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These rankings are very temporary. Please list any changes that need to be made.... Weight changes or results that may alter these rankings... I know 103 needs some work (I am searching for #9 and #10...

TEAM
(12 Teams)
1 Montini(lombard) [Plano]
2 Dakota [Byron]
3 Wilmington [Plano]
4 Roxana [Vandalia]
5 Stillman Valley [Byron]
6 Sandwich [Plano]
7 Port Byron(Riverdale) [Byron]
8 Oregon [Byron]
9 Vandalia [Vandalia]
10 Fairbury(Prarie Central)[Clinton]
11 Burlington Central [Plano]
12 Harvard [Byron]


INDIVIDUAL
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103 Pounds:
1 Tyler Clark(So.) Orion [Clinton]
2 Clayton Rush(So.) Aledo[Clinton]
3 Vinnie Alber(So.) Dakota[Byron]
4 Aaron Phemister (So.) West Frankfort
5 Ricky Leos(Jr.) Burlington Central[Plano]
6 Wesley Mathieu(So.)Stilmman Valley [Byron]
7 Joe Norton(Jr.) Montini(Lombard)[Plano]
8 Kyle Todd(So.)Petersburg Porta[Vandalia]
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112 Pounds:
1 Vince Hannon(Jr.) Montini(lombard)[Plano]
2 Randall Peterson(So.) Oregon [Byron]
3 Cort Lawton(Jr.) Polo [Byron]
4 Steven Andrukaitis(So.)Rockford Lutheran[Byron]
5 Jeff Bybee(Fr.) IVC[Clinton]
6 Josh Galbraith(Jr.)West Frankfort[Vandalia]
7 Steven Sift (Sr.) Sandwich [Plano]
8 Eric Kaufmann(So.) Stanford[Clinton]
9 Zach Wilson (Fr.) Benton [Vandalia]
10 Cody Leeman(So.) Hoopseton[Clinton]
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119 Pounds:
1 Mike Ryan(Jr.)McNamara[Plano]
2 Tommy Hill(Jr.)Roxana[Vandalia]
3 Shane Fischer(Sr.)Peoria Heights[Clinton]
4 Eddie Zurcher(Jr.) Orion[Clinton]
5 Brock Hollowell(So.) Rock Falls[Byron]
6 Carson Beebe(So.)Montini(lombard)[Plano]
7 Victor Pichardo(Sr.) Harvard[Byron]
8 Mark Latta(Sr.)Sterling Newman[Byron]
9 Brent Howard(Sr.) Durand[Byron]
10 Keith Knoll(Sr.)Salt Fork[Clinton]

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125 Pounds:
1 Conor Beebe(Sr.)Montini(Lombard)[Plano]
2 Christian Winston(Sr.)Walther Lutheran[Plano]
3 Drew Decapp(Sr.)Port Byron(Riverdale)[Byron]
4 Caleb Walk(Jr.)Stillman Valley[Byron]
5 Dusty Warner(Sr.)Oregon[Byron]
6 Andrew Griffin (Sr.) Camp Point Central [Vandalia]
7 Brad Hollowell(Sr.)Rock Falls[Byron]
8 Vince Vercelli(So.)Wilmington[Plano]
9 Brian Umstad (Jr.) Leroy [Clinton]
10 Chris Hanner(Jr.) Wood River(East Alton)[Vandalia]

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130 Pounds:
1 Aaron Winning(Jr) Althoff[Vandalia]
2 Brian Martin(Jr.) Montini[Plano]
3 Brian Lange(Sr.)Gibson City[Clinton]
4 Jesse Milks(Jr.) Dakota[Byron]
5 Jake Davito(Sr.) Coal City[Plano]
6 Tommy Holder(Jr.) Stillman Valley[Byron]
7 Mitchel Loy(Sr.)Port Byron(Riverdale)[Byron]
8 Pat Talley(Jr.) Wilmington[Plano]
9 Jo-E Smith(So.) Vandalia[Vandalia]
10 Aaron Warlop(Sr.)Rock island(Alleman)[Byron]

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135 Pounds:
1 Jonathon Gosa (Sr.) Port Byron (Riverdale) [Plano]
2 Darren Olson(Jr.)Dakota[Byron]
3 Matt Schuck(Sr.)Burlington Central[Plano]
4 Tol Calvin(Sr.) Roxana[Vandalia]
5 Tony Norton(Sr.) Montini[Plano]
6 Tyler Baker(Jr.) Stillman Valley[Byron]
7 Mario Martinez (Jr.) Stanford (Olympia) [Clinton]
8 Andrew Cheesman(Sr.)Mt. Carmel[Vandalia]
9 Larry George (Sr.) Manteno [Plano]
10 Ryan Jones (Jr.) Wilmington [Plano]

