Wrestlers from Byron, Stillman Valley, and West Carroll battled on Jan. 31, 2026 at the 1A Stillman Valley Regional.

Polo wrestlers battled at the 1A Stillman Valley Regional on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026.

Oregon wrestlers battled at the 1A Stillman Valley Regional on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 for a spot in the sectional.

Area wrestlers compete in the IHSA Class 2A Harvard Regional wrestling meet on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, at Harvard High School.

Coal City had 11 wrestlers place first and all 14 advance to sectionals in a dominant Class 1A Coal City Regional performance, Kankakee advanced six wrestlers out of the 2A Oak Forest Regional and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

Morrison won its first wrestling regional title in school history as five wrestlers won their weight classes. Newman, E-P, Rock Falls and Fulton also had wrestlers advance to the sectional.

Huntley's boys wrestling team crowned four regional champions at the Class 3A DeKalb Regional, while Hampshire had three. Dundee-Crown and Burlington Central also had regional champs, plus more results from Saturday's regional action.

Joliet Catholic wrestlers won the first seven championship matches at the Minooka regional tournament while placing wrestlers in the first nine final matches.

St. Charles East had six individual regional champions and 11 wrestlers advance to sectionals while also holding off a surging Glenbard West to take the team title at the 3A St. Charles East Regional.

Montini dominated the eight-team Naperville North Regional, finishing in first place with 235.5 points to outlast Naperville Central (199 points), Naperville North (144.5) and Lyons (107.5).

Behind five individual champions, including Iowa State recruit Jimmy Mastny, Marian Central clinched its fourth regional title in a row, winning the IHSA Class 2A boys wrestling regional at Harvard on Saturday.

Lincoln-Way West won the IHSA Class 3A Rich Township Regional title on Saturday and advanced 10 wrestlers to sectionals, while Lincoln-Way Central also advanced 10, Lincoln-Way East advanced seven, and Bradley-Bourbonnais advanced four.

DeKalb went 5-for-5 in do-or-die third-place matches Saturday at its 3A regional, including for No. 7 seed Hussul Greer. He beat the second-seeded wrestler twice and was one of nine Barbs to reach the Barrington Sectional.

Batavia saw 12 of its 13 wrestlers advance to the upcoming sectional and won the title at the Class 2A Morris Regional on Saturday.

Sandwich placed second, Marquette took third and host Princeton had four individual champions in the Class 1A Princeton Regional, while St. Bede, Mendota and Putnam County-Hall also sent wrestlers on to sectional.

In a tense battle for the team title Saturday, Wheaton Academy edged Marengo 184.5-177 to earn the Class 1A Richmond-Burton Regional title and a trip to dual-team sectionals. Johnsburg finished third.

Individuals from Amboy, Dixon, Hall-Putnam County, Mendota, Marquette, St. Bede Princeton, and Sandwich all competed during the Class 1A Regional meet on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 at Princeton High School.

Sterling hosted the IHSA 2A Boys Regional at Sterling. The event took place on Saturday, January 31, 2026

Several local teams hit the mats Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, in the Class 1A wrestling regionals held at Riverdale (Port Byron).

A year after falling just short of his second individual title, Purdue commit Zach Stewart is ready to take himself and Marmion to the top of the podium.

Marian Central won its third straight Chicagoland Christian Conference boys wrestling title this past weekend. Now, the Hurricanes turn to the postseason, where they'll try for a fourth straight regional title and a third straight trip to dual state.

Joliet Catholic (3A), Providence (2A) and Coal City (1A) are all highly ranked heading into the boys wrestling postseason

Yorkville senior Caleb Viscogliosi, who won the 175-pound championship at the Southwest Prairie Conference meet, helping lead the Foxes to their fifth straight conference title, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Yorkville, coming off its fifth consecutive conference championship, is set to start the wrestling postseason this weekend along with Oswego and Oswego East with a Class 3A regional at Moline, while Sandwich and Yorkville Christian have high hopes at Class 1A regionals.

