Tournament recaps from Dec. 15: Pontiac, PORTA, Washington, Marion
By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA
‘The Munch’ Boys Pontiac Invitational
Morton and Olympia went at each other at Pontiac’s 20-team ‘The Munch’ Invitational, and Morton came out on top thanks to a key factor that plays out in every close tournament finish.
“The difference in the tournament was we scored bonus points in 32 matches,” Morton coach Ed Henderson said. “It was a good battle with Olympia, They’re a very strong team with a great tradition.”
Morton’s 246.5-223 edge over Olympia featured 11 Morton wrestlers with top-five finishes, including six in the finals and five individual champions in Harrison Dea (132), Caiden Robison (144), Clay McKee (165), Colton McKee (175) and Ben Chaffer (215).
“I feel all five champs are wrestling well for this time of the year, but are focused on getting better and peaking in February,” Henderson said.
Evergreen Park (160) placed third, JS Morton (140) was fourth, and Springfield (89) took fifth in Pontiac.
1st place: Morton (246.5)
In addition to its five champs, Morton also got a second-place finish from Brody Watson (126), thirds from Evan Bierma (106) and Ryan Siebenthal (113), a fourth from Noah Harris (120), fifths from Joseph Roth (106) and Miles Chaffer (190), and sixths from Lincoln Yerby (138) and Carter Jones (150).
Chaffer (215) won his second tournament title of the season, and Clay McKee (165) and Colton McKee (175) “bonus-pointed their way through the tournament,” Henderson said.
“I was specifically pleased with the way Harrison Dea (132) finished the tournament off with a major decision over a very tough Garrett VerHeecke (of Datur Unity Christian),” Henderson said. “We’re happy with where we are at this point of the season, but our focus is getting better.”
2nd place: Olympia (223)
Olympia matched Morton with five individual champions in Brandon Gaither (106), Tucker Garey (113), Dylan Eimer (120), Kelton Graden (157) and Darian Holloway (285). The Spartans also got a second from Austin Kisner (144), thirds from Cooper Phillips (144) and Kaden Collins (150), fourths from Kayden Thomas (165) and Zach Fry (190), and a sixth from Kenzer Burrell (132).
3rd place: Evergreen Park (160)
The Mustangs had an individual champion in Adrian Cervantes (126) and four second-place finishers in Jayden Cervantes (120), Chance Woods (138), David Johnson (150) and Ashton Gray (165). Evergreen Park also got a fourth from Brayden Mateja-Bates (106) and a fifth from Christian Ramirez (120).
Other individual champions in Pontiac were Unity Christian’s Clinton VerHeecke (138), Dwight’s Dylan Crouch (150), and Wilmington’s Logan VanDuyne (190).
Team scores:
Morton 246.5, Olympia 223, Evergreen Park 160, JS Morton 140, Springfield 89, Unity Christian 80.5, Macomb 75.5, Illinois Valley Central 72.5, Wilmington 71, Herscher 67, University 66, Kankakee 58, Pontiac 56.5, Prairie Central 51, Springfield Southeast 43, Rantoul 40.5, Dwight 32, Lincoln 31.5, Urbana 27.5, Taylorville 11
“The Munch” Invitational results:
106
1st: Brandon Gaither (Olympia) 11-1 d. Angel Jacobo (JS Morton) 10-6 (TF 4:00 (19-2)
3rd: Evan Bierma (Morton) 6-1 d. Brayden Mateja-Bates (Evergreen Park) 5-3, (SV-1 4-3)
5th: Joseph Roth (Morton) 8-5 d. Jayce McMillon (Taylorville) 8-6, (MD 17-3)
113
1st: Tucker Garey (Olympia) 6-1 d. David Roldan (JS Morton) 11-5, (F 1:23)
