MATSIDE Central stumbles at Merrill West Allis Central suffered its first two losses of the season at the 24-team Northern Exposure in Merrill. Central finished fourth at the tournament with a 5-2 record to fall to 15-2 this year. Central lost to Luxemburg-Casco, 37-35, and Merrill, 42-25. Veling Undefeated Brookfield Central senior Tyler Veling remained undefeated this year by winning the 152-pound title at the Badger State Invitational in Madison. Veling (23-9) defeated Sparta junior Morgan Leis (14-6) by a pin in 1:52 in the final to improve to 23-0 this year. Franklin Doubles Trouble The Franklin Sabers were busy over the holidays as they finished second at the Badger State Invitational in Madison and then managed to post a 5-2 record at the Northern Exposure in Merrill to finish 7th. At Badger State, Franklin had three finalists in junior Sam Kortes (17-3 at 119), sophomore Colin DeClark (13-7 at 125) and junior David Cabral (18-3 at 135). Kortes and Cabral won titles as Franklin finished second with 156.5 points. Host Stoughton won the tournament title with 208 points. At the Northern Exposure, Franklin's two losses were to Mineral Point, 30-25, and Oconto Falls, 42-15. Benn Wins Mid-States Title Mukwonago’s Nick Benn defeated Elkhorn’s Taylor French, 4-1, to win the 130-pound title at the Mid-States Invitational at UW-Whitewater. Benn was one of several area wrestlers to advance to the finals. Mukwonago also saw Damon King finish second at 189 pounds. Kettle Moraine’s Jacob Laux finished second at 215 pounds. Oconomowoc’s Taylor Mommaerts lost to Reedsburg’s Tony Koch by a 14-6 decision in the final at 135 pounds. Mommaerts’ brother, Zach, finished third at 125. Rapids Rolls in La Crosse Wisconsin Rapids sent seven wrestlers to the finals and claimed four individual champions as it ran away with the Division 1 and overall titles at the Bi-State classic in La Crosse. Kasey Einerson (130), Rylan Lubeck (140), Devin Peterson (171) and Curt Fuller (285) all won titles for Rapids, which finished first in Division 1 with 525.5 points. Hudson finished second with 255.5 points, followed by Bloomington Kennedy (Minn.) with 242.5 and Arrowhead with 241.4 in the 21-team Division 1. Division 2 was won by Ellsworth, which scored 226.5 points, follwed by River Valley (208) in the 15-team division. Division 3 was won by New Lisbon with 200 points, follwed by DeSoto with 162.5 points in the 20-team division. Rapids had 13 of its 14 wrestlers place at the tournament to run away with the overall title. Thielke wins 3rd in Oshkosh Germantown junior Jesse Thielke against dominated the field at the Oshkosh on the Water Classic at UW-Oshkosh. Thielke, a junior two-time state champion, defeated Coleman sophomore Mitch Champange by a 17-2 technical fall in the final at 125 pounds. Thielke posted three pins and two technical falls on his way to his third individual title and was named outstanding wrestler at the tournament. Kewaskum junior Brad Bentz, a two-time state qaualifier, won the 145 title and Milwaukee Custer senior Davion Willis won the 189 title. Wilmot’s Matt Gray (140), Watertown’s Justin McFarland (160), Grafton’s Brandon Schweitzer (215) and Slinger’s Jake Schall all reached the finals but lost. Wisconsin Lutheran 2nd at Fox The Wisconsin Lutheran Vikings finished second at the 16-team Battle on the Fox at Kimberly. Lutheran finished with a 4-1 record with three solid victories. Lutheran defeated Green Bay West/Southwest, 56-21, Ashwaubenon, 45-25, and Appleton West, 37-33. Owatonna (Minn.) won the team title with a 5-0 record. “They kids were pretty excited about that,” said Lutheran coach Darrell Roecker, who saw five wrestlers go 4-1 at the tournament. “It’s fun to go against quality teams.” Matside.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0
