BUILD YOURSELF
Gold medals aren’t really made of gold.
They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
DAN GABLE
Yesterday the Junior High teams of Edison and Washington went to DeKalb to wrestle in the IESA Sectional and 14 future Rocks placed in the top 4 to qualify for State! 3 Edison Eagles and 11 Washington Warriors will be heading back to Dekalb next weekend to try and earn some medals! Congrats and good luck!
We can’t thank each and every person that volunteered their time and sacrificed their Saturday to come help us put on the IKWF Sectional Tournament! Your dedication to our program helps each and every one of our kids, from the youth club, to the junior high teams, to the high school team. We want to be sure to let you know it never goes unnoticed and is much appreciated!
3 collegiate All-Americans from former Rocks on the same day is something worth celebrating! Victor Guzman finishes his wrestling career making the finals of the NAIA National Tournament taking 2nd. Sophomores Truth Vesey and Andrew Marquez close out their seasons both taking 4th place at the NJCAA National Tournament. Congratulations to all!
Please help me congratulate, and wish good luck to the following former Rocks wrestling at the collegiate level this weekend! Brothers Victor Guzman and Antonio Parker both qualified for the NAIA National Tournament wrestling for Cumberland University. Victor is currently ranked #1, but both are looking for a National Title! Last years NJCAA National Champion at 197, Andrew Marquez will look to repeat for Indian Hills College, while Truth Vesey, currently ranked 3rd for Harper College, will also be in the mix to win it all at 125!
The junior high (IESA) and Youth Club (IKWF) post-seasons began this weekend. The Washington Warriors and Edison Eagles represented in the IESA regional tournament at Rocky on Saturday. Washington had 5 individual champions and 18 wrestlers placing in the top three of their weight class qualifying them to nexts weekends Sectional tournament. Edison had 2 Champions, and 4 others place top 3 to qualify for Sectionals. The Warriors also won the regional tournament as a team, while The Eagles took 3rd. The Rock Island girls wrestling team also won their IKWF regional tournament today in both the Novice and Senior divisions with 5 champions and all 12 girls qualifying for next weekends sectional tournament at Rocky. The boys IKWF Wrestling Club qualified 6 to next weeks Sectional.
Courtney Walls is the 2026 Girls State Champion at 190 lbs! She won 9-0 in the finals, capping off her year with a 33-0 record, and she’s only a Junior! She’s the first Girls State Champion in Rocky history!
Up 13-1, Courtney Walls took her opponent down to her back and won via fall in the State Semi-final! She will wrestle at 2:00 p.m. in the finals for a State Championship!
Day 1 of Girls State is done, and Courtney Walls is guaranteed a medal with a top 6 finish! She won two matches entering her into tomorrow morning’s semi-final round. If she wins, she will be the first Girls State Finalist for the Rocks!
Congratulations to Rowan Stockwell! He took 4th place at the State Tournament!!! Congratulations as well to Angelo Parker and Emilio Guzman who also qualified but fell just short of placing.
BUILD YOURSELF
Yesterday the Junior High teams of Edison and Washington went to DeKalb to wrestle in the IESA Sectional and 14 future Rocks placed in the top 4 to qualify for State! 3 Edison Eagles and 11 Washington Warriors will be heading back to Dekalb next weekend to try and earn some medals! Congrats and good luck!
We can’t thank each and every person that volunteered their time and sacrificed their Saturday to come help us put on the IKWF Sectional Tournament! Your dedication to our program helps each and every one of our kids, from the youth club, to the junior high teams, to the high school team. We want to be sure to let you know it never goes unnoticed and is much appreciated!
3 collegiate All-Americans from former Rocks on the same day is something worth celebrating! Victor Guzman finishes his wrestling career making the finals of the NAIA National Tournament taking 2nd. Sophomores Truth Vesey and Andrew Marquez close out their seasons both taking 4th place at the NJCAA National Tournament. Congratulations to all!
Please help me congratulate, and wish good luck to the following former Rocks wrestling at the collegiate level this weekend! Brothers Victor Guzman and Antonio Parker both qualified for the NAIA National Tournament wrestling for Cumberland University. Victor is currently ranked #1, but both are looking for a National Title! Last years NJCAA National Champion at 197, Andrew Marquez will look to repeat for Indian Hills College, while Truth Vesey, currently ranked 3rd for Harper College, will also be in the mix to win it all at 125!
The junior high (IESA) and Youth Club (IKWF) post-seasons began this weekend. The Washington Warriors and Edison Eagles represented in the IESA regional tournament at Rocky on Saturday. Washington had 5 individual champions and 18 wrestlers placing in the top three of their weight class qualifying them to nexts weekends Sectional tournament. Edison had 2 Champions, and 4 others place top 3 to qualify for Sectionals. The Warriors also won the regional tournament as a team, while The Eagles took 3rd. The Rock Island girls wrestling team also won their IKWF regional tournament today in both the Novice and Senior divisions with 5 champions and all 12 girls qualifying for next weekends sectional tournament at Rocky. The boys IKWF Wrestling Club qualified 6 to next weeks Sectional.
Courtney Walls is the 2026 Girls State Champion at 190 lbs! She won 9-0 in the finals, capping off her year with a 33-0 record, and she’s only a Junior! She’s the first Girls State Champion in Rocky history!
Up 13-1, Courtney Walls took her opponent down to her back and won via fall in the State Semi-final! She will wrestle at 2:00 p.m. in the finals for a State Championship!
Day 1 of Girls State is done, and Courtney Walls is guaranteed a medal with a top 6 finish! She won two matches entering her into tomorrow morning’s semi-final round. If she wins, she will be the first Girls State Finalist for the Rocks!
Congratulations to Rowan Stockwell! He took 4th place at the State Tournament!!! Congratulations as well to Angelo Parker and Emilio Guzman who also qualified but fell just short of placing.
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