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Knight Wrestlers Come Up Short in Consolation Championship Match at State Tournament

By Craig Olson, 03/03/23, 12:45AM CST

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The West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville wrestling team competed in the Class A State Team Tournament on Thursday.  After losing to top-seeded Jackson County Central 48-17 in the quarterfinal round, they defeated Royalton/Upsala 31-29 in the consolation semifinals.  That advanced them into the consolation championship match against Medford, where they lost 37-33 to end their team season.

Match #1 Championship Bracket

Jackson County Central defeated West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville 48-17

  • 106 - Owen Gruchow (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Kyler Thier (Jackson County Central) TF 16-1
  • 113 - Kayden Eller (Jackson County Central) over Evan Dingwall (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Fall 1:23
  • 120 - Isaac Rodriguez (Jackson County Central) over Tucker McGee (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Fall 0:44
  • 126 - Benjamin Dahlin (Jackson County Central) over Carter Lohse (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Fall 1:58
  • 132 - Landon Andrews (Jackson County Central) over Adam Lohse (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Dec 8-1
  • 138 - Thomas Freking (Jackson County Central) over Sam Olson (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Fall 1:18
  • 145 - Skyler Andrews (Jackson County Central) over Kolby Peters (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Fall 3:46
  • 152 - Solomon Wales (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Isaiah Rodriguez (Jackson County Central) TB-1 14-12
  • 160 - Hunter Gruchow (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Trey Rossow (Jackson County Central) Dec 8-5
  • 170 - Dylan Withers (Jackson County Central) over Ezekiel Sieckert (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Dec 7-4
  • 182 - Anthony Sykora (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Braydan Winter (Jackson County Central) Fall 1:00
  • 195 - Matthew Haley (Jackson County Central) over Beau Robinson (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Dec 4-0
  • 220 - Caleb Vancura (Jackson County Central) over Will Rustan (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Fall 0:48
  • 285 - Cameron Scholten (Jackson County Central) over Justin Blascyk (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Dec 3-2

Match #2 Consolation Bracket

West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville defeated Royalton-Upsala 31-29

  • 106 - Evan Dingwall (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Marcus Hayes (Royalton-Upsala) SV-1 8-3
  • 113 - Owen Gruchow (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Adonijah Ripple (Royalton-Upsala) Fall 1:09
  • 120 - Tucker Simmons (Royalton-Upsala) over Tucker McGee (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Fall 2:32
  • 126 - Lane Olson (Royalton-Upsala) over Carter Lohse (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Fall 3:18
  • 132 - Adam Lohse (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Johnathon Bzdok (Royalton-Upsala) Maj 12-2
  • 138 - Alex Diederich (Royalton-Upsala) over Sam Olson (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Fall 0:46
  • 145 - Solomon Wales (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Will Gorecki (Royalton-Upsala) Dec 1-0
  • 152 - Brady Yourczek (Royalton-Upsala) over Kolby Peters (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Dec 7-0
  • 160 - Hunter Gruchow (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Sawyer Simmons (Royalton-Upsala) Dec 11-7
  • 170 - Nicholas Leibold (Royalton-Upsala) over Ezekiel Sieckert (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Maj 16-6
  • 182 - Anthony Sykora (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Jake Leners (Royalton-Upsala) Fall 0:11
  • 195 - Beau Robinson (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Kaden Holm (Royalton-Upsala) Dec 9-5
  • 220 - Bryce Holm (Royalton-Upsala) over Justin Blascyk (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Maj 13-2
  • 285 - Will Rustan (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Brandon Mugg (Royalton-Upsala) TB-1 2-1

Match #3 5th Place Match

Medford defeated West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville 37-33

  • 106 - Evan Dingwall (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
  • 113 - Luis Lopez (Medford) over Owen Gruchow (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) TF 15-0
  • 120 - Kaden Harfmann (Medford) over Tucker McGee (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Fall 0:55
  • 126 - Jack Meyer (Medford) over Carter Lohse (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Maj 14-2
  • 132 - Tommy Elwood (Medford) over Sam Olson (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) TF 16-0
  • 138 - Evan Schweisthal (Medford) over Adam Lohse (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Dec 8-1
  • 145 - Charley Elwood (Medford) over Kolby Peters (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Fall 2:41
  • 152 - Garron Hoffman (Medford) over Solomon Wales (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) Dec 7-0
  • 160 - Hunter Gruchow (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Kael Neumann (Medford) Fall 1:08
  • 170 - Tate Hermes (Medford) over Ezekiel Sieckert (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) TF 18-1
  • 182 - Anthony Sykora (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Aiden Ahrens (Medford) Fall 0:48
  • 195 - Beau Robinson (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Dylan Heiderscheidt (Medford) Fall 2:26
  • 220 - Will Rustan (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Conor Wilson (Medford) Fall 0:32
  • 285 - Justin Blascyk (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) over Mason Degrood (Medford) UTB 3-2