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Historic first WIAA girls state championship in Wisconsin crowns its first 12 state champions
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LaCrosse, Wis. - History was made in Wisconsin on January 29, 2022, as the inaugural WIAA Girls State Wrestling Championships was held in the La Crosse Center. All told, 12 female athletes were crowned state champions for the first time in history.
The field included 224 contestants from 105 schools. Although team scores were not kept, Milwaukee Ronald Reagan, 15, and Holmen, 13, had the most individual participants.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the oldest high school athletic association organized in the country, was the 27th state activities association to officially sanction girls wrestling as a sport in June 2020, with this year's tournament serving as the first ever state championships.
The first-ever individual girls state champion in Wisconsin was 100 pounder Brooke Corrigan from DePere. Corrigan, a ninth grader, defeated senior Karina Torres in a tight match by score of 7-5.
In the finals at 126, Jefferson High School's nationally ranked Sofia Brynman-Metcalf won by fall in 2:40.
The loudest cheering section was likely behind 132-pound state champion Kylie Rule from Mineral Point who blanked Bonduel's Madalyn Sokolski 9-0.
In the lone finals bout needing double overtime to be decided, New London's Hailie Krueger defeated Chloe LaRue of Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern 5-3 at 145 pounds.
The highest ranked Wisconsin prep wrestler competing this weekend (8th at 164 pounds), Alexandra Hofrichter from Antigo, was victorious by fall in the first place match at 152 pounds.
In the last bout of the night, Kaylie Upson from Phillips won by fall in 1:20.
As part of USA Wrestling's Athlete Appearance Program, Olympic Silver Medalist and six-time world champion Adeline Gray was in attendance and handed out awards to all place winners.
In conjunction with the state championships, the WIAA kicked off its year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX with a celebratory social before the finals. The social included trailblazers in women’s sports in Wisconsin and those instrumental in ensuring this opportunity for high school girls in Wisconsin.
In attendance of the state tournament was Elliot Hopkins from the National Federation of State High School Associations. Hopkins, who serves on USA Wrestling's Board of Directors, is the NFHS Director of Sports, Sanctioning and Student Services and serves as the NFHS liaison to wrestling.
Historical note: Two notable American women's freestyle wrestlers, Alyssa Lampe (Tomahawk) and Macey Kilty (Stratford), both were WIAA state runners-up during their high school careers.
1st WIAA GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
At LaCrosse, Wis., January 29, 2022
100
1st Place Match
Brooke Corrigan (De Pere) 8-0, Fr. over Karina Torres (Kenosha Indian Trail) 3-1, Sr. (Dec 7-5)
3rd Place Match
Savanna Millermon (Glenwood City) 4-1, So. over Jolette Velasquez Gonzalez (Milwaukee Ronald Reagan) 11-5, Jr. (Fall 0:54)
5th Place Match
Haeli Casey (Spring Valley/Elmwood) 5-1, Jr. over Cailyn Whittier (Mukwonago) 3-2, Fr. (Dec 5-1)
107
1st Place Match
Koressa Allgeyer (Marinette) 10-3, Jr. over Sophia Wagner (Florence/Niagara) 15-3, So. (MD 16-6)
3rd Place Match
Lia Peterson (Amherst) 13-2, So. over Aliana Rauter (Milwaukee Ronald Reagan) 23-10, So. (Fall 3:55)
5th Place Match
Brianna Derouin (Menasha) 5-3, Jr. over Savannah Clark (Sparta) 5-1, Sr. (NC)
114
1st Place Match
Bopasoreya Quintana (Sun Prairie) 8-1, Jr. over Mya Delleree (Ozaukee) 6-2, So. (Fall 1:00)
3rd Place Match