3rd: Ryan Siebenthal (Morton) 6-5 d. Nicholas Olson (Illinois Valley Central) 9-6, (MD 11-0)
5th: Jairon Royer (Macomb) 8-5 d. Devin Findlay (Wilmington) 1-2, (D 9-3)
120
1st: Dylan Eimer (Olympia) 7-1 d Jayden Cervantes (Evergreen Park) 7-1, (TF 3:35 (18-2)
3rd: Ethan Hoyt (Macomb) 8-1 d Noah Harris (Morton) 10-4, (D 9-8)
5th: Christian Ramirez (Evergreen Park) 9-1 d Joshua Butler (University) 7-3, (D 6-0)
126
1st: Adrian Cervantes (Evergreen Park) 6-0, d Brody Watson (Morton) 8-5, (F 3:44)
3rd: Ruben Rivera (University) 14-2 d Jose Berrios (JS Morton) 7-10, (TF 1:13 (19-3)
5th: Owen Bollino (Herscher) 12-1, d Drake Clemons (Prairie Central) 9-11, (MD 16-2)
132
1st: Harrison Dea (Morton) 11-1 d Garrett VerHeecke (Unity Christian) 13-1, (MD 11-2)
3rd: Emiliano Bedolla (Urbana) 7-1 d John Traub (Prairie Central) 12-5, (D 5-0)
5th: Lucas Landry (Evergreen Park) 4-1, d Kenzer Burrell (Olympia) 10-5, (D 14-12)
138
1st: Clinton VerHeecke (Unity Christian) 12-0 d Chance Woods (Evergreen Park) 6-1, (TF 5:20 (20-5)
3rd: Oakley Rivera (Wilmington) 3-1, d Giovanni Sundeen (Lincoln) 5-6, (TF 3:35 (15-0)
5th: Anthony Trujillo (JS Morton) 12-5 d Lincoln Yerby (Morton) 8-6, (MD 12-1)
144
1st: Caiden Robison (Morton) 12-2 d Austin Kisner (Olympia) 12-3, (MD 14-6)
3rd: Cooper Phillips (Olympia) 9-4 d Devon Stone (Illinois Valley Central) 9-5, (TF 4:00 (15-0)
5th: Frank Kittrell (Springfield SE) 10-3 d Gavin George (Unity Christian) 3-5, (MD 11-0)
150
1st: Dylan Crouch (Dwight) 15-0 d David Johnson (Evergreen Park) 8-1, (TF 3:12 (15-0)
3rd: Kaden Collins (Olympia) 11-4, d Hayden Washum (University) 10-4, (F 2:46)
5th: Caleb Berg (Unity Christian) 10-4, d Carter Jones (Morton) 9-5, (F 1:37)
157
1st: Kelton Graden (Olympia) 10-3 d Bryce Bryant (Springfield) 5-3, (TF 4:08 (15-0)
3rd: Darius Williams (Rantoul) 3-1 d Ethan Ziller (Prairie Central) 8-3, (M. For.)
5th: Lucas Maier (Pontiac) 5-1, d Joshua Caraballo (University) 12-6, (MD 13-0)
165
1st: Clay Mckee (Morton) 12-2 d Ashton Gray (Evergreen Park) 5-1, (F 0:56)
3rd: Atsard Aplogan (Macomb) 13-4 d Kayden Thomas (Olympia) 6-6, (F 1:09)
5th: Ryne Metelko (Lincoln) 6-3 d Carlito Lattin (Pontiac) 3-2, (D 9-7)
175
1st: Colton Mckee (Morton) 10-1, d Owen Moser (Illinois Valley Central) 12-3, (F 1:46)
3rd: Keyshaun Harris (Springfield) 3-1 d Brayden Crews (Herscher) 9-4, (TF 2:26 (16-1)
5th: Santiago Moya (JS Morton) 7-3, d Jeshua McPheeters (Macomb) 9-6, (F 1:33)
190
1st: Logan VanDuyne (Wilmington) 4-0 d Chris Hull (Springfield SE) 10-4, (D 8-4)
3rd: Jacob Vinardi (Kankakee ) 9-2 d Zach Fry (Olympia) 13-4, (F 2:50)
5th: Miles Chaffer (Morton) 7-3 d Oliver Record-Frank (Springfield) 4-4, (D 7-1)
215
1st: Benjamin Chaffer (Morton) 11-1 d Carlos Arriaza (JS Morton) 9-7, (MD 8-0)
3rd: Jackson O`Connor (Springfield) 4-2 d Drew Owen (Rantoul) 5-6, (F 2:53)
5th: Will Wilson (Wilmington) 4-1, d Isai Brito (Kankakee () 3-9, (F 2:53)
285
1st: Darian Holloway (Olympia) 13-2 d Rogelio Cornejo (Kankakee () 9-1, (F 2:30)
3rd: Matthew Stone (Herscher) 8-2 d Alex Brown (Macomb) 9-5, (F 1:40)
5th: Hunter McCullough (Pontiac) 4-1, d Daniel Lopez (JS Morton) 5-8, (F 1:50)
PORTA’s Rex Avery Invitational
Three individual champions among eight top-six finishers led the way for host PORTA and coach Jeff Hill, whose Bluejays won 207-174 over second-place Kewanee at this year’s 32-team Rex Avery Invitational.
