Lincoln College wrestlers are region champions
10 wrestlers qualify for national
tournament
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[February 11, 2013]
RIVER GROVE -- The Lincoln
College wrestling team traveled to Triton College to compete in the
Region 24 tournament on Sunday. The region tournament is the team's
national qualifying event. The LC team finished as region champions,
with all 10 wrestlers qualifying for the national tournament.
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Lincoln College finished the day with four champions, two
runner-ups, three third-place finishers and one fifth-place
finisher. Takil Agnew was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the
tournament, and head coach Steven Bradley was named the Region Coach
of the Year. "This was a great day for the team and the Lincoln
College wrestling program," said LC coach Bradley. "Each individual
came prepared and wrestled well. I could not be more proud of my
athletes. They fought hard and believed that they could win. It was
a very fun day watching these young men compete. It has been a long
season, and seeing them achieve their goals was exciting."
Individual placing was as follows:
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125 -- Ignace
Hakizimana (Rock Island), first
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133 -- Alex Jones
(Shelbyville), third
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141 -- Darius
Henderson (Rock Island), fifth
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149 -- Takil Agnew
(Springfield), first
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157 -- Luke Dunn
(Monticello), third
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165 -- Darnell Thomas
(Cahokia), second
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174 -- Stephon
Rudicil (Bloomington), third
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184 -- Archie
Williams (Champaign), first
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197 -- West Cathcart
(Geneseo), second
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Hwt. -- De'Quence Goodman (Chicago),
first
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The national tournament is Feb. 22 and 23 in Des Moines, Iowa.
"Hopefully we work hard to prepare and go into the national
tournament with the same focus and determination as we did for the
region tournament," said Bradley.
[Text from file received from Jeff Nelson,
Lincoln College sports information director]
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