Lily Becker (Brookfield East) 17-3, So. over Tracey Kessler (Janesville Parker) 3-2, Sr. (Fall 4:11)
5th Place Match
Alexis Winecke (Baraboo) 8-1, Sr. over Vanessa Gavilan (Sparta) 4-2, Jr. (MD 10-0)
120
1st Place Match
Caitlyn Kelley (Florence/Niagara) 14-0, Jr. over Hailey Berg (Bonduel) 12-2, Fr. (MD 10-0)
3rd Place Match
Brooke Schuenemann (Plymouth) 8-1, Jr. over Tatiana Rios (Jefferson) 9-3, Sr. (Fall 4:55)
5th Place Match
Natalie Klavetter (Hudson) 13-4, Fr. over Makenna Hanke (Lomira) 9-5, Jr. (Dec 3-0)
126
1st Place Match
Sofia Brynman-Metcalf (Jefferson) 9-0, Sr. over Emma Gruenhagen (Boyceville) 3-1, Jr. (Fall 2:40)
3rd Place Match
Sydney Andrews (Turner) 11-2, Fr. over Cassandra Valle (Waterloo) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 2:21)
5th Place Match
Piper Novitski (Shawano) 16-2, Fr. over Brooke Harstvedt (Whitnall/Greendale) 26-6, Sr. (Fall 4:09)
132
1st Place Match
Kylie Rule (Mineral Point) 5-1, Jr. over Madalyn Sokolski (Bonduel) 11-1, Fr. (MD 9-0)
3rd Place Match
Aevri Ciha (Cambridge) 3-1, Sr. over Mattie Papenthien (Middleton) 5-3, Jr. (Dec 6-5)
5th Place Match
Anna Strand (Xavier) 9-5, Sr. over Ella Trimboli (Whitnall/Greendale) 30-11, Sr. (Fall 0:33)
138
1st Place Match
Marisa Roth (Brookfield Central) 17-0, Sr. over Sophia Galoff (Brillion) 16-5, So. (Fall 1:28)
3rd Place Match
Shelly Bulman (Eau Claire North) 16-6, So. over Adeline Callos (Merrill) 2-2, So. (Fall 1:51)
5th Place Match
Paige Peterson (Wabeno/Laona/Three Lakes) 16-2, Sr. over Brylee Welch (Omro) 5-5, So. (Fall 2:24)
145
1st Place Match
Hailie Krueger (New London) 12-1, Fr. over Chloe LaRue (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) 16-1, Fr. (TB-1 5-3)
3rd Place Match
Kaylee McFadden (Marinette) 10-3, Jr. over Katlyn Grant (Eau Claire North) 16-8, Sr. (Fall 2:59)
5th Place Match
Katelyn Beiley (South Milwaukee) 17-4, Sr. over Elena Rohleder (Martin Luther) 14-6, Sr. (Dec 10-6)
152
1st Place Match
Alexandra Hofrichter (Antigo) 21-0, Jr. over Isabelle Olesen (Oak Creek) 8-2, Fr. (Fall 4:13)
3rd Place Match
Breanna Wier (Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek) 10-2, Jr. over Evelyn Vetsch (Holmen) 17-9, Jr. (Fall 4:14)
5th Place Match
Maev Michalak (Germantown) 9-2, Fr. over Madi Zube (Viroqua) 3-2, So. (Fall 4:16)
165
1st Place Match
Cyriana Reinwald (Horicon) 5-0, Fr. over Sophia Bassino (Sun Prairie) 4-2, So. (Fall 5:31)
3rd Place Match
Katelyn Lewis (Marinette) 3-1, Sr. over Rachel Schauer (Fennimore) 9-2, So. (Fall 1:16)
5th Place Match
Emily Szak (Holmen) 13-5, Sr. over Samantha Meyer (Chilton/Hilbert) 18-4, So. (Fall 2:01)
185
1st Place Match
Lyndsey Stark (Spring Valley/Elmwood) 3-0, Fr. over Brindelyn Eternicka (Merrill) 3-1, Sr. (Fall 1:02)
3rd Place Match
Arial Haemmerle (Winneconne) 9-1, Jr. over Killian Kiernan (Muskego) 13-8, Fr. (Fall 2:10)
5th Place Match
Abigale Swanson (Rhinelander) 3-1, Jr. over Ana Adelmeyer (Lomira) 4-2, Jr. (Fall 1:20)
235
1st Place Match
Kaylie Upson (Phillips) 6-0, Sr. over Kate Riege (Arrowhead) 5-1, Jr. (Fall 1:20)
3rd Place Match
Nadia Lathan (Martin Luther) 11-4, Fr. over Faith Pritzlaff (Whitnall/Greendale) 16-13, So. (Fall 3:45)
5th Place Match
Madison Burns (Ashland) 3-1, Fr. over Cambree Lokken (Eau Claire North) 5-14, Jr. (Fall 0:23)
The field included 224 contestants from 105 schools. Although team scores were not kept, Milwaukee Ronald Reagan, 15, and Holmen, 13, had the most individual participants.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the oldest high school athletic association organized in the country, was the 27th state activities association to officially sanction girls wrestling as a sport in June 2020, with this year's tournament serving as the first ever state championships.
