The Gavin Breadon Memorial Youth Wrestling Tournament held their final event at the current high school efficiently and seamlessly. Monroe Wrestling Club had champions on the podium and champions making sure this day went well. With the help of many volunteers, including the families of the Monroe Wrestling Club wrestlers, the Monroe High School Wrestling Team and parents, and Monroe Wrestling Alumni and friends, along with generous donations from businesses and families, this tournament was another success.
MWC hosted 472 wrestlers from 29 different teams. Team trophies went to Monona Grove/McFarland (1st Place); The Law (2nd place); Sauk Valley (3rd place); and Oregon (4th place).
Monroe Wrestling Club Results:
1st Place — Grayden Binger, Decklin Doran, Briggs Drafall, Case Duff, Violet Eckdhal, Blaine Fletcher, Lili Gobeli, Malin McMannes, Wyatt Pusel, Rebel Rittenhouse, Wyatt Speer, Zander Speer
2nd Place — Emily Boss, Kal Burks, Axel Dilley, Archer Eicher, Dahlia Ellingson, Spencer Huntsman, Evan Johnson, Lincoln Myhre, Kenneth Norton, and Dixon Starr
3rd Place — Maddison Doran, Easton Harms, Gabrielle Harms, Treyton Nevil, Adalynn Obert, Samuel Queen, Sterling Schwab, Avelynn Wallin, and Hank Weckerly
4th Place — Easton Anderson, Barrett Boeke, Braxton Boeke, Levi Decker, Levi Gerber, Jaxon Gobeli, Isaac Goeke, Remi Johnson, Camo Kundert, Colton Ladwig, and Rylan Lincoln
5th Place — Wyatt Lentz
6th Place — Kieran Ellingson, and Jace Ladwig
Sponsors included: The Breadon Family, Beverage Mart, Blackhawk Quarry Products, LLC, Kundert Construction, Davis Foundations, E & N Hughes Co Inc, Figi Insurance & Financial Services Inc, Heartland Graphics, J & B Kettlecorn, Jeff “Twitty” Conway, Larse Trucking LLC, M & D Truck & Equipment Sales LLC, Precision Drive & Control Inc., PENTT Materials, Regez Cheese & Paper Supply, The Bank of New Glarus, Thrivent, and Weckland Dairy LLC
Donors included: Lanz & McArdle Insurance, Woodford State Bank, Colony Brands, Piggly Wiggly, Klondike Cheese, Linda Nack, Hesgard Collision Center, Triple T Dairies, and Son of a Beach Beef, Meagan Weckerly, Monroe, took home the Wilderness Getaway raffle prize. Tom Thompson, also from Monroe, was the big 50/50 winner, donating some of his proceeds back to the MWC.
Concessions for both the high school invite on Jan. 24 and the youth tournament Jan. 5 were organized by Stephanie Fletcher and Meagan Weckerly.
Monroe Wrestling Club families went the extra mile to volunteer and donate. Custodian, Brooke Foley “was a rock star,” organizers said. MHS students Elena Boss, Maryella Green and Lian Truong who sang the National Anthem (twice) to get our tournament started. Wes Speer provided trainer services throughout the day.
MWC is head coached by John Witt. He and the MWC coaches have been great leaders to their young wrestlers and encouraging them to do their best.