Woodstock's Taqi Baker and Logan Wisner, along with Johnsburg's Duke Mays, have surpassed 100 career victories this season. The Skyhawks went undefeated in the KRC, while the Blue Streaks posted a winning record in conference.

Dixon wrestler Jack Ragan is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week, presented by Loescher Heating and Air Conditioning. He eclipsed 100 career wins this season and hopes to place at state.

Here are all of the IHSA regional, sectional and dual team sectional assignments for McHenry County area boys and girls wrestling teams.

Matthew Frykman claims DVC title for DeKalb after moving up to 113 pounds and is surging into the postseason, plus other top stories from the weekend.

Yorkville won the Southwest Prairie Conference boys wrestling championship for the fifth consecutive year on Saturday.

St. Charles East's Dom Munaretto won his fourth straight conference title, while the Saints dominated the competition to claim their fifth DuKane Conference championship in a row on Thursday.

The host Coalers won all but two individual championships on their way to yet another team championship at the Illinois Central Eight Conference Wrestling Tournament Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026.

Brothers Luke and Jake Munsterman were two of 12 Coal City wrestlers to win individual titles at the Illinois Central Eight Conference tournament on Saturday, where the Coalers ran away with a team title with 276.5 points.

Richmond-Burton's Madelyn Peterie, who helped the Rockets qualify for the state meet in cross country earlier this school year, is using her improved conditioning and offseason training to make major strides in the wrestling room.

Reed-Custer downed Illinois Central Eight Conference opponent Herscher for its fourth straight win, Gardner-South Wilmington improved to 8-1 in River Valley Conference play and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

Princeton cruised to wins over La Salle-Peru and Kaneland, while L-P topped Kaneland for the Cavaliers' first conference win of the season.

L-P celebrated senior night with wins over Kaneland and Princeton on Thursday.

A quick start and a pin by Sawyer Davis helped Sycamore pick up the Interstate 8 Conference title with wins over Morris and Seneca.

St. Anne made it eight straight wins in boys basketball, Coal City wrestling stayed perfect on the season and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Huntley recorded eight pins, five in the first period, to beat Prairie Ridge 66-13 and win the outright FVC boys wrestling championship. It's Huntley's eighth conference title in the last 10 years.

Jack Forth was among the seniors Sandwich celebrated during its final dual meet of the season, a 55-19 Senior Night victory over Plano.

Kaneland, Princeton and L-P girls and boys wrestling teams competed duing a wrestling meet on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P Hich School.

Johnsburg captured its first conference championship since 1995 with a 47-31 dual win over rival Richmond-Burton on Thursday. "To see Johnsburg wrestling has made a comeback, this is what I’ve been waiting for."

Huntley faces Prairie Ridge in a Fox Valley Conference boys wrestling meet on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at Prairie Ridge High School Crystal Lake.

The Dixon wrestling team had dominant performances over Oregon and Rock Falls to win a seventh straight Big Northern Conference title.

Seven Joliet Catholic wrestlers, including Jason Hampton and Nolan Vogel, recorded pins as the Hilltoppers dominated their senior-night match against Marian Central, winning 67-12 on Wednesday night.

Here are pictures of Rock Falls, Dixon and Oregon wrestling in meet at Rock Falls. The event took place on January 21, 2026.

The Lisle wrestling team came out victorious in eight of Wednesday's nine contested varsity matches at Streator, six of those victories coming via first-period pinfall in a 62-12 Lions triumph at Pops Dale Gymnasium.

Lisle played Streator during a girls and boys wrestling meet on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026 at Streator High School.

Newman wrestling beat Princeton 48-27 on senior night to clinch the outright Three Rivers Conference title Tuesday night.

Three Crystal Lake Central wrestlers, including seniors Logan Gough and Dylan Ramsey, won by pin as the Tigers capped off senior night with a 47-31 victory over Jacobs in Fox Valley Conference action Tuesday.