Class 2A Sectional roundups

Glenwood, Civic Memorial lead the way at Highland Sectional

Glenwood qualified eight individuals for this weekend’s IHSA Class Finals while Civic Memorial led the way with three champions at the Class 2A Highland Sectional. 

Winning two titles apiece were Bloomington and Mahomet-Seymour, with the latter having the second-highest number of state qualifiers with six. Mattoon will send five to state while Bloomington, Centennial, Civic Memorial, Mt. Vernon and Normal have four state qualifiers.

Winning titles for coach Jeremy Christenson’s Civic Memorial Eagles were Bradley Ruckman (106), Bryce Griffin (145) and Abe Wojcikiewicz (170) while Caleb Scott (126) took second. 

Coach Jerod Bruner’s Glenwood Titans were led by champion Drew Davis (113) while Brandon Bray (195), Alex Hamrick (220) and Mark Helm (285) were second, John Ben Maduena (132) and Aden Byal (152) took third and Tyler Clarke (106) and Justin Hay (170) were fourth.

Other sectional title winners were Bloomington’s Dylan Watts (138) and Maddox Kirts (160), Mahomet-Seymour’s Brennan Houser (182) and Mateo Casillas (195), Mt. Vernon’s Dillon White (120), Triad’s Colby Crouch (126), Mascoutah’s Santino Robinson (132), Jacksonville’s Collin Reif (152), Centennial’s Jack Barnhart (220) and Southeast’s Robert Hull (285).

Also taking second-place were Normal West’s Evan Willock (132) and Brock Leenerman (170), Bloomington’s Tyler Barlow (106), Mahomet-Seymour’s Caden Hatton (113) Centennial’s Declan Pate (120), Mattoon’s Ben Capitosti (138), Mt. Vernon’s Rider Searcy (145) Triad’s Aiden Postma (152), Carbondale’s Isaiah Duckworth (160) and Danville’s Phil Shaw IV (182).

Additional third-place finishers were Mattoon’s Korbin Bateman (126), Aidan Blackburn (145) and Leo Meyer (220), Carbondale’s Brenden Banz (170) and Aiden Taylor (195), Rochester’s Conner Carroll (106), Urbana’s Cordero Sims (113), Normal West’s Froylan Racey (120), Mahomet-Seymour’s Donovan Lewis (138), Centennial’s Tyler Easter (160) and Triad’s Koen Rodebush (182).

Fourth-place finishes were also turned in by Mt. Vernon’s Ethan Rivera (182) and Mason Randall (195), Mahomet-Seymour’s Colton Caraway (220) and Camden Harms (285), Mattoon’s Tristan Porter (113), Bloomington’s Javier Enriquez-Lynd (120), Normal West’s Austin Johnston (126), Centennial’s Trevor Schoonover (132), Highland’s Tyson Rakers (138), Rochester’s Nolan Mrozowski (145), Lincoln’s Isaac Decker (152) and Jacksonville’s James Cotton (160).

Top records of state qualifiers featured Robinson (37-0, 1.000), Crouch (28-0, 1.000), Casillas (48-1, .980), Houser (47-2, .959), Bateman (45-2, .957), Davis (45-2, .957), Wojcikiewicz (43-2, .956), Searcy (39-2, .951), Barnhart (36-2, .947), Banz (44-3, .936), Busch (40-3, .930), Griffin (45-4, .918), Hamrick (42-4, .913), Taylor (42-4, .913), White (39-4, .907), Reif (45-5, .900), Willock (36-4, .900), Byal (43-5, .896) and Meyer (43-5, .896).

Seniors who fell one win shy of earning  a state trip included Mahomet-Seymour’s Reese Wilson (27-22 at 126), Carbondale’s Aiden Murphy (34-11 at 138), Normal West’s Xavier Edwards (26-15 at 145), Centennial’s Nick Pianfetti (40-4 at 152), Lanphier’s Connor Janssen (32-6 at 160), Riverton’s Colin Ripperda (18-5 at 170), Civic Memorial’s Logan Cooper (22-7 at 195), Champaign Central’s Zavier Neill (30-15) and Marion’s Kanye Gunn (32-9 at 285).

