LANCASTER - The Black Hawk-Darlington wrestling team had four wrestlers punch their tickets for the sectional at the WIAA Division 3 Lancaster regional Saturday.
Black Hawk-Darlington senior Zach Wolf defeated Fennimore's Deven O'Brien 4-0 to clinch a regional championship. The top two finishers in each weight class qualified for Saturday's Division 3 Mineral Point sectional.
Wolf opened the regional by pinning Pecatonica-Argyle's Andrew Schild in 1 minute, 49 seconds. With the wins, Wolf improves to 39-3. The other sectional qualifiers for Black Hawk-Darlington include Colin Novak (138), senior Conrad Blosch (182) and junior Taylor Evenstad (220).
Fennimore outdistanced Iowa-Grant 237-193 to win the regional team title. Mineral Point finished third place (188), just ahead of fourth-place Black Hawk-Darlington (166). Pecatonica-Argyle took sixth (65) in the seven-team regional.
Mineral Point's Ross Siegenthaler defeated Novak 8-6 in the title match. Novak (30-12) took second place after pinning Fennimore's Alex Cleven. Blosch (26-8) also reached the championship match where he was pinned by Fennimore's Brock Steidt in 2:35. Blosch came back and knocked off Mineral Point's Kyle Juedes in a major decision 12-2 to seal second place.
Evenstad (29-7) lost a nail-biting championship match to Iowa-Grant's Kyle Soderstrom. He sealed second place by beating Fennimore's Cody McCollough in an earlier match.
The lone sectional qualifier for Pecatonica-Argyle was senior Brodie Gross at 195. Gross pinned Black Hawk-Darlington's Connor McGowan in 2:38 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Lancaster's David Chadd pinned Gross in 1:39. Gross rebounded by pinning Fennimore's Dalton Miles in 3:34. He then defeated Mineral Point's Nate Cody 9-4 in a second-place match.
Pecatonica-Argyle's Casey Phillips (126) finished 2-2 and took third place. Teammate Cameron Treuthardt (182) took fourth place and Schild at heavyweight finished fourth.
Black Hawk-Darlington senior Zach Wolf defeated Fennimore's Deven O'Brien 4-0 to clinch a regional championship. The top two finishers in each weight class qualified for Saturday's Division 3 Mineral Point sectional.
Wolf opened the regional by pinning Pecatonica-Argyle's Andrew Schild in 1 minute, 49 seconds. With the wins, Wolf improves to 39-3. The other sectional qualifiers for Black Hawk-Darlington include Colin Novak (138), senior Conrad Blosch (182) and junior Taylor Evenstad (220).
Fennimore outdistanced Iowa-Grant 237-193 to win the regional team title. Mineral Point finished third place (188), just ahead of fourth-place Black Hawk-Darlington (166). Pecatonica-Argyle took sixth (65) in the seven-team regional.
Mineral Point's Ross Siegenthaler defeated Novak 8-6 in the title match. Novak (30-12) took second place after pinning Fennimore's Alex Cleven. Blosch (26-8) also reached the championship match where he was pinned by Fennimore's Brock Steidt in 2:35. Blosch came back and knocked off Mineral Point's Kyle Juedes in a major decision 12-2 to seal second place.
Evenstad (29-7) lost a nail-biting championship match to Iowa-Grant's Kyle Soderstrom. He sealed second place by beating Fennimore's Cody McCollough in an earlier match.
The lone sectional qualifier for Pecatonica-Argyle was senior Brodie Gross at 195. Gross pinned Black Hawk-Darlington's Connor McGowan in 2:38 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Lancaster's David Chadd pinned Gross in 1:39. Gross rebounded by pinning Fennimore's Dalton Miles in 3:34. He then defeated Mineral Point's Nate Cody 9-4 in a second-place match.
Pecatonica-Argyle's Casey Phillips (126) finished 2-2 and took third place. Teammate Cameron Treuthardt (182) took fourth place and Schild at heavyweight finished fourth.