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140 Pounds:
1 Mike Benefiel(So.) Montini[Plano]
2 Travor Johnson(Sr.)Stillman Valley[Byron]
3 Chris Cox(Jr.) Vandalia[Vandalia]
4 Drew Cannady(Sr.) Althoff[Vandalia]
5 Kyle Schwarz (So.) Rock Falls [Byron]
6 Jacob Kimberlin (So.) McNamara [Plano]
7 Billy Gallo (Jr.) SJO [Clinton]
8 James Nakashima (So.) Dwight [Plano]
9 Ben Rudin (Jr.) Prairie Central [Clinton]
10 Terry Plemmons (Jr.) Oregon [Byron]

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145 Pounds:
1 Caleb Wilson(Sr.) Benton[Vandalia]
2 Vince Lind(Sr.)Rock Island(Alleman)[Byron]
3 Aaron Kindelsberger(Sr.) Port Byron(Riverdale)[Byron]
4 Josh Peters(Jr.) Wilmington[Plano]
5 Rob Brady(So.) Harvard[Byron]
6 Jarett Skorup(Sr.) Sandwich[Plano]
7 Kyle Lankford(Sr.) Roxana[Vandalia]
8 Keith Amy(Sr.)Taylor Ridge[Clinton]
9 Chris Hill (Sr.) Monticello [Clinton]
10 Tyler Olsen (Jr.) Dakota [Byron]
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152 Pounds:
1 Luke Taylor(Sr.) Prarie Central[Clinton]
2 Kevin Flinn(Sr.) Herrin[Vandalia]
3 Luke Forester(Sr.) Sandwich[Plano]
4 Chuck Pieritz(Jr.) Rock Island Alleman[Byron]
5 Ben Kuebal(Jr.)Fulton[Byron]
6 Luke Downing(Sr.) Petersburg Porta[Vandalia]
7 Chad Dexter(Sr.)Burlington Central[Plano]
8 Paul Graybill(Jr.) Dakota[Byron]
9 Luke Turner (Jr.) Coal City [Plano]
10 Tad Keeling(Sr.) Vandalia[Vandalia]
*Vince Colletti (Sr.) Montini[Plano] INJURED*

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160 Pounds:
1 Nate Troye(Sr.) Sterling Newman[Byron]
2 Drew Vickers(Sr.) Coal City[Plano]
3 Jason Benesh(Sr.) Oregon[Byron]
4 Keith Hauter(Sr.) Litchfield[Vandalia]
5 Craig Acree(Sr.)Gibson City[Clinton]
6 Chet Cox(Jr.) Orion[Clinton]
7 Derek Wiley(Jr.) Macomb [Clinton]
8 Dustin Griffin(Sr.)Camp Pt. Central[Vandalia]
9 Ben Gorman(Sr.) SJO [Clinton]
10 Rob Murphy(Sr.) Wilmington[Plano]

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171 Pounds:
1 Matt Wenger(Jr.) Dakota [Byron]
2 Carmen Sacco(Sr.) Marengo [Byron]
3 Trevor Kaufmann (Sr.) Olympia[Clinton]
4 Timothy Barnett (Jr.) Roxanna [Vandalia]
5 Andrew Bauer(Sr.) Oregon[Byron]
6 Bernard Stott (Jr.)Harvard [Byron]
7 Kade Connell(Sr.) Stillman Valley [Byron]
8 David Pratt (Sr.) Macomb [Clinton]
9 Michael Kilgus (Sr.) Prairie Central [Clinton]
10 Alex Gatten (Sr.) McNamara [Plano]

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189 Pounds:
1 Clayton Norberg(Sr.) Sterling Newman[Byron]
2 Caleb Rathburn(Sr.) Prarie Central[Clinton]
3 Lucas Winterhalter(Jr.)Dakota[Byron]
4 Patrick Young(Sr.) Erie [Byron]
5 Garrett Goebel (Fr.) Montini [Plano]
6 Ben Webster(Sr.) Pittsfield [Vandalia]
7 Ben Whitnell(Sr.) Lisle [Plano]
8 Matt Anderson(Sr.) Quincy(Notre Dame)[Vandalia]
9 Vinnie Salmieri (Sr.) Argenta-Oreana [Vandalia]
10 Jason Wilson (Jr.) Roxana [Vandalia]

