Roundup for Unity, Mascoutah and out-of-state tournaments from Dec. 21
By Curt Herron – for the IWCOA
Unity finishes strong to capture top honors at own invitational
Unity had six champions, one third-place finisher, two fourth-place efforts and a fifth to win the title of its 15-team Unity Invitational in Tolono with 224 points, which was 21.5 points better than runner-up Olympia/Delavan co-op, who had 202.5 points. Ottawa Marquette beat out Rochester 148-143 for third place while Hoopeston Area/Milford co-op finished fifth with 137 points.
1 – Unity
Leading the way for coach Logan Patton’s champion Rockets were title winners Hunter Shike (132), Taylor Finley (138), Kaden Inman (144), Holden Brazelton (150), Abram Davidson (165) and Hunter Eastin (190) while Ryan Rink (175) placed third, Zayden Mansfield (120) and Josh Heath (165) finished fourth and Chason Daly (215) claimed fifth place.
2 – Olympia
Winning titles for coach Josh Collins’ runner-up Spartans were Dylan Eimer (113) and Darian Holloway (285) while Mateo Martinez (126), Cooper Phillips (138), Austin Kisner (144) and Zach Fry (190) took second place. Other medalists for Olympia were Brandon Gaither, who took third at 106, Kaden Collins, who was fourth at 150 and Cohen Maness, who placed sixth at 215.
3 – Ottawa Marquette
The lone champion for coach Trent Lyons’ third-place Crusaders was Alex Schaefer (215) who took first place at 215. Finishing in second place were Reily Leifheit (165) and Adrian Schaefer (285) while Koby Clark (120) claimed third and Beau Thompson (132) placed fourth. Brysen Manly (150) and Landyn McEmery (175) took fifth place and Shea Conner (113) was sixth.
Other title winners were Hoopeston Area/Milford co-op’s Charlie Flores (106), Aiden Bell (126) and Angel Zamora (175) and Rochester’s Miles Carroll (120) and James Escobar (157).
Benton had three second-place finishers, Braxton Tittle (113), Cohen Sweely (120) and Tiffin Kouzoukas (157). Also taking second place were Rochester’s Pierce Bultmann (106), Urbana’s Emiliano Bedolla (132), Peotone’s Conor Pasche (150), Tremont’s Bowden Delaney (175 )and Crete-Monee’s Malaki Scott (215).
Alex Schaefer and Holloway led all competitors for the most team points with 30 while Finley was right behind with 29.5 and Brazelton was next-best with 29 team points. Davidson and Shike tied for fifth with 28 points while Eastin had 27.5, Inman finished with 27 points, Zamora had 26 and there was three-way tie between Bell, Carroll and Flores for tenth with 25.5 points.
Rochester’s James Escobar edged Ottawa Marquette’s Reily Leifheit 60-59 for the most total match points. And Ottawa Marquette’s Alex Schaefer had the most falls in the least amount of time with four in 4:26
Unity Invitational place matches
106
1st Place Match
Charlie Flores (Hoopeston Area) 14-0, Jr. over Pierce Bultmann (Rochester) 13-1, So. (Dec 5-3)
3rd Place Match
Brandon Gaither (Olympia) 16-3, So. over Zane Stanley (Benton) 16-3, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:53 (17-1))
5th Place Match
Isaac Wood (Carterville) 14-5, Fr. over Gracen Elliott (Robinson) 7-4 (Fall 5:01)
