CHAMPAIGN – Edwardsville's Noah Surtin will be wrestling for a state championship at the University of Illinois' State Farm Center Saturday night.
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Surtin, who wrestles at 113 pounds for the Tigers, reached the title bout in his weight class Friday at the 82nd IHSA Class 3A Wrestling Championship state individual tournament with a pair of wins; following a first-round win Thursday, Surtin defeated Michael Jaffe of Aurora Marmion Academy in an 8-0 decision, then reached the final with a 5-0 decision over Huntley's Sam Spencer in the semifinal.
The Tigers' Luke Odom, wrestling at 126, also reached the semifinals on Friday, defeating Chicago Mount Carmel's Connor Gaynor in a 2-0 decision in the quarterfinals, but dropped his semifinal bout to DeKalb's Fabrian Lopez 13-8; he will be taking part in Saturday's wrestlebacks for a place in the tournament. At 220, Josh Anderson was defeated in his quarterfinal bout 4-2 by Cary-Grove's Cadin Koppel, but bounced back to defeat Elgin Larkin's Jesus Facio in a 9-6 decision in the first round of wrestlebacks.
The tournament concludes today; real-time results and live streaming of all bouts are available at the wrestling website trackwrestling.com.
