Taylor lands sixth-place medal at IKWF state meet

ROCKFORD -- Ty Taylor added another state medal to his family's collection by placing sixth in Saturday's Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation state finals at the Rockford Metro Centre. Taylor wrestled in the 108-pound class of senior division, which was loaded with eight returning state medalists, and featured place matches decided by two-points or less. Taylor wrestled four of the returning medalists to gain a sixth-place finish. On Friday, Taylor battled three-time state champ Elias Larson to a 1-0 defeat. He bounced back Saturday to defeat Ryan Lund of the Wrestling Factory 4-3 and then whipped Codee Watson of the Belvidere Bandits 15-7. A IKWF walk-over rule allowed Larson, who had lost his semifinal by one point, to take a second victor