LA CROSSE — Bodie Minder and Patrick Rielly each captured their 100th career wins at the annual Bi-State Tournament in La Crosse, held Dec. 27-28.
Minder picked up his milestone victory during Day 1 of the competition. He went 6-2 in the tournament and took fourth in the heavyweight bracket. Rielly also went 6-2 on the weekend and picked up his 100th win in Day 2. Rielly placed ninth at 160-pounds. Minder now has 103 career wins, while Rielly is at 101.
“It was a good tournament for Bodie. He lost his third-place match in a Sudden Victory overtime. He needed to ride out his opponent for 30 seconds and he gave up a 2-point reversal with about 10 seconds left,” Monroe coach Tom Witt said. “Rielly won his first two matches and then lost his third-round match to the No. 3-seeded wrestler from Stratford. He then would win two matches in a row to secure a spot into Day 2 of wrestling and onto the podium.”
Alex Witt also placed for the Cheesemakers, finishing fifth at 182. Monroe finished tied for ninth in Division 2 with Lodi, which is ranked ninth in the state. The Cheesemakers were 27th overall out of 70 teams at the tournament.
“Alex had a great first day of wrestling, winning his first four matches on Friday, making to the semifinals on Saturday morning,” Tom Witt said. Alex lost to Reece Worachek of Luxemburg-Casco, the state’s No. 1 ranked wrestler and defending 170-pound champion. Alex then lost another match to a wrestler from Stillwater, Minnesota before rallying in the fifth-place match.
“(He was) behind 3-2 with eight seconds left in the match,” Tom Witt said of son Alex, who then secured a takedown to get the win and finished 5-2 on the weekend. “It was a good tournament for Alex. He was disappointed in the consolation semifinal loss, but found a way to gut out the victory for fifth.”
Jack Dubach, Garrett Voegeli, Max Patterson and Brady Schuh all made it to Saturday matches but did not place.
Lourdes OTW Wrestling Classic
OSHKOSH — Sugar River finished with 16 team points at the massive 67-team Lourdes OTW Wrestling Classic in Oshkosh Dec. 27-28.
Robert Chenoweth scored the most points for the Raiders (7), going 2-2 in the 152-pound bracket. Joe Quaglia was also 2-2, scoring six points at 132 pounds. Avery Lettman picked up a pin in the consolation round at 138.
UWW Mid-States
WHITEWATER — Pecatonica-Argyle had four medalists at the annual Mid-States tournament at UW-Whitewater Dec. 27-28.
Easton Schraepfer was sixth at 160-pounds, finishing the tournament with a 5-3 record. Zander Brunker was 4-3 and took eighth at 152. Noah Krahenbuhl, wrestling at 126 pounds, went 3-3 and finished eighth. Kristian Orloff went 4-3 at 138 pounds, losing twice to Waukesha North’s Elijah Zirbel.
