ILLINI RECRUITS!

Congratulations to ILLINI recruits Kannon Webster (145, 2A) and Chris Moore (170, 3A) on the occasion of their ILLINOIS State Championship wins! Also, congratulations to Joey Ruzic, a Junior ILLINI commit who won another championship for Auburn. 

Webster is now a three-time IHSA bracket keeper, and Chris Moore avenged his loss in the finals last year to become the champ this year. Ruzic is a repeat champ. 

And let us congratulate the ILLINI recruits who finished as IHSA State Finalists. That list includes Peter Marinopoulos, Logan Swaw and Will Baysingar. Now, the next thing y'all have to look forward to is a sweet redshirt season. Then, the next high honor will be when you win a spot in the ILLINI starting lineup and get your picture in one of these:

I couldn't watch the Finals, so I kept up on Trackwrestling. That means pressing that stupid "Do You Want to Continue" button four thousand ******* times. Ugh. 

It was worth it, though, to follow along with Kannon's championship match takedown fest that culminated in a major decision win, and to sit tensely waiting for the Ruzic score to change, and to cap off the evening, intently watching the little green man (representing Chris Moore on Trackwrestling) get his little green hand raised. 

That was sweet!

And it was a very nice way to finish off the State Tournament. 

Finally, it would be a mistake not to mention the fact that Bryan Medlin's son, a Freshman, won a bronze medal. A super showing for somebody so young!