The first-ever individual girls state champion in Wisconsin was 100 pounder Brooke Corrigan from DePere. Corrigan, a ninth grader, defeated senior Karina Torres in a tight match by score of 7-5.
In the finals at 126, Jefferson High School's nationally ranked Sofia Brynman-Metcalf won by fall in 2:40.
The loudest cheering section was likely behind 132-pound state champion Kylie Rule from Mineral Point who blanked Bonduel's Madalyn Sokolski 9-0.
In the lone finals bout needing double overtime to be decided, New London's Hailie Krueger defeated Chloe LaRue of Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern 5-3 at 145 pounds.
The highest ranked Wisconsin prep wrestler competing this weekend (8th at 164 pounds), Alexandra Hofrichter from Antigo, was victorious by fall in the first place match at 152 pounds.
In the last bout of the night, Kaylie Upson from Phillips won by fall in 1:20.
As part of USA Wrestling's Athlete Appearance Program, Olympic Silver Medalist and six-time world champion Adeline Gray was in attendance and handed out awards to all place winners.
In conjunction with the state championships, the WIAA kicked off its year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX with a celebratory social before the finals. The social included trailblazers in women’s sports in Wisconsin and those instrumental in ensuring this opportunity for high school girls in Wisconsin.
In attendance of the state tournament was Elliot Hopkins from the National Federation of State High School Associations. Hopkins, who serves on USA Wrestling's Board of Directors, is the NFHS Director of Sports, Sanctioning and Student Services and serves as the NFHS liaison to wrestling.
Historical note: Two notable American women's freestyle wrestlers, Alyssa Lampe (Tomahawk) and Macey Kilty (Stratford), both were WIAA state runners-up during their high school careers.
1st WIAA GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
At LaCrosse, Wis., January 29, 2022
100
1st Place Match
Brooke Corrigan (De Pere) 8-0, Fr. over Karina Torres (Kenosha Indian Trail) 3-1, Sr. (Dec 7-5)
3rd Place Match
Savanna Millermon (Glenwood City) 4-1, So. over Jolette Velasquez Gonzalez (Milwaukee Ronald Reagan) 11-5, Jr. (Fall 0:54)
5th Place Match
Haeli Casey (Spring Valley/Elmwood) 5-1, Jr. over Cailyn Whittier (Mukwonago) 3-2, Fr. (Dec 5-1)
107
1st Place Match
Koressa Allgeyer (Marinette) 10-3, Jr. over Sophia Wagner (Florence/Niagara) 15-3, So. (MD 16-6)
3rd Place Match
Lia Peterson (Amherst) 13-2, So. over Aliana Rauter (Milwaukee Ronald Reagan) 23-10, So. (Fall 3:55)
5th Place Match
Brianna Derouin (Menasha) 5-3, Jr. over Savannah Clark (Sparta) 5-1, Sr. (NC)
114
1st Place Match
Bopasoreya Quintana (Sun Prairie) 8-1, Jr. over Mya Delleree (Ozaukee) 6-2, So. (Fall 1:00)
3rd Place Match
Lily Becker (Brookfield East) 17-3, So. over Tracey Kessler (Janesville Parker) 3-2, Sr. (Fall 4:11)
5th Place Match
Alexis Winecke (Baraboo) 8-1, Sr. over Vanessa Gavilan (Sparta) 4-2, Jr. (MD 10-0)
120
1st Place Match
