Curran, Tuttle win OW awards in loaded TOA Holiday High School Classic in Wisconsin
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Holiday High School Classic Outstanding Wrestlers Tommy Curran of Illinois (boys) and Amor Tuttle of Minnesota (girls).
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. – Top high school boys and girls from numerous states came together on Wednesday to compete in a new event, USA Wrestling’s Folkstyle Tour of America Holiday High School Classic, which was held at the Woodside Wisconsin Dells Center Dome.
The tournament was loaded with state champions, state medalists and state qualifiers. Brackets were seeded using custom rankings based on 2020 State sanctioned High School Championships and 2020 Brian Keck Memorial Preseason National Championships results.
The Outstanding Wrestler in the boys division was 2020 Illinois state runner-up Tommy Curran of Izzy Style Wrestling, the champion at 145 pounds. Curran edged Connor Thorpe of the Askren Wrestling Academy, a 2020 Wisconsin third-place finisher, by an 8-7 margin. Both had placed in the Preseason Nationals, with Curran in fourth and Thorpe in sixth.
The Outstanding Wrestler in the girls division was Minnesota star Amor Tuttle of Stillwater Area Wrestling, who won a four-athlete round robin in the 133-139 pound division. In a key victory, Tuttle, ranked No. 6 nationally at 138 pounds, stopped Wisconsin star Hanna Errthum of Mt. Horeb High School, ranked No. 12 in the nation at 132 pounds, by a 6-1 margin. Tuttle’s other two wins were by pin.
In the boys divisions, two of the finals featured a pair of Wisconsin state champions from 2020 wrestling against each other for the Holiday High School Classic title.
At 126, Greyson Clark of the Askren Wrestling Academy defeated Tanner Gerber of the CrassTrained: Weigh In Club, 5-4. Clark was the Wisconsin D-I champion at 106 pounds last year, while Gerber was the Wisconsin D-3 champion at 113 pounds last season.
At 132 pounds, Blaine Brenner of the CrassTrained: Weigh In Club beat Jack Severin of the Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country, 8-2. Both were Wisconsin D-2 champions last season, Brenner at 120 pounds and Severin at 126 pounds.
In the girls division, another nationally ranked star from Minnesota, Ngao Shoua Whitethorn, went 4-0 in a five-athlete round robin at 113-123 pounds. Whitethorn, ranked No 9 in the USA at 127 pounds, had a ranked win against the runner-up, Wisconsin’s Caitlyn Kelley of Florance Wrestling, who is No. 17 in the nation at 117 pounds. Whitethorn pinned Kelley in 5:55.
Wisconsin’s Rachel Schauer of Women In Singlets beat a nationally-ranked opponent, Michigan’s Bo Geibe, on the way to the girls title at 158-164 pounds. Schauer scored a pin in 2:31 over Geibe, who is ranked No. 20 in the USA at 164 pounds. Schauer had three pins in her four-athlete round robin.
Other Men’s division weight class summaries
In the light weights, Minnesota’s Jacob Fitzpatrick of LaCrosse Area Wrestlers (100) and Wisconsin’s Dawson Johnson of Crass Trained: Weigh-in Club (106) were champions. Fitzpatrick beat Wisconsin’s Brayten Casey of the Menomonie Wrestling Club, 4-0. Johnson stopped fellow Wisconsin wrestler Ian Radintz of CrassTrained: Weigh In Club, 8-2.
2020 Minnesota high school state champion Blake West of Sebolt Wrestling Academy was the 113-pound champion, beating Wisconsin’s Tyler Klein of the Ringers WC by technical fall, 18-3.
2020 Wisconsin state runner-up Alec Hunter of Team Nazar Training Center defeated 2020 Wisconsin state champion Brayden Sonnentag of CrassTrained: Weigh In Club, 7-1 at 120 pounds. Hunter was second in D-1 at 113 last year, while Sonnentag won the D-3 title at 106.
Another 2020 Wisconsin state champion, Gavin Drexler of CrassTrained: Weigh In Club, on the 138 pound title, defeating Minnesota’s Brendan Howes of the Pinnacle WC, 5-1.
The 152 pound champion was Drake Hayward of the Askren Wrestling Academy, a 9-7 winner over Braeden Ott of the Nicolet Knight WC. Hayward was fifth in the 2020 Wisconsin states, while Ott was a Wisconsin state qualifier.
In an all-Illinois finals at 160, Michael Caliento of the Batavia WC pinned Braden Stauffenburg of Izzy Style Wrestling in 51 seconds. Caliento was second in the 2020 Preseason Nationals, while Staffenburg was a 2020 Illinois state runner-up and seventh in the Preseason Nationals.
At 170, Illinois’ Brayden Thompson of Izzy Style Wrestling stopped Jared Stricker of Wisconsin in the finals, 12-5. Thompson won the Preseason Nationals this year, while Stricker was fourth in the 2020 Wisconsin state meet.
The top two seeds met at 182 pounds, where Wisconsin’s John Gunderson of Baraboo WC stopped Illinois’ Andrew Wenzel of Izzy Style Wrestling, 6-0. Both were second in their high school state meets in 2020. Gunderson was second in the Preseason Nationals.
