Ottawa senior Juliana Thrush won her opening two matches at 235 pounds at Friday’s IHSA state tournament in Bloomington to advance to Saturday’s semifinals.
Thrush opened the tournament with a 7-1 win over Glenbard North junior Asreilla Wallace, then posted a pinfall victory 22 seconds into the second period of her quarterfinal win over Chicago Noble/ITW Speer sophomore Esmeralda Bustamante
Thrush will face Lockport junior Rebekah Ramirez in semifinals on Saturday.
Seneca senior Sammie Greisen opened the 125-pound bracket with a 23-9 major decision over Edwardsville’s Olive Linhorst, but then dropped her quarterfinal match 16-5 to Libertyville’s Mary Minogue that was tied 3-3 after the first period.
Greisen bounced back in the wrestlebacks, rolling to an 8-0 lead before pinning Metamora’s Calliope Willman in the second period. She now has a blood round match on Saturday against Danville’s Yariah Shaw, the winner securing a medal.
Ottawa junior Lily Gwaltney, Streator’s Laila Vaughn and Marquette’s Lily Deibel all had their season come to a close.
At 110 pounds, Gwaltney lost by a third-period pinfall to Collinsville’s Ivana Torres, earned a 13-7 decision over Maine East’s Eliana Badeen, but then lost via pinfall to Sterling Newman’s Blair Grennan
Vaughn lost to a first-period pin to Belleville Althoff’s Baileigh Self at 115 pounds, and then in wrestlebacks, earned a takedown and nearfall to tie the bout in the third period, but fell 13-10 in overtime to Warren’s Aaliyah Vazquez.
Deibel dropped both of her matches at 105 pounds with a third-period pinfall to Hampshire’s Annabelle Mueller and a first-period pinfall to Andrew’s Tatum De La Vega.
Brimfield 66, Fieldcrest 37: In the championship game of the Class 1A Knoxville Regional, the Knights finished the season at 18-14 with the loss to the Indians.