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Girls Bantam 45 (2026)

State qualifiers

Name Club Sectional Wins Losses IKWF age State result (2025)
Elena Amendola Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling West Chicago (1st) 20 0 8 Girls Bantam 45 SQ
Journee Bybee DC Wrestling Club West (1st) 24 1 7 Girls Bantam 45 6th
Hadley Franco Bolingbrook Junior Raiders Wrestling Club South Chicago (1st) 21 2 6
Ayarra Schaefer Collinsville Wrestling Club South (1st) 33 6 6
Elizabeth Godard Edwardsville Wrestling Club South (3rd) 17 2 6
Briella Dobner Harvard Wrestling Club North (2nd) 12 1 6
Genesis Quintana Gomez Wrestling RTC North Chicago (1st) 20 5 6
Caroline Long Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club Central (2nd) 22 7 6
Kynlee Chapman Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club Central (3rd) 18 6 6
Payton Willis TJ Trained Wrestling West (2nd) 21 8 7 Girls Bantam 45 SQ
Isabelle Landis Camp Point Youth Wrestling West (DNP) 9 4 6
Violet Fulton Little Giants WC West (4th) 12 6 6
Charlotte Thatcher St. Charles WC West Chicago (2nd) 12 7 6
Marah Mayfield Toss Em Up Wrestling Academy North Chicago (2nd) 4 2 6
Madelyn Dunlop Iguana Athletics Wrestling Club Central (4th) 5 3 6
Stella Gabbard Unity Youth Wrestling Club Central (1st) 15 12 7 Girls Bantam 45 SQ
McKenna Weckmann Collinsville Wrestling Club South (2nd) 16 14 7 Girls Bantam 45 SQ
Zariya Kozeluh Force Elite Wrestling Club South Chicago (2nd) 10 9 7
Harper Blayney DC Wrestling Club West (3rd) 15 15 6
Brooklynn Denton Dundee Highlanders WC North (1st) 12 17 6
Natalie Moore Benton Wrestling Club South (4th) 3 8 6
Layla Short Litchfield Wrestling Club South (DNP) 5 12 7 Girls Bantam 45 SQ
Aileen Benedict DC Wrestling Club West (DNP) 2 13 6
Charley Noland Little Giants WC West (DNP) 2 15 8