At 195, Minnesota’s Brian Ramos of the Northwest Wrestling Club edged Philip Dozier of Izzy Style Wrestling, 10-8 in the finals.
There were all-Wisconsin finals at 220 and 285 pounds. At 220, Koy Hopke of the Amery Wrestling Club beat Gunner Hoffmann of CrassTrained: Weigh In Club, 6-0. Hoffman was second at the Preseason Nationals. At 285, Michael Douglas of Belmont/Platteview WC won in sudden victory over Bryce Fochs of Neenah High School, 3-1.
Other Girls division weight class summaries
The girls champion at 105-107 pounds was Wisconsin’s Bopasoreya Quintana, who went 3-0 in a four-athlete round robin. She pinned all three opponents, including runner-up AJ Pennington of Fox Valley Elite of Alaska in 41 seconds.
The girls champion at 141-153 pounds was Wisconsin’s Alexandra Hofrichter of Antigo Wrestling Club, who went 4-0 in her five-athlete round robin, winning all four bouts by pin.
TOA HOLIDAY HIGH SCHOOL CLASSIC
At Wisconsin Dells, Wis., December 30
Boys High School results
100
1st - Jacob Fitzpatrick (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) won by decision over Brayten Casey (Menomonie Wrestling Club) (Dec 4-0)
3rd - Charles Meudt (Dodgeville Mat Club) won by fall over Bryce Whitethorn (Unattached) (Fall 1:36)
5th - Ethan Aird (Sarbacker Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Everett Koltz (Wrightstown High School Wrestling) (Dec 2-0)
106
1st - Dawson Johnson (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Ian Radintz (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 8-2)
3rd - Benjamin Bast (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Wyatt Skebba (Aviators Wrestling) (Dec 4-1)
5th - Lucas Peters (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by fall over Zachary Parisi (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Fall 1:54)
113
1st - Blake West (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) won by tech fall over Tyler Klein (Ringers Wrestling Club) (TF 18-3)
3rd - Nolan McKittrick (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) won by decision over Easton Worachek (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Dec 5-0)
5th - Benjamin Dunne (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Logan Harel (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 3-1)
120
1st - Alec Hunter (Team Nazar Training Center) won by decision over Brayden Sonnentag (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 7-1)
3rd - Wyatt Kaczrowski (Seymour) won by decision over Sam Smith (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) (Dec 12-8)
5th - Shane Corrigan (De Pere High School Wrestling) won by decision over Billy Meiszner (ELITE Athletic Club) (Dec 5-0)
126
1st - Greyson Clark (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Tanner Gerber (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 5-4)
3rd - William Baysingar (The Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Joseph Fernau (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Dec 3-0)
5th - Kai Neumark (The Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Sean Conway (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Dec 5-3)
132
1st - Blaine Brenner (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Jack Severin (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Dec 8-2
3rd - Nain Vazquez (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Jager Eisch (Kaukauna High School Wrestling) (Dec 9-4)
5th - Cole Rhemrev (Unattached) won by injury default over Brady Hankin (Woodland Park Wrestling Club) (Inj. 0:00)
138
1st - Gavin Drexler (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Brendan Howes (Pinnacle Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-1)
3rd - Jordan Penard (Amery Wrestling Club) won by decision over Kale Roth (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 10-4)
5th - Gunnar Hamre (Poynette Panther Youth Wrestling) won by medical forfeit over Cade Willis (Higher Level Wrestling) (MFF)
145
1st - Tommy Curran (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Connor Thorpe (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Dec 8-7
3rd - Brett Back (Rapids Wrestling Club) won by injury default over Matthew Bianchi (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Inj. 0:57)
5th - Elijah Lucio (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by medical forfeit over Jack Milos (Unattached) (MFF)
152
1st - Drake Hayward (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Braeden Ott (Nicolet Knight Wrestling Club) (Dec 9-7)
3rd - Ryan Dolezal (Marshfield Wrestling Club) won in sudden victory - 1 over Jayden Colon (Izzy Style Wrestling) (SV-1 3-1)
5th - Cale Anderson (Viroqua Wrestling Club) won by decision over Issac Ortegon (Fond du Lac Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-3)
160
1st - Michael Caliendo (Batavia Wrestling Club) won by fall over Braden Stauffenberg (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Fall 0:51)
3rd - Aiden Vandenbush (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by major decision over Walker Ingham (Amery Wrestling Club) (Maj 13-0)
5th - Gage Coppock (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Crosby Schlosser (AWA) (Dec 3-2)
170
1st - Brayden Thompson (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Jared Stricker (Unattached) (Dec 12-5)
3rd - Devin Wasley (Victory School of Wrestling) won by decision over Brody Hemauer (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Dec 7-2)
