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MADISON – Marshfield’s Mitch Hertel and Josh Lang each won a pair of matches Thursday to advance to the semifinals at the 2015 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Kohl Center.
Hertel, a senior, improved to 28-1 with a pair of victories at 160 pounds in Division 1. Hertel defeated Austin Powell (43-2) of Sauk Prairie 2-1 in the preliminary round, then went on to win a major decision over Wisconsin Rapids’ Peyton Einerson (36-10) by a score of 15-3.
Hertel will take on Ben Hakes (27-1) of Oak Creek in a semifinal match Friday night.
Lang, a junior, won two matches at 195 pounds to qualify for the semifinals.
Lang won a major decision over Noah Martinez (35-8) of Kettle Moraine 9-0 in the preliminaries before defeated Dakin Coons (41-6) of Verona 12-10 in the quarterfinals.
Lang (31-5) will face Jason Toshner (43-2) of Fond du Lac in a semifinal match Friday night.
The two Marshfield wrestlers are guaranteed a medal with a top-six finish. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals on Saturday night. The losers move into the consolation semifinals, which begin at 11 a.m. Saturday.
2015 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament
At Kohl Center, Madison
Friday, Feb. 27
10 a.m. – Division 1 consolation matches
11:15 a.m. – Division 2 & 3 quarterfinals
1:45 p.m. – Division 1 consolation semifinals
2:45 p.m. – Division 2 & 3 consolation semifinals
7 p.m. – Semifinals, all divisions
Saturday, Feb. 28
11 a.m. – Consolation wrestlebacks, all divisions; followed by fifth-place and third-place matches in all divisions
6 p.m. – Championship matches, all divisions