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MERRILL – Marshfield had three third-place finishers and three others take fourth as it qualified six for sectionals on Saturday at the WIAA Division 1 wrestling regional at Merrill High School.
Mitch Hertel (138 pounds), Brett Hasbrouck (170) and Kane Seubert (182) finished third for the Tigers, while Josh Lang (160), Carsten Lovstad (145) and Tristan Wilson (285) took fourth.
The top four individual finishers in each weight class qualified for the Division 1 individual sectional on Feb. 16 at Marshfield. The top two finishers at the sectional move on to the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament Feb. 21-23 at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Wausau West won the team title with 257 points and five individual champions. The Warriors will be at home for the Division 1 team sectional on Tuesday.
Hertel, a sophomore who qualified for the state tournament last year for Marshfield, improves to 26-6 this season by taking third. He defeated Josh Noll of Wausau West 7-1 in the 138-pound third-place match.
Hasbrouck (10-10) squeezed his way through to finish third at 170 pounds. Hasbrouck beat Adam Woebbeking of Rhinelander 11-7 in the third-place match before losing to Cody Grunenwald of West 13-3 in a second-place wrestleback.
Seubert, a senior, improves to 31-9 by taking third at 182 for the Tigers. He beat Kyle Zimic of West 4-0 in the third-place match.
Josh Lang (10-12), a freshman, took fourth at 160, while Wilson, a Wisconsin Valley Conference championship at 285 pounds, ended up fourth in the regional. The junior is now 31-11 this season.
Lovstad (17-14) won a fourth-place wrestleback at 145 over Jordan Lundt of Rhinelander 11-3 to qualify.
Luke Mahoney (126) finished fifth, and Noah Gerdes (106), Devon Klement (120), Tyler Manthe (132) and Brandon Baltus (152) were sixth for Marshfield
2013 WIAA Division 1 Wrestling Regional
Feb. 9, at Merrill
Team Standings: **1. Wausau West 257; 2. Merrill 220; 3. Stevens Point 159; 4. D.C. Everest 140; 5. Rhinelander 126; 6. Marshfield 93.5; 7. Wausau East 81; 8. Antigo 15. (**qualify for team sectional Feb. 12 at Wausau West)
Individual Results
(Top 4 qualify for sectional, Feb. 16 at Wausau East)
106 pounds
Championship: Bee Lor (WW) def. Manning Denk (DC) 8-1.
Third place: Dakota Stone (RH) def. Nate Duffert (SP) 6-3.
113 pounds
Championship: Nathan Beyer (MER) def. Alex Burk (WW) 6-0.
Third place: Mitch Veverka (DC) won major dec. over Kolby Konopacky (SP) 10-1.
120 pounds
Championship: Nick Diny (WE) def. Kolten Pope (SP) 8-3.
Third place: Hunter Kuehl (WW) def. Jack Freix (DC) 3-2.
126 pounds
Championship: Colin Baine (WW) def. Garrett Schmelling (MER) 3-0.
Third place: Fritz Schierl (SP) won by technical fall over Nolan White (DC) 15-0.
132 pounds
Championship: Joe Umlauf (WW) won major dec. over Scott Arneson (MER) 10-2.
Third place: Tyler Kiefer (SP) won by injury default over Alex Reas (RH).
Second-place wrestleback: Arneson def. Kiefer 2-0.
138 pounds
Championship: Brook Whitehead (WE) def. Austin Helmer (DC) 9-3.
Third place: Mitch Hertel (MAR) def. Josh Noll (WW) 7-1.
145 pounds
Championship: Joe Ziolkowski (DC) def. Eric Ball (MER) 9-2.
Third place: Ben Kostroski (WW) won by technical fall over Jordan Lundt (RH) 18-1.
Second-place wrestleback: Kostroski def. Ball 5-4.
152 pounds
Championship: Travis Hettinga (WW) won by major dec. over Richard Klaver (RH) 19-10.
Third place: Tyler Engle (SP) def. Dylan Schielke (MER) 5-1.
160 pounds
Championship: Mason Reinhardt (MER) def. Jared Mataczynski (WW) 3-1.
Third place: Nathan Engle (SP) pinned Josh Lang (MAR) in 2:34.
170 pounds
Championship: David Pophal (MER) def. Cody Grunenwald (WW) 6-3.
Third place: Brett Hasbrouck (MAR) def. Adam Woebbeking (RH) 11-7.
Second-place wrestleback: Grunenwald won major dec. over Hasbrouck 13-3.
182 pounds
Championship: Ben Hintze (MER) def. Mitch Mallek (SP) 3-1.
Third place: Kane Seubert (MAR) def. Kyle Zimic (WW) 4-0.
195 pounds
Championship: Connor Johnson (RH) def. Alex Klug (MER) 11-5.
Third place: David Lodahl (WW) def. Justin Brown (ANT) 3-0.
Second-place wrestleback: Klug pinned Lodahl in 1:48.
220 pounds
Championship: Tyler Schmidt (MER) def. River Judd (WW) 7-1.
Third place: James Pawlek (SP) pinned Drew Stotmeister (DC) in 1:49.
285 pounds
Championship: Ryan Fay (WW) def. Bryce Bilogan (RH) 3-2.
Third place: Justin Pawlek (SP) pinned Tristan Wilson (MAR) in 1:24.
Second-place wrestleback: Bilogan pinned Pawlek in 1:27.