Morton, 242.5-234.5 while Normal Community West was a distant third with 116 with 120-pounder Jacob Payne leading the way with a title.

Other teams in action included Pekin (93), Lincoln (76), Lanphier (57.5), Decatur Eisenhower (22.5) and MacArthur (16). Pekin’s Lincoln Hawkins won the title at 138.

Regional champions:

106- Trygg Herron, Morton, 28-8

113- Cooper Bye, Bloomington, 21-9

120- Jacob Payne, Normal Community West, 18-11

126- Noah Harris, Morton, 32-7

132- Harrison Dea, Morton, 40-1

138- Lincoln Hawkins, Pekin, 24-10

144- Tyler Barlow, Bloomington, 22-5

150- Brody Cabrera, Bloomington, 18-8

157- Leighton Vandegraft, Bloomington, 21-12

165- Chris Rose, Bloomington, 17-7

175- Colton Mckee, Morton, 30-7

190- Miles Chaffer, Morton, 10-8

215- Benjamin Chaffer, Morton, 35-12

285- David Williams, Bloomington, 2-0

Additional sectional qualifiers

106- Urijah Power, Lincoln, 20-12, Angel Lopez, Bloomington, 0-1.

113- Donovan Lowery, Normal Community West, 15-12, Evan Bierma, Morton, 19-17.

120- Lincoln Steers, Bloomington, 17-12, Eric Russell, Decatur Eisenhower, 25-7.

126- Saville Dangerfield, Bloomington, 15-12, Maxx Jager, Normal Community West,  17-18.

132- Jack Schweitzer, Bloomington, 17-15, Ambre Hursey, Normal Community West, 10-8.

138- Lincoln Yerby, Morton, 27-17, Lakin Adams, Lincoln, 26-15.

144- Brody Watson, Morton, 29-17, Giovanni Sundeen, Lincoln, 22-15.

150- Griffin McGrew, Normal Community West, 20-17, Tahj Morens, Lanphier, 22-7.

157- Ben Eichorn, Morton, 30-18, Anthony Steskal, Lanphier, 14-10.

165- Collin Jones, Morton, 18-22, Cole Smith, Normal Community West, 15-13.

175- Tyler Gardner, Bloomington, 16-16, Alexander Waller, Pekin, 16-15.

190- Zavian Turner, Bloomington, 11-15, Tucker Mosbach, Normal Community West, 23-17.

215- Bradyn Haynes, Pekin, 20-8, Preston Ifft, Bloomington, 18-13.

285- Mason Waller, Pekin, 15-17, Caleb Zirklebach, Lincoln, 30-14.

Statistics

TEAM

Most pins: Morton 19, Bloomington 16, Normal Community West 9

Most tech falls: Lanphier 3

Most match points: Bloomington 204, Lanphier 196, Morton 193

INDIVIDUAL

Most pins least time: Bloomington’s Preston Ifft 3 falls in 2:32, Lanphier’s Tahj Morens 3 in 5:32, Bloomington’s Brody Cabrera 3 falls in 6:40, Morton’s Evan Bierma 3 falls in 7:52

Most tech falls least time: Decatur Eisenhower’s Zayne Means 1 tech in 1:34, Pekin’s Lincoln. Hawkins 1 tech in 1:54, and 9 others tied with 1 tech fall between 2:27 and 5:52

Fastest fall: Bloomington’s Cooper Bye 0:00, Normal Community West’s Jacob Payne 0:20, Morton’s Ben Eichorn 0:24, Bloomington’s David Williams 0:27, Morton’s Colton Mckee 0:29, Lanphier’s Anthony Steskal 0:30

Fastest tech fall: Decatur Eisenhower’s Zayne Means 1:34

Most team points: Morton’s Noah Harris 24, Morton’s Harrison Dea 24, Bloomington’s David Williams 24, Bloomington’s Brody Cabrera 24

Most single-match points: Lanphier’s Leandre Huggins 25, Normal Community West’s Rudy Abreu 24, Decatur Eisenhower’s Eric Russell 22

Most total match points: Decatur Eisenhower’s Eric Russell 48, Lanphier’s Carl Velez 45, Pekin’s Lincoln Hawkins 44

Largest seed-place differential: Pekin’s Alexander Waller placed third at 175 as a No. 6 seed.

GLENBARD SOUTH REGIONAL

Riverside-Brookfield won the program’s eighth regional title and sixth in the last seven years, as the Bulldogs had eight sectional qualifiers for coach Nick Curby at Saturday’s 2A Glenbard South regional.
Riverside-Brookfield had four regional champions in Riley Cavaliere (18-14 at 106), Izaiah Gonzalez (28-3 at 132), Tony Lombardo (25-4 at 138), and Nick O’Connor (28-5 at 175), got seconds from qualifiers Jayden Tulian (10-13 at 126) and Gerald Evans (24-12 at 190), and thirds from Aiden Veltman (14-13 at 150) and Joe Alberts (15-14 at 215).

The Bulldogs won 180.5-171.5 over second-place Hinsdale South, which also had eight sectional qualifiers. The Hornets were led by regional champions Alexander Schuetz (120), Noah Koehler (157), Benjamin Miller (190) and Jonathan Mansker (215).

Little Village (151) placed third, followed by host Glenbard South (110), Kennedy (85.5), Kelly (82.5), Nazareth Academy (82) and Back of the Yards (50).

Little Village had eight sectional qualifiers, led by regional champion Christian Sebastian (113). Glenbard South had two qualfiers, both champions, in Jin Tai (144) and Ambrose Davis (28-7. Kelly advanced six to the sectional, led by regional champ Leovardo Juarez (150); Kennedy advanced four, led by champion Christian Vega (165); Alek Ramos (126) led Nazareth’s four qualifiers; and Back of the Yards had one sectional qualifier in Ethan Munoz (175).

Regional champions
106 Riley Cavaliere (18-14) Riverside-Brookfield

113 Christian Sebastian (18-2) Little Village

120 Alexander Schuetz (26-5) Hinsdale South

126 Alek Ramos (29-5) Nazareth Acadedmy

132 Izaiah Gonzalez (28-3) Riverside-Brookfield

138 Tony Lombardo (25-4) Riverside-Brookfield 

144 Jin Tai (37-5) Glenbard South

150 Leovardo Juarez (32-7) Kelly 

157 Noah Koehler (15-19) Hinsdale South

165 Christian Vega (27-7) Kennedy

175 Nick O`Connor (28-5) Riverside-Brookfield

190 Benjamin MIller (25-7) Hinsdale South

215 Jonathan Mansker (22-10) Hinsdale South

285 Ambrose Davis (28-7) Glenbard South

Additional sectional qualifiers
106 Jayden Robles, Kelly; Tristan Hernandez, HInsdale South

113 Josue Tankson, Kennedy; Emilio Fortiz , Nazareth

120 Richie Gulli, Nazareth, Benito Chavez, Little Village;

126 Jayden Tulian, Riverside-Brookfield; Isaah Montes, Kelly

132 Jovanni Harris, Little Village; Joaquin Fortiz , Nazareth

138 David Bahena, Little Village; Owen MIller, HInsdale South

144 Jason Jude III, HInsdale South; Daniel Camacho, Little Village

150 Ruben Kasman, Glenbard S; Aiden Veltman, Riverside-Brookfield

157 Jaasiel Rodriguez, Little Village; Habibullo Begov, Kennedy

165 Anthony Kinney, Glenbard S; Ruben Yanez, Kelly

175 Ethan Munoz, Back of the Yards; Nicholas Jungman, Kennedy

190 Gerald Evans, Riverside-Brookfield; Jesse Herrera Kelly

215 Daniel Smith, Little Village; Joe Alberts, Riverside-Brookfield

285 James Cardenas, HInsdale South; Ruben Tello, Little Village

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Riverside-Brookfield 17, Hinsdale South 13, Little Village 13
Most tech falls: Little Village 4, Nazareth Academy 3
Most total match points: Little Village 247, Hinsdale South 189, R-B 158
INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: R-B’s Joe Alberts, 3 falls in 2:11
Most tech falls least time: Nazareth’s Alek Ramos, 2 techs in 5:40
Fastest fall: Glenbard South’s Jin Tai 0:18
Fastest tech fall: Little Village’s Daniel Camacho 1:48
Most single-match points: Little Village’s David Bahena 23
Most total match points: Little Village’s Benito Chavez 48
Largest seed-place difference: Hinsdale South’s Noah Koehler won the title at 157 as the No. 5 seed

EVERGREEN PARK REGIONAL

Host No. 23 Evergreen Park steamrolled the competition to win the ninth team regional title in its program’s history. Coach Ron Zimmerman’s squad had 12 individual regional champions and two runners-up in posting 280 team points to run away with the team title.

Evergreen Park led the field in pins (18), tech falls (4) and total match points (192).
De La Salle (82) finished second, followed by Hubbard (74.5), Solorio (65.5), Hyde Park (59), King (53), Noble/Comer (36) and South Shore International (28.5).

Hubbard advanced six sectional qualifiers, followed by De La Salle (5), Solorio (4), Hyde Park (3), King (3), Noble/Comer (2) and South Shore (1).

Regional champions
106 Brayden Mateja-Bates (29-14) Evergreen Park
113 Ethan Brantley (9-17), Evergreen Park
120Justin Forbes (23-3) De La Salle
126 Jayden Cervantes (35-8) Evergreen Park
132 Adrian Cervantes (21-3) Evergreen Park
138 Michael Chatman (27-4) Evergreen Park
144 Lucas Landry (30-15) Evergreen Park
150 Jacob Ruvalcaba (27-8) Evergreen Park
157 Esau Ruvalcaba (17-2) Evergreen Park
165 Owen Brady (26-15) Evergreen Park
175 Zubayr Harris (3-0) Evergreen Park
190 James Templin (8-28) Evergreen Park
215 Landon Robinson-Gwin (19-12) Evergreen Park
285 Justin Powell (23-4) Hyde Park

Additional sectional qualifiers
106 Alpha Kamate, King; Angeluis Vicarte, Solorio
113 Fabian Munoz, Hubbard
120 Damian Perez, Evergreen Park; Kemaree Taylor, King
126 Mateo Villanueva, De La Salle; Andres Santana, Hubbard
132 Tray Harrison, Noble/Comer; Jayden Carrasco, De La Salle
138 Dakhari Esters South Shore International; Deontae Anderson King
144 Angel Villalba, Hubbard; Ivan Alcantar, Solorio
150 Jarell Bates, Noble/Comer; Angel Castro, De La Salle
157 Jacob Butnariu, Hubbard; Christopher Hernandez, Solorio
165 Octavio Cobb, Hubbard
175 Jeremiah Palmer, Hyde Park; Adrian Gutierrez, De La Salle
190 Bye
215 Mikel Robinson, Hyde Park; Nathan Galeana, Hubbard
285 Willie Johnson, Evergreen Park; Juan Zavala, Solorio

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Evergreen Park 18, Solorio 9, De La Salle 5
Most tech falls: Evergreen Park 4, De La Salle 2
Most total match points: Evergreen Park 192, Solorio 91

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Evergreen Park’s Zubayr Harris, 3 in 3:04
Most tech falls least time: Evergreen Park’s Adrian Cervantes, 2 in 3:31
Fastest fall: Hyde Park’s Justin Powell 0:15
Fastest tech fall: South Shore’s Gabriel Ferrell 0:59
Most team points: 24 (tie) Evergreen Park’s Harris, Jacob Ruvalcaba, Lucas Landry
Most single-match points: Evergreen Park’s Michael Chatman 23
Most total match points: Chatman 41
Largest seed-place difference: Harris won the title at 175 as the No. 5 seed

OAK FOREST REGIONAL

No. 9 Oak Forest won the 13th regional title in program history by a wide margin at home — nine of which have come under current head coach Shawn Forst. The Bengals posted 251 team points and advanced 13 wrestlers to next week’s sectional meet.

Oak Forest had eight regional champions, three runners-up and two third-placers to lead all teams. The Bengals also led the tournament with 15 pins, 3 tech falls, and 232 total match points.

Thornton Fractional North (109.5) finished second, followed by Kankakee (103), Crete-Monee (89.5), Marian Catholic (66), Tinley Park (53), Thornton Fractional South (42) and Bremen (42).

TF North had one regional champ and six sectional qualifiers; Kankakee had four qualifiers; Crete-Monee advanced two, both regional champions; Marian Catholic had four sectional qualifiers; Tinley Park, TF South and Bremen each had a regional champ and two sectional qualifiers.

