2009-2010 Week 11: West Allis Central. The Bulldogs, ranked No. 5 in the area, upset No. 1-ranked Arrowhead, 34-27, at the Homestead team sectional to earn their first berth to the state team tournament since 2001, the only time Central has qualified for the team tournament. Central also won the Greater Metro Conference dual and tournament titles, a regional title to go a long with the team sectional title this year. Week 10: Greendale Martin Luther. The Spartans made two coaches happy when they won the Midwest Classic Conference tournament title last Saturday as one was able to appreciate helping to save the program 10 years ago and 5-year coach Tony Romano was able to celebrate his first conference title. Martin Luther saw only one wrestler win a title at the league meet, but had six wrestlers finish second and 11 of its 14 wrestlers place third or higher at the tournament. Martin Luther’s lone champion was senior Chris Dotson (20-13), who won the 160-pound title. The Spartans totaled 196.5 points, easily ahead of second-place Kenosha St. Joes (168.5) at the seven-team tournament. It was the first time the Spartans won a conference wrestling title since 1997, and the team became the first boys team at the school to win a conference title since 2004. “We have eight seniors, so we expected to do well,” said Romano. “We’re happy. It’s been a long time. Too long, really.” The victory was sweet for former coach Mickey Ripp, who stepped in 10 years ago when the school was thinking of ending the program and he helped keep it alive. “We owe him a big thank you,” said Romano. “He stepped it up back then and saved the program by keeping it going.” Week 9: Pewaukee. The Pirates, ranked No. 3 in the area, placed six wrestlers in the finals and came away with a pair of champions to win the Pirate Invitational at Pewaukee with 195.5 points. Wilmot finished second with 177.5 points, followed by Oconomowoc (171) and No. 6- ranked Muskego (167.5). Pewaukee’s champions were junior Nathan Moore (112 pounds) and senior Mitch Teeters (130), both of whom won in the finals by a pin. Pewaukee had all 14 of its wrestlers place 6th or higher and went 7-7 in the final round. Week 8: Muskego. The Warriors are proving their resiliency this season in the face of adversity, and it was on display at the Norski Inivite at DeForest last weekend. Despite missing starters Derek Olson, a senior out for the year with a shoulder injury, and senior Jordan Sowinski (wrist; return unknown), the Warriors cruised to the team title with six individual champions, seven finalists and 245 points. Neenah finished second with 211.5 points, followed by Franklin with 205.5. Muskego’s champions were junior Tyler Sinda (103), sophomore Justin Scherkenbach (112), junior Tyler Quartullo (135), senior Jordan Lau (145), sophomore Roland Dunlap (171) and sophomore Jordan Gruettner (189). Franklin had a pair of champions at the tournament in juniors Sam Kortes (119) and David Cabral (130). Mukwonago sophomore Ryan Aprahamian won the 160 title. Week 7: Burlington. The Demons ran away with the team title at the Eagle Invite at Racine Case by crowning seven champions and totaling 264.5 points at the 10-team event. Ft. Atkinson finished a distant second with 171 points. Burlington’s champions were sophomores Derek Gill (112), Brandt Gavin (130) and Willie Ehlen (140) as well as seniors Nick Jazdzewski (152), Joel Alvarez (160), Mark Ney (215) and Joe Clarey (285). Week 6: Milwaukee Bradley Tech. The Trojans, the top team in the Milwaukee City Conference, have had a season of highs and lows. Last weekend, Tech returned to the top by winning the Red Devil Invite at Kenosha Bradford by scoring 229 points at the six-team event. Bradford finished second with 198.5 points. Tech crowned seven individual champions in senior Ezekiel Torres (103), junior Ferriez Johnson (112), junior Luis Resendiz (119), sr., Brandin Thomas (135), freshman Jeremy Stewart (145), sophomore Vernon Rash (160) and junior Jeremiah Mathias (215). Week 5: Wilmot. The Panthers finished fourth at the Oshkosh on the Water, the highest finish of any area team at the 58-team tournament. Wilmot had not cracked the top 10 in the final team standings before last week. Wilmot’s highest finish at the tournament since 2004 was a 15th-place finish a year ago. Coleman won the tournament with 326.5 points, followed by Hortonville (271), Tomahawk (240.5) and Wilmot (226.5). Coleman is ranked No. 1 in Division 3. Tomahawk is ranked No. 5 in D2. Wilmot was led by sophomore Matt Gray (19-1), who finished second at 140 among his team’s six place-winners. Week 