Published by admin on Tue, 03/08/2022 - 4:57pm
by shawn long
Sports writer
Coal City matman Landin Benson qualified for the Illlinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association fresh/soph state wrestling finals after placing second in the Coal City Sectional over the weekend.
Benson (145) started at the bottom of the bracket with a quick, 23-second pin of Lincoln Way East’s Dimitri Owens. He followed that by working a 4-1 decision over East’s Jackson Zaeske to get to the title match with another Lincoln Way East wrestler Domanic Abeja.
Abeja outlasted Benson in a 5-3 decision for the title.