Regional champions
106 Jason Schikel (24-13) Oak Forest
113 Roberto Rangel (19-2) Oak Forest
120 Hunter Kroll (24-13) Oak Forest
126 Jacob Sebek (26-9) Oak Forest
132 Malachi Turner (25-7) Bremen
138 Melik Robinson (23-5) TF North
144 James Stadtler (14-16) Oak Forest
150 Austin Perez (26-3) Oak Forest
157 Trevon Williams (26-4) Crete-Monee
165 Titus Woodring (29-5) TF South
175 Jason Janke (27-6) Oak Forest
190 Nathan Izguerra (20-10) Oak Forest
215 Sebastian Sanderson (31-2) Tinley Park
285 Dominic Jackson (27-1) Crete-Monee

Additional sectional qualifiers
106 Angel Mojica, C.-Monee; Jayden Henderson, TF North
113 Edwin Gomez, TF North; Kaliph Whitlow, Kanka
120 Amari Brown, Hillcrest; Tristan Cooks, Marian
126 Matthew Dial, Marian; Sean Unzueta, Bremen
132 Josh Schickel, Oak Forest; Deshawn Jones, TF North
138 Dylan McBride, Oak Forest; Jakil Whalium, Kankakee
144 Henry Bretzlaff, Kankakee ; Cody Thornton, TF North
150 Gerard Fleming, C.-Monee; Jaiden Corral, Kankakee
157 David Albright, Tinley Park H.S.; Ethan Mendez, TF North
165 Larry Watson, Hillcrest; Ethan Copher, Oak Forest
175 Kameron Washington, TF North; Charles Hill, Kankakee
190 Reggie Miller, TF South; Adrian Esparza, Marian
215 Andrius Vasilevskas, Oak Forest; Kendrick CRITE, Kankakee
285 Javier Perez, Marian; Shane Mathews, Oak Forest

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Oak Forest 15, Kankakee 11, Marian Catholic 7
Most tech falls: Oak Forest 3, Marian Catholic 2, TF North 2
Most total match points: Oak Forest 232, Kankakee 188, TF North 161

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Oak Forest’s Shane Matthews, 3 in 13:15
Most tech falls least time: Marian Catholic’s Tristan Cooks, 2 in 6:30
Fastest fall: Bremen’s Malachi Turner 0:16
Fastest tech fall: Tinley Park’s Sebastian Anderson 1:23
Most team points: 24 (tie) Crete-Monee’s Dominic Jackson, Bremen’s Malachi Turner, TF South’s Titus Woodring, Oak Forest’s Austin Perez
Most single-match points: Kankakee’s Charles Hill 20
Most total match points: Matthews 44
Largest seed-place difference: Crete-Monee’s Gerard Fleming (150) and Marian Catholic’s Javier Perez (285) both placed second as No. 6 seeds.
 

CHICAGO AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE REGIONAL

No. 2 Providence Catholic dominated the 2A regional hosted by Chicago Agricultural Science in Chicago. The Celtics posted 292.5 team points to second-place St. Rita’s 165, followed by Lemont with 109.5 points in third.

All 14 of Providence’s entered wrestlers reached the finals, and coach Don Reynolds sent 11 regional champions to the top of the awards stand.

Per the IHSA website, the Celtics’ win marks the 25th regional title in program history. Providence has won 20 team sectionals and 10 state titles.

Richards (99) finished fourth, followed by Goode STEM Academy (63.5), Agricultural Science (58.5), Morgan Park (25.5) and Perspectives/Leadership  (19).

St. Rita had 10 sectional qualifiers, followed by Lemont (6), Richards (5), Agricultural Sciences (4), Goode STEM Academy (2) and Perspectives/Leadership (1).

Regional champions
106 Cole Lemberg (20-17) Providence Catholic
113 Christian Corcoran (29-9) Providence Catholic
120 Nate Ortiz (21-6) Providence Catholic
126 Max Mandac (31-14) Providence Catholic
132 Lucas Forsythe (24-20) Providence Catholic
138 Tommy Banas (37-7) Providence Catholic
144 Jack Hogan (22-4) St. Rita
150 Andrew Pellicci (23-11) Providence Catholic
157 Justus Heeg (43-1) Providence Catholic
165 Jasper Harper (28-11) Providence Catholic
175 Ameer Khalil (33-13) Providence Catholic
190 Judah Heeg (34-1) Lemont
215 Riley Teller (3-0) Providence Catholic
285 Mark Kelleher (24-12) St. Rita

Additional sectional qualifiers
106 Alex Powers, Lemont; Jack Braun, St. Rita
113 Ibrohim Mahmadov, Richards; Evan Jacobsen, Lemont
120 Elijah Sawyers, Ag Science; Omari Jones, St. Rita
126 Cory Zator, Lemont; Donald Bunton, Perspectives/Leadership
132 Amir Akilani, Richards; Jeremy Powell, Ag Science
138 Luke Pappalas, St. Rita; Bryce Moore, Ag Science
144 Luke Banas, Providence; Jayden Veal, STEM Academy
150 Maurice Bush, Ag Science; Leonel Flores, Richards
157 Andrew Lehman, St. Rita; Conrad Bydlon, Lemont
165 Micah Spinazzola, St. Rita; Sammy Chigaros, Richards
175 Keishawn Triplett, St. Rita; Vincent Dellicolli, Lemont
190 Brayden McKay, Providence; James Bansley, St. Rita
215 Thomas Davis, STEM Academy; Mitch Street St. Rita
285 Ryan Lenahan, Providence; Josh Valenzuela, Richards

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Providence 17, St. Rita 11, Richards 10
Most tech falls: St. Rita 6
Most total match points: Providence 261, St. Rita 252, Richards 198

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Richards’ Sammy Chigaros, 3 falls in 8:16
Most tech falls least time: STEM Academy’s Jayden Veal, 3 techs in 9:05
Fastest fall: Providence’s Luke Banas 0:14
Fastest tech fall: Richards’ Amir Akilani 0:51
Most team points: 24 – Providence’s Cole Lemberg, Christian Corcoran, Lucas Forsythe
Most single-match points: Richards’ Ilyas Khan 32
Most total match points: STEM Academy’s Jayden Veal 59
Largest seed-place difference: Providence’s Riley Teller won the regional title at 215 as the No. 6 seed.

RICH TOWNSHIP REGIONAL

A heated battle between Lincoln-Way programs played out at Rich Township on Saturday. When it was over, Lincoln-Way West had won it’s 10th regional title for coach Brian Glynn.

Lincoln-Way West topped Lincoln-Way Central 191.5-180.5, with Lincoln-Way East in third with 172 points.

Nine of Glynn’s wrestlers reached the regional championship mat, with two winninng titles in Charlie Strezo (120) and Max Herman (165). Second-place finishers included Michael Scott (106), Kellan Hack (113), Carter DiBenedetto (126), Brady Glynn (132), Shane Stream (138), Jack Strezo (144), Evan Gutierrez (157) and Jimmy talley (215).

Lincoln-Way West won six team regional titles in 2A and has now won four in 3A.
Andrew (113.5) placed fourth, followed by Homewood-Flossmoor (107.5), Bradley-Bourbonnais (83), Rich Township (56.5) and Bloom Township.

Lincoln-Way Central had 10 sectional qualifiers, led by regional champions Jalen Byrd (175), Evan Vogt (190) and Aiden Hennings (285). Lincoln-Way East had seven qualifiers and four champions in Dino Dajani (113), Kaidge Richardson (144), Max Mularz (157) and Justin Powers (215).

Fourth-place Andrew advanced four and got a regional title from Nadeem Haleem (138). Homewood-Flossmoor advanced five, led by regional champs Chazz Robinson (126), Ethan Hamilton (132) and Henry Maier (150).

Bradley-Bourbonnais’ Cullen Parks (106) won a title to lead four Boilermakers to the sectional, and Rich Township had two sectional qualifiers.

Regional champions
106 Cullen Parks, B.-Bourbonnais, 31-7
113 Dino Dajani, LW East, 26-13
120 Charlie Strezo, LW West, 24-18
126 Chazz Robinson, Homewood-Flossmoor, 29-4
132 Ethan Hamilton, Homewood-Flossmoor, 25-10
138 Nadeem Haleem, Andrew, 19-2
144 Kaidge Richardson, LW East, 41-3
150 Henry Maier, Homewood-Flossmoor, 24-12
157 Max Mularz, LW East, 35-8
165 Max Herman, LW West, 32-8
175 Jalen Byrd, LW Central, 45-3
190 Evan Vogt, LW Central, 24-4
215 Justin Powers, LW East, 35-7
285 Aiden Hennings, LW Central, 43-4

Additional sectional qualifiers
106 Michael Scott, LW West, 26-19; Bannon Valent, LW Central, 29-14

113 Kellan Hack, LW West 26-19; Finn Fifer, LW Central, 22-19

120 Mason Rohe, Andrew, 24-10; Zachary Hoffner, B.-Bourbonnais, 28-11

126 Carter DiBenedetto, LW West, 34-9; Kyrin King, Rich Township, 29-7

132 Brady Glynn, LW West, 35-8; Caleb Rogers, LW Central, 29-18

138 Shane Stream, LW West, 35-9; Eric Hoselton, LW Central, 36-12

144 Jack Strezo, LW West, 25-10; Dylan Wrobel, LW Central, 25-17

150 Ryne Nape, LW Central, 27-20; Nicholas Rociola, Andrew, 30-12

157 Evan Gutierrez, LW West, 11-13; Naijier Morris, Homewood-F., 19-18

165 Zachary Ankarlo, LW East, 21-19; Angelo Jura, Andrew, 21-15

175 Kayden Roach, B.-Bourbonnais, 34-8; Kelcey Span, Rich Township, 16-10

190 Colton Zvonar, LW East, 31-6; Xavier Pratt, Homewood-F., 20-10

215 Jimmy Talley, LW West, 34-7; Logan Wooten, LW Central, 20-17

285 Gage LaDere, LW East, 21-6; Khalan Clemens, B.-Bourbonnais, 29-14

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: LW Central 17, LW West 11, Andrew 10
Most tech falls: LW East 7, LW Central 3, Andrew 3
Most total match points: LW East 299, LW Central 281, Andrew 254
INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: LW Central’s Evan Vogt, 3 falls in 7:08
Most tech falls least time: LW East’s Colton Zvonar, 2 techs in 6:39
Fastest fall: LW East’s Gage LaDere 0:31
Fastest tech fall: LW Central’s Eric Hoselton 1:15
Most team points: LW East’s Justin Powers 24; LW Central’s Vogt 24
Most single-match points: Andrew’s Nadeem Haleem 26
Most total match points: Haleem 57
Largest seed-place difference: Homewood-Flossmoor’s Roan Dukes placed fourth at 138 pounds as the No. 8 seed.

MOLINE REGIONAL

Yorkville won its fifth straight team regional title and its 22nd in program history in dominant fashion for coach Jake Oster, with a stampede of eight regional champions leading a charge of 12 sectional qualifiers.
Winning regional titles for Yorkville were Landon Jenkins (120), Nathan Craft (132), Donovan Rosauer (150), Donncha Souza (157), Max Delgado (165), Caleb Viscogliosi (175), Brock Janeczko (190), and Xavion Ulloa (285).

The Foxes got second-place finishes from sectional qualifiers Leo Richmond (106), Ramsey Barton (126) and Vincent Konecki (144), and a third from Nolan Chrisse (138).

Yorkville posted 244.5 points, followed by Plainfield North (148), Bolingbrook (100), Neuqua Valley (85.5), Oswego (81.5), Moline (69), East Moline United (68) and Oswego East (63).

Plainfield North had six qualifiers, led by regional champs Aidan Durell (126) and Jack Nowicki (215). Bolingbrook and Neuqua Valley each had five qualfiers, with Bolingbrook’s Julian Medina (106) winning a regional title. Moline, Oswego and Oswego East with three apiece, with Oswego getting titles from Aiden Ortiz (138) and Dillon Griffin (144), and East Moline United had two sectional qualifiers.

