WHITEWATER - The Brodhead-Juda wrestling team boasted two prohibitive favorites and a great deal of up-and-coming talent entering the Rock Valley Conference tournament Saturday.
That added up to a solid runner-up finish for the Cardinals, whose 309.5 points were second only to Evansville-Albany's 330.5. East Troy and Whitewater each had 307 points.
Senior Hunter Colden (170 pounds) and junior Kramer Lewis (160) each repeated as league champions to lead the Cardinals, who had 11 wrestlers place in the top four in their divisions.
"With as young a team as we have, I'm really happy about that," Brodhead-Juda coach Tim Colden said. "For the most part, our kids wrestled to their seeds. Hopefully in the future we can turn some of the fourth places into thirds, seconds and firsts."
Tim Colden said the Cardinals were in fourth place in the team race entering the last championship match - at 160 pounds, where Lewis posted a 7-0 victory to push his squad into second place.
"He just does what he always does - he was pretty steady," Tim Colden said of Lewis.
Hunter Colden pinned all his opponents before recording a technical fall in the title match.
"He did about what I expected," Tim Colden said. "I thought he'd pin his way through, but it's the fourth time he wrestled the kid and the kid kind of knew what was coming."
Another highlight for the Cardinals was the performance of sophomore 120-pounder Cody Knudtson, who defeated the No. 1 seed in the semifinals before finishing runner-up.
"He wrestled real well with kind of a bum shoulder," Tim Colden said. "He did a nice job."
Freshman Logan Mauer reached the finals at heavyweight, dropping a decision to a ranked opponent.
"He went the whole six minutes and wrestled very well," Tim Colden said.
Freshman Justin Sangermano (fourth, 106 pounds), sophomore Jordan Kraak (fourth, 113), senior Neno Heredia (fourth, 132), freshman Brady Colden (third, 145), freshman Gavin Baade (fourth, 182), sophomore Tyler Davis (fourth, 195) and freshman Reave Lincoln (fourth, 220) also posted top-four finishes for the Cardinals.
Scenic Ridge & Rivers
ELROY - Cashton rolled to the title with 192 points while Black Hawk (47) was 10th and Pecatonica-Argyle (22) was 13th.
Freshman 106-pounder Colin Novak was the lone Black Hawk competitor to reach the finals, falling to top-seeded Levi Dunwald via pin. Sophomore Jared Pickett (fourth, 113) and sophomore Dakota Meier (fourth, 138) were the other top-four finishers for Black Hawk.
Junior Nick Gilbertson (second, 220) was the lone top-four finisher for Pecatonica-Argyle.
SWAL
MINERAL POINT - Darlington senior Tyler Black finished fourth at 182 pounds and was the Redbirds' lone top-four finisher. Iowa-Grant won the title with 304 points. Darlington was 12th with 66.
That added up to a solid runner-up finish for the Cardinals, whose 309.5 points were second only to Evansville-Albany's 330.5. East Troy and Whitewater each had 307 points.
Senior Hunter Colden (170 pounds) and junior Kramer Lewis (160) each repeated as league champions to lead the Cardinals, who had 11 wrestlers place in the top four in their divisions.
"With as young a team as we have, I'm really happy about that," Brodhead-Juda coach Tim Colden said. "For the most part, our kids wrestled to their seeds. Hopefully in the future we can turn some of the fourth places into thirds, seconds and firsts."
Tim Colden said the Cardinals were in fourth place in the team race entering the last championship match - at 160 pounds, where Lewis posted a 7-0 victory to push his squad into second place.
"He just does what he always does - he was pretty steady," Tim Colden said of Lewis.
Hunter Colden pinned all his opponents before recording a technical fall in the title match.
"He did about what I expected," Tim Colden said. "I thought he'd pin his way through, but it's the fourth time he wrestled the kid and the kid kind of knew what was coming."
Another highlight for the Cardinals was the performance of sophomore 120-pounder Cody Knudtson, who defeated the No. 1 seed in the semifinals before finishing runner-up.
"He wrestled real well with kind of a bum shoulder," Tim Colden said. "He did a nice job."
Freshman Logan Mauer reached the finals at heavyweight, dropping a decision to a ranked opponent.
"He went the whole six minutes and wrestled very well," Tim Colden said.
Freshman Justin Sangermano (fourth, 106 pounds), sophomore Jordan Kraak (fourth, 113), senior Neno Heredia (fourth, 132), freshman Brady Colden (third, 145), freshman Gavin Baade (fourth, 182), sophomore Tyler Davis (fourth, 195) and freshman Reave Lincoln (fourth, 220) also posted top-four finishes for the Cardinals.
Scenic Ridge & Rivers
ELROY - Cashton rolled to the title with 192 points while Black Hawk (47) was 10th and Pecatonica-Argyle (22) was 13th.
Freshman 106-pounder Colin Novak was the lone Black Hawk competitor to reach the finals, falling to top-seeded Levi Dunwald via pin. Sophomore Jared Pickett (fourth, 113) and sophomore Dakota Meier (fourth, 138) were the other top-four finishers for Black Hawk.
Junior Nick Gilbertson (second, 220) was the lone top-four finisher for Pecatonica-Argyle.
SWAL
MINERAL POINT - Darlington senior Tyler Black finished fourth at 182 pounds and was the Redbirds' lone top-four finisher. Iowa-Grant won the title with 304 points. Darlington was 12th with 66.