Head to head results

Winner Loser Result Date
Ayarra Schaefer (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Elizabeth Godard (Edwardsville Wrestling Club) Dec. 10-7 2026-03-07
Ayarra Schaefer (Collinsville Wrestling Club) McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) F. 1:15 2026-03-07
Brooklynn Denton (Dundee Highlanders WC) Briella Dobner (Harvard Wrestling Club) F. 2:24 2026-03-07
Caroline Long (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club) Kynlee Chapman (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club) Maj. 9-0 2026-03-07
Elena Amendola (Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling) Charlotte Thatcher (St. Charles WC) F. 0:26 2026-03-07
Elizabeth Godard (Edwardsville Wrestling Club) Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club) Maj. 8-0 2026-03-07
Elizabeth Godard (Edwardsville Wrestling Club) Natalie Moore (Benton Wrestling Club) Maj. 12-1 2026-03-07
Genesis Quintana (Gomez Wrestling RTC) Marah Mayfield (Toss Em Up Wrestling Academy) F. 1:52 2026-03-07
Hadley Franco (Bolingbrook Junior Raiders Wrestling Club) Zariya Kozeluh (Force Elite Wrestling Club) T.F. 21-0 (3:00) 2026-03-07
Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) Charley Noland (Little Giants WC) F. 1:56 2026-03-07
Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) Isabelle Landis (Camp Point Youth Wrestling) Maj. 18-4 2026-03-07
Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) Violet Fulton (Little Giants WC) F. 1:50 2026-03-07
Isabelle Landis (Camp Point Youth Wrestling) Aileen Benedict (DC Wrestling Club) Maj. 9-1 2026-03-07
Journee Bybee (DC Wrestling Club) Isabelle Landis (Camp Point Youth Wrestling) F. 0:49 2026-03-07
Journee Bybee (DC Wrestling Club) Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) F. 0:56 2026-03-07
Journee Bybee (DC Wrestling Club) Violet Fulton (Little Giants WC) F. 0:27 2026-03-07
Kynlee Chapman (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club) Madelyn Dunlop (Iguana Athletics Wrestling Club) F. 2:48 2026-03-07
McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club) Dec. 8-6 2026-03-07
McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Natalie Moore (Benton Wrestling Club) F. 0:38 2026-03-07
Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) T.F. 17-0 (2:22) 2026-03-07
Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Caroline Long (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club) Maj. 10-2 2026-03-07
Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Madelyn Dunlop (Iguana Athletics Wrestling Club) F. 1:44 2026-03-07
Violet Fulton (Little Giants WC) Aileen Benedict (DC Wrestling Club) Maj. 12-1 2026-03-07
Violet Fulton (Little Giants WC) Charley Noland (Little Giants WC) SV 15-12 2026-03-07
Caroline Long (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club) Kynlee Chapman (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club) SV 9-6 2026-03-01
Caroline Long (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club) Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) SV 10-7 2026-03-01
Charley Noland (Little Giants WC) Isabelle Landis (Camp Point Youth Wrestling) Dec. 13-10 2026-03-01
Charley Noland (Little Giants WC) Violet Fulton (Little Giants WC) Dec. 11-7 2026-03-01
Genesis Quintana (Gomez Wrestling RTC) Marah Mayfield (Toss Em Up Wrestling Academy) Maj. 10-2 2026-03-01
Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) Aileen Benedict (DC Wrestling Club) Maj. 15-7 2026-03-01
Journee Bybee (DC Wrestling Club) Aileen Benedict (DC Wrestling Club) T.F. 15-0 (1:45) 2026-03-01
Journee Bybee (DC Wrestling Club) Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) F. 0:31 2026-03-01
Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) F. 1:00 2026-03-01
Elizabeth Godard (Edwardsville Wrestling Club) Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club) Maj. 14-0 2026-02-28
McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Ayarra Schaefer (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Dec. 9-5 2026-02-28
Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) T.F. 17-1 (1:58) 2026-02-22
Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Maj. 15-7 2026-02-22
Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) Dec. 12-5 2026-02-22
Ayarra Schaefer (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Fall 3:00 2026-02-01
Marah Mayfield (Toss Em Up Wrestling Academy) Brooklynn Denton (Dundee Highlanders WC) Dec 9-8 2026-02-01
Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) Maj 8-0 2026-02-01
Ayarra Schaefer (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Dec 13-12 2026-01-31
Ayarra Schaefer (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Dec 9-5 2026-01-31
Elena Amendola (Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling) Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club) TF 15-0 2026-01-24
Elena Amendola (Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling) Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Fall 0:53 2026-01-24
Genesis Quintana (Gomez Wrestling RTC) Brooklynn Denton (Dundee Highlanders WC) Dec 8-3 2026-01-24
Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Zariya Kozeluh (Force Elite Wrestling Club) Maj 9-1 2026-01-24
Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Zariya Kozeluh (Force Elite Wrestling Club) Dec 5-3 2026-01-24
Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club) Maj 12-2 2026-01-24
Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Kynlee Chapman (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club) Dec. 10-5 2026-01-18
Ayarra Schaefer (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Kynlee Chapman (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club) Fall 0:20 2026-01-04
Zariya Kozeluh (Force Elite Wrestling Club) Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Dec 7-3 2026-01-03
Zariya Kozeluh (Force Elite Wrestling Club) Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Dec 8-3 2026-01-03
Elena Amendola (Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling) Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Fall 0:48 2025-12-27
Elena Amendola (Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling) Zariya Kozeluh (Force Elite Wrestling Club) Fall 1:48 2025-12-27
Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) Aileen Benedict (DC Wrestling Club) TF 18-2 2025-12-27
Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Charley Noland (Little Giants WC) Fall 1:38 2025-12-27
Zariya Kozeluh (Force Elite Wrestling Club) Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Maj 15-7 2025-12-27
Madelyn Dunlop (Iguana Athletics Wrestling Club) Aileen Benedict (DC Wrestling Club) Dec 12-11 2025-12-21
Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Charley Noland (Little Giants WC) Fall 0:45 2025-12-21
Violet Fulton (Little Giants WC) Aileen Benedict (DC Wrestling Club) Maj 12-4 2025-12-21
Violet Fulton (Little Giants WC) Madelyn Dunlop (Iguana Athletics Wrestling Club) Fall 1:33 2025-12-21
Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club) McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Dec 8-7 2025-12-06
McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club) Maj 8-0 2025-12-06
McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club) Dec 5-0 2025-12-06