3: 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. Week 3: Muskego. The Muskego Warriors won the 35-team Marty Loy Classic team title in Fond du Lac with 226.5 points to best the field of 25 teams, four of which are ranked in the state. Muskego, ranked No. 5 in Division 1 by the Crossface and No. 2 in the area, finished ahead of Wausau West (194.5), Hudson (176), Kewaskum (134.5) and DeForest (128) in the top 5 at the tournament. Wausau West is ranked No. 3 in Division 1. Hudson is ranked No. 6 in D1. Kewaskum is ranked No. 8 in D2. DeForest and Wausau West both qualified for the D1 state team tournament a year ago. Muskego came away with a pair of champions at the Marty Loy: senior Derek Olson (17-0 at 152) and sophomore Justin Scherkenbach (16-1 at 112). Muskego had 10 of its 14 wrestlers place at the tournament. Week 2: Milwaukee Marquette The Hilltoppers have jumped out to their best start in so long no one can remember. Marquette won its first two tournaments of the year and has posted an 8-1 overall dual meet record and 2-0 mark in the Greater Metro Conference. Marquette went 5-0 to win the Milwaukee Hamilton Duals and won its own Tom Burns Memorial Invitational last week with 194 points. Greenfield was second with 171.5 points, followed by Union Grove (161) at the 10-team event. Marquette had two champions last week in freshman Gabe Grahek (103) and junior Dan Erato (171). Marquette's only loss this year was a 45-30 loss to Waukesha South at the season-opening West Allis Central Double Duals. "We had to get the fooball players back in the lineup," said Marquette coach Ralph DeNisco. "We had three or four guys out and they only had two practices once the football season ended, and that put us behind the eight ball." Week 1: Arrowhead It's a no-brainer. The unranked Arrowhead Warhawks knocked of state No. 2-ranked Muskego, 40-27, in the fifth round of the Cooney Ten-Team Tournament in a stunning upset. Arrowhead won 8 of 14 matches and won the big match of the dual as junior Jake Sueflohn defeated Muskego junior Tyler Quartullo by a 5-0 decision in the 135-pound weight class. 2008-2009 Week 12: Wausau West. The Warriors sent a school-record total of four wrestlers to the finals in Division 1 and all won state titles. The Warriors had only won three individual titles since 1970, and to more than double the amount in one tournament was the big story at the state meet as four seniors came through for Hein. West’s senior state champions included Steven Monk (52-2 at 140 pounds), Sam Umlauf (44-4 at 130), Shawn Perry (53-1 at 145) and senior Jackson Hein (51-3). Week 11: Pewaukee. The Pirates qualified nine wrestlers for the Division 2 individual state wrestling tournament. The nine qualifiers was the most of any team in the Southeast. Pewaukee came away with four sectional champions, three second-place finishers and two third-place finishers and won the tournament’s biggest match. Pewaukee’s sectional champions were freshman Josh Berg (41-6 at 103), junior Mitch Teeters (37-12 at 119), senior David Phillips (45-3 at 152) and senior Josh Mohr (42-5 at 189). Week 10: Delafield St. John’s Northwestern. St. John’s won its first conference title since 1994 when the school won the Midwest Classic Conference title with 206 points after going 6-0 in league duals. The victory snapped Milwaukee Heritage Christian’s streak at five consecutive conference tournament titles. St. John’s had three individual champions, four runners-up and four third-place finishers. Christian finished second with 160.5 points. “This was our focus this year. We got the banner up,” said St. John’s coach Greg Hyland. “That’s what we wanted. This has been what we wanted all year.” Week 9: Pewaukee. It was quite a week for the No. 2-ranked Pirates. Pewaukee won its Pirate Inivitational for just the fifth time in 39 years, scoring 256 points to win the 10-team invitational. Pewaukee sent 11 wrestlers to the finals and won six individual titles, including the one by senior David Phillips (160), who was named Outstanding Wrestler at the tournament for the second consecutive year. Pewaukee also went 2-0 in the Woodland Conference to clinch the league’s dual meet title for the second straight year and pushed its undefeated streak in league duals to 22. Week 7: Muskego. The No. 1-ranked Warriors won the 10-team Norski Invitational at DeForest by beating two other ranked area teams, including Southeast Conference rival Frankin. Muskego sent seven of its 13 wrestlers to the finals, came away with four individual champions and won the tournament with 276 points, 21 more than