BARABOO - Monroe sophomore Traiten Gorr finished third place at the Badger Conference wrestling tournament Saturday, Feb. 8.
Gorr, at 182 pounds, was the only Cheesemaker wrestler to finish in the top three.
"He (Gorr) had a really good day," Monroe coach Tom Witt said. "He's strung some wins together. He's peaking at the right time. He's taken a step in the right direction."
Sauk Prairie, ranked No. 4 in Division 1, ran away with the team title 331.5-287 over seventh-ranked Milton. Monroe finished last at the 12-team conference tournament.
The three other wrestlers that placed for the Cheesemakers include freshman Cole Murray (126) who finished sixth place, freshman David Andrews (106) who took eighth place and senior Austin Minder (195) took eighth.
Gorr defeated Stoughton's Austin Benton 5-3 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he lost to Fort Atkinson's Brady Hansen 11-4. Gorr pinned Portage's David Rusher in 5 minutes in a consolation match. He then controlled a third-place match and knocked off Benton 5-2.
Two of the matches Minder lost in the tournament were in overtime. Minder (28-9), ranked 10th in the Wisconsin Wrestling Online Division 2 poll, lost to Baraboo's David Gale 6-4 in overtime. He lost a nail-biter to Portage's David Gunderson 3-2 and pulled out a 3-1 win over DeForest's Kevin Kauls in overtime.
"He knew it would be a tough day," Witt said of Minder. "He's a move in each match away from winning and wrestling for third or being in the finals. That is how close they all were."
Murray avenged a 4-1 loss earlier this year to Fort Atkinson's Tony Smith. Murray defeated Smith 9-6 in a consolation match. Murray took sixth and was seeded seventh.
"That was a huge win for him and propelled him to the top six," Witt said. "He did better than his seed which is always the goal."
Brodhead-Juda takes third
CLINTON - The Brodhead-Juda wrestling team had three wrestlers win conference championships at the Rock Valley Conference meet Saturday.
Brodhead-Juda juniors Brady Colden (160), Gavin Baade (182) and Logan Maurer (heavyweight) each won conference titles. Colden, ranked No. 8, posted three pins en route to the title and he was named the most valuable wrestler. He pinned Edgerton's Jarett Melton in 3:04 and pinned East Troy's Jeremy Dedick in 2:42. Colden pinned Whitewater's James Ehlen in 3:23.
"It was probably the deepest bracket of the tournament," Brodhead-Juda coach Tim Colden said.
Brodhead-Juda finished third as a team (305.5) just behind runner-up East Troy (310.5) and conference champion Evansville-Albany (351.5). Brodhead-Juda senior Jordan Schubert (145), senior Tyler Davis (195) and junior Stephen Voights (220) each finished second place.
"All of our upperweights have been outstanding all year," Tim Colden said.
He wasn't surprised with a third place finish.
"It's about what I expected," Tim Colden said. "Having two open weight classes makes a big difference."
Baade (34-1) at 182 pinned East Troy's Travis Cadman in 56 seconds. He then pinned Edgerton's Alex Gosda in 4:34 and pinned Evansville-Albany's Lincoln Rosonke in 2:40. Maurer (39-1), ranked No. 1, was just as impressive at heavyweight.
Maurer pinned Clinton's Alex Burkett in 10 seconds in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Maurer pinned Big Foot-Williams Bay's Evan Graham in 47 seconds. He cruised in the championship pinning East Troy's Kyle Storandt in 34 seconds.
Schubert (28-7) at 145 defeated Orfordville Parkview's Trystyn Mould 16-1 and he defeated Jefferson's Ben Dillavou 10-3 in the semifinals. East Troy's Zack Lamb knocked off Schubert 12-5 in the title match.
Davis (31-9) at 195 pinned Edgerton's Matt Guir in 1:09 in the quarterfinals and pinned Whitewater's Tommy DuVal in 2:42 in the semifinals. Evansville-Albany's Lucius Rinehart edged Davis in the championship 4-3. Voights (35-5) at 220 opened the tournament with a bang pinning Clinton's Jesus Balli in 3:06. He then defeated Big Foot-Williams Bay's Will Utesch 9-0. In the championship match, Voights lost a heartbreaker to Palmyra-Eagle's John Pronchinske 5-4.
The Cardinals had two other wrestlers take third place including Coty Knudtson (126) and Justin Sangermano (132).
Sugar River takes second in Capitol
MARSHALL - The Sugar River wrestling team had four conference champions crowned at the Capitol Conference tournament Saturday.
The quartet of conference champions for the Raiders include Josh Chenoweth (106), Kody Popenfus (126), Young-Chul Vetterli (160) and Jacob Larson (182).
Lodi rolled to the team title 333.5-188.5 over Sugar River.
In the semifinals, Chenoweth (26-10, defeated Lake Mills' Austin Keach 9-3 and he edged Lodi's Bryant Ziegler 6-4 in the championship match. Popenfus (23-9) also got off to a quick start. He pinned Poynette's Jared Renz in 27 seconds in the quarterfinals and defeated Chance Niendorf 15-5 in the semifinals. In the championship match, Popenfus defeated Marshall's Jensen Langer 6-3.
