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Cooper Corder wins back-and-forth match, wins Sandwich’s first state title since 2012 · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Cooper Quorter wins back and forth match, wins Sandwich's first
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  Speaker 1: state title since twenty twelve. Written by Joel Boonetz, this
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  Speaker 1: article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  Speaker 1: you by Everlett Cooper. Quorter didn't have a stereotypical reaction
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  Speaker 1: to winning his first state title. After taking down Unity
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  Speaker 1: Christians Clinton Verhiki in a ten to nine decision in
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  Speaker 1: the Class one a one to fifty pound title match
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday at Champagne State Farm Center, the Sandwich junior
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  Speaker 1: decided to take a moment and embrace his opponent for
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  Speaker 1: a few moments before getting his hand raised as a
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  Speaker 1: state champion. For Quarter, it was a sign of respect
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  Speaker 1: for the only wrestler that was able to beat him
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  Speaker 1: this season. I know he's been at the state tournament
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  Speaker 1: many times and that we were both first time finalists,
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  Speaker 1: Quarter said, I knew this meant a lot to him
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  Speaker 1: and how much this win means to me, So I said,
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  Speaker 1: prayed with him and told him he's got his college
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  Speaker 1: career to look forward to. He's a great kid and
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  Speaker 1: it was nice to go out there to be able
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  Speaker 1: to go battle him again. Quorter lost to Verhiki, earlier
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  Speaker 1: in the season via fall, the only blemish to an
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  Speaker 1: otherwise spotless record on the season, and Verhiki looked more
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  Speaker 1: than ready to put another on it getting the first
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  Speaker 1: takedown in the first period. That it was a situation
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  Speaker 1: Quarter was more than prepared for. I've had faith in
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  Speaker 1: my coaches, and I really worked every day to replicate
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  Speaker 1: what a state finals match would be like. Quorter said,
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  Speaker 1: I played every scenario in my head going into this.
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  Speaker 1: I just wanted to have fun out there and continue
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  Speaker 1: to score to get the points to win. Then Quarter
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  Speaker 1: would go on to respond with a reversal, one of
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  Speaker 1: two he implemented in the match. His second one came
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  Speaker 1: with just forty four seconds remaining in the final period
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  Speaker 1: to give Quarter a ten to eight lead, one he
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  Speaker 1: would not let go of until the end. I felt
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  Speaker 1: that title there, Quorter said. I could have easily pushed
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  Speaker 1: him away and just gotten the one point, but I
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  Speaker 1: felt the reversal and I I thought I could keep
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  Speaker 1: my toe in and get some more time off the clock.
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  Speaker 1: It's the first individual state title for the Indians since
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  Speaker 1: twenty twelve, when Alfonso Bruno won the Class A one
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  Speaker 1: thirty eight pound title, and after taking fourth place as
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  Speaker 1: a freshman and fifth as a sophomore. Quarter was more
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  Speaker 1: than excited to take the top spot on the podium.
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  Speaker 1: I've dealt with a lot of stuff, from injuries as
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  Speaker 1: a freshman to dealing with pneumonion stuff last year, Quarter said.
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  Speaker 1: I left last season thinking that those losses of state
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  Speaker 1: were going to be my last in high school. Obviously
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  Speaker 1: I lost this year, but one when it mattered. It's
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  Speaker 1: just super cool to be able to wrestle. Earlier on Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: three other Kendall County wrestlers secured all state honors in
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  Speaker 1: the metal rounds. One of them was Yorkville junior Van Rosauer,
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  Speaker 1: who took third place in the Class three A one
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  Speaker 1: to fifty pound bracket. I really had my sight set
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  Speaker 1: on the final, but things didn't go my way in
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  Speaker 1: the semifinals, Rosauer said, so I just had to come
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  Speaker 1: back and win my last two matches to take third
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  Speaker 1: and end it on a high note. Rose Souer, who
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  Speaker 1: lost a one null decision to Marmion's Ashton Hobson in
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  Speaker 1: the semifinals, came back with a vengeance, getting a two
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  Speaker 1: melt victory over Marist Tommy Fiddler before taking down Juliet
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  Speaker 1: West's hohen Weber in a seven to one decision. The
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  Speaker 1: third place finish was an improvement from rose hour sophomore year,
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  Speaker 1: where he placed fourth in the one hundred and forty
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  Speaker 1: four pound weight class. Last night was not very fun,
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  Speaker 1: but I got my mind right this morning and came
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  Speaker 1: back to win the next two. Rossauer said, I ended
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  Speaker 1: up doing better than I did last year, and I
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  Speaker 1: got it done. I know I can get there next year.
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  Speaker 1: I was so close this season, so I'm just gonna
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  Speaker 1: work really hard so I can end up on top.
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  Speaker 1: Yorkville Christian senior Jackson Allen finished out his high school
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  Speaker 1: career with a sixth place finish, and after going winless
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  Speaker 1: at state as a junior, he was happy to make
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  Speaker 1: it on the podium. I made a dedicated commitment to
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  Speaker 1: work my hardest this offseason to make it back here.
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  Speaker 1: Allan said. I made it to the semifinals. Studied the
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  Speaker 1: guy that I faced. He just got me up and
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  Speaker 1: a bad single, jacked me up with underhooks and got
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  Speaker 1: me on my back, and I think that just threw
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  Speaker 1: me off my mojo. I was shooting for the stars,
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  Speaker 1: so honestly, it's disappointing. I know I deserve to be
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  Speaker 1: on the podium. I just got caught in an unlucky
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  Speaker 1: throw and caught me off guard. Also taking sixth place
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  Speaker 1: and securing all state honors was Sandwich sophomore Joshua Kotalk.
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  Speaker 1: Kotalic won his wrestle back match with a four to
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  Speaker 1: one decision before falling by decision in his final two matches.