Results against other weights

Winner Loser Result Date Weight
Em'mari Wright (Lionheart Intense Wrestling) Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) F. 0:20 2026-02-22 Girls Bantam 50
Em'mari Wright (Lionheart Intense Wrestling) Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) F. 0:27 2026-02-22 Girls Bantam 50
Em'mari Wright (Lionheart Intense Wrestling) Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) T.F. 19-2 (3:00) 2026-02-22 Girls Bantam 50
Journee Bybee (DC Wrestling Club) Kinsley Riley (Yorkville Wrestling Club) TF 17-2 2026-02-15 Girls Bantam 50
Elena Amendola (Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling) Quinn Ridley (Antioch Predators Wrestling Club) Fall 1:47 2026-02-08 Girls Bantam 55
Elena Amendola (Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling) Savannah Fox (Dundee Highlanders WC) Fall 1:09 2026-02-08 Girls Bantam 50
Mia Topolewski (DeKalb Wrestling Club) Brooklynn Denton (Dundee Highlanders WC) Fall 0:29 2026-02-08 Girls Bantam 50
Journee Bybee (DC Wrestling Club) Rowan Leingang (Sherrard Jr. Tigers Wrestling Club) Fall 1:35 2026-02-07 Girls Bantam 50
Ayah Garrett (Gladiator Elite Wrestling Club) Caroline Long (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club) Fall 0:34 2026-02-01 Girls Bantam 50
Cynisca Ellis (The Island City Misfits Elite Wrestling) Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) Fall 0:14 2026-02-01 Girls Bantam 50
Cynisca Ellis (The Island City Misfits Elite Wrestling) Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Fall 0:22 2026-02-01 Girls Bantam 50
Dalton Howard (O'Fallon Little Panthers WC) McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) TF 17-0 2026-02-01 Bantam 46
Elena Amendola (Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling) Kinsley Riley (Yorkville Wrestling Club) Fall 0:19 2026-02-01 Girls Bantam 50
Georgia Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) Fall 2:58 2026-02-01 Girls Bantam 50
Georgia Blayney (DC Wrestling Club) Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Fall 0:40 2026-02-01 Girls Bantam 50
Lily Whitten (Vandalia Jr Wrestling Club) Caroline Long (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club) Fall 1:34 2026-02-01 Girls Bantam 50
Thomas Loy (Carlinville Wrestling Club) McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Dec 9-2 2026-02-01 Bantam 43
Em'mari Wright (Lionheart Intense Wrestling) Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Dec. 7-3 2026-01-25 Girls Bantam 50
Gavin Sinclair (Petersburg Wrestling Club) Journee Bybee (DC Wrestling Club) Dec 7-3 2026-01-11 Bantam 52
IOANNA KOKKINOS (Rockets Wrestling Club) Brooklynn Denton (Dundee Highlanders WC) Maj 17-4 2026-01-11 Girls Bantam 50
Mia Topolewski (DeKalb Wrestling Club) Genesis Quintana (Gomez Wrestling RTC) F. 0:24 2026-01-11 Girls Bantam 50
Thomas Loy (Carlinville Wrestling Club) McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Maj 13-5 2026-01-03 Bantam 43
Thomas Loy (Carlinville Wrestling Club) McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Maj 12-2 2026-01-03 Bantam 43
Dale Byrum (Belleville Little Devils Wrestling Club) Ayarra Schaefer (Collinsville Wrestling Club) F. 0:51 2025-12-28 Bantam 43
Journee Bybee (DC Wrestling Club) Zeppelin Pfanz (TJ Trained Wrestling) Maj 10-2 2025-12-27 Bantam 46
Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling) Scotlynn Hartmann (Tiger Town Tanglers Wrestling Club) Fall 0:10 2025-12-27 Bantam 43
Scotlynn Hartmann (Tiger Town Tanglers Wrestling Club) Charley Noland (Little Giants WC) Fall 1:30 2025-12-27 Bantam 43
Elena Amendola (Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling) Nolan Hickey (Villa Park Young Warriors Wrestling Club) Fall 0:31 2025-12-21 Bantam 43
Em'mari Wright (Lionheart Intense Wrestling) Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Maj. 8-0 2025-12-21 Girls Bantam 50
Lincoln Saldaris (Monticello Youth Wrestling Club) Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club) Dec. 8-5 2025-12-21 Bantam 43
Isabella Huff (Litchfield Wrestling Club) McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Fall 0:28 2025-12-20 Girls Intermediate 53
Journee Bybee (DC Wrestling Club) Jace Jones (TJ Trained Wrestling) Fall 1:23 2025-12-14 Bantam 49
Judah Recinos (Arlington Cardinals Wrestling Club) Zariya Kozeluh (Force Elite Wrestling Club) Fall 1:31 2025-12-14 Bantam 46
Lily Whitten (Vandalia Jr Wrestling Club) McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club) TF 20-5 2025-12-14 Girls Bantam 50
Luca Fiordirosa (Crystal Lake Wizards Wrestling Club) Zariya Kozeluh (Force Elite Wrestling Club) Fall 0:45 2025-12-14 Bantam 46
Dale Byrum (Belleville Little Devils Wrestling Club) Ayarra Schaefer (Collinsville Wrestling Club) Fall 0:00 2025-12-13 Bantam 43
Thomas Loy (Carlinville Wrestling Club) Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club) Dec 8-5 2025-12-13 Bantam 43
Dale Byrum (Belleville Little Devils Wrestling Club) Ayarra Schaefer (Collinsville Wrestling Club) F. 0:40 2025-12-07 Bantam 43
Elena Amendola (Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling) Kelsey Dorado (Headlock Wrestling Academy) Fall 1:41 2025-12-07 Girls Bantam 50
Kashton Gaulding (Bulls Wrestling Club) Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club) Maj. 11-1 2025-12-07 Bantam 43
Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club) Thomas Loy (Carlinville Wrestling Club) Dec. 10-6 2025-12-07 Bantam 43
Luca Divietro (SCN Youth Wrestling Club) Zariya Kozeluh (Force Elite Wrestling Club) Fall 1:21 2025-12-07 Bantam 46

