By Mark Massoglia Athens — Dominant and nearly perfect. Those words best sum up the performance of the Edgar wrestling team
during the Marawood Conference tournament. The Wildcats had their fifth straight tournament crown wrapped up before the
medal round, scoring 241 points to easily outdistance runner-up Stratford,
which scored 124.5. Edgar was perfect in the finals, going 9 for 9, to set a school record for
individual champions. “Everyone came out and wrestled well in the first round and it just
snowballed the rest of the day,” Edgar co-coach Kevin Koch said. “We knew we
had to wrestle well today and the kids performed to their ability and had a
lot of success today.” Two of the Wildcats’ champs won their second conference titles -- Brandon
Manecke (24-1) and Paul Napierala (26-8). Manecke repeated as the 103-pound champion by beating Athens’ Danny Trimner
(31-5) by 6-3 in double overtime. “It’s the best,” said Manecke of winning his second conference title. “It
feels excellent to be successful in this tournament for two years. Hopefully
I can come back next year and do the same.” Napierala won the 125-pound title by edging Marathon’s Alex Brickheimer, last year’s 112-pound champ, 5-3. “It feels good,” Napierala said. “There’s a lot of hard work put into this
sport and it s paying off now.” Edgar’s other champions were Anthony Lemanski (112), Jake Frane (119), Matt
Nowak (130), Luke Nowak (140), Doug Wagner (171), Andy Borchardt (189) and
Aaron Karlen (215). “Nine champions is incredible,” Koch said. “I thought we could maybe have 10
in the finals and win eight or nine weights so nine is great. These kids
work so hard and I’m proud of them.” Athens junior David Trimner beat Clint Moscinski of Auburndale 4-2 to claim
the 152-pound title. It was Trimner’s second Marawood title. He won at 125
pounds as a freshman. “It feels good to win this tournament,” Trimner said. “I just had to do my
moves and keep the pressure on for the whole six minutes.” Stratford’s Indy Spindler (285) claimed his second straight championship. The Tigers also had champs in Evan Bohman (135) and Pittsville assistant coach Rick Winters was the Jerry Hahn Memorial Award recipient. 
Summary Team scores: 1. Edgar 241; 2. Stratford 124.5; 3. Chequamegon 120.5; 4.
Athens 109.5; 5. Pittsville 91.5; 6. Marathon 91.0; 7. Phillips 86; 8.
Auburndale 74. Championship matches: 103: Brandon Manecke (E) def. Danny Trimner (ATH),
6-3. 112: Anthony Lemanski (E) def. Luke Fitzsimmons (MAR), 11-6. 119: Jake
Frane (E ) p. Rob Grigsby (PHI), 5:29. 125: Paul Napierala (E) def. Alex
Brickheimer (MAR), 5-3. 130: Matt Nowak (E) p. Chais Wakefield (C), 2:20.
135: Evan Bohman (ST) def. Colton Ocker (C), 5-4. 140: Luke Nowak (E) def.
Jake Fitzsimmons (MAR), 10-5. 145: Devon Meyer (C) def. Mark Marquardt (ST),
4-2. 152: David Trimner (ATH) def. Clint Moscinski (AUB), 4-2. 160: Ben
Robers (ST) tf. Ryan Lenard (MAR), 15-0. 171: Doug Wagner (E) def. Aaron
Peaslee (PITT), 9-0. 189: Andy Borchardt (E) tf. Peter Polacek, 16-0. 215:
Aaron Karllin (E) tf. Olie Voight (PITT) 20-4. 285: Indy Spindler (ST) p.
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