29th Annual IWCOA State Championships
March 15-16, 2025 (projected)
About
The Freshman/Sophomore State Series begins with almost 2000 wrestlers entering sixteen regional events to qualify for eight sectionals. The top four from each sectional will compete in the State Championships at The BOS Center in downtown Springfield. The series is reserved for those who did not qualify for the IHSA State Tournament.
The IWCOA Girls Open Championships will be an open tournament for all girls, except those who qualified for/placed at the IHSA Girls State Tournament. There is no regional qualifier for the IWCOA Girls Open.
The following buttons are from last year's events and will be updated soon!
Please contact Debbie Nason with all questions: debn4690@aol.com
Regional
Fresh/Soph – Regional sites and regional assignments are listed in the download. Top four (4) qualify for Sectional.
Girls - there is no regional qualifier
Sectional
Fresh/Soph - Sectional Sites are listed in the download. Top (4) qualify for State.
Girls - Sectional Sites are listed in the download. Top (4) qualify for state.
State Championships
Dates Tentative
Saturday and Sunday, March 15-16, 2025
Bank of Springfield Center
1 Convention Center Plaza
Springfield, IL 62701
Girls
Girls Open wrestling starts on Saturday, March 15 at 10:40 a.m.
Girls wrestling reconvenes on Sunday, March 16 at 9:00 a.m. Sunday
Weigh-ins are Saturday, March 15 from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
***Weigh-ins are Saturday Only***
Boys
Boys Freshman/Sophomore wrestling starts on Saturday, March 16 at 10:40 a.m.
Boys Freshman/Sophomore wrestling reconvenes on Sunday, March 16 at 9:00 a.m.
Weigh-ins are Saturday, March 16 from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
***Weigh-ins are Saturday Only***
Who can enter
Boys Freshman Sophomore State
Freshman and Sophomore wrestlers who did not qualify for the 2025 IHSA Individual state tournament.
The Freshman/Sophomore state series is an event for individual wrestlers. The Freshman/Sophomore designation is used to define a group of wrestlers and does not indicate that a wrestler is representing his or her school. Boys must be 16 years old or younger on first day of competition, March 1, 2025. Wrestlers are not required to have a coach.
High School Girls State Open
All HS grades during the 2024-2025 high school season who did not qualify for the 2025 IHSA Individual state tournament.
This is an open individual event and not an IHSA event. The high school designation is used to define a group and does not indicate school representation. Girls must be 19 years old or younger on first day of competition, March 8, 2025. Coaches are not required.
How to enter
REGISTATION SHOULD BE OPEN FEBRUARY 2025! STAY TUNED!!
Trackwrestling.com
Fresh/Soph Boys - You must register in the assigned regional site for your high school. Fees are collected at the Regional. If your school is not listed in the regional site, please contact Debbie at debn4690@aol.com
All competitors must register online through Trackwrestling.com. Once in the Trackwrestling site, search for the event(s) you are looking for by typing in IWCOA. You can also view or print the flier from any of the 2025 IWCOA series tournaments to find your qualifying site base on the school attended.
Past Winners
2024 Boys Champions
101 – Jackson Soney (Normal Community)
106 – Jackson Olson (Hononegah)
113 – Harrison Dea (Morton)
120 – Ismael Chaidez (Glenbard East)
126 – Isaac Zimmerman (Lockport Township)
132 – Carter Skoff (Morris)
138 – Daniel Blanke (Barrrington)
144 – Jalen Byrd (Lincoln-Way Central)
150 – Frank Tagoe (Hersey)
157 – Nicolas Astacio (Marian Central)
165 – Aaden Arroyo (Grant)
175 – Vincenzo Testa (Marmion Academy)
190 – Blake Livdahl (Harvard)
215 – Teigen Moreno (Dundee-Crown)
285 – Ryan Stingily (Lincoln-Way East)
2024 Girls Champions
95 – Daniela Santander (Romeoville)
100 – Diamond Rodriguez (Dundee-Crown)
105 – Ma`Kayla Bonner (Granite City)
110 – Courtni Chuway (Seneca)
115 – Ava Beldo (Centennial)
120 – Nina Hamm (Homewood-Flossmoor)
125 – Tierra Hardin (Proviso West)
130 – Audrey Barnes (Granite City)
135 – Brianna Bynum (Sherrard)
140 – Alicia Swank (Bloomington)
145 – Bella Cyrkiel (Minooka)
155 – Abbey Boersma (Minooka)
170 – Sabrina Cargill (Palatine)
190 – Brittney Moran (West Aurora)
235 – Jasmine Enriquez (Sycamore)
2014 Champions
2012 Champions