Botting, Hoffman, Skebba place first
By Greg Seubert
Three area wrestlers returned from their respective conference tournaments Feb. 4 with an individual championship.
Manawa’s Cash Botting and Weyauwega-Fremont’s Vanden Hoffman won the 120- and 285-pound titles, respectively, at the Central Wisconsin Conference meet in Shiocton.
Meanwhile, Hortonville’s Wyatt Skebba won the 113-pound championship at the Fox Valley Association meet in Neenah.
CWC meet
Weyauwega-Fremont and Manawa placed fourth and seventh, respectively, at the 10-team meet.
Shiocton wrapped up the overall team championship with 273.5 points, followed by Wittenberg-Birnamwood (203), Bonduel (174), Weyauwega-Fremont 164, Amherst (100), Pittsville (98), Manawa (54.5), Menominee Indian (44), Rosholt (32) and Tri-County (31).
Botting, a freshman, won his championship with a 15-1 major decision over Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s Easton Davis and improved to 37-4 on the season.
Three other Manawa wrestlers also placed at the tournament.
Hoffman pinned Brandon Bierman in 1:14 in the 285-pound first-place match, while Brent Pynenberg (160) and Brady Zemple finished sixth (195).
Hoffman was one of four Warhawks to wrestle for a championship and improved his season mark to 38-2.
Riley Scherg (106), Aiden Marquette (152) and Tellyer Alix (195) also made it to the championship round for the Warhawks.
Scherg dropped a 2-0 decision to Bonduel’s Jaxon Bogacz, Shiocton’s Colten Schuh pinned Marquette in 1:36 and Shiocton’s Ilijah Sanchez pinned Alix in 5:27.
Parker Scherg (113), Isiah Schuh (132), Alex Loehrke (145), Caden Meisenhelder (160) and Caleb Abbey (170) placed fourth for the Warhawks; Jared Bohringer (182) and Jesse Steinbach (220) placed fifth; and foreign exchange student Javier Monzon, a newcomer to the sport of wrestling, stepped in at 138 and placed sixth.
Weyauwega-Fremont will host a WIAA Division 3 regional Saturday, Feb. 11. Twelve other teams will also compete: Almond-Bancroft/Pacelli, Kewaunee, Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian, Manawa, Manitowoc Lutheran, Mishicot, New Holstein, Reedsville, Rosholt, Shiocton, Tri-County and Valders. Matches will start at 10 a.m.
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First: Jaxon Bogacz, Bonduel
Second: Riley Scherg, Weyauwega-Fremont
Third: Mason Demerath, Shiocton
Fourth: Michael Peters, Menominee Indian
Fifth: Ryan Warzynski, Amherst
Sixth: Autumn McDaniel, Pittsville
113
First: Izaiah Sanchez, Shiocton
Second: Ben Miller, Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Third: Lia Peterson, Amherst
Fourth: Parker Scherg, Weyauwega-Fremont
Fifth: Ezra Fiala, Pittsville
Sixth: Kaitlyn Kroening, Bonduel
120
First: Cash Botting, Manawa
Second: Easton Davis, Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Third: Scott Daniels, Shiocton
Fourth: Alex Cloud, Menominee Indian
126
First: Devin Wudtke, Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Second: Zach Reif, Shiocton
Third: Otto Anglemyer, Amherst
Fourth: Dryden Luther, Pittsville
Fifth: Cooper Salerno, Bonduel
Sixth: Ayeva Whiteman, Menominee Indian
132
First: Jordan Jahnke, Shiocton
Second: Matthew Walenta, Bonduel
Third: Luca Pelusi, Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Fourth: Isiah Schuh, Weyauwega-Fremont
