December 7, 2012 at 11:41 a.m.
Dodgers have 2 champs, take 3rd
When it was all over, the Dodgers finished in third place with Mount Horeb/Barneveld nosing out Westfgield Area for the team crown.
Team results were: Mount Horeb/Barneveld 236, Westfield Area 230, Dodgeville 192, Parkview 123, Columbus 116, Pecatonica/Argyle 98, Black Hawk 90, River Ridge/Cassville 90, Belmont/Platteville 61, Darlington 54, Madison East 50, Madison Memorial 21.
Championships by the Dodgers were won by 113 lb. Trevor Wunnicke and 120 lb. Austin DeVoss.
Black Hawk Invite - Dodgeville
106 - Zach Nelson placed 3rd and scored 11.00 team points.
Round 1-Nelson won in overtime over Joe Quinn (Black Hawk) 15-13, Round 2-Nelson won by decision over Casey Phillips (Pecatonica/Argyle) 12-8, Round 3-Nelson won by pin over Sam Gorton (Parkview) 1:07, Round 4-Dalton Frakes (Mount Horeb/Barneveld) won by pin over Nelson 1:58, Round 5-CJ Kuhl (Westfield Area) won by pin over Nelson 0:51.
113-Trevor Wunnicke placed 1st and scored 18.00 team points.
Round 1-Wunnicke won by decision over Collin Novak (Black Hawk) 12-7, Round 2-Wunnicke won by decision over David Seng (River Ridge/Cassville) 8-4, Round 3-Wunnicke won by pin over Login Swearingen (Pecatonica/Argyle) 0:17.
120-Austin DeVoss placed 1st and scored 30.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-DeVoss received a bye, Quarterfinal-DeVoss won by pin over Bo Kluesner (River Ridge/Cassville 1:24, Semifinal-DeVoss won by pin over Bobbie Ties (Mount Horeb/Barneveld) 2:57, 1st Place Match-DeVoss won by pin over Gattlyn Molnar (Columbus) 1:26.
126-Payton Grunow placed 6th and scored 9.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Grunow received a bye, Quarterfinal-Austin McCartney (Westfield Area) won by pin over Grunow 0:51, Cons. Round 2-Grunow won by pin over Caleb Walker (Madison Memorial) 0:29, Cons. Semi-Grunow won by pin over Cora Cornett (Belmont/Platteville) 20:00, 5th Place Match-Erik Rupp (Columbus) won by decision over Grunow 8-4.
132-Ty Wunnicke placed 3rd and scored 19.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Wunnicke received a bye, Quarterfinal-Wunnicke won by pin over Aaron Hatlevig (Parkview) 5:18, Semifinal-Thomas Cuff (Westfield Area) won by decision over Wunnicke 8-4, 3rd Place Match- Wunnicke won by pin over Luke Kirschbaum (River Ridge/Cassville) 2:15.
138-Jacob Recob failed to place.
Champ. Round 1-Patrick Roche (Darlington) won by decision over Recob 5-4, Cons. Round 1-Recob received a bye, Cons. Round 2-Darnell Richmond (Madison Memorial) won by pin over Recob 1:37.
145-Jasper Meeker placed 4th and has scored 14.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Meeker received a bye, Quarterfinal-Meeker won by major decision over Robert Wells (Parkview) 10-1, Semifinal-Sam Kruse (Mount Horeb/Barneveld) won in overtime over Meeker 8-6, 3rd Place Match-Dakota Meier (Black Hawk) won by pin over Meeker 4:36)
152-Brady Wetter placed 2nd and scored 23.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Wetter received a bye, Quarterfinal-Wetter won by major decision over Matt Blome (Mount Horeb/Barneveld) 18-10, Semifinal Wetter won by pin over Marc Foltz (Columbus 3:02, 1st Place Match-Jay Kaenel (Westfield Area) won by pin over Wetter 2:55.
160-Brett Binsfeld placed 2nd and scored 22.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Binsfeld received a bye, Quarterfinal-Binsfeld won by pin over Casey Lobdell (Darlington) 1:10, Semifinal-Binsfeld won by decision over Brendan Neal (Parkview) 5-1, 1st Place Match-Tristian Luther (Mount Horeb/Barneveld) won by pin over Binsfeld 1:51.
170-Austin Olson placed 3rd and scored 17.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Olson received a bye, Quarterfinal-Olson won by pin over Cody Mantz (Westfield Area) 5:31, Semifinal-Daylan Bowar (Mount Horeb/Barneveld) won by pin over Olson 2:58, 3rd Place Match-Olson won by decision over Derek Gerber (Parkview) 5-2.
182-Jack Schickel placed 5th and scored 7.00 team points.
Round 1-Schickel won by pin over Isaac Kysely (Madison Memorial) 2:22, Round 2-Tanner Akers (Westfield Area) won by pin over Schickel 1:49, Round 3-Justin Graham (Parkview) won by pin over Schickel 1:59, Round 4-Anthony Sutter (Mount Horeb/Barneveld) 3-2 won by major decision over Schickel 13-2, Round 5-Nathan Virgin (Columbus) 13-18 won by pin over Schickel 1:14.
195-Sam Gollon placed 3rd and scored 11.00 team points.
Round 1-Ben Weinch-Warner (Westfield Area) won by pin over Gollon 3:25, Round 2-Quinn Faust (Mount Horeb/Barneveld) won by pin over Sam Gollon (Dodgeville) 1:02, Round 3-Gollon won by pin over Ben Meyer (Pecatonica/Argyle) 0:12.
220-Payton Calvert placed 3rd and scored 11.00 team points.
Round 1-Calvert won by pin over Erik Santos (River Ridge/Cassville) 0:41, Round 2-Calvert won by decision over Brandon Peters (Westfield Area) 10-5, Round 3-Lucas McKeon won by pin over Calvert 2:53, Round 5-Jordan Festge (Madison East) won by pin over Calvert 5:40.
285-Taran Mortimer failed to place.
Champ. Round 1-Mortimer received a bye, Quarterfinal-Nick Gilbertson (Pecatonica/Argyle) won by pin over Mortimer 2:17, Cons. Round 2-Mike Powers (Black Hawk) won by pin over Mortimer 4:27.
"It was a good starting point for us," said Dodger coach Tim Wunnicke. "It would have been nice to have a dual meet before Black Hawk to gauge where we were but that wasn't an option. All but 2 wrestlers scored team points for us and we had guys at every weight. We had 2 champions in Austin DeVoss (120) and Trevor Wunnicke (113). Brady Wetter (152) and Brett Binsfield (160) took 2nd. Zach Nelson (106)Tyler Wunnicke (132) Austin Olson (170) Sam Gollon (195) Payton Calver (220) all took 3rd. Jasper Meeker (145) took 4th and Jack Schickel (182) took 5th and Payton Grunow took 6th"
"We see a lot of teams that we don't normally see at this tourney and along with that a lot of different styles of wrestling. We were extremely happy with how we did but at the same time realize we still have a lot of work to do if we want to be a competitive dual meet team Its hard to keep in mind that every thou we have 5 seniors on the team, we also have 5 freshman and 3 sophomores. We a young team with drive and determination and with 25 kids in the practice room we should do nothing but improve," the coach went on saying.
"River Valley will be a true test for us this Thursday night. They have always been a perennial power with a lot of proven wrestlers, so I guess we will see how we match up," Wunnicke concluded.