Regional champions
106 Julian Medina, Bolingbrook, 26-5
113 Brian Tejeda, Plainfield East, 15-6
120 Landon Jenkins, Yorkville, 22-13
126 Aidan Durell, Plainfield North, 35-8
132 Nathan Craft, Yorkville, 25-16
138 Aiden Ortiz, Oswego, 32-6
144 Dillon Griffin, Oswego, 20-5
150 Donovan Rosauer, Yorkville, 42-2
157 Donncha Souza, Yorkville, 18-5
165 Max Delgado, Yorkville, 25-8
175 Caleb Viscogliosi, Yorkville, 27-5
190 Brock Janeczko, Yorkville, 27-13
215 Jack Nowicki, Plainfield North, 24-13
285 Xavion Ulloa, Yorkville, 23-12

Additional sectional qualifiers

106 Leo Richmond, Yorkville, 14-18; Logan Hileman, Plainfield N, 12-10

113 Matthew Hoss, Moline, 26-12; Cardevion Gordon, Neuqua, 22-12

120 Nolan O`Grady, Oswego, 20-15; Damin Hudson, Bolingbrook, 12-5

126 Ramsey Barton, Yorkville, 13-24; Austin Crawford,Oswego E, 17-18

132 Sebastian Nevarez,Oswego E, 24-14; Marcus Diaz, Neuqua, 18-14

138 Housseyn Ndiaye, Moline, 32-10; Nolan Chrisse, Yorkville, 24-16

144 Vincent Konecki, Yorkville, 26-17; Xavier Marolf, E Moline United, 33-9

150 Nick Polzin, Plainfield E, 8-4; Joaquin Gaskin, Bolingbrook, 19-8

157 Ronin Brom, Neuqua, 12-11; Diego Segura, Bolingbrook, 26-12

165 Geno Vargas, Bolingbrook, 29-10; Luke Grindstaff, Plainfield N, 21-8

175 DeAnthony Simpson, Moline, 34-9; Raphael Tovar, Plainfield N, 20-15

190 Joseph Nino, Plainfield E, 17-9; Isaiah Strange, Neuqua, 6-7

215 Tiyendoutote Dokambire, E Moline United, 16-17; Jovan Cerny,Oswego E, 17-6

285 Liam Corona, Plainfield N, 27-17; Lang Cui, Neuqua, 6-5

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Plainfield North 13, Yorkville 11, Oswego East 10
Most tech falls: Yorkville 6, Bolingbrook 4, Oswego 3
Most total match points: Yorkville 311, Bolingbrook 277, United 246

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Oswego East’s Jovan Cerny, 3 falls in 7:17
Most tech falls least time: Bolinbrook’s Damin Hudson, 2 techs in 8:10
Fastest fall: Neuqua’s Lang Cui and Oswego East’s Noah Snow, 0:28
Fastest tech fall: Yorkville’s Donncha Souza 1:59
Most team points: Bolinbrook’s Julian Medina, Yorkville’s Donovan Rosauer, Plainfield North’s Aidan Durell, 24
Most single-match points: Bolingbrook’s Damin Hudson 24
Most total match points: Hudson 55
Largest seed-place difference: Plainfield East’s Nick Polzin placed second at 150 pounds as the No. 7 seed.

NORMAL COMMUNITY

No. 21 Edwardsville tallied 242.5 team points and won its 14th consecutive team regional title, and its 23rd overall in Normal on Saturday, thanks to five individual champions and 12 total sectional qualifiers scoring points.

Normal Community (165) finished second, followed by Belleville East (161.5), Quincy (140), Alton (60) Collinsville (60), Belleville West (50) and O’Fallon (49).

Edwardsville coach Eric Pretto got individual titles from Michael McNamara (106), Timothy Swaim (120), Bryson Nuttall (126), Ryan Richie (138), and Roman Janek (215), seconds from Chace Matheny (113), Ian Trauernicht (150), George Ostrom (175) and Simon Schulte (28-8), and thirds from Xander Humphrey (138), Kenneth Jamison (165) and Braylon Hill-Lomax (285).

Second-place Normal Community had nine sectional qualifiers, led by individual champion Ethan Cavallo (132). Belleville East advanced seven wrestlers, led by a quartet of champs in Jackson Schadegg (113), Myles Greenfield (175), Killian Rauch (190) and Jonathan Rulo (285).

Regional champ Brody Baker (150) will lead a group of seven Quincy wrestlers to the sectional meet, while Alton’s Jacob Sutphin (138) and Brayden Drew (165) won regional titles to advance. Collinsville had two sectional qualifiers in regional champ Anthony Brown (157) and second-placer Jordan Thigpen (126), while Belleville West had one sectional qualifier in third-placer Cooper Boron (126).

Regional champions
106 Michael McNamara, Edwardsville, 28-6
113 Jackson Schadegg, Belleville East, 21-9
120 Timothy Swaim, Edwardsville, 22-9
126 Bryson Nuttall, Edwardsville, 20-8
132 Ethan Cavallo, Normal Community, 33-11
138 Jacob Sutphin, Alton, 31-7
144 Ryan Richie, Edwardsville, 29-7
150 Brody Baker, Quincy, 29-7
157 Anthony Brown, Collinsville, 29-7
165 Brayden Drew, Alton, 37-3
175 Myles Greenfield, Belleville East, 15-8
190 Killian Rauch, Belleville East, 28-6
215 Roman Janek, Edwardsville, 23-4
285 Jonathan Rulo, Belleville East, 22-0

Additional sectional qualifiers

106 Jackson Soney, Normal Com, 38-2; Griffin Finch, Quincy, 35-12

113 Chace Matheny, Edwardsville, 20-9; Bryce Kuhlman, Normal Com, 21-6

120 Mason Soney, Normal Com, 14-3; Wyatt Boeing, Quincy, 27-10

126 Jordan Thigpen, Collinsville, 19-8; Cooper Boron, Belleville West, 18-15

132 Derik Lohmeyer, Quincy, 32-13; Corbin Zeisset, Belleville E, 21-13

138 Austin Ragar, Quincy, 23-19; Xander Humphrey, Edwardsville, 9-5

144 Rennie Lilo, Quincy, 29-12; Micheal Gibson, Belleville E, 17-16

150 Ian Trauernicht, Edwardsville, 16-10; Ahmed Al Janabi, O`Fallon, 22-15

157 Victor Reyes, Normal Com, 22-7; Ethan Paul, Quincy, 24-24

165 Carter Mayes, Normal Com, 32-7; Kenneth Jamison, Edwardsville, 15-13 

175 George Ostrom, Edwardsville, 12-6; Jayden Wilson, Quincy, 21-11

190 Simon Schulte, Edwardsville, 28-8; Daniel Bourbalas, Normal Com, 26-12

215 Amarii Ollie, Normal Com, 15-7; Jason Halton, Belleville E, 7-8

285 Mason Caraway, Normal Com, 32-6; Braylon Hill-Lomax, Edwardsville, 31-8

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Edwardsville 16, Belleville East 14, Normal Community 13
Most tech falls: Belleville East 4, Quincy 3, Collinsville 2
Most total match points: Belleville East 250, Edwardsville 221, Normal Community 205

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Edwardsville’s Kenneth Jamison, 3 falls in 2:18
Most tech falls least time: Quincy’s Brody Baker, 2 techs in 4:32
Fastest fall: Belleville West’s Isaiah Bush 0:17
Fastest tech fall: Normal Community’s Carter Mayes 1:14
Most single-match points: Belleville East’s Jonathan Rulo 21
Most total match points: Belleville West’s Wyatt Dahm 42

MINOOKA

No. 1 Joliet Catholic Academy won its sixth regional title for coach Ryan Cumbee, posting 254 points and advancing 13 wrestlers to next week’s individual sectional, including seven regional champions.

Winning titles for the Hilltoppers were Kane Robles (106), Colton Schultz (113), Finn McDermott (120), Lukas Foster (126), Jason Hampton (132), Adante Washington (138), Matthew Laird (144). Cumbee also got seconds from sectional qualifiers Dawson Mack (150), Nolan Vogel (157), Vince Skedel (175) and Ryker Czubak (215), and thirds from qualifiers Aurelio Munoz (165) and Daniel Dalach (285).

No. 14 Lockport (167) placed second, followed by host No. 18 Minooka (164) No. 19 Joliet West (125.5) Plainfield South (82), Joliet Central (56), Plainfield Central (34.5) and Romeoville (14).

Lockport had seven sectional qualifiers, led by regional champions Justin Wardlow (157) and Chris Miller (175). Minooka advanced nine, including champions Kaden Meyer (165) and Robbie Murphy (285). Joliet West regional champion Coehn Weber (150) will lead a crew of seven to the sectional, and Plainfield South’s three qualifiers include a pair of regional champs in Chase Pierceall (190) and Mason Bucon (215).
Joliet Central had two sectional qualifiers and Plainfield Central had one.

Regional champions

106 Kane Robles, Joliet Catholic, 30-9
113 Colton Schultz, Joliet Catholic, 29-9
120 Finn McDermott, Joliet Catholic, 33-12
126 Lukas Foster, Joliet Catholic, 36-5
132 Jason Hampton, Joliet Catholic, 37-3
138 Adante Washington, Joliet Catholic, 39-4
144 Matthew Laird, Joliet Catholic, 25-14
150 Coehn Weber, Joliet West, 34-6
157 Justin Wardlow, Lockport, 34-5
165 Kaden Meyer, Minooka, 24-6
175 Chris Miller, Lockport, 30-10
190 Chase Pierceall, Plainfield South, 29-5
215 Mason Bucon, Plainfield South, 34-8
285 Robbie Murphy, Minooka, 33-2

Additional sectional qualifiers
106 Noe Hernandez, Lockport, 32-14; Casey Koerner, Joliet W, 32-9
113 Nick Murdock-schey, Joliet W, 27-13; Jaxson Roberts, Minooka, 20-13

120 Anthony Sutton, Lockport, 20-11; Julian Hanson, Minooka, 23-7

126 Jakob Crandall, Joliet W, 33-11; Casey Janicki, Minooka, 23-10

132 Maddux Tindal, Minooka, 27-5; Isaac Zimmerman, Lockport, 34-14
138 Sean Volf, Plainfield S, 22-8; Justin Godina, Lockport, 12-14

144 Naseem Jaber, Lockport, 15-7; David Calderon, Joliet C, 26-19

150 Dawson Mack, Joliet Cath, 20-8; Ben Cyrkiel, Minooka, 26-11

157 Nolan Vogel, Joliet Cath, 41-7; Mason Vogt, Minooka, 25-12

165 Aiden Brown, Joliet W, 31-8; Aurelio Munoz, Joliet Cath, 6-10

175 Vince Skedel, Joliet Cath, 21-13; Tristan Radeke, Joliet W, 23-15

190 Santino Capodice, Minooka, 25-10; Ty Sabin, Plainfield C, 28-5

215 Ryker Czubak, Joliet Cath, 21-11; Jacob Tyderek, Joliet W, 30-10

285; Evan Patton, Joliet C, 22-16; Daniel Dalach, Joliet Cath, 31-17

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Joliet Catholic 15, Lockport 13, Minooka 12
Most tech falls: Lockport 7, Minooka 5, Joliet Catholic 5
Most total match points: Lockport 266, Joliet Catholic 262, Minooka 252

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Lockport’s Isaac Zimmerman, 3 falls in 2:31
Most tech falls least time: Minooka’s Ben Cyrkiel, 2 techs in 3:36
Fastest fall: Joliet Catholic’s Kane Robles 0:18
Fastest tech fall: Joliet Catholic’s Lukas Foster 1:35
Most team points: 24 – Joliet Catholic’s Colton Schultz and Plainfield Soiuth’s Mason Bucon
Most single-match points: 21 – Joliet Catholic’s Adante Wasington, Minooka’s Kaden Meyer, Joliet Central’s Jowel Maldonado
Most total match points: Joliet Central’s David Calderon 46
Largest seed-place difference: Plainfield South’s Jakub Kowal placed fourth at 285 as the No. 7 seed.

By Mike Garofola for the IWCOA

DEKALB REGIONAL 

No. 19 Hononegah, last year’s 3A state runner-up, kept its closest rivals at bay all throughout the day to win the DeKalb regional team title with 223.0 overall points.

Huntley was next with 184.0 points, followed by Hampshire at 173.0.

Hononegah will face Grant this Thursday in a dual-team sectional semifinal.

Host DeKalb (140.5) was fourth, with Harlem (71.0), Guilford (40.0), Jefferson (16.0) and Auburn (11.0) rounding out the rest of the field.

The NIC-10 champs earned five individual titles: Jackson Olson (126), Evan Musil (144), Rocco Cassioppi (150), Bruno Cassioppi (165), and Brody Sendele at 175.

The Indians also received second place medals from: Logan Harris (113), Kristian DeClercq (120), Isaiah Martinez (132), in addition to third place medals by: Quinton Martinez (157), Alex Martin Pecino (190), and Harrison Kinney (215).