second-place DeForest. No. 6-ranked Franklin finished fourth (209) and No. 7-ranked Mukwonago finished fifth (180.5). Week 6: Kenosha Bradford. The Red Devils saw five wrestlers reach the finals and three – Andrew Flesch (17-6 at 125), Armando Narvaez (13-8 at 140) and Christian Bridgeman (17-1 at 285) – won titles as the Red Devils won the team championship with 225 points at the eight-team Kenosha Bradford Invitational. It was Bradford’s first tournament title of the year. Week 5: Sussex Hamilton. The Chargers haven’t had much to cheer about in recent years, but they did close the year on a bright note with a team title at the Laser Invitational at Kettle Moraine two days after Christmas. The Chargers had 10 of 14 wrestlers place 8th or higher, advanced five wrestlers to to the finals and claimed three championships. Sussex Hamilton’s champions were Sam Kuehn (10-3 at 112), Mike Hollnagel (10-3 at 125) and Chad McLaughlin (9-3 at 135). Week 4: Muskego. The Warriors, ranked No. 1 in the area, finished second at the 25-team Marty Loy at Bay Port with 230 points and saw nine of its 14 wrestlers place sixth or higher. State Division 1 No. 1-ranked Wausau West finished first with 283 points. Lodi finished third at 184.5 points, followed by Mosinee (177) and Hudson (153.5). Muskego saw two wrestlers win individual championships in freshmen Justin Scherkenbach (12-0 at 103) and Roland Dunlap (11-0 at 171). Week 3: Franklin The Franklin Sabers finished fourth at the Battle on the Bay at Bay Port in a surprisingly strong showing at the 16-team event. Simley (Minn.) won the event with 560 pounds. Wisconsin Rapids finished second with 534 points, followed by Luxemburg-Casco (350.5) and Franklin with 346. The Sabers had eight wrestlers finish sixth or higher, but did not have an individual champion. Still, it was a strong showing with several state- and area-ranked teams. “Simley was tough as nails,” said Franklin coach Louis Brown. “We wrestled pretty well. We have a solid squad this year with good seniors and good sophomores. That’s what you want. Week 2: Oconomowoc. The Cooney shocked some by beating former area No. 1 Arrowhead, 35-34, at the eight-team Cooney Team Tournament at Oconomowoc last weekend. Oconomowoc used a strong performance from freshman Taylor Mommaerts at 125 pounds in back-to-back matches to seal a second-place finish at the tournament with a 4-1 record. Oconomowoc picked up four pins and two major decisions against Arrowhead and five pins and one major decision in a 40-39 victory over Wilmot in the fourth round of the tournament before losing to tournament champion Wisconsin Rapids, 62-12, in the final round. 2007-2008 Week 9: Milwaukee Heritage Christian. Christian won nine of 14 individual titles to cruise to the Midwest Classic Conference title last weekend with 342.5 points. Host Greendale Martin Luther finished second with 201 points. It was Christian’s sixth consecutive conference title and by the largest margin in the team’s run. “It was a good day,” said Christian coach Paul Havel. “It was pretty cool. We filled 13 weight classes and I thought maybe we could have won another two.” Christian will host a Division 3 regional beginning at 10:30 Saturday for the fist time. “We’re looking forward to that,” Havel said. “We think we have an outside chance of winning it.” Week 8: Brookfield East. The Spartans won the Greater Metro Conference dual meet title (6-0) by holding on for a 33-32 victory over visiting Sussex Hamilton last week. It secured at least a share of a conference title for the sixth time for East, tying a school record for consecutive conference titles won with the girls basketball team in the mid-1980s. The key victory for East was the one-point victory pulled out by senior Will Werner on an escape with 30 seconds left in the 215-pound match. “It was pretty exciting stuff,” said East coach Bud Sines. “It was a good match. Will fought off his back in the first period and came back.” Week 7: Muskego. The Warriors, the area’s No. 1-ranked team, finished second at the DeForest Invitational with 224.5 points, 21 points behind state power Wisconsin Rapids and ahead of Ashwaubenon (221.5). Area No. 3 Mukwonago finished fourth with 220.5 points. Muskego was led by sophomore Derek Olson (28-2) and junior Jake Schilling (27-4). Olson won the 135-pound weight class by beating Ashwaubenon junior Zach Geyer (32-6) by an 8-3 decision in the final. Schilling defeated Cambridge senior Grant Lorang (26-2) by a 6-4 decision in overtime to win the 152 final. Muskego placed four of 14 wrestlers in the finals, and 10 of its wrestlers