“We were pretty happy with the way we wrestled,” Hill said. “I’m anxious to see how this team does at (Abe’s Rumble) with fourteen wrestlers who know how to wrestle because there are some very good teams at the Rumble with Vandalia, Coal City, Lena-Winslow, and defending champ Marian Central Catholic.”
PORTA will compete at one of Illinois’ premier tournaments at Abe’s Rumble, a dual-team event that will see 60 teams compete at Springfield’s BOS Center on D. 27-28.
LeRoy (173.5) finished a mere half-point behind Kewanee in third place, Canton (169) was fourth, and Mt. Zion (165) rounded out a hotly-contested top-five team finish.
“It was also surprising that heavyweight had the most participants in the field and was also the deepest weight with five state qualifiers,” Hill said.
When the fur stopped flying in a loaded heavyweight division, it was Canton’s Connor Williams taking the top prize in a 3-0 title-mat decision over Shelbyville’s Andrew Townsend.
1st place: PORTA (207 points)
The host Bluejays were led by a trio of individual champions in Kainin Fillbright (113), Zach Bryant (132) and Justin Zimerman (157).
“They helped propel us and separate us from the field,” PORTA coach Jeff Hill said.
Hill also got a second-place finish from Logan Baker (150), a third from Coyt Rademaker (106), a fifth from Dane Jiannoni (190), and sixths from Max King (126) and Jaxson Ferguson (144). Others contributing team points in the win were Hunter King (138), CJ Welbourne (165), JJ Dyson (215) and Hunter Morris (285).
“We were pretty happy with the way we wrestled, with 32 teams in the field,” Hill said. “Most weight classes had 24 wrestlers. Also with Kewanee, Leroy and Mt. Zion in the field, I wasn’t really sure how we were going to finish with five freshmen in the lineup. But our juniors did a great job and carried the team.”
2nd place: Kewanee (174)
Boilermakers coach Charley Eads got a second-place finish from Lain Taylor (138), thirds from Ben Taylor (150) and Alejandro Duarte (215), a fourth from Tyson Currie (113), and fifths from Kingston Peterson (120) and Ace Lafollette (175). Kewanee also had a pair of consolation first-place finishers in Hunter Vancil (126) and Joey McGuire (165).
3rd place: LeRoy (173.5)
Coach Brady Sant Amour got a pair of individual titles from Brady Mouser (120) and Kobe Brent (150), fourths from Jim Chaon (138), Brock Owens (165), Bo Zeleznik (175) and Tate Sigler (285), and a sixth from Austin Pacha (106). LeRoy also got a consolation first-place finish from Matt Helfrich (132).