113
1st Place Match
Dylan Eimer (Olympia) 12-1, Sr. over Braxton Tittle (Benton) 17-1, So. (Fall 2:50)
3rd Place Match
Nicky Weber (Tremont) 11-6, Fr. over Ramiro Sebastian (Carterville) 10-5, Sr. (Dec 5-2)
5th Place Match
Kameree Ahonto (Crete-Monee) 3-3, Fr. over Shea Conner (Ottawa Marquette) 2-7, So. (Fall 1:10)
120
1st Place Match
Miles Carroll (Rochester) 13-1, So. over Cohen Sweely (Benton) 19-1, So. (TF-1.5 4:56 (18-2))
3rd Place Match
Koby Clark (Ottawa Marquette) 10-3, So. over Zayden Mansfield (Unity) 2-2, Fr. (Dec 9-2)
5th Place Match
Gavin Stoecker (Tremont) 16-6, Fr. over Blake Anderson (Peotone) 14-6, So. (Dec 13-8)
126
1st Place Match
Aiden Bell (Hoopeston Area) 14-1, Jr. over Mateo Martinez (Olympia) 16-10, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:18 (20-3))
3rd Place Match
Brawnsen Bloodworth (Carterville) 11-4, Sr. over Jordan Kirkpatrick (Crete-Monee) 2-8, Jr. (Fall 1:10)
5th Place Match
Jacob Booher (Robinson) 6-6 over Brendon Jones (Benton) 1-2 (Dec 12-11)
132
1st Place Match
Hunter Shike (Unity) 3-0, Jr. over Emiliano Bedolla (Urbana) 17-2, Sr. (Fall 3:42)
3rd Place Match
Blake Arseneau (Bishop McNamara) 2-1, Jr. over Beau Thompson (Ottawa Marquette) 9-5, So. (Dec 16-10)
5th Place Match
Landyn Flood (Carterville) 13-3, Sr. over John Traub (Prairie Central) 13-5, Sr. (MD 13-1)
138
1st Place Match
Taylor Finley (Unity) 4-0, So. over Cooper Phillips (Olympia) 15-6, Sr. (Fall 3:33)
3rd Place Match
Nic Mrozowski (Rochester) 11-4, So. over Broady Kelly (Robinson) 8-2 (Inj. 0:00)
5th Place Match
Chase Stedman (Tremont) 19-6, Sr. over Alex Kostecka (Bishop McNamara) 10-7, Jr. (Dec 7-1)
144
1st Place Match
Kaden Inman (Unity) 3-0, Sr. over Austin Kisner (Olympia) 18-4, So. (TF-1.5 4:39 (18-3))
3rd Place Match
Cole Kimberlin (Bishop McNamara) 6-7, Jr. over Derek Wilkey (Benton) 14-4, So. (Fall 5:45)
5th Place Match
Jacob Kuhn (Charleston) 10-8, Jr. over Gerard Fleming (Crete-Monee) 7-5, So. (Fall 3:39)
150
1st Place Match
Holden Brazelton (Unity) 4-0, Sr. over Conor Pasche (Peotone) 17-4, Sr. (Fall 1:48)
3rd Place Match
Drake Pfeiffer (Rochester) 4-2, Sr. over Kaden Collins (Olympia) 15-7, Fr. (Fall 2:48)
5th Place Match
Brysen Manly (Ottawa Marquette) 11-6, So. over Jason Adams (Crete-Monee) 5-7, Sr. (MD 14-3)
157
1st Place Match
James Escobar (Rochester) 11-4, So. over Tiffin Kouzoukas (Benton) 16-2, Sr. (Dec 18-12)
3rd Place Match
Ben Mullins (Robinson) 13-2 over Laith Abunijmeh (Peotone) 8-7, Sr. (TF-1.5 1:56 (15-0))
5th Place Match
Yanai Taylor (Urbana) 6-7, Sr. over David Bell (Hoopeston Area) 9-8, Sr. (MD 10-2)
165
1st Place Match
Abram Davidson (Unity) 4-0, Jr. over Reily Leifheit (Ottawa Marquette) 11-2, So. (Dec 8-2)
3rd Place Match
Kahne Hyre (Robinson) 11-4, Sr. over Josh Heath (Unity) 2-2 (SV-1 9-6)
5th Place Match
Ayden Larkin (Hoopeston Area) 14-3, Sr. over Jaxson Martin (Prairie Central) 3-2 (Fall 1:22)
175
1st Place Match
Angel Zamora (Hoopeston Area) 14-0, Sr. over Bowden Delaney (Tremont) 18-1, Sr. (Dec 14-10)
3rd Place Match
Ryan Rink (Unity) 2-1, Sr. over Will Mullins (Robinson) 8-5 (TF-1.5 2:47 (16-1))