5th - Samuel Schwabe (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Evan Danowski (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Dec 6-4)
182
1st - John Gunderson (Baraboo Wrestling Club) won by decision over Andrew Wenzel (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Dec 6-0)
3rd - Vito Massa (Victory School of Wrestling) won by fall over Ben Strehlow (Wrestling Factory) (Fall 0:52)
5th - Thomas Witkins (Fort Atkinson Wrestling Club) won by decision over Ian Smith (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 6-3)
195
1st - Brian Ramos (Northwest Wrestling Club) won by decision over Philip Dozier (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Dec 10-8)
3rd - Thomas Dineen (Benson Braves Wrestling Club) won by fall over Cezar Garcia (Desoto Youth Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:53)
5th - Drake Anderson (Bay Port High School Wrestling) won by fall over Brock Upson (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Fall 2:15)
220
1st - Koy Hopke (Amery Wrestling Club) won by decision over Gunner Hoffmann (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 6-0)
3rd - Carter Grewe (Abby-Colby) won by decision over Quincy Klister (Wrightstown High School Wrestling) (Dec 5-1)
5th - Nathan Wemstrom (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Dylan Nottestad (Westby WC) (Dec 6-4)
285
1st - Michael Douglas (Belmont/Platteview WC) won in sudden victory - 1 over Bryce Fochs (Neenah High School Wrestling) SV-1 3-1
3rd - Evan Ladwig (Plymouth Wrestling Club) won in sudden victory - 1 over Robert Beese (Amery Wrestling Club) (SV-1 3-1)
5th - David Gauderman (Unattached) won by fall over Andrew Elmhorst (Little Wolf High School Wrestling) (Fall 2:48)
Girls High School results
105-107 pounds
1st Place - Bopasoreya Quintana of Unattached
2nd Place - Aj Pennington of Fox Valley Elite
3rd Place - Nevaeh Koch of Belmont/Platteview WC
4th Place - Riehl Lexis of Shiocton Wrestling Club
Bopasoreya Quintana (Unattached) won by fall over Riehl Lexis (Shiocton Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:04)
Aj Pennington (Fox Valley Elite) won by fall over Nevaeh Koch (Belmont/Platteview WC) (Fall 2:57)
Aj Pennington (Fox Valley Elite) won by fall over Riehl Lexis (Shiocton Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:57)
Bopasoreya Quintana (Unattached) won by fall over Nevaeh Koch (Belmont/Platteview WC) (Fall 0:53)
Nevaeh Koch (Belmont/Platteview WC) won by fall over Riehl Lexis (Shiocton Wrestling Club) (Fall 5:46)
Bopasoreya Quintana (Unattached) won by fall over Aj Pennington (Fox Valley Elite) (Fall 0:41)
113-123 pounds
1st Place - Ngao Shoua Whitethorn of Unattached
2nd Place - Caitlyn Kelley of florance Wrestling
3rd Place - Amelia Stetson of Unattached
4th Place - Khylie Wainwright of Agoge Wrestling Club
5th Place - Forfeit Forfeit of Unattached
5th Place - Ellie Kasper of Unattached
Ngao Shoua Whitethorn (Unattached) won by fall over Amelia Stetson (Unattached) (Fall 1:06)
Caitlyn Kelley (florance Wrestling) won by fall over Khylie Wainwright (Agoge Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:39)
Khylie Wainwright (Agoge Wrestling Club) won by fall over Ellie Kasper (Unattached) (Fall 4:00)
Caitlyn Kelley (florance Wrestling) won by fall over Amelia Stetson (Unattached) (Fall 1:09)
Caitlyn Kelley (florance Wrestling) won by fall over Ellie Kasper (Unattached) (Fall 0:27)
Ngao Shoua Whitethorn (Unattached) won by fall over Khylie Wainwright (Agoge Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:00)
Ngao Shoua Whitethorn (Unattached) won by fall over Ellie Kasper (Unattached) (Fall 0:17)
Amelia Stetson (Unattached) won by fall over Khylie Wainwright (Agoge Wrestling Club) (Fall 4:30)
Amelia Stetson (Unattached) and Ellie Kasper (Unattached) (DFF)
Ngao Shoua Whitethorn (Unattached) won by fall over Caitlyn Kelley (florance Wrestling) (Fall 5:55)
133-139 pounds
1st Place - Amor Tuttle of Stillwater Area Wrestling
2nd Place - Hanna Errthum of Mt. Horeb High School Wrestling
3rd Place - Katelyn Beiley of Unattached
4th Place - Paige Hansen of Fond du Lac Wrestling Club
Hanna Errthum (Mt. Horeb High School Wrestling) won by fall over Paige Hansen (Fond du Lac Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:39)
Amor Tuttle (Stillwater Area Wrestling) won by fall over Katelyn Beiley (Unattached) (Fall 3:59)
Hanna Errthum (Mt. Horeb High School Wrestling) won by fall over Katelyn Beiley (Unattached) (Fall 0:34)
Amor Tuttle (Stillwater Area Wrestling) won by fall over Paige Hansen (Fond du Lac Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:31)
Amor Tuttle (Stillwater Area Wrestling) won by decision over Hanna Errthum (Mt. Horeb High School Wrestling) (Dec 6-1)
Katelyn Beiley (Unattached) won by fall over Paige Hansen (Fond du Lac Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:00)
141-153 pounds
1st Place - Alexandra Hofrichter of Antigo Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Samantha Meyer of Chilton
3rd Place - Celestine Uherka of Unattached
4th Place - Breanna Wier of Osseo
5th Place - Nikki Krizan of stanley-boyd WC
Alexandra Hofrichter (Antigo Wrestling Club) won by fall over Breanna Wier (Osseo) (Fall 1:14)
Celestine Uherka (Unattached) won by fall over Nikki Krizan (stanley-boyd WC) (Fall 1:46)
Samantha Meyer (Chilton) won by fall over Nikki Krizan (stanley-boyd WC) (Fall 5:00)
Celestine Uherka (Unattached) won by fall over Breanna Wier (Osseo) (Fall 2:00)