Team scores:
PORTA 207, Kewanee 174, LeRoy 173.5, Canton 169, Mt. Zion 169, Shelbyville 152.5, Warrensburg 125.5, Lawrenceville 121, Pittsfield 119.5, St. Joseph Ogden 117, Monticello 104, Cumberland 104, Beardstown 93, Litchfield 86.5, Robinson 76.5, Heyworth 61.5, Hillsboro 60.5, Sacred Heart-Griffin 57.5, Farmington 57, Auburn 53, Monmouth-Roseville 39.5, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 38.5, Knoxville 38, West Hancock 33.5, Williamsville 32, Mid-West 31.5, Havana/PORTA 21, Ridgeview 18, Monmouth United 14, Carlinville 9
PORTA’s Rex Avery Invitational results:
106
1st: Kyler Guercio (Lawrenceville) 7-1, d Ben Wells (SJ Ogden) 9-2, (TF 3:38 (24-6)
3rd: Coyt Rademaker (PORTA) 12-2, d Kohl Fuller (Hillsboro) 6-3, (TF 3:52 (19-3)
5th: Jaxsun Owens (Canton) 8-4, d Austin Pacha (LeRoy) 8-3, (F 1:25)
Consolation 1st: Evan King (Deer Creek Mackinaw) 3-1 d Jaydin Schmider (Farmington) 2-2 (Fall 0:22)
113
1st: Kainin Fillbright (PORTA) 12-2, d Vincent Baker (Mt. Zion ) 9-2, (TF 5:37 (15-0)
3rd: Jackson Walsh (SJ Ogden) 9-3 d Tyson Currie (Kewanee) 10-3, (F 2:29)
5th: Peyton Groves (Cumberland) 8-5 d Emmett Roeder (Heyworth) 9-7, (TF 4:48 (19-2)
Consolation 1st: Rilynn Younker (Litchfield) 13-2 d Delaney Ledbetter (Lawrenceville) 2-2 (MD 13-0)
120
1st: Brady Mouser (LeRoy) 12-0 d Logan Roberts (Warrensburg) 9-1, (D 8-3)
3rd: Ezekiel Young (Monticello) 4-1, d Jacob Hardesty (Canton) 11-2, (D 7-4)
5th: Kingston Peterson (Kewanee) 10-4 d Landon Peterson (Monmouth-R) 6-6, (F 3:19)
Consolation 1st: Vincent Moore (Litchfield) 13-1 d Colin Wells (Shelbyville) 6-4 (Fall 4:34)
126
1st: Dyllan Steele (Canton) 10-1 d Sammy Toth (Mt. Zion ) 11-1, (MD 15-2)
3rd: Sawyer Welbaum (Cumberland) 10-1 d Nick Litchfield (Monticello) 8-3, (F 0:47)
5th: Johnathan Kirkbride (Shelbyville) 7-4, d Max King (PORTA) 7-6, (F 2:57)
Consolation 1st: Hunter Vancil (Kewanee) 5-1 d Jordan Jones (Farmington) 13-5, . (TF-1.5 2:27 (18-1)
132
1st: Zach Bryant (PORTA) 12-2 d Kaden Roberts (Warrensburg) 6-1, (F 1:27)
3rd: Bodee Fathauer (Shelbyville) 9-2 d Drayven Hamm (Auburn) 8-4, (D 6-2)
5th: Gavyn Stevens (Knoxville) 12-6 d Dylan Aten (Lawrenceville) 6-2, (M. For.)
