Region's Talent On Display At 618 Wrestling Tournament At EHS

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EDWARDSVILLE - The region has an abundance of girls wrestling talent and it was on display this past Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, in the 618 Meet at EHS Wrestling Center.

Collinsville took five first places, along with two seconds and a third, outwrestled the field in winning the 618 girls wrestling scramble tournament Tuesday night at Edwardsville's Warren "Babe" Stahlhut Arena at the Jon Davis Wrestling Center.

The Kahoks won the team title with 153 points, with Belleville West second at 115 points, Triad came in third with 111 points, in fourth place was Waterloo with 94 points, the host Tigers came in fifth with 90.5 points, Freeburg was sixth with 85 points, nipping seventh place Civic Memorial, who had 81 points, Roxana finished eighth with 49.5 points, edging out ninth place East St. Louis, who had 48.5 points, and O'Fallon rounded up the top ten with 44.5 points. Vandalia was 11th at 25 points, Alton was 12th with 22 points, Highland was 13th at 18 points, Jersey finished 14th with three points, and both Mascoutah and Piasa Southwestern failed to score.

Aryanna Jones was the only Redbird wrestler to place, coming in second at 125 pounds. losing by fall to Collinsville's Londyn Long at 1:23, while the Maroons got a first place at 235 pounds from Andrea'a Kirkpatrick, who won her final bout over Kennedy Downs of Edwardsville by fall at 3:13. Riley Weens was second for West at 110 pounds, losing her last bout to Ivana Torres of Collinsville 6-2, while Alyssa Hardt was third at 140 pounds, winning by fall over Neveah Gentelin of Waterloo at 56 seconds, and Moriah Lampley was third at 155 pounds, dropping her final bout to teammate Ineta Grubbs by fall at 2:10.

Tamari Price won the 100-pound class for the Eagles, winning her final bout over Carmen Comier-Russell of O'Fallon by fall at 4:00, with Laila Earney placing second at 120 pounds, losing her last bout to Emma Ford of Collinsville by fall at 1:41, and Audrey Whipple was third in the 170-pound division, losing to Tiffany Ramirez of Waterloo by fall at 2:32.

Ford, Torres, and Long all won their weight classes for the Kahoks, and were joined by Addyson Bailey at 155 pounds, who won her final match over Makenna Steele of Triad by fall at 54 seconds, and Jaezelle Young at 115 pounds, winner her last match over Hailey Buckingham of Edwardsville, scoring a pin at 3:19. Second place went to Harlee Hart at 100 pounds, losing her final bout to Cormier-Russel by pinfall at 58 seconds, while Jaylah Harris was third at 130 pounds, as she won over Bryleigh Marshall of CM by fall at 1:56.

Jariyah Powell of East Side won the 140-pound division, pinning Sophia Elkins of Highland at 2:45, while Patience Anderson was second at 145 pounds, losing her final bout by fall to Adailia Roth of Triad at 1:35. The host Tigers had five wrestlers finishing in second place, including Emma Rogers at 105 pounds, losing her last match to Madelyn Murphy of Roxana 11-2, Geetanjali Jadarnan at 190 pounds, losing by fall to Izabell McBride of Waterloo at 4:46, Gretchen Taylor at 130 pounds, who lost her last match to Sidney Ufert of Roxana 7-5, Buckingham, and Downs.

Elkins finished second at 140 pounds for the Bulldogs, while Kira Thompson of O'Fallon won the 170-pound class, winning her final bout over Brynn Swyers of Vandalia by fall at 1;22, and Cormier-Russel was third at 100 pounds. Murphy won the 105-pound division for the Shells, while Ufert did likewise at 130 pounds.

To go along with Roth winning the 145-pound division, the Knights saw Kaitlin Wood place second at 155 pounds, losing her final match to Grace Stratton of the Midgets by fall at 2:12, with Steele finishing second at 135 pounds. Placing third for Triad were Addi Wilson at 190 pounds, winning her final bout over teammate Amelia Branson by fall at 3:29, Beckah Burrelsman at 235 pounds, who defeated Collinsville's Neveah Hamer-Burries by medical forfeit, and Daisy Smith at 120 pounds, who won her last bout over Samantha Suhre of Edwardsville by fall at 1:37.Dan Brannan also contributed to this story.

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