Samantha Meyer (Chilton) won by fall over Celestine Uherka (Unattached) (Fall 3:34)
Alexandra Hofrichter (Antigo Wrestling Club) won by fall over Nikki Krizan (stanley-boyd WC) (Fall 1:12)
Alexandra Hofrichter (Antigo Wrestling Club) won by fall over Samantha Meyer (Chilton) (Fall 1:53)
Breanna Wier (Osseo) won by fall over Nikki Krizan (stanley-boyd WC) (Fall 1:26)
Breanna Wier (Osseo) won by decision over Samantha Meyer (Chilton) (Dec 6-5)
Alexandra Hofrichter (Antigo Wrestling Club) won by fall over Celestine Uherka (Unattached) (Fall 0:41)
158-164 pounds
1st Place - Rachel Schauer of Women In Singlets
2nd Place - Bo Geibe of Unattached
3rd Place - Emily Reynolds of Oakfield
4th Place - Madilyn Zube of Viroqua Wrestling Club
Bo Geibe (Unattached) won by fall over Madilyn Zube (Viroqua Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:50)
Rachel Schauer (Women In Singlets) won by fall over Emily Reynolds (Oakfield) (Fall 2:52)
Rachel Schauer (Women In Singlets) won by fall over Madilyn Zube (Viroqua Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:58)
Bo Geibe (Unattached) won by fall over Emily Reynolds (Oakfield) (Fall 3:32)
Emily Reynolds (Oakfield) won by major decision over Madilyn Zube (Viroqua Wrestling Club) (Maj 9-1)
Rachel Schauer (Women In Singlets) won by fall over Bo Geibe (Unattached) (Fall 2:31)
Boys High School Semifinals
100
Jacob Fitzpatrick (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) won by fall over Bryce Whitethorn (Unattached) Fall 1:19
Brayten Casey (Menomonie Wrestling Club) won by decision over Charles Meudt (Dodgeville Mat Club) Dec 6-4
106
Ian Radintz (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Benjamin Bast (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Dec 8-6
Dawson Johnson (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by major decision over Wyatt Skebba (Aviators Wrestling) Maj 8-0
113
Blake West (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) won by fall over Easton Worachek (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Fall 1:15
Tyler Klein (Ringers Wrestling Club) won by decision over Nolan McKittrick (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) Dec 6-3
120
Brayden Sonnentag (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Wyatt Kaczrowski (Seymour) Dec 8-1
Alec Hunter (Team Nazar Training Center) won by decision over Shane Corrigan (De Pere High School Wrestling) Dec 7-5
126
Tanner Gerber (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by fall over Joseph Fernau (Izzy Style Wrestling) Fall 5:29
Greyson Clark (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over William Baysingar (The Wrestling Academy) Dec 5-0
132
Jack Severin (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by medical forfeit over Brady Hankin (Woodland Park Wrestling Club) MFF
Blaine Brenner (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by major decision over Jager Eisch (Kaukauna High School Wrestling) Maj 12-1
138
Gavin Drexler (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by major decision over Jordan Penard (Amery Wrestling Club) Maj 9-1
Brendan Howes (Pinnacle Wrestling Club) won by fall over Cade Willis (Higher Level Wrestling) Fall 1:25
145
Tommy Curran (Izzy Style Wrestling) won in sudden victory - 1 over Matthew Bianchi (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) SV-1 9-4
Connor Thorpe (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Jack Milos (Unattached) Dec 7-4
152
Drake Hayward (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Cale Anderson (Viroqua Wrestling Club) Dec 6-2
Braeden Ott (Nicolet Knight Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Ryan Dolezal (Marshfield Wrestling Club) Maj 9-1
160
Braden Stauffenberg (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Aiden Vandenbush (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Dec 8-3
Michael Caliendo (Batavia Wrestling Club) won by decision over Walker Ingham (Amery Wrestling Club) Dec 8-2
170
Jared Stricker (Unattached) won by decision over Devin Wasley (Victory School of Wrestling) Dec 11-5
Brayden Thompson (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Brody Hemauer (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Dec 3-0
182
John Gunderson (Baraboo Wrestling Club) won by fall over Ben Strehlow (Wrestling Factory) Fall 0:59
Andrew Wenzel (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by fall over Thomas Witkins (Fort Atkinson Wrestling Club) Fall 1:44
195
Philip Dozier (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by fall over Drake Anderson (Bay Port High School Wrestling) Fall 4:19
Brian Ramos (Northwest Wrestling Club) won by fall over Cezar Garcia (Desoto Youth Wrestling Club) Fall 1:21
220
Koy Hopke (Amery Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Carter Grewe (Abby-Colby) TF 16-0
Gunner Hoffmann (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by fall over Dylan Nottestad (Westby WC) Fall 1:05
285
Bryce Fochs (Neenah High School Wrestling) won by decision over Evan Ladwig (Plymouth Wrestling Club) Dec 3-1
Michael Douglas (Belmont/Platteview WC) won by decision over David Gauderman (Unattached) Dec 7-4
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. – Top high school boys and girls from numerous states came together on Wednesday to compete in a new event, USA Wrestling’s Folkstyle Tour of America Holiday High School Classic, which was held at the Woodside Wisconsin Dells Center Dome.
