CHAMPAIGN - Civic Memorial's Caleb Tyus and East Alton-Wood River’s Jake Erlson were the area standouts Saturday morning and afternoon in the IHSA State Wrestling Tournament in Champaign.
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East Alton-Wood River’s Jake Erslon beat Colin Dvorak from Lenawins High School 6-3 in the IHSA Class 1A 170-pound category.
Edwardsville’s Lloyd Reynolds won 4-1 over Ahmad Sulleman of Richards High School in the IHSA Class 3A 285-pound division.
Civic Memorial’s Caleb Tyus beat Alex Burbarise of Antioch 7-0 in the Class 2A 120-pound category.
Civic Memorial’s Caine Tyus lost to Kylan Montgomery of Mascoutah 14-0 in the IHSA Class 2A 126-pound division.
Jersey’s Zeke Waltz lost to Ryan Wasielewski of Coal City 6-4 in the Class 2A 152-pound category.
CM’s Caleb Tyus placed third; Caine Tyus finished in sixth place; Zeke Waltz was fifth, Jake Erlson was fourth for East Alton-Wood River and Lloyd Reynolds of Edwardsville was sixth. The area wrestlers will go on the podium tonight for awards.
Edwardsville’s Noah Surtin will wrestle for the Class 3A 120-pound championship and Alex Maguire of Roxana will wrestle in the Class 1A 152-pound title matchup.
Dan Brannan also contributed to this story.
