IHSA Sectional Tournament Brackets

Saturday, February 6, 2010 ~ Illinois Matmen News

The wrestlers with a number "1" in front of their name are regional champs and receive a first round bye at sectionals.

Class 1A
» Byron
» Clinton
» Plano
» Robinson

Class 2A
» Bensenville (Fenton)
» ...

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Flashy's IHSA Class 1A Sectional Brackets

Monday, February 8, 2010 ~ Illinois Matmen News

Many of you have already received Flashy's brackets by email. For those that haven't, you can download them here.

» Byron
» Clinton
» Plano
» Robinson

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#21 Illini Upset #13 Wisconsin, 19-18

Sunday, February 7, 2010 ~ Illinois Matmen News

Illini Upset Badgers

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - No. 21 Illinois and No. 13 Wisconsin split the 10 bouts, but the Fighting Illini scored one more bonus point to upset the Badgers by a 19-18 score in front of 518 fans at Huff Hall. The win continues Illinois' recent dominance of the Badgers, improving the Illini's record to 11-0-1 in their last 12 duals against Wisconsin. Clint Arlis started the day with a technical fall at 157 and No. 14 Ryan Prater thrilled the crowd with a 15-1 major decision to provide the deciding team points. Illinois improves to 8-6 overall, 3-3 in the Big Ten.

"We wrestled hard, did some good things and made ...

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IHSA Regional Tournament Results

Saturday, February 6, 2010 ~ Illinois Matmen News

Regional tournament results can be found on the IHSA website.

Complete brackets will be posted later this evening after most of the brackets have been sent.

Sectional tournament schematics should be available on the IHSA website around 8:00 p.m.

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Gritty Wildcats Win Three Bouts in 37-10 Loss at Penn State

Friday, February 5, 2010 ~ Illinois Matmen News

Roddy improves to 2-1 in conference, Metzler now 2-2 in Big Ten

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With a crippling snowstorm blanketing the campus of Penn State and the surrounding area, Northwestern and the 12th-ranked Nittany Lions squared off in Rec Hall in front of nearly 4,000 brave wrestling fans as PSU won a 37-10 decision Friday night. NU's wins came courtesy of Eric Metzler, Brian Roddy, Jr. and John Schoen, who won by 13-4 major decision at 197.

The Nittany Lions (11-5-1, 3-2) captured six of the nine contested bouts--with Northwestern (5-9-1, 0-4) being forced to forfeit the 10th at 141 pounds--and used the bonus points from two pins ...

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#21 Illini Fall to #5 Minnesota, 27-13

Friday, February 5, 2010 ~ Illinois Matmen News

#14 Bond Upsets #10 Yohn at 197

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - No. 14 Patrick Bond scored a 9-4 upset over No. 10 Sonny Yohn at 197 pounds and second-ranked John Dergo demolished Kaleb Young at 184 in an 18-6 major decision, but the No. 21 Fighting Illini dropped six consecutive bouts earlier in the match as No. 5 Minnesota took a 27-13 victory in front of a season-high 1,278 fans at Huff Hall. It was Bond's fourth win over a ranked opponent this season and third over an opponent ranked higher than him.

"We were a little flat in the first five matches but in the second five, we wrestled with a ton more energy," Illinois head coach ...

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Let it all fall

Friday, February 5, 2010 ~ Shannon's Blog

My favorite month of the year -- this year, it starts tomorrow and ends on my birthday (the first few days and the last day or two are really more part of January or March as the case may be).

Wrestlers in Illinois, I don't know how many of you still read me. I know it's a little harder to split my time between states. But my thoughts are still the same.

Put simply, it's vision quest time. Time to find out all the answers. What if you don't know the questions? You don't have to.

It's very simple. Put on the singlet. Strap on the headgear. Face your opponent without fear or intimidation. Give everything you have, for 7 1/2 minutes if you must. Leave nothing to the imagination. Don't allow what-ifs to cloud your thoughts as you ride home tomorrow night. Whatever else happens, whether you move on to ...

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#21 Illini Host #5 Minnesota, #13 Wisconsin

Friday, February 5, 2010 ~ Illinois Matmen News

Illini Host 2 Duals

#21 Illinois vs. #5 Minnesota
Feb. 5 // Huff Hall // 7 pm // Champaign, Ill. // BTN (live)

#21 Illinois vs. #13 Wisconsin
Feb. 7 // Huff Hall // 1 pm // Champaign, Ill.

Television
Friday's dual against No. 5 Minnesota will be nationally televised live on the Big Ten Network with Tim Johnson providing play-by-play and former Iowa State national champion, four-time All-American and assistant head coach Joe Gibbons giving expert analysis.

Radio
Both matches will be broadcast on WDWS-AM 1400, with Friday's match live and ...

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