IHSA boys wrestling state finals 2023: Peoria-area matches, schedules and complete results (2024)

Adam DuvallJournal Star

The University of Illinois campus hosted the 2023 Illinois High School Association boys wrestling state finals, utilizing the State Farm Center as host for all three classes. In all, 55 Peoria-area wrestlers began wrestling Thursday, with state champions crowned Saturday night after a three-day wrestling marathon.

Here's a look at each Peoria-area wrestler's matches. Championship results are listed first, followed by previous rounds split by class.

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Peoria-area championship matches

CLASS 1A

106 pounds — Dean Wainwright (Port Byron Riverdale, 49-1) fall Hunter Robbins (Illini Bluffs, 34-2), 3:40
113 pounds — Tyson Waughtel (Carlyle, 50-1) maj. dec. Keygan Jennings (Farmington, 35-2) 12-1
145 pounds — Paul Ishikawa (Illini Bluffs, 51-0) dec. Reef Pacot (Fithian Oakwood, 47-3), 3-1
160 pounds — Dax Gentes (El Paso-Gridley, 52-1) maj. dec. Collin Altensey (Port Byron Riverdale, 53-2) 11-3
170 pounds — Joseph Norton (Canton, 51-1) dec. Jackson Gillen (Yorkville Christian, 42-7) 10-6

CLASS 2A

132 pounds — Santino Robinson (Mascoutah, 41-0) dec. Peyton Cox (Washington, 44-3) 4-2 tiebreaker
138 pounds — Gauge Shipp (Galesburg, 50-0) tech. fall Jake Hamiti (Joliet Catholic, 37-16) 15-0
145 pounds — Kannon Webster (Washington, 50-0) maj. dec. Bryce Griffin (Bethalto Civic Memorial, 48-5) 18-8
160 pounds — Mason Alessio (Joliet Catholic, 42-3) fall Nick Mueller (Dunlap, 43-8) 1:18
170 pounds — Abe Wojcikiewicz (Bethalto Civic Memorial, 47-2) maj dec. Blake Hinrichsen (Washington, 41-7) 17-5
220 pounds — Justin Hoffer (Washington, 43-1) dec. Connor Lorden (LaSalle-Peru, 38-3) 5-2

CLASS 3A

182 pounds — Jack Lesher (Marmion, 34-6) dec. Shamon Handegan (Pekin, 41-1), 6-1

CLASS 1A

Third place

106 pounds — Anna-Jonesboro sophom*ore Drew Sadler (51-3) dec. Peoria Notre Dame sophom*ore Ian Akers (43-6) 6-2
126 pounds — Taylor Ridge Rockridge sophom*ore Jude Finch (44-5) dec. Canton senior Trevor Hedges (48-4) 6-5
145 pounds — Princeton senior Augie Christiansen (50-6) dec. Herrin junior Blue Bishop (47-4) 8-4
195 pounds — Coal City senior Joey Breneman (43-6) fall Macomb senior Max Ryner (52-5) 5:26

Fifth place

106 pounds — Canton freshman Maddux Steele (43-10) medical forfeit Yorkville Christian sophom*ore Aiden Larsen (18-11)
120 pounds — Tremont senior Payton Murphy (40-4) dec. Decatur Lutheran freshman Garrett VerHeecke (43-7) 8-1
220 pounds — Macomb senior Ethan Ladd (50-8) dec. Le Roy junior Jacob Bischoff (42-11) 4-3

CLASS 2A

Third place

126 pounds — Washington freshman Wyatt Medlin (25-5) tech fall Grayslake Central junior Tyler Weidman (40-13) 20-5
160 pounds — Sycamore senior Zack Crawford (43-2) major dec. Washington junior Zane Hulet (29-12) 11-0

Fifth place

106 pounds — Morton freshman Harrison Dea (37-11) dec. Ottawa junior Ivan Munoz (35-7) 10-4
195 pounds — Lemont senior Nathan Wrublik (30-6) dec. Washington freshman Josh Hoffer (32-21) 5-3

