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AUBURNDALE – Stratford finished second, Spencer third and Auburndale fifth, and the three teams combined for 11 sectional qualifiers at the WIAA Division 3 wrestling regional on Saturday at Auburndale High School.
Edgar won the team title with 238.5 points, 55 points ahead of Stratford. Edgar will be at home for the Division 3 team sectional Tuesday.
Stratford had four individual champions and five sectional qualifiers in all. The top two in each weight class moves on to the Division 3 individual sectional next Saturday at Shawano. The top three at the sectional qualify for the 2013 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison on Feb. 21-23.
Anthony Gliniecki (106 pounds), Phil Sersch (120), Dondrick Tackes (195) and Hunter Kauffman (220) won individual titles for Stratford. Alex Heiden finished second at 126.
All five Tigers have at least 31 wins this season.
Spencer also had two champs and three qualifiers in all.
Trevor Ackman won the 138-pound title and senior Kyle Andreae improved to 42-1 by winning the 285-pound championship for the Rockets. Lance Neumann suffered just his second loss of the season as he was pinned by undefeated Luke Nowak of Edgar in 3:08. Nowak improves to 37-0, while Neumann is now 41-2, but will continue on at the sectional.
Auburndale also had three sectional qualifiers, including 145-pound champion Wyatt Weiler. The sophomore improves to 31-9 after beating Connor Handrick of Edgar 13-2 in the championship match.
Paul Willfahrt (132) and Trevin Oertel (170) also move on for the Apaches after placing second.
2013 WIAA Division 3 Regional
Feb. 9, at Auburndale
Team Standings: *1. Edgar 238.5; 2. Stratford 183.5; 3. Spencer 151; 4. Pittsville 129.5; 5. Auburndale 107.5; 6. Athens 97; 7. Marathon 93.
(*qualifies for Division 3 team sectional Tuesday at Edgar)
Individual Results
(Top two advance to Division 3 individual sectional Feb. 16 at Shawano)
106 pounds
Championship: Anthony Gliniecki (ST) def. Dylan Willemssen (ATH) 7-3.
Third place: Austin Post (SP) pinned Hunter Reed (MAR) in 1:28.
Second-place wrestleback: Willemssen pinned Post in 3:03.
113 pounds
Championship: Scott Worlund (PIT) won major dec. over Kodi Chase (ED) 17-4.
Third place: Anthony Christmas (ST) def. Lindsey Vaughan (SP) 12-7.
120 pounds
Championship: Phil Sersch (ST) def. Luke Fitzsimmons (MAR) 3-2.
Third place: Lane Schuld (AUB) def. Anthony Marten (PIT) 7-5.
Second-place wrestleback: Fitzsimmons pinned Schuld in 1:58.
126 pounds
Championship: Devin Lemanski (ED) won major dec. over Alex Heiden (ST) 10-0.
Third place: Jared Fox (PIT) pinned Dylan Schubert in 0:59.
132 pounds
Championship: Judd Gross (ED) def. Paul Willfahrt (AUB) 5-4.
Third place: Eddie Kleinhenz (PIT) def. Nathan Neumann (SP) 6-0.
138 pounds
Championship: Trevor Ackman (SP) def. Trevor Bielen (MAR) 6-0.
Third place: Bobby Wiskerchen (AUB) won major dec. over Adam Sturgis (PIT) 11-0.
Second-place wrestleback: Bielen def. Wiskerchen 8-6.
145 pounds
Championship: Wyatt Weiler (AUB) won major dec. over Connor Handrick (ED) 13-2.
Third place: Kaleb Meyer (PIT) def. Rudy Nieman (SP) 6-5.
152 pounds
Championship: Anthony Lemanski (ED) pinned Danny Trimner (ATH) in 1:58.
Third place: Brady Zais (SP) pinned Taylor Krall (ST) in 5:00.
160 pounds
Championship: Zach Schneeberger (ED) def. Zach Schneider (SP) 3-1.
Third place: Nathan Potter (PIT) pinned Kyle Giebel (ST) in 1:34.
Second-place wrestleback: Potter def. Schneider 9-4.
170 pounds
Championship: Matt Nowak (ED) pinned Trevin Oertel (AUB) in 0:50.
Third place: Kellen Bornbach (ST) def. David Sojka (PIT) 8-2.
182 pounds
Championship: Luke Nowak (ED) pinned Lance Neumann (SP) in 3:08.
Third place: Brice Murray (ST).
195 pounds
Championship: Dondrick Tackes (ST) def. Wesley Dittman (ED) 9-3.
Third place: Ryan Tolk (ATH) pinned Andy Fox (PIT) in 3:51.
Second-place wrestleback: Dittman def. Tolk 12-6.
220 pounds
Championship: Hunter Kauffman (ST) pinned James Lassa (PIT) in 3:29.
Third place: Kaleb Bolder (AUB) def. Thadd Werner (ED) 6-3.
285 pounds
Championship: Kyle Andreae (SP) pinned Mitch Franke (MAR) in 5:38.
Third place: Tyson Zettler (ATH) pinned Brad Graveen (ED).