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215 Pounds:
1 Tony Vercelli(Sr.) Wilmington[Plano]
2 Dan Haeflinger(Sr.)Harvard [Byron]
3 Mike Mucha(Sr.) Montini [Plano]
4 Mike Beam (Sr.) Taylor Ridge (Rockridge) [Clinton]
5 Scott Nicholas(Jr.)Dakota [Byron]
6 Josh Gminski (Sr.) Burlington Central [Plano]
7 Nick Nasti (So.) Plano [Plano]
8 Joe Lamont (Sr.) Clifton Central [Plano]
9 Blaine Pestele (Sr.) Macomb [Clinton]
10 Matt Jury (Sr.) Dwight [Plano]

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275 Pounds:
1 Matt Cooper (Jr.) Clinton [Clinton]
2 Jason White (Sr.) Pittsfield [Vandalia]
3 Brandon Nimrick (Sr.) Taylor Ridge (Rockridge) [Clinton]
4 Lucas Smith (Sr.) Aledo [Clinton]
5 Jacy Bodi (Sr.) Richmond Burton [Byron]
6 Dave Lembas (Fr.) Montini [Plano]
7 Justin Hawk (Jr.) Vandalia [Vandalia]
8 Bob Stack (Sr.) Dakota [Byron]
9 Keegan Grant (Jr.) Coal City [Plano]
10 Mark Wozniak (Jr.) Petersburg Porta [Vandalia]

tyler webster is good, do not get me wrong....but brian umstad of leroy smoked him all last year. 2 or 3 times to be exact. umstad is tuff, and id put him up there over vercelli, and just drop webster off. they are all good rankings though, i was just letting you know of a correction that i saw that needed to be made! keep up the good work

Thanks for the input on 125.. I will make corrections based on last years results...

I will wait and see about Cox (140/145) before I make a change... I am still unsure of many of the weights... I havent heard much on Wilson... We will wait and see what happens throughout the course of the year... However, I do feel I am willing to make changes in the rankings due to strength of schedule and lets say #3 beats #2 by 6 pts. I would then move #3 to #1 even though their was no head to head #1 vs. #3.... I do consider that also...

Thanks everyone...

The LOCK

Brian is at it again.....

With Caleb will not being 100 percent all year. I think Cox is to big for 140 most likely a 45lber.

Just curious - who is Winning? The name is familiar, but I cannot place him. Interesting to see that you've got him ahead of Martin, who won the weight last year. He must be a stud, but I can't find him anywhere. Thanks! And thanks for the rankings!

Winning, thats Aaron Winning. i'd have to say he's pretty good, he's from Belleville-Altoff, and they were AA last year, so that might be why you haven't heard of him, but if you knew anything about kids wrestling at all, you would have heard of him.

Aaron Winning is a Jr. from Alotff who was in AA last year... He is the kid who beat Benefiel in the IKWF semi-finals like 4 yrs ago to stop Benefiel from the 5X.. Nobody saw it coming and thats what put this kid on the map of Illinois wrestling... Ever since then he has made his name in Champaign at the AA State Tournament... As a freshman he defeated Max Haitt (DeKalb) to make it to the medal round.. In the Constilation semis he lost to Dennis of Grant... then in the 5th place match he lost to Bertucci... Also in the prelims that same year... He beat Jake Oster (last years 112 State Champ that beat Fanthrope).. That alone tells you what league this kid is in...

Last year.. He finished 6th again but at 119... He lost a few heartbeakers... I feel this kid will be the one given out the heartbreakers the next two seasons.... He is great in close matches... Last year he had a rough tournament.. Most sophmores who earn a 6th place medal at state a rough tournament... He will be a State Champ this year...

Their are only a handful of wrestlers in Class A that would make it on the mat with him and that have a chance to possibly beat him...

And Martin is one of them....

...it's done. Thanks, 'Lock, for the terrific post. I knew the name was familiar. That should be a good match, if it happens. I wonder if Montini and Belleville ever see each other during the season?

I am 99.9% sure they dont meet each other... The only time you ever see the Southern schools battle the Northern schools are tournaments.... For AA its the Geneseo Tourny, Granite City comes up for that one... And they are the pride of the south in AA wrestling... In Class A its the Princeton Invite, where both Roxana and Vandalia both come up... And Roxana has been the team to beat fromt he south lately.... Thats why when a kid from the south does great at state everyone says he came from nowhere... Cause over 95% of the state didnt see the kid untill the state tournament....