Vandalia wrestling fought back in their later matchups, but a flurry of early wins by Coal City had the Vandals on their heels and they struggled to fully recover in a 43-23 loss in the Championship match of the IHSA 1A Dual Team State Finals on Saturday. The Vandals made their fifth overall appearance in a Dual Team State Championship match and the second in a row as they earned a chance to try and avenge last year’s Championship loss. After the Vandals got down 9-0, a win by Fall for Ross Miller at 190 brought them back to within three points, 9-6 with three weight classes down. The Coalers then got three wins by Fall and one by Major Decision to pull away, 31-6. The Vandals got themselves back in it with three wins in a row by Riley Hinton at 120, Preston Waughtel at 126 and Max Philpot at 132 to cut the Coal City lead to 31-17. The Vandals however then suffered three straight tough losses as Coal City sealed the win over the Vandals 43-23. Vandalia ends their season with a dual team record of 29-3 and have finished in the top 4 at State for the 12th time and in the top 2 for the 5th time.
Individual Results:
165: Cole Yarborough lost to Mason Garner by Major Decision, 17-6
175: Noah Langston lost to Brock Finch by Tech Fall, 17-2 in 3:12
190: Ross Miller beats Evan Greggain by Fall in 1:26
215: Jeffrey Smith lost to Brody D’Orazio by Fall in 3:41
285: Dominic Swyers lost to Cade Poyner by Fall in 1:23
106: Cooper Galloway lost Ryder Gill by Fall in 1:00
113: Kaiden Daugherty lost to Jake Munsterman by Major Decision, 10-0
120: Riley Hinton beats Tyson Price by Decision, 7-3
126: Preston Waughtel beats Owen Petersen by Tech Fall, 16-1 in 3:08
132: Max Philpot beats Cooper Morris by Decision, 9-4
138: Brody Matthews lost to Luke Munsterman by Decision, 4-1, in Sudden Victory
144: Eli Mabry lost to Max Christensen by Decision, 13-9
150: Dade Kleinik lost to Brody Widlowski by Fall in 1:50
157: Dillon Hinton wins by Forfeit
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