STERLING — Ogle County athletes earned medalist honors during the IWCOA Fresh-Soph & Girls Sectional at Sterling on Sunday. Wrestlers from Byron, Oregon, Rochelle, Polo and Stillman Valley advanced to the IWCOA Fresh-Soph & Girls State Championship meet.
Polo High School sent four athletes to the sectional tournament including Zandra Vock, who finished first in the Girls 115 Division with a 3-0 record. Vock earned three straight falls over Hampshire’s Maggie Anderson, Sterling’s Noelani Ibarra and Sherrard’s Sophia Bradarich.
Polo’s Aubrey Herndon took third in the Girls 130 Division with a 2-1 record, notching falls against Guilford’s Layla Roy and Erie’s Ayden Grawe. Other Polo wrestlers who competed in the sectional were Tyler Moshure (F/S Boys 132) and Axel Harson (F/S Boys 138).
Oregon High School advanced seven wrestlers to the sectional including Jordan Lowe, who took third in the F/S Boys 106 Division with a 5-1 record. Lowe’s five victories included a fall over Burlington Central’s Oscar Nelson and technical falls over Oregon’s Tyshawn Gordy and Galena’s Gabriel Tahcrell. Lowe notched a 1-0 decision against DeKalb’s Daniel Sandoval before securing a 4-1 decision against Rock Falls wrestler Scottie Hampton for third place.
Landon Ege took third in the F/S Boys 126 Division with a 4-1 record. Ege’s four victories included a 9-1 major decision over Riverdale’s Triton Pulfrey as well as a 21-7 major decision over Boylan’s Brodin Slabaugh and a 7-5 decision over Freeport’s Thomas Olson. Ege sealed his third-place finish with a 14-4 major decision over DeKalb’s Tyler Daub in his last match.
Jayden Berry took third in the F/S Boys 150 Division with a 4-1 record. Berry’s four victories included a fall over Rock Island’s Daniel Htoo and a 16-0 technical fall over Woodstock North’s Trenton Combs. Berry earned a 14-5 major decision against Rock Island’s Daniel Htoo before locking down a fall against Freeport’s Mathias Rada to finish the tournament in third place.
Rochelle’s Hadley Losoya finished third in the F/S Boys 138 Division with a 4-1 record. Losoya’s four wins included an 18-3 technical fall over Geneseo’s Dawson Hull and a fall over DeKalb’s Kameron Sims in the quarterfinals. Losoya took third after a 12-6 decision over DeKalb’s James Brown and an 11-4 decision over Rock Island’s Elijah King in the third-place consolation match.
Byron High School advanced three wrestlers to the sectional including Will Julian, who won the F/S Boys 157 Division title with a 3-0 record. Julian pinned Rock Island’s Cameron Foley before notching a 19-1 technical fall over Hampshire’s Gavin Beauchamp in the semifinals. Julian sealed his sectional championship with a fall over Stillman Valley’s Ethan Waugh in the finals.
Cael O’Horo took second in the F/S Boys 150 Division with a 2-1 record, recording falls against Galena’s Kingston Sanders and Freeport’s Mathias Rada. Hunter King finished fifth in the F/S Boys 126 Division with a 2-2 record, earning two victories over Freeport’s Thomas Olson.
Stillman Valley High School sent two wrestlers to the sectional including Ethan Waugh, who placed second in the F/S Boys 157 Division with a 2-1 record. Waugh scored an 18-0 technical fall over Moline’s Connor Morel and a 4-1 decision against Rock Island’s Jayden Allison.
More Ogle County wrestlers who competed include Oregon’s Tyshawn Gordy, Dylen Ware, Sonny Wesselman and Tyler Hendrickson as well as Stillman Valley’s Xander Bell.
