If you are a fan of good scrambling, then you have to see this 2007 IHSA Class AA 135-pound state championship match between Ryan Prater of Plainfield Central and Cartice Lloyd of Bremen. The final scramble is considered by many as the greatest scramble in IHSA state tournament history.
Check out our highlight video from the 2012 Curby Cup which took place this past Saturday at Lyons Township High School and featured the US Greco-Roman National Team against the Nation of Georgia.
Congratulations to all of the 2012 Illinois Greco-Roman State Champions!
Below are the cadet and junior division champions. Complete results are available on Track Wrestling.
Cadet
88: Louie Hayes (La Flama Blanca)
94: Antonio Moore (East St. Louis Wrestling)
100: Nick Koch (Izzy Style Wrestling)
106: Cody Minnick (Team Overtime)
113: Kegan Calkins (Izzy Style Wrestling)
120: Jonathan Marmolejo (Izzy Style Wrestling)
126: Vincent Turk (Izzy Style Wrestling)
132: Dequarius Millett (Granite City Warriors)
138: Juwan Edmond (Unattached)
145: Riley DeMoss (Team Overtime)
152: Xavier Montalvo (Izzy Style Wrestling)
160: Zach Prinz (ISI)
170: Dru Worker (Team Overtime)
182: Alex Benoit (Team FIT)
195: Andre Lee (La Flama Blanca)
220: Lucas Warren (Izzy Style Wrestling)
285: Tanner Farmer (Southern Illinois)
Junior
100: Shaun Ramey (Harvey Wildcats)
106: Jordan Lind (Pontiac Elite)
113: Tommy Pawelski (Izzy Style Wrestling)
120: Jordan Laster (Izzy Style Wrestling)
126: Travis Rice (La Flama Blanca)
132: Marlon Humphries (East St. Louis Wrestling)
138: Robert Svestka (Martinez Fox Valley Elite)
145: Sedric Ramey (Harvey Wildcats)
152: Mitchell Alexander (Pinnacle Performance)
160: Davonte Mahomes (La Flama Blanca)
170: Cody Pych (South Elgin)
182: Joey Ariola (La Flama Blanca)
195: Matthew Stopka (Gomez Wrestling Academy)
220: Michael Swider (Izzy Style Wrestling)
285: Adarios Jones (Impact WC)
Justin Ruiz talks with Scott Casber of Takedown Wrestling Media following his victory at the Curby Cup on Saturday night in LaGrange, Ill.
The last month of Justin Ruiz’s life was full of disappointment.
Unable to qualify the United States for the London Olympics at 96kg, there were few chances for Ruiz to go out his own way. At Saturday night’s Curby Cup at Lyons Township in LaGrange, Ill., he seized the opportunity to wrestle his last Greco-Roman match and finish with a resounding slap of the mat.
Ruiz unlaced his shoes and left them in the center of the mat moments after pinning Georgia’s Sosa Jabidze at 1:19 in the third period in Team USA’s 4-3 loss to the visiting Georgians at the third annual event.
It's a big weekend for Greco-Roman wrestling in the State of Illinois. The ILUSAW Greco-Roman State Tournament takes place today and tomorrow at Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox. You can follow the action live on Track Wrestling.
The top two placewinners in the cadet and junior divisions qualify for the Cadet/Junior National Greco-Roman Championships in Fargo, North Dakota.
Also, don't miss Illinois product Ellis Coleman and the rest of the US Olympic Greco-Roman Team as they face the Nation of Georgia at the 2012 Curby Cup. This event starts today at 5:00 at Lyons Township High School in La Grange and will be streamed live by USA Wrestling.
Get yourself ready by watching our highlight video from last year's Curby Cup.
Considered by many as one of the greatest matches in IHSA history, Tony Davis of Chicago Mt. Carmel and Reggie Wright of Proviso East squared off for the 1995 135-pound state title. Both were juniors and undefeated at the time.
Our very own Rob Sherrill provides the color commentary.
Click here to read more about this classic match in the Chicago Tribune.
Former NCAA Champion Jay Borschel Added to NU Coaching Staff
Friday, May 11, 2012 ~ Illinois Matmen News
Two-time Iowa All-American joins 'Cats
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern head coach Drew Pariano announced the addition of 2010 NCAA Champion Jay Borschel to the Wildcats coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach. A collegiate standout at Iowa, Borschel racked up an overall record of 98-10 at 174 lbs, was a two-time All-American and Iowa’s Male Athlete of the Year in 2010.
“As a former national champion and key member of three NCAA championship teams, Jay knows what it takes to be successful as a wrestler and I have no doubt that will translate into his coaching career,” Pariano said. “We had a notable 2011-12 season but know that Jay can help us reach the next level. He provides our program with the perfect compliment of intelligence and competitiveness, which shows with his numerous wrestling and academic achievements. His ability to teach our sport will greatly impact our program moving forward.”
We are starting up a new feature on Illinois Matmen and calling it Throwback Thursday. We plan to release classic matches from the Matmen archives twice each month. We need help from the Matmen community to keep this going. Contact us if you have matches on VHS, DVD, or digital format that you think should be featured on Throwback Thursday and we will help get them online.
Lockport's Lucas Roth shocked the world at the 2006 Dvorak Invitational by upsetting (at the time) 3-time state champion and the nation's #1 ranked Albert White of St. Rita at 152 pounds.
Roth and White would have their rematch in the IHSA state finals with White winning 8-7 to join the elite group of 4-time state champions.
Roth went on to wrestle at Northern Illinois and White ended up at Oklahoma State.
With the 2012 Curby Cup just around the corner on May 19 at Lyons Township High School, I thought I would make a highlight video from last year's event.
Congratulations to all of the 2012 Illinois Greco-Roman State Champions!
By JASON BRYANT
Our final 
Two-time Iowa All-American joins 'Cats
