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MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U GAME OF THE WEEK (Wrestling): 40th annual Bi-State Classic
Locals shine at Bi-State Classic
Porter Mandurano
Platteville senior Porter Mandurano went 6–1 with five pins and placed third out of 48 wrestlers at 285 pounds at the 40th annual Bi-State Classic which was held Thursday and Friday at the La Crosse Center.

MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U.COM GAME OF THE WEEK (Dec. 27–Jan. 3)
PREP WRESTLING: 40th annual Bi-State Classic

By Jason Nihles, The Platteville Journal / Fennimore Times / Boscobel Dial

Locals shine at Bi-State Classic

LA CROSSE — Belmont/Platteville senior Porter Mandurano didn’t need much mat time to vanquish five of his seven foes at last week’s 40th annual Bi-State Classic.

Mandurano (9–1) notched first-period pins over his first four opponents en route to a third-place finish (out of 48 wrestlers) at 285 pounds at the 70-team tournament.

“Porter also wrestled a very good tournament, where one mistake put him in the third place match instead of the championship match,” said Belmont/Platteville head coach Emeric Williams. “We were proud of him for wrestling back to the third place match, and then putting on, in my opinion, the best overall match he has wrestled in high school.”

The Platteville senior pinned Adams–Friendship’s Tanner Bula in 50 seconds, Luxemburg–Casco’s Aden Weber in 1:30 and Lodi’s Henry Koeppen at the 1:39 mark in succession to reach Thursday night’s quarterfinal round.

He then caught Cashton’s Austin Culpitt (16–7) with a 14-second pin to move on to the semifinals.

Manduarano’s run toward a Bi-State title ended with a 26-second loss to undefeated Isaac Bunker (19–0) of Monroe Friday morning, but he bounced back with a 1:40 pin over Waunakee’s Jackson Lenzendorf (22–6) -to each a spot in the Friday night’s third-place match. 

He closed out his highly-successful run with a hard-fought 1–0 victory over Bay Port’s Vaughn Campbell (22–4) with a second-period escape and held Campbell down the entire third period in the 285-pound third-place match. 

This was Mandurano’s first extensive action of the season after missing the first four weeks of competition. He picked up a pin and two forfeit wins in his return to action at the Belmont quadrangular Dec. 20.

Dodgeville's Reid Spurley wins 120-pound title

Dodgeville's Reid Spurley (21–0) kept his perfect record in tact by going 6–0 to win the 120-pound title at Bi-State with a 3–0 victory over Roen Carey in the finals. 

He opened the two-day tournament with a a bye, a 15–0 technical fall over Holmen's Camden Thiele, and back-to-back pins over Sawyer Ostrum (Nekoosa/Assumption) and Bradyn Galsspoole (West Salem/Bangor) to reach Friday's semifinal round. He then defeated Easton Cooper of DC Everest 3–0 to reach the finals. 

Spurley's championship run helped the Dodgers finished seventh out of 26 teams in Division 2 with a 106.5 points.

Sullivan, Carey lead Pointers to second-place finish; Sullivan wins 138-pound title

Undefeated Lucas Sullivan (138 pounds) and Roen Carey (120) finished first and second individually to lead Mineral Point to a second-place finish in Division 3. The Pointers finished second in Division 3 behind La Crosse Aquinas (250) with 198 team points.

Sullivan went 6–0 with a tech fall, a pin, a major decision and a pair of narrow victories to reach the finals where he pinned defending 132-pound Bi-State champion Rhett Koenig (16–1) at the 5:07 mark of the third period of the 138-pound title bout.

Carey (18–2) went 5–1 with a bye and three pins before suffering a 3–0 loss to Dodgeville's Reid Sullivan.

Point's Tarrin Riley (20–1) finished third at 145 pounds after a 5–3 semifinal loss to Caledonia/Houston's Tucker Ginther. He bounced back with a 6–0 win over Stoughton's Cole Sarbacker and a 4–3 victory over Tomah's Gavin Finch in the third-place match.

Prairie du Chien places second in Division 2

Four wrestlers placed in the top four to lead Prairie du Chien to a third-place finish in Division 2 with 184.5 points behind a pair of Minnesota schools, Caledonia/Houston (189) and Zumbrota–Mazeppa (188).

