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Ken Kraft Midlands Championships
Indiana to Resume Competition at Ken Kraft Midlands Championships
12/28/2025 1:30:00 PM | Wrestling
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– In its final competition of 2025, No. 23 Indiana Wrestling will compete in the 61st edition of the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships from Dec. 29-30 at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill.
Indiana is expected to have roughly 20 wrestlers competing in the tournament with the majority of them attached and a few wrestling unattached.
BACK TO MIDLANDS:
-For the second consecutive season, and the third of the last four seasons, Indiana will compete in the prestigious Ken Kraft Midlands Championships.
-Whether it be attached or unattached, the Hoosiers will send a combined 20 wrestlers to the tournament.
-This year, Midlands is moving back to Evanston, Ill. at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Northwestern's campus. In recent previous seasons, the tournament has been at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
-In 2024, Indiana's Tyler Lillard (165) became the program's first Midlands Champion since Taylor Walsh won it in 2014 at the same weight.
-Gabe Sollars (197) and Jacob Bullock (285) also finished as runners-up at their weights.
ARMY REWIND:
-On Dec. 13, No. 24 Indiana defeated No. 27 Army, 26-14, in Wilkinson Hall to improve Indiana's dual record to 5-1 on the season.
-The matchup marked the first meeting between the two programs since Jan. 18, 1930, when Indiana won 26-6.
-Indiana won six of the ten bouts and won five of them with bonus-point victories.
-At intermission, Indiana and Army were tied at 9-9. Coming out of the break, Indiana won four of the remaining bouts to outscore Army, 17-5 and take the dual.
-Jacob Moran's tech fall win over Army's Charlie Farmer improved his season record to 9-0 to begin the 2025-26 campaign.
RANKINGS REFRESH:
-Across the latest national rankings, Indiana has seven Hoosier wrestlers ranked in the top-33 at their weight class.
-This matches the most ranked wrestlers Indiana had at any point in last season's campaign, too.
-Indiana's ranked wrestlers include No. 12 Jacob Moran (125), No. 25 Henry Porter (141), No. 31 Bryce Lowery (157), No. 20 Tyler Lillard (165), No. 31 Derek Gilcher (174), No. 14 Sam Goin (184) and No. 13 Gabe Sollars (197).
-Prior to the recent set of rankings, Logan Frazier was ranked No. 33 at 133 lbs. by both InterMat and FloWrestling.
-As a team, Indiana ranks No. 24 with the best dual lineup according to InterMat.
HIGH-LEVEL NON-CON:
-The Big Ten Conference always provides high level competition in Indiana's dual schedule, but the Hoosiers have their toughest non-conference dual schedule in years on deck.
-In addition to matches against Lock Haven, Columbia and Central Michigan, Indiana will face three ranked opponents in the non-conference slate.
-As it currently stands in the latest InterMat rankings, Indiana traveled to No. 15 Oklahoma (Nov. 23) to No. 22 Little Rock (Dec. 7) and hosted No. 27 Army (Dec. 13).
-As a result to the stronger dual schedule, Indiana will wrestle in fewer tournaments on their main schedule.
Indiana is expected to have roughly 20 wrestlers competing in the tournament with the majority of them attached and a few wrestling unattached.
BACK TO MIDLANDS:
-For the second consecutive season, and the third of the last four seasons, Indiana will compete in the prestigious Ken Kraft Midlands Championships.
-Whether it be attached or unattached, the Hoosiers will send a combined 20 wrestlers to the tournament.
-This year, Midlands is moving back to Evanston, Ill. at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Northwestern's campus. In recent previous seasons, the tournament has been at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
-In 2024, Indiana's Tyler Lillard (165) became the program's first Midlands Champion since Taylor Walsh won it in 2014 at the same weight.
-Gabe Sollars (197) and Jacob Bullock (285) also finished as runners-up at their weights.
ARMY REWIND:
-On Dec. 13, No. 24 Indiana defeated No. 27 Army, 26-14, in Wilkinson Hall to improve Indiana's dual record to 5-1 on the season.
-The matchup marked the first meeting between the two programs since Jan. 18, 1930, when Indiana won 26-6.
-Indiana won six of the ten bouts and won five of them with bonus-point victories.
-At intermission, Indiana and Army were tied at 9-9. Coming out of the break, Indiana won four of the remaining bouts to outscore Army, 17-5 and take the dual.
-Jacob Moran's tech fall win over Army's Charlie Farmer improved his season record to 9-0 to begin the 2025-26 campaign.
RANKINGS REFRESH:
-Across the latest national rankings, Indiana has seven Hoosier wrestlers ranked in the top-33 at their weight class.
-This matches the most ranked wrestlers Indiana had at any point in last season's campaign, too.
-Indiana's ranked wrestlers include No. 12 Jacob Moran (125), No. 25 Henry Porter (141), No. 31 Bryce Lowery (157), No. 20 Tyler Lillard (165), No. 31 Derek Gilcher (174), No. 14 Sam Goin (184) and No. 13 Gabe Sollars (197).
-Prior to the recent set of rankings, Logan Frazier was ranked No. 33 at 133 lbs. by both InterMat and FloWrestling.
-As a team, Indiana ranks No. 24 with the best dual lineup according to InterMat.
HIGH-LEVEL NON-CON:
-The Big Ten Conference always provides high level competition in Indiana's dual schedule, but the Hoosiers have their toughest non-conference dual schedule in years on deck.
-In addition to matches against Lock Haven, Columbia and Central Michigan, Indiana will face three ranked opponents in the non-conference slate.
-As it currently stands in the latest InterMat rankings, Indiana traveled to No. 15 Oklahoma (Nov. 23) to No. 22 Little Rock (Dec. 7) and hosted No. 27 Army (Dec. 13).
-As a result to the stronger dual schedule, Indiana will wrestle in fewer tournaments on their main schedule.
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