CHAMPAIGN — On any given year in the past, local wrestlers Cody Minnick, Corey Jurzak and Casey Brown of Coal City and Sage Friese of Seneca would have been the first four wrestlers taking the floor in succession down at the IHSA State Wrestling Tournament.

Since it's inception, the State meet has started with the lowest weight class (106 this year) and ended with the heavyweights. That changed this year and a blind draw started the action at the 170-pound class. After waiting five weights, things didn't go exactly as planned for the four finalists.