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STEVENS POINT – Mitch Hertel won the 152-pound championship and was one of eight sectional qualifiers for the Marshfield wrestling team after competition at the 2014 WIAA Division 1 Wrestling Regional on Saturday at Stevens Point Area Senior High.
Hertel improves to 36-3 after sweeping his matches. He defeated Tyler Engle of Stevens Point 5-0 in the 152-pound championship match.
Marshfield had to wrestlers place second, three took third and three others placed fourth to get through to next Saturday’s individual sectional tournament at Wausau West.
The top four finishers in each weight class qualify for the individual sectional. Merrill won the team title with 233 points, 56 more than SPASH, and will compete in the team sectional on Tuesday at home.
Anthony Kanable (32-8) was second at 120 pounds and Tristian Wilson (29-5) finished second at 285 for the Tigers.
Taking third for Marshfield were Anthony Christmas (11-8 at 113), Devon Klement (13-11 at 132) and Noah Gerdes (15-17 at 106), and finishing fourth were Josh Lang (21-19 at 160) and Nick Humphrey (18-13 at 220).
Luke Mahoney won a fourth-place wrestleback at 126 pounds, beating Nolan White of D.C. Everest 8-3 to also qualify for the sectional.
Marshfield tied Rhinelander for fifth in the team standings with 145.5 points.
The top three finishers in each weight class at the sectional will move on to the 2014 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament, which will be held Feb. 27-March 1 at the Kohl Center in Madison.
2014 WIAA Division 1 Wrestling Regional
Feb. 15, at Stevens Point
Team scores: 1. Merrill 233; 2. Stevens Point 177; 3. D.C. Everest 164; 4. Wausau West 148.5; 5. Marshfield and Rhinelander 145.5; 7. Wausau East 49; 8. Antigo 6.
Individual Results (top four finishers qualify for sectionals)
106 pounds
Championship: Kyle Van Galder (DC) def. Aidan Ball (MER) 4-0.
Third place: Noah Gerdes (MAR) def. Travis Trudeau (RH) 6-2.
Second-place wrestleback: Ball (MER) def. Gerdes (MAR) 6-5.
113 pounds
Championship: Manning Denk (DC) pinned Devon Schultz (MER) in 3:00.
Third place: Anthony Christmas (MAR) def. Dakota Stone (RH) by forfeit.
Second-place wrestleback: Schultz (MER) def. Christmas (MAR) 6-1.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Frank Lor (WW) def. Stone (RH) by forfeit.
120 pounds
Championship: Don Veverka (DC) def. Anthony Kanable (MAR) 6-2.
Third place: Nathan Beyer (MER) def. Patrick Witz (WE) 7-3.
126 pounds
Championship: Hunter Kuehl (WW) def. Kolten Pope (SP) 5-2.
Third place: Hunter Welch (MER) def. Nolan White (DC) 6-4.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Luke Mahoney (MAR) def. White (DC) 8-3.
132 pounds
Championship: Scott Arneson (MER) def. Joey Roth (SP) 7-4.
Third place: Devon Klement (MAR) pinned Mitch Veverka (DC) in 1:45.
Second-place wrestleback: Roth (SP) pinned Klement (MAR) 5:40.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Veverka (DC) def. Chris Connors (RH) 7-1.
138 pounds
Championship: Fritz Schierl (SP) won major decision over Cody Nicholson (MER) 13-2.
Third place: Nate White (DC) pinned Alec Bess (RH) in 6:18.
Second-place wrestleback: Nicholson (MER) pinned White (DC) in 5:33.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Bess (RH) def. Trenton Smith (MAR) by forfeit.
145 pounds
Championship: Joe Ziolkowski (DC) def. Alex Reas (RH) 6-2.
Third place: Dakota Kelz (SP) def. Tanner Baine (WW) 6-3.
Second-place wrestleback: Reas (RH) def. Kelz (SP) 10-4.
152 pounds
Championship: Mitch Hertel (MAR) def. Tyler Engle (SP) 5-0.
Third place: Sean Luedtke (DC) def. Jordan Lundt (RH) 14-7.
Second-place wrestleback: Engle (SP) def. Luedtke (RH) 7-1.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Michael Phillips (WW) def. Lundt (RH) 15-2.
160 pounds
Championship: Mason Reinhardt (MER) def. Travis Hettinga (WW) 3-1.
Third place: Nate Engle (SP) def. Josh Lang (MAR) 3-0.
170 pounds
Championship: David Pophal (MER) def. Ben Kostroski (WW) 3-1.
Third place: Billy Duffert (SP) pinned Dominic Littleton (RH) in 0:57.
Second-place wrestleback: Kostroski (WW) def. Duffert (SP) 5-1.
182 pounds
Championship: Mitch Mallek (SP) def. Ben Hintze (MER) 3-1.
Third place: Adam Woebbeking (RH) won major decision over Alex Stine (WE) 15-5.
Fourth-place wrestleback: Stine (WE) def. Jordan LaRue (WW) 12-4.
195 pounds
Championship: Connor Johnson (RH) def. Alex Krug (MER) 3-2.
Third place: Quinton Peters (SP) def. Nate Tessmer (WW) 7-0.
220 pounds
Championship: Tyler Schmidt (MER) pinned Drew Stotmeister (DC) in 1:00.
Third place: Brady Lenz (WW) pinned Nick Humphrey (MAR) in 3:05.
Second-place wrestleback: Lenz (WW) pinned Stotmeister (DC) in 1:14.
285 pounds
Championship: Bryce Bilogan (RH) def. Tristan Wilson (MAR) 4-3.
Third place: Brian Lenz (WW) pinned Seth Collins (MER) in 2:35.