GIRLS RECAP
Following up from a very busy week of girls wrestling. Starting with Tuesday night, where our girls combined with Wrightstown to Dual against Chilton/Hilbert, who combined with Elkhart Lake and Freedom. Due to the combined teams, it does not count as a dual, but the format was fun for the teams and gave the girls a chance to experience the team format. Our girls wrestled very hard, and each showed improvement. Exciting first wins for Kaitlyn and Delaney on varsity.
152 Hailey Veeser SD won by fall over Olivia Hoefner CH 3:57 6-0
165 Gwen Breckheimber CH won by fall over Attyson Wilson SD 2:30 6-6
185 Megan Hanson WR won by fall over Ovana Garcia TR 12-6
235 Kaitlyn Neville SD won by fall over Grace Kloen CH 1:46 18-6
106 Kat Cook FR won by FFT 18-12
107 Delaney Wilke SD won by fall over Caitlyn Morrack FR 2:45 24-12
114 Nora LeFevre SD won by fall over Annabelle Hanson CH 3:55 30-12
120 Valerie Mathison ELK won by a major decision over Autumn Vann WR 10-0 30-16
126 Angie Bianchi TR won by dec over Chesney Bartosiack WR 8-4 30-19
132 Sydney Turner SD won by decision over Sofie Soukup TR 3-0 33-19
138 Breigh Popp CH won by fall over Ashley Larson SD 1:36 33-25
145 Brooke Hanson WR won by fall over Caitlyn Popp CH 1:28 39-25
Friday night was our first Southern Door Girls Scramble, where we hosted ten other teams. I am very proud of our girls as they took first as a team. With only one champion, it was a true team win as each girl earned wins and team points. The enthusiasm and experience from Tuesday carried over.
The top finisher was Nora LeFevre, taking first. Nora had some opportunities to work technique but dominated every match. Delaney Wilke, Sydney Turner, Hailey Veeser, and Kailyn Neville all finished in second place. Delaney followed up her first win on Tuesday with three more on Friday. Getting more comfortable with the adrenaline. Sydney lost a tough match. Winning 2-1 heading into the third, she couldn't get off the bottom and gave up some near-fall points. She'll learn from it and not make that mistake again. Hailey got out of her normal style and went toe to toe with Tiani LeMieux, who is more experienced in Free Style and Greco, and it showed. After some back and forth where it was anyones match Hailey got caught and pinned. Next time, we'll look to slow the match down and wrestle our style. Kailyn was surprised at the strength and speed of Georgel from LC. Her inexperience was the difference. Ashley Larson and Attyson Wilson earned two wins and placed third and fourth consecutively.
Next up for the team is an individual tournament at Wrightstown Friday night.
BOYS RECAP
Our SD Boys Wrestled at the Willard Schmidt Scramble at Green Bay Preble on Saturday. Very good weekend for the boys. The team did very well, placing third out of 16 teams despite some open weight classes. Everyone came to wrestle and contributed. Without any individual champions, it was true teamwork to finish where we did as a team.
Individually, our top finishers were Ethan Alexander(126) and Mason Motquin(132), who finished second. This was Ethan's first time placing on Varsity, and he looked good. Ethan gave up a takedown scramble near fall in the first period. With a choice in the second, Hanke from Lomira chose bottom. Ethan rode him out but couldn't get any near falls. In the third, we chose bottom and earned a reversal but couldn't get a turn. Mason had a rematch from last week with Steffens from Seymour. After a 2-1 loss last week, we knew it would be tough. After losing the takedown, Mason quickly scored a reversal to tie the score at 2-2. In the second period, we chose bottom, and after a few scrambles, Steffens caught us in a cradle we couldn't break.
Finishing third and making the podium were Trevor Englebert(144), Lance Veeser (150), Hayden Jeanquart (175) and Thomas Jackson (190). Lukas Kallin and Spencer Slezewski finished fourth, and Trevin Veeser fifth.
Next up for the boys will be Oshkosh on the Water between the holidays. We'll try to heal a few dings and bruises and get ready.
Photo by Stacy Motquin
