Three individual champions carry Blue Devils to team title of their own wrestling invitational

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | January 19, 2025
Quincy High School senior wrestler Evan Wakefield holds the team trophy after the Blue Devils won the Quincy Invitational title for the fourth consecutive year. | Shane Hulsey photo

QUINCY — Evan Wakefield did not let an early three-point deficit deter him. Cale Mixer did not let the fact he had been pinned by the same opponent the day before deter him. And Clayton McClelland did not let more than two minutes of overtime or the gauze falling out of his bloody nose several…

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QJHS’s Hill wins state wrestling title as Comets finish in top 10 in Class AA team standings

By Muddy River Sports | March 13, 2023
Quincy Junior High School seventh grader Brylin Hill, top, wrestles in the 126-pound state championship match at the IESA state tournament in DeKalb, Ill. | Submitted photo

QUINCY — The Quincy Junior High School wrestling team’s trip last weekend to the Illinois Elementary School Association state tournament proved incredibly fruitful. The Comets crowned one state champion, one state runner-up and finished eighth out of 72 teams overall in Class AA at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center in DeKalb, Ill. At 126…

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