The tournament was loaded with state champions, state medalists and state qualifiers. Brackets were seeded using custom rankings based on 2020 State sanctioned High School Championships and 2020 Brian Keck Memorial Preseason National Championships results.
The Outstanding Wrestler in the boys division was 2020 Illinois state runner-up Tommy Curran of Izzy Style Wrestling, the champion at 145 pounds. Curran edged Connor Thorpe of the Askren Wrestling Academy, a 2020 Wisconsin third-place finisher, by an 8-7 margin. Both had placed in the Preseason Nationals, with Curran in fourth and Thorpe in sixth.
The Outstanding Wrestler in the girls division was Minnesota star Amor Tuttle of Stillwater Area Wrestling, who won a four-athlete round robin in the 133-139 pound division. In a key victory, Tuttle, ranked No. 6 nationally at 138 pounds, stopped Wisconsin star Hanna Errthum of Mt. Horeb High School, ranked No. 12 in the nation at 132 pounds, by a 6-1 margin. Tuttle’s other two wins were by pin.
In the boys divisions, two of the finals featured a pair of Wisconsin state champions from 2020 wrestling against each other for the Holiday High School Classic title.
At 126, Greyson Clark of the Askren Wrestling Academy defeated Tanner Gerber of the CrassTrained: Weigh In Club, 5-4. Clark was the Wisconsin D-I champion at 106 pounds last year, while Gerber was the Wisconsin D-3 champion at 113 pounds last season.
At 132 pounds, Blaine Brenner of the CrassTrained: Weigh In Club beat Jack Severin of the Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country, 8-2. Both were Wisconsin D-2 champions last season, Brenner at 120 pounds and Severin at 126 pounds.
In the girls division, another nationally ranked star from Minnesota, Ngao Shoua Whitethorn, went 4-0 in a five-athlete round robin at 113-123 pounds. Whitethorn, ranked No 9 in the USA at 127 pounds, had a ranked win against the runner-up, Wisconsin’s Caitlyn Kelley of Florance Wrestling, who is No. 17 in the nation at 117 pounds. Whitethorn pinned Kelley in 5:55.
Wisconsin’s Rachel Schauer of Women In Singlets beat a nationally-ranked opponent, Michigan’s Bo Geibe, on the way to the girls title at 158-164 pounds. Schauer scored a pin in 2:31 over Geibe, who is ranked No. 20 in the USA at 164 pounds. Schauer had three pins in her four-athlete round robin.
Other Men’s division weight class summaries
In the light weights, Minnesota’s Jacob Fitzpatrick of LaCrosse Area Wrestlers (100) and Wisconsin’s Dawson Johnson of Crass Trained: Weigh-in Club (106) were champions. Fitzpatrick beat Wisconsin’s Brayten Casey of the Menomonie Wrestling Club, 4-0. Johnson stopped fellow Wisconsin wrestler Ian Radintz of CrassTrained: Weigh In Club, 8-2.
2020 Minnesota high school state champion Blake West of Sebolt Wrestling Academy was the 113-pound champion, beating Wisconsin’s Tyler Klein of the Ringers WC by technical fall, 18-3.
2020 Wisconsin state runner-up Alec Hunter of Team Nazar Training Center defeated 2020 Wisconsin state champion Brayden Sonnentag of CrassTrained: Weigh In Club, 7-1 at 120 pounds. Hunter was second in D-1 at 113 last year, while Sonnentag won the D-3 title at 106.
Another 2020 Wisconsin state champion, Gavin Drexler of CrassTrained: Weigh In Club, on the 138 pound title, defeating Minnesota’s Brendan Howes of the Pinnacle WC, 5-1.
The 152 pound champion was Drake Hayward of the Askren Wrestling Academy, a 9-7 winner over Braeden Ott of the Nicolet Knight WC. Hayward was fifth in the 2020 Wisconsin states, while Ott was a Wisconsin state qualifier.
In an all-Illinois finals at 160, Michael Caliento of the Batavia WC pinned Braden Stauffenburg of Izzy Style Wrestling in 51 seconds. Caliento was second in the 2020 Preseason Nationals, while Staffenburg was a 2020 Illinois state runner-up and seventh in the Preseason Nationals.
At 170, Illinois’ Brayden Thompson of Izzy Style Wrestling stopped Jared Stricker of Wisconsin in the finals, 12-5. Thompson won the Preseason Nationals this year, while Stricker was fourth in the 2020 Wisconsin state meet.
The top two seeds met at 182 pounds, where Wisconsin’s John Gunderson of Baraboo WC stopped Illinois’ Andrew Wenzel of Izzy Style Wrestling, 6-0. Both were second in their high school state meets in 2020. Gunderson was second in the Preseason Nationals.
At 195, Minnesota’s Brian Ramos of the Northwest Wrestling Club edged Philip Dozier of Izzy Style Wrestling, 10-8 in the finals.
