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FIRST TEAM

Raymond Arebalo

School: Crete-Monee.

Year: Junior.

Weight: 182 pounds.

Overview: Avenged only loss, winning Class 2A third-place match to finish with 35-1 record. Also won conference, regional and sectional titles.

Bilal Bailey

School: T.F. North.

Year: Senior.

Weight: 160.

Overview: Three-time state finalist. Old Dominion recruit won second straight 2A state title and finished with 41-2 record. Also earned conference, regional and sectional titles.

Nasir Bailey

School: T.F. North.

Year: Freshman.

Weight: 120.

Overview: Started Bailey brothers’ historic run by winning 2A state title. Finished 41-2. Unbeaten against in-state competition.

T.F. North's Nasir Bailey, left, celebrates winning the state championship at 120 pounds in Champaign on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020.
T.F. North’s Nasir Bailey, left, celebrates winning the state championship at 120 pounds in Champaign on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020.

Sincere Bailey

School: T.F. North.

Year: Junior.

Weight: 145.

Overview: Edged Lemont’s Kyle Schickel 4-3 to win first state title and finish 37-6. Has state medal in each season. Also won a sectional.

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Mike Bosco

School: Sandburg.

Year: Senior.

Weight: 285.

Overview: Used takedown in third period to win 3A state title. Finished with 47-0 record. Also led Eagles to fourth place in dual team state meet.

Apollo Gothard

School: Lemont.

Year: Junior.

Weight: 220.

Overview: Two-time state finalist went 49-0 and won 2A state title. Broke own program record for single-season wins, leading Lemont to first dual team state championship.

DJ Hamiti

School: Joliet Catholic.

Year: Junior.

Weight: 152.

Overview: Captured third straight state title and finished 46-0. Has 120-8 career record. Led JCA to 2A dual team sectional appearance. Also won conference, regional and sectional titles.

Joliet Catholic's DJ Hamiti celebrates winning the state championship 152 pounds in Champaign on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020.
Joliet Catholic’s DJ Hamiti celebrates winning the state championship 152 pounds in Champaign on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020.

Mikey Kaminski

School: Lockport.

Year: Senior.

Weight: 126.

Overview: Completed stellar career with state runner-up finish in 3A. Also earned conference, regional and sectional titles. Ended up with 46-6 record. Led Porters (20-1) to dual team state meet.

Mo Jarad

School: Lemont.

Year: Junior.

Weight: 285.

Overview: Finished with 47-8 record and won 2A state title by pin. Also went 3-0, helping Lemont win dual team state championship.

Sergio Lemley

School: Mount Carmel.

Year: Freshman.

Weight: 113.

Overview: Won 3A state title, producing 39-3 record. Also won regional and sectional titles. Paced Caravan to second place in dual team state meet.

Mount Carmel's Sergio Lemley wrestles Naperville Central's Patrick Geiger in the 120-pound match in the Class 3A Sandburg Dual Team Sectional in Orland Park on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020.
Mount Carmel’s Sergio Lemley wrestles Naperville Central’s Patrick Geiger in the 120-pound match in the Class 3A Sandburg Dual Team Sectional in Orland Park on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020.

Noah Mis

School: Mount Carmel.

Year: Junior.

Weight: 132.

Overview: Dominant win in 3A state final capped 38-5 record. Also won regional and sectional titles. Helped Caravan to second place at dual team state meet.

Drew Nash

School: Lemont.

Year: Senior.

Weight: 126.

Overview: Overcame football injury to go 21-0, winning 2A state championship by injury default. Also won conference, regional and sectional titles. Nine-second pin catapulted Lemont to dual team state title.

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Lemont's Drew Nash works over Oak Forest's Anthony Schickel in the 132-pound match at the Oak Forest Dual Team Sectional on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019.
Lemont’s Drew Nash works over Oak Forest’s Anthony Schickel in the 132-pound match at the Oak Forest Dual Team Sectional on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019.

Vincent Robinson

School: Marian Catholic.

Year: Freshman.

Weight: 120.

Overview: Emerged as a prodigious talent en route to runner-up finish in 3A with 27-4 record. Also won conference, regional and sectional titles.

Kyle Schickel

School: Lemont.

Year: Senior.

Weight: 145.

Overview: Four-time state finalist closed with 40-4 record, losing 4-3 heartbreaker in 2A title match. Also won conference and regional titles. Posted four 40-win seasons and school-record 164 career wins.

Kevin Zimmer

School: Sandburg.

Year: Sophomore.

Weight: 220.

Overview: Suffered narrow loss in 3A state final. Went 48-5 and set single-season school record for pins with 36. Also won conference, regional and sectional titles. Led Eagles to fourth place at dual team state meet.

Sandburg's Kevin Zimmer, left, takes down Naperville Central's Angelo Eklou in the 220-pound championship match of the Class 3A Hinsdale Central Sectional on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020.
Sandburg’s Kevin Zimmer, left, takes down Naperville Central’s Angelo Eklou in the 220-pound championship match of the Class 3A Hinsdale Central Sectional on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020.

HONORABLE MENTION

Basilio Betancourt, Bremen, junior, 182; Andrew Blackburn-Forst, Lockport, sophomore, 195; Ryan Boersma, Providence, sophomore, 285; Ashton Breen, Mount Carmel, senior, 160; Colton Drousias, Mount Carmel, senior, 120; Owen Dunlap, Marist, sophomore, 120; Javen Estrada, Lincoln-Way West, junior, 138; Bobby Gaylord, Marist, junior, 170; Connor Gaynor, Mount Carmel, junior, 145; Payton Geigner, Lincoln-Way West, senior, 160; Sammie Hayes, Sandburg, sophomore, 106; Grant LaDuke, Lemont, senior, 152; Rocco Palumbo, Richards, senior, 152; Ghee Rachal, Marist, sophomore, 195; Julian Ramirez, Oak Forest, senior, 285; Keegan Roberson, Lockport, sophomore, 132; Anthony Schickel, Oak Forest, senior, 120; Gylon Sims, Joliet Catholic, freshman, 106; Terrance Snapp, Joliet Catholic, junior, 160; Kaleb Thompson, Lockport, senior, 113.

Patrick Z. McGavin is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.