Cory Clark Wrestling

05/26/2026

Happy birthday to Cory Clark, our esteemed founder, leader, and captain who skillfully navigates us through challenges. We thank you for your unwavering commitment to the kids and the club. Wishing you a wonderful birthday celebration!

05/17/2026

We brought a squad of hammers to Coach Cory's old stomping ground to wrestle the HWA Freestyle Duals. We came out with the K-5 Team Champions going undefeated and 5-0! All of our kids wrestled great and showed true grit and determination.

This was a great dual tournament! Thank you to The Hawkeye Wrestling Academy and for the invite and hospitality. We had a blast wrestling and cheering on our teammates! See you next year!

05/04/2026

After two long days the 2026 Illinois Freestyle State Championship is over. It was a very tough tournament with deep brackets. All of our wrestlers put in everything they had. Some came up short, but this is not the end of the road. The goal for our high schoolers is Fargo and we're not done yet. We are proud to announce that we had 7 IL Freestyle State Champions, 4 Runner up, and 6 placers. Unfortunately we did not get many pictures of our wrestlers.

Chase Amorn 10U 56lb State Champion 🏆

Beckham Velarde 10U 67lb State Champion 🏆

Dominic Flores 12U 63lb State Champion 🏆

Maddox Fialka 12U 78lb State Champion 🏆

Brendan Beidler 12U 135lb State Champion 🏆

Colton Zabinski 14U 120lb State Champion 🏆

Erik Klichurov 16U 120lb State Champion 🏆

Timur Dorzhiev 12U 74lb 2nd Place 🥈

Alex Leon 14U 140lb 2nd Place 🥈

Niko Duarte 16U 120lb 2nd Place 🥈

Allen Woo USA JR 126lb 2nd Place 🥈

River Couture 12U 63lb 3rd Place 🥉

Max Marti 12U 78lb 3rd Place 🥉

Cam Carter 12U 135lb 3rd Place 🥉

Bobby Caldwell 10U 105lb 3rd Place 🥉

Lazar Arkaev 8U 53lb 4th Place

David Leon 12U 92lb 4th Place

Jackson Hanselman USA JR 175lb 4th Place

*Special shout-out to Dominic Flores for being a double State Champion and Chase Amorn on his Triple Crown State Champion!

04/30/2026

Congratulations to Allen Woo on his college commitment to Princeton! We at Cory Clark Wrestling are super proud. Allen is a great leader and role model on and off the mats for our younger wrestlers. He works hard in the wrestling room and class room. Princeton is getting themselves a heck of a student athlete. We are eager to watch the next steps of Allen's career. The future is bright!!!

04/21/2026

FNF is on for this Friday 04/24! Sign up and come get some scraps in!

Friday Night Fights!!!

Great news!!! FNFs with Cory Clark is starting up THIS FRIDAY for a 5 week session in Lombard. 50 wrestler cap. Register for any of the 5 upcoming Fridays at https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/ilccw/page/class-registration.

After these 5 FNFs, we will take 2 weeks off and open FNFs up for a summer session as well.

04/20/2026

The wrestling season never ends at Cory Clark Wrestling💪 We had wrestlers competing at Illinois Greco State, Illinois Girl's Freestyle State, and Nuway Nationals this weekend. We had solid results! Everyone came ready to scrap!

Illinois Greco State Championship
Chase Amorn 10u 56lb Greco State Champion
David Dorzhiev 14u 75lb Greco State Champion
Colton Zabinski 14u 120lb Greco State Champion
Niko Duarte 16u 120lb Greco State Champion

Greco State Placers
Brendan Beidler 12u 135lb 3rd Place
Woodrow Cippola 12u 78lb 3rd Place
Timur Dorzhiev 12u 74lb 3rd Place
Danny Huerta USA Junior 106lb 3rd Place

Illinois Girl's Freestyle State Championship
Zara Klichurov 14u 105lb 4th Place
Zoey Rousseau 12u 140lb 5th Place

Nuway Nationals
Paul Flores 10u 55lb Champion
Penelope Flores 8u 55lb Champion *Outstanding Wrestler award as well!
David Leon 11u 90lb Champion
Alex Leon 13u 145lb Champion
Dominic Flores 5-0 12u Duals. Team Champions

04/13/2026

Friday Night Fights!!!

Great news!!! FNFs with Cory Clark is starting up THIS FRIDAY for a 5 week session in Lombard. 50 wrestler cap. Register for any of the 5 upcoming Fridays at https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/ilccw/page/class-registration.

After these 5 FNFs, we will take 2 weeks off and open FNFs up for a summer session as well.

04/13/2026

Congrats to our Cory Clark wrestlers that headed out West to Reno, Nevada to compete at Reno Worlds this past weekend.

Here are our results:

Alex Leon 12U 130LB Champion
David Leon 10U 85LB Runner Up
Dominic Flores 10U 55LB 4th Place
Paul Flores 10U 55LB 3rd Place
Penelop Flores 8U 55LB 5th Place
Robert Horton 8U 52LB 2nd Place
Dikota Lacy 8U 49LB 5th Place

Also big congrats to Alex Leon for winning the Trinity award and Outstanding Wrestler! The Trinity is awarded to wrestlers that win Tulsa Kickoff, Tulsa Nationals, and Reno Worlds!!!

03/22/2026

A big congrats to our Cory Clark Wrestlers that competed in the IESA State Series! They went out and put on a performance and showed grit, heart, and determination. They embodied what it means to be a CCW wrestler.

Ben Illingworth - State Champ
Mason Akileh - Runner-up
Barrett Kocsis - 3rd Place