5th Place Match
Landyn Mcemery (Ottawa Marquette) 7-4, Fr. over Kijuan Springfield (Crete-Monee) 6-8, Sr. (Fall 1:15)
190
1st Place Match
Hunter Eastin (Unity) 3-0, Sr. over Zach Fry (Olympia) 17-7, So. (Fall 2:00)
3rd Place Match
Ethan Pfieffer (Bishop McNamara) 7-3, Sr. over Izaiah Dalton (Benton) 10-7, Sr. (Fall 1:49)
5th Place Match
Terry Mick (Carterville) 13-5, So. over Earl Kelnhofer (Hoopeston Area) 11-5, So. (Fall 2:26)
215
1st Place Match
Alex Schaefer (Ottawa Marquette) 11-2, So. over Malakai Scott (Crete-Monee) 9-4, Sr. (Fall 0:47)
3rd Place Match
Connor Broughton (Rochester) 9-6, Jr. over Marcellx Boling (Charleston) 8-5, Sr. (Fall 1:47)
5th Place Match
Chason Daly (Unity) 4-1, Jr. over Cohen Maness (Olympia) 10-10, Jr. (Fall 2:32)
285
1st Place Match
Darian Holloway (Olympia) 20-3, Jr. over Adrian Schaefer (Ottawa Marquette) 6-4, Sr. (Fall 1:28)
3rd Place Match
Jeremiah Bouchard (Carterville) 11-5, So. over Kian Bramer (Bishop McNamara) 5-6, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:33 (18-3))
5th Place Match
Dominic Jackson (Crete-Monee) 10-4, So. over Colton Maltby (Rochester) 12-4, So. (Fall 0:52)
Team scores
1. Unity 224, 2. Olympia/Delavan co-op 202.5, 3. Ottawa Marquette 148, 4. Rochester 143, 5. Hoopeston Area/Milford co-op 137, 6. Benton/Sesser-Valier co-op 115, 7. Carterville 106, 7. Crete-Monee 106, 9. Robinson 86.5, 10. Bishop McNamara 81, 11. Tremont 80, 12. Peotone 50.5, 13. Urbana 42, 14. Charleston 36.5, 15. Prairie Central 33.5.
Fort Zumwalt North takes first place at Dale Breckel Mascoutah Invite
Fort Zumwalt North of O’Fallon, Missouri easily captured top honors at the 32-team Dale Breckel Mascoutah Invite after scoring 236 points, which was 66.5 ahead of runner-up Quincy Senior, who collected 169.5 points to beat out third-place Murphysboro by 1.5 points. Roxana edged Waterloo 148-147.5 for fourth place while Normal Community (144.5), Morton (143.5) and the host Indians (142) were next in line in the competition in Mascoutah.
1 – Fort Zumwalt North, Missouri
Leading the way for coach Josh Cooper’s champion Panthers were title winners Cole Aguirre (157) and Deacon Moran (190) while Chaz Mitchell (113) took second place. Jacob Bals (120), Nathaniel Provost (126) and Patrick Provost (138) finished third, Jack Bals (106), Carsten Burkemper (132) and Drake Weston (150) placed fifth and Logan Bizzle (165) was seventh.
2 – Quincy Senior
Top medalists for coach Phil Neally’s second-place Blue Devils were runner-up Eli Roberts (150) and third-place finishers Brody Baker (157) and Gunnar Derhake (165). Claiming fourth place was Cooper Kamm (138) while Derik Lohmeyer (120) took sixth place, Clayton McClelland (113) placed seventh and Cale Mixer (144) and King Johnson (285) both finished eighth.
3 – Murphysboro
Turning in top finishes for coach Shea Bakers’ third-place Red Devils were champion Paxton Pyatt (113) and runner-up Kaiden Richards (120). Other top performers were Bryce Edwards (144), who took third place, Sergio Garcia (126), who finished fifth, Logan Tanner (175), who placed sixth and Aiston Holt (132), who claimed eighth place.
