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Mineral Point finished eighth in the 22 team Badger State Wrestling Tournament held in Madison Saturday.
Iowa-Grant/Highland took 12th with River Valley at 14th.
Stoughton came out on top 287 to 274 with Wisconsin Lutheran and Two Rivers taking the next two spots with 249 and 220.
Then came Sparta at 197.5, Pewaukee with 183 and Badger at 174.
After Mineral Point came Luxemberg/Casco 147, Waunakee 129 and Waukesha South 124.5.
Iowa-Grant/Highland scored 120 with Waseca at 113.
River Valley totaled 102.5 followed by Sycamore 81.5, Campbellsport 75, Franklin 53.5, Waukesha West 35, Madison LaFollette 33, Manawa 20 and Lake Mills 9.
2014 Badger State Wrestling Invitational Results for Mineral Point
106-Bailey Lawinger (3-12) failed to place.
Champ. Round-Lawinger received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Brody Kust (Two Rivers) 16-2 won by fall over Lawinger (1:04), Cons. Round 2-Michael Sanders (Badger) 8-4 won by fall over Lawinger (2:26)
132-Frank Baker (16-2) placed 3rd and scored 28.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Baker received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Baker won by fall over Matt Hoppe (Franklin) 6-9 (1:42), Quarterfinal-Frank Baker won by fall over Jacob Johnson (Campbellsport) 10-6 (4:36), Semifinal-Zach Hasselberger (Stoughton) 15-2 won by decision over Baker (5-2), 3rd Place Match-Baker won by decision over Laken Duerschmidt (Two Rivers) 15-3 (7-5)
138-Ross Siegenthaler (16-2) placed 4th and scored 24.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Siegenthaler received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Siegenthaler won by fall over Beau Milbrett (Waseca) 4-6 (2:44), Quarterfinal-Siegenthaler won by fall over Brett VonRuden (Sparta) 10-5 (1:37), Semifinal-Cody Walrath (Freedom) 16-3 won by decision over Siegenthaler (9-8), 3rd Place Match-Isaac Lodise (Pewaukee) 12-2 won by decision over Siegenthaler (7-4)
145-Brandon Forseth (14-4) placed 5th and scored 19.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Forseth received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Forseth won by fall over Zack Johnson (Manawa) 8-7 (3:02), Quarterfinal-Aaron Michaels (Wisconsin Lutheran) 15-3 won by decision over Forseth (4-3), Cons. Round 2-Forseth (Mineral Point) 14-4 won by decision over Levi Feucht (Campbellsport) 12-4 (8-4), 5th Place Match-Forseth won by major decision over Brandon Holmes (Two Rivers) 14-4 (8-0)
152-Boone Schmitz (12-6) failed to place but scored 6.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Schmitz won by injury default over Trevar Helland (Stoughton) 0-10, Champ. Round 2-Hayden Krein (Sparta) 13-2 won by fall over Schmitz (2:11), Cons. Round 2-Schmitz won by decision over Joseph Stupar (Madison Lafollette) 9-6 (5-4), Cons. Round 3-Schmitz won by decision over Casey Lobdell (Darlington) 5-4 (5-0), Consolation 1st-Antoine Garrett (Wisconsin Lutheran) 13-5 won by decision over Schmitz (7-4)
160-Scott Pittz (17-1) placed 2nd and scored 32.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Pittz received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Pittz won by fall over Harjot Bains (Franklin) 3-8 (3:17), Quarterfinal-Pittz won by decision over Tony Howard (Badger) 9-4 (5-0), Semifinal-Pittz won by decision over Trentyn Shaw (Waukesha West) 16-2 (4-3), 1st Place Match-Seth Vosters (Freedom) 19-0 won by decision over Pittz (3-2)
170-Sawayer Wallace (10-7) failed to place but scored 11.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Slade Norton (Darlington) 5-4 won by decision over Wallace (3-1), Cons. Round 1-Wallace received a bye, Cons. Round 2-Wallace (Mineral Point) 10-7 received a bye () (Bye), Cons. Round 3-Wallace won by fall over Avery Emmans (Waseca) 0-2 (0:38), Consolation 1st-Wallace (Mineral Point) 10-7 won by fall over Connor Reefe (Waunakee) 8-8 (0:43)
182-Kyle Juedes (5-10) failed to place is.