There were all-Wisconsin finals at 220 and 285 pounds. At 220, Koy Hopke of the Amery Wrestling Club beat Gunner Hoffmann of CrassTrained: Weigh In Club, 6-0. Hoffman was second at the Preseason Nationals. At 285, Michael Douglas of Belmont/Platteview WC won in sudden victory over Bryce Fochs of Neenah High School, 3-1.
Other Girls division weight class summaries
The girls champion at 105-107 pounds was Wisconsin’s Bopasoreya Quintana, who went 3-0 in a four-athlete round robin. She pinned all three opponents, including runner-up AJ Pennington of Fox Valley Elite of Alaska in 41 seconds.
The girls champion at 141-153 pounds was Wisconsin’s Alexandra Hofrichter of Antigo Wrestling Club, who went 4-0 in her five-athlete round robin, winning all four bouts by pin.
TOA HOLIDAY HIGH SCHOOL CLASSIC
At Wisconsin Dells, Wis., December 30
Boys High School results
100
1st - Jacob Fitzpatrick (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) won by decision over Brayten Casey (Menomonie Wrestling Club) (Dec 4-0)
3rd - Charles Meudt (Dodgeville Mat Club) won by fall over Bryce Whitethorn (Unattached) (Fall 1:36)
5th - Ethan Aird (Sarbacker Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Everett Koltz (Wrightstown High School Wrestling) (Dec 2-0)
106
1st - Dawson Johnson (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Ian Radintz (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 8-2)
3rd - Benjamin Bast (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Wyatt Skebba (Aviators Wrestling) (Dec 4-1)
5th - Lucas Peters (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by fall over Zachary Parisi (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Fall 1:54)
113
1st - Blake West (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) won by tech fall over Tyler Klein (Ringers Wrestling Club) (TF 18-3)
3rd - Nolan McKittrick (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) won by decision over Easton Worachek (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Dec 5-0)
5th - Benjamin Dunne (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Logan Harel (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 3-1)
120
1st - Alec Hunter (Team Nazar Training Center) won by decision over Brayden Sonnentag (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 7-1)
3rd - Wyatt Kaczrowski (Seymour) won by decision over Sam Smith (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) (Dec 12-8)
5th - Shane Corrigan (De Pere High School Wrestling) won by decision over Billy Meiszner (ELITE Athletic Club) (Dec 5-0)
126
1st - Greyson Clark (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Tanner Gerber (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 5-4)
3rd - William Baysingar (The Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Joseph Fernau (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Dec 3-0)
5th - Kai Neumark (The Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Sean Conway (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Dec 5-3)
132
1st - Blaine Brenner (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Jack Severin (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Dec 8-2
3rd - Nain Vazquez (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Jager Eisch (Kaukauna High School Wrestling) (Dec 9-4)
5th - Cole Rhemrev (Unattached) won by injury default over Brady Hankin (Woodland Park Wrestling Club) (Inj. 0:00)
138
1st - Gavin Drexler (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Brendan Howes (Pinnacle Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-1)
3rd - Jordan Penard (Amery Wrestling Club) won by decision over Kale Roth (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 10-4)
5th - Gunnar Hamre (Poynette Panther Youth Wrestling) won by medical forfeit over Cade Willis (Higher Level Wrestling) (MFF)
145
1st - Tommy Curran (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Connor Thorpe (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Dec 8-7
3rd - Brett Back (Rapids Wrestling Club) won by injury default over Matthew Bianchi (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Inj. 0:57)
5th - Elijah Lucio (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by medical forfeit over Jack Milos (Unattached) (MFF)
152
1st - Drake Hayward (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Braeden Ott (Nicolet Knight Wrestling Club) (Dec 9-7)
3rd - Ryan Dolezal (Marshfield Wrestling Club) won in sudden victory - 1 over Jayden Colon (Izzy Style Wrestling) (SV-1 3-1)
5th - Cale Anderson (Viroqua Wrestling Club) won by decision over Issac Ortegon (Fond du Lac Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-3)
160
1st - Michael Caliendo (Batavia Wrestling Club) won by fall over Braden Stauffenberg (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Fall 0:51)
3rd - Aiden Vandenbush (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by major decision over Walker Ingham (Amery Wrestling Club) (Maj 13-0)
5th - Gage Coppock (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Crosby Schlosser (AWA) (Dec 3-2)
170
1st - Brayden Thompson (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Jared Stricker (Unattached) (Dec 12-5)
3rd - Devin Wasley (Victory School of Wrestling) won by decision over Brody Hemauer (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Dec 7-2)