Also winning Dale Breckel Mascoutah Invite championships were Waterloo’s Matthew Deutch (106) and Drew Glowacki (285), Champaign Central’s Talin Baker (126) and Ron Baker III (138), Roxana’s Brandon Green, Jr. (132) and Lyndon Thies (175), Triad’s Will Kelly (120), Mt. Vernon’s Dillon White (144), Mascoutah’s Brock Ross (150), East St. Louis’ Pierre Walton (165) and East Alton-Wood River’s Drake Champlin (215).
Other second-place finishers in the invite were Mattoon’s Tristan Porter (126) and Ben Capitosti (144), Morton’s Harrison Dea (132) and Clay Mckee (165), Anna-Jonesboro’s Zoee Sadler (106), Mahomet-Seymour’s Justus Vrona (138), Highland’s Tyson Rakers (157), Lincoln’s Dawson McConnell (175), Roxana’s Rob Watt (190), Waterloo’s Jaxson Mathenia (215) and Collinsville’s Jack Shepherd (285).
Deutch and Ross tied for the most team points with 34 while Ron Baker III and Moran were next-best with 33.5 points. Kelly ranked fifth with 33 points, Glowacki and White both scored 32 points and Aguirre, Green, Jr. and Thies all ended up with 31.5 team points.
Alton’s Brayden Drew had the most total match points with 87 and Collinsville’s Connor Castens had the most falls in the least amount of time with five pins in 5:16.
Dale Breckel Mascoutah Invite place matches
106
1st Place Match
Matthew Deutch (Waterloo) 19-0, So. over Zoee Sadler (Anna-Jonesboro) 13-3, Sr. (Fall 0:59)
3rd Place Match
Xavier Sonon-Hale (Mascoutah) 14-4, Fr. over Elijah Conda (Normal Community) 9-2, Jr. (Dec 12-9)
5th Place Match
Jack Bals (Fort Zumwalt North, MO) 9-5, So. over Connor Castens (Collinsville) 9-6, Fr. (Fall 2:37)
7th Place Match
Austin Jones (Alton) 15-5, Fr. over Parker Kelly (Triad) 3-3, Fr. (Fall 3:35)
113
1st Place Match
Paxton Pyatt (Murphysboro) 15-1, So. over Chaz Mitchell (Fort Zumwalt North, MO) 12-3, Sr. (Dec 6-3)
3rd Place Match
Colin Crouch (Triad) 14-1, Fr. over Gideon Hayter (Mahomet-Seymour) 14-10, So. (Dec 6-5)
5th Place Match
Ryan Siebenthal (Morton) 10-7, So. over Jack Clark (Mt. Vernon) 13-7, So. (Dec 6-5)
7th Place Match
Clayton McClelland (Quincy Senior) 9-5, Fr. over Rigdon Meacham (Marion) 14-8, Fr. (Fall 1:36)
120
1st Place Match
Will Kelly (Triad) 14-0, Jr. over Kaiden Richards (Murphysboro) 12-2, Sr. (MD 12-1)
3rd Place Match
Jacob Bals (Fort Zumwalt North, MO) 12-5, Sr. over Mason Soney (Normal Community) 13-5, Fr. (Fall 1:17)
5th Place Match
Vincent Gibson (Mattoon) 17-7, Sr. over Derik Lohmeyer (Quincy Senior) 7-7, Fr. (Fall 0:32)
7th Place Match
Ayden Shaw (Lincoln) 7-3, Jr. over Liam Cardwell (O`Fallon) 8-9, So. (Fall 5:23)
126
1st Place Match
Talin Baker (Champaign Central) 12-0, So. over Tristan Porter (Mattoon) 19-3, Jr. (Dec 9-3)
3rd Place Match