Champ. Round 1-Juedes received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Ian Wirtz (Wisconsin Lutheran) 12-6 won by decision over Juedes (5-2), Cons. Round 2-Andrew Dresdow (Waukesha West) 4-2 won by decision over Juedes (7-3)
195-Nate Cody (14-4) placed 2nd and scored 34.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Cody received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Cody received a bye, Quarterfinal-Cody won by injury default over Christian Dischler (Pewaukee) 8-6, Semifinal-Cody won by decision over Austin Benton (Stoughton) 13-4 (5-4), 1st Place Match-Cole Hooker (Waunakee) 16-0 won by decision over Cody (3-2)
220-Joey Dolphin (0-2) failed to place.
Champ. Round 1-Dolphin received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Evan Philibeck (Freedom) 14-3 won by fall over Dolphin (3:32), Cons. Round 2-Joe Nelson (Stoughton) 7-7 won by fall over Dolphin (0:33)
285-Zach Cummings (1-2) failed to place but scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Cummings won by fall over Ben Clayton (Waseca) 5-7 (4:30), Champ. Round 2-Quinten Reid (Wisconsin Lutheran) 18-0 won by fall over Cummings (0:38), Cons. Round 2-Brent Rider (Iowa-Grant/Highland) 8-6 won by fall over Cummings (0:43).
"This meet was good for us to prepare for our upcoming trip to Merrill," said Pointer coach Scott Schmitz. "As a team I feel we learned to comp[ete. There were some great matches, but we have to just take our opportunities and take the official out of the match's outcome."
He said he felt Brady (106) was in a tough weight class and drew the #1 seed right off the bat. "He didn't back away from anybody and that should help him down the road."
"Frank (132) had an outstanding tournament. He gave himself a chance to win in the semis against a defending state champ."
"Ross (138) also had a great tournament losing a close (questionable) one in the semis against a D2 kid who is ranked high."
"Brandon (145) lost to the #2 seed in the quarters and wrestled back to 5th showing he didn't give up."
"Boone (152) had a nice win against the Stoughton kid and lost a tough placement match."
"Scotty (160) moved up a weight and was under the weather, but only lost a close match in the finals against a highly ranked D2 kid."
"Sawyer (170) lost early and then improved as the day went on."
"Nate (195) had a great tournamet. He only lost a close match to the #1 seed and took him out of his game plan."
"Kyle, Zach and Joey all just need to learn to just stick their noses in there aand compete the best they can."
2014 Badger State Wrestling Invitational Results for Iowa-Grant/Highland
106-Sawyer Sarbacker (9-3) placed 7th and scored 13.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Sarbacker received a bye,, Champ. Round 2-Sarbacker won by fall over Austin Nguyen (Waukesha West) 7-7 (2:50), Quarterfinal-Brandon Klein (Stoughton) 16-1 won by major decision over Sarbacker (9-1), Cons. Round 3-Garrison Murphy (Freedom) 16-3 won by decision over Sarbacker (5-1), 7th Place Match-Sarbacker won by decision over Benjamin Holtz (Sycamore) 9-9 (8-4)
113-Ron Allen (4-8) failed to place.
Champ. Round 1-Allen received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Alex Costello (Campbellsport) 15-1 won by fall over Allen (0:53), Cons. Round 2-Lucas Roecker (Wisconsin Lutheran) 10-6 won by tech fall over Allen (15-0)
120-Max Maylor (14-2) placed 3rd and scored 28.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1- Maylor received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Maylor won by fall over Chase Radtke (Manawa) 5-8 (1:19), Quarterfinal-Maylor won by fall over Bennett Marchant (Campbellsport) 11-5 (3:07), Semifinal-Kaleb Louis (Stoughton) 16-1 won by fall over Maylor (5:23), 3rd Place Match-Maylor won by decision over Devan Vandenbush (Luxemberg Casco) 3-3 (6-3)
126-Gavin Jinkins (4-2) failed to place isbut scored 11.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Noah Schmidt (Waseca) 4-10 won by fall over Jinkins (0:56), Cons. Round 1-Jinkins received a bye, Cons. Round 2-Jinkins received a bye, Cons. Round 3-Jinkins won by fall over Garrett Bristol (Manawa) 3-12 (1:46), Consolation 1st-Gavin Jinkins won by fall over Jacob Hendrix (Madison Lafollette) 1-3 (3:35)
132 - Clayton Kite (4-8) failed to place.
Champ. Round 1-Kite received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Zach Hasselberger (Stoughton) 15-2 won by fall over Kite (5:22), Cons. Round 2-Ben Statz (Waunakee) 9-6 won by fall over Kite (4:41)
138-Trenton Arndt (3-9) failed to place.