Rhett Koenig (16–1) finished second at 138 pounds after a championship loss to Mineral Point's Lucas Sullivan. Luke Kramer (17–2) finished third at 152, Blake Thiry (18–1) placed third at 195 and Jeremiah Avery (16–4) placed sixth at 160 for the Blackhawks.

Iowa–Grant/Highland finishes fifth in Division 3

Led by freshman Hunter Stevens (126 pounds) and junior Elliott Biba, the Iowa–Grant/Highland Panthers finished fifth in Division 3 with 143 points, just behind Riverdale (133).

Stevens (20–1) suffered his first loss of the season, an 11–9 decision to Chatfield's Gage Bartels (12–3) in the quarterfinals, but battled back with four straight victories to finish third at 126, including an 8–4 win in rematch with Bartels in the third-place match.

Biba (20–4) went 6–2 to place fourth at 132. He also suffered a quarterfinal loss Oconto Falls' Cole Bozile, 8–4, but won three straight matches to get to the third-place match like Stevens, before dropping a 3–1 decision in a rematch with Bozile.

MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U GAME OF THE WEEK (Track & Field): SWAL Conference Championship Meet
Fennimore sweeps SWAL track and field titles
Fennimore champs
The Fennimore boys and girls track and field teams hoist the SWAL championship plaque high for all to see after winning both team titles at Monday’s SWAL Conference Championship Meet in Boscobel. It was the Fennimore girls third consecutive conference title and the boys second straight. (photo by John Linden)

MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U.COM GAME OF THE WEEK (May 13–20)
TRACK AND FIELD: SWAL Conference Championship Meet

By Jason Nihles, The Platteville Journal, Fennimore Times, Boscobel Dial

Fennimore sweeps SWAL track and field titles
BOSCOBEL — Following Monday’s SWAL Track & Field Championships Meet, members of the Fennimore boys and girls track and field teams posed together at midfield for a team photo.

Triumphantly raising the SWAL championship plaque, both Golden Eagle teams were commemorating their second straight sweep of the conference track and field titles. 

The Fennimore girls won five evens and scored 145 points to capture their third consecutive conference title. The host Bulldogs finished a distant second with 113 points, while Cuba City (97) finished third in the girls’ standings

The Fennimore boys shined even brighter, winning nine events and scoring 165 points to win their second straight SWAL Conference Championship meet. The Golden Eagles needed every victory and every point to hold off a strong Cuba City team, which finished just 12 points back at 157. The Darlington boys finished third with 82 points.

Fennimore senior Isaac Henkel was named the Male Athlete of the Meet, while sophomore Brooklyn Ritchie took home the Female Athlete of the Meet honor. Henkel, a three-year WIAA State qualifier won the boys 400 in 50.94 seconds, and 800 in 2:05.56, and also ran the third leg of Fennimore’s winning 4x400 relay, combining with senior Matt Winch and sophomores Logan Koestler and Reece Kelley to post a time of 3:38.43.

Junior Madden Crubel also had a spectacular meet for the Eagles, contributing 30.5 teams points by winning boys’ shot put (52’4), discus (144’0”) and 4x100 relay, while placing second in the 100-meter-dash (11.58) behind sophomore teammate Jakob Kretschman (11.39).

Crubel and Kretschman teamed with Kelley and senior Brandon Seitz to capture gold in the 4x100 with a winning time of 44.85 seconds. The same quartet broke their own school record in the 4x100 at last Friday’s Boscobel “Sparky” Reynolds Memorial Invitational on the very same track with a blazing time of 44.01.

Sophomore Brody Roth added 30 points to the FHS boys’ team title by winning the triple jump (42’10.25”) and 300-meter hurdles (43.55), finishing second in the 110-meter hurdles (17.54) and fourth in the high jump (5’6”).

Ritchie won scored 32.5 points to lead the Fennimore girls by winning the 100 (12.87), 200 (27.02), long jump (16’2”) and the 4x100 relay (53.15), along with junior Peyton Lendosky, sophomore Katie Nelson and freshman Lola Hahn.

