SENECA — Fighting Irish senior Brandon Webb, by his own admission, was not a good wrestler when he first started. Adding to the challenge ahead of him was the fact that his older brother Ron was constantly throwing him around like a rag doll when the two sparred on and off the mat.

Brandon tried basketball then wrestling and then went back to basketball before settling in on pursuing life as a grappler in high school.

The IHSA Individual State Wrestling Finals began Thursday down at Assembly Hall in Champaign. Webb is one of 11 area individuals who made the cut to state this winter, and it's his second trip down competing in the event.