(WAND) - The 2025-26 IHSA athletics calendar is officially in the books. From the start of the first cross country race in the fall to the last out of the baseball state championship in the spring, student-athletes from across the area delivered against the best Illinois has to offer.
From across WAND's viewing area, 18 different schools earned a total of 29 team trophies at state competition. In addition, dozens of competitors earned individual state achievements in various sports.
The most decorated program in the past academic and athletic calendar was Glenwood, which earned a school record of five state trophies over the course of the year.
Below you can find a list of teams and individuals who earned state championships.
** - italics indicate state championship
Boys' Cross Country
1A: Blake McLeese (ind.) - Tuscola - 3rd
2A: Mahomet-Seymour (team) - 2nd
Girls' Cross Country
1A: Shelbyville (team) - 2nd
1A: Isabella Keller (ind.) - St. Anthony - 2nd
2A: Glenwood (team) - 1st
2A: Ashlyn Chopra (ind.) - Glenwood - 3rd
Football
2A: Maroa-Forsyth - 2nd
3A: Unity (Tolono) - 2nd
4A: Rochester - 2nd
Boys' Golf
1A: Teutopolis (team) - 1st
1A: Coen Pennington (ind.) - Teutopolis - 2nd
Girls' Volleyball
1A: Cissna Park - 1st
Boys' Basketball
2A: Unity (Tolono) - 3rd
Girls' Basketball
1A: Mt. Pulaski - 2nd
2A: Pleasant Plains - 3rd
3A: Glenwood - 2nd
Competitive Dance
1A: Jacksonville - 2nd
Boys' Wrestling (Team)
1A: Vandalia - 2nd
1A: Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley - 3rd
2A: Mahomet-Seymour - 3rd
2A: Glenwood - 4th
Boys' Wrestling Champions (Individual)
1A: Preston Waughtel - Vandalia - 126 lbs.
1A: Max Philpot - Vandalia - 132 lbs.
1A: Garrett VerHeecke - Unity Christian - 144 lbs.
1A: Dillon Hinton - Vandalia - 157 lbs.
Girls' Wrestling Champions (Individual)
Natalie Beaumont - Cumberland - 145 lbs.
Phoenix Molina - Unity (Tolono) - 235 lbs.
Boys Tennis
1A Singles: Hunter Madigan - St. Thomas More - 3rd
1A Doubles: Talha Arshad/Aarav Patel - Glenwood - 5th
Bass Fishing
Teutopolis - 1st
Shelbyville - 3rd
Girls' Soccer
1A: Pleasant Plains - 2nd
Boys' Track & Field (Team)
1A: Pleasant Plains - 2nd
2A: Glenwood - 3rd
Boys' Track & Field Champions (Individual)
1A: Riley Hogan - St. Thomas More - Pole Vault
1A: Auburn - 4x400
2A: Dawson Rogers - Paris - High Jump
2A: D'Mario Jackson - Danville - 100m, 200m, 400m
Girls' Track & Field (Team)
1A: Maroa-Forsyth - T-1st
1A: St. Anthony -Â T-1st
2A:Â Danville - 2nd
Girls' Track & Field Champions (Individual)
1A: Addison Lucht - Milford - Triple Jump
1A: Zion Young - Maroa-Forsyth - Shot Put
1A: Emma Whightsil - Warrensburg-Latham - Discus
1A: Reese Hoene - St. Anthony - 200m, 400m
1A: Mille Schumacher - Routt Catholic - 800m
1A: Klaire Eighner - Maroa-Forsyth - 1600m, 3200m
2A: Samantha Brown - Danville - Pole Vault
2A: Abi Moser - Clinton - Shot Put
2A: Elsie Williamson - Taylorville - Discus
2A: Jamia Esther - Danville - 200m
2A: Madalyn Marx - Mahomet-Seymour - 400m
2A: Kendall Smith - Mt. Zion - 300m Hurdles
Softball
2A: Williamsville - 3rd
3A: Glenwood - 2nd
Baseball
1A: Routt Catholic - 4th
2A: St. Joseph-Ogden - 1st
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