VERONA - The Monroe wrestling team had two champions at the Verona Duals Saturday, Jan. 11.
Monroe freshman Cole Murray (120 pounds) and Traiten Gorr (182) both went 5-0 Saturday. Gorr finished with three pins and Murray posted two pins.
"It's probably the best matches he has wrestled this year," Monroe coach Tom Witt said of Gorr. "He's a little more aggressive. He is riding them down and not giving up escapes."
Monroe went 1-4 in the dual tournament. The Cheesemakers edged Mequon Homestead 41-40 and lost to East Troy 39-36 in pool matches. The Cheesemakers gave up 24 points in forfeits in the first two matches. Monroe senior Brett Zimmerman at heavyweight recorded a pin in his first match and then won second match 7-0 to East Troy. He is still recovering from a back injury.
"He's still not 100 percent," Witt said. "He (Zimmerman) was hurting in that match."
The Cheesemakers lost a pool match to Slinger 48-25. Portage then beat Monroe 43-25 and Verona knocked off the Cheesemakers 48-21.
"We were giving up 30 points in our final three duals," Witt said. "If you look at the matches we actually wrestled, in each of the four duals we out-wrestled them and would have tied Verona."
Monroe freshman David Andrews (106) and senior Austin Minder (195) each went 4-1. Monroe sophomore McKenzy Foley, who wrestled at 138 and 145 went 3-2.
Andrews and Minder each had two pins. Minder lost a heartbreaker to Portage 6-4 in overtime as he was taken down.
Six finish unbeaten for Cards
WHITEWATER - The Brodhead-Juda wrestling team had six wrestlers finish unbeaten and the Cardinals won three dual matches Saturday.
Brodhead-Juda rolled past Big Foot-Williams Bay 51-24 and knocked off Whitewater 57-21. In the closest dual meet, the Cardinals defeated Waukesha South 43-33.
The unbeaten wrestlers for the Cardinals Saturday include Coty Knudtson (126), Jordan Schubert (145), Brady Colden (170), Gavin Baade (182), Tyler Davis (195) and Logan Maurer (heavyweight).
Colden posted three pins. Knudtson, Baade, Davis and Maurer each had two pins.
Sugar River takes 12th at Eagle Invite
PRAIRIE DU SAC - The Sugar River wrestling team took 12th place out of 18 teams at the Sauk Prairie Eagle Invitational Saturday.
Sugar River's Anthony Chiarello (145) and Jacob Larson (182) each went 4-1 and finished fifth place. Chiarello and Larson each lost matches in the quarterfinals. Chiarello defeated Kiel's Evan Maurer 6-0 in a fifth-place match. Larson defeated West Salem-Bangor's Jay Buisman 8-2 for fifth place.
Sugar River's Kody Popenfus (126) took sixth and Young-Chul Vetterli (160) was seventh.
Pecatonica-Argyle finished last in the invite and didn't have any wrestlers place.
Monroe freshman Cole Murray (120 pounds) and Traiten Gorr (182) both went 5-0 Saturday. Gorr finished with three pins and Murray posted two pins.
"It's probably the best matches he has wrestled this year," Monroe coach Tom Witt said of Gorr. "He's a little more aggressive. He is riding them down and not giving up escapes."
Monroe went 1-4 in the dual tournament. The Cheesemakers edged Mequon Homestead 41-40 and lost to East Troy 39-36 in pool matches. The Cheesemakers gave up 24 points in forfeits in the first two matches. Monroe senior Brett Zimmerman at heavyweight recorded a pin in his first match and then won second match 7-0 to East Troy. He is still recovering from a back injury.
"He's still not 100 percent," Witt said. "He (Zimmerman) was hurting in that match."
The Cheesemakers lost a pool match to Slinger 48-25. Portage then beat Monroe 43-25 and Verona knocked off the Cheesemakers 48-21.
"We were giving up 30 points in our final three duals," Witt said. "If you look at the matches we actually wrestled, in each of the four duals we out-wrestled them and would have tied Verona."
Monroe freshman David Andrews (106) and senior Austin Minder (195) each went 4-1. Monroe sophomore McKenzy Foley, who wrestled at 138 and 145 went 3-2.
Andrews and Minder each had two pins. Minder lost a heartbreaker to Portage 6-4 in overtime as he was taken down.
Six finish unbeaten for Cards
WHITEWATER - The Brodhead-Juda wrestling team had six wrestlers finish unbeaten and the Cardinals won three dual matches Saturday.
Brodhead-Juda rolled past Big Foot-Williams Bay 51-24 and knocked off Whitewater 57-21. In the closest dual meet, the Cardinals defeated Waukesha South 43-33.
The unbeaten wrestlers for the Cardinals Saturday include Coty Knudtson (126), Jordan Schubert (145), Brady Colden (170), Gavin Baade (182), Tyler Davis (195) and Logan Maurer (heavyweight).
Colden posted three pins. Knudtson, Baade, Davis and Maurer each had two pins.
Sugar River takes 12th at Eagle Invite
PRAIRIE DU SAC - The Sugar River wrestling team took 12th place out of 18 teams at the Sauk Prairie Eagle Invitational Saturday.
Sugar River's Anthony Chiarello (145) and Jacob Larson (182) each went 4-1 and finished fifth place. Chiarello and Larson each lost matches in the quarterfinals. Chiarello defeated Kiel's Evan Maurer 6-0 in a fifth-place match. Larson defeated West Salem-Bangor's Jay Buisman 8-2 for fifth place.
Sugar River's Kody Popenfus (126) took sixth and Young-Chul Vetterli (160) was seventh.
Pecatonica-Argyle finished last in the invite and didn't have any wrestlers place.