5th - Samuel Schwabe (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Evan Danowski (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Dec 6-4)
182
1st - John Gunderson (Baraboo Wrestling Club) won by decision over Andrew Wenzel (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Dec 6-0)
3rd - Vito Massa (Victory School of Wrestling) won by fall over Ben Strehlow (Wrestling Factory) (Fall 0:52)
5th - Thomas Witkins (Fort Atkinson Wrestling Club) won by decision over Ian Smith (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 6-3)
195
1st - Brian Ramos (Northwest Wrestling Club) won by decision over Philip Dozier (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Dec 10-8)
3rd - Thomas Dineen (Benson Braves Wrestling Club) won by fall over Cezar Garcia (Desoto Youth Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:53)
5th - Drake Anderson (Bay Port High School Wrestling) won by fall over Brock Upson (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Fall 2:15)
220
1st - Koy Hopke (Amery Wrestling Club) won by decision over Gunner Hoffmann (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) (Dec 6-0)
3rd - Carter Grewe (Abby-Colby) won by decision over Quincy Klister (Wrightstown High School Wrestling) (Dec 5-1)
5th - Nathan Wemstrom (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Dylan Nottestad (Westby WC) (Dec 6-4)
285
1st - Michael Douglas (Belmont/Platteview WC) won in sudden victory - 1 over Bryce Fochs (Neenah High School Wrestling) SV-1 3-1
3rd - Evan Ladwig (Plymouth Wrestling Club) won in sudden victory - 1 over Robert Beese (Amery Wrestling Club) (SV-1 3-1)
5th - David Gauderman (Unattached) won by fall over Andrew Elmhorst (Little Wolf High School Wrestling) (Fall 2:48)
Girls High School results
105-107 pounds
1st Place - Bopasoreya Quintana of Unattached
2nd Place - Aj Pennington of Fox Valley Elite
3rd Place - Nevaeh Koch of Belmont/Platteview WC
4th Place - Riehl Lexis of Shiocton Wrestling Club
Bopasoreya Quintana (Unattached) won by fall over Riehl Lexis (Shiocton Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:04)
Aj Pennington (Fox Valley Elite) won by fall over Nevaeh Koch (Belmont/Platteview WC) (Fall 2:57)
Aj Pennington (Fox Valley Elite) won by fall over Riehl Lexis (Shiocton Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:57)
Bopasoreya Quintana (Unattached) won by fall over Nevaeh Koch (Belmont/Platteview WC) (Fall 0:53)
Nevaeh Koch (Belmont/Platteview WC) won by fall over Riehl Lexis (Shiocton Wrestling Club) (Fall 5:46)
Bopasoreya Quintana (Unattached) won by fall over Aj Pennington (Fox Valley Elite) (Fall 0:41)
113-123 pounds
1st Place - Ngao Shoua Whitethorn of Unattached
2nd Place - Caitlyn Kelley of florance Wrestling
3rd Place - Amelia Stetson of Unattached
4th Place - Khylie Wainwright of Agoge Wrestling Club
5th Place - Forfeit Forfeit of Unattached
5th Place - Ellie Kasper of Unattached
Ngao Shoua Whitethorn (Unattached) won by fall over Amelia Stetson (Unattached) (Fall 1:06)
Caitlyn Kelley (florance Wrestling) won by fall over Khylie Wainwright (Agoge Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:39)
Khylie Wainwright (Agoge Wrestling Club) won by fall over Ellie Kasper (Unattached) (Fall 4:00)
Caitlyn Kelley (florance Wrestling) won by fall over Amelia Stetson (Unattached) (Fall 1:09)
Caitlyn Kelley (florance Wrestling) won by fall over Ellie Kasper (Unattached) (Fall 0:27)
Ngao Shoua Whitethorn (Unattached) won by fall over Khylie Wainwright (Agoge Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:00)
Ngao Shoua Whitethorn (Unattached) won by fall over Ellie Kasper (Unattached) (Fall 0:17)
Amelia Stetson (Unattached) won by fall over Khylie Wainwright (Agoge Wrestling Club) (Fall 4:30)
Amelia Stetson (Unattached) and Ellie Kasper (Unattached) (DFF)
Ngao Shoua Whitethorn (Unattached) won by fall over Caitlyn Kelley (florance Wrestling) (Fall 5:55)
133-139 pounds
1st Place - Amor Tuttle of Stillwater Area Wrestling
2nd Place - Hanna Errthum of Mt. Horeb High School Wrestling
3rd Place - Katelyn Beiley of Unattached
4th Place - Paige Hansen of Fond du Lac Wrestling Club
Hanna Errthum (Mt. Horeb High School Wrestling) won by fall over Paige Hansen (Fond du Lac Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:39)
Amor Tuttle (Stillwater Area Wrestling) won by fall over Katelyn Beiley (Unattached) (Fall 3:59)
Hanna Errthum (Mt. Horeb High School Wrestling) won by fall over Katelyn Beiley (Unattached) (Fall 0:34)
Amor Tuttle (Stillwater Area Wrestling) won by fall over Paige Hansen (Fond du Lac Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:31)
Amor Tuttle (Stillwater Area Wrestling) won by decision over Hanna Errthum (Mt. Horeb High School Wrestling) (Dec 6-1)
Katelyn Beiley (Unattached) won by fall over Paige Hansen (Fond du Lac Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:00)
141-153 pounds
1st Place - Alexandra Hofrichter of Antigo Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Samantha Meyer of Chilton
3rd Place - Celestine Uherka of Unattached
4th Place - Breanna Wier of Osseo
5th Place - Nikki Krizan of stanley-boyd WC
Alexandra Hofrichter (Antigo Wrestling Club) won by fall over Breanna Wier (Osseo) (Fall 1:14)
Celestine Uherka (Unattached) won by fall over Nikki Krizan (stanley-boyd WC) (Fall 1:46)