CLASS 1A

Semifinals

106 pounds

Hunter Robbins (Illini Bluffs) dec. Aiden Larsen (Yorkville Christian) 1-0

113 pounds

Keygan Jennings (Farmington) fall Andrew Alvarado (West Marian) 2:18

145 pounds

Paul Ishikawa (Illini Bluffs) dec. Blue Bishop (Herrin) 4-2

160 pounds

Dax Gentes (El Paso-Gridley) dec. Max Astacio (West Marian) 7-4

170 pounds

Joseph Norton (Canton) major dec. Nick Deloach Jr. (Cahokia) 12-2

Quarterfinals

106 pounds

Hunter Robbins (Illini Bluffs) fall Josiah Perez (Polo) 4:39
Ian Akers (Peoria Notre Dame) fall Blake Arseneau (Kankakee McNamara) 4:57
Maddux Steele (Canton) fall Culan Lindemuth (Coal City) 5:29

113 pounds

Keygan Jennings (Farmington) fall Alex Powell (Litchfield) 9-2

120 pounds

Tony Keene (Harrisburg) sudden victory Payton Murphy (Tremont) 8-6

126 pounds

Trevor Hedges (Canton) major dec. Brock Finch (Coal City) 10-0
Brady Grennan (Sterling Newman) fall Bowden Delaney (Tremont) 2:50
TJ Silva (Dakota) fall Bradlee Ellis (Farmington) 1:36

132 pounds

First round

106 pounds

Hunter Robbins (Illini Bluffs) fall Charlie Dvorak (Nazareth) 1:07
Ian Akers (Peoria Notre Dame) fall Blake Arseneau (Kankakee McNamara) 4:57
Maddux Steele (Canton) fall Culan Lindemuth (Coal City) 5:29
Drew Sadler (Anna-Jonesboro) dec. Augustus Swanson (Princeton) 6-0

113 pounds

Keygan Jennings (Farmington) major dec. Tharren Jacobs (Port Byron Riverdale) 8-0

120 pounds

Payton Murphy (Tremont) fall Luke Moen (Orion) 1:45
Aaron Meenen (Rock Falls) dec. John Davis (Canton) 7-5

126 pounds

Trevor Hedges (Canton) major dec. Brock Finch (Coal City) 10-0
Bowden Delaney (Tremont) dec. Micah Spinazzola (Peotone) 6-4
Bradlee Ellis (Farmington) fall Max Rosen (Chicago DePaul) 3:33

132 pounds

Ian O'Connor (Illini Bluffs) dec. Santino Izzi (Peotone) 8-1
Jake Piatak (Coal City) dec. Mason Mark (Tremont) 6-0

138 pounds

Jackson Carroll (Illini Bluffs) dec. Nick Davidson (West Marian) 5-4
Jason Bowers (Dakota) tech fall William Taylor (Kewanee) 17-2
Brock Smith (Port Byron Riverdale) tech fall Tyler Roth (El Paso-Gridley) 15-0

145 pounds

Paul Ishikawa (Illini Bluffs) tech fall Andrew Fowler (Nazareth) 18-3
Ian Kreske (Peotone) dec. Chase Daugherty (Peoria Notre Dame) 7-3
Reef Pacot (Oakwood) dec. Augie Christiansen (Princeton) 10-4

152 pounds

Jase Grunder (Erie) fall Max Kelly (Kewanee) 4:23
Jack Seacrist (Stillman Valley) fall Jake McElwee (United) 1:13
Ethan Struck (West Marian) dec. Carter Hoge (Macomb) 9-2

160 pounds

Dax Gentes (El Paso-Gridley) fall Henry Coughlin (St. Laurence) 1:15
Gage Sweckard (Deer Creek-Mackinaw) dec. Asher Hamby (Seneca) 1-0
Carter Watkins (Manteno) dec. Danny Murphy (Canton) 9-3

170 pounds

Joseph Norton (Canton) fall Michael Kopecky (Northridge) 2:26
Derek Carlson (Coal City) fall Rese Shymansky (Farmington) 5:07

182 pounds

Foley Calcagno (IC Catholic) dec. Cody Langland (El Paso-Gridley) 6-1
Braiden Young (Coal City) dec. TJ Conner (Tremont) 5-4