Nathaniel Provost (Fort Zumwalt North, MO) 14-3, Sr. over Cort Pentecost (Lincoln) 10-2, Sr. (Fall 2:47)
5th Place Match
Sergio Garcia (Murphysboro) 12-5, Jr. over Drew Sadler (Anna-Jonesboro) 12-3, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)
7th Place Match
Macguire Leck (Mascoutah) 15-5, Jr. over Max Wade (Marion) 14-9, Jr. (Fall 3:36)
132
1st Place Match
Brandon Green Jr. (Roxana) 16-0, Jr. over Harrison Dea (Morton) 16-2, Jr. (Dec 8-7)
3rd Place Match
Jordan Kholian (Jacksonville) 9-2, So. over Brayden Manning (Normal Community) 17-4, Fr. (Dec 6-0)
5th Place Match
Carsten Burkemper (Fort Zumwalt North, MO) 13-4, So. over Karter Hild (Lincoln) 10-3, Sr. (Dec 10-4)
7th Place Match
Elliott Tanner (Champaign Central) 4-2, Jr. over Aiston Holt (Murphysboro) 7-5, Sr. (MD 11-0)
138
1st Place Match
Ron Baker III (Champaign Central) 16-0, Sr. over Justus Vrona (Mahomet-Seymour) 16-7, Jr. (Fall 2:08)
3rd Place Match
Patrick Provost (Fort Zumwalt North, MO) 13-4, So. over Cooper Kamm (Quincy Senior) 11-4, So. (TF-1.5 0:00 (16-1))
5th Place Match
Camron Minner (Collinsville) 17-4, Sr. over TY KINZINGER Ty Kinzinger (Waterloo) 15-6, Sr. (Fall 5:22)
7th Place Match
Desi Wade (Mascoutah) 16-3, So. over Marshall Skelton (Alton) 15-6, Sr. (TF-1.5 0:00 (22-6))
144
1st Place Match
Dillon White (Mt. Vernon) 16-0, Sr. over Ben Capitosti (Mattoon) 19-3, Sr. (Dec 9-3)
3rd Place Match
Bryce Edwards (Murphysboro) 13-2, Sr. over Caiden Robison (Morton) 19-4, Sr. (TF-1.5 0:00 (17-0))
5th Place Match
Brody Smith (Triad) 12-3 over Logan Riggs (Roxana) 13-5, Jr. (Fall 4:36)
7th Place Match
Nathen Herrin (Civic Memorial) 16-6, Sr. over Cale Mixer (Quincy Senior) 4-4, Jr. (Fall 4:52)
150
1st Place Match
Brock Ross (Mascoutah) 18-1, Jr. over Eli Roberts (Quincy Senior) 11-2, Sr. (Fall 4:43)
3rd Place Match
Caden Frey (Marion) 15-3, Jr. over Brayden Drew (Alton) 17-4, Jr. (MD 15-6)
5th Place Match
Drake Weston (Fort Zumwalt North, MO) 11-5, Jr. over Jonathan McCray (East St. Louis) 7-5, So. (TF-1.5 0:00 (15-0))
7th Place Match
Talon Decker (Mahomet-Seymour) 16-6, So. over Gavin Capodice (Normal Community) 15-7, Jr. (TF-1.5 0:00 (19-2))
157
1st Place Match
Cole Aguirre (Fort Zumwalt North, MO) 14-3, Jr. over Tyson Rakers (Highland) 16-1, Sr. (Dec 4-1)
3rd Place Match
Brody Baker (Quincy Senior) 7-2, Jr. over Joe Reif (Jacksonville) 16-3, Jr. (Dec 7-4)
5th Place Match
Trevor Gihring (Roxana) 14-4, Sr. over Sean Murphy (Mascoutah) 17-4, So. (TF-1.5 0:00 (17-2))
7th Place Match
Logan Thomas (O`Fallon) 14-4, Sr. over Ryne Metelko (Lincoln) 10-6, Jr. (Fall 3:01)
165
1st Place Match
Pierre Walton (East St. Louis) 12-0, Jr. over Clay Mckee (Morton) 18-3, Sr. (MD 11-2)
3rd Place Match
