Boys Wrestling | Herald-News

Coal City punched its ticket to the dual team state finals for the fourth year in a row with Thursday's 56-14 win over Yorkville Christian in the IHSA Class 1A Coal City Dual Team Sectional.

Joliet Catholic picked up a 63-5 win over Yorkville in the Class 3A Marmion Dual Team Sectional to advance to the state finals for the fifth straight season
Joliet Catholic wrestlers won the first seven championship matches at the Minooka regional tournament while placing wrestlers in the first nine final matches.

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.

Batavia saw 12 of its 13 wrestlers advance to the upcoming sectional and won the title at the Class 2A Morris Regional on Saturday.
Joliet Catholic runs away with the Minooka regional title featuring Joliet Central, Joliet West, Lockport, Minooka and Plainfield South in the title matches on Saturday afternoon.

Joliet Catholic (3A), Providence (2A) and Coal City (1A) are all highly ranked heading into the boys wrestling postseason
Yorkville won the Southwest Prairie Conference boys wrestling championship for the fifth consecutive year on Saturday.

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.


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