February 23, 2017 at 2:22 p.m.
Five Panthers 3 Pointers head to state
Mineral Point had five at their own sectional and qualified three.
Fennimore led in the number of qualiifers sending 9 out of their 10 to state.
Iowa-Grant/Highland had four first place finishers in 120 lb. Sawyer Sarbacker, 152 lb. Max Maylor, 170 lb. Brady Peat and 182 lb. Drew Hennessey.
All four pinned their finals' opponent with Peat and Hennessey pinning all three of their foes.
The other I-G/Highland qualifier is 145 lb. Clayton Kite, at 145 lbs.
"I thought we wrestled very well." said Iowa-Grant/Highland coach Ryan Allen. "All five of our guys knew what they wanted to do and they did it very well. We wrestled very aggressively and got into positions we can score points in."
He added, "To have 4 sectional champs was pretty special for our program and sending 5 guys to this sectional and getting all 5 to state was pretty awesome too. It really shows how dedicated these guys have been to working hard and improving every time they wrestle."
The coach concluded by saying, "I really think we can place all 5 guys in Madison. It's a win or die type of playing field up there and you have to take it one match at a time, but I think the way we have been wrestling we can get it done. It will be a very exciting week for I-G/H wrestling."
The Pointers will send three runners-up in 106 lb. Danny Pittz, 113 lb. Caden Carey and 160 and. Riley Workman.
"I thought we wrestled well," Mineral Point coach Scott Schmitz. "We just got beat by pretty good wrestlers."
He talked about his individuals saying, "Danny wrestled a little injured. He had beaten Lull every other time he faced him this year. Hopefully Thursday night he will be feeling better and ready to go.
"Caden wrestled two very smart matches, but in the finals he got into a place we didn't want to be. At state we need to wrestle our way.
"Riley had a great tournament. He wrestled solid matches. Brady (Roen) is just a little better than us, but each time against him we learn a little more about him.
"Logan got caught in a headlock and had to battle the rest of the match. We almost had him turned, but fell short. Hopefully we learned from that and will get there next year.
"Kyle hurt his ankle in a freak accident in Friday night's practice. He was at state last year and is a senior who has had four good years here. I can't thank him enough for the last four years."
WIAA D3 Sect. C @ Mineral Point Results for Iowa-Grant/Highland
120-Sawyer Sarbacker (43-1) placed 1st and scored 22.50 team points.
Quarterfinal-Sarbacker won by fall over Brandon Springer (Waterloo) 27-15 (Fall 0:19), Semifinal-Sarbacker won by tech fall over Jacob Rogers (New Lisbon) 32-6 (TF-1.5 4:54 (15-0)), 1st Place Match-Sarbacker won by major decision over Aidan Nutter (Fennimore) 36-11 (MD 15-2)
145-Clayton Kite (33-12) placed 3rd and scored 11.00 team points.
Quarterfinal-Kite won by decision over Ty Costello (Cashton) 21-14 (Dec 8-2), Semifinal-Ben DeWitt (Brookwood) 38-5 won by fall over Kite (Fall 3:24), Cons. Semi-Kite won by decision over Byron Brown (Parkview) 28-14 (Dec 15-9), 3rd Place Match-Kite won by major decision over Dylan Horstmeyer (Marshall) 35-14 (MD 12-2), 2nd Place Match-Ben DeWitt (Brookwood) 38-5 won by rule over Kit
152-Max Maylor (43-1) placed 1st and scored 23.00 team points.
Quarterfinal-Maylor won by major decision over Gunnar Pedersen (New Lisbon) 32-12 (MD 12-2), Semifinal-Maylor won by fall over Logan Scoville (De Soto) 25-10 (Fall 2:53), 1st Place Match-Maylor won by fall over Joey Perrigo (Brookwood) 34-9 (Fall 0:59)
170-Brady Peat (40-6) placed 1st and scored 24.00 team points.
Quarterfinal-Peat won by fall over Justin Erdman (Westby) 19-24 (Fall 0:25), Semifinal- 0Brady Peat (Iowa-Grant/Highland) 40-6 won by fall over Walt Easley(33-7l) 37-14 (Fall 4:49), 1st Place Match-Peat won by fall over Tyler Mosely (Darlington/Black Hawk) 24-18 (Fall 0:27)
182-Drew Hennessey (34-9) placed 1st and scored 24.00 team points.
Quarterfinal-Hennessey won by fall over Cade Netteshiem (Ithaca/Weston) 23-11 (Fall 3:42), Semifinal-Hennessey won by fall over Peter Riley (Aquinas) 13-14 (Fall 1:02), 1st Place Match-Hennessey won by fall over Troy Klein (Lancaster) 25-17 (Fall 0:41)
WIAA D3 Sect. C @ Mineral Point Results for Mineral Point
106-Danny Pittz (30-3) placed 2nd and scored 16.00 team points.
Quarterfinal-Pittz won by fall over Jakob Zhovtis (Aquinas) 4-6 (Fall 0:42), Semifinal-Pittz won by decision over Kale Grossman (Marshall) 44-6 (Dec 3-2), 1st Place Match-Mason Lull (Fennimore) 41-4 won by decision over Pittz (Dec 1-0), 2nd Place Match-Pittz won by rule over Kale Grossman (Marshall) 44-6
113-Caden Carey (27-13) placed 2nd and scored 16.00 team points.
Quarterfinal-Carey (Mineral Point) 27-13 won by decision over Jason Griffiths (Hillsboro) 26-7 (Dec 4-2), Semifinal-Carey won by fall over Cody Blosch (Darlington/Black Hawk) 22-19 (Fall 1:18), 1st Place Match - Alex Birchman (Fennimore) 30-8 won by fall over Carey (Mineral Point) 27-13 (Fall 1:19), 2nd Place Match-Carey won by rule over Jason Griffiths (Hillsboro) 26-7
132-Logan Schmitz (25-18) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal-Gavin Burch (Ithaca/Weston) 31-6 won by decision over Schmitz (Dec 4-2)
160-Riley Workman (31-13) placed 2nd and scored 19.00 team points.
Quarterfinal-Workman won by fall over Jakob Lewis (Marshall) 27-22 (Fall 1:59), Semifinal-Workman won by fall over Sawyer Willis (Ithaca/Weston) 18-14 (Fall 2:25), 1st Place Match-Bradon Roen (Riverdale) 19-2 won by major decision over Workman (MD 8-0), 2nd Place Matc -Workman won by major decision over Gavon Brown (Parkview) 19-15 (MD 18-4)
195-Juedes (28-15) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal-Brody Milz (Darlington/Black Hawk) 25-13 won by major decision over Juedes (MD 10-2
