Sycamore junior Ema Durst won the first girls wrestling title in school history and just the third overall wrestling title for the Spartans. Kaneland's Angelina Gochis also won a championship. DeKalb's Larisza Gomez-Guevara and Alex Gregorio-Perez also won medals.

Area athletes compete in the IHSA Schaumburg Sectional girls wrestling on Saturday, February 14, 2026, at Schaumburg High School.

Alex Gregorio-Perez led four DeKalb qualifiers at its home regional on Saturday, with Sycamore qualifying three and Kaneland two. Gregorio-Perez and the Knights' Angelina Gochis were sectional champs.

Here are Karen Naess' photos from Saturday's East Aurora Regional girls wrestling meet.

The Lincoln-Way co-op may have headlined the East Aurora Regional Saturday, but several standout wrestlers from local schools also punched their sectional tickets.

Area wrestlers compete in the IHSA Hampshire Regional girls wrestling championship matches on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at Hampshire High School.

Here are all of the IHSA regional, sectional and dual team sectional assignments for McHenry County area boys and girls wrestling teams.

Kaneland, Princeton and L-P girls and boys wrestling teams competed duing a wrestling meet on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P Hich School.

Here are Karen Naess' photos from Friday's Batavia Invitational girls wrestling tournament.

While senior Lily Enos won at 100 and freshman Audrey Sheldon earned the title at 155, Batavia fell just short of winning their home tournament to East Aurora, 182-181.5.

Before DeKalb fielded a girls wrestling team, Alex Gregorio-Perez and Jade Weiss were battling boys in middle school gyms. On Wednesday’s senior night, the two charter members celebrated how far the sport has come with pins, helping the Barbs defeat Kaneland 47-36.

The Kaneland girls wrestling teams met Wednesday night at DeKalb High School.

Girls wrestling was officially sanctioned four years ago by the IHSA, and the sport has continued to explode since then.

Led by Player of the Year Angelnia Gochis, here is the 2024-25 Kane County Chronicle All-Area Boys Wrestling team.

After a 36-0 season and her second state title, Kaneland sophomore Angelina Gochis is the Kane County 2025 Girls Wrestler of the Year

Images from the 2025 IHSA girls wrestling state championships in Bloomington on Saturday, March 1, 2025.

Kaneland sophomore Angelina Gochis won her second straight state championship Saturday at the IHSA Girls Wrestling tournament to cap off a perfect 36-0 season.

Marmion advanced to the Class 3A boys dual wrestling state semifinals after defeating Schaumburg 63-10 to keep the hopes of winning their first-ever team title alive.