Vetterli (29-8) defeated Waterloo's Damon Quimby 17-1 in the semifinals and in the title match he defeated Poynette's Jacob Prey 10-2. Larson (34-7) at 182 pinned Poynette's Joe Stephens in 2;47 in the semifinals. In the title match, Larson defeated Lodi's Zack Steuck 6-2.
Sugar River's Michael Fink (170) went 3-1 and took second place. Fink pinned Lakeside Lutheran's Andrew Graumann in 1:20 and edged Waterloo's Logan Meyer 8-5 in the semifinals.
Sugar River's Anthony Chiarello (30-10) at 145 went 3-1 and finished third place. Teammates Brett Grinder (152) and Hunter Tierman (heavyweight) each took fourth place.
Novak, Wolf finish third place
MINERAL POINT - Darlington-Black hawk had two wrestlers finish in the top three at the Southwest Activities League/Southwest Conference clash Saturday.
Darlington-Black Hawk's Colin Novak (126) and junior Zach Wolf (heavyweight) each took third place.
"We thought the two of them wrestled really well," Darlington-Black Hawk coach Tom Mathias said. "I think Colin finished where was supposed to finish. It would have been nice to get them both in the finals."
Mineral Point, ranked No. 6 in Division 3, won the SWAL-SWC team title 268-225 over Riverdale. Darlington-Black Hawk took eighth (142) out of 13 teams.
"We would have liked to place a few of them a little higher," Mathias said. "There were a lot quality wrestlers. I can honestly say we didn't lose many matches that we should have won.
Novak (6-3) beat Prairie du Chien-Wauzeka Stueben's Tyler Rieck 11-9 in the quarterfinals. Lancaster's Kyle Mezera pinned Novak in 1:56 in the semifinals. In a third-place match, Novak pinned River Valley's Mason Wipperfurth in 2:37.
Wolf pinned Richland Center's Anthony Vigil in 1:51 in the quarterfinals. River Valley's Kaleb Crook then edged Wolf 5-4 in the semifinals. Wolf bounced back to pin Dodgeville's Payton Calvert in 2:14 in a third place match.
Darlington-Black Hawk senior Dakota Meier (152), ranked No. 8 in Division 2, finished fourth place. Joe Quinn (106) and Jared Pickett (120) each took fifth place for Darlington-Black Hawk.
Darlington-Black Hawk will wrestle at the River Valley Division 2 regional Saturday, Feb. 15.
"We still have a lot of work to do to get ready for the regional," Mathias said. "Our goal is to win the regional. That has been our goal all year."
Gorr, at 182 pounds, was the only Cheesemaker wrestler to finish in the top three.
"He (Gorr) had a really good day," Monroe coach Tom Witt said. "He's strung some wins together. He's peaking at the right time. He's taken a step in the right direction."
Sauk Prairie, ranked No. 4 in Division 1, ran away with the team title 331.5-287 over seventh-ranked Milton. Monroe finished last at the 12-team conference tournament.
The three other wrestlers that placed for the Cheesemakers include freshman Cole Murray (126) who finished sixth place, freshman David Andrews (106) who took eighth place and senior Austin Minder (195) took eighth.
Gorr defeated Stoughton's Austin Benton 5-3 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he lost to Fort Atkinson's Brady Hansen 11-4. Gorr pinned Portage's David Rusher in 5 minutes in a consolation match. He then controlled a third-place match and knocked off Benton 5-2.
Two of the matches Minder lost in the tournament were in overtime. Minder (28-9), ranked 10th in the Wisconsin Wrestling Online Division 2 poll, lost to Baraboo's David Gale 6-4 in overtime. He lost a nail-biter to Portage's David Gunderson 3-2 and pulled out a 3-1 win over DeForest's Kevin Kauls in overtime.
"He knew it would be a tough day," Witt said of Minder. "He's a move in each match away from winning and wrestling for third or being in the finals. That is how close they all were."
Murray avenged a 4-1 loss earlier this year to Fort Atkinson's Tony Smith. Murray defeated Smith 9-6 in a consolation match. Murray took sixth and was seeded seventh.
"That was a huge win for him and propelled him to the top six," Witt said. "He did better than his seed which is always the goal."
Brodhead-Juda takes third
CLINTON - The Brodhead-Juda wrestling team had three wrestlers win conference championships at the Rock Valley Conference meet Saturday.
Brodhead-Juda juniors Brady Colden (160), Gavin Baade (182) and Logan Maurer (heavyweight) each won conference titles. Colden, ranked No. 8, posted three pins en route to the title and he was named the most valuable wrestler. He pinned Edgerton's Jarett Melton in 3:04 and pinned East Troy's Jeremy Dedick in 2:42. Colden pinned Whitewater's James Ehlen in 3:23.
"It was probably the deepest bracket of the tournament," Brodhead-Juda coach Tim Colden said.
Brodhead-Juda finished third as a team (305.5) just behind runner-up East Troy (310.5) and conference champion Evansville-Albany (351.5). Brodhead-Juda senior Jordan Schubert (145), senior Tyler Davis (195) and junior Stephen Voights (220) each finished second place.
