OAK FOREST • This past weekend, IL/USAW held its Greco-Roman State Championships at Oak Forest High School, and in the 16U and Junior divisions, the top three wrestlers at each weight secured an opportunity to represent the highly coveted Team Illinois this summer at the National Duals and inside of The Fargodome.
Additional national qualification can be earned by any wrestler from entering and placing at any of the Regionals in the month of May or by winning the IL/USAW Second Chance tournament. If a wrestler places at a national tournament, like a Regional, then that wrestler automatically qualifies for the National Team and for the National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota.
There were no team scores kept; however, using a simple 4, 3, 2, 1 point appropriation for first, second, third, and fourth place, here is a look at the top five team scores that wrestlers listed as their club in order of points, as well as listing each club’s total placewinners:
01 • 22 • The Wrestling Academy (07)
02 • 17 • Izzy Style Wrestling (05)
03 • 14 • Beat the Streets-Oak Park (04)
04 • 11 • Patton Trained Wrestling Club (06)
04 • 11 • Toss Em Up Wrestling Academy (03)
05 • 09 • Beat the Streets-Midway (04)
Below are the INDIVIDUAL RESULTS from the Junior tournament:
JR / 100 pounds
01 • Symon Woods, Illinois
02 • Carlo Difalco, The Wrestling Academy
03 • Aden Spinelli, nWo WC
04 • Kevin Bisonaya, Panther WC
JR / 106 pounds
01 • Dominic Pasquale, Izzy Style Wrestling
02 • Aiden Healey, Relentless Training Center
03 • Jackson Soney, Patton Trained WC
04 • Pierce Bultmann, Patton Trained WC
JR / 113 pounds
01 • Kaleb Pratt, The Wrestling Academy
02 • Vincent DeMarco, Built by Brunson Wrestling
03 • Kristian DeClercq, ISI WC
04 • Andre Rice, Beat the Streets Chicago-Midway
JR / 120 pounds
01 • Caleb Noble, Toss Em Up WA
02 • Isaac Velasco, Mat Rat WC
03 • Saul Ramirez, The Wrestling Academy
04 • Freddie Hernandez, Rochelle WC
JR / 126 pounds
01 • Noah Woods, Illinois
02 • Jamiel Castleberry, The Wrestling Academy
03 • Cole Gentsch, Patton Trained WC
04 • William Kelly, Triad Knights WC
JR / 132 pounds
01 • Deven Casey, Izzy Style Wrestling
02 • Vince Jasinski, Fox Lake WC
03 • Kalani Khiev, SPAR WA
04 • Nadeem Haleem, R13 Wrestling
JR / 138 pounds
01 • Zev Koransky, Beat the Streets Chicago-Oak Park
02 • Chance Woods, Beat the Streets Chicago-Midway
03 • Taylor Finley, Patton Trained WC
04 • Isaac Zimmerman, R13 Wrestling
JR / 144 pounds
01 • Joseph Knackstedt, Beat the Streets Chicago-Oak Park
02 • Jimmy Whitaker, The Wrestling Academy
03 • Frankie Nitti, Izzy Style Wrestling
04 • Ryan Richie, Southern Illinois RTC
JR / 150 pounds
01 • Evan Gosz, SPAR WA
02 • Maksim Mukhamedaliyev, Izzy Style Wrestling
03 • Aiden Noyes, Beat the Streets Chicago-Oak Park
04 • Cam Matthews, Illinois
JR / 157 pounds
01 • Carson Weber, Izzy Style Wrestling
02 • Daniel Blanke, The Wrestling Academy
03 • Marquis Deloach, Beat the Streets Chicago-Midway
04 • Bennett Westfallen, Illinois
JR / 165 pounds
01 • David Ogunsanya, Beat the Streets Chicago-Oak Park
02 • Pierre Walton, East St. Louis WC
03 • Abram Davidson, Patton Trained WC
04 • Ty’Quavion Smart, Alpha WA
JR / 175 pounds
01 • Ilia Dvoryannikov, Toss Em Up WA
02 • Royce Lopez, Toss Em Up WA
03 • Angel Zamora, Patton Trained WC
04 • Lyndon Thies, PSF WA
JR / 190 pounds
01 • Jaxon Penovich, The Wrestling Academy
02 • Michael Taheny, Panther WC
03 • Logan Van Duyne, Callan WA
04 • Aidan Rowells, SPAR WA
JR / 215 pounds
01 • Kaien Morris, Rochelle WC
02 • Logan Biggs, Frankfort Gladiator Wrestling
03 • Cade Poyner, Callan WA
04 • Daniel Bourbulas, Normal West FS/GR
JR / 285 pounds
01 • Jeremy Marshall, Evanston School of Wrestling
02 • Roy Phelps, Jr., Beat the Streets Chicago-Midway
03 • Jamir Thomas, Illinois
04 • Michael Sisk, Illinois
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• TC LIFONTI / LEAD WRITER FOR ILLINOIS MATMEN / tclifonti.com
