TULSA, OK • Illinois’ Junior Freestylers went 5-3 at the National Duals, which included both a true second finish in their Preliminary Pool D bracket, and a fifth-place finish overall. However, the bigger story inside of their tournament was the turnaround from wrestling Team Iowa in the Preliminary Pool D championship dual, versus wrestling against Iowa […] More

TULSA, OK • Illinois’ finest ladies took the mats this past week and came away with a great deal of success, some areas for improvement, and a fourth-place finish at the National Duals inside of Cox Business Convention Center. For the Ladies of Illinois, three would come out of the National Duals unscathed. Gabriella Gomez (115) […] More

TULSA, OK • The ladies of Illinois came into Pool D as the number-one seed—and deservingly so. However, a tight match in the final of their pool against a solid Team California Blue that resulted in a 35-31 loss, Illinois will have to regroup as they still enter the “Gold and Silver” Pool, on Friday, needing […] More

TULSA, OK• Team Illinois came into the Greco-Roman National Duals with solid group of young men who have all wrestled in high-level matches and been in high-level duals—and, so far, all of their experience has shown as Illinois cleanly moved through their Preliminary Pool D bracket on Wednesday with very little drama and very little […] More

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR • Tommy Banas was coming off a Pan-American gold in Greco before he took to the Freestyle bracket at 57kg. And even though would be in the preliminary round mix of wrestlers with an opening round match, he would once again prove that no matter where he was positioned, he was the […] More

HERRIMAN, UTAH • After a strong third place showing in Greco-Roman at the National Duals, Illinois had high hopes coming into day one of the Freestyle National Duals. However, even though they felt good and had an abundance of talent on their Freestyle team, they ran into some very strong opposition, and in one day, lost […] More

OAKS, PENNSYLVANIA • Illinois’ 14U National Team looked very good and came out and represented Team Illinois Greco in a manner befitting Illinois Greco. The future stars of Illinois wrestling showed great resolve and battled hard in earning their runner-up finish at the National Duals this past weekend inside of Zions Bank Stadium. Coming in as […] More

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR • Tommy Banas came into the eight-man 57kg Greco-Roman Pan-American Championship bracket with the sixth-most seeding point ranking; however, it would only take the Providence Catholic sophomore three matches to prove to all the Americas that he was, undeniably, the best wrestler in the field.  For his opening bout, the quarterfinals of […] More

HERRIMAN, UTAH • Inside of Zions Bank Stadium on day two of the 16U Greco-Roan National Duals, Illinois found itself in Pool A where they would have to contend with Minnesota Blue, Missouri, and Iowa before being placed in the final pool for place matches. As expected, Illinois and Iowa met up in the finals of […] More

HERRIMAN, UTAH • Team Illinois, who came into the 16U Greco-Roman National Duals as the fourth seed, the number one seed in Pool D, did what they were expected to do—they advanced into the Finals. Now in the “Gold and Silver Pool,” they will face off against Team Minnesota Blue (Round 1), Team Missouri (Round 2), […] More

SYCAMORE • Inside the Sycamore High School fieldhouse, Team Illinois hosted its “Second Chance” National Qualifier for this summer’s Freestyle and Greco-Roman National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota. And, although it may take a few days to sort out all the qualifiers via the ILUSA-WR State Championships, all the Regional Championships, and the US Open and […] More