News, analysis, and coverage of Illinois high school wrestling.
Most Outstanding, Most Dominant, Against All Odds, and Wrestleback Warrior — our postseason awards for Class A and AA. From Jake Webb's revenge tour to Marshall Gray's four-tech-fall masterpiece.
Read moreTwo tiebreaker finals, a 49-second championship pin from a repeat champion, an #8 seed who pinned his way to a title, and a consolation comeback for the ages. The full IESA 2026 state tournament recap.
Read moreSectional B swept all eight semifinal spots at two weights, 4-seeds knocked off 1-seeds left and right, and 126lb turned into total chaos. Here's everything that happened on Day 1 of the IESA A state tournament.
Read moreCinderella runs, bracket-busting upsets, and 48 seconds of destruction at 275lb. Here's everything that happened on Day 1 of the IESA AA state tournament.
Read moreDeep brackets, big upsets, and a 59-second sectional sweep. Here's everything that happened in IESA Class A.
Read moreForty-four new faces entered the rankings. Twenty-two unranked wrestlers cracked the top 10. Four won their sectional. But every #1 seed held. Here's the full IESA AA post-sectional breakdown.
Read more225 schools, 4,500 wrestlers, 32 regionals, all on Saturday. Here's what to watch for, who sent the most to state last year, and links to every bracket.
Read moreThirteen of fourteen #1 ranked wrestlers are still standing. But one major upset, an incredible comeback from 13-1 down, a scoring controversy at 190, and a Cinderella at 215 stole the show.
Read moreWe've taken every piece of public tournament data we can find and run it through our ranking algorithm. Here's who's on our radar heading into IESA conference matches and regionals.
Read more1A is the youngest class by a wide margin, has the most undefeated wrestlers of any class, and one school qualified a wrestler at every single weight class. Here's the full breakdown.
Read moreThe 2A sectional tournament told a completely different story than 3A. Younger talent, more underclassmen winning titles, and one program stacking up sectional champs like nobody else.
Read moreThe 3A sectional tournament is in the books. From senior dominance to freshmen winning titles, here's everything that went down and what it means heading into state.
Read moreWe've spent the last month tinkering with our ranking system. Here's how we rank 6,000+ wrestlers across 431 schools, and what you should know heading into regionals.
Read moreWhich weight classes are the most stacked in Illinois wrestling this season? We break it down weight by weight across 1A, 2A, and 3A.
Read moreFrom 106 to 215, this year's freshman class is deep, talented, and already making noise on varsity. Here's who to watch across all three IHSA classes.
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