#7 IOWA 18, #15 ILLINOIS 17

[TomM]

#7 IOWA 18, #15 ILLINOIS 17

125 -- #13 Travis Piotrowski (ILL) dec. Justin Stickley (IA)  7-4; 0-3

133 -- #20 Dylan Duncan (ILL) dec. Phillip Laux (IA), 6-1; 0-6

141 -- Mike Carr (ILL) dec. Vince Turk (IA), 7-5; 0-9

149 -- #2 Brandon Sorensen (IA) dec. #20 Eric Batone (ILL), 4-1; 3-9

157 -- #3 Michael Kemerer (IA) #17 Kyle Langenderfer (ILL), 4-1; 6-9

165 -- #2 Isaiah Martinez (ILL) tech. fall #16 Kaleb Young (IA), 23-8; 6-14

174 -- Joey Gunther (IA) dec. David Riojas (ILL), 6-1; 9-14

184 -- #12 Emery Parker (ILL) dec. Mitch Bowman (IA), 5-3; 9-17

197 -- #10 Cash Wilcke (IA) dec. Andre Lee (ILL), 3-1 SV1; 12-17

285 -- #7 Sam Stoll (IA) pinned Deuce Rachal (ILL), 2:02; 18-17

NOTEABLES
·        Iowa has won 20 straight conference openers.
·        Four of Kemerer's last seven matches have been against ranked opponents, he is 4-0 with two major decisions against those four opponents.
·        Sixteen of Sam Stoll's 34 career wins have ended in fall.
·        Records: Iowa (5-0, 1-0), Illinois (1-2, 0-1).
·        Attendance was 8,206

[leg turk]

I'm out of the loop.  Is Stickley for Iowa, related to Stickley for WI?

[TomM]

Illinois wrestling drops heartbreaker at Iowa
https://dailyillini.com/sports/2017/12/04/illinois-wrestling-drops-heartbreaker-iowa/

[Redleader52]

I'm out of the loop.  Is Stickley for Iowa, related to Stickley for WI?

My guess is that they're cousins of some sort. Both Stickleys went to St. Paris Graham, but their parents are different. Totally a shot in the dark though because I didn't hear for sure.