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WESTON – Marshfield junior Mitch Hertel won his second conference title, taking first at 152 pounds Saturday at the 2014 Wisconsin Valley Conference Wrestling Tournament at D.C. Everest High School.
Hertel, who won the 132-pound title as a freshman two years ago, defeated Tyler Engle of Stevens Point 7-1 to capture the 152-pound championship for the Tigers’ lone individual title.
Marshfield finished fifth among the seven teams at the meet with 145 points.
Merrill won its 10th Wisconsin Valley Conference title with 215½ points. Merrill’s title is its first since 1993, which also marks the last time a team other than Wisconsin Rapids or Wausau West has won the Valley championship.
Marshfield had two second-place finishes and three thirds on Saturday.
Anthony Kanable lost the 120-pound championship match to Don Veverka of D.C. Everest 14-2, and Tristan Wilson fell to Beau Thompson of Wisconsin Rapids 12-2 in the 285-pound title match. The loss was Wilson’s first in Valley action this year.
Taking third for Marshfield were Noah Gerdes at 106 pounds, Luke Mahoney at 126 and Devon Klement at 132.
Marshfield will compete at the WIAA Division 1 regional at Stevens Point next Saturday.
2014 Wisconsin Valley Conference Wrestling Tournament
Team scores: 1. Merrill 215.5; 2. Stevens Point 166.5; 3. Wisconsin Rapids 159.5; 4. D.C. Everest 155; 5. Marshfield 145; 6. Wausau West 139; 7. Wausau East 44.
Individual Results
106 pounds
Championship: Matrix Jisko (WR) won major decision over Kyle VanGalder (DC) 10-1.
Third place: Noah Gerdes (MAR) def. Aidan Ball (MER) 5-4.
113 pounds
Championship: Patrick Spray (WR) def. Manning Denk (DC) 3-0.
Third place: Devon Schultz (MER) def. Nate Duffert (SP) 5-4.
Fifth place: Frank Lor (WW) by forfeit.
120 pounds
Championship: Don Veverka (DC) won major decision over Anthony Kanable (MAR) 14-2.
Third place: Nathan Beyer (MER) def. Patrick Witz (WE) 8-6 in OT.
Fifth place: Christian Smith (WR) by forfeit.
126 pounds
Championship: Hunter Kuehl (WW) def. Nolan White (DC) 3-0.
Third place: Luke Mahoney (MAR) won major decision over Hunter Welch (MER) 12-3.
Fifth place: Max Benitz (WR) by forfeit.
132 pounds
Championship: Scott Arneson (MER) pinned Joey Roth (SP) in 3:06.
Third place: Devon Klement (MAR) def. Mitch Veverka (DC) 4-3.
Fifth place: Payton Duberstein (WW) pinned Dylan Rivera (WE) in 3:48.
138 pounds
Championship: Fritz Schierl (SP) won major decision over Cody Nicholson (MER) 14-1.
Third place: Jordan Scalice (WR) won major decision over Trenton Smith (MAR) 11-2.
Fifth place: Nate White (DC) def. Brendon Kreamer (WE) 7-2.
Seventh place: Sully Phillips (WW).
145 pounds
Championship: Joe Ziolkowski (DC) won major decision over Tanner Baine (WW) 12-0.
Third place: Dakota Kelz (SP) pinned Trevor Smith (MAR) in 3:53.
Fifth place: Jagger Scholz (MER) def. Dylan Hall (WR) 9-2.
152 pounds
Championship: Mitch Hertel (MAR) def. Tyler Engle (SP) 7-1.
Third place: Sean Luedtke (DC) def. Cal Stoflet (WR) 3-2.
Fifth place: Michael Phillips (WW) pinned Lucas Lee (MER) in 5:33.
Seventh place: Joey Abreau (WE).
160 pounds
Championship: Travis Hettinga (WW) def. Mason Reinhardt (MER) 6-2.
Third place: Nate Engle (SP) def. Josh Lang (MAR) 7-5.
Fifth place: Josh Rieckhoff (DC) def. Jake Timm (WR) 5-4.
170 pounds
Championship: David Pophal (MER) def. Billy Duffert (SP) 7-5.
Third place: Nathan Fuller (WR) won major decision over John Cihlar (WW) 22-10.
Fifth place: Jeremy Brost (MAR) def. Cory Corneya (WE) 10-7.
182 pounds
Championship: Mitch Mallek (SP) def. Ben Hintze (MER) 3-2.
Third place: Cody Abel (WR) pinned Brian Lenz (WW) in 0:58.
Fifth place: Alex Stine (WE) pinned Phil Maguire (MAR) in 2:51.
195 pounds
Championship: Alex Klug (MER) def. Quinton Peters (SP) 7-2.
Third place: Brady Lenz (WW) def. Ross Nichols (WR) 9-5.
Fifth place: Gage Borchardt (WE) by forfeit.
220 pounds
Championship: Tyler Schmidt (MER) pinned Drew Stotmeister (DC) in 0:42.
Third place: Nate Tessmer (WW) pinned Justin Vandre (SP) in 1:09.
Fifth place: Nick Humphrey (MAR) pinned Devin Klobucnik (WR) in 0:55.
285 pounds
Championship: Beau Thompson (WR) def. Tristan Wilson (MAR) 12-5.
Third place: Seth Collins (MER) pinned Spencer Shirek (SP) in 0:24.
Fifth place: Kain Huff (DC) pinned Austin Winter (WW) in 2:13.