The IHSA has made the right call by shifting the dual-team state tournament from Northern Illinois Unuiversity to Wharton Fieldhouse in Moline ...

The move, announced on the IHSA Web site on Monday, allows the NIU community to continue the healing process in the wake of last week's tragedy ... the focus in DeKalb needs to be on that, and not on an athletic event ...

Moline has hosted team state before and should be able to organize a first-class event on Saturday... at the same time, it's a safe bet that the thoughts of everyone in attendance -- wrestlers, coaches, officials, fans, media and workers -- will be with our grieving fellow citizens miles to the east ...