Three Vandals wrestlers will wrestle in the Championships of their respective weight classes at the IHSA Individual Wrestling State Finals while two more have guaranteed themselves a top 6 finish and one more will wrestle this morning to try and earn a spot in a place match. Preston Waughtel at 126, Max Philpot at 132 and Dillon Hinton at 157 all picked up wins in the Championship Semifinals on Friday night to earn spots in the Championships. Dade Kleinik at 150 and Ross Miller at 190 both suffered semifinal losses, but they have guaranteed themselves spots in a place match, but whether they will wrestle in the Third Place of Fifth Place match will be dictated by a Wrestleback Semifinal match this morning. Brody Matthews at 138 is still alive for the Vandals and after working through the early wrestleback rounds, is one win away from guaranteeing himself a top 6 finish as he will need to get a win in the Wrestleback Quarterfinals this morning. Wrestleback Quarterfinals will begin at 9:00am this morning with Wrestleback Semifinals at 11:00am and the Third and Fifth Place matches at 1:00pm. After an afternoon break, the Grand March will be at 5:30pm with the Championship matches to follow at 6:00pm.
Vandals Individual Friday Performances:
126lbs – Preston Waughtel: Waughtel beat Alexander Ferari of Lisle by Fall in 5:24 in the Championship Semifinals and will wrestle Obadiah Willis of Chicago Hope Academy for the 126lb Championship on Saturday evening.
132lbs – Max Philpot: Philpot beat Landon Blanton of Sterling Newman Central Catholic by Fall in 5:24 in the Championship Semifinals and will wrestle Jeremiah Lawrence of Chicago Hope Academy for the 132lb Championship on Saturday evening.
138lbs – Brody Matthews: Matthews beat Kenzer Burrell of Stanford Olympia by Tech Fall (17-1 in 2:40) the Second Round of Wrestlebacks. Matthews will move on to face Nelson Benesh of Oregon in the Wrestleback Quarterfinals on Saturday morning.
150lbs – Dade Kleinik: Kleinik lost to Cooper Corder of Sandwich by Tech Fall (1701 in 2:14) in the Championship Semifinals. He will now go to the Wrestleback Semifinals on Saturday morning at 11:00am where he will face either Preston Richards of Dixon or Caleb Modglin of Morrison. The winner of that match will go to the Third Place match while the loser of the match will go to the Fifth Place Match at 1:00pm on Saturday afternoon.
157lbs – Dillon Hinton: Hinton beat Hudson Babb of GCMS by Decision, 3-0, in the Championship Semifinals and will wrestle Aidan Kenney of Coal City in the 157lb Championship on Saturday evening.
190lbs – Ross Miller: Miller lost to Logan VanDuyne of Wilmington by Decision in Sudden Victory, 4-1, in the Championship Semifinals. Miller will now go to the Wrestleback Semifinals on Saturday morning at 11:00am where he will face either Ethan Miller of Westville or Daniel Jackson of Red Bud. The winner of that match will go to the Third Place match while the loser of the match will go to the Fifth Place Match at 1:00pm on Saturday afternoon.
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