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On February 9th, the Sugar River Wrestling Team participated in the WIAA Division 2 Regional at Evansville High School. The Raiders crowned two Regional Champions, Joe Quaglia at 126 and Robert Chenoweth at 145. Additionally, two wrestlers finished as Regional Runners-Up, Jack Diederich at 152 and Danny Enloe at 285. Finishing in the top two qualifies wrestlers to compete in Sectionals on February 16th, for a chance to wrestle in the 2019 Wisconsin State Wrestling Tournament. Sending four wrestlers to Sectionals is the most for the Sugar River Raiders since they qualified five in 2014.

"Regionals is always a bitter sweet end of the season, where some make it out and some don't. For those who don't, I feel the experience will help them out tremendously in the future," said Coach Pete Swenson. "As for our qualifiers, they had a great day! It's been a while since we had two champions and had four move onto sectionals. All these guys are peaking at the right time. They will need to continue their intensity this weekend in order to make it to state. The little things make a big difference at this point in the season, so we will be working on those during the week in order to prepare. If everyone wrestles up to their potential we could be moving all four onto state!"

Individual results are as follows:

Scoring 22 team points with a first place finish and wrestling at 126 lbs was Joe Quaglia (26-10). Receiving a bye in the first round, Quaglia defeated Turner's Johnson Moran in round two by decision. In the 1st Place Match, Quaglia won by decision over Evansville/Albany's Austin Scofield.

Brian Hollis (15-17) placed fifth and scored 9 team points wrestling at 132 lbs. In round one, Hollis lost by fall to Clinton's Ben Jacobs and in round two he had a bye. In the 5th Place Match, Hollis won by fall over Brodhead/Juda's Marrio Reyes.

Wrestling at 138 lbs, Cade Femrite (16-17) scored 9 team points and placed fifth. In round one, Femrite lost by fall to Turner's Jackson Burke and received a bye in round two. In the 5th Place Match, Femrite won by fall over Monroe's Jace Amacher.

Placing first was Robert Chenoweth (26-9), who wrestled at 145 lbs and scored 26 team points. In round one Chenoweth had a bye and in round two he won by fall over Monroe's Liam Hermanson. In the 1st Place Match, Chenoweth won by fall over Brodhead/Juda's Brian McCullough.

Wrestling at 152 lbs, Jack Diederich (25-14) placed second and scored 18 team points. In round one Diederich received a bye and in round two he won by decision over Patrick Crull of Evansville/Albany. In round three he lost by fall to Brodhead/Juda's Jackson Hauri and in the 2nd Place Match, Diederich won by rule over Evansville/Albany's Patrick Crull.

Holden Latsch (7-10) placed fifth and scored 5 team points wrestling at 160 lbs. In round one Latsch lost by fall to Evansville/Albany's Josh Pappadakis and Latsch received a bye in round two. In the 5th Place Match, Latsch received a bye.

Wrestling at 182 lbs, Lance Varney (2-11) placed sixth and scored 3 team points. In round one Varney lost to Edgerton's Dominic Hogan and Varney received a bye in round two. In the 5th Place Match, Varney lost to Adam Adkins of Evansville/Albany.

Chase Messner (6-4) wrestled at 220 lbs and placed fifth, earning 5 team points. In round one Messner lost to Edgerton's Hudson Conant and then received byes for round two and the 5th Place Match.

Daniel Enloe (28-10) placed second and scored 22 team points wrestling at 285 lbs. In round one Enloe received a bye and in round two he won by fall over Clinton's Clayton Rankin. In the 1st Place Match Enloe lost by fall to Edgerton's Reed Farrington and in the 2nd Place Match he won by fall over Evansville/Albany's Waylon Klitzman.

Sectionals are at Adams-Friendship on Saturday, February 16th, beginning at 11:00 a.m.