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On February 8th, the Sugar River Raiders hosted a conference meet in Belleville.

“The Raiders did a great job on Saturday! Despite wrestling eight wrestlers, the team ended up in 5th place out of 10 teams,” commented Coach Pete Swenson. “I am very pleased with the team’s effort! This creates great momentum going forward into regionals for many of the wrestlers. Also, to have this in front of the home crowd made it that much for special for our outgoing seniors Brian and Robbie. Both wrestled really tough!”

Results

Wrestling at 113 lbs, Nathan Balderas (13-10) placed 3rd and scored 22 team points. In round one, Balderas received a bye and in round two he won by fall over Cambridge’s Landon Sonnenberg. In round three, Balderas lost by fall to Poynette’s Aiden Pinheiro and in round four Balderas won by fall over Marshall’s Ethan Gorniak. In the 3rd place match, Balderas won by fall over Cambridge’s Landon Sonnenberg.

Wrestling at 120 lbs, Matthew Loshaw (8-8) placed 6th and scored 11 team points. In round one, Loshaw received a bye and in round two won by fall over Zak Reinwald of Columbus. In round three, Loshaw lost by fall to Waterloo’s Juan Alonso and in round for lost by fall to Cambridge’s Caleb Kendall. In the 5th place match, Loshaw lost by decision to Watertown Luther Prep’s Nate Wendland.

Brian Hollis (16-13), wrestling at 126 lbs, placed 5th and scored 15 team points. In round one Hollis received a bye and in round two won over Marshall’s Tyler Petersen. In round three, Hollis lost by fall to Poynette’s Cash Stewart and in round four he lost by decision to Waterloo’s Jacob Soter. In the 5th place match, Hollis won by fall over Ty Cowell of Columbus.

Joe Quaglia (31-5), wrestled in the 132 lb category, and placed 1st, scoring 28 team points. In round one, Quaglia received a bye and in round two he won by fall over Owen Krueger of Columbus. In round three he won by fall over Eddy Eveland of Lake Mills. In the 1st place match, Quaglia won by decision over Poynette’s James Amacher.

Wrestling at 138 lbs, Avery Lettman (14-14) placed 3rd and scored 17 team points. In round one, Lettman received a bye and in round two lost by fall to Cambridge’s Landin Reed. In round three, Lettman won by fall over Watertown Luther Prep’s Matt Hillmer and Lettman won round four by fall over Joe Newton of Waterloo. In the 3rd place match, Lettman won by fall over Cole Flood of Lake Mills.

Robert Chenoweth (28-10), wrestling at 160 lbs, placed 2nd and scored 22 team points. In round one, Chenoweth received a bye and in round two won by fall over Grant Chadwick of Marshall. In round three, Chenoweth won by decision over Caleb Quest of Lake Mills. In the 1st place match, Chenoweth lost by decision to Cambridge’s Aiden Ciha.

Competing at 170 lbs, Patrick Samon (4-16) placed 5th and scored 10 team points. In round one, Samon received a bye and in round two he lost by fall to Lodi’s Sawyer Helmbrecht. In round three, Samon won by fall over Cambridge’s Gunnar Sperle and in round four he lost by major decision to Waterloo’s Jakob Garza. In the 5th place match, Samon won by fall over Watertown Luther Prep’s David Rutschow.

Wrestling at 195 lbs, Hunter Olson (3-12) placed 8th and scored 1 team point. Olson received a bye in round one and in round two he lost by fall to Watertown Luther Prep’s Tim Manning. In round three, Olson lost by fall to Jordan Tindell of Lake Mills and in round four Olson received a bye. In the 7th place match, Olson lost by fall to Marshall’s Ben Chadwich.

WIAA Division 2 Regionals are being held at Prairie du Chien on February 15th. Individuals that place in the top two advance to Sectionals, held at Evansville High School on February 22nd.