Championship matches of the Class 2A Highland Sectional

106: Bradley Ruckman (33-8), Civic Memorial M For Tyler Barlow (25-16), Bloomington

113: Drew Davis (45-2), Glenwood TF 5:40 Caden Hatton (37-11), Mahomet-Seymour

120: Dillon White (39-4) Mt. Vernon F 0:59 Declan Pate (29-10), Centennial

126: Colby Crouch (28-0), Triad F 0:27 Caleb Scott (35-10), Civic Memorial

132: Santino Robinson (37-0), Mascoutah F 2:00 Evan Willock (36-4), Normal West

138: Dylan Watts (31-6), Bloomington D 5-4 Ben Capitosti (40-7), Mattoon

145: Bryce Griffin (45-4), Civic Memorial MD 15-6 Rider Searcy (39-2), Mt. Vernon

152: Collin Reif (45-5), Jacksonville D 8-2 Aiden Postma (38-9), Triad

160: Maddox Kirts (35-6), Bloomington F 1:56 Isaiah Duckworth (35-9), Carbondale

170: Abe Wojcikiewicz (43-2), Civic Memorial M For Brock Leenerman (19-5), Normal West

182: Brennan Houser (47-2), Mahomet-Seymour F 2:37 Phil Shaw IV (29-5), Danville

195: Mateo Casillas (48-1), Mahomet-Seymour D 6-0 Branon Bray (35-15), Glenwood

220: Jack Barnhart (36-2), Centennial D 5-1 Alex Hamrick (42-4), Glenwood

285: Robert Hull (27-5), Southeast F 0:14 Mark Helm (27-9), Glenwood 

Washington qualifies 10 individuals from the 2A Rochelle Sectional

Washington, the second-ranked team in Class 2A, is tied with Marist and Mount Carmel for the fifth-largest number of state qualifiers after having five individuals win championships and five others place fourth or better at the Class 2A Rochelle Sectional to give it 10 individuals who will compete in this weekend’s IHSA Finals in Champaign.

Leading the way for coach Nick Miller’s Panthers at the sectional were champions Wyatt Medlin (126), Peyton Cox (132), Kannon Webster (145), Blake Hinrichsen (170) and Justin Hoffer (220) while Josh Hoffer (195) was second, Noah Woods (113), Eli Gonzalez (138) and Zane Hulet (160) placed third and Cael Miller (152) finished fourth.

Rock Island qualified seven individuals while Aurora Christian, Crystal Lake Central and Rochelle all will each be represented by five qualifiers in Champaign.

Coach Joel Stockwell’s Rock Island Rocks received title wins from Steven Marquez (182) and Andrew Marquez (195) while Sammy Niyonkuru (106), Truth Vesey (113) and Amare Overton (170) took second. Daniel McGhee (120) was third while Tristan Willoughby (145) placed fourth.

Aurora Christian had four champions, Deven Casey (113), Josh Vazquez (120), Taythan Silva (152) and Braden Hunter (285) while Pat Mullen took second place.

Other tournament champions were Morton’s Harrison Dea (106), Galesburg’s Gauge Shipp (138) and Sycamore’s Zack Crawford (160). 

Also claiming second-place finishes were Crystal Lake Central’s Greco Rendon (126) and Ben Butler (160), Sycamore’s Gus Cambier (152) and Lincoln Cooley (295), Prairie Ridge’s Tyler Evans (120), Freeport’s Jacob Redington (132), Morton’s Steven Marvin (145), Cary-Grove’s Gabe Simpson (182) and LaSalle-Peru’s Connor Lorden (220).

Additional third-place finishes were Rochelle’s Joseph Nadig (126), Brock Metzger (182) and Kaiden Morris (220), Geneseo’s Zachary Montez (132) and Kye Weinzierl (145), Crystal Lake Central’s Cayden Parks (170) and Joe Barrick (195), Ottawa Township’s Ivan Munoz (106),

Peoria High’s Kenny Rutherford (152) and Crystal Lake South’s Andy Burburijia (285).

Fourth-place finishes were also turned in by Rochelle’s Tommy Tourdot (113) and Zavier Villalobos (120), Galesburg’s Rocky Almendarez (132) and Emilio Torres (170), Prairie Ridge’s Jake Lowitzki (106), Richwoods’ Bernard Cox (126), Geneseo’s Malaki Jackson (138), Dunlap’s Nick Mueller (160), Woodstock’s Zachary Canaday (182), Peoria High’s Malachi Washington (195), Rockford East’s Lee Smith, Jr. (220) and Crystal Lake Central’s Leo Diaz (285).

