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MADISON – All four Auburndale athletes that wrestled won and three of Marshfield’s six wrestlers reached the semifinals at the opening day of the 2022 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament on Thursday at the Kohl Center.
Derek Godard (32-9), Colton Weiler (43-5), Noah Altmann (41-8) and Brice Thiel (28-12) all won first-round matches for Auburndale to qualify for Friday’s Division 3 quarterfinals.
Godard defeated Sam Schmalz of Reedsville with a 10-1 major decision at 106 pounds; Weiler pinned Grant Gibson of Random Lake in 3:17 at 113, Altmann pinned Carson Fulton of Winnebago Lutheran in 5:42, and Thiel earned a 4-2 overtime victory over Sabastian Nielson of Boyceville to move on.
Two of Stratford’s four wrestlers won their preliminary matches as Jackson Ormond (39-8) pinned Matthew Roach of Ladysmith in 3:26 at 182 pounds, and Cole Marten (31-6) edged Jackson Kemnitzer of Iowa-Grant/Highland 3-1 at 220 pounds.
Trenton Cournoyer (34-9) lost his opening match at 106 pounds to Amryn Nutter of Fennimore by technical fall, 19-3, and Dillon Kirsch (32-12) saw his season end with an 8-2 loss to Cole Shephard of Crandon.
Marshfield’s Hoyt Blaskowski, Ryan Dolezal and Camren Dennee all reached the Division 1 semifinals by winning two matches on Thursday.
Blaskowski (39-3) earned a 16-1 technical fall win over Xander Kuckkanen of Waukesha West and defeated D.C. Everest’s Blake Heal by pin in 1:25 in the quarterfinals at 138 pounds.
Dolezal (43-3), making his fourth-straight state tournament appearance, won a major decision 13-3 over Layth Jaraba of Milwaukee Reagan, and defeated Brody Hemauer of DeForest 4-2 in the 160-pound quarterfinals.
Dennee (48-3) earned a pin over Devin Judd of Reedsburg in 1:00 in the first round, then defeated Travis Moore of Union Grove 8-3 to reach the semifinals at 170 pounds.
Freshman Caleb Dennee (43-9) won his 120-pound first-round match with a 12-2 major decision over Jimmy Wollenberg of Waukesha South before losing in the quarterfinals to Chance Suddeth of Stoughton by technical fall 17-2 as he will move into the consolation bracket.
Marshfield’s other two state qualifiers were eliminated. Senior Keagan Cliver (46-7) lost to Joey Showalter of Elkhorn 9-3 at 132 pounds, and junior Garrett Willuweit (27-5) was pinned in his first-round match at 152 pounds by Trenton Dow of Stoughton in 5:10.
Division 1 consolation matches start at 10 a.m. Friday, with Division 3 quarterfinals to follow at 11:15 a.m. Consolation quarterfinals start at approximately 1:45 p.m. and semifinals in all three divisions will begin at 7 p.m.
Area Wrestlers Matchups for Friday
Division 1 Consolation
120: Caleb Dennee (43-9), Marshfield, vs. Edwin Estrada (26-13), Kenosha Indian Trail.
Division 1 Semifinals
138: Hoyt Blaskowski (39-3), Marshfield, vs. Talan Schuette (44-2), Germantown.
160: Ryan Dolezal (43-3), Marshfield, vs. Braeden Ott (48-3), Glendale Nicolet.
170: Camren Dennee (48-3), Marshfield, vs. Noah Mulvaney (45-1), Hartland Arrowhead.
Division 3 Quarterfinals
106: Derek Godard (32-9), Auburndale, vs. Jake Fitzpatrick (41-1), La Crosse Aquinas.
113: Colton Weiler (43-5), Auburndale, vs. Co’Ji Campbell (29-0), Kenosha St. Joseph.
132: Noah Altmann (41-8), Auburndale, vs. Troy Dolphin (53-3), Kenosha Christian Life.
138: Gavin Drexler (35-1), Stratford, vs. Kaleb Sonnentag (34-10), Cadott.
152: Elijah Lucio (34-2), sr., Stratford, vs. Toren Vandenbush (46-7), Random Lake.
182: Jackson Ormond (39-8), Stratford, vs. Dawson Webster (41-7), Cadott; Sloan Welch (40-6), Auburndale, vs. Jacob Manning (47-4), Ithaca/Weston.
195: Raife Smart (30-3), Stratford, vs. Brice Thiel (28-12), Auburndale.
220: Cole Marten (31-6), Stratford, vs. David Gauderman (44-3), Wittenberg-Birnamwood.