Here are the wrestlers that made the Daily Chronicle 2025 Boys Wrestling All-Area Team.

Cooper Bode went 40-13 this year and took sixth at the Class 2A State Championship. The Sycamore junior wrestler is the Daily Chronicle Boys Wrestler of the Year.

Sycamore's Cooper Bode and Jayden Dohogne each placed at the IHSA individual state tournament for the first time in their careers, placing sixth in their respective weights at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. on Saturday.

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The boys individual wrestling season comes to a close with titles bouts Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, at State Farm Center in Champaign.

A total of four DeKalb boys and girls wrestlers, five from Kaneland and seven from Sycamore qualified for state tournaments. Alex Gregorio-Perez, Angelina Gochis, Brooklyn Shaeffer and Carson West won sectional titles.

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Teams from Sycamore, Morris, Yorkville Christian, Sterling, Kaneland and Dixon competed in the championship and third-place matches during the Class 2A Sectional championship on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025 at Washington High School.

St. Charles East sent a dozen wrestlers into the finals of Saturday’s Class 3A St. Charles East regional in claiming a regional crown. Glenbard North was second and DeKalb third.

While Yorkville Christian dominated the Kaneland Class 2A Individual Wrestling Regional Saturday to win its fourth in a row team title, the other tournament schools will be well represented at next week’s Washington Class 2A Sectional. 

Ayden Shuey had a big early win for DeKalb, but Sycamore's Charlie Olson got a pin when he needed it, forcing a tie with the Barbs. DeKalb won the rivalry match Friday on criteria.