All Schools
Champaign (Central)
2AChampaign, IL
1,631 students
Class 2A
- Individual state titles
- 23
- State medals
- 88
- Team state titles
- 3
Who's back
2026–272 wrestlers who qualified for state last season were not seniors. Weights will change, so they are listed by name.
Rylan PoetaSo grade this season
Last season: Qualified at 126
Talin BakerSr grade this season
Last season: Qualified at 138
State qualifiers
Last season · 2025–263 Champaign (Central) wrestlers qualified for the 2025–26 state finals, listed by weight.
State history
1937–2025Champaign (Central) wrestlers have won 88 medals at the IHSA state finals, 23 of them state titles. That includes 76 as Champaign (H.S.). The team has won 3 state titles and finished second 4 times.
Team finals
7 finishes1949
State championTeam standings · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
1948
State championTeam standings · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
1947
State runner-upTeam standings · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
1943
State runner-upTeam standings · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
1941
State championTeam standings · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
1938
State runner-upTeam standings · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
1937
State runner-upTeam standings · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Individual medalists
88 medals2025
Ronald Baker III138 lbs · Class 2APlace: 4
2020
Carter Hall120 lbs · Class 2APlace: 6
2019
Dalton Hall160 lbs · Class 2APlace: 3
Carter Hall113 lbs · Class 2APlace: 6
2018
Dalton Hall160 lbs · Class 2APlace: 6
2010
Brandon Ward171 lbs · Senior · Class 2APlace: 3
Adam Acheson160 lbs · Senior · Class 2APlace: 4
2009
Aryn Gilenson125 lbs · Senior · Class 2APlace: 4
1994
John Skillings275 lbs · Senior · Class AAPlace: 5
1983
Dennis StahlHeavyweight · Senior · Class AAPlace: 1
Dana Anastasia145 lbs · Senior · Class AAPlace: 3
Show all 88 medals
1968
Bob Shelby180 lbs · SeniorPlace: 1
1967
Bob Shelby180 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Doug Mattox120 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
1965
Gary Melchi103 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
1960
Bill Brown145 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
1955
Charlie Hulse112 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Tom Gabbard133 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
1954
Don Pierre154 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
1953
Carl Meeks120 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Sonny Matteson145 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Dick Nesmith133 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
1952
Mike BishopHeavyweight · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
1951
Richard Meeks112 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Merle Dunn120 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
1950
Louis Hardy112 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Richard Meeks103 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
Frank Kesler138 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
1949
Ray Sturdyvin125 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Don Dickason165 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
John DickasonHeavyweight · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Icko Iben115 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Ed Jackson135 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Richard Meeks95 lbs · Sophomore · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Ray Hatfield175 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
1948
Norton Compton138 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Paul Riggins145 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Norman Compton133 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
John DickasonHeavyweight · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Icko Iben112 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Pete Patterson103 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
Richard Michael154 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
Don Dickason165 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
1947
John Clapp112 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Norman Paterson154 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Norton Compton127 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Paul Riggins133 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
1946
Don Weller138 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
John Clapp112 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Norton Compton127 lbs · Sophomore · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Norman Compton120 lbs · Sophomore · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
1945
John Weldon175 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Jim Johnson125 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Don Weller135 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Montgomery Hull155 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Ernie WrightHeavyweight · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Nelson Geming115 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
1943
Ralph Squires115 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Frank Weldon135 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Ed Rayburn145 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Don Hardy125 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Jack Petry155 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
1942
Richard Squires155 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Donald DarlingHeavyweight · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Tom Hollingsed145 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
Jack Martin175 lbs · Sophomore · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
1941
William Beck115 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Paul Weeks125 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Jack Tuthill165 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Jack ClarkHeavyweight · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Robert DeLong95 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Ken Marlin135 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Richard Squires145 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Robert Mousty175 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 4
1940
Kenneth Knox105 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Jack Tuthill165 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
1939
Ray Hughes135 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Robert Wilson185 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Roland Rayburn145 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
Jack Hayes155 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
1938
Ray Moyer95 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Jack Sanford105 lbs · Sophomore · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Robert Wilson185 lbs · Junior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Charles McDonald115 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 3
1937
Darrell Fincham115 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Paul Petry135 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 1
Stan Ambrose105 lbs · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
Jim Burroughs155 lbs · Senior · as Champaign (H.S.)Place: 2
From IHSA’s state finals records, which begin in 1937. Complete through the 2026 finals. A medalist's grade is shown where IHSA's brackets list it, which they do not for 2015 to 2025.
School information
- City
- Champaign, IL
- Enrollment
- 1,631
- Class for 2026–27
- Class 2A