Fifth: Trekk Tubbs, Amherst
138
First: Blake Carton, Shiocton
Second: Andres Sanchez, Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Third: Madalyn Sokolski, Bonduel
Fourth: Aidan Brewer, Tri-County
Fifth: Gideon Cole, Amherst
Sixth: Javier Monzon, Weyauwega-Fremont
145
First: Nico Pelusi, Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Second: Isaiah Carton, Shiocton
Third: Colin Fischer, Bonduel
Fourth: Alex Loehrke, Weyauwega-Fremont
Fifth: Easton Dammann, Pittsville
Sixth: Jason Chapman, Menominee Indian
152
First: Colten Schuh, Shiocton
Second: Aiden Marquette, Weyauwega-Fremont
Third: Chase Kitsemble, Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Fourth: Landen Losievski, Pittsville
Fifth: Caleb Pinkalla, Amherst
Sixth: Nathan Miller, Menominee Indian
160
First: Dylan Herb, Shiocton
Second: Donovan Vigue, Bonduel
Third: Owen Schultz, Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Fourth: Caden Meisenhelder, Weyauwega-Fremont
Fifth: Archer Kissner, Pittsville
Sixth: Brent Pynenberg, Manawa
170
First: Brad Demerath, Shiocton
Second: Parker Perry, Bonduel
Third: Cain Schiller, Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Fourth: Caleb Abbey, Weyauwega-Fremont
Fifth: Kellen Getsinger, Pittsville
Sixth: Keegan O’Donnell, Rosholt
182
First: Tyson Bogacz, Bonduel
Second: Dion Helser, Shiocton
Third: Jovanni Mata, Tri-County
Fourth: Gabe Helbach, Amherst
Fifth: Jared Bohringer, Weyauwega-Fremont
Sixth: Aaron Lehman, Rosholt
195
First: Ilijah Sanchez, Shiocton
Second: Tellyer Alix, Weyauwega-Fremont
Third: Evan Wilcox, Bonduel
Fourth: Dominic Weso, Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Fifth: Hunter Biadasz, Amherst
Sixth: Brady Zemple, Manawa
220
First: David Gauderman, Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Second: Magnus Hilgers, Rosholt
Third: Brad Neve, Pittsville
Fourth: Gunnar Wierzba, Amherst
Fifth: Jesse Steinbach, Weyauwega-Fremont
Sixth: Evangelina Flores, Tri-County
285
First: Vanden Hoffman, Weyauwega-Fremont
Second: Brandon Bierman, Manawa
Third: Caden Behselich, Pittsville
Fourth: Owen Carlson, Shiocton
Fifth: Willis Bloedorn, Bonduel
Sixth: Carson Beauprui. Menominee Indian
FVA meet
Skebba was one of four Hortonville wrestlers that wrestled for a championship and helped the Polar Bears place second as a team behind Kaukauna.
Kaukauna won the meet with 280.5 points, followed by Hortonville (185), Neenah (183), Kimberly (159), Appleton North (153), Oshkosh West (111.5), Appleton West (40), Oshkosh North (38), Appleton East (25) and Fond du Lac (10).
Skebba pinned Neenah’s Eli Armatti in 1:55 to win his championship at 113 pounds, while Henry Niebauer dropped an 18-3 technical fall to Kaukauna’s Greyson Clark at 138, Kaukauna’s Connor Smith pinned Grant Harris in 1:54 at 145 and Kaukauna’s Drew Wendzicki pinned Nolan Smith in 42 seconds at 182.
Hortonville’s other placers included Tristan Ellerman (120), Griffin Jens (132), Aiden Roh (195) and Ben Smith (220), third; Kaden Brazeau (106) and Tage Wasmund (152), fourth; Ayden Needham (160), fifth; and Austin McHugh (170), sixth.
The Polar Bears will join Appleton East, Appleton North, Appleton West, Kaukauna, Kimberly, Menasha and Neenah for a Division 1 regional Feb. 11 at Kaukauna High School First-round matches will start at 10 a.m.
