MADISON — Seven local competitors — three from Aquinas High School and two from the G-E-T/Melrose-Mindoro co-op — have qualified for Friday’s semifinal round at the WIAA individual state wrestling tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Aquinas junior Tyson Martin (42-2), a two-time Division 3 state runner-up already, needed just 1 minute, 7 seconds to score 17 points a d win by technical fall over Spring Valley/Elmwood’s Jack Steinmeyer (43-10) in the 215-pound quarterfinal bout and is one victory away from a third chance at a championship.
Junior teammate Roger Flege (45-3) also needed to wrestle just once on Thursday after receiving a first-round bye in the 132 backet, and he took care of Oconto’s Tyler Beekman by technical fall in 3:36 to earn his spot in the semifinals.
Senior Trevor Paulson (40-10) had to wrestle twice at 150 but gave the Blugolds another semifinalist with a 13-4 major decision over Omro’s Logan Carley (36-11) and a 4-1 decision over Brock Hinderman (35-8) of Iowa-Grant/Highland.
Also still alive in consolation brackets for Aquinas are Lincoln Stanek (37-10, 106), Martez Sheard (39-5, 120), Tyler Paulson (36-11, 126), Waylon Hargrove (35-8, 157) and Will Flottmeyer (19-6, 285).
Stanek, Sheard, Hargrove and Flottmeyer won their opening matches on Thursday but were knocked out of the championship bracket with quarterfinal losses.
The Titans will be represented in the Division 2 semifinal round by junior Colton Koss and senior Gunnar Johnson.
Koss (44-2) beat Lodi’s Bryer Caves (42-16) by a 17-7 score in their 120-pound quarterfinal. Koss received a first-round bye.
Johnson (49-7) advanced with two wins at 157. He first pinned Two Rivers’ Derek Klinkner (18-9) in 1:10, then pinned Baldwin-Woodville’s Taden Holldorf (39-5) in 5:06 during their quarterfinal bout.
G-E-T/Melrose-Mindoro also still has Koda Purney (46-9), 113) and Aaron Dunigan (49-8, 215) alive on the consolation side after first-round victories and quarterfinal defeats.
Two area semifinalists remain in Division 1, and they are Logan/Central senior Jayden Delao and West Salem/Bangor junior Teghan Moore.
Delao (35-4) blew through both of his opponents at 190 with a pin and major decision. He pinned Milwaukee Bradley Tech’s Christian Wright (18-9) in 1:38, then blanked Pulaski’s Ander Servais (42-7) 11-0 in the quarterfinals.
Moore (51-3) advanced at 106 with one pin and an impressive victory during an all-local quarterfinal. Moore pinned Brookfield East’s Colin Seifert (34-11) in 3:30 before matching up with Holmen freshman Rex Lancaster (44-6) in the quarterfinal round. Moore won that match 6-2 to earn a semifinal bout.
WIAA INDIVIDUAL STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
Kohl Center, Madison
FRIDAY’S PAIRINGS
BOYS
DIVISION 1
Semifinals (Friday, 7 p.m.)
106: (3) Teghan Moore, West Salem/Bangor (51-3) vs. (7) Jack Falk, Pulaski (42-5)
190: (2) Jayden Delao (35-4) vs. (3) Owen Sjoberg, Watertown (45-2)
Consolations (Friday, 10 a.m.)
106: Rex Lancaster, Holmen (44-6) vs. Everett Hilby, New Berlin West/Eisenhower (33-10) or Julean Rouleau, Greenfield (40-10)
120: Nathan Henderson, Holmen (41-5) vs. Nathan Mielke, Wauwatosa West/East (29-7) or Landyn Freeman, Wisconsin Rapids (39-9)
165: Jonathon Lamprich, Holmen (38-8) vs. Cyrus Butler, Whitefish Bay (24-16)
DIVISION 2
Semifinals (Friday, 7 p.m.)
120: (1) Colton Koss, G-E-T/Melrose-Mindoro (44-2) vs. (5) Jarvis Porcaro, Whitewater (40-6)
157: (6) Gunnar Johnson, G-E-T/Melrose-Mindoro (49-7) vs. (2) Spencer Madsen, Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol (52-1)
Consolations (Friday, 1 p.m.)
113: Koda Purney, G-E-T/Melrose-Mindoro (46-9) vs. Aaron Olson, Chetek (33-6)
215: Aaron Dunigan, G-E-T/Melrose-Mindoro (49-8) vs. Henry Vander Heiden, Freedom (47-7)
DIVISION 3
Semifinals (Friday, 7 p.m.)
132: (1) Roger Flege, Aquinas (45-3) vs. (4) Lakota Brewer, Riverdale (45-7)
150: (6) Trevor Paulson, Aquinas (40-10) vs. (2) Collin Hamm, Weyauwega-Fremont (54-3)
215: (1) Tyson Martin, Aquinas (42-2)vs. (4) Ilijah Sanchez, Shiocton (11-1)
Consolations (Friday, 1 p.m.)
106: Lincoln Stanek, Aquinas (37-10) vs. Will Obermueller, Glenwood City (38-11)
120: Martez Sheard, Aquinas (39-5) vs. Ethan Hoyer, Brillion (50-13)
126: Tyler Paulson, Aquinas (36-11)vs. Chase Koepp, Random Lake (41-7)
157: Waylon Hargrove, Aquinas (35-8) vs. Connor Johnson, Weyauwega-Fremont (44-12)
285: Will Flottmeyer, Aquinas (19-6) vs. Magnus Hilgers, Rosholt (27-7)
GIRLS
Consolations (Friday, 10 a.m.)
114: Haley Dezelske,Holmen (32-10) vs. Izzie Evitch, Menomonee Falls (33-4) or Amiya Leverance, Nekoosa (32-12)
120: Allison Weiss, Holmen (26-17) vs. Ellie Federl, Grafton (30-14)
145: Sophia Paulson, Aquinas (26-7) vs. Zoye Hilby, Dodgeland (30-6)