195 pounds

CLASS 2A

Semifinals

126 pounds

Colby Crouch (Troy Triad) dec. Wyatt Medlin (Washington) 10-5

132 pounds

Peyton Cox (Washington) major dec. Caden Muselman (Oak Forest) 14-1

138 pounds

Gauge Shipp (Galesburg) fall Dylan Watts (Bloomington) 4:53

145 pounds

Kannon Webster (Washington) fall Aidan Blackburn (Mattoon) 2:59

160 pounds

Nick Mueller (Dunlap) dec. Will Prater (Lombard Montini) 12-5

170 pounds

Blake Hinrichsen (Washington) dec. Aiden Cohen (Deerfield) 12-10

195 pounds

Mateo Casillas (Mahomet-Seymour) dec. Josh Hoffer (Washington) 6-0

220 pounds

Justin Hoffer (Washington) dec. Jack Barnhart (Champaign Centennial) 6-4
Connor Lorden (LaSalle-Peru) dec. Alex Hamrick (Chatham Glenwood) 11-4

Quarterfinals

106 pounds

Gavin Rockey (Wauconda) dec. Harrison Dea (Morton) 14-7

126 pounds

Wyatt Medlin (Washington) dec. Tyler Weidman (Grayslake Central) 10-4

132 pounds

Peyton Cox (Washington) fall John Ben Maduena (Chatham Glenwood) 3:41

138 pounds

Gauge Shipp (Galesburg) tech fall Patrick Tinsley (Wheeling) 17-0
Anthony Streib (Antioch) dec. Eli Gonzalez (Washington) 7-2

145 pounds

Kannon Webster (Washington) fall Rider Searcy (Mt. Vernon) 1:51

160 pounds

Mason Alessio (Joliet Catholic) major dec. Zane Hulet (Washington) 9-0
Nick Mueller (Dunlap) major dec. Ben Vazquez (Antioch) 14-2

170 pounds

Blake Hinrichsen (Washington) major dec. Max Corral (Oak Forest) 11-3

195 pounds

Josh Hoffer (Washington) dec. Evan Jocic (Lombard Montini) 3-1

220 pounds

Justin Hoffer (Washington) tech fall Eduardo Antunez (Evergreen Park) 18-3
Connor Lorden (LaSalle-Peru) dec. Alex Jackson (Bremen) 3-2

First round

106 pounds

Harrison Dea (Morton) fall Tyler Clarke (Chatham Glenwood) 3:37

113 pounds

Cory Zator (Lemont) dec. Noah Woods (Washington) 8-4

126 pounds

Wyatt Medlin (Washington) dec. Austin Johnston (Normal West) 7-5
Colby Crouch (Troy Triad) fall Bernard Cox (Richwoods) 1:36

132 pounds

Peyton Cox (Washington) fall Luke Kawa (Richards) 1:02
Caden Muselman (Oak Forest) dec. Rocky Almendarez (Galesburg) 7-2

138 pounds

Gauge Shipp (Galesburg) major dec. Tyson Rakers (Highland) 11-0
Eli Gonzalez (Washington) dec. Ben Capitosti (Mattoon) 5-2

145 pounds

Kannon Webster (Washington) fall Luke Hamiti (Joliet Catholic) 4:16
Hunter Daniel (Oak Forest) dec. Steven Marvin (Morton) 5-4

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152 pounds

Aidan Postma (Troy Triad) fall Kenny Rutherford (Peoria High) 4:26
Collin Reif (Jacksonville) dec. Cael Miller (Washington) 3-2

160 pounds

Zane Hulet (Washington) dec. Isaiah Duckworth (Carbondale) 7-0
Nick Mueller (Dunlap) dec. Maddox Kirts (Bloomington) 7-4

170 pounds

Blake Hinrichsen (Washington) tech fall Carter Vincent (Grayslake Central) 16-1
Aiden Cohen (Deerfield) fall Emilio Torres (Galesburg) 1:19

195 pounds

Josh Hoffer (Washington) dec. Zach Pomatto (Joliet Catholic) 3-0
Gambino Perez (Brother Rice) dec. Malachi Washington (Peoria High) 8-7

220 pounds

Justin Hoffer (Washington) dec. Colton Crowley (Mahomet-Seymour) 6-0
Connor Lorden (LaSalle-Peru) dec. Leo Meyer (Mattoon) 7-0

CLASS 3A

Semifinals

182 pounds

Shamon Handegan (Pekin) dec. Rylan Breen (Chicago Mt. Carmel) 7-5

Quarterfinals

182 pounds

Shamon Handegan (Pekin) major dec. Matty Lapacek (Downers Grove South) 10-2

First round

182 pounds

Shamon Handegan (Pekin) fall Jacob Acevedo (Schaumburg) 5:56

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