Samantha Meyer (Chilton) won by fall over Nikki Krizan (stanley-boyd WC) (Fall 5:00)
Celestine Uherka (Unattached) won by fall over Breanna Wier (Osseo) (Fall 2:00)
Samantha Meyer (Chilton) won by fall over Celestine Uherka (Unattached) (Fall 3:34)
Alexandra Hofrichter (Antigo Wrestling Club) won by fall over Nikki Krizan (stanley-boyd WC) (Fall 1:12)
Alexandra Hofrichter (Antigo Wrestling Club) won by fall over Samantha Meyer (Chilton) (Fall 1:53)
Breanna Wier (Osseo) won by fall over Nikki Krizan (stanley-boyd WC) (Fall 1:26)
Breanna Wier (Osseo) won by decision over Samantha Meyer (Chilton) (Dec 6-5)
Alexandra Hofrichter (Antigo Wrestling Club) won by fall over Celestine Uherka (Unattached) (Fall 0:41)
158-164 pounds
1st Place - Rachel Schauer of Women In Singlets
2nd Place - Bo Geibe of Unattached
3rd Place - Emily Reynolds of Oakfield
4th Place - Madilyn Zube of Viroqua Wrestling Club
Bo Geibe (Unattached) won by fall over Madilyn Zube (Viroqua Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:50)
Rachel Schauer (Women In Singlets) won by fall over Emily Reynolds (Oakfield) (Fall 2:52)
Rachel Schauer (Women In Singlets) won by fall over Madilyn Zube (Viroqua Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:58)
Bo Geibe (Unattached) won by fall over Emily Reynolds (Oakfield) (Fall 3:32)
Emily Reynolds (Oakfield) won by major decision over Madilyn Zube (Viroqua Wrestling Club) (Maj 9-1)
Rachel Schauer (Women In Singlets) won by fall over Bo Geibe (Unattached) (Fall 2:31)
Boys High School Semifinals
100
Jacob Fitzpatrick (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) won by fall over Bryce Whitethorn (Unattached) Fall 1:19
Brayten Casey (Menomonie Wrestling Club) won by decision over Charles Meudt (Dodgeville Mat Club) Dec 6-4
106
Ian Radintz (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Benjamin Bast (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Dec 8-6
Dawson Johnson (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by major decision over Wyatt Skebba (Aviators Wrestling) Maj 8-0
113
Blake West (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) won by fall over Easton Worachek (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Fall 1:15
Tyler Klein (Ringers Wrestling Club) won by decision over Nolan McKittrick (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) Dec 6-3
120
Brayden Sonnentag (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by decision over Wyatt Kaczrowski (Seymour) Dec 8-1
Alec Hunter (Team Nazar Training Center) won by decision over Shane Corrigan (De Pere High School Wrestling) Dec 7-5
126
Tanner Gerber (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by fall over Joseph Fernau (Izzy Style Wrestling) Fall 5:29
Greyson Clark (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over William Baysingar (The Wrestling Academy) Dec 5-0
132
Jack Severin (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by medical forfeit over Brady Hankin (Woodland Park Wrestling Club) MFF
Blaine Brenner (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by major decision over Jager Eisch (Kaukauna High School Wrestling) Maj 12-1
138
Gavin Drexler (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by major decision over Jordan Penard (Amery Wrestling Club) Maj 9-1
Brendan Howes (Pinnacle Wrestling Club) won by fall over Cade Willis (Higher Level Wrestling) Fall 1:25
145
Tommy Curran (Izzy Style Wrestling) won in sudden victory - 1 over Matthew Bianchi (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) SV-1 9-4
Connor Thorpe (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Jack Milos (Unattached) Dec 7-4
152
Drake Hayward (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Cale Anderson (Viroqua Wrestling Club) Dec 6-2
Braeden Ott (Nicolet Knight Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Ryan Dolezal (Marshfield Wrestling Club) Maj 9-1
160
Braden Stauffenberg (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Aiden Vandenbush (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Dec 8-3
Michael Caliendo (Batavia Wrestling Club) won by decision over Walker Ingham (Amery Wrestling Club) Dec 8-2
170
Jared Stricker (Unattached) won by decision over Devin Wasley (Victory School of Wrestling) Dec 11-5
Brayden Thompson (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Brody Hemauer (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) Dec 3-0
182
John Gunderson (Baraboo Wrestling Club) won by fall over Ben Strehlow (Wrestling Factory) Fall 0:59
Andrew Wenzel (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by fall over Thomas Witkins (Fort Atkinson Wrestling Club) Fall 1:44
195
Philip Dozier (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by fall over Drake Anderson (Bay Port High School Wrestling) Fall 4:19
Brian Ramos (Northwest Wrestling Club) won by fall over Cezar Garcia (Desoto Youth Wrestling Club) Fall 1:21
220
Koy Hopke (Amery Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Carter Grewe (Abby-Colby) TF 16-0
Gunner Hoffmann (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by fall over Dylan Nottestad (Westby WC) Fall 1:05
285
Bryce Fochs (Neenah High School Wrestling) won by decision over Evan Ladwig (Plymouth Wrestling Club) Dec 3-1
Michael Douglas (Belmont/Platteview WC) won by decision over David Gauderman (Unattached) Dec 7-4
