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Hampshire Wins Illinois Girls Wrestling State Title Without an Individual Champion

SI Feed·@BillyBuckheit·7 months ago
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Over the weekend the fifth ever Girl’s Wrestling State Championships were held in Illinois at the Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington. In an odd twist, Hampshire claimed the team title without any individual champions over second-place Lockport Township, whose sole champ, Claudia Heeney (135 pounds) was doing it for the third time. Heeney wasn’t alone in that circle as Kaneland’s No. 4 Angelina Gochis made her third stop atop the podium in three tries. Heeney was a freshman runner-up so her mark on history will stop at three. Gochis, however, is a junior and will return next year with the goal of joining another Angelina, Cassioppi, as the only four-time Illinois state champs. “I was very happy to win and look forward to an opportunity to get a fourth state title, sharing that with one of my good friends, Angelina Cassioppi,” said Gochis. Gochis spent just over six minutes on the mat while compiling the three technical falls that propelled her into the finals to face No.…

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