Any thoughts? Lots of great stories from this past weekend. MC had a 4 time champion, ND had a state champ, Washington had 4 guys win!
Wrestling?!?!?
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Rulo from Belleville east finally got one. Had been to the semi's and finals the last two years and came up short. Will be one of the best dl in the state next year too
ESL Pierre Walton. 165 state champion
Two state champions from Joliet, and neither were from JCA. Both West and Central had a champion in 3A. Nice to see. The Hilltoppers had a handful of placers in 3A, but no champions this year. Agree that this may be Marist's year to win it all.
I would say somewhere between 7-10? New Jersey, Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania, California, Oklahoma are probably all ahead of Illinois.
I would go top 5 or 6, all I could find was from 2017.
By The Numbers: High School Rankings - FloWrestling
We go by the numbers and take a deep dive into the latest high school rankings by state to see where the best wrestlers are coming from.
It has taken a generation or two, but the entire state is now embracing wrestling, as opposed to the North.
Marmion matches up well with Marist, will come down to coaches decisions on bumping weights and bonus points. If that is the final it should be a good one.
Dual Team Predctions
3A- Marist v Marmion in Final. Marist Wins
2A - Washington v ICCP in Final. ICCP Wins
1A - Marian Central v Vandalia in FInal. Vandalia Wins
3A- Marist v Marmion in Final. Marist Wins
2A - Washington v ICCP in Final. ICCP Wins
1A - Marian Central v Vandalia in FInal. Vandalia Wins
Here is a list of Illinois wrestlers currently ranked in the nation...
113 - #13 Caleb Noble from Warren
120 - #4 Dom Munaretto from STCE
126 #25 - Nick Garcia from Marmion
132 - #22 Deven Casey from ICCP
138 - #2 Seth Mendoza from Mt Carmel
144 - #19 Evan Gosz from Fremd, #20 Zach Stewart from Marmion
150 - #15 Justus Heeg from Providence, #16 Carson Weber from Joliet West, #17 Justin Wardlow from Lockport
157 - #18 Wyatt Medlin from Washington
165 - #5 Will Denny from Marist
175 - #7 Aaron Stewart from Warren
190 - #5 Jimmy Mastny from MCC
215 - #7 Kai Calcutt from Loyola
285 - #12 Jon Rulo from Belleville East
113 - #13 Caleb Noble from Warren
120 - #4 Dom Munaretto from STCE
126 #25 - Nick Garcia from Marmion
132 - #22 Deven Casey from ICCP
138 - #2 Seth Mendoza from Mt Carmel
144 - #19 Evan Gosz from Fremd, #20 Zach Stewart from Marmion
150 - #15 Justus Heeg from Providence, #16 Carson Weber from Joliet West, #17 Justin Wardlow from Lockport
157 - #18 Wyatt Medlin from Washington
165 - #5 Will Denny from Marist
175 - #7 Aaron Stewart from Warren
190 - #5 Jimmy Mastny from MCC
215 - #7 Kai Calcutt from Loyola
285 - #12 Jon Rulo from Belleville East
I am always shocked at how many national kids CA has, then I realize how many kids in general they have and it makes sense.
They do have some strong communities and areas for sure.
David McCarthy of De La Salle finishes first at 285 in Class 1A. Great accomplishment for an excellent young man. Well done, David! Go Meteors!
Heeg is only a freshman. His brother, who is a junior, won the 190 lb division in 2A for Lemont. Pretty impressive
Calcutta lost in the finals to Charles Walker from Joliet Central.
Mt. Carmel's Seth Mendoza is the 16th four-time Illinois High School Association wrestling champion, winning the 138-pound final of the Class 3A individual state meet in Champaign last Saturday,. He's headed to the University of Missouri
I weigh 140, so if I spit in a cup all day, I could make weight and wrestle Seth Mendoza, who would put a serious hurt on me.
I mean Uof I has 27 out of 36 wrestlers from Illinois and are ranked 14th in the country.
I'm not real familiar with wrestling. What happened in that situation that would cause an unsportsmanlike conduct call ? It seems pretty extreme
Yeah but yearly the best wrestlers in Illinois aren’t going to Illinois. Davino- Ohio state, Mendoza- mizzou. They did get Aaron Stewart and Will Denny though. We will see if they get noble or munaretto.
Calcutt losing was a massive upset. Kid is nationally ranked and accepted scholarship to nc state for wrestling. He was so dominant this year that he hadn’t gone theee periods often. Got gassed and walker took advantage.
IMO- Pennsylvania is clear number 1 and it’s not even close. Then maybe NJ, Ohio, california and Illinois. Iowa and Oklahoma right there too.
I heard thrown headgear but either way it's a hard way to lose, this was Marist year. I also heard their 113 didn't make weight and they didn't have a backup ready so that was forfeited so MC got 6 and 113 is not one of their stud wrestlers. Had MC lost the 190 match was a heartbreaker. MC wrestler was in total command and the Marist wrestler threw him for a pin with 8 seconds left.
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