Championship

Preliminaries

Brooklynn Denton (Dundee Highlanders WC)
W
 
 
Bye
Marah Mayfield (Toss Em Up Wrestling Academy)
Kynlee Chapman (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club)
 
Ayarra Schaefer (Collinsville Wrestling Club)
W
 
 
Bye
Natalie Moore (Benton Wrestling Club)
Harper Blayney (DC Wrestling Club)
 
Elena Amendola (Greg Gomez Trained Wrestling)
W
 
 
Bye
Caroline Long (Mattoon Youth Wrestling Club)
Isabelle Landis (Camp Point Youth Wrestling)
 
Hadley Franco (Bolingbrook Junior Raiders Wrestling Club)
W
 
 
Bye
Payton Willis (TJ Trained Wrestling)
Aileen Benedict (DC Wrestling Club)
 
Journee Bybee (DC Wrestling Club)
W
 
 
Bye
Zariya Kozeluh (Force Elite Wrestling Club)
Violet Fulton (Little Giants WC)
 
Genesis Quintana (Gomez Wrestling RTC)
W
 
 
Bye
Elizabeth Godard (Edwardsville Wrestling Club)
Layla Short (Litchfield Wrestling Club)
 
Stella Gabbard (Unity Youth Wrestling Club)
W
 
 
Bye
Charlotte Thatcher (St. Charles WC)
Madelyn Dunlop (Iguana Athletics Wrestling Club)
 
McKenna Weckmann (Collinsville Wrestling Club)
W
 
 
Bye
Briella Dobner (Harvard Wrestling Club)
Charley Noland (Little Giants WC)
 

R16

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals

 
 
 
 
 
 

First Place