Team of the week Kenosha Tremper. The Trojans had a solid week of action as they won the Holiday Duals at Milwaukee Hamilton with a 10-0 record, and then surprised many by winning the Mid-States Invitational at UW-Whitewater by holding off Burlington in a chase for the team title at the 39-team tournament. Those two results catapulted the Trojans into the area top 10 rankings. Tremper finished with 195 points to hold off Burlington (193). This may have come as a surprise after Tremper coach Joel Dutton claimed at Hamilton: "We're a better dual team than an invitational team." The Trojans proved him wrong. Tremper, which nearly knocked off No. 2-ranked Muskego in the first week of the year, saw nine wrestlers finish in the top eight and had three finalists in freshman Tyler Rice (23-5 at 103 pounds), sophomore Dominic Garcia (27-1 at 119 pounds) and senior Najee Parker (22-1 at 285 pounds). Rice and Garcia won individual titles. Burlington had a two finalists in sophomores Derek Gill (12-1 at 112) and Willie Ehlen (8-5 at 140), but both finished second. Team_of_the_Week.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0
Wrestler of the Week Jake Sueflohn, Arrohwead. Sueflohn, a junior two-time state qualifier and state finalist a year ago, won the 135-pound weight class at the 56-team Bi-State Classic in LaCrosse this week. Sueflohn pushed his record to 16-1 with a 11-2 major decision over Wisconsin Rapids sophomore Jake Raflik (19-5) in the final at 135. A year ago, Sueflohn, one of the top four wrestlers in the area, lost to Germantown junior Jesse Thielke in the Division 1 final at 125 pounds. Sueflohn finished second at the Bi-State at 125 a year ago. Wrestler_of_the_Week_2009-1010.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0
Joe’s Week 4 Team Rankings Team Rankings Area (Records through Monday) 1, Arrowhead, 7-2 2, Muskego, 11-3 3, West Allis Central, 15-2 4, Mukwonago, 7-1 5, Hartford, 11-2 6, Pewaukee, 3-0 7, Kenosha Tremper, 19-4 8, Franklin, 11-4 9, Burlington, 7-2 10, Kewaskum, 6-2Team_Rankings.htmlshapeimage_5_link_0

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Quote of the Week "I'm tickled pink," West Allis Central coach Jason Stromberg after his team won the E.H. Stech Invitational title for the first time since 1983. Quote_of_the_Week.htmlshapeimage_6_link_0
Massoglia Transplant a Success By Joe Shinners Mark Massoglia, the long-time Wisconsin wrestling reporter, underwent successful a heart transplant over the summer and has resumed his reporting duties at the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.08-09_Articles/Entries/2009/12/14_MASSOGIAL_SIDE_Massoglia_Transplant_a_Success.html08-09_Articles/Entries/2009/12/14_MASSOGIAL_SIDE_Massoglia_Transplant_a_Success.html08-09_Articles/Entries/2009/12/14_MASSOGIAL_SIDE_Massoglia_Transplant_a_Success.htmlshapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1shapeimage_7_link_2
Tremper Stops Tech By Joe Shinners Kenosha Tremper Trojans wrestling coach Joel Dutton was looking forward to getting his full lineup back on the mat in a big tournament. He came away impressed as the full Tremper team completed its dismantling of the Holiday Duals Wednesday afternoon at Milwaukee Hamilton by compiling a 10-0 record in the state's largest two-day dual tournament. Tremper finished with a 10-0 record at the tournament, followed by Marshall (9-1), Kenosha Bradford (8-2) and Wauwatosa (7-3) in the top four of the 12-team tournament. "I'm proud of the guys," said Dutton, whose team improved to 19-4 overall this year. "We've come a long way. We wrestled pretty dog gone good." More08-09_Articles/Entries/2010/1/5_Tremper_Stops_Tech.html08-09_Articles/Entries/2009/12/22_Bulldogs_Bite_Back_at_Stech.htmlshapeimage_8_link_0shapeimage_8_link_1
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Warriors Bounce Back By Joe Shinners Hartford - Much to the chagrin of many, you just can't count the Muskego Warriors wrestling team out just yet. They proved that and more as the Warriors completed a difficult two-week stretch to begin the season Saturday afternoon by winning the team title at the 34th annual Hartford Team Tournament. More08-09_Articles/Entries/2009/12/17_Warriors_Bounce_Back.html08-09_Articles/Entries/2009/12/14_MUSKEGO_FALTERS_EARLY.htmlshapeimage_11_link_0shapeimage_11_link_1
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