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MARSHFIELD – Marshfield sophomore Mitch Hertel is going back to Madison.
Hertel finished third, then won a second-place wrestleback at 138 pounds on Saturday at the WIAA Division 1 individual wrestling sectional at Marshfield High School, and qualified for next week’s state tournament.
Hertel (29-7) won a major decision over Nathan Kinneman of River Falls 14-0 in the third-place match, then beat Casey Schuh of New Richmond 3-0 in a second-place wrestleback and will move on to the 2013 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison next Thursday to Saturday.
Hertel qualified for state last year as a freshman, losing his first match.
None of the other three Marshfield wrestlers at the sectional qualified for state.
Junior 285-pounder Tristan Wilson suffered a heartbreaking setback, narrowly missing out on a state bid. Wilson suffered an injury in a 3-1 championship match loss to Ryan Fay of Wausau West and was unable to continue. He had to forfeit a second-place wrestleback and finished third, ending his season with a 33-13 record.
Kane Seubert ended up fourth at 182 pounds, finishing his senior season with a 32-11 record. Seubert lost a third-place match to Mitch Mallek of Stevens Point 10-5.
Freshman Josh Lang dropped his first match at 160 pounds, as he was pinned by eventual champ Dima Hawksford of Hudson in 1:59. Lang ends his season with a 10-13 record.
Wausau West had five champions and six state qualifiers to finish first in the team standings.
WIAA Division 1 Wrestling Sectional
Feb. 16 at Marshfield
Team scores: 1. Wausau West 161; 2. Merrill 124.5; 3. Hudson 95.5; 4. Menomonie 60; 5. Stevens Point 59; 6. New Richmond 58; 7. Rhinelander 49.5; 8. Eau Claire North and Wausau East 37; 10. Marshfield 35; 11. D.C. Everest 32; 12. Chippewa Falls 21.5; 13. River Falls 17; 14. Eau Claire Memorial and Superior 0.
Individual Results
(Top 2 qualify for WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament, Feb. 21-23 at Kohl Center, Madison)
106 pounds
Championship: Bee Lor (WW) def. Justin Peterson (ECN) 10-3.
Third place: Manning Denk (DC) pinned Dakota Stone (RH) in 3:34.
113 pounds
Championship: Shane Blackman (NR) pinned Tyler Deacon (ECN) in 4:18.
Third place: Alex Burk (WW) def. Matt Koski (HUD) 5-3.
Second-place wrestleback: Deacon def. Burk 3-1.
120 pounds
Championship: Quinn Miracle (CF) def. Nick Diny (WE) 6-3.
Third place: Derek Dowd (NR) won major decision over Nick Nelson (HUD) 12-0.
126 pounds
Championship: Colin Baine (WW) def. Garrett Schmelling (MER) 5-0.
Third place: Sawyer Massie (HUD) def. Fritz Schierl (SP) 2-0.
132 pounds
Championship: Joe Umlauf (WW) pinned Logan Schlough (MEN) in 5:34.
Third place: Scott Arneson (MER) pinned Tyler Kiefer (SP) in 1:11.
138 pounds
Championship: Brook Whitehead (WE) pinned Casey Schuh (NR) in 2:51.
Third place: Mitch Hertel (MAR) won major decision over Nathan Kinneman (RF) 14-0.
Second-place wrestleback: Hertel def. Schuh 3-0.
145 pounds
Championship: Joe Ziolkowski (DC) def. Austin Koski (HUD) 5-1.
Third place: Abram Anderson (NR) pinned Eric Ball (MER) in 0:43.
152 pounds
Championship: Travis Hettinga (WW) won major decisionover Richard Klaver (RH) 10-2.
Third place: Cole Bartz (MEN) pinned Tyler Engle (SP) in 3:15.
160 pounds
Championship: Dima Hawksford (HUD) def. Mason Reinhardt (MER) 7-2.
Third place: Josh Waddell (MEN) def. Jared Mataczynski (WW) 9-4.
170 pounds
Championship: David Pophal (MER) pinned Cody Grunenwald (WW) in 1:04.
Third place: Sebastian Larson (RF) def. Hunter Dahlby (ECN) 5-2.
182 pounds
Championship: Derek Schindler (HUD) won by technical fall over Ben Hintze (MER) 15-0.
Third place: Mitch Mallek (SP) def. Kane Seubert (MAR) 10-5.
Second-place wrestleback: Mallek def. Hintze 5-2.
195 pounds
Championship: Eric Peissig (MEN) def. Connor Johnson (RH) 8-3.
Third place: Alex Krug (MER) pinned David Lodahl (WW) in 1:14.
Second-place wrestleback: Johnson def. Klug 5-4.
220 pounds
Championship: Tyler Schmidt (MER) pinned Eliot Motu (HUD) in 1:05.
Third place: River Judd (WW) won major decision over James Pawlek (SP) 11-1.
285 pounds
Championship: Ryan Fay (WW) def. Tristan Wilson (MAR) 3-1.
Third place: Justin Pawlek (SP) pinned Bryce Bilogan (RH) in 1:54.
Second-place wrestleback: Pawlek won by injury default over Wilson.