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• Boys tournament roundup: Glenbard West, Grant, Sullivan, Geneva

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA Glenbard West Chris Chappell Invitational The host Hilltoppers took the team title at this year’s Chappell Invite, posting a 246.5-175.5 edge over second-place Libertyville. Lockport (173) was third, Cary-Grove (121.5) placed fourth, and Bartlett (106) rounded out the top five team finishes. Glenbard West coach Pat McCluskey got four… The post Boys tournament rou...2025
• Schaumburg tops the field at Dundee-Crown

By Gary Larsen One week after placing second at the IWCOA dual state finals tournament, and after a whole lot of wrestling during winter break, Schaumburg might well have entered Saturday’s 24-team Dundee-Crown Invitational slightly fatigued. After all, it’s tough for athletes to maintain high intensity every time out, especially in a sport as physically… The post Schaumburg tops the field a...2025
• Out-of-state tournament roundup

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA Cheesehead Invitational Fourteen Illinois teams competed in this year’s annually formidable 44-team Cheesehead Invitational, hosted by Kaukauna High School in Wisconsin. The team from Southeast Polk, Iowa won the team title by a wide margin over the second-place team from Jesuit, Louisiana, 663.5-457. Lowell, Michigan placed third with 451.5… The post Out-of-stat...2025
• Girls tournament recaps for Palatine, Jacksonville, Ottawa

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA PALATINE’S 4TH ANNUAL SALLY BERMAN GIRLS HOLIDAY CLASSIC One day after Palatine hosted the second longest-running tournament in the state of Illinois, the 69th Al Berman Boys Holiday Classic, tournament officials turned around to run the 4th Sally Berman Girls Holiday Classic. Al and Sally Berman were both inducted… The post Girls tournament recaps for Palatine, ...2025
• Lincoln-Way tops Schaumburg for IWCOA Girls Dual Team state championship

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA Saturday’s IWCOA Girls’ State Dual Team Championship at Hoffman Estates crowned the first dual-format girls’ team state champion in Illinois history. That history belongs to Lincoln-Way. Program history will show that it was Zoe Dempsey’s pin in the final match of the state title dual against Schaumburg that gave… The post Lincoln-Way tops Schaumburg for IWCOA Gi...2024
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• IC Catholic Prep takes Dvorak crown

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA Three big dogs tore into each other at this year’s 36th Annual Al Dvorak Invitational on Sunday, as the team title hung in the balance heading into the championship round for IC Catholic Prep, St. Charles East and Montini. And in the program’s first Dvorak appearance under coach Danny… The post IC Catholic Prep takes Dvorak crown appeared first on Illinois Wrestl...2024

• Celebrating the Life of Bud Grant
Hall of Fame head coach of the Vikings is only part of his story The passing of Bud Grant is an occasion to remember what a unique life he had as an athlete, Hall of Fame coach, standard bearer of the Minnesota Vikings franchise, and an icon of Minnesota sports. He was unique in having played professionally in two sports, basketball and football (both offense and defense), coached in two leagues-...2023
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2025
"By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA PALATINE’S 4TH ANNUAL SALLY BERMAN GIRLS HOLIDAY CLASSIC One day after Palatine hosted the second longest-running tournament in the state of Illinois, the 69th Al Berman Boys Holiday Classic, tournament officials turned around to run the 4th Sally Berman Girls Holiday Classic."

2024
"All four primary members of the Purple People Eaters participated in the making of the film, so we’ll be hearing from Hall of Famers Carl Eller and Alan Page, should-be Hall of Famer Jim Marshall, and Gary Larsen about that era of Vikings football."

2023
"By the time Grant coached his first game for the Vikings, he already had Purple People Eaters- Carl Eller, Alan Page, Gary Larsen, and Jim Marshall on the roster."

2015
" Older fans will fondly reminisce about the days when the Vikings played in four Super Bowls between 1970-77, when quarterback Fran Tarkenton led the way and a dominate defensive front known as the "Purple People Eaters" featured two future Hall of Fame members in Alan Page and Carl Eller as well as Jim Marshall and Gary Larsen."