Champ. Round 1-Derek Lawinger (Madison Lafollette) 7-9 won by major decision over Arndt (10-0), Cons. Round 1-Arndt received a bye, Cons. Round 2-Arndt received a bye, Cons. Round 3-Arndt received a bye, Consolation 1st-Joe Hoelzer (Waukesha South) 8-3 won by decision over Arndt (1-0)
145-Travis Arndt (6-9) failed to place but scored 8.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Aaron Simmons (Franklin) 3-8 won by fall over Arndt (0:33), Cons. Round 1-Arndt received a bye, Cons. Round 2-Arndt received a bye, Cons. Round 3-Arndt won by major decision over Jacob Sosa (Waukesha South) 2-3 (10-0), Consolation 1st-Lance Ubersox (Darlington) 4-2 won by fall over Arndt
152-Brady Peat (10-6) placed 8th and scored 11.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Peat received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Peat won by fall over Mason Ksioszk (Campbellsport) 8-5 (1:02), Quarterfinal-Chris Yauch (Two Rivers) 17-1 won by decision over Peat (7-3), Cons. Round 3-Elijah Alt (River Valley) 14-3 won by decision over Peat (2-1), 7th Place Match-Jason Berg (Pewaukee) 10-4 won by decision over Peat (3-2)
170-Luke Nowak (13-3) placed 2nd and scored 33.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Nowak received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Nowak won by fall over Slade Norton (Darlington) 5-4 (3:14), Quarterfinal-Nowak won by tech. fall over Wyatt Schauf (River Valley) 10-7 (21-4), Semifinal-Nowak won by decision over Eric Ehrhardt (Waukesha South) 10-3 (5-1), 1st Place Match-Jacob Raschka (Pewaukee) 14-0 won by decision over Nowak (7-0)
182-Clint Havlik (6-7) failed to place.
Champ. Round 1-Havlik received a bye,, Champ. Round 2-Devon Hallet (Luxemberg Casco) 9-9 won by fall over Havlik (1:27), Cons. Round 2-Cy Kuschel (Waseca) 4-10 won by fall over Havlik (2:34)
220-Kyle Soderstrom (12-4) placed 5th and scored 20.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Soderstrom received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Soderstrom won by fall over Adam Pennings (Luxemberg Casco) 11-6 (4:45), Quarterfinal-Bryce Roberts (Wisconsin Lutheran) 16-2 won by decision over Soderstrom (6-4), Cons. Round 3-Soderstrom won by fall over Tennessee Hatfield (River Valley) 4-7 (1:29), 5th Place Match-Soderstrom won by decision over Dylan Winegar (Waseca) 7-5 (6-3)
285 - Brent Rider (8-6) failed to place but scored 6.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Rider received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Cole Thompson (Manawa) 12-6 won by fall over Rider (4:57), Cons. Round 2-Rider won by fall over Zach Cummings (Mineral Point) 1-2 (0:43), Cons. Round -Rider won by fall over Erik Harried (Stoughton) 3-5 (2:51), Consolation 1st-Gavin Devine (Franklin) 9-2 won by fall over Rider (0:49)
2014 Badger State Wrestling Invitational Results for River Valley
106-Zach Licht (13-4) placed 5th and scored 19.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Licht received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Licht won by fall over Michael Sanders (Badger) 8-4 (1:53), Quarterfinal-Brody Kust (Two Rivers) 16-2 won by decision over Licht (3-2), Cons. Round 3-Licht won by major decision over Benjamin Holtz (Sycamore) 9-9 (10-0), 5th Place Match-Licht won by decision over Garrison Murphy (Freedom) 16-3 (2-1)
113-Dustin Hatfield (16-1) placed 5th and scored 20.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Hatfield received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Hatfield won by major decision over Sam Knuth (Sycamore) 4-12 (12-2), Quarterfinal-Cade King (Waseca) 12-4 won by decision over Hatfield (5-4), Cons. Round 3-Hatfield won by tech fall over David Hayes (Sparta) 6-6 (20-5), 5th Place Match-Hatfield won by fall over Stevie Kraus (Badger) 10-3 (4:20)
120-Nate Jennings (8-3) failed to place but scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Jennings received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Devan Vandenbush (Luxemberg Casco) 3-3 won by decision over Jennings (6-0), Cons. Round 2-Jennings won by decision over Jacob Duncan (Pewaukee) 0-4 (3-2), Cons. Round 3-Jennings (River Valley) 8-3 won by fall over Cory Rozanski (Waukesha South) 6-4 (4:31), Consolation 1st-Christian Lamon (Sparta) 7-5 won by major decision over Jennings (9-1)
