Girls sectional recaps: DeKalb, Phillips, North Mac

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA

The girls’ state finals will take place on Feb. 27-28 at Grossinger Arena in Bloomington

DEKALB SECTIONAL

The host Barbs hoisted the team sectional plaque, advancing four girls to the state finals in sectional champion and returning state medal-winner Alex Gregorio-Perez (100), sectional runners-up Larisza Gomez Guevara (105) and Aarianna Bloyd (235) and third-place winner Kara Zimmerman (135).

Coach Conor Infelise’s girls posted 91 points to lead the field, followed by Minooka (65), Pekin (58), Geneseo (55) and Sycamore (55) in the top five.

Minooka advanced two girls downstate in sectional champ Ezra Rodriguez (140) and Sabina Charlebois (4th at 130). Pekin advanced three girls, Geneseo advanced two, and Sycamore advanced three.

Clifton Central’s Payton Temple (34-0 at 170) and Rock Island’s Courtney Walls (29-0 at 190) enter the state finals with unblemished season records. Temple was a state runner-up at 190 last year.

Other returning state medal winners headed back to Bloomington are returning state champions Saya Hongmoungkhoune of Rockford East and Kaneland’s Angelina Gochis, fifth-placer Michelle Naftzger of Erie, and Ottawa’s sixth-place winner Juliana Thrush.

SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS

100 Alex Gregorio-Perez (36-3) DeKalb
105 Saya Hongmoungkhoune (24-1) Rockford East
110 Blair Grennan (32-2) Newman Central Catholic
115 Chloe Hedges (33-3) Canton
120 Angelina Gochis (27-2) Kaneland
125 Samantha Greisen (41-4) Seneca
130 Kerby Germann (38-1) Fulton
135 Michelle Naftzger (31-4) Erie
140 Ezra Rodriguez (39-4) Minooka
145 Emily Taylor (27-5) Belvidere
155 Arian Sabu (34-8) Normal Community West
170 Payton Temple (34-0) Clifton Central
190 Courtney Walls (29-0) Rock Island
235 Juliana Thrush (28-4) Ottawa

STATE QUALIFIERS
100

Alex Gregorio-Perez (DeKalb) 36-3, d. Kendra Ege (Oregon) 12-2, (F 0:35)

Kali Dlercq (Hononegah) 28-4, d. Abella Brown (Canton) 31-5, (SV-1 6-3)

105

Saya Hongmoungkhoune (Rockford E) 24-1, d. Larisza Gomez Guevara (DeKalb) 38-6, (D 10-5)

Lily Deibel (Marquette) 23-4, d. Tessa Donaldson (Pekin) 27-2, (F 2:42)

110

Blair Grennan (Newman CC) 32-2, d. Rozlyn Mosher (Erie) 34-5, (F 2:43)

Lily Gwaltney (Ottawa) 34-6, d. Annalee Haschemeyer (Canton) 31-5, (D 1-0)

115

Chloe Hedges (Canton) 33-3, d. Laila Vaughn (Streator) 41-3, (D 18-13)

Autumn Starr (Bloomington) 25-8, d. Lyndzey Brewer (Farmington) 16-6, (F 1:55)

120

Angelina Gochis (Kaneland) 27-2, d. Ava Mayer (Pekin) 26-6, (F 1:54)

Lydia King (Geneseo) 42-6, d. Amyah Pruitt (Galesburg) 21-12, (F 1:22)

125

Samantha Greisen (Seneca) 41-4, d. Kiely Domyancich (L-Peru) 33-3, (F 1:43)

Calliope Willman (Metamora) 45-8, d. Ryleigh Eriks (Rock Falls) 42-9, (F 1:28)

130

Kerby Germann (Fulton) 38-1, d. Madison Heneks (Harlem) 30-8, (F 0:39)

Dai Driana Wilford (Galesburg) 27-6, d. Sabina Charlebois (Minooka) 36-7, (F 1:02)

135

Michelle Naftzger (Erie) 31-4, d. Avery Crouch (Dwight) 29-1, (F 3:05)

Kara Zimmerman (DeKalb) 31-11, d. Bella Castelli (Hononegah) 24-2, (fft.)

