
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
Rock Island Wrestling is proud to report out our entire post season performance from all Rocks; past, present, and future across all competitions at the State and National level for the 25-26 season. ![]()
Our Rocks have attained 3 collegiate All-Americans, another National Qualifier, 1 boys IHSA State medalist and 2 other qualifiers with 2 more alternates, 1 IHSA girls State Champion, 2 IWCOA Fresh/Soph State Medalists with 6 more Fresh/Soph State Qualifiers and 2 more alternates, 4 girls IWCOA Open State Qualifiers, 3 IESA Boys State Medalists with 9 more State Qualifiers, and 5 IKWF Girls State Medalists with 8 other State Qualifiers. ![]()
Congrats to all Medalists, Qualifiers, and all of their team mates!![]()
NJCAA
Truth Vesey 125– Harper College – 4th Place
Andrew Marquez 197 – Indian Hills – 4th Place![]()
NAIA
Victor Guzman 149 – Cumberland – 2nd place
Antonio Parker 157 – Cumberland – National Qualifier ![]()
IHSA – Boys
Angelo Parker 106 – State Qualifier
Maricio Parker 138 – State Alternate
Parker Stannke 144 – State Alternate
Rowan Stockwell 215 – 4th Place
Emilio Guzman 285 – State Qualifier![]()
IHSA – Girls
Courtney Walls 190 – 1st Place![]()
IWCOA Boys – Fresh/Soph
Fabregas Rodriguez 113 – State Alternate
Angelo Matute 120 – State Qualifier
Henry Miller 132 – 2nd Place
Elijah King 138 – State Qualifier
Lowson Jabbah 138 – State Qualifier
Meschach Bitangimana 138 – State Alternate
Rafa Perez 144 – State Qualifier
Ibrahim Mchimbwa 144 – State Qualifier
Javelle Anderson 150 – 3rd Place
Jermaine Jones 175 – State Qualifier![]()
IWCOA Girls – Open
Izabel Vega 130 – State Qualifier
Mariah Howard 140 – State Qualifier
Sincerelyana Deemer 190 – State Qualifier
Aniya House 235 – State Qualifier![]()
IESA - Edison Jr. High
Colton Creger 75 – State Qualifier
JaDale Anderson 126 – 4th Place
Amarion McNeal 215 – 2nd Place![]()
IESA - Washington Jr. High
Damian Gonzalez 65 – State Qualifier
Linclon Livengood 70 – State Qualifier
Daiton Reed 90 – State Qualifier
Mutaqi Mohammadi 90 – State Qualifier
Samir Khalaqi 95 – 2nd Place
Jatavious Childs 112 – State Qualifier
Sunday Eh 126 – State Qualifier
Josh Lovelady 155 – 6th Place
Davon Henderson 185 – 4th Place
Rylee Dillin 275 – State Qualifier
Brailen Miller 275 – State Qualifier![]()
IKWF Girls
Yulianna Rodriguez – Bantam 95 – 5th Place
Treasure Nimmers – Intermdiate 115 – State Qualifier
Cataleya Castillo-Cisneros – Novice 140 – 6th Place
Lillianna Lovedy – Novice 108 – State Qualifier
Patience Young – Novice 115 – State Qualifier
Zoey Huggins – Novice 125 – State Qualifier
Nora O’Melia – Novice 140 – State Qualifier
Victoria Woods – Senior 120 – 7th Place
Layla St. Clair – Senior 125 – 7th Place
Kamora Terrell – Senior 145 – State Qualifier
Leila Davis – Senior 185 – State Qualifier
Libby Cortez – Senior 185 – State Qualifier
Jordyn Belk – Senior 240 – 4th Place
The Rocks are bringing home some hardware from the IWCOA Fresh/Soph State Tournament in Springield.![]()
Freshman Henry Miller was able to make the finals and secure 2nd place after a tough championship match.![]()
Freshman Javelle Anderson lost his first match of the tournament and was able to win 8 matches in a row in the consolation rounds to take 3rd.![]()
Freshman Angelo Matute, Rafa Perez, and Ibrahim Mchibwa and Sophomores Lowson Jabbah and Elijah King also competed this weekend with Lowson ending one match short of a medal. ![]()
Great job guys!
The Rocky high school girls competed in the IWCOA Girls Open State Championships this weekend. ![]()
Competing in Springfield were Izzy Vega, Mariah Howard, Sincerliyana Deemer, and Aniyah House. All four gained valuable experience this weekend and we look forward to the rest of their high school careers.![]()
Nice job ladies!
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.
