Three North Shore-area wrestlers place top 4 at state wrestling final

Posted February 24, 2022 12:00 am

Paced by New Trier senior Jack Cummings' victory, three North Shore-area wrestlers placed top-four at the IHSA Class 3A boys individual state wrestling finals in Champaign last weekend.

At 195 pounds, Cummings (40-3) defeated Marist junior Peter Marinopoulos (42-2) in a tight 3-1 decision. Cummings became New Trier's first state champion since Rick Bickert, representing New Trier East, won the Class AA 185-pound title in 1975.

In a connection between local wrestlers, Cummings and Glenbrook South's Will Collins were practice partners at the North Shore Edge Wrestling Club when the two were junior high students.

Collins (29-6) placed fourth at 152 pounds, Glenbrook South's highest state finish since Jacob Suter took third at 220 pounds in 2013.

In the third-place match, DeKalb's Damien Lopez defeated Collins 5-2, after Lopez initially beat the Titans senior in the quarterfinals of the championship round.

Loyola junior Massey Odiotti (43-6) finished second at 120 pounds to St. Charles East sophomore Ben Davino, on a technical fall.

Glenbrook South senior Will Collins placed fourth at 152 pounds in the IHSA Class 3A individual state wrestling finals Saturday in Champaign. Collins is flanked on the left by Glenbrook South head wrestling coach Pat Castillo, along with assistant coach David Gould. Courtesy of Glenbrook South wrestling