The Vandals Junior High Wrestlers will be looking to try and repeat as State Champions this weekend at the IESA State Wrestling Finals at the 43rd annual Boys State Wrestling Tournament being held today and tomorrow at the Convocation Center on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
The Vandals have 12 wrestlers who have advanced to state:
65-Dayton Patterson
70-Zander Pratt
90-Riley Hinton
95-Aiden Evans
105-Hunter Berning
112-Drew Jones
126-Connor Crockett
135-Zayne Zinkgraf
145-Maverick Manser
167-Baylen Kopp
215-Braxton Dunn
275-Brody Jay
The first round and quarterfinal bouts in the championship bracket will be conducted Friday. Doors open for the public at 10:00 a.m. Friday and the action is set to begin at 11:30 a.m. There will be eight mats in use. All wrestlers will wrestle two matches on Friday and wrestling should conclude by approximately 7:00 p.m. On Saturday, the admission doors open at 8:00 a.m. for the public and wrestling resumes at 9:00 a.m. Semifinals are set to begin Saturday afternoon at approximately 11 a.m. Championship bouts are scheduled to begin at 5:15 p.m.
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