BUILD YOURSELF
Rock Island Wrestling is proud to report out our entire post season performance from all Rocks; past, present, and future across all competitions at the State and National level for the 25-26 season. ![]()
Our Rocks have attained 3 collegiate All-Americans, another National Qualifier, 1 boys IHSA State medalist and 2 other qualifiers with 2 more alternates, 1 IHSA girls State Champion, 2 IWCOA Fresh/Soph State Medalists with 6 more Fresh/Soph State Qualifiers and 2 more alternates, 4 girls IWCOA Open State Qualifiers, 3 IESA Boys State Medalists with 9 more State Qualifiers, and 5 IKWF Girls State Medalists with 8 other State Qualifiers. ![]()
Congrats to all Medalists, Qualifiers, and all of their team mates!![]()
NJCAA
Truth Vesey 125– Harper College – 4th Place
Andrew Marquez 197 – Indian Hills – 4th Place![]()
NAIA
Victor Guzman 149 – Cumberland – 2nd place
Antonio Parker 157 – Cumberland – National Qualifier ![]()
IHSA – Boys
Angelo Parker 106 – State Qualifier
Maricio Parker 138 – State Alternate
Parker Stannke 144 – State Alternate
Rowan Stockwell 215 – 4th Place
Emilio Guzman 285 – State Qualifier![]()
IHSA – Girls
Courtney Walls 190 – 1st Place![]()
IWCOA Boys – Fresh/Soph
Fabregas Rodriguez 113 – State Alternate
Angelo Matute 120 – State Qualifier
Henry Miller 132 – 2nd Place
Elijah King 138 – State Qualifier
Lowson Jabbah 138 – State Qualifier
Meschach Bitangimana 138 – State Alternate
Rafa Perez 144 – State Qualifier
Ibrahim Mchimbwa 144 – State Qualifier
Javelle Anderson 150 – 3rd Place
Jermaine Jones 175 – State Qualifier![]()
IWCOA Girls – Open
Izabel Vega 130 – State Qualifier
Mariah Howard 140 – State Qualifier
Sincerelyana Deemer 190 – State Qualifier
Aniya House 235 – State Qualifier![]()
IESA - Edison Jr. High
Colton Creger 75 – State Qualifier
JaDale Anderson 126 – 4th Place
Amarion McNeal 215 – 2nd Place![]()
IESA - Washington Jr. High
Damian Gonzalez 65 – State Qualifier
Linclon Livengood 70 – State Qualifier
Daiton Reed 90 – State Qualifier
Mutaqi Mohammadi 90 – State Qualifier
Samir Khalaqi 95 – 2nd Place
Jatavious Childs 112 – State Qualifier
Sunday Eh 126 – State Qualifier
Josh Lovelady 155 – 6th Place
Davon Henderson 185 – 4th Place
Rylee Dillin 275 – State Qualifier
Brailen Miller 275 – State Qualifier![]()
IKWF Girls
Yulianna Rodriguez – Bantam 95 – 5th Place
Treasure Nimmers – Intermdiate 115 – State Qualifier
Cataleya Castillo-Cisneros – Novice 140 – 6th Place
Lillianna Lovedy – Novice 108 – State Qualifier
Patience Young – Novice 115 – State Qualifier
Zoey Huggins – Novice 125 – State Qualifier
Nora O’Melia – Novice 140 – State Qualifier
Victoria Woods – Senior 120 – 7th Place
Layla St. Clair – Senior 125 – 7th Place
Kamora Terrell – Senior 145 – State Qualifier
Leila Davis – Senior 185 – State Qualifier
Libby Cortez – Senior 185 – State Qualifier
Jordyn Belk – Senior 240 – 4th Place
The Rocks are bringing home some hardware from the IWCOA Fresh/Soph State Tournament in Springield.![]()
Freshman Henry Miller was able to make the finals and secure 2nd place after a tough championship match.![]()
Freshman Javelle Anderson lost his first match of the tournament and was able to win 8 matches in a row in the consolation rounds to take 3rd.![]()
Freshman Angelo Matute, Rafa Perez, and Ibrahim Mchibwa and Sophomores Lowson Jabbah and Elijah King also competed this weekend with Lowson ending one match short of a medal. ![]()
Great job guys!
The Rocky high school girls competed in the IWCOA Girls Open State Championships this weekend. ![]()
Competing in Springfield were Izzy Vega, Mariah Howard, Sincerliyana Deemer, and Aniyah House. All four gained valuable experience this weekend and we look forward to the rest of their high school careers.![]()
Nice job ladies!
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.
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