Consolation 1st: Matt Helfrich (LeRoy) 10-5 d Joel Noble (Pittsfield) 6-6, (Fall 5:58)
138
1st: Jack Jochums (Canton) 11-2 d Lain Taylor (Kewanee) 10-2, (MD 11-0)
3rd: Kai Humphry (West Hancock) 7-3 dJim Chaon (LeRoy) 9-5, (D 12-10)
5th: Chase Frye (Farmington) 10-5, d Cory Hurst (Havana/PORTA) 3-3, (TF 3:29 (16-0)
Consolation 1st: Cale Seitzinger (Lawrenceville) 8-1 d Luke Andruczyk (Monticello) 6-4 (Fall 1:18)
144
1st: Bradlee Ellis (Farmington) 14-1, d Hudson Meek (Lawrenceville) 7-2, (F 2:54)
3rd: Charlie Wittmer (Warrensburg) 10-3 d Luis De La Cruz (Beardstown) 15-4, (TF 4:40 (17-1)
5th: Clayton Hauter (Litchfield) 13-3 d Jaxson Feagans (PORTA) 10-6, (TF 2:31 (16-0)
Consolation 1st: Remington Vonderheide (Mid-West) 9-5 d Gage Fox (Knoxville) 15-5 (D 14-8)
150
1st: Kobe Brent (LeRoy) 13-1 d Logan Baker (PORTA) 11-3, (MD 9-1)
3rd: Ben Taylor (Kewanee) 14-1 d Matthew Miller (Williamsville) 10-4, (MD 11-3)
5th: Drayden Smith (Mt. Zion ) 10-3 d Maddox Medrano (Beardstown) 11-9, (F 5:15)
Consolation 1st: Preston Bassonette (Warrensburg) 7-4 d Levi Pearson (Knoxville) 9-7 (MD 20-7)
157
1st: Justin Zimmerman (PORTA) 14-0 d Owen McGinnis (Cumberland) 11-1, (D 8-7)
3rd: Ben Mullins (Robinson) 10-1, d Daniel Kees (Canton) 9-6, (TF 2:22 (15-0)
5th: Jake Oitker (Pittsfield) 5-5 d Jovonis Lundford (Sacred Heart-Griffin) 3-2, (M. For.)
Consolation 1st: Hunter Bockelman (Heyworth) 10-6 d Daniel Kiser (Lawrenceville) 7-3 (D 15-9)
165
1st: Ryne Peavler (Shelbyville) 9-1 d Grant Keyser (Cumberland) 10-2, (F 0:54)
3rd: Waylon White (Pittsfield) 9-3 d Brock Owens (LeRoy) 11-4, (F 1:11)
5th: Kahne Hyre (Robinson) 8-3 d Kaden Long (Hillsboro) 6-3, (F 1:38)
Consolation 1st: Joey McGuire (Kewanee) 6-2 d CJ Welbourne (Petersburg PORTA) 9-6 (Fall 3:36)
175
1st: Tucker Kull (Shelbyville) 9-0 d Gunner Looker (Beardstown) 16-1, (MD 14-6)
3rd: Jayden Ellinger (Litchfield) 12-2 d Bo Zeleznik (LeRoy) 10-5, (F 0:51)
5th: Ace Lafollette (Kewanee) 10-4, d Nick Morehead (Lawrenceville) 7-5, (F 2:53)
Consolation 1st: Garrett Sego (Canton) 10-7 d Fisher McEuen (Pittsfield) 3-2 (TF-1.5 4:00 (24-9)
190
1st: Bodine Marable (Pittsfield) 10-1 d Kaden Becker (Mt. Zion ) 6-1, (F 3:52)
3rd: Casen Lyons (Sacred Heart-Griffin) 4-1, d Hunter Romano (Monticello) 4-1, (M. For.)
5th: Dane Jiannoni (PORTA) 13-4 d Gavan Rhodes (Shelbyville) 8-4, (F 0:49)
Consolation 1st: Maliki Fitch (Auburn) 10-2 d Jarrod Fulcher (Heyworth) 6-4 (Fall 1:38)
215
1st: Keller Stocks (Mt. Zion ) 7-0 d Tristan Staggs (Litchfield) 12-2, (F 1:57)
3rd: Alejandro Duarte (Kewanee) 11-2 d Tucker Cook (Pittsfield) 8-3, (F 4:48)
5th: Nathan Phillips (SJ Ogden) 9-4 d Anthony Beckman (Williamsville) 11-3, (F 1:22)
Consolation 1st: Alex Gandarilla (Monmouth Roseville) 12-3 d Taven Agney (Shelbyville) 8-3 (Fall 0:49)
285
1st: Connor Williams (Canton) 10-0 d Andre Townsend (Shelbyville) 10-1, (D 3-0)
3rd: Chunk Dailey (Beardstown) 17-4 d Tate Sigler (LeRoy) 11-3, (D 6-4)
5th: Joey Humpherys (DC Mackinaw) 4-2, d Dylan Camden (Lawrenceville) 5-3, (F 1:15)
Consolation 1st: Jack Kerley (Warrensburg) 9-3 d Devin Hansel (Litchfield) 11-5 (Fall 0:41)
Washington Holiday Invitational
Host Washington edged Mount Carmel 244.5-232.5 at this year’s 8-team tournament, with IC Catholic Prep (194) placing third, Hersey (167) in fourth, and Belleville East (157) rounding out the top five, followed by Unity (141), Rock Island (90) and Westville (61).