140

Ezra Rodriguez (Minooka) 39-4, d. Ema Durst (Sycamore) 31-1, (D 9-4)

Annibelle Juarez (Geneseo) 36-9, d. Sophia Domont (B-Bourbonnais) 18-7, (F 0:32)

145

Emily Taylor (Belvidere) 27-5, d. Taylor Sutton (East Peoria) 25-8, (D 5-3)

Aaliyah Swearingen (Kewanee) 21-4, d. Paytyn Dykes (Washington) 25-10, (D 7-0)

155

Arian Sabu (Normal W) 34-8, d. NaJeyah Wallace (Freeport) 31-9, (F 0:54)

Alyssa Artman (Pekin) 28-7, d. Lauryn Trotter (Yorkville) 38-9, (For.)

170

Payton Temple (Clifton Cent.) 34-0, d. Grace Mordhorst (Washington) 29-5, (F 0:37)

Kylie Eilken (Jeffferson) 27-3, d. Frankie McMurtry (Sycamore) 31-9, (F 2:19)

190

Courtney Walls (Rock Island) 29-0, d. Anjanne Haywood (Guilford) 18-4, (F 3:47)

Karsyn Robinson (Normal W) 30-11, d. Sadie Kinsella (Kaneland) 28-9, (D 10-7)

235

Juliana Thrush (Ottawa) 28-4, d. Aarianna Bloyd (DeKalb) 32-8, (D 2-0)

Jasmine Enriquez (Sycamore) 31-5, d. Savannah Trevino (Belvidere) 24-10, (F 0:50)

PHILLIPS SECTIONAL

Lane snared a team sectional title at Phillips for coach Liam Cummins, edging second-place Oak Forest 95.5-83. Warren (74.5) finished third, followed by District 230 (65) and Stevenson (61) to round out the top five team finishes.

Lane advanced four girls to the state finals, while Oak Forest, Warren, District 230 and Stevenson each advanced three.

Lane got individual sectional titles from Zabby Badru (135) and Layla Moreland (155), a second from Eila Barbour (145) and a fourth from Sofia Guerrero (100) in securing the team sectional crown. Oak Forest matched Lane for the most sectional champions with two, in Alex Sebek (100) and Rain Scott (125).
Sebek (100) was a state runner-up as a freshman at 100 pounds and returns to the state finals after a two-year hiatus.

Other state medal winners returning to this year’s state finals are District 230’s Jade Hardee (110), who placed third at 100 last year; Grayslake Central’s Gianna Arzer (130) who placed third at 125; Round Lake’s Riley Kongkaeow (100), who placed fourth at 100; and Glenbrook North’s Ariella Dobin (125), who placed second at 120.

SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS
100 Alexandra Sebek (30-0) Oak Forest
105 Giselle Arambula (30-1) Curie
110 Jade Hardee (41-6) D 230
115 Demetria Griffin (19-0) Chicago Hope Academy
120 Nina Nesci (36-1) St. Laurence
125 Rain Scott (18-1) Oak Forest
130 Gianna Arzer (12-0) Grayslake Central
135 Zabby Badru (46-1) Lane Tech
140 Tyanna Jackson (41-2) Warren
145 Giancarla Garduno (26-2) St. Ignatius
155 Layla Moreland (38-9) Lane Tech
170 Caliyah Campbell (23-6) OPRF
190 Valiere Franco (20-4) Fenwick
235 Sophia Fortis (23-2) Maine South

STATE QUALIFIERS
100

Alexandra Sebek (Oak Forest) 30-0, d. Riley Kongkaeow (Round Lake) 19-3, (fft.)

Andaira Marron (Morton) 35-2, d. Sofia Guerrero (Lane) 43-5, (F 4:32)
105

Giselle Arambula (Curie) 30-1, d. J Colbert (Lake View) 21-4, (D 14-11)

Dakodia Kelly (TF South) 41-9, d. Tatum De La Vega (D 230) 29-10, (F 1:58)

110

Jade Hardee (D 230) 41-6, d. Carmen Jackson (Ag Science) 25-2, (F 0:49)

Sunny Aitzemkour (New Trier) 33-5, d. Ariel Woodfin (Thornton) 26-5, (TF-1.5 4:44 (21-6)

