Coach Tony Wright sent his young Morrison, IL, wrestlers to the mats on Saturday, February 26, 2022, to qualify for the upcoming IESA Sectional B I finals, at Rockridge on Saturday, March 5. The successful qualifiers are listed below by weight and placing. Cael Wright 70# (2nd); Waylon Phelps 80#
Wrestling
Jerry Lindsey wrote this report. Morrison Mustangs hosted the Rock Falls Rockets and Erie-Prophetstown Panthers, at a Triangular Meet, on Thursday, January 20, 2021. The Rockets eased past the Mustangs on the mats and escaped with a 37 – 36 win. The Panthers received forfeits in six weight classes to
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report, Holiday tourneys give local wrestlers an opportunity to face opponents that are not on the local schedule. They are an event to measure their talents against a larger opponent base. That is exactly what the Morrison Mustang wrestlers did in the Erie Holiday
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this article. Sanctioned High School wrestling matches consist of three, two-minute periods with no rest between periods. At the Youth level (K-8th grade), the match period timing could be between one and two minutes per period. The wrestler with the most points at the end
Head Wrestling Coach Tom Drosopoulos submitted these Varsity results from Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Morrison, IL. Morrison vs LeWin, LeWin 56–Morrison 6 106: Forfeit (LW) Forfeit (M) 113: Forfeit (LW) Forfeit (M) 120: D. Presson (LW) Dec. 7-2 W. Riffle (M) 126: Kar. White (M) Fall 3:30 Kar. White
Head Wrestling Coach Tom Drosopoulos submitted these dual Varsity results from Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at Sherrard, IL. Morrison vs Monmouth-Roseville, Morrison 42–Monmouth-Roseville 36 106: D. Ortiz Mora (MR) Forfeit (Mor) 113: L. Spears (MR) Fall 5:13 W. Riffle (Mor) 120: K. Martinez (MR) Fall 1:49 Kar. White (Mor) 126:
Head Wrestling Coach Tom Drosopoulos submitted these Varsity results from Thursday, December 2, 2021, at Morrison, IL. Morrison vs Princeton, Princeton 47–Morrison 24 106: Forfeit (P) Forfeit (M) 113: S. Benavidez (P) Fall 3:49 W. Riffle (M) 120: A. Christiansen (P) Forfeit (M) 126: M. Harris (P) Fall 2:28 Kar.
Head Wrestling Coach Tom Drosopoulos submitted these Varsity results from Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at Morrison, IL. Photographed left-to-right are, front row, Karder White, Camden Pruis, Zach Milder, Donny Reavy, and Warren Riffle. In back are Coach Tom Drosopoulos, Logan Baker, Cameron McDonnell, Nate Schaefer, Kayden White, Aiden Dolieslager, and
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report and took the photographs. On May 6, 2021, Morrison wrestlers competed in dual meets against the Panthers of Erie-Prophetstown and Tigers of Princeton. Morrison fell to the Panthers 45-21. Match Results are listed by weight class.
Morrison High School Varsity Wrestling Coach Tony Wright submitted this article. Nine Colts wrestlers competed at the IESA Sectional Tournament on Saturday, March 2, 2019. Two Colt wrestlers battled their way through the tournament and earned the right to compete in this weekend’s State Championships in DeKalb, IL. Cameron McDonnell
Morrison High School Varsity Wrestling Coach Tony Wright submitted this article. Morrison Junior High Colts qualified nine wrestlers to the Sectional Tournament, with three others finishing as alternates. The event took place in Erie, IL, on Saturday, February 23, 2019. Jaden Hamilton, Donny Reavy, and Cameron McDonnell lead the way,
Morrison High School Wrestling Coach Tony Wright submitted this article. On Saturday, February 9, 2019, two Mustang wrestlers punched their ticket to the IHSA State Final Tournament. Colton Linke and Riley Wilkens both placed third at the weekend’s Individual Wrestling Sectional, earning their right to compete for a State title
Morrison High School Varsity Wrestling Coach Tony Wright submitted this report. The Mustang wrestlers competed at the IHSA Regional Tournament on Saturday, February 2, 2019, in Sherrard, IL. The tournament featured five State-ranked teams and a deep field of State caliber wrestlers. Seven Morrison wrestlers fought their way to the
Morrison Varsity Wrestling Coach Toy Wright submitted the results of the “Chippy Duals,” from Wednesday, January 9, and Thursday, January 10, 2019. Morrison is pictured holding the “Golden Chip Bowl” traveling trophy. However, Mercer County went 2-0 to take possession of it.
Morrison High School Varsity Wrestling Coach Tony Wright submitted scores from eight matches, during the Princeton, IL, Invitational, on Friday, December 28, and Saturday, December 29, 2018. “We finished 22nd out of 55 at the Abe’s Rumble.” “Mustangs beat two, top-25 State ranked teams (Porta and Mercer County.) We narrowly