Manawa falls at sectional - Waupaca County Post

Kevin Klemm picked up a win for Manawa over Brillion’s Grant Geiger Feb. 18 at a team sectional meet in Amherst. Holly Neumann Photo

Manawa’s 120-pounder Colten Klemm picked up a win over Brillion’s Sean McConnell at a team sectional in Amherst. Holly Neumann Photo

Bryan Griffin of Manawa takes on Brillion’s Garnett Stebane in a 145-pound match Feb. 18 at a WIAA Division 3 team sectional in Amherst. Griffin lost the match 16-0 on a technical fall. Holly Neumann Photo

Manawa’s Bryce Bartel takes down Brillion’s Karter Trace in the 152-pound match at a WIAA Division 3 team sectional Feb. 18 at Amherst High School. Bartel lost the match and Brillion won the meet 59-13. Holly Neumann Photo

Manawa’s Andrew Elmhorst tries to take down Brillion’s Sam Galoff in the 200-pound match at a Division 3 team sectional in Amherst. Elmhost lost the match and Manawa fell to the Lions. Holly Neumann Photo

Brillion’s Colin Schuman and Manawa’s Corey Beyer wrestle in a 195-pound match at a WIAA Division 3 team sectional in Amherst Feb. 18. Schuman won the match and Brillion went on to defeat the Wolves 59-13. Holly Neumann Photo

Brillion wrestlers get the win

By Holly Neumann

A trip to the WIAA State Team Wrestling Meet was not in the cards this season for the Manawa wrestling team.

The Wolves came out on the short end of a 59-13 score to Brillion Feb. 18 in a Division 3 team sectional at Amherst High School.

Brillion’s quest for a trip to state also came up short, as the Lions dropped a 39-38 decision to Coleman in the final.

Coleman had advanced to the final with a 62-15 win over Amherst in the other semifinal.

Manawa’s wins came on Kevin Klemm’s 7-2 decision over Grant Geiger at 113 pounds, Colten Klemm’s 15-2 major decision over Sean McConnell (120) and Peyton Schuelke’s pin of Cole Peter (126),

Brillion’s pins came from Trenton Nicklaus over Adrin Larsen (106), Carter Stebane over Colin Moser (170), Garrett Kilgas over Kaden Kaczorowski (182) and Colin Schuman over Corey Beyer (195).

The Lions’ other wins included Garnett Stebane’s 16-0 technical fall win over Bryan Griffin (145), Karter Trace’s 4-3 decision over Bryce Bartel (152) and Sam Galoff’s decision over Andrew Elmhorst (220).

Manawa forfeited matches to Mavric Nohr (132), David Geiger (138), Damon Schmidt (160) and Emery Schuh (285).