Vernon Hills’ Ilia Dvoriannikov has learned a lot since emigrating from Russia. His opponents? They learn too.

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Vernon Hills’ Ilia Dvoriannikov has learned a lot since emigrating from Russia. His opponents? They learn too.

Wrestling can be the easiest part of Ilia Dvoriannikov’s day. The Vernon Hills junior is already a two-time state qualifier who placed second in Class 2A in the 165-pound weight class last season. But when Dvoriannikov emigrated from Russia in eighth grade, he said he knew “zero English” and had to begin to adjust to a different culture. “I had to learn how to communicate,” Dvoriannikov said. “A lot of people didn’t understand me.” Vernon Hills …