IHSA Wrestling Regional Action Begins Towards State Finals

By Ed Muniz-Photos by Jenn-Anne Gledhill

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Throughout Illinois, the first steps to determine the 2023-2024 State Wrestling Champion at 14 different weights in 1A, 2A and 3A classes began with Regionals.

February 2 saw a slew of wrestlers taking their first steps at a coveted Championship.

Each Class featured 16-regional sites, a total of 48 Regionals throughout the state. The following week would see qualifying wrestlers advance to four sectional sites in each class. Those fortunate and talented enough to earn a top four finish at the sectional will advance to Champaign to determine the states best.

Among the regional sites in 3A, Glenbrook South hosted the opening round of qualifying.

The Glenbrook South Regional saw Prospect outlast Fremd in the team title with a 175.5 score to Fremds 168.5. Followed by the host at 128.5 and Loyola Academy at 127.

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106 went to James Hemmila (19-8) of Loyola Academy over Ermuun Urtnasan (22-8) of Glenbrook South by Fall 0:29.

The 113 title went to Ayaan Rizwan (22-4) of Glenbrook North over Trent Odachowski (21-8) of Fremd by Fall at 0:50.

At 120, Gavin Pardilla (23-10) of Loyola Academy dominated Trent Tono (28-6) of Niles North with a TF-(17-0) at 2:56.

126 saw another Tech Fall with Drew Fifield (17-9) of Fremd limiting Michael Shick (23-10) of Glenbrook South for the TF-(19-3) at 5:33.

At 132, Max Brown (18-4) of Glenbrook South made short work of Benji Escalante ( 24-13) of Rolling Meadows with a Fall in 0:33.

The 138 title went to Giorgio DiFalco (31-18) of Prospect with a 6-0 decsion over Chase McCluskey (17-10) of Fremd.


Evan Gosz (31-0) of Fremd remained unbeaten after dispatching Andrew Haritos (20-5) of Glenbrook South by Fall at 3:10 at 144-pounds.


Tagg Miller (30-6) of New Trier outlasted Joseph Quirk (24-17) of Prospect with a 6-5 decision at 150-pounds.

At 157, Ryan Muslimovic (39-5) of Fremd won by a 16-3 Major Decision over Henry Downing (31-11) Glenbrook South.

At 165,Connor Munn ( 36-7) of Prospect has Peter Mondus (36-11) of Fremd in a lot of trouble. Munn went on to gain a Fall at 3:24.

Michael Matuszak (26-12) of Prospect shows some emotion after pinning Jack Rappa ( 25-11) of Rolling Meadows for the 175-pound title in 1:34.

At 190, Jaxon Penovich (39-3) of Prospect)) continued his winning ways with a Tech Fall (23-8) over Quinn Herbert (26-7) of Loyola Academy at 5:02.

Kai Calcutt (24-4) of Loyola Academy took hme the 215 title after pinning Ahmad Musa (28-7) of Niles North in 0:55.

Joey Herbert (18-9) of Loyola Academy won the 285 title after gaining a fall in 2:42 over Owen Jakubczak (22-14) of Fremd.
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