{"id":32304,"date":"2026-03-05T08:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=32304"},"modified":"2026-03-05T08:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:07:41","slug":"effingham-all-conference-boys-girls-basketball-wrestling-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/more-sports\/32304-effingham-all-conference-boys-girls-basketball-wrestling-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Effingham All-Conference Boys, Girls Basketball, Wrestling Named"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Effingham High School boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling all-conference teams were named.<\/p>\n<p>The Hearts girls team captured the Apollo Conference regular season championship this year with a perfect 10-0 record followed by Mahomet-Seymour 7-3, Mount Zion 6-4, Taylorville 5-5, Mattoon 2-8 and Charleston 0-10.<\/p>\n<p>Named to the Apollo Conference First Team were Effingham&#8217;s Averie Wolfe and Alyssa Martin, Mount Zion&#8217;s Gabby Wisher, Mattoon&#8217;s Ava Larson and Taylorville&#8217;s Grace Rogers.<\/p>\n<p>Named to the Second Team were Effingham&#8217;s Tessa Raddatz, Mount Zion&#8217;s Ava Anderson and Maddie Austin and Mahomet-Seymour&#8217;s Hannah Martin and Keeley Miller.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomet-Seymour won the boys Apollo Conference regular season championship with a 10-0 record followed by Taylorville 6-4,\u00a0 Mattoon 5-5, Mount Zion 5-5, Effingham 4-6 and Charleston 0-19.<\/p>\n<p>Named to the First Team were Jackson Bohm (Mahomet-Seymour), Brock Brown (Taylorville), Lincoln Hayes (Mattoon), Tyler Oakley (Charleston) and Paxson O&#8217;Malley (Mahomet-Seymour).<\/p>\n<p>Named to the Second Team were Effingham&#8217;s Jenner Pals, Mount Zion&#8217;s Connor Cuddy, Mattoon&#8217;s Tyler Haacke, Mahomet-Seymour&#8217;s Malachi Nichols and Taylorville&#8217;s Blake Ladage.<\/p>\n<p>The Apollo All-Conference wrestling teams were named.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham&#8217;s Jonah LeDuc 106, freshman, 33-13, State Qualifier, 4-1 Apollo; Branden Stewart, 113, sophomore, 26-14, 3-2 Apollo and Jeremiah Lorton 285, senior, 4010, State qualifier, 3-2 Apollo were named to the Second Team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIRST TEAM WRESTLING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Myles Hartzler 106; Mahomet-Seymour; Sophomore; 33-23; State Alternate; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Jaxton Howell 113; Mattoon; Freshman; 28-11; State Qualifier; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Noah Meints 120; Mahomet-Seymour; Freshman; 29-22; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Porter 126; Mattoon; Senior; 38-3; 3rd Place in State; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Canaan Trimble 132; Mt. Zion; Freshman; 13-2; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Trotter Titus 138; Charleston; Sophomore; 33-9; State Qualifier; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Justus Vrona 144; Mahomet-Seymour; Senior; 45-11; State Qualifier; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Garrett Waisath 150; Mahomet-Seymour; Junior; 42-16; State Qualifier; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Weston Neutz 157; Mahomet-Seymour; Junior; 37-19; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Talon Decker 165; Mahomet-Seymour; Junior; 40-11; State Qualifier; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Chris Dill 175; Mahomet-Seymour; Sophomore; 32-17; State Alternate; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Marco Casillas 190; Mahomet-Seymour; Sophomore; 51-4; 2nd in State; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Keller Stocks 215; Mt. Zion; Senior; 46-4; State Qualifier; 4-1 Apollo;<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Clapp 285; Mattoon; Junior; 37-5; 5th Place in State; 5-0 Apollo<\/p>\n<p><strong>SECOND TEAM WRESTLING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonah LeDuc 106; Effingham; Freshman; 33-13; State Qualifier; 4-1 Apollo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grant Morphew 113; Mahomet-Seymour; Freshman; 33-15; 4-1 Apollo; 2nd at Regional<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brendan Stewart 113; Effingham; Sophomore; 26-14; 3-2 Apollo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Braylon Damery 120; Mt. Zion; Junior; 24-18; 4-1 Apollo<\/p>\n<p>Gideon Hayter 126; Mahomet-Seymour; Junior; 37-14; 5th Place in State<\/p>\n<p>Jaxson Bagwell 132; Mattoon; Freshman; 18-9; 4-1 Apollo; Regional Champion<\/p>\n<p>Vincent Baker 138; Mt. 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