Seven Vandals wrestlers will begin action at the IHSA Individual State Tournament today. All seven wrestlers will compete once today in the preliminary round. The tournament will then continue on Friday and Saturday. Preliminary round action today for Class 1A will begin at 1pm. Matchups for the Vandals wrestlers will be:
113lbs: Freshman Tanner Swain (41-5) will face Junior Marshawn Walker (17-15) of Chicago Bowen in the preliminary round.
120lbs: Senior Chaston Womack (40-6) will face Junior Jake Hiles (30-6) of Coal City in the preliminary round.
126lbs: Sophomore Jarrett Paslay (30-15) will face Freshman Christian Reynolds (36-10) of Clinton in the preliminary round.
132lbs: Senior Luke Tessman (25-16) will face Sophomore Trey Hild (42-2) of Petersburg PORTA in the preliminary round.
138lbs: Junior Trevor Philpot (32-18) will face Sophomore TJ Jezik (35-11) of Coal City on the preliminary round.
195lbs: Senior Bobby Bradley (34-4) will face Senior Jack Breedlove (31-7) of Kewanee in the preliminary round.
285lbs: Senior Kendrick Woolsey (40-6) will face Senior Brian McNeil (19-4) of Chicago Robeson in the preliminary round.
Updates on the wrestlers will be posted at
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