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SWAL dual meet champion Iowa-Grant topped the field at the SWAL/SWC CLASH Wrestling Tournament at Mineral Point Saturday scoring 304 points to Mineral Point's 261 and SWC dual meet champion Lancaster's 234.
Those three teams will meet next week at the Darlington Regional with the top team going on to WIAA Division 3 Team Sectional and the top two individuals from each weight class going on to individual sectional at Mineral Point.
The D2 teams from those teams go to River Valley for Regional action and then to Richland Center for Sectional action.
Rounding out the team scores were: River Valley 196, Richland Center 188, Riverdale 151, Prairie du Chien 147, Belmont/Platteville 141, Cuba City/Southwestern 115, Fennimmore 112, Dodgeville 88, Darlington 66, Boscobel 56.
The Panthers had seven wrestlers on the championship mat in the final round with two making to the top of the podium - 160 lb. Brandon Pierick and 170 lb. Logan Bollant.
Mineral Point, runner-up in both the SWAL dual meet season and now the CLASH, had a lone champion in Robby Chubb, who went up a weight for the tournament to 195.
Lancaster had a trio of champions in 106 lb. Cole Martin, 120 lb. Kyle Mezera and 152 lb. Ethan Soderstrom.
River Valley had two top winners in 126 lb. Austyn Alt and unbeaten 145 lb. Seth Liegel.
Cuba City/Southwestern's 138 lb. Jarod Donar remained unbeated in his four-year career and joined his cousin J.J. Donar (113 lbs.) as a champion.
Belmont/Platteviille also had a pair of champions in 182 lb. Dusty Jentz and 220 lb. David Stoney.
Richland Center 285 lb. Logan Schmidt was a winner as was Riverdale's 132 lb. Trevor Spears.
Finals
106-1st Place-Cole Martin (L) 9-0, Fr. over Taylor Elliott (PduC) 7-2, So. (Pin 2:53), 3rd Place-Reid Suddeth (MP) 9-1, So. over Ty Davidson (F) 6-3, So. (Dec 6-0), 5th Place-Shania Sarbacker (IG) 6-2, Fr. over Zach Guerin (CC/S) 6-4, Sr. (Dec 3-1), 7th Place-Trevor Curtis (RC) 5-3, So. over Alec Bass (RV) 2-6, So. (Dec 6-1).
113-1st Place-JJ Donar (CC/S) 9-1, So. over Ryan Mindham (Boscobel) 7-3, Jr. (Dec 7-0), 3rd Place-Deven Walrack (MP) 9-1, Sr. over Austin DeVoss (Do) 5-3, Jr. (Pin 4:50), 5th Place-Andrew Gander (RC) 6-3, Fr. over Tyson Wolf (L) 5-4, Fr. (Dec 7-0), 7th Place-Derek Dressler (PduC) 5-3, Sr. over Alex Niehaus (B/P) 2-7, Jr. (Maj 15-3).
120-1st Place-Kyle Mezera (L) 9-0, So. over Logan Mills (IG) 8-2, Sr. (Dec 4-0), 3rd Place-Adam Niehaus (B/P) 8-1, Sr. over Morgan Mewis (MP) 8-2, So. (Dec 2-1), 5th Place-Matt Dougherty (Do) 7-2, Sr. over Hunter Whitney (RC) 4-6, Fr. (Maj 14-2), 7th Place-Nolan Garoutte (R) 4-6, Fr. over Cyle Ward (B) 2-7, Sr. (I-D).
126-1st Place-Austyn Alt (RV) 9-0, Sr. over Daniel Rice (L) 8-1, So. (Dec 4-2), 3rd Place-Jared Roen (Riverdale) 8-1, Fr. over Luke Nowak (IG) 8-2, Fr. (OT 2-1), 5th Place-Jake Riley (MP) 7-2, So. over Cameron Cashman (B) 6-4, Jr. (Pin 2:07), 7th Place-Tyler Wunnicke (Do) 5-4, Fr. over Michael Sinclair (Da) 3-7, Sr. (Dec 11-4).
132-1st PlaceTrevor Spears (R) 10-0, Jr. over Tucker Sarbacker (IG) 8-2, Jr. (Dec 9-5), 3rd Place-Joe Crook (RV) 7-2, So. over Sam Stormoen (PduC) 6-3, Sr. (Pin 2:22), 5th Place-Ross Siegenthaler (MP) 6-3, Fr. over Marcus Theill (CC/S) 4-5, So. (Pin 0:57), 7th Place-Ben Kerian (RC) 2-2, Fr. over Jacob Recob (Do) 2-5, So. (Pin 3:26).
138-1st PlaceJarod Donar (CC/SW) 9-0, Sr. over Trenton Cornell (L) 8-1, So. (TF 18-1), 3rd Place-Nick Lechnir (RV) 6-3, Sr. over Jasper Meeker (Do) 5-3, Jr. (Dec 6-1), 5th Place-Carl Portwine (R) 7-3, Sr. over Tucker Pickel (MP) 6-4, Jr. (Dec 9-2), 7th Place-John Hentrich (B/P) 3-7, So. over Brian Halverson (IG) 4-3, So. (Maj 9-1).
145-1st Place-Seth Liegel (RV) 9-0, Jr. over Cody Bertram (MP) 8-1, Sr. (Dec 5-2), 3rd Place-Jacob Yelinek (Iowa-Grant) 7-3, Sr. over Alex Beckius (R) 5-2, Sr. (Maj 12-0), 5th Place-Tim Yager (PduC) 7-3, Jr. over Brady McDaniel (Da) 4-7, Sr. (Pin 1:20), 7th Place-Eric Mindham (B) 5-6, Sr. over Dylan Behrens (F) 3-8, Jr. (Pin 4:20).
