Congratulations to Griffin Slezewski and Grant Englebert. Both qualified for the State Tournament by finishing third in their respective brackets yesterday at the Bonduel Sectional. Both will compete in the opening round Thursday night at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Griffin started the day with two very close wins to make the finals. In his first match, the score was tied 2-2 late in the third period when his opponent gave up a point for illegally locking hands making the score 3-2. At that point his opponent gave him the escape to make the score 4-2 and look for the tie with a takedown. Griff was quick to get on a leg attach and hold on for the 4-2 victory. In his second match it was a similar situation. Up 4-2 late in the third period, Griff gave up an escape to make the score 4-3. After the escape, Griff quickly got on a leg attack again to end the match with the 4-3 win. With the win Griffin secured a spot in the finals and a trip to State. In the finals, after a scoreless 1st period, Griffin was caught in a cradle and gave up 3 point near fall in the second period. While fighting the cradle he injured his ribs. He then gave up a reversal in the third period to make the final score 0-5. In his wrestle back match, his ribs didn't hold out and, he couldn't exert any force. On site trainers were thinking either a deep muscle bruise or possibly cartilage bruising between his ribs.
Grant gave up an early takedown in his first match but then quickly earned the reversal and 3 near fall. He then gave up an escape to make it 5-3. The score stayed close until the third period when Grant had a nice leg attack. He then worked through a scramble, and caught a tight cradle to earn the pin. In the semifinal, Grant just couldn't get his offense going. After giving up two high C takedowns and a reversal, he was down 4-6 midway through the third. From there he pushed the pace and earned a stalling point but just couldn't get in close to get the needed takedown. At this point Grant needed two wins to earn a trip to state. In his first consolation match he was able to get the quick takedown and turn. In the third place match he controlled the match from start to finish but despite a few tight arm bars couldn't get the turns or pin. The 6-1 win was enough to finish third and he did not get a wrestle back.
Brodie gave his best and gained some valuable experience. Unfortunately, a couple costly mistakes cost him the matches. For only his second year in wrestling he's doing well. His attitude, desire and work ethic will help him to improve quickly and steadily. We'll be looking for big things from Brodie next season.
The first round of the State tournament for Division 2 & 3 starts at 7:15 Thursday night. Griffin and Grant will start with wrestlers that took second in their respective sectional tournaments. Sectional champions get a first round bye and wrestle the winner of the 2-3 match up on Friday morning. The loser of the first round match is done for the season. Griffin's first match will be against Ashton Miess, a 23-6 freshman from Riverdale. Grant's first match will be against Jacob Heiden, a 39-8 junior from Stratford. Both are uncommon opponents. We have not seen Riverdale this season and Grant was still recovering from his shoulder injury when we wrestled Stratford earlier this season. We'll work on the couple mistakes from this week but at this point in the season, its mostly working on what we do best and being mentally ready that makes the difference.
Thanks,
Jerry Englebert
Southern Door Wrestling
WIAA D3 Sect. @ Bonduel Results for Southern Door
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Griffin Slezewski (33-15) placed 3rd and scored 11.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Griffin Slezewski (Southern Door) 33-15 won by decision over Brett Palubicki (Crandon) 28-9 (Dec 4-2)
Semifinal - Griffin Slezewski (Southern Door) 33-15 won by decision over Tyson Bogacz (Bonduel WI) 35-12 (Dec 4-3)
1st Place Match - Bo Niewiadomski (Rosholt) 39-4 won by decision over Griffin Slezewski (Southern Door) 33-15 (Dec 5-0)
2nd Place Match - Will Bieber (Coleman WI) 38-9 won by fall over Griffin Slezewski (Southern Door) 33-15 (Fall 0:50)
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Grant Englebert (37-7) placed 3rd and scored 14.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Grant Englebert (Southern Door) 37-7 won by fall over Blade Niewiadomski (Rosholt) 36-6 (Fall 5:47)
Semifinal - Ryan Roy (Wabeno Area/Laona) 43-6 won by decision over Grant Englebert (Southern Door) 37-7 (Dec 6-5)
Cons. Semi - Grant Englebert (Southern Door) 37-7 won by fall over Parker Moder (Shiocton) 20-15 (Fall 1:35)
3rd Place Match - Grant Englebert (Southern Door) 37-7 won by decision over Jakob Horton (Coleman WI) 18-12 (Dec 6-1)
2nd Place Match - Ryan Roy (Wabeno Area/Laona) 43-6 won by no contest over Grant Englebert (Southern Door) 37-7 (NC)
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Brodie Overbeck (26-19) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - John Farkas (Amherst) 38-6 won by fall over Brodie Overbeck (Southern Door) 26-19 (Fall 2:00)
Cons. Semi - Jaden Bemis (Crivitz) 32-7 won by fall over Brodie Overbeck (Southern Door) 26-19 (Fall 3:02)