"All of our upperweights have been outstanding all year," Tim Colden said.
He wasn't surprised with a third place finish.
"It's about what I expected," Tim Colden said. "Having two open weight classes makes a big difference."
Baade (34-1) at 182 pinned East Troy's Travis Cadman in 56 seconds. He then pinned Edgerton's Alex Gosda in 4:34 and pinned Evansville-Albany's Lincoln Rosonke in 2:40. Maurer (39-1), ranked No. 1, was just as impressive at heavyweight.
Maurer pinned Clinton's Alex Burkett in 10 seconds in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Maurer pinned Big Foot-Williams Bay's Evan Graham in 47 seconds. He cruised in the championship pinning East Troy's Kyle Storandt in 34 seconds.
Schubert (28-7) at 145 defeated Orfordville Parkview's Trystyn Mould 16-1 and he defeated Jefferson's Ben Dillavou 10-3 in the semifinals. East Troy's Zack Lamb knocked off Schubert 12-5 in the title match.
Davis (31-9) at 195 pinned Edgerton's Matt Guir in 1:09 in the quarterfinals and pinned Whitewater's Tommy DuVal in 2:42 in the semifinals. Evansville-Albany's Lucius Rinehart edged Davis in the championship 4-3. Voights (35-5) at 220 opened the tournament with a bang pinning Clinton's Jesus Balli in 3:06. He then defeated Big Foot-Williams Bay's Will Utesch 9-0. In the championship match, Voights lost a heartbreaker to Palmyra-Eagle's John Pronchinske 5-4.
The Cardinals had two other wrestlers take third place including Coty Knudtson (126) and Justin Sangermano (132).
Sugar River takes second in Capitol
MARSHALL - The Sugar River wrestling team had four conference champions crowned at the Capitol Conference tournament Saturday.
The quartet of conference champions for the Raiders include Josh Chenoweth (106), Kody Popenfus (126), Young-Chul Vetterli (160) and Jacob Larson (182).
Lodi rolled to the team title 333.5-188.5 over Sugar River.
In the semifinals, Chenoweth (26-10, defeated Lake Mills' Austin Keach 9-3 and he edged Lodi's Bryant Ziegler 6-4 in the championship match. Popenfus (23-9) also got off to a quick start. He pinned Poynette's Jared Renz in 27 seconds in the quarterfinals and defeated Chance Niendorf 15-5 in the semifinals. In the championship match, Popenfus defeated Marshall's Jensen Langer 6-3.
Vetterli (29-8) defeated Waterloo's Damon Quimby 17-1 in the semifinals and in the title match he defeated Poynette's Jacob Prey 10-2. Larson (34-7) at 182 pinned Poynette's Joe Stephens in 2;47 in the semifinals. In the title match, Larson defeated Lodi's Zack Steuck 6-2.
Sugar River's Michael Fink (170) went 3-1 and took second place. Fink pinned Lakeside Lutheran's Andrew Graumann in 1:20 and edged Waterloo's Logan Meyer 8-5 in the semifinals.
Sugar River's Anthony Chiarello (30-10) at 145 went 3-1 and finished third place. Teammates Brett Grinder (152) and Hunter Tierman (heavyweight) each took fourth place.
Novak, Wolf finish third place
MINERAL POINT - Darlington-Black hawk had two wrestlers finish in the top three at the Southwest Activities League/Southwest Conference clash Saturday.
Darlington-Black Hawk's Colin Novak (126) and junior Zach Wolf (heavyweight) each took third place.
"We thought the two of them wrestled really well," Darlington-Black Hawk coach Tom Mathias said. "I think Colin finished where was supposed to finish. It would have been nice to get them both in the finals."
Mineral Point, ranked No. 6 in Division 3, won the SWAL-SWC team title 268-225 over Riverdale. Darlington-Black Hawk took eighth (142) out of 13 teams.
"We would have liked to place a few of them a little higher," Mathias said. "There were a lot quality wrestlers. I can honestly say we didn't lose many matches that we should have won.
Novak (6-3) beat Prairie du Chien-Wauzeka Stueben's Tyler Rieck 11-9 in the quarterfinals. Lancaster's Kyle Mezera pinned Novak in 1:56 in the semifinals. In a third-place match, Novak pinned River Valley's Mason Wipperfurth in 2:37.
Wolf pinned Richland Center's Anthony Vigil in 1:51 in the quarterfinals. River Valley's Kaleb Crook then edged Wolf 5-4 in the semifinals. Wolf bounced back to pin Dodgeville's Payton Calvert in 2:14 in a third place match.
Darlington-Black Hawk senior Dakota Meier (152), ranked No. 8 in Division 2, finished fourth place. Joe Quinn (106) and Jared Pickett (120) each took fifth place for Darlington-Black Hawk.
Darlington-Black Hawk will wrestle at the River Valley Division 2 regional Saturday, Feb. 15.
"We still have a lot of work to do to get ready for the regional," Mathias said. "Our goal is to win the regional. That has been our goal all year."
