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Photos: Illinois state wrestling finals grapple at State Farm Arena
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GCMS Hudson Babb defeated Warrensburg-Latham’s Charlie Wittmer for 5th place in the 157 pound class on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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GCMS Hudson Babb defeated Warrensburg-Latham’s Charlie Wittmer for 5th place in the 157 pound class on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPHPORTER TAKES THIRD AT STATE
Mattoon’s Tristan Porter defeated Sycamore’s Tyler Lockhart in the 2A 126-pound class for third place on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center. For more about Porter and state wrestling, see Page B1.
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GCMS Hudson Babb defeated Warrensburg-Latham’s Charlie Wittmer for 5th place in the 157 pound class on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Erie’s Caleb Reymer wrestles Olympia’s Darian Holloway in the Class 1A 285 pound division on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, during state finals at State Farm Center.
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Cumberland’s Owen McGinnis wrestles Althoff Catholic’s Landon Weidler for third place in the Class 1A 157 pound division on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, during state finals at State Farm Center.
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Erie’s Caleb Reymer wrestles Olympia’s Darian Holloway in the Class 1A 285 pound division on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, during state finals at State Farm Center.
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Cumberland’s Owen McGinnis wrestles Althoff Catholic’s Landon Weidler for third place in the Class 1A 157 pound division on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, during state finals at State Farm Center.
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Mattoon’s Tristan Porter defeated Sycamore’s Tyler Lockhart in the 2A 126 pound class for third place on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Cumberland’s Owen McGinnis wrestles Althoff Catholic’s Landon Weidler for third place in the Class 1A 157 pound division on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, during state finals at State Farm Center.
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Mattoon’s Mitchell Clapp defeated Arlington Height’s Wynn Philippi in the Class 2A 285 pound division on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, during state finals at State Farm Center.
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Mattoon’s Mitchell Clapp defeated Arlington Height’s Wynn Philippi in the Class 2A 285 pound division on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, during state finals at State Farm Center.
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Erie’s Caleb Reymer wrestles Olympia’s Darian Holloway in the Class 1A 285 pound division on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, during state finals at State Farm Center.
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Mattoon’s Tristan Porter defeated Sycamore’s Tyler Lockhart in the 2A 126 pound class for third place on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Olympia’s Connor Collins defeated GCMS’s Bentley Fields in the 1A 106 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Belleville East’s Jonathan Rulo defeated Marmion Academy’s Joseph Favia in the 3A 285 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Olympia’s Connor Collins defeated GCMS’s Bentley Fields in the 1A 106 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Belleville East’s Jonathan Rulo defeated Marmion Academy’s Joseph Favia in the 3A 285 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Belleville East’s Jonathan Rulo defeated Marmion Academy’s Joseph Favia in the 3A 285 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Belleville East’s Jonathan Rulo defeated Marmion Academy’s Joseph Favia in the 3A 285 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Olympia’s Connor Collins defeated GCMS’s Bentley Fields in the 1A 106 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Olympia’s Connor Collins defeated GCMS’s Bentley Fields in the 1A 106 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Belleville East’s Jonathan Rulo defeated Marmion Academy’s Joseph Favia in the 3A 285 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Olympia’s Connor Collins defeated GCMS’s Bentley Fields in the 1A 106 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Hope Academey’s Chance Woods (defeated GCMS’s Landen Lage in the 1A 138 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Hope Academey’s Chance Woods (defeated GCMS’s Landen Lage in the 1A 138 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Hope Academey’s Chance Woods (defeated GCMS’s Landen Lage in the 1A 138 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Decatur Unity’s Garrett VerHeecke defeated Dixon’s Charlie Connors in the 1A 144 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Decatur Unity’s Garrett VerHeecke defeated Dixon’s Charlie Connors in the 1A 144 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Decatur Unity’s Garrett VerHeecke defeated Dixon’s Charlie Connors in the 1A 144 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Sandwich’s Cooper Corder defeated Decatur Unity’s Clinton VerHeecke in the 1A 150 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Sandwich’s Cooper Corder defeated Decatur Unity’s Clinton VerHeecke in the 1A 150 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Sandwich’s Cooper Corder defeated Decatur Unity’s Clinton VerHeecke in the 1A 150 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Sandwich’s Cooper Corder defeated Decatur Unity’s Clinton VerHeecke in the 1A 150 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Elmhurst’s Aiden Arnett defeated Civic Memorial’s Knox Verbais in the 2A 150 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Elmhurst’s Aiden Arnett defeated Civic Memorial’s Knox Verbais in the 2A 150 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Elmhurst’s Aiden Arnett defeated Civic Memorial’s Knox Verbais in the 2A 150 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Providence Catholic’s Justus Heeg defeated Mascoutah’s Brock Ross in the 2A 157 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Providence Catholic’s Justus Heeg defeated Mascoutah’s Brock Ross in the 2A 157 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Elmhurst ’s Brody Kelly defeated Geneseo’s Kye Weinzierl in the 2A 175 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Althoff Catholic’s Pierre Walton celebrates after defeating Princeton’s Casey Etheridge in the 1A 165 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Althoff Catholic’s Pierre Walton defeated Princeton’s Casey Etheridge in the 1A 165 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Althoff Catholic’s Pierre Walton defeated Princeton’s Casey Etheridge in the 1A 165 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Elmhurst ’s Brody Kelly defeated Geneseo’s Kye Weinzierl in the 2A 175 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Sandwich’s Cooper Corder defeated Decatur Unity’s Clinton VerHeecke in the 1A 150 pound class for finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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Decatur Unity’s fans cheer on Unity in the state finals on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at State Farm Center.
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