Comets drop close match

New London tops Seymour

By Greg Seubert

A 24-9 lead was apparently not big enough for the Waupaca wrestling team.

The Comets ended up on the short end of a 34-30 score Jan. 23 in a North Eastern Conference dual meet with Little Chute at Waupaca High School.

The teams combined for seven forfeits and a pair of double forfeits. Waupaca forfeited matches at 160, 182 and 220 pounds, while the Mustangs did not have a wrestler at 106, 120, 138 and 145. A pair of double forfeits at 113 and 195 left five contested matches.

Ron Mason gave Waupaca its biggest lead – 24-9 – by pinning Devin Stanelle in 2:40 at 152.

Little Chute took the lead for good at 25-24 after the Comets forfeited the 182-pound match to Ezekiel Stoll.

Waupaca’s forfeit to Matthew Janssen at 195 gave the Mustangs a 31-24 lead heading into the final contested match between the Comets’ Kai Badgley and Quentin Barlow at 285.

Barlow picked up a 3-1 win to give the Mustangs a 34-24 lead before the meet ended with Little Chute’s forfeit to Jayl Azuara-Ramirez at 106.

The Mustangs also picked up wins at 126, 132 and 170. Noah Kilgas pinned John Schmidt in 3:15 at 126, Benji Pacheco-Rojas dropped a 10-6 decision to Bryan Rodriguez at 132 and Steven Haack beat Zach Mallo 17-5 at 170.

The Mustangs also forfeited matches to Kaleb Mannel (120), Ben Habighorst (138) and Colby Bernhardt (145), while the Comets also forfeited to Adam Kilgas (160).

Waupaca will wrap up its conference dual meet schedule at home Thursday, Jan. 30, against Marinette. Matches are scheduled to get underway at 6:30 p.m.

• In other dual meets from Jan. 23, New London defeated Seymour 39-27, Hortonville fell to Kimberly 60-9 and Oconto Falls beat Clintonville/Marion 83-0.

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Waupaca's Benji Pacheco-Rojas wrestles Little Chute's Bryan Rodriguez in a 132-pound match of a North Eastern Conference dual meet Jan. 23 at Waupaca High School. Rodriguez handed Pacheco-Rojas a 10-6 defeat and the Mustangs went on to beat Waupaca 34-30. Greg Seubert Photo

New London 39, Seymour 27

Damian Polanco, Keegan Morien, Mason Kloehn, Ian Standerfer, De Evian Ross and Keaten Pues picked up wins for the Bulldogs.

Polanco pinned Raul Morales in 2:56 (106), Morien pinned John Geiger in 1:04 (113), Kloen defeated Samuel Dudley 4-3 (138), Standerfer pinned Lucas Leisgang in 1:25 (145), Ross pinned Doe Dey in 1:57 (195) and Pues pinned Courtney Theys in 1:56 (220).

Seymour’s wins included Ryan Tomazevic’s pin of Austin Schmallenberg in 3:57 (126), Blake Linsmeyer’s 9-4 win over Lucas Gerrits (132), Colin Leisgang’s pin of Damien Stilen in 38 seconds (160), Jason VandenLangenberg’s 16-2 major decision over Jerrick Pues (170), Aidan Everard’s pin of Jeff Eplett in 2:24 (182) and Emerson Ninham’s pin of Rolando Tamayo in 1:00 (285).

New London forfeited the 120-pound match to Wyatt Kaczrowski and the Thunder forfeited the 152-pound match to Logan Heimbruch.

The Bulldogs will wrap up their Bay Conference dual meet schedule Thursday, Feb. 6, at home against Menasha.

Kimberly 60, Hortonville 9

Hortonville’s wins came on Wyatt Skebba’s 5-1 win over Matt Godin at 106 and Jesse Cleereman’s pin of Brady McConnell in 4:33 at 126.

Kimberly’s wins included Karsen Otis’ 5-2 decision over Brayden Bellile (132), Max Sanderfoot’s pin of Austin Wasmund in 2:42 (138), Langston Otis’ 9-3 win over Chase Hughes (145), Trey King’s 8-7 decision over Landon Thern (160), Brandon Gardner’s pin of Jacob Olk in 1:51 (170), Deiondre Williams’ pin of Dylan Gocke in 2:14 (182), Zach Arent’s 10-5 decision over Ben Diedrich (195) and George Jorgensen’s pin of Joseph Degeneffe in 2:37 (285).

Hortonville also forfeited matches to Mason Fortune (113), Gabriel Rodriguez (120), Tucker Smith (152) and Will Hammen (220).

The Polar Bears will host their final Fox Valley Association dual meet against Oshkosh West at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30.

Oconto Falls 83, Clintonville/Marion 0

The North Eastern Conference matchup between the Truckers and Panthers included 12 Clintonville/Marion forfeits and two contested matches.

Oconto Falls won both contested matches, as Weston Borkovec pinned Michael Michonski in 59 seconds at 145 and Aidan Stary picked up a 16-1 technical fall in 3:49 over Beau Tuddenham at 160.

The Truckers forfeited to Graeson Pankratz (106), Brendan Konitzer (113), Jaden Ganter (120), Luke Trepanier (126), Tyler Budz (132), Trevor Schindel (138), Wyatt Borkovec (152), Clayton Whiting (170), Jacob Kaminski (182), Jeremy Caldwell (195), Alec Halvorsen (220) and Elijah Zielinski (285).

The Truckers will wrap up their North Eastern dual meet schedule at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at Little Chute.