Live coverage of the IHSA Individual State Wrestling Tournament

The IHSA Individual State Wrestling Tournament is underway. Continue checking back throughout the day today and tomorrow to see how the Vandals do.

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Saturday, Feb. 19

9:15 a.m. I am back at Assembly Hall and will be bringing updated coverage of Justin Hill and Levi Ulmer thoughout the day. Hill is still in the 125-pound championship bracket and will be wretsling in the 9:30 a.m. session (with his match likely starting around 10-10:45 a.m.). Ulmer may be in the 171-pound wrestle-back bracket and would be wrestling in the 11:30 a.m. session.

10:06 a.m. Hill went down with an injury early in the match with Stillman Valley's J.J. Whaley, but he did continue. However, Hill was easily defeated by technical fall in 2:38.

10:12 a.m. Hill will be wrestling Kyle Powers (37-5) of Argenta-Orena in the wrestle-back semifinals, which begin at 12:30 p.m. He should wrestle around 1 p.m.

10:17 a.m. The winner of Hill/Powers will face either Orion senior Zach Butler (33-10) or Herscher senior Joey Malone (35-6).

11:12 a.m. Ulmer has been eliminated.

11:23 a.m. A little more information on the Ulmer elimination. Michael Andrukaitis, who beat Ulmer in the quarterfinals, was defeated by Dakota's Jake Apple, 10-0, in the semifinals. Had Andrukaitis defeated Apple, Ulmer would have been placed in the wreslte-back quarterfinals, where he would have faced Clayton Seward of Beardstown.

11:42 a.m. While the tournament is ahead of schedule, there will be a break until 12:30 p.m. before the wrestle-back semifinals start. Therefore, Hill should be wrestling around 1 p.m.

1:06 p.m. Hill was pinned in 5:04.

Friday, Feb. 18

11:45 a.m. The Class 1A is just finishing the 119-pound bracket, so Runkel likely won't go for at least another 45 minutes to an hour.

12:20 p.m. Justin Hill will face Walther Lutheran's Maurice Wilson tonight.

12:47 p.m. Runkel loses his first-round match, 5-1.

1:07 p.m. John Vosholler lost his first-round match, 10-3.

1:35 p.m. Daniel Edwards lost his first-round match by technical fall at 5:10.

Next up for the Vandals are Justin Hill (125) and Levi Ulmer (171) in the quarterfinals. That round begins at 6 p.m.

2:30 p.m. Levi Ulmer will face Rockford Lutheran's Michael Andrukaitis in the quarterfinals tonight.

5:55 p.m. The second session of the tournament is about to begin. Justin Hill will be battling Walther Lutheran's Maurice Wilson (28-7) at 125 pounds, and Levi Ulmer will be battling Rockford Lutheran's Michael Andrukaitis (36-6).

5:57 p.m. It should be noted that Ulmer's rival through the regional and sectional tournaments, Cumberland's Clay Wilson, was defeated in the preliminary round. The two could still meet in wrestle-backs.

6:55 p.m. Justin Hill won his quartfinals match, 7-1.

7:39 p.m. The next session for Hill begins at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.

8:11 p.m. Runkel and Vosholler will not be able to advance to the wrestle-backs after the wrestlers that beat them in the first round were both defeated in the quarterfinals. For a first-round loser to advance to the wrestle-back brackets, the wrestler who beat them must advance to the championship bout.

8:19 p.m. Tomorrow, Hill will be facing J.J. Whaley of Stillman Valley, who just set a new record by pinning his quarterfinals opponent in 36 seconds, in the semifinals.

8:21 p.m. The results just came across for the 152-pound quarterfinals, and Daniel Edwards will not be advancing to the wrestle-backs.

8:21 p.m. The 171-pound wrestlers have begun being called to the floor. Ulmer should be wrestling in about 15-20 minutes.

8:47 p.m. Ulmer battled hard, but fell to Michael Andrukaitis, 5-3, in the quarterfinals. He may wrestle in the wrestle-back bracket tomorrow. That session begins at 11:30 a.m.

8:54 p.m. That's a wrap for today. Please check back throughout the day on Saturday to see if Hill and Ulmer can place at the IHSA Individual State Wrestling Tournament.