1st place: Washington (244.5 points)
Panthers coach Nick Miller got individual titles from Symon Woods (106), Noah Woods (126), Wyatt Medlin (157) and Josh Hoffer (215) to lead the host team. Four additional Panthers reached the finals and placed second in Lucas Bach (113), Michael Mendoza (138), Peyton Cox (144) and Sean Thornton (285), and Washington got thirds from Logan Makiney (120) and Wyatt Leman (190), and fifths from Cayden Park (132) and Cruise Brolley (165).
2nd place: Mount Carmel (232.5)
Mount Carmel had 10 wrestlers finish in the top three of their weight classes in Washington. The Caravan had a trio of champions in William Grafton-Hodgetts (113), Seth Mendoza (138) and Jairo Acuna (150), and coach Alex Tsirtsis got seconds from Kavel Moore (120), Justin Wiliamson (132), Liam Kelly (157) and Kevin Kalchbrenner (165), thirds from Sebastian Garcia (106), Sergio Calleros (175), and Leonard Siegel (215), and a sixth from Francis Burke (126).
3rd place: IC Catholic Prep
Knights coach Danny Alcocer got three individual titles from Kannon Judycki (120), Deven Casey (132) and Brody Kelly (175), seconds from Dominic Pasquale (106) and Foley Calcagno (215), thirds from Mike Bird (113) and Anthony Sebastian (285), a fourth from Joey Pontrelli (150), and fifths from Jacob Alvarez (138) and Aidan Arnett (144).
Team scores:
Washington 244.5, Mount Carmel 232.5, IC Catholic Prep 194, Hersey 167, Belleville East 157, Unity 141, Rock Island 90, Westville 61
Washington Holiday Invitational results:
106
1st: Symon Woods (Washington) 13-2 d Dominic Pasquale (IC Catholic) 10-4, (D 10-3)
3rd: Sebastian Gracia (Mt. Carmel) 10-2, d Jackson Schadegg (Belleville E) 4-4, (F 2:55)
5th: Angelo Parker (Rock Island) 7-2, d Kevin Bisonaya (Mt. Carmel) 1-3, (TF 5:16 (22-2)
113
1st: William Grafton-hodgetts (Mt. Carmel) 9-2, d Lucas Bach (Washington) 11-5, (TF 3:23 (15-0)
3rd: Mike Bird (IC Catholic) 6-3, d Tyquez Hudson (Rock Island) 4-4, (F 5:21)
5th: William Torres (Hersey) 1-2, d Jimmy Obedi (Rock Island) 3-6, (D 9-5)
120
1st: Kannon Judycki (IC Catholic) 7-4, d Kavel Moore (Mt. Carmel) 8-3, (D 6-5)
3rd: Logan Makiney (Washington) 9-6 d Corbin Zeisset (Belleville E) 2-5, (MD 16-2)
126
1st: Noah Woods (Washington) 14-0 d Riddick Variano (Hersey) 10-4, . (D 4-2)
3rd: Anthony Orozco (Hersey) 3-1 d Merrick Stockwell (Rock Island) 6-2, (MD 21-12)
5th: Delane Mosley (Belleville E) 6-4 d Francis Burke (Mt. Carmel) 4-8, (MD 23-14)
132
1st: Deven Casey (IC Catholic) 15-2 d Justin Williamson (Mt. Carmel) 6-3, (D 4-3)
3rd: Elijah Garza (Hersey) 11-3, d Hunter Shike (Unity) 8-3, (F 0:58)
5th: Cayden Park (Washington) 6-6, d Micheal Gibson (Belleville E) 0-5, (TF 3:34 (15-0)
138
1st: Seth Mendoza (Mt. Carmel) 11-1 d Michael Mendoza (Washington) 9-5, (F 1:16)