Regional champions:

106- Julian Hartwig, DeKalb, 22-4

113- Cael Saldana, Huntley, 20-5

120- Colin Abordo, Huntley, 37-6

126- Jackson Olson, Hononegah, 27-8

132- Ayden Shuey, DeKalb, 25-8

138- Colin Huminsky, Huntley, 33-14

144- Evan Musil, Hononegah, 26-16

150- Rocco Cassioppi, Hononegah, 39-2

157- Michael Brannigan, Hampshire, 30-8

165- Bruno Cassioppi, Hononegah, 35-4

175- Brody Sendele, Hononegah, 37-3

190- Waylon Theobold, Huntley, 34-11

215- Carter Hinz, Hampshire, 16-0

285- Know Homola, Hampshire, 33-4

Additional sectional qualifiers:

106- Luther Rajcevich, Hampshire, 25-12, Noah Gutierrez, Huntley, 18-26.

113- Logan Harris, Hononegah, 25-8, Matthew Frykman, DeKalb, 22-10.

120- Kristian DeClercq, Hononegah, 25-14, Dominic Angileri, Guilford, 25-4.

126- Cameron Abordo, Huntley, 16-6, Tyler Daub, DeKalb, 18-22.

132- Isaiah Martinez, Hononegah, 22-13, Marquis Thumand, Hampshire, 22-10.

138- Izayah Olejniczak, Harlem, 32-13, Hayes Halstead, DeKalb, 16-20.

144- Gavin Nischke, Huntley, 32-13, Midaris Chappelle, DeKalb, 16-9

150- Cam Matthews, DeKalb, 28-10, Matthew Keaty, Huntley, 24-18.

157- Malik Warren, DeKalb, 21-11, Quinton Martinez, Hononegah, 19-6.

165- Alexander Vega, Huntley, 24-21, Jasper Hintz, Hampshire, 19-16.

175- Charles Faulkner, Harlem, 19-9, Hussul Greer, DeKalb, 10-29.

190- Giovanni Marino, Hampshire, 10-5, Alex Martin Pecino, Hononegah, 27-14.

215- Max Dziamidau, Huntley, 22-26, Harrison Kinney, Hononegah, 28-12.

285- Chandler Jack, Harlem, 29-13, Antonio Osario-Pasillas, Jefferson, 20-3.

Statistics:

Individual:

Most pins: Harrison Kinney (Hononegah), Marquis Thumand (Hampshire) 3.

Most tech-falls: Dominic Angelieri (Guilford) 3 in 5:48 minutes.

Fastest pin: Bruno Cassioppi (Honenegah) 0:12 seconds.

Fast tech-fall: Hayes Halstead (DeKalb) 1:22 minutes.

Most single match points: Aric Abbott (Hampshire), Coliin Huminsky (Huntley), Logan Harris (Hononegah) 21.

Most total match points: Dominic Angelieri (Guilford) 53.

Team: 

Most pins: Hononegah 18, Hampshire 15

Most tech-falls: Guilford, DeKalb 4

Most pins/tech-falls combined: Hononegah 21

Most total match points: Hononegah 267, Hampshire 248, Huntley 242.

GRANT REGIONAL 

No. 5 Grant crushed its competition on Saturday in Fox Lake inside Benedetti Field House – using eight individual champions, and a total of 11 sectional qualifiers to overwhelm the 8-team field on its home mats.

The Bulldogs would erase a heart-breaking loss a week ago to Stevenson in the Lake County Invite with its tourney-high 246.5 overall points, while Libertyville and Warren finished far off the pace with 163.0, and 131.5 points.

The Bulldogs’ second consecutive regional crown means it will now host Hononegah this Thursday in a dual-team sectional semifinal.

The eight individual champions for the home side were: Brady Myatt (106), Jayce Glauser (120), Breiydyn Hoffman (126), Erik Rodriguez (138), Vince Jasinski (144), John Von Hoene (150), Matthew Longabaugh (215) and Ajani Williams (285).

Larry Quirk (113), and Xavier Arroyo (190) were second, while senior, and 2025 state qualifier, Casey Gipson earned a third place medal at 190.

Mundelein (124.5) Zion-Benton (74.0), Round Lake (61.5), McHenry (52.5) and Waukegan (32.0) would follow the top three.

Regional champions:

106- Brady Myatt, Grant, 32-9

113- Caleb Noble, Warren, 39-1

120- Jayce Glauser, Grant, 28-5

126- Breiyden Hoffman, Grant, 24-21

132- Alexander Osborne, Libertyville, 27-12

138- Erik Rodriguez, Grant, 34-6

144- Vince Jasinski, Grant, 39-5

150- John Von Hoene, Grant, 21-15

157- Ethan Banda, Mundelein, 33-5

165- Royce Lopez, Warren, 36-2

175- Ilya Dvoriannikov, Warren, 22-8

190- Aaron Stewart, Warren, 32-4

215- Matthew Longabaugh, Grant, 19-16

285- Ajani Williams, Grant, 27-14

Additional sectional qualifiers:

106- Mateo Marin, Round Lake, 21-13, Anand Verma, Libertyville, 18-22.

113- Larry Quirk, Grant, 27-15, Tyson Rivard, McHenry, 24-15.

120- Brayden Sroka, Zioń-Benton, 16-6, Diego Rea, Warren, 11-8.

126- Tyler Wuh, Libertyville, 30-12, Andrew Chirinos, Waukegan, 21-13.

132- Emilio Chavarria, Round Lake, 17-16, Kentrell Golladay, Waukegan, 16-12.

138- Dylan Solesky, Zion-Benton, 26-7, Jake Shafer, Libertyville, 21-15.

144- Ryan Johnston, McHenry, 38-8, Elliott Hibbard, Libertyville, 24-15.

150- Eli Murray, Mundelein, 22-15, Joe Minogue, Libertyville, 6-3.

157- Callum O’Connell, Libertyville, 16-19, Narciso Gonzalez, Round Lake, 

23-7.

165- Michael Vincic, Mundelein, 34-5, Pierce Adams, Libertyville, 31-12.

175- Xavier Arroyo, Grant, 12-8, Daniel Hernandez, Mundelein, 34-10.

190- James Scanio, Libertyville, 30-9, Casey Gipson, Grant, 36-11.

215- Caleb VanLeer, Warren, 10-6, Nathan O’Neill, Mundelein, 6-2.

285- Marc Walsh, McHenry, 24-10, Nolan Lopez, Warren, 25-14.

Statistics

Individual 

Most pins: Casey Gipson, Grant, Anand Verma, Libertyville 3 each.

Fastest pin: Aaron Stewart, Warren, 0:17 seconds.

Fastest tech-fall: Ethan Banda, Mundelein, 1:03 minutes.

Most single match points: Matthew Cabalquinto, Mundelein 24.

Most total match points: Jake Shafer, Libertyville, Alexander Osborne, Libertyville 42 each.

Largest seed-place difference: Callum O’Connell, Libertyville. 6th to 2nd place.

Team

Most pins: Grant 19.

Most tech-falls: Mundelein, Libertyville 6 each.

Most total match points: Libertyville 288, Mundelein 243, Grant 239.

Largest seed-place difference: Libertyville 7.

ROLLING MEADOWS REGIONAL

On the strength of its brilliant top rated duo of Niko Odiotti (106) and Kai Calcutt (215), Loyola Academy would lift its first regional team championship trophy in program history on Saturday in Arlington Heights at the Rolling Meadows regional.

Odiotti and Calcutt would lead a Ramblers club that broke free of runner-up Hersey around the noon hour (141.5-133.0) before outscoring the Huskies 

72.5-54.0 the rest of the way en route to collecting 213.0 overall points.

Hersey would finish with 187.0 points, Prospect 139.0, and Glenbrook South with 128.5 to round out the top four.

Niles North 101.5 Evanston 81.5, Glenbrook North 79.0, Rolling Meadows 56.0, and New Trier 49.5 would all follow.

The Ramblers will meet Barrington on Thursday in a dual-team sectional semifinal at Grant Community High School, and send eight into the Barrington individual sectional, beginning with its six champions:

Niki Odiotti, Quentin Williams (113), Mateo Hatzopoulos (138), James Hemmila (150), Danny Malan (157) and Kai Calcutt, who is now a three-time regional champion.

Sophomore Daniel Myint (120) and senior Gavin Padilla (126) were both second overall.

Prospect senior James Brouilette would surprise No. 10 Jeremy Marshall (Evanston) in the 285-pound final with a hard fought 1-0 victory, dashing the hopes of Marshall, a 2025 state qualifier, of earning his sixth major title of the season.

Regional champions:

106- Niki Odiotti, Loyola Academy, 28-2

113- Quentin Williams, Loyola Academy, 23-12

120- Cole Anslemi, Hersey, 21-5

126- Oleksandr (Sasha) Havrylkiv, Hersey, 35-4

132- Roman Ocampo, Glenbrook South, 31-7

138- Mateo Hatzopoulos, Loyola Academy, 14-11

144- Nolan Variano, Hersey, 23-15

150- James Hemmila, Loyola Academy, 22-4

157- Danny Malan, Loyola Academy, 25-4

165- Frank Tagoe, Hersey, 33-4

175- Joe Quirk, Prospect, 30-6

190- John Rappa, Rolling Meadows, 29-1

215- Kai Calcutt, Loyola Academy, 31-2

285- James Brouilette, Prospect, 37-6

Additional sectional qualifiers:

106- Viggo Baranowski, Hersey, 16-15, Gavin Ventura, Niles North, 23-16.

113- Carlo Difalco, Prospect, 34-12, Jayden Garcia, Rolling Meadows, 24-11.

120- Daniel Myint, Loyola Academy, 28-11, Diego Arteaga, Glenbrook South, 

22-12.

126- Gavin Pardilla, Loyola Academy, 30-7, Ermuun Urtnasan, Glenbrook South, 29-4.

132- Gael Garcia, Niles North, 27-15, Kyle Lochner, Hersey, 17-18.

138- Matthew Miralles, New Trier, 15-11, Everett Georgacakis, Hersey, 6-9.

144- Josh Edelheit, Glenbrook South, 27-7, Jordan Mokhtarian, Glenbrook North,

30-16.

150- Honorio Yin, Hersey, 20-12, Joey Marquardt, Glenbrook South, 25-14.

157- Henry Hafner, Glenbrook North, 34-12, Evan Lazik, Niles North, 26-20.

165- Rodrigo Salinas, Evanston, 35-3, Gavin Payne, Prospect, 32-7.

175- Nicholas Marcus, Niles North, 32-14, Diego Lopez, Evanston 42-6.

190- Brock Wrede, Prospect, 30-17, Art Bytyqi, Evanston, 29-6.

215- Owen Dewey, Prospect, 30-12, Ben Zebron, Hersey, 7-15.

285- Jeremy Marshall, Evanston, 41-2, Cooper Kemnitz, New Trier, 31-10.

Statistics

Individual

Most pins: Danny Malan, Loyola Academy 3.

Most tech-falls: Ermuun Urtnasan, Glenbrook South 3.

Fastest pin: Gavin Padilla, Loyola Academy 0:10 seconds.

Fastest tech-fall: Oleksandr Havrylkiv, Hersey 1:42 minutes, and 1:48 minutes.

Most team points: James Hermmila, Loyola Academy 27.5, Roman Ocampo, Glenbrook South 27.0.

Most single match points: Quinn Muriel, Evanston 30.

Most total match points: Diego Arteaga, Glenbrook South 56.

Largest seed-place difference: Doniven Smith, Hersey, 9th to 4th overall.

Team

Most pins: Loyola Academy 17, Prospect 13, Glenbrook North 10.

Most tech-falls: Hersey 8.

Most total match points: Glenbrook South 335, Hersey 334, Loyola Academy 276.

Largest seed-place difference: Hersey 11.

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

MAINE SOUTH REGIONAL

Maine South had 12 sectional qualifiers, including eight regional champions, as the Hawks won the program’s 10th team regional title overall and its seventh for head coach Kevin Hansen.

Maine South won 240.5-203 over second-place Notre Dame, followed by Maine West (126), Leyden (117), Taft (84.5), Maine East (66), Niles West (54) and Mather (20.5).

The Hawks got individual titles from Erie Rosete (106), George Georgiev (113), Brett Harman (132), Emmett Mazukelli (138), Jake Colleran (144), Gavin Hoerr (150), Caden Ljubenko (157) and Marty Greif (175). Maine South also got third-place finishes from sectional qualifiers Ryan Ready (120), Luke Baum (126), Daniel Egan (190) and Matthew Correa (285).