Caitlyn Kelley (Florence/Niagara) 14-0, Jr. over Hailey Berg (Bonduel) 12-2, Fr. (MD 10-0)
3rd Place Match
Brooke Schuenemann (Plymouth) 8-1, Jr. over Tatiana Rios (Jefferson) 9-3, Sr. (Fall 4:55)
5th Place Match
Natalie Klavetter (Hudson) 13-4, Fr. over Makenna Hanke (Lomira) 9-5, Jr. (Dec 3-0)
126
1st Place Match
Sofia Brynman-Metcalf (Jefferson) 9-0, Sr. over Emma Gruenhagen (Boyceville) 3-1, Jr. (Fall 2:40)
3rd Place Match
Sydney Andrews (Turner) 11-2, Fr. over Cassandra Valle (Waterloo) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 2:21)
5th Place Match
Piper Novitski (Shawano) 16-2, Fr. over Brooke Harstvedt (Whitnall/Greendale) 26-6, Sr. (Fall 4:09)
132
1st Place Match
Kylie Rule (Mineral Point) 5-1, Jr. over Madalyn Sokolski (Bonduel) 11-1, Fr. (MD 9-0)
3rd Place Match
Aevri Ciha (Cambridge) 3-1, Sr. over Mattie Papenthien (Middleton) 5-3, Jr. (Dec 6-5)
5th Place Match
Anna Strand (Xavier) 9-5, Sr. over Ella Trimboli (Whitnall/Greendale) 30-11, Sr. (Fall 0:33)
138
1st Place Match
Marisa Roth (Brookfield Central) 17-0, Sr. over Sophia Galoff (Brillion) 16-5, So. (Fall 1:28)
3rd Place Match
Shelly Bulman (Eau Claire North) 16-6, So. over Adeline Callos (Merrill) 2-2, So. (Fall 1:51)
5th Place Match
Paige Peterson (Wabeno/Laona/Three Lakes) 16-2, Sr. over Brylee Welch (Omro) 5-5, So. (Fall 2:24)
145
1st Place Match
Hailie Krueger (New London) 12-1, Fr. over Chloe LaRue (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) 16-1, Fr. (TB-1 5-3)
3rd Place Match
Kaylee McFadden (Marinette) 10-3, Jr. over Katlyn Grant (Eau Claire North) 16-8, Sr. (Fall 2:59)
5th Place Match
Katelyn Beiley (South Milwaukee) 17-4, Sr. over Elena Rohleder (Martin Luther) 14-6, Sr. (Dec 10-6)
152
1st Place Match
Alexandra Hofrichter (Antigo) 21-0, Jr. over Isabelle Olesen (Oak Creek) 8-2, Fr. (Fall 4:13)
3rd Place Match
Breanna Wier (Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek) 10-2, Jr. over Evelyn Vetsch (Holmen) 17-9, Jr. (Fall 4:14)
5th Place Match
Maev Michalak (Germantown) 9-2, Fr. over Madi Zube (Viroqua) 3-2, So. (Fall 4:16)
165
1st Place Match
Cyriana Reinwald (Horicon) 5-0, Fr. over Sophia Bassino (Sun Prairie) 4-2, So. (Fall 5:31)
3rd Place Match
Katelyn Lewis (Marinette) 3-1, Sr. over Rachel Schauer (Fennimore) 9-2, So. (Fall 1:16)
5th Place Match
Emily Szak (Holmen) 13-5, Sr. over Samantha Meyer (Chilton/Hilbert) 18-4, So. (Fall 2:01)
185
1st Place Match
Lyndsey Stark (Spring Valley/Elmwood) 3-0, Fr. over Brindelyn Eternicka (Merrill) 3-1, Sr. (Fall 1:02)
3rd Place Match
Arial Haemmerle (Winneconne) 9-1, Jr. over Killian Kiernan (Muskego) 13-8, Fr. (Fall 2:10)
5th Place Match
Abigale Swanson (Rhinelander) 3-1, Jr. over Ana Adelmeyer (Lomira) 4-2, Jr. (Fall 1:20)
235
1st Place Match
Kaylie Upson (Phillips) 6-0, Sr. over Kate Riege (Arrowhead) 5-1, Jr. (Fall 1:20)
3rd Place Match
Nadia Lathan (Martin Luther) 11-4, Fr. over Faith Pritzlaff (Whitnall/Greendale) 16-13, So. (Fall 3:45)
5th Place Match
Madison Burns (Ashland) 3-1, Fr. over Cambree Lokken (Eau Claire North) 5-14, Jr. (Fall 0:23)