3rd: Taylor Finley (Unity) 9-1, d Braden Kelly (Belleville E) 3-2, (D 11-7)
5th: Jacob Alvarez (IC Catholic) 7-4, d Nolan Variano (Hersey) 8-6, (TF 5:19 (18-3)
144
1st: Maksim Mukhamedaliyev (Hersey) 11-3, d Peyton Cox (Washington) 8-3, (D 8-7)
3rd: Antonio Parker (Rock Island) 8-1 d Kaden Inman (Unity) 10-2, (D 3-2)
5th: Aidan Arnett (IC Catholic) 9-4, d George Hollendoner (Mt. Carmel) 7-7, (MD 16-3)
150
1st: Jairo Acuna (Mt. Carmel) 8-2 d Rodrigo Arceo (Hersey) 8-2, (D 7-1)
3rd: Holden Brazelton (Unity) 11-1 d Joey Pontrelli (IC Catholic) 6-4, (F 1:25)
5th: George Tate (Rock Island) 4-5 d Myles Greenfield (Belleville E) 4-7, (SV-1 11-8)
7th: Sebastian Howe (Washington) 3-5, d Devon Irvin (Westville) 2-6, (F 0:41)
157
1st: Wyatt Medlin (Washington) 17-2 d Liam Kelly (Mt. Carmel) 9-3, (D 4-2)
3rd: Killian Rauch (Belleville E) 7-3, d Gabriel Kiddoo (Westville) 7-2, (D 14-9)
5th: Keegan Germano (Unity) 2-2, d Luke Koclanis (Hersey) 7-6, (D 7-5)
7th: Ben Czarnowski (IC Catholic) 1-4 d Conner Coppage (Belleville E) 0-4, (MD 13-4)
165
1st: Terence Willis (Belleville E) 9-1 d Kevin Kalchbrenner (Mt. Carmel) 9-2, (F 3:46)
3rd: Abram Davidson (Unity) 8-3 d Grant Moga (Hersey) 9-6, (F 4:18)
5th: Cruise Brolley (Washington) 11-4 d Logan Mahaffey (Westville) 6-4, (TF 3:38 (18-3)
7th: Daniel Htoo (Rock Island) 2-6, () , . (Bye)
175
1st: Brody Kelly (IC Catholic) 12-2 d Ryan Rink (Unity) 8-3, (F 3:24)
3rd: Sergio Calleros (Mt. Carmel) 3-1, d Eliot Dahm (Belleville E) 5-5, (F 1:07)
5th: Connor Moga (Hersey) 6-6 d Josh Heath (Unity) 1-3, (F 2:58)
7th: Justin Nose (Westville) 10-7 d Braden Brown (Washington) 9-8, (F 2:30)
190
1st: Hunter Eastin (Unity) 3-0 d Ethan Miller (Westville) 10-1, (MD 18-6)
3rd: Wyatt Leman (Washington) 12-5 d Cedric King (Belleville E) 8-3, (F 2:41)
5th: Jonathan Slump (Hersey) 2-2 d Julyan Mayares (Rock Island) 3-4, (F 1:33)
7th: Kenneth Seggerson (Mt. Carmel) 0-3, () , . (Bye)
215
1st: Josh Hoffer (Washington) 17-3 d Foley Calcagno (IC Catholic) 11-3, (D 7-2)
3rd: Leonard Siegal (Mt. Carmel) 9-3 d Nick Larsen (Hersey) 5-6, (TF 4:00 (16-1)
5th: Rowan Stockwell (Rock Island) 4-2, d Chason Daly (Unity) 1-3, (F 4:18)
7th: Antwon Brown (Belleville E) 2-3 d Bleighten Irelan (Westville) 3-6, (F 0:48)
285
1st: Jonathan Rulo (Belleville E) 10-0 d Sean Thornton (Washington) 12-5, (F 3:03)
3rd: Anthony Sebastian (IC Catholic) 7-2, d Harrison Lacaeyse (Hersey) 6-7, (D 1-0)
5th: Emilio Guzman (Rock Island) 6-3 d Josiah Sedlacek (Westville) 9-5, (F 4:35)
7th: Landin Carter (Mt. Carmel) 1-3 d Jaden Dene (Unity) 0-4, (F 1:27)
Marion Wildcat Duals
The team from Paducah Tilgham, Kentucky finished at the top of the heap of this year’s 21-team field in Marion. Host Marion placed second, Waterloo was third and Carbondale finished fourth.
