Five Vandals wrestlers are competing in Friday night’s Semifinal Round of the IHSA 1A Individual State Tournament. A win would put them in the Championship Round on Saturday night. A loss in the Championship Semifinals would send them to the Wrestleback Semifinals that would determine which place match they would then go to on Saturday afternoon.
Full Wrestler-by-Wrestler Semifinal Round Breakdown:
Max Philpot, 113lbs: Philpot beat Dylan Eimer of Stanford Olympia by Decision (7-0) in the Semifinals and advances to compete in the Championship match where he will face Austin Hagevold of Woodstock Marian.
Preston Waughtel, 120lbs: P. Waughtel beat Adam Glauser of Richmond Burton by Fall in 1:40 in the Semifinals and advances to compete in the Championship match where he will face Brayden Teunissen of Woodstock Marian.
Tyson Waughtel, 126lbs: T. Waughtel beat Dawson Hawthorne of Belleville Althoff by Tech Fall (15-0) in 2:53 in the Semifinals and advances to compete in the Championship match where he will face Cooper Morris of Coal City.
Dillon Hinton, 150lbs: Hinton will compete in the Semifinals where he will face Vance Williams of Woodstock Marian.
Ross Miller, 175lbs: Miller will compete in the Semifinals where he will face Blake Livdahl of Richmond Burton.
