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Serving Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy, IllinoisVol. 1, No. 30
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Kelly and Stewart win titles at Journeymen Collegiate Classic

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Monday, Nov. 9, 2026In the Monday, Nov. 9, 2026 edition
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CHAMPAIGN - The No. 17 Illinois wrestling team finished the Journeymen Collegiate Classic on Sunday at Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pa., according to the official Fighting Illini recap. The event was a round-robin tournament. Freshman Aaron Stewart at 165 pounds and junior No. 20 Colin Kelly at 174 pounds each won their brackets.

Kelly went 3-0. He beat Harvard's Haden Bottiglieri by technical fall, 18-3 in 5:32, then won 4-2 decisions over Binghamton's No. 21 Carter Baer and Cornell's No. 6 Simon Ruiz.

Stewart also went 3-0. He beat Sacred Heart's Jaxon Torres by technical fall, 18-3 in 2:32, then beat Lehigh's Mason Wagner 4-2 and Appalachian State's Zachery Little 8-3.

Jaxon Penovich finished second at 174 pounds, and No. 13 Chris Moore finished second at 184. Ethan Perryman at 125 pounds, Griff Powell and No. 31 Troy Hohman at 133, and Wyatt Medlin at 157 each placed third, according to the recap.

Illinois next wrestles at The Citadel on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. CT, according to the official wrestling schedule.

Source: Fighting Illini official recap; Illinois wrestling schedule (read Nov. 8, 2026).

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