Paducah (6-0) won 72-12 over Breese Central, 60-21 over Red Bud, 54-17 over Harrisburg, and 59-24 over Mt. Vernon to reach the semifinals, where Paducah Tilgham won 44-35 over Waterloo and 57-24 over Marion to take the team title.
Host Marion (5-1) took second thanks to wins over Pinckneyville (77-0), Effingham (57-24), Kennett, MO (72-6), Caldwell County (60-11) and Carbondale (49-29).
Third-place Waterloo (5-1) topped Centralia (66-17), Johnston City (57-23), Benton (48-36), McCracken County, KY (53-24) and Carbondale (45-35), while fourth-place Carbondale (4-2) beat Sparta (54-24), Fort Campbell, KY (61-15), Carmi-White County (53-24) and West Frankfort (48-33) to reach the championship round.
Championship dual results:
1st place: Paducah Tilgham, KY 57, Marion 24
3rd place: Waterloo 45, Carbondale 35
1st place dual:
Paducah Tilghman defeated Marion 57-24
106 – Jake Pulliam (Paducah) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
113 – Christian Prietto-Bottoms (Paducah) over Rigdon Meacham (Marion) Fall 0:36
120 – Case Simmons (Paducah) over Juelz Elliott (Marion) Fall 0:40
126 – Jeremiah Pulliam (Paducah) over Hunter Detrick (Marion) Fall 0:30
132 – Jordynn Davis (Paducah) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
138 – Zach Bell (Marion) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
144 – Jaylin Bellamy (Paducah) over Nate Page (Marion) TF 19-4
150 – Brady Lamoureux (Paducah) over John Walters (Marion) Fall 1:20
157 – Ethan O`Malley (Paducah) over Justin Murphy (Marion) Fall 5:12
165 – Tate Miller (Marion) over Titan Henderson (Paducah) Fall 0:20
175 – Grayson Sanders (Marion) over Phoenix Marshall (Paducah) Fall 4:52
190 – Ben Hall (Paducah) over Evan Francis (Marion) Maj 12-2
215 – Bryan Madinger (Marion) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
285 – Prosper Livingston-Holmes (Paducah) over Logan Black (Marion) Fall 1:03
3rd place dual:
Waterloo defeated Carbondale 45-35
144 – Ty Kinzinger (Waterloo) over Joe Prideaux (Carbondale) Maj 13-2
150 – Tyshawn Welch (Carbondale) over Kadyn Brewer (Waterloo) TF 28-11
157 – Jon Martin (Carbondale) over Jackson Hock (Waterloo) Fall 0:57
165 – Thomas Imboden (Carbondale) over Austin Goddard (Waterloo) Fall 0:02
175 – Vince Goodman (Waterloo) over Jeramiah Walden (Carbondale) Fall 0:21
190 – Mason West (Waterloo) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
215 – Jaxson Mathenia (Waterloo) over Connor Daly (Carbondale) Fall 0:30
285 – Drew Glowacki (Waterloo) over Jordyn Lomax-Brown (Carbondale) Fall 0:32
106 – Matthew Deutch (Waterloo) over Dajuan Anderson (Carbondale) Fall 0:00
113 – Ian Holzmueller (Carbondale) over Jackson Wirth (Waterloo) Fall 0:00
120 – Bradley O`dell (Carbondale) over Carter Marshall (Waterloo) Fall 0:00
126 – Konnor Stephens (Waterloo) over Ayden Swan (Carbondale) TF 15-0
132 – Kurt Ford (Carbondale) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
138 – Jaxon Mifflin (Waterloo) over Xavier Toliver-Cook (Carbondale) Fall 0:00