Notre Dame will send 11 wrestlers to the sectional, Leyden will send seven, and Maine West and Maine East will send four. Niles West and Taft had two sectional qualifiers apiece.

Regional champions
106 Erie Rosete, Maine South, 27-8
113 George Georgiev, Maine South, 18-5
120 Ray Long, Notre Dame, 38-4
126 Lucas Goldman, Notre Dame, 23-17
132 Brett Harman, Maine South, 36-4
138 Emmett Mazukelli, Maine South, 33-11
144 Jake Colleran, Maine South, 13-1
150 Gavin Hoerr, Maine South, 23-3
157 Caden Ljubenko, Maine South, 31-4
165 Joshua Mreana, Niles West, 12-7
175 Marty Greif, Maine South, 26-10
190 Eric Worwa, Leyden, 27-3
215 Connor Moynihan, Notre Dame, 27-15
285 Sean Cook, Notre Dame, 36-6

Additional sectional qualifiers
106 Lincoln Curley, Maine W, 20-12; Nurmukhamet Taiirov, Maine E, 16-9

113 Danny Huerta, Leyden, 27-5; Jairo Kish, Maine E, 20-8

120 Bernardo Roque, Taft, 32-3; Ryan Ready, Maine S, 14-24

126 Angel Rivera, Taft, 23-6; Luke Baum, Maine S, 18-18

132 Ismail Mehmedovic, Niles W, 18-16; Elizar Farkhatov, Maine E, 4-5

138 John Carr, Notre Dame, 25-19; Zabiel Lagunas, Leyden, 22-18

144 Brady Krueger, Notre Dame, 19-10; Hafid Alicea, Maine W, 23-6

150 Louis Avalos, Maine W, 18-12; Tommy Fitzsimmons, Notre Dame, 29-13

157 Andrew Garcia, Maine E, 18-10; Jake Luczak, Notre Dame, 18-19

165 Jason Castro, Leyden, 21-18; Michael Centracchio, Notre Dame, 20-23

175 Dominic Ganir, Leyden, 27-11; Peter Escamilla, Notre Dame, 14-13

190 Jeramy Hamm, Notre Dame, 33-12; Daniel Egan, Maine S, 8-17

215 Marcel Debski, Maine W 28-11; Zachary Jaffray, Leyden, 19-16

285 Alexander Aguinaga, Leyden, 20-18; Matthew Correa, Maine S, 7-7

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Notre Dame 18, Maine South 16, Maine West 14
Most tech falls: Maine West 4, Maine South 4
Most total match points: Maine South 291, Notre Dame 261

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Maine South’s Matthew Correa, 3 falls in 4:04
Most tech falls least time: Maine South’s Gavin Hoerr, 2 techs in 6:54
Fastest tech fall: Taft’s Bernardo Roque 1:20
Most single-match points: Maine West’s Adrian Trejo 22
Most total match points: Leyden’s Zabiel Lagunas 58
Largest seed-place difference: Maine South’s Correa (285) and Leyden’s Alexander Aquinaga (285); Correa placed third at the No. 3 seed, and Aguinaga placed second as the No. 6 seed.

HOFFMAN ESTATES REGIONAL

Conant won the 24th team regional title in its program’s history and its seventh for coach Chad Hey. The Cougars got individual regional titles from Damian Ramos (126) and Jackson Spizziri (175) to help lead a hard-fought win, 199-190.5, over second-place Schaumburg.

Conant also got runner-up finishes from Brian Hoffman (113), Emmett Arens (132) and Mike Goolish (138), and the six third-place finishes Conant had put them over the top. Hey got thirds from Ryu Yamazaki (106), Vehbi Unal (150), Shaba Kokumbaev (165), Tarik Yurtsever (190), Jaiden Thorney (215) and Evan Mueller (285) in the team win.

Lake Park (169) finished third, followed by South Elgin (112), Hoffman Estates (79), Elk Grove (63), Elgin (44) and Larkin (22.5).

Schaumburg advanced nine wrestlers to the sectional, followed by South Elgin (7), Lake Park (6), Elk Grove (3), Elgin (3), Hoffman Estates (2) and Larkin (1).

Regional champions
106 Maurizio Castro, Elk Grove, 19-6
113 Austin Phelps, Schaumburg, 13-5
120 Liam Lovelace, Lake Park, 32-9
126 Damian Ramos, Conant, 20-5
132 Zander Spatafore, Elk Grove, 28-6
138 Aiden Quevedo, Schaumburg, 19-6
144 Nicholas Merola, Lake Park, 35-1
150 Dmytro Patykovski, Hoffman Estates, 18-3
157 Maks Wala, Lake Park, 16-12
165 Daniel Duran, Schaumburg, 22-13
175 Jackson Spizzirri, Conant, 10-4
190 Alex Gavrylyuk, Lake Park, 21-16
215 Victor Juarez, Elgin, 24-3
285 Christofer Arciniega-Sanchez, Schaumburg, 22-14

Additional sectional qualifiers

106 Leo Salas, South Elgin, 21-10; Ryu Yamazaki, Conant, 19-11

113 Brian Hoffman, Conant, 20-14; Jacob Kim, Elk Grove, 1-2

120 Evan Hamilton, South Elgin, 17-14; Kyle Elizondo, Hoffman Estates, 7-5

126 Bryan Sanchez, Schaumburg, 12-8; Sal Garcia, Larkin, 27-6

132 Emmett Arens, Conant, 29-6; Marco Linaris, Lake Park, 3-5

138 Mike Goolish, Conant, 20-15; Connor Ignacio, South Elgin, 22-12

144 Logan Dilallo, South Elgin, 24-7; Brody Hinkle, Schaumburg, 24-12

150 John Gough, Schaumburg, 14-10; Vehbi Unal, Conant, 18-9

157 Emilio Guzman, Elgin, 18-6; Nolan Zuniga, Schaumburg, 13-15

165 Dane Henson, South Elgin, 19-13; Shaba Kokumbaev, Conant, 17-8

175 Damir Duharkic, Hoffman Estates, 13-12; Deelan Zamora, South Elgin, 9-8

190 Matthew Carver, Schaumburg,19-17; Tarik Yurtsever, Conant, 16-19

215 Antonin Svaboda, Lake Park, 24-14; Jaiden Thorney, Conant, 17-9

285 Alejandro Facio, South Elgin, 21-13; Evan Mueller, Conant, 12-15

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Conant 18, Lake Park 15, Schaumburg 13
Most tech falls: Conant 6, Schaumburg 5, Lake Park 2
Most total match points: Conant 347, Schaumburg 287, Lake Park 263

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Conant’s Shaba Kokumbaev, 3 falls in 8:17
Most tech falls least time: Conant’s Jackson Spizzirri, 2 techs in 9:51
Fastest fall: Lake Park’s Massimo DiFranco 0:20
Fastest tech fall: Schaumburg’s Aiden Quevedo 2:15
Most team points: Lake Park’s Alex Gavrylyuk and Liam Lovelace, 24
Most total match points: Schaumburg’s Cooper Tull 44
Largest seed-place difference: Lake Park’s Marco Linaris placed third as the No. 7 seed at 132 pounds.

ST. CHARLES EAST REGIONAL

Glenbard West made a strong challenge for the team title in St. Charles East’s home gym, but in the end the host Saints held the Hilltoppers off, winning 232-221 on Saturday.

The win gave St. Charles East coach Jason Potter a fourth consecutive team regional title and the 10th in program history.

Wheaton North (148) placed third, followed by Glenbard North (146.5), West Chicago (73.5) Bartlett (50.5), Addison Trail (27.5) and St. Charles North (2).

St. Charles East had six regional champions among its 11 sectional qualifiers. Winning titles for the Saints were Will Difatta (113), Dom Munaretto (120), Kaden Potter (132), Liam Aye (138), Gavin Woodmancy (144) and Cooper Murray (215). The Saints also got runner-up finishes from Max Aye (106), Declan Sons (126), Luciano Litro (165) and Matt Medina (285), and a third from Jayden Hernandez (150).

Glenbard West also had 11 sectional qualifiers, followed by Glenbard North (8), Wheaton North (6), West Chicago (3), Bartlett (2), and Addison Trail (1).

Regional champions
106 Aidan Ortega, Glenbard W, 39-1
113 Will Difatta, SC East, 16-15
120 Dom Munaretto, SC East, 42-0
126 Vannak Khiev, Glenbard N, 30-7
132 Kaden Potter, SC East, 27-13
138 Liam Aye, SC East, 31-14
144 Gavin Woodmancy, SC East, 31-13
150 Leo Rosas, West Chicago, 9-1
157 Jondelle Malunay, Glenbard W, 34-10
165 Tallis Taylor, Glenbard W, 29-11
175 Julian Flores, Wheaton N, 29-6
190 Ryan Rosch, Wheaton N, 28-2
215 Cooper Murray, SC East, 37-7
285 Marc Tchapda, Glenbard W, 31-9

Additional sectional qualifiers

106 Maximus Aye, SC East, 20-18; Dominic Melody, Glenbard N, 23-10

113 Cristian Lopez, Glenbard W, 29-13; Jadiel Castillo, Glenbard N, 11-8

120 Nikolas Duarte, Addison Trail, 24-3;Lukas Thompson, Glenbard N, 26-14

126 Declan Sons, SC East, 30-16; Emanuel Rangel, West Chicago, 27-4

132 Caden Cahill, Wheaton N, 22-15; Brian Correa, West Chicago, 23-8

138 Alejandro Aranda, Glenbard W, 31-11; Rocco Macellaio, Wheaton N, 5-2

144 Brennen Myra, Glenbard W, 30-14; Evan Madiol, Wheaton N, 26-11

150 Vince Tortoriello, Glenbard W, 32-5; Jayden Hernandez, SC East, 26-10

157 Cameron Engels, Bartlett, 16-5; Marco Rafael, Glenbard N, 24-13

165 Luciano Litro, SC East, 20-18; Jacob Veltri, Wheaton N, 26-13

175 Vince Schoettle, Glenbard W, 24-12; Xavier Smiley, Glenbard N, 21-14

190 Joseph Fitak, Glenbard N, 22-14; Andrew Bargiel, Glenbard W, 17-15

215 Phin Codinha, Glenbard W, 21-10; Tyler Hvorick, Glenbard N, 16-8

285 Matt Medina, SC East, 26-14; Chase Paduch, Bartlett, 12-4

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Glenbard North 15, Glenbard West 14
Most tech falls: St. Charles East 7, Wheaton North 4
Most total match points: Wheaton North 327, St. Charles East 313
INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: West Chicago’s Brian Correa, 3 falls in 7:33
Most tech falls least time: St. Charles East’s Dom Munaretto, 2 techs in 3:24
Fastest fall: Bartlett’s Jayden Johnson 0:17
Fastest tech fall: Addison Trail’s Nikolas Duarte 1:09
Most team points: Wheaton North’s Ryan Rosch 23.5
Most single-match points: Glenbard West’s Jondelle Malunay 23
Most total match points: West Chicago’s Emanuel Rangel 53

LANE TECH REGIONAL

Oak Park and River Forest (266) marched seven regional champions to the top of the awards stand and had 13 sectional qualifiers in winning its 20th team regional title for first-year coach and former OPRF state champion Jason Renteria.

St. Patrick (193) finished second, followed by York (146), Lane (116.5), Proviso East (84), Proviso West (61), Payton (24) and Crane Medical Prep (23).

OPRF got individual titles from Michael Rundell (113), Jamiel Castelberry (126), Alex Cohen (132), Zev Koransky (144), Aiden Noyes (150), David Ogunsanya (157) and Lucas Albrecht (215). Five more Huskies placed second in Jordan Dezara (106), Zachary Chasson (120), Isaiah Gibson (138), Jeremiah Hernandez (165) and Pierre Nelson (285), while Donovan Lopez (175) placed third to advance.

St. Patrick had 10 sectional qualifiers, followed by by York with nine, Lane with five, Proviso East with three, and Proviso West and Crane with one sectional qualifier apiece.

