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Iowa-Grant/Highland 170 lb. Luke Nowak was a champion while three teammates placed in the top 12 Monday and Tuesday December 29, 30 at the Bi-State Wrestling Tournament held at La Crosse. Nowak was the lone title winner from the teams of Dodgeville, River Valley and I-G/H.
Dodgeville had four wrestlers make it into the second day with 195 lb. Brady Wetter capturing second - losing to unbeaten David Chadd of Lancaster in the finals which was a battle of previously unbeatens. Chadd was last year's 182 lb. state champion.
River Valley finished the highest in team standings with four wrestlers making it into the second day. They all finished in the top eight with 113 lb. Dustin Hatfield leading the way with a second place finish.
Lancaster, with only seven wrestlers beginning competition, finished second in D3 wth 136.5 team points while Iowa-Grant/Highland was right behind at 133.5 and Riverdale fourth with 118.5. Stratford ran away with the top D3 spot at 304.5 points.
In D2, River Valley was fifth with 151 points while Dodgeville took 10th at 101. Other area team scores were: Mount Horeb/Barneveld 109. Prairie du Chien/Wauzkea-Steuben 79, Cuba City/Southwestern/Benton 48, Belmont/Platteville 25. Luxem-burg-Casco won D2 with 206.5 points to Elsworth's 204 and Caledonia/Houston/Spring Grove's 201.
D1 was won by Hudson at 267.5 with Eastview runner-up with 242.

Final Day Bi-State Classic Results for Dodgeville
126-John Phelan (16-6) placed 12th and scored 10.00 team points.
Cons. Round 6-Jake Obert (La Crosse Central) 18-5 won by major decision over Phelan (10-1), Cons. Round 7-Jaren Poff (La Crosse Logan) 12-4 won by decision over Phelan (4-2), 11th Place Match-Bryce Hill (Bloomington Kennedy) 11-7 won by decision over Phelan (3-2)
195-Brady Wetter (23-1) placed 2nd and scored 42.00 team points.
Semifinal-Wetter won by fall over David Gale (Baraboo) 16-4 (1:34), 1st Place Match-David Chadd (Lancaster) 16-0 won by decision over Wetter (6-0)
220 - Payton Calvert (13-6) placed 11th and scored 20.00 team points. Cons. Round 5-Calvert won by fall over Aaron McCarthy (Cuba City/Ben-ton/Southwestern) 14-4 (2:48), Cons. Round 6-Adam Lucast (Lakeville South) 16-3 won by fall over Calvert (1:28, Cons. Round 7-Derek Medaris (New Lisbon) 4-3 won by fall over Calvert (2:12), 11th Place Match-Calvert won by forfeit over Kyle Soderstrom (Iowa-Grant/Highland) 16-8
Final Day Bi-State Classic Results for Iowa-Grant/Highland
106-Sawyer Sarbacker (14-6) placed 6th and scored 26.50 team points.
Semifinal-Tanner Schultz (Holmen) 18-2 won by fall over Sarbacker 14-6 (0:57), Cons. Semi-Zach Licht (River Valley) 21-5 won by decision over Sarbacker (3-0), 5th Place Match-Owen Matzek (Ellsworth) 13-4 won by decision over Sarbacker (5-3)
120-Max Maylor (21-4) placed 5th and scored 30.00 team points.
Cons. Round 6-Maylor won by fall over Ryan Vesbach (Viroqua) 11-7 (1:51), Cons. Round 7-Maylor won by major decision over Zach Schneider (Caledonia/Houston/Spring Grove) 16-3 (9-1), Cons. Semi-Anthony Glinecki (Stratford) 18-1 won by decision over Maylor (7-0), 5th Place Match-Maylor won by decision over Clayton Beers (Prairie du Chien/Wauzeka-Steuben) 5-3 (5-0)
152-Brady Peat (14-8) failed to place and scored 8.00 team points.
Cons. Round 5-Brad Jones (Mount Horeb) 19-3 won by decision over Peat (4-3)
170-Luke Nowak (20-3) placed 1st and scored 45.00 team points.
Semifinal-Nowak won by decision over Lance Buckles (De Soto) 18-2 (Dec 3-2), 1st Place Match-Nowak won by decision over Brady McFarland (Muskego) 16-3 (9-5)
220-Kyle Soderstrom (16-8) placed 12th and scored 14.00 team points.
Cons. Round 6-Hegeman Tiedt (Burlington) 17-4 won by fall over Soderstrom (3:23), Cons. Round 7-Collin Faretta (Adams-Friendship) 13-7 won by fall over Soderstrom (2:12), 11th Place Match-Payton Calvert (Dodgeville) 13-6 won by forfeit over Soderstrom
Final Day Bi-State Classic Results for River Valley
106-Zach Licht (21-5) placed 3rd and scored 35.00 team points.
Cons. Round 6-Licht won by decision over Drew Klabon (Hudson) 13-6 (7-0), Cons. Round 7-Licht won by decision over Dalton Frakes (Mount Horeb) 15-4 (11-6), Cons. Semi-Licht won by decision over Sawyer Sarbacker (Iowa-Grant/Highland) 14-6 (3-0), 3rd Place Match-Licht won by decision over Logan Bellow (Pulaski) 18-3 (8-6)
113-Dustin Hatfield (22-2) placed 2nd and scored 40.00 team points.
Semifinal-Hatfield won in overtime over Trevor Hanson (Baraboo) 23-2 (4-4), 1st Place Match-Clay Lieber (Nekoosa/As-sumption/Port Edwards) 14-1 won by decision over Hatfield (3-2)
145-Elijah Alt (21-5) placed 4th and scored 29.00 team points.
Cons. Round 6-Alt won by decision over Hunter Whitney (Richland Center) 17-8 (6-0), Cons. Round 7-Alt won by decision over Austin Engel (Athens) 14-4 (5-2), Cons. Semi-Alt won by decision over Drew Stemper (Caledonia/Hou-ston/Spring Grove) 17-3 (6-5), 3rd Place Match-Austin Anderson (New Richmond) 16-3 won in tie breaker - 1 over Alt (River Valley) 21-5 (6-5)
152-Cole Mahoney (16-7) placed 8th and scored 20.00 team points.
Cons. Round 5-Mahoney won in sudden victory-1 over Wes Gavin (Bur-lington) 13-5 (9-7), Cons. Round 6-Mahoney won by medical forfeit over Kasey Caelwaerts (Pulaski) 8-3, Cons. Round 7-Alex Lindstrom (Eastview) 13-4 won by tech fall over Mahoney (15-0), 7th Place Match-Trenton Pasch (Royall) 20-3 won by decision over Mahoney (7-0)
"Overall, the team wrestled better." said River Valley coach Ralph Liegel. "Having the team place in the top 12 overall was a good showing for our team, especially with only having 10 wrestlers competing. Placing three in the top four of this tournament individually was nice and getting another in the top 8 was also a good way to start the second half of the season out."
The coach added, "Hopefully, we can get some people back that were not able to compete at BI- State. We will continue to work on the things that we struggled with this week in practice. Hopefully, by working hard to eliminate the mistakes, it will allow us to win by a larger margin in the close matches we did win and help us to win the close matches that we lost. "
"I was really pleased by the results of the local wrestlers at BI State. It says a lot about the quality of wrestling in the SW part of the state. I'm excited for the rest of the season," Liegel concluded.