115
Demetria Griffin (Hope Acad) 19-0, d. Athena Zappas (Stevenson) 36-2 (TF 5:28)

Yazmine Garcia (Kelly) 28-6, d. Aaliyah Vazquez (Warren) 37-11, (D 10-7)

120

Nina Nesci (St. Laurence) 36-1, d. Ava Enright (Marist) 37-7, (MD 10-1)

Nastasia Kobets (Stevenson) 16-4, d. Brynnley Krauchun (D 230) 28-16 (TF 5:16)

125

Rain Scott (Oak Forest) 18-1, d. Mary Minogue (Libertyville) 12-2, (D 10-5)
Ariella Dobin (GB North) 35-1, d. Grace Eiland (Hope Acad) 18-6, (Inj. 1:08)

130

Gianna Arzer (GL Central) 12-0, d. Journey Jackson (Oak Lawn) 28-6 (TF 4:55)
Alena Oshana (Maine E) 45-7, d. Mila Rocush (Shepard) 34-11, (F 5:07)

135

Zabby Badru (Lane) 46-1, d. Karina Lojowski (Stevenson) 34-3, (D 3-0)

Mercedes Carrassoco (De La Salle) 29-4, d. Jane Kelly (Warren) 35-11, (F 0:53)

140

Tyanna Jackson (Warren) 41-2, d. Isabella Miller (OPRF) 24-4, (F 3:47)

Sasha Johnson (Antioch) 40-9, d. America Cabrera (Phoenix) 25-3, (F 2:53)

145

Giancarla Garduno (St. Ignatius) 26-2, d. Eila Barbour (Lane) 32-5, (F 5:57)

Iyobosa Odiase (Oak Forest) 35-3, d. Miranda Tellez (GL Central) 28-6, (F 1:05)

155

Layla Moreland (Lane) 38-9, d. Melissa Nance (Hillcrest) 25-10, (F 2:53)

Lily Fish (Reavis) 32-4, d. Ariyah Bradford (TF North) 20-8, (TF-1.5 5:46 (26-10)

170

Caliyah Campbell (OPRF) 23-6, d. Sara Martinez Lopera (Kelly) 31-4, (D 4-1)
Anali Wilson (Morton) 39-3, d. Sarah Parker (Marist) 37-13, (F 5:10)
190

Valiere Franco (Fenwick) 20-4, d. Lucia Terrazas (TF South) 30-9, (F 5:29)

Kendra Hayden (H-F) 31-13, d. Joslin Coon (Lakes) 17-6, (F 0:53)

235

Sophia Fortis (Maine S) 23-2, d. Esmeralda Bustamante (Noble/ITW Speer) 40-2, (D 3-0)

Karrine Jenkins (Shepard) 37-5, d. Omowonuola Fajimolu (Evanston) 23-9, (F 0:43)

NORTH MAC SECTIONAL

Edwardsville captured the team title at this year’s North Mac Sectional, posting 132 points and advancing six girls to the state finals, led by a pair of sectional champions in Emma Rogers (105) and Victoria White (190). Rogers placed sixth in Illinois at 100 pounds last season.

Also advancing for Edwardsville were a pair of sectional runners-up in Genevieve Dykstra (115) and Allie Chong (120), third-placer Adleigh DeWerff (110), and fourth-placer Olive Linhorst (125).

Collinsville (77.5) placed second and advanced four girls, third-place Urbana (68)   advanced three, fourth-place Granite City (56.5) advanced two, and fifth-place Roxana (54.5) advanced two girls.

Roxana’s returning state champion Chloe Skiles will chase the title at 110 after winning it at 105 last year. Other returning state medal winners include Litchfield/Mt. Olive’s Rilynn Younker, who was fifth at 110 last year; Mt. Zion’s Sydney Cannon, who was state runner-up at 115; returning state champion Natalie Beaumont (145) of Cumberland; and Unity’s Phoenix Molina, who placed third at 235.

SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS
100 Madelynn Murphy (22-5) Roxana
105 Emma Rogers (31-6) Edwardsville
110 Chloe Skile (25-1) Roxana
115 Rilynn Younker (35-11) Litchfield/Mt. Olive
120 Alauni Muex (44-2) Marion
125 Yariah Shaw (15-0) Danville
130 Sydney Cannon (37-0) Mt. Zion
135 Jacee Mardirosian (35-3) Carterville
140 Ricky Ivy (44-1) Urbana
145 Natalie Beaumont (20-1) Cumberland
155 Taylor Owens (17-5) Oakwood/Salt Fork
170 Demi Barnes (29-2) Granite City
190 Victoria White (32-0) Edwardsville
235 Phoenix Molina (34-0) Unity

STATE QUALIFIERS
100

Madelyn Murphy (Roxana) 22-5, d. Chloe Collins (Olympia) 29-5, (MD 14-2)

Kadi Wilbern (Glenwood) 30-8, d. Jhayla Lawson (Mascoutah) 20-11, (F 0:18)

105

Emma Rogers (Edwardsville) 31-6, d. Phoenix Criss (Springfield Coop) 27-8 (TF 4:00)

Alexia Gld. (PORTA) 27-9, d. Karsynn Vogel (Quincy) 24-8, (F 4:43)

110

Chloe Skiles (Roxana) 25-1, d. Ivana Torres (Collinsville) 35-11, (F 1:33)

Adleigh DeWerff (Edwardsville) 31-5, d. Riley Weems (Belleville W) 29-11, (F 3:14)

115

Rilynn Younker (Litchfield/Mt. Olive) 35-11, d. Genevieve Dykstra (Edwardsville) 31-3, (MD 12-3)

Baileigh Self (Althoff Cath) 33-4, d. Kate Wochner (Oakwood/Salt Fork) 22-10, (F 4:27)

120

Alauni Muex (Marion) 44-2, d. Allie Chong (Edwardsville) 24-6, (D 9-2)

Delaney Ledbetter (Lawrenceville Co) 14-6, d. Catelyn Reese (Frankfort) 25-9 (TF 3:56)

125

Yariah Shaw (Danville) 15-0, d. Aryanna Jones (Alton) 21-9, (F 1:28)

Londyn Long (Collinsville) 46-5, d. Olive Linhorst (Edwardsville) 23-8, (F 0:55)

130

Sydney Cannon (Mt. Zion) 37-0, d. Ava Beldo (Unity) 34-7, (MD 11-0)

Lamia Irby (Belleville E) 21-7, d. Te`Aja Young (Cahokia) 25-3, (D 14-7)

135

Jacee Mardirosian (Carterville) 35-3, d. Addyson Bailey (Collinsville) 33-14, (MD 14-6)

Madelyn Edler (Waterloo) 33-13, d. Tamya Terry (Urbana) 26-12, (D 6-5)

140

Ricky Ivy (Urbana) 44-1, d. Audrey Barnes (Granite City) 31-2, (F 1:58)

Kimoreyee Ballard (Springfield Coop) 25-10, d. Zoe Bloyd (Quincy) 28-7, (F 1:20)

145

Natalie Beaumont (Cumberland) 20-1, d. McKenzie Miller (GCMS/Fisher) 27-6, (F 1:59)

Macee Hammond (Robinson) 23-7, d. Leann Cory (Collinsville) 42-5, (fft.)

155

Taylor Owens (Oakwood/Salt Fork) 17-5, d. Grace Stratton (Freeburg) 37-1, (Inj. 2:51)

Kaitlin Wood (Triad) 27-7, d. Maddie Wells (SJ-Ogden) 26-3, (F 2:28)

170

Demi Barnes (Granite City) 29-2, d. Kira Thompson (O’Fallon) 11-2, (F 1:50)

Janylah Holman (Cahokia) 28-6, d. Iy`Jah Grant (Champaign Cent) 18-3, (Inj. 3:19)

190

Victoria White (Edwardsville) 32-0, d. Brooke Stellhorn (Belleville W) 22-2, (fft.)

Addison Briggs (W’ville/G.-Ridge Farm) 25-5, d. Izabell McBride (Waterloo) 21-6, (F 1:33)

235

Phoenix Molina (Unity) 34-0, d. Lilly Disanto (Urbana) 40-7, (F 5:01)

Olivia Rosine (Charleston) 24-8, d. Madeleine Cooley (Jacksonville) 14-7, (F 1:16)