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Central-IW’s Payton Temple, Coal City team advance to wrestling state semis: Friday’s Daily Journal roundup

By Mason Schweizer

Girls wrestling

IHSA State Finals

From Bloomington: The area’s lone state qualifier this year, Central-Iroquois West’s Payton Temple, is officially a state semifinalist. Temple went 2-0 Friday with a pair of pins over Jefferson’s Kylie Ellken and Streamwood’s Jasmine Rene. Temple will square off Hampshire’s Samantha Diehl in the semifinals Saturday.

Boys wrestling

IHSA Team State Finals

From Bloomington: Defending state runner-up and 2023 state champion Coal City is now one meet away from a third straight championship appearance in Class 1A. The Coalers defeated Olympia 53-22 in Friday’s quarterfinal round. They will hit the mats against Marian Central Catholic in the semifinals Saturday.

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Mason Schweizer

Mason Schweizer

Mason Schweizer joined the Daily journal as a sports reporter in 2017 and was named sports editor in 2019. Aside from his time at the University of Illinois and Wayne State College, Mason is a lifelong Kankakee County resident.