Regional champions
106 Jeremiah Arroyo-McMullan, Lane, 40-2
113 Michael Rundell, OPRF, 34-3
120 Danny Goodwin, St. Patrick, 39-1
126 Jamiel Castleberry, OPRF, 29-3
132 Alex Cohen, OPRF, 26-13
138 Pat Hulne, St. Patrick, 37-8
144 Zev Koransky, OPRF, 26-8
150 Aiden Noyes, OPRF, 29-7
157 David Ogunsanya, OPRF, 27-3
165 Jackson Hanselman, York, 39-4
175 Van Grasser, St. Patrick, 32-2
190 Dylan Crump, Proviso East, 15-9
215 Lucas Albrecht, OPRF, 7-3
285 Martaevion Howard, Proviso East, 23-6

Additional sectional qualifiers

106 Jordan Dezara, OPRF, 15-16; Suhail Osman, York, 9-24

113 Jack Koenig, St. Patrick, 38-4; Andre Rice, Proviso W, 22-4

120 Zachary Chasson, OPRF, 7-7; Brayden Burrell, Crane, 12-9

126 Calvin Stahl, St. Patrick, 32-8; Tommy Conners, York, 13-12

132 Dean Angelo, St. Patrick, 27-15; Mike McNamara, York, 12-13

138 Isaiah Gibson, OPRF, 26-14; Charlie Brown, York, 16-18

144 Antonio Reyes, St. Patrick, 31-12; Sean Campbell, York, 7-17

150 Mark Bilek, St. Patrick, 20-20; Fenton Pratt, Lane, 35-14

157 Cole Calace, Lane, 9-2; Christian Eddy, Proviso E, 9-6

165 Jeremiah Hernandez, OPRF, 22-13; Andrew Rieger, St. Patrick, 24-19

175 Noah Blust, York, 16-13; Donovan Lopez, OPRF, 9-6

190 Adam Sanchez, Lane, 20-19; Beau Walker, York, 27-16

215 Tim Golden, St. Patrick, 19-16; Apolo Abney, Lane, 22-17

285 Pierre Nelson, OPRF, 22-10; Arthur Verwoerdt, York, 17-11

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: OPRF 19, York 16, Lane 13
Most tech falls: OPRF 6, St. Patrick 4
Most total match points: OPRF 273, St. Patrick 260

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: York’s Beau Walker, 3 falls in 1:15
Most tech falls least time: Proviso East’s Johnniel Otero, 2 techs in 5:16
Fastest fall: Proviso West’s Andre Rice 0:13
Fastest tech fall: Otero 1:17
Most single-match points: OPRF’s Alex Cohen 25
Most total match points: Otero 44, St. Patrick’s Pat Hulne 44
Largest seed-place difference: Proviso East’s Dylan Crump (190) and Christian Eddy (157); Crump won a regional title as the No. 5 seed, and Eddy placed third as the No. 7 seed.

By Mike Garofola and Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

2A Antioch individual sectional

DEERFIELD REGIONAL

No. 7 Deerfield won its 13th regional in program history following its 197.0 point effort at home to earn a trip to the St. Ignatius dual-team sectional semifinal contest with Wheeling this Thursday night.

The Warriors regional title at home comes after back-to-back second place results to Wheeling, last year, and IC Prep in 2024.

Grayslake Central, with four individual champions, finished second with 168.5 points, with Antioch third at 153.5 points.

Carmel Catholic (122.5), Grayslake North (68.0), Highland Park (63.5), were the next three on the leader board, with Lake Forest, and Lakes tied for seventh with 38.5 points each.

Deerfield coach Marc Pechter’s club would claim a trio of individual champions: Jorey Becker (120), Adrian Cohen (138) and Jonathan Weissmueller (165) from a field loaded with state ranked men.

The Warriors would also receive second place medals from: Jake Pechter (106), Jayme Cohen (113), Danny Martinez (126), Alex Shvartsman (144), Danny St. John (175), and Josh Dixon at 215.

Jack Jansen (132), and Ben Howard (150) would pitch in with third place medals.

Regional champions:

106- Dominic DeMarco, Grayslake Central, 28-2

113- Vince DeMarco, Grayslake Central, 34-7

120- Jorey Becker, Deerfield, 35-10

126- Krish Sahu, Grayslake Central, 36-7

132- Josh Kubicki, Antioch, 20-20

138- Adrian Cohen, Deerfield, 41-2

144- Chase Nobiling, Antioch, 28-5

150- Antonio Hinojosa, Carmel Catholic, 32-2

157- Warren Nash, Grayslake Central, 34-9

165- Jonathan Weissmueller, Deerfield, 31-14

175- William Lyle, Grayslake Central, 14-5

190- Colin Arquilla, Antioch, 24-6

215- Yaree Sandifer, Lake Forest, 37-5

285- Owen Shea, Antioch, 29-5

Additional sectional qualifiers:

106- Jake Pechter, Deerfield, 40-4, Haydren Gomez, Antioch, 25-17.

113- Jayme Cohen, Deerfield, 32-10, Savi Ruta, Highland Park, 1-8.

120- Alex Gudgeon, Highland Park, 19-7, Charlie Biddle, Lake Forest, 27-15.

126- Danny Martinez, Deerfield, 37-11, Liam Perkins, Carmel Catholic, 14-10.

132- Landon Harper, Grayslake North, 16-9, Jack Jensen, Deerfield, 29-14.

138- Jacob Smith, Antioch, 25-12, Owen Floral, Grayslake Central, 30-12.

144- Alex Shvartsman, Deerfield, 35-8, Trevor Hengl, Grayslake Central, 36-11.

150- Dominic Garcia, Antioch, 29-4, Ben Howard, Deerfield, 24-8.

157- Danny Mandujano, Carmel Catholic, 19-6, Porter Cramond, Lakes, 10-16.

165- Alec Garcia, Antioch, 24-17, Michael Flatley, Lakes, 16-8.

175- Danny St. John, Deerfield, 17-25, Gabe Flowers, Carmel Catholic, 19-8.

190- Daniel Derbedyenyev, Highland Park, 13-6, Angel Rosiles, Grayslake N, 29-15.

215- Josh Dixon, Deerfield, 17-20, Giancarlo Arizmendi-Cruz, Carmel, 6-15.

285- Noah Breckenridge, Carmel Catholic, 24-6, David Williams, Grayslake North, 32-13.

Statistics:

Individual

Most pins: Owen Floral, Grayslake Central, Porter Cramond, Lakes, Liam Perkins, Carmel Catholic 3 each.

Most tech-falls: Trevor Hengl, Grayslake Central, Jack Jansen, Deerfield, Jonathan Weissmueller, Deerfield, 2 each.

Fastest pin: Alexander Shvartsman, Deerfield, 0:13 seconds.

Fastest tech-fall: Aidan Eisenberg, Grayslake Central, 1:24 minutes.

Most team points: Adrian Cohen, Deerfield, Owen Shea, Antioch, Warren Nash, Grayslake Central, William Lyle, Grayslake Central 24.0 each.

Most single match points: Angel Rosiles, Grayslake North, 22.

Most total match points, Jonathan Weissmueller, Deerfield 50.

Team

Most pins: Grayslake Central 14, Deerfield 13, Carmel Catholic 10.

Most tech-falls: Deerfield 5, Grayslake Central 4.

Most total match points: Deerfield 251, Grayslake Central 207, Antioch 200.

RICKOVER NAVAL ACADEMY REGIONAL

No. 1 IC Prep would flex its collective muscle in Chicago when it won 12 of 14 weight divisions en route to nearly 300 overall points to easily claim the regional title at Rickover Naval Academy.

The reigning class 2A state champs would amass 295.0 overall points, far ahead of runner-up Fenwick (180.0) and third place host Rickover Naval Academy with 93.0 points.

The next five teams in the final standings were: Elmwood Park (91), Ridgewood 89), Noble/ITW Speer (87.5), Westinghouse College Prep (43.5) and Schurz.

Knights fans would celebrate individual titles from: Michael Bird (103), Drew Murante (113), Kannon Judycki (120), Sam Murante (126), Max Cumbee (132), Jack Hanrahan (138), Frank Nitti (144), Aiden Arnett (150), Joey Pontrelli (157), Brody Kelly (175), Foley Calcagno (190) and Anthony Sebastian (285) who would all pin their opponents in their respective finals.

Freshman Anthony Keating (215) would finish third overall to advance along with his teammates to the Antioch sectional in two weeks.

Next up for the Knights will be a dual-team sectional semifinal at St. Ignatius against the host Wolfpack this Thursday evening.

Regional champions:

106- Michael Bird, IC Prep, 29-13

113- Drew Murante, IC Prep, 30-11

120- Kannon Judycki, IC Prep, 23-8

126- Sam Murante, IC Prep, 24-10

132- Max Cumbee, IC Prep, 36-7

138- Jack Hanrahan, IC Prep, 35-9

144- Frank Nitti, IC Prep, 35-9

150- Aiden Arnett, IC Prep, 34-10

157- Joey Pontrelli, IC Prep, 26-17

165- Jacob Kruszewski, Fenwick, 9-15

175- Brody Kelly, IC Prep, 42-4

190- Foley Calcagno, IC Prep, 35-8

215- Zikomo Mbiewew, Fenwick, 25-11

285- Anthony Sebastian, IC Prep, 33-9

Additional sectional qualifiers:

106- Justin Chogllo, Rickover Naval Academy, 20-8, Palmer Brown, Fenwick, 

5-4.

113- Maurizio Campana, Fenwick, 19-7, Jayden Sam, Elmwood Park, 9-14.

120- Harrison Brown, Fenwick, 27-14, Quentin Rodriguez, Elmwood Park, 2-1.

126- Aiden Butler, Rickover Naval Academy, 14-7, Gio Casas, Elmwood Park, 

1-1.

132- Solanus Daley, Fenwick, 23-11, Dino Palmisano, Ridgewood, 20-16.

138- Mohammad Khater, Ridgewood, 22-7, Levon Gasparyan, Noble/ITW Speer, 13-15.

144- Luis Cruz, Nobel/ITW Speer, 22-14, Miguel Campoverde, Rickover Naval Academy, 10-10.

150- Alan Krupinski, Ridgewood, 14-11, Quinn Paris, Fenwick, 9-12.

157- Burke Burns, Fenwick, 23-6, Patrick Loughnane, Elmwood Park, 13-11.

165- Gael Martinez-Cabrera, Noble/ITW Speer,  25-16, Abdiel Hernandez, Rickover Naval Academy, 6-19.

175- Daniel Tsymbala, Ridgewood, 14-10, Ricardo Garcia, Fenwick, 20-18.

190- John Tribuzio, Ridgewood, 20-16, Brylon McKay-McCorvey, Noble/ITW Speer, 18-18.

215- Yovany Amaya Berrios, Noble/ITW Speer, 18-12, Anthony Keating, IC Prep, 4-3.

285- Tyler Brooks, Westinghouse College Prep, 9-3, Adam Calicdan, Fenwick, 16-15.

Statistics:

Individual

Most pins: Brylon McKay McCorvey, Nobel/ITW Speer, Adam Calicdan, Fenwick, Joey Pontrelli, IC Prep, Anthony Keating, IC Prep, Patrick Loughnane, Elmwood Park 3 each.

Fastest pin: Xzavior Turcios, Elmwood Park, 0:05 seconds.

Fastest tech-fall: Trevon Strickland, Westinghouse College Prep 2:14 minutes.

Most team points: 11 tied with 24.0

Most single match points: Levon Gasparyan, Nobel/ITW Speer 27

Most total match points: Jordan Lockhart, Westinghouse College Prep 49.

Team: 

Most pins: IC Prep 27, Fenwick 14.

Most tech-falls: Fenwick 3

Most total match points: IC Prep 279, Fenwick 208

Largest seed-place difference: Elmwood Park 12

ST. IGNATIUS REGIONAL

The host Wolfpack would delight its home crowd with when it won its first-ever regional team championship in program history with 248.5 overall points to roar past the competition Saturday afternoon at the famed high school on the near west side of Chicago.

Individual champions: Julian Lopez (106), Alex Villanueva (120), Colin McCann (132), Colton Huff (138), Luke Sanchez (144), Nino Capuano (150) Melson Ngassa (215) will lead a contingent of (11) into the Antioch sectional in two weeks, and a date with No. 1 IC Prep this Thursday, at home in a dual-team sectional semifinal.

Second place medal winners: Frank Valle (113), Ashok Chacko (165), Colin Offen (190) will join their teammates in Antioch, as will Lucas Capuano (157) and Dave Reardon (285) who both would finish third on the day.

DePaul College Prep, with a quartet of individual champs was second overall with 196.0 overall points, followed by Noble/UIC, far behind in third with 113.0

Lake View would round out the top four with 101.0 points, with Senn (85.5), Amundsen (77.5), Intrinsic Charter (36.5) and Noble Street Charter (15.0) all next.