• Chuck Foreman and Jim Marshall Advance in Senior Hall of Fame Selection Committee Vote

Set Number: X21107 Foreman’s case has been neglected for decades; Marshall getting yet another look Earlier this month, former Minnesota Vikings Chuck Foreman and Jim Marshall were chosen among a group of 182 senior nominees for selection into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Both made the initial cut from 182 to 60 senior candidates earlier this month. And yesterday, both of them advanced...2024
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• IWCOA Frosh-Soph Regional results for Granite City, Heyworth, Sterling, Lake Zurich Sectionals

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA IWCOA regionals at Althoff Catholic and Springfield Southeast, feeding the Granite City Sectional on March 2 Althoff Catholic Regional Edwardsville led all schools with eight sectional qualifiers, led by regional champions KJ Jamison (132) and Braylon Hill-Lomax (215), while two other schools also had two regional champions apiece, in… The post IWCOA Frosh-Soph R...2024
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• Tournament recaps from Dec. 15: Pontiac, PORTA, Washington, Marion

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA ‘The Munch’ Boys Pontiac Invitational Morton and Olympia went at each other at Pontiac’s 20-team ‘The Munch’ Invitational, and Morton came out on top thanks to a key factor that plays out in every close tournament finish.“The difference in the tournament was we scored bonus points in 32 matches,” Morton… The post Tournament recaps from Dec. 15: Pontiac, PORT...2024
• Girls’ tournament roundup: Normal, Fremd, Rockford E, Niles W

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA NCHS Wrestling Girls Invitational Schaumburg hit the ground running this season.The Saxons were dominant at this year’s 29-team Normal Community Girls Invitational, topping the field by 88.5 team points on Nov. 24. Schaumburg won 227.5-139 over second-place Plainfield South, with Joliet Central (128) taking third, Homewood-Flossmoor (126.5) fourth, and… The post ...2024
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2024

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• IWCOA Girls Sectional Place-Winners
By Gary Larsen Evanston Sectional Championship match results: 95 – Sunny Aitzemkour (New Trier) over Aphrodite Gineris (Maine South) (F 1:45) 100 – Lidia Basave (Proviso East) (Bye) 105 – Eliana Badeen (Maine East) (Bye) 110 – Lola Bianco (New Trier) over Victoria Rivera (Rickover Academy) (F 1:12 115 – Regina Jones (Proviso East) over… The post IWCOA Girls Sect...2024
• IWCOA Frosh-Soph Regional results for Granite City, Heyworth, Sterling, Lake Zurich Sectionals
2024
• IWCOA Frosh-Soph Regional results for Evanston, Naperville C, Thornton, Shepard Sectionals
By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA Sixteen regionals throughout Illinois took place Saturday and Sunday, kicking off this year’s 28th Annual IWCOA Freshman/Sophomore and Girls state championships, which will take place March 9-10 at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield. Eight girls sectional tournaments will take place March 2-3. Here are the weekend’s results… The post IWCOA Frosh-...2024
• 2A dual sectional results from Brother Rice, Rochelle, Taylorville

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA All rankings courtesy of Rokfin’s Illinois Matmen rankings, as compiled by Rob Sherrill. 2A Brother Rice Team Dual Sectional Riverside-Brookfield 42, Hinsdale South 33 Riverside-Brookfield (18-6) went 8-6 in matches won against No. 20 Hinsdale South (8-4) to advance downstate for the third time for coach Nick Curby, who… The post 2A dual sectional results from Br...2024
• Girls Regional roundups: Erie, Mt. Zion, Frankfort, Shepard and Curie

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA Erie Regional Geneseo led all teams with 205 points at this year’s Erie regional meet, followed by Galesburg (155), Macomb (134), Canton (112), and Erie (99) to round out the top five team finishes. Geneseo coach Carley Rusk got 12 wrestlers through to the sectional meet, led by a… The post Girls Regional roundups: Erie, Mt. Zion, Frankfort, Shepard and Curie ap...2024
• Chicago-area tournament recap for January 6th