152-1st Place-Ethan Soderstrom (L) 7-1, So. over Todd Tibbits (MP) 9-1, Sr. (Dec 4-0), 3rd Place-Brandon Hogan (RV) 7-1, Jr. over Cody Belken (IG) 5-5, Sr. (Maj 12-3), 5th Place-Brandon Banker (RC) 5-5, Fr. over Mathew Koch (R) 7-4, So. (Maj 15-3), 7th Place-Brandon Ashmore (F) 6-4, Fr. over Austin Loeffoelholz (B/P) 2-8, So. (Pin 2:08).
160-1st Place-Brandon Pierick (IG) 10-0, Sr. over Darren Mott (RC) 8-1, Sr. (Maj 15-2), 3rd Place-Garrett Riek (RV) 7-2, Jr. over Trae Mezera (L) 4-3, Jr. (Dec 3-2), 5th Place-Billy Silvers (R) 8-2, Sr. over Vinny Anderson (B/P) 5-4, Jr. (Maj 15-5), 7th Place-Garrett Rose (MP) 6-4, Sr. over Chris Wilkinson (PduC) 4-5, Jr. (Maj 11-0).
170-1st Place-Logan Bollant (IG) 10-0, Sr. over Cody Glass (L) 8-1, Jr. (Pin 3:21), 3rd Place-Duane Pretsch (RV) 7-1, Fr. over Josh Webber (MP) 4-4, Sr. (Pin 4:26), 5th Place-Austin Olson (Do) 4-3, Jr. over Joshua Kidd (RC) 4-3, Fr. (Pin 0:40), 7th Place-Kyle Pickel (CCi/S) 4-6, Jr. over Michael Hanson (R) 2-7, So. (FF).
182-1st Place-Dusty Jentz (B/P) 8-0, Sr. over Blake Welu (IG) 9-1, Sr. (Dec 13-6), 3rd Place-Logan Chappell (F) 7-3, Jr. over Tyler Black (Da) 5-4, Sr. (Pin 2:46), 5th Place-Justin Panka (PduC) 7-2, Jr. over Silas Coleman (RC) 5-4, Fr. (Pin 3:49), 7th Place-Nate Cody (MP) 4-4, Fr. over Connor Flynn (L) 3-6, Jr. (Pin 4:00).
195-1st Place-Robby Chubb (MP) 10-0, Jr. over Jace Simonson (RC) 8-1, Jr. (Pin 1:22), 3rd Place-Everett Schwer (F) 4-1, Sr. over Zach Koch (RV) 4-5, So. (Pin 2:59), 5th Place-Derek Peat (IG) 8-2, Jr. over Tyler Wanek (R) 7-3, So. (Pin 4:11), 7th Place-Forrest Thill (CC/S) 5-4, Jr. over Aaron Gohla (PduC) 5-4, Sr. (Dec 5-2).
220-1st Place-David Stoney (B/P) 9-0, Sr. over Cody Rider (IG) 5-1, So. (Dec 7-2), 3rd Place-Dan Welsch (PduC) 7-2, Sr. over Brenyn Schmit (MP) 5-4, So. (Dec 3-1), 5th Place-Darian Bangert (RC) 6-3, Sr. over Curtis Olson (L) 5-5, Sr. (Maj 13-3), 7th Place-Zach Wolf (Da) 3-6, Fr. over Tristan Hillberry (R) 1-5, Sr. (Pin 3:54).
285-1st Place-Logan Schmidt (RC) 9-0, Sr. over Ben McFall (IG) 8-1, Jr. (Pin 1:30), 3rd Place-Ryan Ashmore (F) 7-2, Sr. over Lucas Stoney (B/P) 5-4, So. (Pin 3:42), 5th Place-John VanDeHey (L) 5-4, Jr. over Brogan Riter (PduC) 5-4, Jr. (Dec 3-2), 7th Place-Hayden Black (Da) 4-5, So. over Nathan Poll (CC/S) 3-6, Sr. (Pin 0:50).
Wrestlers who failed to place in the oturnament from Dodgeville, Mneral Point, Iowa-Grant and River Valley were:
Dodgeville: 145 lb. Damon Wilson, 152 lb. Brett Binsfeld (injured), 182 lb. Clay DiCiaula and 285 lb. Taran Mortimer; Iowa-Grant: 113 lb. Jordan Jenks; Mineral Point: none; River Valley: 182 lb. Jacob Heiser.
Iowa-Grant coach Ryan Allen talked about the tournament andd the upcoming regional, saying:
"We are very excited about winning the clash. With many of the wrestlers knowing each other, having wrestled earlier in the year, and rivalries that have been created throughout the years, you can kind of expect some good battles. I'm very happy that we came out of there healthy and I think we built some momentum for next weekend.
"Next Saturday we will be at probably the toughest regional in Div 3. but I believe that's true because we are there. I know there will be some very good wrestlers who do not make it out of there who maybe should have, but that happens at every regional. We are going to keep doing what we have been doing all year and grinding it out. It's exciting for us to get a crack at some of the toughest competition early on and we will be ready."
Mineral Point coach Scott Schmitz taked about the clash saying:
"I thought we wrestled well today. Everybody placed for us and Robby (Chubb) went up a weight to help our team score better without having a heavyweight."
He was speaking of heavyweight Brian Steffes, who has been out with an injury.
"Hopefully he'll be back and okay for regional.
"We will be working hard in practice this week to get ready for regional. It'll be tough as the top three teams of this tournament will be at Darlington Saturday and only one of us can go on as a team.
We'll challenge the guys to go out there and wrestle their best and hopefully change some things around from how they came out today."