Northern Badger Wrestling Finals
-Wrestling starts at 5pm-
106
Brendan Burke of Amery
Wyatt Unser of Glenwood City
113
Colton Hush of Baldwin-Woodville
Travis Moelter of River Falls
120
Dawson Johnson of Cumberland
Luke Dux of Neillsville-Greenwood-Loyal
126
Brayden Sonnentag of Cadott
Hunter Bonte of Baldwin-Woodville
132
Tanner Gerber of Cameron
Joey Showalter of Elkhorn
138
Taedon Nichols of Luck/Frederic/Grantsburg/Siren
Dominic Leintz of Clear Lake
145
Tanner Halopka of Abbotsford/Colby
Jayme Zvolena of Neillsville-Greenwood-Loyal
152
Tristan Drier of Cadott
Wyatt Ingham of Amery
160
Kole Marko of St. Croix Falls
Bowen Rothbauer of Bloomer/Colfax
170
Devin Wasley of St. Croix Central
Eddie Simes of Amery
182
Ian Smith of Northwestern
Tyler Dormanen of Boyceville
195
Kale Hopke of Amery
Carter Grewe of Abbotsford/Colby
220
Koy Hopke of Amery
Gavin Tegels of Cadott
285
Robert Beese of Amery
Vito Massa of River Falls
Championship Results
* 106 - Wyatt Unser (Glenwood City) 12-1, Fr. over Brendan Burke (Amery) 13-5, Jr. (Dec 7-6)
* 113 - Colton Hush (Baldwin-Woodville) 19-0, So. over Travis Moelter (River Falls) 17-5, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:54 (18-2))
* 120 - Dawson Johnson (Cumberland) 21-0, So. over Luke Dux (Neillsville-Greenwood-Loyal) 13-4, Jr. (Dec 6-5)
* 126 - Brayden Sonnentag (Cadott) 17-1, Jr. over Hunter Bonte (Baldwin-Woodville) 15-4, Sr. (Fall 3:19)
* 132 - Tanner Gerber (Cameron) 17-0, Sr. over Joey Showalter (Elkhorn) 14-3, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:53 (17-1))
* 138 - Taedon Nichols (Luck/Frederic/Grantsburg/Siren) 20-0, Sr. over Dominic Leintz (Clear Lake) 20-2, Jr. (Dec 6-0)
* 145 - Tanner Halopka (Abbotsford/Colby) 17-0, So. over Jayme Zvolena (Neillsville-Greenwood-Loyal) 14-3, Jr. (Fall 2:53)
* 152 - Wyatt Ingham (Amery) 12-4, So. over Tristan Drier (Cadott) 16-2, Jr. (SV-1 3-1)
* 160 - Kole Marko (St. Croix Falls) 14-0, Sr. over Bowen Rothbauer (Bloomer/Colfax) 19-2, Sr. (MD 11-3)
* 170 - Devin Wasley (St. Croix Central) 19-0, Sr. over Eddie Simes (Amery) 13-3, Sr. (MD 10-1)
* 182 - Ian Smith (Northwestern) 20-1, So. over Tyler Dormanen (Boyceville) 18-2, Sr. (Dec 7-3)
* 195 - Kale Hopke (Amery) 14-2, Sr. over Carter Grewe (Abbotsford/Colby) 15-1, Sr. (Dec 5-3)
* 220 - Koy Hopke (Amery) 15-0, So. over Gavin Tegels (Cadott) 17-1, Sr. (MD 14-2)
* 285 - Vito Massa (River Falls) 16-0, Sr. over Robert Beese (Amery) 14-2, Sr. (Dec 8-4)
I did a little double take when I saw Vito Mass as the HWT champ, as I don't recall him as a big man. Checked out his trackwrestling profile and from what I can gather he's wrestled in just about every single weight class in high school wrestling now that he's a HWT. Can anybody confirm this? That's a rare accomplishment if its true (and quite the growth spurt :))
Quote from: Ledger on January 01, 2022, 08:22:51 AM
I did a little double take when I saw Vito Mass as the HWT champ, as I don't recall him as a big man. Checked out his trackwrestling profile and from what I can gather he's wrestled in just about every single weight class in high school wrestling now that he's a HWT. Can anybody confirm this? That's a rare accomplishment if its true (and quite the growth spurt :))
I heard he weighed in at 199 lbs. Did you see the 195 and 220, weight classes? My guess is he knew his best chance to win it was at 285.
Quote from: Ledger on January 01, 2022, 08:22:51 AM
I did a little double take when I saw Vito Mass as the HWT champ, as I don't recall him as a big man. Checked out his trackwrestling profile and from what I can gather he's wrestled in just about every single weight class in high school wrestling now that he's a HWT. Can anybody confirm this? That's a rare accomplishment if its true (and quite the growth spurt :))
It was stated on the electronic bulletin board during the final that he has won a match in every weight class...quite impressive, as was his finals match against Amery.
Vitto wrestled in Minnesota during middle school and his freshman year so that is where he got his wins at the lightest weight classes.
He lost to Kale Hopke (195 Champ) in the last second during the Amery River Falls dual last year. Beese is the #2 overall HWT in the state according to the latest Flowrestling rankings for WI.
Massa may be the #1 HWT in the state now.
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Quote from: Redeemer on January 01, 2022, 05:43:10 PM
Massa may be the #1 HWT in the state now.
Let's not get carried away here. Last I checked he's HM @ 182. ;D
Great Tournament with some outstanding semi and final matches. 5 kids from that tournament have a good chance at becoming 4 time state champions. (Not including any of the freshman of course). I think 6 returning state champions and 14 state finalists. Very impressive. Thanks to all the people that worked hard to make it happen.
Quote from: RF_Super_Fan on January 01, 2022, 08:08:57 PM
Quote from: Redeemer on January 01, 2022, 05:43:10 PM
Massa may be the #1 HWT in the state now.
Let's not get carried away here. Last I checked he's HM @ 182. ;D
If he controlled a fully healthy Beese, that indicates he could beat Empey and the rest of the D1 hwts.
Jaren Rohde from Point also has a strong chance to be the best HWT in the state after winning OTW over some well accomplished hwts.
Massa had a good strategy going into that match. Not sure he could pull that off against Beese again.