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA Rickover Naval Academy Girls Tournament With four individual champions and three runners-up, Phoenix Military Academy’s girls edged the tournament host at this year’s 10-team Rickover Girls Tournament on Saturday. Phoenix topped Rickover by a mere 4.5 team points — 109.5-105 – and the Firebirds have shined in every tournament… The post Chicago-area tourname...2024
• Tournament recap: Sycamore, Polo

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA 48th Sycamore Invitational Hononegah topped the field at the 48th annual Sycamore Invitational on Saturday, finishing atop the field of 26 teams with 532.5 points. Coach Tyler DeMoss’ team had four individual champions and two runners-up in topping second-place York (382) in the team standings. “We wrestled well,” Hononegah… The post Tournament recap: Sycamore, P...2024

• Mundelein captures Marchese title at Hoffman Estates

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA Every scoring wrestler for Mundelein who posted any team points whatsoever was obviously vital to the Mustangs’ winning their second consecutive team title at Hoffman Estates’ Mickey Marchese Memorial tournament. But it was Mundelein’s Celso Cabrera and Abisai Hernandez who provided some late high-drama moments and pivotal bonus points to… The post Mundelein...2023
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• 3rd time’s the charm for Riverside-Brookfield at Fenton

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA Riverside-Brookfield coach Nick Curby has quietly been building his wrestling program the old-fashioned way — slowly turning raw freshmen into quality varsity wrestlers. The Bulldogs have a kids’ club feeder system that figures to bear fruit down the road. But for now, Curby has a battalion of juniors that… The post 3rd time’s the charm for Riverside-Brookf...2023
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2023

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• A documentary on the Purple People Eaters is coming soon

Photo by James Flores/Getty Images Already looking forward to it! There is a new documentary coming soon about the Minnesota Vikings, and this one should help those of us that missed out on watching one of the greatest personnel units in team history to have a greater understanding of just how good they were. Winter State Entertainment has wrapped up production on Purple People Eaters, a d...2024
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• Chuck Foreman and Jim Marshall Advance in Senior Hall of Fame Selection Committee Vote
2024

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• Boys tournament roundup: Glenbard West, Grant, Sullivan, Geneva
2025
• Schaumburg tops the field at Dundee-Crown
2025
• Out-of-state tournament roundup
2025
• Girls tournament recaps for Palatine, Jacksonville, Ottawa
2025

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• Boys tournament recap for Dec. 14: Walther, Niles W, DG South, Hoffman E, Prospect, Beat the Streets

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOAWALTHER CHRISTIAN HOGER/TUOMI INVITATIONAL In one of the tightest races for a team title anywhere in Illinois, Peotone, Mather, and the team from Seaholm, Michigan went down to the wire at this year’s 15-team Walther Christian Hoger/Tuomi Invitational. Ultimately, Peotone had enough to get it done, 186.5-183 over Mather. Seaholm… The post Boys tournament recap for...2024
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• Lakes’ girls take the title at Dundee-Crown

By Gary Larsen Girls wrestling programs around Illinois continue to grow, with more schools each year striving incrementally towards filling a complete lineup. Lakes coach Devin Tortorice is fighting that good fight, as the Lake Villa school of less than 1,300 students works its way toward growing its girls wrestling program. But for now, the… The post Lakes’ girls take the title at Dundee-C...2024
• Tournament roundups: Seneca, Sterling, Plainfield North

By Gary Larsen for the IWCOA Seneca’s Irish Invite Whenever you can send nine wrestlers to the title mat in a 17-team field, odds are you’re in the driver’s seat of a tournament. And Central kept its hand on the wheel on Saturday, winning six individual titles and seeing 12 wrestlers finish in the top… The post Tournament roundups: Seneca, Sterling, Plainfield North appeared first on Illinoi...2023
• Celebrating the Life of Bud Grant
2023

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• Remembering Mick Tingelhoff's Hall of Fame Career
2015

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