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First: Jackson Esser Appleton North
Second: Nick Jenkins, Kaukauna
Third: Cameron Perkovich, Kimberly
Fourth: Kaden Brazeau, Hortonville
Fifth: Conrad Hansen, Appleton East
Sixth: Jaxon Ennis, Neenah
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First: Wyatt Skebba, Hortonville
Second: Eli Armatti, Neenah
Third: Michael Posorski, Kaukauna
Fourth: James Thao, Kimberly
Fifth: Tomas Thao, Appleton North
Sixth: Anthony Berger, Oshkosh North
120
First: Declan Koch, Neenah
Second: Aiden Fonder, Kimberly
Third: Tristin Ellerman, Hortonville
Fourth: Moses Hammen, Kaukauna
Fifth: Ayedan Coates, Appleton West
126
First: Lucas Peters, Kaukauna
Second: Jacob Herm, Neenah
Third: Edwyn Schroeder, Oshkosh West
Fourth: Jackson Kolasinski, Appleton North
Fifth: Jonathon Burk, Oshkosh North
Sixth: Garrett Semenuk, Kimberly
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First: Bryan Winans of Kaukauna
Second: Jayden Sheppard, Neenah
Third: Griffin Jens, Hortonville
Fourth: Ryland Schneider, Oshkosh West
Fifth: Eric Hansen, Appleton East
Sixth: Mason Kolasinski, Appleton North
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First: Greyson Clark, Kaukauna
Second: Henry Niebauer, Hortonville
Third: Lukas Schroeder, Oshkosh West
Fourth: Michael Aponte, Appleton West
Fifth: Tyson Salm, Appleton North
Sixth: Preston Hella, Neenah
145
First: Connor Smith, Kaukauna
Second: Grant Harris, Hortonville
Third: Tanner Hart, Kimberly
Fourth: Logan Schmitz, Fond du Lac
Fifth: Mohammad Zaidan, Appleton North
Sixth: Jaden Reay, Neenah
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First: Jake Stoffel, Appleton North
Second: Karsen Otis, Kimberly
Third: Peyton Lee, Kaukauna
Fourth: Tage Wasmund, Hortonville
Fifth: Abdelrahman Zeineldin, Appleton West
Sixth: Zach Kramp, Neenah
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First: Liam Crook, Kaukauna
Second: Nick Novak, Neenah
Third: Chris Meyer, Appleton West
Fourth: Jaiden Fronczak, Oshkosh West
Fifth: Ayden Needham, Hortonville
Sixth: Esteban Hernandez-Higareda, Appleton North
170
First: Judah Hammen, Kaukauna
Second: Eli Gast, Neenah
Third: Brody Beck, Kimberly
Fourth: Jamaul Ragland-Schreck, Oshkosh North
Fifth: Pablo Salinas, Appleton North
Sixth: Austin McHugh, Hortonville
182
First: Drew Wendzicki, Kaukauna
Second: Nolan Schmidt, Hortonville
Third: Owen Ott, Kimberly
Fourth: Brayden Klauer, Oshkosh North
Fifth: Cameron Chudacoff, Appleton North
Sixth: Aidan Carey, Neenah
195
First: Eric Schaufelberger, Neenah
Second: Blake Barry, Kimberly
Third: Aiden Roh, Hortonville
Fourth: Kieran Patrick, Oshkosh West
Fifth: Sam Weber, Kaukauna
Sixth: Brett Dietzler, Appleton East
220
First: Brock Arndt, Appleton North
Second: Jordan Loose, Kaukauna
Third: Ben Smith, Hortonville
Fourth: Vincent Bird, Oshkosh West
Fifth: Gavyn Keen, Kimberly
Sixth: Luke Pokwinski, Appleton East
285
First: Garth Martell, Oshkosh West
Second: Ben Krueger, Kaukauna
Third: Nate Cleveland, Neenah
Fourth: Calvin Greenslade, Appleton North
Fifth: Jack Jorgensen, Kimberly