Regional champions:

106- Julian Lopez, St. Ignatius, 24-12

113- Aedan Dillow, DePaul College Prep, 11-4

120- Alex Villanueva, St. Ignatius, 24-9

126- Colin Bosak, DePaul College Prep, 25-6

132-Colin McCann, St. Ignatius, 33-10

138- Colton Huff, St. Ignatius, 30-4

144- Luke Sanchez, St. Ignatius, 21-3

150- Nino Capuano, St. Ignatius, 26-7

157- Lennon Ojeda, Senn, 18-1

165- Anton Kurbatov, Lake View, 27-4

175- Drew Sendre, DePaul College Prep, 18-13

190- Briant Long, Noble/UIC, 23-7

215- Melson Ngassa, St. Ignatius, 33-7

285- Hunter Wahtola, DePaul College, Prep, 29-2

Additional sectional qualifiers:

106- Wilson Paz, Lake View, 18-6, Aston Parker, DePaul College Prep, 16-16.

113- Frank Valle, St. Ignatius, 11-4, Mavia Khan, Senn, 16-7.

120- Connor Maschek, DePaul College Prep, 18-11, Benjamin Flores, Noble/UIC, 24-4.

126- Leonardo Zapien, Noble/UIC, 33-3, Abel Alvarado, Lake View, 24-7.

132- Julian Collins, Noble/UIC, 26-11, Mitchell Evans, Amundsen, 13-6.

138- Stephon Hondras, Lake View, 17-11, Alexander Gonzalez, Amundsen, 10-8.

144- Nathan Miller, DePaul College Prep, 16-13, Johan Starky, Senn, 8-3.

150- Peter Martin, Amundsen, 25-12, Joseph Reece, Lake View, 14-14.

157- Michael Trout, DePaul College Prep, 16-8, Luca Capuano, St. Ignatius, 

19-10.

165- Ashok Chacko, St. Ignatius, 15-12, Patrick Burns, Amundsen, 20-18.

175- Donachie Conlin, Senn, 15-6, Kingston Upshaw, Intrinsic Charter, 10-15.

190- Colin Offen, St. Ignatius, 19-15, Elias Lerner, DePaul College Prep, 10-9.

215- Nico Trautman, St. Ignatius, 26-12, Malik Allen, Noble/UIC, 27-6.

285- Kavon Grant, Noble/UIC, 24-11, Dave Reardon, St. Ignatius, 19-7.

Statistics

Individual

Most pins: Colin Bosak, DePaul College Prep, Aston Parker, DePaul College Prep 3.

Fastest pin: Nino Capuano, St. Ignatius, 0:26 seconds, Amaj Davis, Intrinsic Charter, 0:29 seconds.

Fastest tech-fall: Mavia Khan, Senn, 1:17 minutes.

Most team points: 7 tied with 24.

Most singles match points: Hunter Wahtola, DePaul College Prep, Dave Reardon, St. Ignatius 23 each.

Most total match points: Kingston Upshaw, Intrinsic Charter 48.

Team

Most pins: St. Ignatius 20, DePaul College Prep 17, Lake View 11.

Most total match points: St. Ignatius 202, DePaul College Prep 167, Senn 140.

Largest seed-place difference: Senn 5.

WHEELING REGIONAL

After a long dry spell that extended back to the winter of 2016 and 2017 when Wheeling won back-to-back regional titles, the Wildcats program has been in the deep freeze.

However, head coach Charlie Curran, former Hersey star and later an all-American at Elmhurst College, has helped turn the Wildcats into a solid group, witnessed by its second consecutive regional title on Saturday.

The Wildcats would eventually put some distance between themselves and runner-up Wauconda, scoring a tourney-high 193.5 points, 20.5 better than the Bulldogs 173.0.

St. Viator, with its three individual champions, finished third with 120.5 points.

Cary-Grove (115.5), Vernon Hills (92.0), Fenton (84.0), Northridge Prep (74.5) and Streamwood, in its first year in class 2A was eighth with 37.0.

The regional champion Wildcats will travel to St. Ignatius on Thursday to play Deerfield in a dual-team sectional semifinal.

The Wildcats will send 11 into the Antioch sectional in two weeks, where they will be lead by the championship foursome of : Frankie Katz (113), David Perez (120), Nicholas Montesinos (165), and heavyweight Pablo Morales.

They will joined by 106-pound runner-up Tommy Katz, Austin Berger, second at 150, and John Scanlon, second at 150, along with third place medal winners: Christian Giron (126), Juan Escanuela (132), Byron Arreola (144) and Eddie Juarez at 215.

Regional champions:

106- Thomas Emery, St. Viator, 37-8

113- Frankie Katz, Wheeling, 23-12

120- David Perez, Wheeling, 21-9

126- Mason Porten, Wauconda, 31-15

132- Rene Reyna, Fenton, 33-6

138- Ethan Sandal, Vernon Hills, 18-11

144- George McShane, Northridge Prep, 30-10

150- Wyatt Roland, Wauconda, 34-13

157- Brian Hart, Wauconda, 38-6

165- Nicholas Montesinos, Wheeling, 29-8

175- Brody McKenna, Wauconda, 37-10

190- Jaxon Penovich, St. Viator, 41-5

215- Colton Schneider, St. Viator, 33-14

285- Pablo Morales, Wheeling, 29-4

Additional sectional qualifiers:

106- Tommy Katz, Wheeling, 13-15, Michael Magallon, Northridge Prep, 12-19.

113- Maddon Gunn, Wauconda, 28-12, Charles Dominguez, Vernon Hills, 28-12.

120- Nicholas Ruiz, Wauconda, 27-13, Tony Lopez, Vernon Hills, 26-17.

126- Nathan Flores, St. Viator, 19-14, Christian Giron, Wheeling, 19-11.

132- Henry Kos, Cary-Grove, 23-13, Juan Escanuela, Wheeling, 20-17.

138- Jacob Turner, Cary-Grove, 33-9, Liam Harris, Wauconda, 27-15.

144- Ignacio Santander, Cary-Grove, 22-14, Byron Arreola, Wheeling, 19-18.

150- Austin Berger, Wheeling, 19-15, Javier Rodriguez, Northridge Prep, 26-12.

157- John Scanlon, Wheeling, 24-11, Leonardo Zavala, Cary-Grove, 31-9.

165- Jacob Becker, Vernon Hills, 30-6, Omar Diaz, Fenton, 33-5.

175- Dereck Mazariegos, Fenton, 19-8, Anthony Basso, Cary-Grove, 19-15.

190- Timur Arzumanov, Vernon Hills, 23-13, Landon Locker, Cary-Grove, 16-11.

215- Finn Loomis, Wauconda, 33-11, Eddie Juarez, Wheeling, 28-9.

285- Wynn Philippi, St. Viator, 32-12, Robert Solideo, Fenton, 17-9.

Statistics

Individual:

Most pins: Javier Rodriguez, Northridge Prep, Robert Solideo, Fenton, Anthony Basso, Cary-Grove. 3.

Most tech-falls: George McShane, Northridge Prep, 3 (12:32 minutes).

Fastest pin: Patrick Manio, Northridge Prep, 0:01 seconds.

Fastest tech-fall: Thomas Suter, Northridge Prep, 1:36 minutes.

Most team points: Brian Hart, Wauconda, Jaxon Penovich, St. Viator, 24.0

Most single match points: Landon Locker, Cary-Grove, 28

Most total match points: Wyatt Roland, Wauconda, Mason Porten, Wauconda, Landon Locker, Cary-Grove, George McShane, Northridge Prep. 48 each.

Team

Most pins: Fenton 12, Cary-Grove 10

Most tech-falls: Wauconda 6, Northridge Prep, Vernon Hills 5 each.

Most total match points: Wheeling 360, Wauconda 273, Vernon Hills 270.

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE CONFERENCE

Minooka coach Paige Schoolman got top-four finishes from 11 girls in winning Friday’s Southwest Prairie Conference meet, topping Joliet Central 185-150 for the title.

The team lead bounced around the 12-team field all day.

“We are proud of the effort the girls gave the entire tournament. Today was a great balanced battle at the top of the team race,” Schoolman said. “Throughout the meet, Joliet Central, Joliet West, Plainfield South, Bolingbrook and Minooka took turns in the top three of the team race.”

Minooka was in third place after the semifinal round. Dominant individual efforts from Marian Nordsell (110), Sabina Charlebois (130) and Ezra Rodriguez (140) led the way, but they were far from alone in building the team title.

“Our three finalists did what we hoped they would do pinning their way through the tournament,” Schoolman said. “The other eight girls that experienced a (semifinal) loss and came back to battle into the third place bouts made the difference today in the team race.”

Minooka got thirds from Therese Escano (105), Anastasia Morales (120), Lexie Lakota (135) and Addison Davis (170), and fourths from Angela Morales (120), Melody Williams (145), Abigail Underhill (155) and Mia Lemberg (190).

Eleven of Minooka’s 12 girls entered earned spots in place matches, “a testament  to the consistent work the girls have put in all season,” Schoolman said.

Minooka’s 53 wins were the most by any team, followed by Joliet West with 52 and Joliet Central with 49. Joliet West led the field in pins (38), tech falls (3) and total match points (386).

Minooka and Plainfield South led all teams with three champions, and Plainfield South had the most girls reach the championship mat with five.

Nordsell, Charlebois and Rodriguez shined for Minooka.

“Marian (Nordsell) came out and wrestled the best she has wrestled in her career,” Schoolman said. “Focused, determined, and relentless ,she made the most of her opportunities and getting her first SPC Championship.  She is gonna be a problem for other 110’s the next few weeks.

“Sabina wrestled tough, racking up three pins, and she finishes her SPC career as a three-time SPC champion and undefeated in SPC Tournament competitions, with all wins by pin.  Excited to see Sabina perform over the next few weeks.

“Ezra dominated the competition today,” Schoolman continued. “She has been bumping up to 145 pounds all year seeking the best competition. We are excited to see what she will do at her natural weight class (140) over the next few weeks.”

Schoolman loved the way Escano battled all day, bouncing back from a semifinal loss to post two key pins for Minooka. He also applauded Dewey’s effort and resilience, and “Addison (Davis) battled so tough today,” he said.

“Even in her semi-final loss she was giving amazing effort. She is an amazing kid that just works hard to try to grind out wins every match.”

Lakota truly showed what she’s made from in the team win.

“Lexi dropped a first -ound match that she was controlling,” Schoolman said. “Instead of sulking, she got back out there and won three matches in a row by fall to take third. All of those were tough matches and she had to dig deep for herself and the team. Really proud of her effort today.

“Our fourth-place finishers made a huge impact on the team score. Mia Lemberg, Abby Underhill, Mel Williams, and Angela Morales all went 2-2 and did great battling back in the wrestlebacks. Mia and Abby had a tough bracket that would probably rearrange placements everytime it was wrestled. Angela and Mel are bumped up a weight class and gave great effort to help the team to the championship.”

