{"id":7477,"date":"2025-03-31T18:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7477"},"modified":"2025-03-31T18:30:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:30:58","slug":"princeton-sending-5-wrestlers-to-state-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7477","title":{"rendered":"Princeton sending 5 wrestlers to state – Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"


Sterling Newman\u2019s Danny Kelly and Princeton\u2019s Casey Etheridge wrestle at 165 pounds at the 1A Oregon Regional on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. <\/span>(Earleen Hinton)
Princeton<\/a> sent six wrestlers to the Class 1A Oregon Sectional on Saturday, and five of them advanced to the IHSA State Tournament next weekend.
Augustus Swanson (120 pounds), Kane Dauber (132) and Ace Christiansen (144) each placed third, while Casey Etheridge (165) and Cade Odell (285) finished fourth.
\u201cIt\u2019s happiness, fatigue,\u201d Odell said after his semifinal wrestleback. \u201cI was elated. I was here my sophomore year and I lost in sudden death to a Lena-Winslow heavyweight at the time. So it\u2019s nice to come back and do it here and actually make it out this time.\u201d
Swanson, who placed fifth at state at 106 last year, lost to Richmond-Burton\u2019s Adam Glauser in the semifinals but bounced back to win by fall in his semifinal wrestleback and by 13-5 major decision in the third-place match.
Oregon\u2019s Nelson Benesh and Princeton\u2019s Kane Dauber wrestle for third place at 132 pounds at the 1A Oregon Regional on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. <\/span>(Earleen Hinton)
Dauber, a freshman, lost 20-15 in the semifinals but earned his state berth with a 12-6 decision in a semifinal wrestleback and a pin in the third-place match.
Christiansen, who finished third in state at 138 last season, lost by 15-3 major decision to Richmond-Burton\u2019s Emmett Nelson in his semifinal. He won 7-1 in his semifinal wrestleback and won by medical forfeit in the third-place match.
Etheridge was edged 5-4 by Wheaton Academy\u2019s Tyler Jones in the semifinals then won by 16-4 major decision in his semifinal wrestleback to earn a return trip to state before losing by 7-2 decision in the third-place match.
Odell, who placed fourth in state at 285 last year, lost 7-1 to St. Francis\u2019 Jaylen Torres in the semifinals. He won 9-6 in his semifinal wrestleback then lost 4-3 in the third-place match.
\u201cEarlier this year I dealt with a pretty bad injury, and I wasn\u2019t even sure I was going to be able to wrestle at regionals,\u201d Odell said. \u201cJust coming back here and just being able to wrestle my butt off, it\u2019s just all glory to God, really.
\u201cIt\u2019s just kind of the bow on my career, you know.\u201d
Princeton\u2019s Cade Odell (top) and Byron\u2019s Jared Claunch wrestle for third place at 285 pounds at the 1A Oregon Regional on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. <\/span>(Earleen Hinton)
Also for Princeton, Jacob Paull (113) saw his season end in wrestlebacks.
St. Bede<\/a> freshman Mikey Benge (113) came within a win of state as he lost by 21-4 technical fall to Dakota\u2019s Brandon White in a semifinal wrestleback.
Max Moreno (126), Andre Pineda (157), Jordan Coventry (165) and Garrett Connelly (190) also lost in wrestelbacks for the Bruins.
Other area wrestlers whose season ended in wrestlebacks were Putnam County<\/a>–Hall\u2019s<\/a> Alex Tucker (190) and Mendota\u2019s<\/a> Komen Denaul (132), Gavin Evans (157), Corbin Furar (175) and Angil Serrano (285).
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Sterling Newman\u2019s Danny Kelly and Princeton\u2019s Casey Etheridge wrestle at 165 pounds at the 1A Oregon Regional on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (Earleen Hinton)Princeton sent six wrestlers to the Class 1A Oregon Sectional on Saturday, and five of them advanced to the IHSA State Tournament next weekend.Augustus Swanson (120 pounds), Kane Dauber (132) and Ace Christiansen (144) each placed third,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t