{"id":1917189,"date":"2023-04-20T11:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T15:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-illinois-youth-wrestler-sucker-punched-after-match-while-going-for-handshake\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T11:27:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T15:27:08","slug":"watch-illinois-youth-wrestler-sucker-punched-after-match-while-going-for-handshake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-illinois-youth-wrestler-sucker-punched-after-match-while-going-for-handshake\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Illinois Youth Wrestler Sucker Punched After Match While Going For Handshake"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-illinois-youth-wrestler-sucker-punched-after-match-while-going-for-handshake%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1917189&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shocking <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/viral-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kids-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">youth wrestler<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> getting sucker punched after a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wrestling match<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Illinois started making the rounds on social media this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The incident took place at the \u201cBeat The Streets\u201d tournament on April 8 at Oak Park River Forest High School in Oak Park, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/illinois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illinois<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/04\/18\/wrestler-sucker-punch-match-illinois-oak-park-police-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TMZ<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/wrestling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrestling<\/a> tournament included athletes from ages 8 to 18. A video from the event, which just started making headlines, shows an 8th-grader from SPAR Wrestling Academy and his opponent from Maine West High School finishing up on the mat during a 125-128 pound freestyle third-place match. The SPAR wrestler won in a 14-2 decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But just before the competitors were meant to shake hands, the losing athlete suddenly sucker-punched the winner in the head. The SPAR wrestler instantly crumpled to the floor as onlookers rushed to his side. One woman could be heard screaming, \u201cWhat the f***! Oh my God\u201d as she rushed over.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hafid Alicea of Maine West (IL) throws a sucker punch at the line\u2026  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wtf?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wtf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9m4HAxl2oF\">pic.twitter.com\/9m4HAxl2oF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Wrestling Room (Pat Mineo) (@MrPatMineo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrPatMineo\/status\/1646980265766518787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe is making the best of the situation and is already back to training,\u201d SPAR Wrestling Academy founder Justin Pearch told TMZ Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs you may know, wrestling matches can get heated but nothing leading up to the punch would give cause to such bad decision-making on the opponent\u2019s part,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not tolerated in our sport and SPAR Wrestling will never condone that behavior.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1681913061093000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1nSUp7X_GMxrPR-OuaxTA7\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Oak Park Police Department spokesperson said the incident is under investigation and that the parents of both minors are cooperating. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The victim\u2019s parents have reportedly filed assault charges, according to Pat Mineo of The Wrestling Room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Mail <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/othersports\/article-11988559\/Youth-wrestler-sucker-PUNCHES-opponent-suffering-defeat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that the SPAR wrestler is a two-time Illinois state wrestling champion.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shocking video of a youth wrestler getting sucker punched after a wrestling match in Illinois started making the rounds on social media this week. The incident took place at the \u201cBeat The Streets\u201d tournament on April 8 at Oak Park River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois, per TMZ. 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