Team scores
Minooka 185, Joliet Central 150, Plainfield South 143, Bolingbrook 115, Joliet West 111, Yorkville 109, Romeoville 77.5, Plainfield East 72, Oswego 62, Oswego East 32, Plainfield Central 13, Plainfield North 0

Southwest Prairie Conference champions
SQ-state qualifier
100 Danielle Turner, Yorkville
105 SQ Alisa Carter, Joliet Central
110 Marian Nordsell, Minooka
115 Kayla Ochotorena, Plainfield South
120 SQ Alejandra Flores, Bolingbrook
125 Anaya Campbell, Bolingbrook
130 Sabina Charlebois, Minooka
135 Izabel Barrera, Joliet Central
140 Ezra Rodriguez, Minooka
145 Vanessa O’Connor, Joliet West
155 Lauryn Trotter, Yorkville
170 SQ Layla Spann, Plainfield South
190 Kimyra Patrick, Plainfield South
235 SQ Henessis Villagrana, Romeoville

Championship match results
100 Danielle Turner (Yorkville) F 0:44 Ariadna Arciniega (Joliet C)
105 Alisa Carter (Joliet C) D 8-3 Analiese Garretson (Yorkville)
110 Marian Nordsell (Minooka) F 3:25 Angelina Nettey (Plainfield E)
115 Kayla Ochotorena (Plainfield S) F 3:28 Mackenzie Mielke (Joliet W)
120 Alejandra Flores (Bolingbrook) TF Alexia Kachiroubas (Plainfield S)
125 Anaya Campbell (Bolingbrook) D 8-3 Briahna Klobnak (Joliet W)
130 Sabina Charlebois (Minooka) F 0:52 Vida Sanchez (Plainfield S)
135 Izabel Barrera (Joliet C) F 2:50 Veronica Klobnak (Joliet W)
140 Ezra Rodriguez (Minooka) F 1:02 Emma Guethle (Joliet C)
145 Vanessa O’Connor (Joliet W) F 1:39 Ella Cooper (Oswego E)
155 Lauryn Trotter (Yorkville) F 3:37 Makayla Hill (Oswego)
170 Layla Spann (Plainfield S) MD 17-5 Ashlynn Roberts (Oswego)
190 Kimyra Patrick (Plainfield S) D 3-2 Jen Serna (Plainfield E)
235 Henessis Villagrana (Romeoville) F 1:23 Cynthia Rios (Bolingbrook)

Third-place match results
100 Sharleen Barrera (Bolingbrook) F 4:47 Amie Fuentes (Plainfield S)
105 Therese Escano (Minooka) F 4:00 Ivette Quintana (Bolingbrook)
110 Daniela Santander (Romeoville) MD 15-4 Mikaela Najera (Bolingbrook)
115 Sabryna Banda (Plainfield C) D 4-0 Valerie Ruiz-Flores (Joliet C)
120 Keily Centeno (Joliet C) F 0:53 Angela Morales (Minooka)
125 Anasatasia Dewey (Minooka) D 4-0 Nina Witkowski (Oswego)
130 Ania Beltran (Romeoville) F 2:48 Ava Van Neil (Plainfield E)
135 Lexie Lakota (Minooka) F 1:36 Emily House (Oswego E)
140 Aviana Froelich (Yorkville) F 2:30 Zola Estes (Plainfield S)
145 Jaylin Ingram (Joliet C) F 3:22 Melody Williams (Minooka)
155 Julia Romero (Plainfield E) MD 9-1 Abigail Underhill (Minooka)
170 Addison Davis (Minooka) F 3:19 Bianca Campos (Joliet W)
190 Janiah Murray (Yorkville) F 0:49 Mia Lemberg (Minooka)
235 Sammie Ntone (Plainfield S) F 1:38 Milan Aldana (Joliet C)

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Joliet West 38; Minooka 38, Joliet Central 34
Most tech falls: Joliet West 3, Bolingbrook 2
Most total match points: Joliet West 389, Minooka 307, Joliet Central 304

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Joliet West’s Liliana Gomez, 3 falls in 1:45
Most tech falls least time: Joliet West’s Izabella Ramirez, 2 techs in 9:58
Fastest fall: Joliet Central’s Milan Aldana 0:12
Fastest tech fall: Bolingbrook’s Alejandra Flores 2:29
Most team points: 26 – Minooka’s Marian Nordsell and Ezra Rodriguez; Yorkville’s Lauryn Trotter
Most single-match points: Joliet West’s Ramirez 24
Most total match points: Romeoville’s Daniela Santander 50
Largest seed-place difference:

WESTERN BIG 6 CONFERENCE

Geneseo cruised to the team title at this year’s Western Big 6 conference meet for coach Carley Rusk. The Maple Leafs led all teams with five individual champions, seven finalists, 12 pins, 93 total match points, and tied for the lead in tech falls with Moline at two apiece.

Geneseo got titles from Addison Hadsall (100), Giana Wurslin (105), returning state medalist Lydia King (120), state qualifier Annibelle Juarez (140), and Lauren Piquard (155), second-place finishes from Sophia Urquiza (135) and Annabella Kelley (145), thirds from Kardiwin Gonzalez (115) and Ayla Schultz (125), and a fourth from Anna Davis (130).

Geneseo won with 145.5 team points to second-place Rock Island’s 109.5, followed by Moline (109), Sterling (56), Quincy (50), East Moline United (43) and Galesburg (41.5).

Western Big 6 conference champions
100 Addison Hadsall, 32-8, Geneseo
105 Giana Wurslin, 17-5 Geneseo
110 Chloe Cobert, 5-8, Rock Island
115 Stella Hacker, 11-6, Rock Island
120 Lydia King, 35-5, Geneseo
125 Madison Fuller, 10-9, Moline
130 Aubree Murphy, 22-4, Quincy
135 Dai Driana Wilford, 2-0, Galesburg
140 Annibelle Juarez, 29-8, Geneseo
145 Vivianna Torres, 25-11, Sterling
155 Lauren Piquard, 27-3, Geneseo
170 Ta’liyah Shelton, 15-17, Moline
190 Courtney Walls, 21-0, Rock Island
235 Jakeria Wilson, 8-3, Moline

Championship match results
100 Addison Hadsall (Geneseo) DQ Kantcho Sylla (United)
105 Giana Wurslin (Geneseo) F 0:40 Karsynn Vogel (Quincy)
110 Chloe Cobert (Rock Island) F 3:50 Nevaeh Delgado (Sterling)
115 Stella Hacker (Rock Island) F 2:30 Isabella Reynolds (Rock Island)
120 Lydia King (Geneseo) F 2:00 Amyah Pruitt (Galesburg)
125 Madison Fuller (Moline) F 0:33 Reyna Skelton (Rock Island)
130 Aubree Murphy (Quincy) F 3:29 Ablavi Komassi (United)
135 Dai Driana Wilford (Galesburg) F 2:17 Sophia Urquiza (Geneseo)
140 Annibelle Juarez (Geneseo) TF 4:41 Zoe Bloyd (Quincy)
145 Vivianna Torres (Sterling) F 2:11 Anabella Kelley (Geneseo)
155 Lauren Piquard (Geneseo) F 1:04 Aja Smith (Moline)
170 Ta’liyah Shelton (Moline) F 1:02 Juliet Funderberg (Sterling)
190 Courtney Walls (Rock Island) TF 2:31 Tatiana Cuellar (Moline)
235 Jakeria Wilson (Moline) TF 4:22 Arianna Tamayo (Sterling)

Third-place match results
100 Angelina McGuirk (Moline) F 0:59 Katherine Garcia (Sterling)
105 Yasmine Perez (Moline) Bye
110 Bye
115 Kardiwin Gonzalez (Geneseo) F 0:52 Nevaeh Patrick (Galesburg)
120 Jade Varble (Rock Island) Bye
125 Ayla Schultz (Geneseo) TF 3:13 Izabel Vega (Rock Island)
130 Grace Powell (Rock Island) F 1:22 Anna Davis (Geneseo)
135 Amiyali Aguilera (Moline) Bye
140 Jaelyn Hare (United) F 4:55 Vivian Aldus (Galesburg)
145 Jillian Tompkins (Moline) Bye
155 Libertee Englund (United) Bye
170 Bye
190 Bye
235 Sincerlyana Deemer (Rock Island) Bye

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Geneseo 12, Rock Island 8, Moline 6
Most tech falls: Geneseo 2, Moline 2, Galesburg 1, Rock Island 1
Most total match points: Geneseo 93, Rock Island 74, Moline 73

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: Rock Island’s Stella Hacker, 3 in 3:51
Most tech falls least time: Galesburg’s Vivian Aldus, 1 in 2:05
Fastest fall: Rock Island’s Isabella Reynolds 0:26
Fastest tech fall: Galesburg’s Vivian Aldus 2:05
Most team points: Geneseo’s Annibelle Juarez 23.5, Moline Madison Fuller 23.5
Most single-match points: Geneseo’s Annibelle Juarez 27
Most total match points: Juarez 32, Fuller 27, Moline’s Jakeria Wilson 26
Largest seed-place difference: Fuller won the individual title at 125 pounds as the No. 4 seed.

DUKANE CONFERENCE
Batavia led all teams with six individual champions and 10 girls in the finals at this year’s DuKane Conference meet. Coach Scott Bayer’s team also led the field with 20 pins and 265 team points to win the team title.

Wheaton Warrenville South (211.5) placed second and Glenbard North (160) finished third.
Batavia got titles from Rhyan Marcellis (100), returning state medalist Lily Enos (105), Eli Landgrebe (115), Natalie Lenart (125) and Audrey Sheldon (155), seconds from Eva Trpkovski (120), Nylah Novack (130), Norah Stoodley (140) and Caoimhe Mitchell (170). Among scoring wrestlers, the Bulldogs also got a third from Miracle Jackson (110) and a fourth from Yasmin Lopes (145).

Batavia’s Liaden Anderson (115) and Kinzer Mikesell (170) also placed third as non-scoring participants.
St. Charles East (133) placed fourth, followed by Wheaton North (128), Lake Park (107), St. Charles North (23) and Geneva (17).

DuKane conference champions
SM-state medalist
100 Rhyan Marcellis, 19-13, Batavia
105 SM Lily Enos, 30-2, Batavia
110 Sydney Stieb, 2-0, SC East
115 Eli Landgrebe, 26-14, Batavia
120 Sommer Kibbe, 26-4, WW South
125 Natalie Lenart, 35-7, Batavia
130 Keagan Edwards, 40-2, Glenbard North
135 Ava Burns, 33-7, Lake Park
140 Isabella Harty, 12-7, Wheaton North
145 Louisa Enslen, 25-4, WW South
155 Audrey Sheldon, 35-4, Batavia
170 Michelle Rojas-Tellez, 19-3, WW South
190 Jamie Gabriel, 21-5, Batavia
235 Asreilla Wallace, 35-6, Glenbard North

Championship match results

00 Rhyan Marcellis (Batavia) F 0:54 Daisy VillaGonzalez (Glenbard N)
105 Lily Enos (Batavia) MD 15-4 Andrea Jaimes-Alvarez (WW South)
110 Sydney Steib (SC East) TF 2:42 Estrella Jaimes (WW South)
115 Eli Landgrebe (Batavia) F 0:24 Sophia Rivas (SC East)
120 Sommer Kibbe (WW South) F 0:39 Eva Trpkovski (Batavia)
125 Natalie Lenart (Batavia) F 1:54 Valentina Solorzano (SC East)
130 Keagan Edwards (Glenbard N) F 1:16 Nylah Novack (Batavia)
135 Ava Burns (Lake Park) TF 2:59 Heidi Bourne (WW South)
140 Isabella Harty (Wheaton N) D 13-7 Norah Stoodley (Batavia)
145 Louisa Enslen (WW South) F 0:17 Gabriella Giunti (Glenbard N)
155 Audrey Sheldon (Batavia) F 3:15 Suzanne Stalley (Glenbard N)
170 Michelle Rojas-Tellez (WW South) D 5-3 Caoimhe Mitchell (Batavia)
190 Jamie Gabriel (Batavia) F 3:47 Julissa Rendon (SC North)
235 Asreilla Wallace (Glenbard N) F 4:15 Ameinah Hill (Lake Park)

Third-place match results100 Maria Mino (WW South) Bye
105 Reese Nicolas (Lake Park) MD 12-1 Kachi Tijerina (SC East)
110 Miracle Jackson (Batavia) F 2:45 Mei Schmadeke (Wheaton N)
115 Liaden Anderson (Batavia) F 3:33 Jordyn Bustin (Wheaton N)
120 Autumn Badon (SC East) F 0:37 Ezri Incrocci (Glenbard N)
125 Elida Garcia Torres (Lake Park) TF 2:15 Giselle Ramirez (Wheaton N)
130 Laila Cuadra (SC East) F 0:33 Estrella Bautista (Wheaton N)
135 Jackie Best (Wheaton N) F 0:29 Leslie Santiago (Geneva)
140 Caroline Ratliff (WW South) F 1:27 Olivia Pearson (SC East)
145 Emily Anteles (Wheaton N) inj. Yasmin Lopes (Batavia)
155 Maya Cahill (Wheaton N) MD 9-0 Nermina Rustemi (Lake Park)
170 Kinzer Mikesell (Batavia) F 1:18 Katrina Bradley (WW South)
190 Lyric Rockymore (WW South) MD 10-1 Zoe Mpukuta (Glenbard N)
235 Nagham Khalil (Glenbard N) D 7-4 Laira Carrillo (Glenbard N)

Statistics
TEAM

Most pins: Batavia 20, WW South 12, Glenbard N 12, Wheaton N 12
Most tech falls: 2 (3-way tie) – Lake Park, SC East, Wheaton N
Most total match points: Wheaton N 167, Lake Park 143, WW South 142

INDIVIDUAL
Most pins least time: WW South’s Caroline Ratliff, 3 falls in 3:01
Most tech falls least time: SC East’s Sydney Stieb, 2 techs in 6:20
Fastest fall: Wheaton North’s Jordyn Bustin :17; WW South’s Louisa Enslen :17
Fastest tech fall: Lake Park’s Elida Garcia Torres 2:15
Most team points: Glenbard North’s Keagan Edwards 26; Batavia’s Natalie Lenart 26
Most single-match points: Lake Park’s Nermina Rustemi 20
Most total match points: Lake Park’s Ava Burns 41