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Sandwich’s Cooper Corder, already a two-time state medalist, aiming for top spot in Champaign this weekend · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Sandwiches. Cooper Quarter, already a two time state medallist, aiming
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  Speaker 1: for top spot and Champagne this weekend. Written by Joshua Weljen,
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  Speaker 1: this article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. Cooper. Quarter has had state finishes
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  Speaker 1: the last two seasons that any wrestler would aspire to,
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  Speaker 1: but it's been a bumpy road. The Sandwich junior dealt
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  Speaker 1: with injuries his freshman year that ended with a fourth
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  Speaker 1: place state medal. He struggled with sickness as a sophomore
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  Speaker 1: and wound up fifth. Healthy, now in a healthy frame
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  Speaker 1: of mind, Quarter believes this is his year. I am
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  Speaker 1: ready to go. Quorter said, I put in so much
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  Speaker 1: work in the off season. I trust in my coaches
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  Speaker 1: and they trust in me and everything I've done. Going
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  Speaker 1: into this week, in my head, I'm the guy to beat.
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  Speaker 1: Excited to go downstate and prove that. Quarter thirty nine
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  Speaker 1: tawan A lined at the top of the Class one
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  Speaker 1: A one fifty pound bracket, is among the Kendall County
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  Speaker 1: area's top metal hopefuls at this weekend's IHSA State Wrestling
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  Speaker 1: Meet at Champagne State Farm Center that begins Thursday and
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  Speaker 1: runs through Saturday night. Quarter is coming off a sectional
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  Speaker 1: championship at Byron in which he beat Morrison's Caleb Madslen
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  Speaker 1: by technical fall in the final. He opens at State
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  Speaker 1: against Auburn sophomore Trey Boston thirty two to ten. Quarter
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  Speaker 1: is joined at State by Sandwich sophomore teammate Joshua Katalak,
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  Speaker 1: who took second at Sectionals in the one fuzzy five
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  Speaker 1: pound bracket. I had a lot of fun competing with
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  Speaker 1: my team and seeing everybody wrestle tough. Quarter said. It
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  Speaker 1: was heartbreaking to see the other guys not qualified, but
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  Speaker 1: super proud of josh for getting it down. It's great
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  Speaker 1: to see him get down and hopefully put on a
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  Speaker 1: show for all the people back in Sandwich. I'm trying
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  Speaker 1: my best to get the job done. The bracket would
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  Speaker 1: seem to match up well for Quarter, ranked third at
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  Speaker 1: one thirty by iw CoA to cater Unity Christians, Clinton
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  Speaker 1: Verhiki forty two Doallo, who handed Quarter his only lost
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  Speaker 1: this season in the Prairie Central Andvite Final, a match
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  Speaker 1: Quarter led in the third period and Cole City's number
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  Speaker 1: one ranked Brody Woodlowski thirty four to one are both
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  Speaker 1: at the opposite end of the bracket and Champagne. I
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  Speaker 1: am never too big on brackets, though quorter said, you
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  Speaker 1: will have to beat these guys anyway, I didn't care
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  Speaker 1: how it turned out. I can't overlook anybody. With that
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  Speaker 1: in mind, I am excited to just get good competition,
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  Speaker 1: get good matches, try to keep the ball rolling. The
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  Speaker 1: bracket doesn't matter. I still have to go out there
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  Speaker 1: and compete. In Class three, A Yorkville junior, Van Rosauer
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  Speaker 1: leads three Foxes to Champagne. Rosauer, forty six to fourth
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  Speaker 1: in the state at one hundred and fifty pounds as
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  Speaker 1: a sophomore and currently ranked third, comes off a sectional
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  Speaker 1: championship at Edwardsville in that weight class. His only loss
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  Speaker 1: this season to an Illinois opponent came to number one
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  Speaker 1: ranked Roko Cassielp of Hononega. Last year, I didn't really
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  Speaker 1: know what to expect and was super nervous going into state,
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  Speaker 1: Rosauer said. This year, I'm a little more relaxed and
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  Speaker 1: excited to go and wrestle. Roussauer opens in Champagne against
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  Speaker 1: West Roors Evan Makovich thirty two to twelve. He has
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  Speaker 1: lined up to potentially face second ranked Ashton Hobson of
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  Speaker 1: Marmion twenty five to two in the semifinal, with Cassielpi
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  Speaker 1: forty two to two at the opposite end of the bracket.
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  Speaker 1: I think I have a really good draw. Winning sectionals
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  Speaker 1: and getting the No. Two seed puts me in a
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  Speaker 1: good spot, Rosauer said. This week is all about feeling
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  Speaker 1: good and knowing what I'm good at so I can
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  Speaker 1: use it. Most of the super hard work is out
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  Speaker 1: of the way now it's just time to feel good
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  Speaker 1: and execute. Jackson Allen, a returning state qualifier from Class
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  Speaker 1: two A last year, leads eight Yorkville Christian state qualifiers
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  Speaker 1: in Class one A. Allen forty four to seven is
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  Speaker 1: ranked fourth at two fifteen pounds by iw CoA BO