MADISON — The Holmen High School boys wrestling team advanced five of its state qualifiers to the Division 1 quarterfinals, and junior Aini Anderson used a quick pin to advance to the same round for Holmen’s girls in the first session of the WIAA state tournament at the Kohl Center on Thursday.
Freshman Brendan Henderson (50-2, 113 pounds), sophomore Rex Lancaster (46-4, 120), junior Brock Needham (49-5, 126), sophomore Nathan Henderson (38-2, 138) and senior AJ Alesch (46-7, 150) will all wrestle in the quarterfinal round, which is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.
Brendan Henderson, Lancaster, Needham and Alesch all won first-round matches by pin. Alesch’s match lasted just 14 seconds. Nathan Henderson received a first-round bye.
Anderson (43-2, 100) won her first-round match by pin in 21 seconds.
Here are all of the first-round results from boys Division 1 matches and girls matches today.
BOYS
DIVISION 1
Thursday night's quarterfinals
113: (3) Brendan Henderson, fr., Holmen (50-2) vs. (6) Kyler Van Keuren, so., Waukesha West (33-9)
120: (3) Rex Lancaster, so., Holmen (46-4) vs. (11) Cooper Herzig, jr., Muskego (37-11)
126: (3) Brock Needham, jr., Holmen (49-5) vs. (6) Bryan Rivera, sr., Waukesha West (37-5)
138: (2) Nathan Henderson, so., Holmen (38-2) vs. Wyatt Sandoval, sr., Hartland Arrowhead (37-10)
150: (5) AJ Alesch, sr., Holmen (46-7) vs. (4) Alex Martinez, so., Westosha Central (41-3)
Thursday's first-round results
106: (3) Jackson Freeman, jr., Wisconsin Rapids (31-1) maj. dec. (14) Brady Needham, fr., Holmen (36-18) 8-0
113: (3) Brendan Henderson, fr., Holmen (50-2) pinned (14) Miguel Potter, fr., Whitefish Bay (9-10) 1:22
120: (3) Rex Lancaster, so., Holmen (46-4) tech. fall (14) Logan Stratton, so., Nicolet (20-15) 21-6, 1:17
126: (3) Brock Needham, jr., Holmen (49-5) pinned (14) Samuel Strutz, fr., Sauk Prairie/Wis. Heights (38-17) 3:20
132: (3) Oliver Larson, jr., River Falls (46-7) tech. fall (14) Rock West (17-18) 16-0, 1:40
150: (5) AJ Alesch, sr., Holmen (46-7) pinned (12) Dylan Sardina, fr., West Allis Hale (35-9) :14
190: (7) Brady Stammer, sr., Homestead (28-3) tech. fall (10) Maximus Todd, sr., Onalaska/Luther (41-5) 17-2, 3:54
285: (9) London Hadley, jr., Racine Case (25-3) maj. dec. (8) Jagger Jepson, sr., Holmen (37-13) 12-4
GIRLS
Thursday night's quarterfinal
100: (5) Aini Anderson, jr., Holmen (43-2) vs. (4) Mya Beckett, fr., Green Bay Notre Dame (44-4)
Thursday's first round results
100: (5) Aini Anderson, jr., Holmen (43-2) pinned (12) Brooke Bethel, fr., Mount Horeb/Barneveld (33-13) :21
107: (2) Lily Baker, so., Freedom (29-2) pinned (15) Sophia Anderson, fr., West Salem/Bangor (35-7) 2:24
126: (3) Kylee Kurszewski, sr., Neenah (51-3) tech. fall (14) Kaytlynn Lambries, jr., Holmen (43-11) 17-2, 2:51
138: (1) Carley Chesker, sr., Lake Geneva Badger (30-0) pinned (16) Rachael Hang, jr., Logan/Central (41-12) :27
185: (6) Adrianna Logue, sr., North Crawford/Seneca (46-2) pinned (11) Avalee Euler, jr., Holmen (35-11) 2:30
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