placed sixth or higher. Week 6: Wausau West. This space is normally reserved for local wrestling teams, but the performance of the Warriors last week was so special it deserves notice. West, ranked No. 2 in Division 1, defeated No. 1-ranked Wisconsin Rapids, 36-15, at Rapids in a Wisconsin Valley Conference dual meet last Thursday night to stop Rapids' conference winning streak at 115 duals. The victory was West's first ever over Rapids and improved West’s overall record to 10-0 and 5-0 in conference. It was a stunning, lopsided victory during which West win 10 of the 14 matches and posted two technical falls and two major decisions. West opened the match, which began at 125 pounds, by winning the first eight matches to take a 30-0 lead. Rapids (15-5, 3-1), ranked nationally prior to the defeat, last loss to a Wisconsin team in 2002 – a 25-21 setback to Milton in the Division 1 team state final. Two days after the its triumph over Rapids, West won the 20-team Cheesehead Invitational at Kaukauna in resounding fashion by scoring 669 points. Nationally ranked Montini Cathoic (Ill.) finished second with 579, followed by Kaukauna (528.5) and Arrowhead (478.5). Week 5: Port Washington. The Pirates are finally healthy and it showed at the Port Washington Invitational, an eight-team dual tournament last weekend. The Pirates had nine wrestlers post 5-0 records on the day as they pushed their overall record (9-4) above the .500 mark for the first time this season. “We were happy with how we did,” said Port coach Angelo LaRosa. “We’ve had up to six guys out this year. Everyone is healthy.” Port will be among the teams at the Cheesehead Invitational at Kaukauna this weekend. “We’ll see just how good we are and see where we are at,” said La Rosa. Two sidelined wrestlers – seniors Tony Werner (125) and Matt Neumyer (285) – returned and went 5-0 at the tournament. Week 4: Arrowhead. The Warhawks won the Division 1 team title at the Bi-State Classic in La Crosse by totaling 345.5 points, most of all three divisions in the 55-team tournament. Arrowhead finished ahead of Bloomington (Minn.) Kennedy’s 267 points to win the overall title for the second time in four years and the Division 1 title for the second time in three years. A total of 10 of Arrowhead’s 14 wrestlers placed in the top nine. Senior Nick Hucke (7-0) led Arrowhead by winning the 135 title, his second Bi-State title in two years. Week 3: Milwaukee Bradley Tech. The Trojans responded to their first loss of the season by winning four consecutive dual meets as they won the Milwaukee Hamilton Holiday Dual Tournament last week. Tech went 9-1 to improve to 17-1 this year. Tech’s only loss was a 37-32 setback to Wauwatosa to open the second day of competition. Tech went on to beat Kenosha Tremper, 34-28, in the final round and win the team title. Week 2: Arrowhead. The Warhawks are beginning to build some momentum heading into the holiday tournament season, and it started with their team title at the nine-team Flynn Motors Holiday Classic at Beaver Dam. Arrowhead claimed five individual champions and won the team title with 233 points. Neenah finished second with 186 points. All fourteen Warhawks placed in the top six with seven wrestlers reaching the finals. Winning titles for the Warhawks were freshman Jake Sueflohn (9-0, 119), junior James Clark (4-0, 125), senior Arik Yde (9-0, 135), senior Chris Senner (9-0, 140), sophomore Al Yde (8-1, 145) and senior Eric Herbert (7-1, 189). Clark led the way with a 5-1 victory in the 125 final over Beaver Dam senior Casey Sobrilsky (9-1) in match between two returning state qualifiers and a key area match. Week 1: Pewaukee was supposed to have a down season this year, but the Pirates have started the year on a roll with a key conference dual victory (39-31 over Wauwatosa) and an impressive showing at the Battle on the Bay in Bay Port last weekend. Pewaukee sent a pair of wreslters to the finals (both lost) and had 8 wrestlers place 6th or higher in their respective weight class as the team finished second at the 15-team invitational. The Pirates finished with 419.5 points. Simley (Minn.) won the tournament with 523 points. Seymour finished third with 410.5 points, follwed by Ashwaubenon (409), Franklin (395) and East Troy (344) in the top six teams. “We’ve got a really young team this year and that’s what makes it fun,” said Pirates coach Ed Kurth. “It’s kind of neat to see what’s going to happen. We could have some young kids blossoming right before our eyes.” Return to Welcome Pageshapeimage_1_link_0
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