The DeKalb wrestling program has seen a surge in success over the last decade, wracking up individual honors and some team hardware. Now NIU has taken notice as well. Tommy Curran, Danny Curran and Jaocb Luce are on the NIU roster this season.

With four state medalists, a history-maker at Genoa-Kingston and state qualifiers all around, we look at the best boys wrestling had to offer on our all-area team.

After a topsy-turvy first two years, Jacob Luce leaves DeKalb with a pair of state medals and ends his career on a win. He was named the Daily Chronicle 2024 Wrestler of the Year.

Within an hour last week, the DeKalb wrestling community lost two of its founding fathers. Arch Richoz and Wayne Miller died March 7, each leaving behind a lasting legacy to wrestling both locally and statewide.

Huntley Middle and Sycamore Middle both capped historic at separate state tournaments on Saturday, with the J-Barbs winning a title and SMS taking home a trophy for a seventh-place finish.

Already in the midst of a historic season on multiple fronts, the Huntley Middle School wrestling team will look to add an exclamation point to the season Friday and Saturday at the IESA State Championships at the NIU Convocation Center.

Genoa-Kingston senior Brady Brewick became the program's first state-placer since 2010 when he took third at the Class 1A 165-pound bracket at the IHSA individual state tournament Saturday in Champaign. He led four Chronicle-area wrestlers who placed.

Gallery

Collection of action from the third and fifth-place matches at the IHSA state finals in Champaign on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024.

With the IHSA state wrestling tournament starting this week, we take a look at the 10 local wrestlers who qualified, their first-round matchups and more.