Junior Rhiannon-Nelson Hahn scored a team-high 34 points by winning the triple jump (33’6”) and finishing second in the 100 hurdles (16.39), 300 hurdles (52.69) and the high jump (4’10”).

Lendosky finished second in the 100-meter-dash (13.35)  and long jump (15’9”), and fifth in the 200 (29.07). Sophomore Natalie Horsfall was the runner-up in the girls’ 800 meters at 2:28.65.

“It was great to achieve two conference championships with a 3-peat for the girls and repeat for the boys team,” said Fennimore head coach Gregg Davis. “Each athlete played their role to near perfection.”

Fennimore will return to action Tuesday at the WIAA Division 3 Kickapoo/La Farge Regional. The top four finishers in each event will advance to next Friday’s D3 Bangor Sectional.


SWAL Conference Meet
(from Monday, May 19 @ Boscobel)
(Boys)
Team scores1.Fennimore 169, 2.Cuba City 157, 3.Darlington 82, 4.Iowa–Grant 72, 5.Boscobel 43, 6.Southwestern 24, 7.Riverdale 4.
Fennimore top finishers (top 6)
100 — 1.Jakob Kretschman 11.39, 2.Madden Crubel 11.58. 200 — 2.Kretschman 23.30, 3.Brandon Seitz 24.11, 5.Grant Biba 24.66. 400 — 1.Isaac Henkel 50.94. 800 — 1.Henkel 2:05.56. 1,600 — 4.Ben Varela 4:55.86. 3,200 — 3.Varela 11:09.58. 110 hurdles — 2.Brody Roth 17.54. 300 hurdles — 1.Roth 43.55. 4x100 — 1.Fennimore (Crubel, Reece Kelley, Seitz, Kretschman) 44.85.  4x200 — 3.Fennimore (Logan Koestler, Seitz, Biba, Kelley) 1:36.95. 4x400 — 1.Fennimore (Koestler, Kelley, Henkel, Matt Winch) 3:38.43. 4x800 — 3.Fennimore (Varela, Orlando Bonilla, Teegan Griswold, Kobe Rosemeyer) 9:12.07. High jump — 3.Kretschman 5’8”, 4.Roth 5’6”, 6.Henkel J5’4”. Pole vault — 2.Winch J11’6”. Long jump — 4.Kelley 17’10.5”. Triple jump — 1.Roth 42’10.25”. Shot put — 52’4”. Discus — 1.Crubel 144’0”, 5.Winch 125’4”.
(Girls)
Team scores1.Fennimore 145, 2.Boscobel 113, 3.Cuba City 97, 4.Darlington 77, 5.Riverdale 60, 6.Iowa–Grant 33, 7.Southwestern 29.
Fennimore top finishers (top 6)
100 — 1.Brooklyn Ritchie 12.87, 2.Peyton Lendosky 13.35. 200 — 1.Ritchie 27.02, 4.Katie Nelson 28.16, 5.Lendosky 29.07. 400 — 4.Mayleigh Seitz 1:07.30, 5.Kamryn Loy 1:10.44. 800 — 2.Natalie Horsfall 2:28.65, 5.Keira Kartman 2:48.80. 1,600 — 5.Kartman 5:59.89. 100 hurdles — 2.Rhiannon Nelson-Hahn 16.39. 300 hurdles — 2.Nelson-Hahn 52.69. 4x100 — 1.Fennimore (Nelson, Lola Hahn, Lendosky, Ritchie) 53.15. 4x200 — 4.Fennimore (Eden Fry, Hahn, Trinity Boebel, Letecia Bonilla) 2:04.53. 4x400 — 3.Fennimore (Loy, Kaylie Czaplewski, Seitz, Horsfall) 4:30.23. 4x800 — 3.Fennimore (Horsfall, Czaplewski, Kartman, Kate Kenney) 11:04.17. High jump — 2.Nelson-Hahn 4’10”, 6.Kenney J4’6”. Pole vault — 3.Czaplewski J8’0”. Long jump — 1.Ritchie 16’2”, 2.Lendosky 15’9”. Triple jump — 1.Nelson-Hahn 33’6”. Shot put — 4.Nelson 30’6”. Discus — 4.Nelson 93’3”.