Gunnar Derhake (Quincy Senior) 11-2, Sr. over Thomas Imboden (Carbondale) 15-5, Sr. (Fall 4:18)
5th Place Match
AJ Demos (Mahomet-Seymour) 18-8, Sr. over Jordan Sonon-Hale (Mascoutah) 16-5, Jr. (Dec 10-7)
7th Place Match
Logan Bizzle (Fort Zumwalt North, MO) 12-5, Sr. over Aiden Frye (Lincoln) 7-4, Sr. (TF-1.5 0:00 (20-5))
175
1st Place Match
Lyndon Thies (Roxana) 16-0 over Dawson McConnell (Lincoln) 10-1, Sr. (Dec 16-14)
3rd Place Match
Marco Casillas (Mahomet-Seymour) 21-2, Fr. over Jaren Frankowiak (Normal Community) 18-4, Sr. (TF-1.5 0:00 (18-2))
5th Place Match
Colin Hughey (Trico/Elverado) 13-2, Sr. over Logan Tanner (Murphysboro) 12-6, So. (TF-1.5 0:00 (17-2))
7th Place Match
Colton Mckee (Morton) 16-3, So. over Liam Kobbeman (Highland) 3-3 (Fall 3:40)
190
1st Place Match
Deacon Moran (Fort Zumwalt North, MO) 16-0, Jr. over Rob Watt (Roxana) 15-1, Sr. (Fall 3:49)
3rd Place Match
Danny Jackson (Red Bud/Valmeyer) 24-1, Fr. over Scott Snyder (Collinsville) 11-2, Sr. (Dec 13-8)
5th Place Match
Evan Francis (Marion) 13-7, Jr. over Alec Gilomen (Triad) 11-5, So. (Fall 3:40)
7th Place Match
Cole Kretsinger (Normal Community) 8-2, Jr. over Andrew Vanderheyden (O`Fallon) 7-6, Sr. (Fall 2:53)
215
1st Place Match
Drake Champlin (East Alton-Wood River) 14-0, Sr. over Jaxson Mathenia (Waterloo) 11-1, So. (Dec 8-7)
3rd Place Match
Kenner Bye (Bloomington) 13-2, Sr. over Ashton Zobrist (Highland) 14-5 (Fall 3:58)
5th Place Match
Gavin Gentille (O`Fallon) 17-2, Sr. over Noah Daniels (Mahomet-Seymour) 10-4, Jr. (Fall 0:51)
7th Place Match
Dane Olmstead (Freeburg) 6-2, So. over Mitchell Clapp (Mattoon) 12-7, So. (Inj. 0:00)
285
1st Place Match
Drew Glowacki (Waterloo) 20-0 over Jack Shepherd (Collinsville) 12-6, Sr. (Dec 3-1)
3rd Place Match
Jordyn Lomax-Brown (Carbondale) 13-3, Sr. over Jack Amann (Freeburg) 5-2, So. (Fall 3:55)
5th Place Match
Aiden Surratt (Jacksonville) 16-4, Sr. over London Miller (Mattoon) 6-4, So. (Fall 0:59)
7th Place Match
Logan Wachendorf (Lincoln) 8-4, Sr. over King Johnson (Quincy Senior) 9-5 (Dec 4-0)
Team scores
1. Fort Zumwalt North, MO 236, 2. Quincy Senior 169.5, 3. Murphysboro 168, 4. Roxana 148, 5. Waterloo 147.5, 6. Normal Community 144.5, 7. Morton 143.5, 8. Mascoutah 142, 9. Collinsville 128, 10. Lincoln 126, 11. Triad 119.5, 12. Marion 117.5, 13. Mahomet-Seymour 115.5, 14. Mattoon 110.5, 15. Carbondale 95.5, 16. Champaign Central 88, 17. Jacksonville 84.5, 18. East St. Louis 78, 19. Highland 77.5, 20. O’Fallon 75.5, 21. Alton 64.5, 22. Mt. Vernon 61, 23. Freeburg 56.5, 24. Red Bud/Valmeyer co-op 54.5, 25. Civic Memorial 54, 26. Anna-Jonesboro 44, 27. East Alton-Wood River 39.5, 28. Centralia 39, 29. Bloomington 34, 30. Trico/Elverado 22, 31. Sparta/Steeleville co-op 15.5, 32. Mascoutah JV 7.
