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WAUSAU – Marshfield senior Justin Sternweis won the 182-pound championship and improves to 38-1 this season after winning three matches at the WIAA Division 1 wrestling regional on Saturday at Wausau West High School.
Sternweis defeated Merrill’s Noah Lassa 8-4 in the 182-pound title match and is one of eight Marshfield wrestlers to qualify for next week’s WIAA Division 1 sectional at Eau Claire North.
The top two finishers in each weight class at the sectional next Saturday will move on to the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison on Feb. 23-25.
Wausau West edged Merrill for the team points title and moves on the team sectional against Hudson on Tuesday at Merrill. The winner will participate in the WIAA State Team Wrestling Tournament at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison on March 2-3.
Sternweis was the only Tiger wrestler to win a regional title, but seven others continue their season after placing in the top four at the regional.
Brandon Baltus (22-16) took second for Marshfield, losing the 152-pound championship match to Ray Paul of Merrill 15-0.
Senior Austin Mahoney (25-12) finished third at 160 pounds, but it came at a price. Mahoney had to default the championship match to Jared Mataczynski of Wausau West and the second-place wrestleback to David Pophal of Merrill due to injury.
Devon Klement (21-15), a sophomore, also finished third for the Tigers. Klement needed overtime to beat Patrick Witz of Wausau East 7-5 in the 113-pound third-place match. He lost a second-place wrestleback.
Four other Marshfield wrestlers finished fourth, three coming through in wrestlebacks after winning fifth-place matches.
Aaron Sternweis (8-17), a sophomore, pinned Hunter Welch of Merrill in 3:09 of the 120-pound fourth-place wrestleback; Mitch Hertel (30-10), a freshman and a Wisconsin Valley Conference champion, won his fourth-place wrestleback 10-1 over Jordan Goessl of Lakeland; and junior Kane Seubert (23-12) defeated P.J. Monk of Antigo 11-4 in a fourth-place wrestleback at 170 pounds.
Freshman Mitch Zillman (16-15) lost a third-place match to Levi Barske of Antigo, but didn’t need to go to a wrestleback and qualified for the sectional.
WIAA Division 1 regional
Feb. 11 at Wausau West
Team scores: 1. Wausau West 276; 2. Merrill 260; 3. Wausau East 142; 4. Marshfield 134; 5. D.C. Everest 117.5; 6. Rhinelander 88.5; 7. Antigo 44; 8. Lakeland 38.
Top four qualify for individual sectional Feb. 18 at Eau Claire North
106 pounds
Championship: Bee Lor (WW) won by injury default over Nick Dinny (WE).
Third place: Jack Freix (DC) won by technical fall over Dakota Stone (RH) 15-0.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Nathan Beyer (MER) pinned Stone (RH) in 0:20.
113 pounds
Championship: Scott Arneson (MER) def. Hunter Kuehl (WW) 2-0.
Second-place wrestleback: Kuehl (WW) won major decision over Devon Klement (MAR) 9-1.
Third place: Klement (MAR) def. Patrick Witz (WE) 7-5, OT.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Don Veverka (DC) won major decision over Witz (WE) 13-4.
120 pounds
Championship: Colin Baine (WW) pinned Terrance Simmons (WE) in 1:16.
Second-place wrestleback: Simmons (WE) pined Jacob Froseth (RH) in 3:41.
Third place: Froseth (RH) won major decision over Hunter Welch (MER) 14-6.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Aaron Sternweis (MAR) pinned Welch (MER) in 3:09.
126 pounds
Championship: Joe Umlauf (WW) won major decision over Alex Spatz (DC) 8-0.
Third place: Garrett Schmelling (MER) won by injury default over Jacob Schumacher (WE).
132 pounds
Championship: Joe Ziolkowski (DC) def. Marcus Reinhardt (MER) 6-3.
Second-place wrestleback: Ben Kostroski (WW) def. Reinhardt (MER) 4-0.
Third place: Kostroski (WW) def. Jordan Goessl (LAK) 7-0.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Mitch Hertel (MAR) major decision over Goessl (LAK) 10-1.
138 pounds
Championship: Nate Hettinga (WW) major decision over Austin Helmer (DC) 11-2.
Third place: Brook Whitehead (WE) def. Matthew Reinhardt (MER) 7-2.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Reinhardt (MER) pinned Carsten Lovstad (MAR) in 3:50.
145 pounds
Championship: Travis Hettinga (WW) def. Mason Reinhardt (MER) 2-1.
Second-place wrestleback: Reinhardt (MER) def. Nick Gore (DC) 3-2.
Third place: Gore (DC) def. Josh Roza (LAK) 11-9, OT.
152 pounds
Championship: Ray Paul (MER) won by technical fall over Brandon Baltus (MAR) 15-0.
Third place: Richard Klaver (RH) pinned Jacob Rusch (WW) in 3:07.
160 pounds
Championship: Jared Mataczynski (WW) won by injury default over Austin Mahoney (MAR).
Second-place wrestleback: David Pophal (MER) won by injury default over Mahoney (MAR).
Third place: Pophal (MER) technical fall over Kyle Pegarsch (ANT) 17-2.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Pegarsch (ANT) def. Rory Rusch (WE) 7-6.
170 pounds
Championship: Dylan Detert (WW) def. Connor Johnson (RH) 7-4.
Third place: Ben Hintze (MER) def. P.J. Monk (ANT) 8-1.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Kane Seubert (MAR) def. Monk (ANT) 11-4.
182 pounds
Championship: Justin Sternweis (MAR) def. Noah Lassa (MER) 8-4.
Third place: Richard Witz (WE) def. David Lodahl (WW) 2-1.
195 pounds
Championship: Alex Krug (MER) major decision over Jackson Beck (WW) 10-1.
Second-place wrestleback: Beck (WW) pinned Levi Barske (ANT) in 3:11.
Third place: Barske (ANT) pinned Mitch Zillman (MAR) in 3:33.
220 pounds
Championship: Tyler Schmidt (MER) pinned River Judd (WW) in 3:01.
Third place: Jace Klemm (DC) pinned Brandon Wachholz (WE) in 5:42.
285 pounds
Championship: Grant Collins (MER) pinned David Hamlin (WE) in 0:50.
Second-place wrestleback: Hamlin (WE) def. Ryan Fay (WW) 3-2, OT.
Third place: Fay (WW) def. Bryce Bilogan (RH) 9-7, OT.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Bilogan (RH) pinned Justin Brown (ANT) in 2:33.