Tonight, our conference wrestling dual season wrapped up. SD wrestled Sturgeon Bay Sevastopol at Sevastopol. The gym was full and very loud, as it always is in Sevastopol. It's a great way to end the conference schedule. We expected a tight match and that's exactly what we got.
The night started out with what might have been our first conference girls' dual. Both SBS and SD had two girls in the same weight class. First up were Attyson Wilson and Lane Brauer. This was a close match, with the lead changing back and forth for the first two periods. Attyson had a choice in the third period with the score tied and chose bottom. Attyson had earned two reversals earlier in the match, but this time, unfortunately, she couldn't get out from Lane's half-nelson and was pinned at 4:41. Next up was Hailey Veeser and Tiani LeMieux. Both girls are currently ranked in the state. Tiani got the better of Hailey at the Southern Door Girls Tournament but this past weekend at the Wausau Challenge Series Hailey finished higher, although the two did not meet head to head. The match started with Tiani scoring a quick takedown. Then as Hailey was getting to her feet Tiani caught her in a throw and put Hailey on her back. But, Hailey's a fighter and didn't give up and eventually earned a reversal and caught Tiani on her back. Hailey pressured hard and earned the pin at 1:59 to beat the buzzer. Both matches were out-of-your-seats exciting with the teams splitting pins for a team tie. Hopefully, girls' wrestling will continue to grow, and we will be having more duals in the coming years.
165 Lane Brauer SBS won by fall over Attyson Wilson SD 4:41
145 Hailey Veeser SD won by fall over Tianni LeMeiux 1:59
SD 6 and SBS 6
The boys' dual started tonight at 150 lbs. After two pins by the Veesers for Southern Door, we gave up 3 pins giving the lead back to SBS. Thomas Jackson got us back close with a hard-fought 6-2 decision. After losing a pin at 285 we traded forfeits, putting Southern Door in the lead for good. The night ended with a win for each team. Disappointed that we lost five of the contested matches, but we didn't line up well in the upper weights. The guys that did lose gave it their best effort against some tough opponents. For the boys, Thomas Jackson had the most exciting match of the evening. Even though he controlled most of the match he couldn't get much offense going. His low single takedowns were the difference.
150 Lance Veeser SD won by fall over Eli Bell SBS 1:34
157 Trevin Veeser SD won by fall over Justin Gutierrez SBS 4:52
165 Ethan DeNamur won by fall over Joe McDonald SD 1:43
175 Julian Langer SBS won by fall over Jackson Wagner SD 1:07
190 Zach Wrobel SBS won by fall over Jonathan Alas SD 1:32
215 Thomas Jackson SD won by decision over Alex Andrea SBS 6-2
285 Seth Laughlin SBS won by fall over Josh Nachtwey SD 0:39
106 Nate Hasenjager SBS won by FFT
113 Delaney Wilke SD won by FFT
120 Lukas Kallen SD won by FFT
126 Ashly Larsen SD won by FFT
132 Mason Motquin SD won by FFT
138 Spencer Slezewski SD won by fall over Nathan Sansom SBS 3:01
144 Spencer Madsen SBS won by major decision over Trevor Englebert SD 15-1
With the win tonight, Southern Door finished third in the conference and SBS fourth. Peshtigo easily beat Kewaunee tonight 57-21 to claim the conference title, and Kewaunee finished second. We were within a match with both Peshtigo and Kewaunee this year but fell just short to both teams. Full strength, I feel we could have beaten both teams, but we just don't have the depth to overcome the injuries we suffered along the way.
Next up for the girls is a tournament tomorrow night at Shawano. This is our first trip to this tournament, but it looks to be good competition. The boys will be at Sturgeon Bay for the Dirk Sorenson Invite on Saturday. There should be full brackets this year, as many of the teams have full or nearly complete rosters. For the boys, we'll look to finish strong as this will be the last varsity matches of the season. Next week we'll look to rest and recover before getting back on the mat and making a push to the postseason. The girls will have one more tournament next weekend but then will have a week off before heading straight to sectionals.