126-Gavin Wipperfurth (11-6) placed 8th and scored 9.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1- Wipperfurth received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Wipperfurth won by decision over Josh VandeHei (Luxemberg Casco) 12-5 (3-2), Quarterfinal-Tepra Wright (Wisconsin Lutheran) 13-0 won by major decision over Wipperfurth (11-3), Cons. Round 3-Tommy Bianchi (Two Rivers) 14-4 won by decision over Wipperfurth (4-3), 7th Place Match-Preston Ernst (Waunakee) 13-3 won by decision over Wipperfurth (5-1)
132-Mason Wipperfurth (6-9) failed to place but scored 1.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Wipperfurth received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Laken Duerschmidt (Two Rivers) 15-3 won by fall over Wipperfurth (1:42), Cons. Round 2-Wipperfurth won by decision over Ivan Coenen (Freedom) 6-4 (5-0), Cons. Round 3-Denver Daniels (Waseca) 6-5 won by decision over Wipperfurth (River Valley) 6-9 (5-4)
145-Ethyn Johnson (5-5) failed to place but scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Johnson won by decision over Lance Ubersox (Darlington) 4-2 (8-7), Champ. Round 2-Levi Feucht (Campbellsport) 12-4 won by fall over Johnson (1:48), Cons. Round 2-Sean Murphy (Freedom) 10-9 won by fall over Johnson (2:10)
152-Elijah Alt (14-3) placed 5th and scored 19.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Alt received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Alt won by fall over Joseph Stupar (Madison Lafollette) 9-6 (3:20), Quarterfinal-Hayden Krein (Sparta) 13-2 won by major decision over Alt (11-0), Cons. Round 3-Alt won by decision over Peat (Iowa-Grant/Highland) 10-6 (2-1), 5th Place Match-Alt won by major decision over Seth Peters (Luxemberg Casco) 15-3 (13-1)
160-Cole Mahoney (10-4) failed to place.
Champ. Round 1-Mahoney received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Brandon Berg (Pewaukee) 6-2 won by decision over Mahoney (10-3), Cons. Round 2-Lucas Maxon (Waseca) 4-6 won by decision over Mahoney (2-0)
170-Wyatt Schauf (10-7) placed 8th and scored 10.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Schauf (River Valley) 10-7 received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Schauf won by tech fall over Taylor Mssika (Two Rivers) 5-4 (20-4), Quarterfinal-Luke Nowak (Iowa-Grant/Highland) 13-3 won by tech. fall over Schauf (21-4), Cons. Round 3-Gunnar Helland (Stoughton) 13-2 won by major decision over Schauf (12-2), 7th Place Match-Dalton Smercheck (Luxemberg Casco) 15-3 won by decision over Schauf (10-3)
195-Duane Pretsch (5-10) failed to place but scored 2.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Pretsch received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Nick Halpin (Badger) 9-4 won by fall over (3:36), Cons. Round 2-Pretsch won by tech fall over Levi Kuschel (Waseca) (18-2), Cons. Round 3-Zac Miller (Two Rivers) 10-7 won by fall over Pretsch (0:51)
220-Tennessee Hatfield (4-7) placed 8th and scored 11.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Hatfield received a bye, Champ. Round 2-Hatfield won by fall over Jake Kaczorowski (Manawa) 12-4 (5:10), Quarterfinal-Sam Skornicka (Two Rivers) 9-9 won by fall over Hatfield (0:39), Cons. Round 3-Kyle Soderstrom (Iowa_Grant/highland) 12-4 won by fall over Hatfield (1:29), 7th Place Match-Brian Lacina (Franklin) 13-5 won by fall over Hatfield (0:57)
285-Kaidon Cowley (1-2) failed to place but scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Kaidon Cowley won by fall over Nick Marek (Waukesha West) 1-12 (3:30), Champ. Round 2-Zach Wolf (Darlington) 8-1 won by fall over Cowley (0:32), Cons. Round 2-Alex Rohan (Freedom) 11-6 won by fall over Cowley (2:08).
"For whatever reason we did not compete as well as I expected," said River Valley coach Ralph Liegel. "This was a very hard tournament that had a lot of people who will be on the state podium at the end of the season."
He added, "In order for us to be among them, we will have wrestle better and compete from the beginning of the match until the end. As a team we have to regroup and go back to doing the basics fundamentals of wrestling in order to get better. We need to stay in better position at all times and get confident in our abilities in order to succeed."
Liegel also talked about upcoming meets saying, "We have a very tough week ahead with a dual Tuesday against Weston/Ithaca and then Bi State on the following MondayTuesday. This all wrapped around Christmas and the team has their work cut out for them. I am confident that we will bounce back from the results of this last weekend."
"Hopefully by the end of the year, we can look back and say that this experience of Badger State made us a stronger team," he concluded.