Central’s Louderback finishes state wrestling tourney with victory, takes fifth place

Camp Point Central sophomore Amber Louderback, left, finished fifth in the 130-pound weight class at the Illinois girls wrestling state tournament in Champaign, Ill. | Submitted photo

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Amber Louderback ended the season with her arm raised. The Camp Point Central sophomore pinned Seneca’s Sammie Griesen in the third period of their fifth-place match at 130 pounds Saturday, earning her second state medal in as many years in the Illinois girls wrestling state tournament at State Farm Center on the…

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

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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QJHS wrestler Smith wins state championship

Quincy Junior High School's Todd Smith won the 275-pound state championship last weekend at the IESA state tournament. Submitted photo

DEKALB, Ill. — Quincy Junior High School’s Todd Smith won the Class AA 275-pound state wrestling championship last weekend at the Illinois Elementary School Association state tournament at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center. Smith pinned three consecutive opponents — DeKlab Huntley’s Will Bryant in 53 seconds, Lake Zurich North’s Julian Buller in 1:14 and…

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