Out -of-state tournaments
Jersey Community boys wins title at Chaminade Invite in Missouri
Jersey Community’s boys team had two title winners and three second-place finishers to help it score 194.5 points and capture top honors by 49 points over runner-up Parkway West, Missouri, which had 145.5, in the 13-team Chaminade Invite, which took place in Frontenac, Missouri.
Winning titles for coach Frank Speidel’s champion Panthers were Maddox Williams (106) and Timothy Shea Herrera (175) while Bodey Waltz (126), Nicholas Hartley (165) and Ethan Daniels (285) claimed second place. Taking third were Hunter Hodge (120), Trevor Tucker (157) and Nicholas Woelfel (215) while Jace Marshall (190) finished in fourth place.
Tucker was one of three individuals who had a tourney-high four falls. Herrera tied for sixth with 26 team points while Williams ranked eighth with 25.5 team points.
Round Lake girls finish sixth at Badger State Invite in Wisconsin
Round Lake’s girls scored 99 points to finish in sixth place in the 51-team Badger State Girls Invitational that was held at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
The three placewinners for the Panthers were runner-up Ireland McCain (114), third-place finisher Riley Kongkaeow (100), and Brianna Perez (132), who finished eighth. The three individuals combined to score 60 of their team’s points.
Joliet Central boys have a champion, take sixth at Wisconsin invite
Joliet Central’s boys had a champion and four others in the top six to help it score 126.5 points and finish sixth at the 24-team E.H. Stech Invitational, which took place in West Allis, Wisconsin.
Charles Walker won the 215 championship to lead the Steelmen. He also tied for second place for the most team points with 31, which was just one-half behind the leader in that category.
Other top finishers for Joliet Central were Isaiah Kan (third at 138), Aleck Allende (fourth at 120), Liam Walsh (fifth at 113) and Xavier Eggert (sixth at 175).
Marist boys leads four teams at Carnahan Memorial Invite in Indiana
Marist’s boys took seventh place with 102 points, Mount Carmel was eighth with 77 points, Marmion Academy placed 10th with 69 points and Homewood-Flossmoor took 13th with 54 points in the 20-team Carnahan Memorial Invitational, which took place in Crown Point, Indiana.
The lone Illinois champions were Mount Carmel’s Seth Mendoza, who claimed top honors at 138, and Marist’s Will Denny, who won the title at 165. Mendoza tied for second-best in team points with 28.5, just one-half point behind the leader in that category while Denny tied for seventh and finished with 26 team points. Mendoza also had the most match points with 70.
Other top finishers for Marist’s Redhawks were Donavon Allen (third at 138), Ricky Ericksen (third at 190), George Marinopoulos (fourth at 132) and Michael Esteban (sixth at 126).
The defending Class 3A IHSA champion Caravan also got medals from Liam Kelly (third at 157) and Landon Carter (fifth at 285).
Marmion Academy also had five individuals who placed sixth or better. They were Colton Wyller (second at 106), Demetrios Carrera (third at 132), Mateusz Nycz (fourth at 285), Aidan McClure (fifth at 113) and Joey Favia (sixth at 215).
Four individuals from Homewood-Flossmoor placed. They were Chazz Robinson (third at 120), Davion Henry (fourth at 106), RJ Robinson (fourth at 175) and Jovan Vukajlovic (sixth at 157).
Three Illinois girls teams participate at the F.I.G.H.T. in Ohio
Competitors from Batavia, Huntley and Homewood-Flossmoor put up a good fight at the Findlay Invitational Girls High School Tournament (F.I.G.H.T.) in Findlay, Ohio, which had individuals representing 80-plus schools on hand, but none were able to advance to the title mat.
Leading the way for Batavia was Lily Enos, who claimed fourth place at 100. Huntley had two placewinners, Aubrie Rohrbacher (sixth at 130) and Sara Willis (seventh at 235) and Homewood-Flossmoor was led by London Gandy (seventh at 110).
Montini Catholic’s Bell finishes fifth at Girls Beast of the East
Montini Catholic’s Katelyn Bell took fifth place at 100 at the 3rd annual Girls Beast of the East, a competition featuring nearly 300 girls from over 100 schools that was held in Newark, Delaware.