Congratulations to this week’s WMIX Sports/Josh Finley Country Financial Rams of the Week, Mt. Vernon Rams Wrestling! The Rams won the IHSA Class 2A Regional Championship on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Centralia. The regional championship is the first team title since 1993-94! The Rams topped South Seven Champion Carbondale by 13 points.

Team Results:
1. Mt. Vernon 171.5, 2. Carbondale 158.5, 3. Marion 157.5, 4. Waterloo 101.5, 5. Highland 72, 6. East St. Louis 69, 7. Mascoutah 65, 8. Centralia 37.

Below are the individual results from the Regional Championship (sorted by weight class):
106: Taziun Moore (4th)
120: Dillon White (CHAMPION)
126: Ethan Verdeyen (RUNNER UP)
132: Gavin Pedigo (4th)
138: Kobey Elkins (consolation semifinalist)
145: Rider Searcy (CHAMPION)
152: Mylze Cammack (RUNNER UP)
170: Maddux Randall (RUNNER UP)
182: Ethan Rivera (CHAMPION)
195: Mason Randall (RUNNER UP)
220: Travis Sanders (CHAMPION)
285: Devin Cermack (consolation semifinalist)

White, Verdeyen, Searcy, Cammack, the brothers Randall, Rivera and Sanders advance to the Highland Sectional this weekend while Moore and Pedigo are alternates.

These weren’t the only honors for the Rams in the past couple of weeks as the following wrestlers were All-South Seven Conference (sorted alphabetically by last name):
Kobey Elkins (2nd Team)
Sean Harrington (2nd Team)
Mason Randall (2nd Team)
Ethan Rivera (2nd Team)
Travis Sanders (1st Team)
Rider Searcy (1st Team)
Ethan Verdeyen (2nd Team)
Dillon White (1st Team)

Rams Wrestling is having a PHENOMENAL year led by Head Coach Alejandro Wajner and assistants Bruce Harris, Tad Cravens, Michael Pixley, and Ty Coleman! Congratulations, Rams Wrestlers!