FOR ANTIGO TIMES

Recently ten Antigo wrestlers competed in the Wisconsin State Freestyle and Greco Championships held in the WI Dells. The highlight of the weekend for Coach Brian Edward’s grapplers was an individual State Championship.

Nick Roller was the star of the weekend winning the Greco Championship on Sunday. This followed up a second place finish in freestyle on Saturday. A pair of second place finishes were produced by Alex Schlieve.  Alex Hofricter took third place in freestyle on Saturday but did not compete on Sunday due to lack of a girl’s division.  Hunter Cordova followed up a fifth place finish in freestyle with a fourth place in Greco.   A sixth place finish in freestyle highlighted Robby Hagerty’s weekend. Connor Dettman earned himself a podium spot finishing sixth in Greco.

Also representing Antigo were Will Balis, Logan Edwards, Danny Livermore and Dylan Warax. Brady Vandweerd withdrew due to injury.

Overall 5 out of 10 wrestlers finished on the podium in Freestyle followed by 4 out of 8 in Greco.