On February 2nd, the Sugar River Wrestling Team participated in the annual Capitol Conference Tournament at Poynette High School. The Raiders finished second as a team to Lodi, with all participants finishing in the top five. Two Raider Wrestlers won individual championships, Robert Chenoweth at 145 and Danny Enloe at 285.

"Given the unusual circumstances that led up to the tournament, with the snow and cold weather, the team had limited time to practice in preparation for the tournament. However, the effort given on Saturday showed they were ready to go," commented Coach Peter Swenson. "Every member placed in the top 5! Robert Chenoweth and Danny Enloe led the way with capturing a Conference Championship in their respective weight classes. Also making the finals, but falling short, was Joe Quaglia and Jack Diederich. Avery Lettman and Chase Messner had great tournaments and both were seconds away from being in the finals. Cade Femrite and Brian Hollis scored a lot of team points by pinning all their opponents and placing 4th in their brackets. The match of the day went to Holden Latsch - was down 9-0 and came back to pin his opponent from Waterloo and take 4th place. The coaches were very placed with the team effort. Even though we didn't catch Lodi in the team race for first, we separated ourselves from everyone else by scoring bonus points. We were to pin our opponents, and if we lost, it was by points. This is a trait that good teams do week after week. Even though we had a late scratch with our 170 wrestlers, we almost scored 200 points as a team!"

Following are individual results:

Wrestling at 120 lbs, Joe Quaglia (23-10) placed 2nd and scored 24 team points. In rounds one and two, Quaglia received byes. In round three, Quaglia won by fall over Cambridge's Jonathan Jones and in the 1st Place Match, Quaglia lost by decision to Poynette's Cash Stewart.

Wrestling at 126 lbs, Avery Lettman (11-16) placed 5th and scored 13 team points. In round one, Lettman had a bye and in round two he won by decision over Lakeside Lutheran's Riley Schmidt. In round three Poynette's Levi Walz won over Lettman in sudden victory and in round four Lettman lost by fall to Marshall's Cai Resler. In the 5th Place Match, Lettman won by fall over Lakeside Lutheran's Riley Schmidt.

Wrestling at 132 lbs, Brian Hollis (13-16) placed 4th and scored 13 team points. Hollis received a bye in round one and in round two lost to Waterloo's Juan Alonso. In round three Hollis won by fall over Juan Galaviz of Marshall and in round four Hollis won by fall over Lakeside Lutheran's Josh Groninger. In the 3rd Place Match, Hollis lost by tech fall to Waterloo's Juan Alonso.

Wrestling at 138 lbs, Cade Femrite (14-16) placed 4th and scored 18 team points. In round one, Femrite received a bye and in round two he won over Waterloo's Joe Newton. In round three, Femrite lost by fall to Sal Genco of Columbus and in round four he won by fall over Lakeside Lutheran's Jacob Horta. In the 3rd Place Match, Femrite lost by fall to Marshall's Kobe Grossman.

Wrestling at 145 lbs, Robert Chenoweth (23-9) placed 1st and scored 30 team points. Chenoweth received a bye in round one and in round two he won by fall over Griffin Hughland of Columbus. In round three Chenoweth won by fall over Waterloo's Ted Rowbotham. In the 1st Place Match, Chenoweth won by fall over Lodi's Zach Potter.

Wrestling at 152 lbs, Jack Diederich (23-13) placed 2nd and scored 24 team points. In rounds one and two, Diederich received byes. In round three, he won over Waterloo's Jordi Aguero and in the 1st Place Match, Diederich lost by tech fall to Lodi's Colton Nicolay.

Wrestling at 160 lbs, Holden Latsch (7-9) placed 4th and scored 13 team points. In round one, Latsch received a bye and in round two he lost by fall to Charlie Cassady of Lake Mills. Latsch received a bye in round three and in round four he won by fall over Waterloo's Rylan Kohls. In the 3rd Place Match, Latsch lost by fall to Lodi's Jack Hansen.

Photos courtesy of Brett Chenoweth

Top: Raider Wrestling Team Photo. Middle: Robert Chenoweth on the podium. Bottom: Danny Enloe on the podium.

Wrestling at 195 lbs, Chase Messner (6-3) placed 3rd and scored 22 team points. In round one Messner received a bye and in round two he won by fall over Waterloo's Max Besl. In round three Messner lost by fall to Lakeside Lutheran's Joe Balistreri and in round four Messner won by fall over Edward Roelke of Columbus. In the 3rd Place Match, Messner won by fall over Waterloo's Max Besl.

Wrestling at 285 lbs, Daniel Enloe (25-9) placed 1st and scored 30 team points. Enloe received byes in rounds one and two and in round three, won over Tyler Theder of Lake Mills. In the 1st Place Match, Enloe won by forfeit over Lodi's Wyatt Ripp.

Regionals take place at Evansville on Saturday, February 9, 2019, and Sectionals will be held at Adams-Friendship on February 16th.