WIAA state wrestling: 10 Manitowoc/Sheboygan wrestlers reach finals
The WIAA state individual wrestling tournament continued on Friday, with several area wrestlers taking part.
Friday was the girls semifinals along with the Divisions 2 and 3 quarterfinals and semifinals. Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties will see 10 wrestlers going for gold on Saturday.
In D2, advancing to Friday night’s semifinals were Logan Schad (Kiel, 113), Eyan Dessellier (Kiel, 165), Ben Kienbaum (Kiel, 175), Justin Klinkner (Two Rivers, 175), Max Matthias (Two Rivers, 190), Silas Dailey (Plymouth, 190) and Chase Matthias (Two Rivers, 215).
Dessellier picked up an 8-1 decision to advance while Klinkner, who beat Kienbaum for a second straight week with a 5-3 decision, also advanced. Dailey will look to win a second-straight state title after pinning his semifinal opponent.
Chase Matthias also won a narrow 5-2 decision as he looks to follow up his silver medal last season with a gold one this time around.
Moving to the consolation bracket were Schad, who lost by technical fall, and Max Matthias (decision).
Sheboygan Falls’s Jake Shaver (132) lost both matches and was eliminated as was Sawyer Dailey (Plymouth, 157).
Moving on to Division 3, five wrestlers continued on their path to a state championship with Maddux Wendling (Valders, 120), Stone Pomeroy (Random Lake, 150), Toren Vandenbush (Random Lake, 165), Nash Banko (Oostburg, 175) and Joe Schoeder (Cedar Grove-Belgium, 215) all victorious in the quarterfinals.
Of those five, four would ensure their place in the march of champions on Saturday evening.
Wendling prevailed in an 8-4 decision while Pomeroy’s was a victory via a 13-6 decision. Also advancing was Vandenbush with a 5-2 decision and Schoeder via pinfall.
Banko dropped a tight 11-9 decision to move to the consolation bracket.
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Rigoberto Tellez (Oostburg, 126) lost his quarterfinal match but earned a major decision in his next bout to remain alive for a medal. Owen Race (Cedar Grove-Belgium, 138) is also in contention for a medal, by virtue of a decision in the consolation rounds. Ozaukee’s Jovan Lopez (285) was the third wrestler to lose his quarterfinal but guaranteed a medal after a sudden victory in the consolation bracket.
Eliminated with a pair of losses were Connor Mentink (Oostburg, 157), Owen Morgan (Cedar Grove-Belgium, 175).
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Three area girls wrestlers will take part in the semifinals.
Two Rivers’s Angie Bianchi won a narrow 8-6 decision at 114 reach the state championship for a second-straight season.
Manitowoc Lincoln’s Emjay Neumann will also be back in the state finals for second-straight year, pinning Ozaukee’s Mya Delleree in the 120 semifinals.
Plymouth’s Megan Schuenemann (107) won her first match on Friday morning via pinfall but lost the next by a major decision to be eliminated. New Holstein’s Mercedes Kohlmann (185) suffered a similar fate, pinning her first opponent before being pinned by the next to end her tournament run.
Contact Tom Dombeck at 920-686-2965 or tdombeck@htrnews.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @Tom_Dombeck.
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