December 15, 2011 at 12:14 p.m.
Pointers tackle tough competition
Wausau West won their pool with Kaukauna taking second and Spring Valley/Elmwod third.
Then came the Pointers followed by Amery and DeForest.
Individual round team scores for the Pointers were - Round 1: Spring Valley/Elmwood defeated Mineral Point 38-26; Round 2: Wausau West defeated Mineral Point 47-18; Round 3: Kaukauna defeated Mineral Point 47-24; Round 4: Mineral Point defeated Amery 42-33; Round 5: Mineral Point defeated DeForest 53-9.
On the day, Deven Walrack (113) was 5-0 while Cody Bertram was 3-0 at 143. Frank Baker went 1-0 at 126. Todd Tibbits (152), Robby Chubb (182), Brenyn Schmit (220) and Brian Steffes (285) went 4-1. Tucker Pickel was 1-1 at 145 while Kolton Kenyon (195) and Reid Suddeth (106) were 2-3. Morgan Mewis (120) and Ross Siegenthaler (132) were 1-4 with Blake Chambers (126) and Josh Weber (170) both 0-4.
"They put is what was pretty muchthe #1 bracket," said Pointer coach Scott Schmitz. "I thought we wrestled well. We competed and battled hard as individuals on the mat. All but two of our guys won a match of some type and Deven Walrack and Cody Bertram both went unbeaten. Todd Tibbits. Robby Chubb, Brenyn Schmit and Brian Steffes each had a good day."
"I think it was a eye opener for some of our freshmen as to the type of competition we face. Each guy will get better because of this tournament. We came away with a lot of valuable experience. We could face Spring Valley in the team tournament down the road."
The Pointers travel to Iowa-Grant Friday night in a match that should decide the SWAL team championship.
"Hopefully Friday night we won't make some of the silly mistakes we made Saturday," Schmitz concluded.