Shipp and Webster both are unbeaten with 46-0 records as they head to Champaign. Other top records among the state qualifiers from the Rochelle Sectional include Hunter (9-0, 1.000), Justin Hoffer (39-1, .975), Crawford (38-1, .974), Zachary Montez (43-2, .956), Cox (41-2, .953), Lorden (35-2, .946), Vesey (38-3, .927), Redington (37-3, .925), Evans (42-4, .913), Burburijia (30-3, .909), Smith, Jr. (40-4, .909), Steven Marquez (36-4, .900), Munoz (32-4, .889) and Andrew Marquez (38-5, .884).

Class 2A Rochelle Sectional championship matches

106: Harrison Dea (33-9), Morton D 9-5 Sammy Niyonkuru (29-10), Rock Island

113: Deven Casey (36-7), Aurora Christian F 1:48 Truth Vesey (38-3), Rock Island

120: Josh Vazquez (23-6), Aurora Christian MD 15-6 Tyler Evans (42-4), Prairie Ridge

126: Wyatt Medlin (21-4), Washington MD 10-2 Greco Rendon (28-9), Crystal Lake Central

132: Peyton Cox (41-2), Washington TB 2-1 Jacob Redington (37-3), Freeport

138: Gauge Shipp (46-0), Galesburg TF 2:39 Pat Mullen (22-10), Aurora Christian

145: Kannon Webster (46-0), Washington F 1:12 Steven Marvin (15-9), Morton

152: Taythan Silva (35-7), Aurora Christian D 10-3 Gus Cambier (41-6), Sycamore

160: Zack Crawford (38-1), Sycamore D 2-0 Ben Butler (35-11), Crystal Lake Central

170: Blake Hinrichsen (38-6), Washington MD 13-5 Amare Overton (38-9), Rock Island

182: Steven Marquez (36-4), Rock Island F 0:44 Gabe Simpson (23-8), Cary-Grove

195: Andrew Marquez (38-5), Rock Island D 5-3 Josh Hoffer (30-18), Washington

220: Justin Hoffer (39-1), Washington F 3:56 Connor Lorden (35-2), LaSalle-Peru

285: Braden Hunter (9-0), Aurora Christian D 6-0 Lincoln Cooley (31-4), Sycamore

Joliet Catholic Academy qualifies 13 at Hinsdale South Sectional

Defending Class 2A champion Joliet Catholic Academy will be well represented at this weekend’s IHSA State Finals with 13 Hilltoppers on hand, the second-highest total of state qualifiers behind Coal City, which is sending all 14 of its competitors to Champaign.

Coach Ryan Cumbee’s Hilltoppers, who are top-ranked in Class 2A, had seven champions and six more qualifiers than the next-best total at the Hinsdale South Sectional in Darien, which was seven for Lemont, and that mark is tied for the tenth-best total for qualifiers in all classes.

The next-best total of sectional qualifiers at Hinsdale South were Oak Forest (6), the host Hornets (5) and  Bremen, Brother Rice, Evergreen Park and St. Rita of Cascia, who all qualified four individuals. Crete-Monee (3), Richards (2), Thornton (2), Kennedy (1) and Marian Catholic (1) are the only other teams in the 26-team competition who will be sending athletes to state.

Winning titles for JCA were Jason Hampton (113), Gylon Sims (120), Jake Hamiti (138), Connor Cumbee (152), Mason Alessio (160), Nico Ronchetti (182) and Dillan Johnson (285) while Noah Avina (106) claimed second place. Nolan Vogel (132) and Zach Pomatto (195) took third and George Hollendoner (126), Luke Hamiti (145) and Hunter Powell (220) finished fourth.

State qualifiers for coach Erik Murry’s Lemont squad were champion Johnny O’Connor (145), second-place finishers Cory Zator (113), Sammy Schuit (138), Noah O’Connor (152), Nathan Wrublik (195) and Alex Pasquale (285) and Carter Mikolajczak (126), who took third place.

