NORTHWESTERN WRESTLING: MATCH DAY INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	BROADCAST	RADIO	LIVE STATS
Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 29-30	Midlands Championships	All Day	Sears Centre Arena Hoffman Estates, Ill.	FloWrestling BTN Plus	N/A	TrackWrestling
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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — The 56th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships was held on Saturday and Sunday at the Sears Centre Arena.

SESSION FOUR
After a dramatic final session, Iowa is again the Midlands champion. Find notes from the session here.

SESSION THREE
The stage is set for the finals, including a 125-pound match-up between #1 Spencer Lee (Iowa) and #2 Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern). Find notes from the session here.

SESSION TWO
Iowa remains in the lead with 114.5 team points. Find notes from the session here.

SESSION ONE
Iowa is in the lead with 59.5 team points. Find notes from the session here.

BRACKETS
Please find the brackets for the 56th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships here.

SCHEDULE & TIMING
The Midlands Championships features four sessions, two on Saturday (Dec. 29) and two on Sunday (Dec. 30).

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29

9:30 AM – First Session (10 Mats)
7:00 PM – Second Session (10 Mats)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30

12:00 PM – Third Session (4 Mats) – Semis, consolation, 7th place match
7:05 PM – Final Session (3 Mats) – 1st, 3rd, 5th place matches
- Opening ceremonies at 6:30 p.m., Awards ceremony to conclude at 9:15 p.m.
- Midlands Hall of Fame Inductions will be prior to the final session

HALL OF FAME
Three will be added to the Midlands Championships Hall of Fame on Sunday before the final session, including Northwestern four-time All-American Jake Herbert, wrestling author Mike Chapman, and tournament administrator Sara Levin.

TOP CONTENDERS
Names are listed in alphabetical order. Entries are subject to change and do not reflect seeding.

125 lbs.
Connor Brown (Wisconsin)
Patrick Glory (Princeton)
Drew Hildebrandt (Central Michigan)
Spencer Lee (Iowa)
Michael McGee (Old Dominion)
Ryan Millhof (Arizona State)
Travis Piotrowski (Illinois)
Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern)

133 lbs.
Austin DeSanto (Iowa)
Dylan Duncan (Illinois)
Noah Gonser (Campbell)
Josiah Kline (Arizona State)
Jens Lantz (Wisconsin)
Derek Spann (Buffalo)
Nathan Tomasello (Ohio RTC)
Colin Valdiviez (Northwestern)

141 lbs.
Mike Carr (Illinois)
Cory Crooks (Arizona State)
Ryan Diehl (Maryland)
Bryan Lantry (Buffalo)
Tristan Moran (Wisconsin)
Max Murin (Iowa)
Corey Shie (Army)
Yahya Thomas (Northwestern)

149 lbs.
Anthony Artalona (Penn)
Alfred Bannister (Maryland)
Joshua Heil (Campbell)
Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton)
Pat Lugo (Iowa)
Cole Martin (Wisconsin)
Joshua Maruca (Arizona State)
Henry Pohlmeyer (South Dakota State)

157 lbs.
Eric Barone (Illinois)
Ryan Deakin (Northwestern)
Zach Hartman (Bucknell)
Christian Pagdilao (Arizona State)
Alex Smythe (Buffalo)
Luke Weiland (Army)
Alexander Wick (Wisconsin)
Kaleb Young (Iowa)

165 lbs.
Joey Gunther (Illinois)
Alex Marinelli (Iowa)
Cael McCormick (Army)
Kenny Moore (Northern Illinois)
Logan Peterson (South Dakota State)
Joshua Shields (Arizona State)
Jonathan Viruet (Brown)
Evan Wick (Wisconsin)

174 lbs.
Ryan Christensen (Wisconsin)
Ben Harvey (Army)
Andrew Morgan (Campbell)
Bryce Rogers (Brown)
Johnny Sebastian (Northwestern)
Travis Stefanik (Princeton)
Zahid Valencia (Arizona State)
Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois)

184 lbs.
Jordan Atienza (Central Michigan)
Drew Foster (Northern Iowa)
Bryce Gorman (Northern Illinois)
Emery Parker (Illinois)
Kevin Parker (Princeton)
Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State)
Noah Stewart (Army)
Cash Wilcke (Iowa)

197 lbs.
Patrick Brucki (Princeton)
Rocco Caywood (Army)
Zack Chakonis (Northwestern)
Thomas Lane (Cal Poly)
Andre Lee (Illinois)
Martin Mueller (South Dakota State)
Drew Phipps (Bucknell)
Jacob Warner (Iowa)

285 lbs.
Jake Gunning (Buffalo)
Jere Heino (Campbell)
Youssif Hemida (Maryland)
Trent Hillger (Wisconsin)
Conan Jennings (Northwestern)
AJ Nevills (Fresno State)
Matt Stencel (Central Michigan)
Sam Stoll (Iowa)

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