Advancing to state for coach Shawn Forst’s Oak Forest Bengals are champion Caden Muselman (132) and third place finishers Hunter Daniel (145), Steve Strelow (152) and Max Corral (170) while Jack Castaneda (160) and Tim Marusarz (285) took fourth place. Qualifying for coach Steve Matozzi’s Hinsdale South Hornets were third-place finishers Mikey Wallace (106), Jovani Piazza (182) and Griffin Carr (220) as well as Toqir Mir (113) and Alec Miller (170), who both placed fourth.

Bremen and Brother Rice each had two champions. Top finishers from the Bremen Braves were title winners Morgan Turner (106) and Alex Jackson (220) while Nore’ Turner (120) took second and Eroc Perez-Nava (285) took third. Qualifiers for Brother Rice’s Crusaders were first-place finishers Bobby Conway (126) and Gambino Perez (195) while Chuck Connelly (182) placed second and John Fitzpatrick (152) took fourth

Advancing for St. Rita were runners-up Nino Protti (126) and Sean Larkin (132) and third-place finishers Austin Dangles (120) and Connor Pasch (138). Qualifying for state for Evergreen Park were champion Aseal Rubalcava (170 and second-place finisher Eduardo Antunez (220) while Johan Bonilla (106) and Chance Woods (120) both finished fourth.

Richards qualified runner-up Mike Taheny (160) and fourth-place finisher Luke Kawa (132) while Thornton did the same with second-place finisher Davion Adams (170) and Qilee Jackson (195) placing fourth. The other two state qualifiers were Kennedy’s Victor Alvarado (113), who took third, and Marian Catholic’s Joey Baranski (138), who finished fourth.

Top records of state qualifiers from the sectional are highlighted by unbeaten Johnson (39-0, 1.000) and  Jackson (31-0, 1.000). Others are Rubalcava (32-1, .970), Conway (19-1, .950), Morgan Turner (31-2, .939), Alessio (39-3, .929), Muselman (32-3, .914), Nore’ Turner (30-3, .909), Piazza (28-3, .903), Johnny O’Connor (41-5, .891) and Alvarado (32-4, .889).

Seniors who missed qualifying for state by one victory include Gary Comer College Prep’s 

Jadden Scott (106) and Faizol Salam (152), Richards’ Muath Jiliani (126) and Adnan Abuzir (220), Crete-Monee’s Jerome Brown (138), Solorio Academy’s Antonio Padilla (170), Morgan Park’s Jadden Shores (182), Marian Catholic’s Tanner Clasen (182), Lindblom’s Jakob Okonkwo (195), Kankakee’s Michael Bannerman-Blakston (195) and Oak Forest’s Adam Richter (220).

Class 2A Hinsdale South Sectional championship matches

106: Morgan Turner (31-2), Bremen D 6-2 Noah Avina (25-22), Joliet Catholic Academy

113: Jason Hampton (35-8), Joliet Catholic Academy D 7-3 Cory Zator (36-6), Lemont

120: Gylon Sims (37-6), Joliet Catholic Academy M. For. Nore’ Turner (30-3), Bremen

126: Bobby Conway (19-1), Brother Rice F 1:04 Nino Protti (23-12), St. Rita

132: Caden Muselman (32-3), Oak Forest D 6-2 Sean Larkin (26-4), St. Rita

138: Jake Hamiti (34-15), Joliet Catholic Academy OT 3-1 Sammy Schuit (29-8), Lemont

145: Johnny O’Connor (41-5), Lemont D 8-3 Josyah Holland (22-5), Crete-Monee

152: Connor Cumbee (28-16), Joliet Catholic Academy D 7-5 Noah O’Connor (35-10), Lemont

160: Mason Alessio (39-3), Joliet Catholic Academy F 1:44 Mike Taheny (38-7), Richards

170: Aseal Rubalcava (32-1), Evergreen Park MD 12-0 Davion Adams (25-12), Thornton

182: Nico Ronchetti (29-16), Joliet Catholic Academy D 5-3 Chuck Connelly (27-5), Brother Rice

195: Gambino Perez (16-5), Brother Rice D 7-2 Nathan Wrublik (26-4), Lemont

220: Alex Jackson (31-0), Bremen F 5:46 Eduardo Antunez (32-9), Evergreen Park

285: Dillan Johnson (39-0), Joliet Catholic Academy F 0:58 Alex Pasquale (34-8), Lemont