BELLEVILLE — After opening the SWC duals season with a 54–18 loss to Richland Center last Tuesday, the Belmont/Platteville wrestling team returned to action Saturday at the eight-team Sugar River Invitational, The Raider Scramble.
     With just seven wrestlers in their lineup, the shorthanded Braves held their own on an individual basis, but as a team struggle to score points with a half-vacant line-up.
     Belmont/Platteville scored 62 points and finished eighth as a team — Mount Horeb/Barneveld won the team title with 195 points — but earned four top four finishes.
     Platteville senior Vinny Anderson (5–1) and Belmont junior Lucas Stoney (7–3) both finished the day with second-place finishes at the tournament that was half round-robin pool wrestling and half single-elimination tournament, Anderson at 182 pounds, Stoney at 220.
     Belmont junior John Hentrich (6–5) finished fourth at 138, as did Platteville’s Peter Holloway (4–7) at 145.
     “The team is coming along very well,” said first-year coach Andrew Campbell. “We are fighting off some sickness and ringworm at the moment, but all of our new guys seem to be coming along nice. We still have a long ways to go but we can see improvement in them every day in practice.”
     Anderson went a perfect 3–0 in his round-round pool, with a decision, a pin and an 7–3 double overtime victory over Monroe’s Dusty Burkhalter to reach the four-man championship bracket.
     He defeated Cuba City/Southwestern’s Forrest Thill 8–5 in the semifinals, before suffering a 10–3 loss to Brodhead/Juda’s Hunter Colden in the 182-pound title match.
     Stoney overcame a 10–7 to Sugar River’s A.J. Halbach in his first round-round match with back-to-back pins to reach the championship round, where he pinned Sugar River’s Manuel Gomez.
     Stoney dropped a 7–3 decision to Monroe’s undefeated Trevor Gorr (11–0) in the 220-pound championship.
     “Both had amazing days,” added Campbell. “Vinny wrestled very well and had to win a match in double over time in his second match of the day. When he got to the finals he had to wrestle Hunter Colden from Brodhead Juda, who is ranked number one in the state.  He lost by a final score of 10-7 but proved that he can wrestle with the best kids around.
     “Lucas was able to come back after a first round loss of the tournament to win his pool and make the championship bracket and the finals. In his finals match he had to wrestle Trever Gorr from Monroe, ranked number two in the state. Lucas lost the match when he got taken down in the final 30 seconds. Again, we proved that we can wrestle with the best kids around.”
     The Braves will travel to Dodgeville this Friday for another SWC dual, before taking part in Saturday’s Richland Center Invitational.

Richland Center 54,
Belmont/Platteville 18
(from Tuesday, Dec. 4 @ Belmont)
145: Ben Kerian, RC, pinned Peter Holloway, B/P, :48. 152: Jacob Butcher, RC,  pinned Devin Droster, B/P, :31. 160: Brandon Benker, RC, pinned Austin Loeffoelholz, B/P, 3:30. 170: Josh Kild, RC, pinned Trevor Oaks, B/P, 1:11. 182: Vinny Anderson, B/P, pinned Silas Coleman, RC, 1:11. 195: Double Forfeit. 220: Jace Simons, RC, won by forfeit. 285: Lucas Stoney, B/P, won by forfeit. 106: Issac Orr, RC, won by forfeit. 113: Double forfeit. 120: Trevor Curtis, RC, won by forfeit. 126: Austin Chaefer, RC, won by forfeit. 132: Hunter Whitney, RC, pinned Cora Cornett, B/P, :41. 138: John Hentrich, B/P, pinned Chase Dille, RC, 5:22.

Sugar River Invitational
The Raider Scramble
(from Saturday, Dec. 8 @ Belleville)
Team Scores — 1.Mount Horeb/Barneveld 195, 2.Brodhead/Juda 160.5, 3.Monroe 150, 4.Dodgeville 117, 5.Evansville/Albany 116, 6.Sugar River 114.5, 7.Cuba City/Southwestern 94, 8.Belmont/Platteville 62.

Belmont/Platteville individual results
126 — Cora Cornett’s place is 7th and has scored 3.00 team points.
Round 1 - Dalton Oborne (Brodhead/Juda) 9-3 won by pin over Cora Cornett (Belmont/Platteville) 1-7 (Pin 0:59)
Round 2 - JJ Donar (Cuba City/Southwestern) 4-1 won by pin over Cora Cornett (Belmont/Platteville) 1-7 (Pin 0:16)
Round 3 - JR Obiera (Dodgeville) 2-3 won by pin over Cora Cornett (Belmont/Platteville) 1-7 (Pin 0:18)
Consolation Bracket - Taylor Christen (Sugar River) 7-5 won by pin over Cora Cornett (Belmont/Platteville) 1-7 (Pin 0:16)
7th Place Match - Cora Cornett (Belmont/Platteville) 1-7 received a bye () (Bye)

138 — John Hentrich’s place is 4th and has scored 11.00 team points.
Round 1 - John Hentrich (Belmont/Platteville) 6-4 won by pin over Jacob Recob (Dodgeville) 2-6 (Pin 1:49)
Round 2 - John Hentrich (Belmont/Platteville) 6-4 won by pin over Brandon Taft (Cuba City/Southwestern) 2-8 (Pin 1:23)
Round 3 - Alex Lange (Evansville/Albany) 9-3 won by pin over John Hentrich (Belmont/Platteville) 6-4 (Pin 5:20)
Championship Bracket - Klayton Krantz (Mt.Horeb/Barneveld) 7-4 won by decision over John Hentrich (Belmont/Platteville) 6-4 (Dec 4-1)
3rd Place Match - Jordan Kraak (Brodhead/Juda) 9-3 won by decision over John Hentrich (Belmont/Platteville) 6-4 (Dec 6-5)

145 — Peter Holloway’s place is 4th and has scored 9.00 team points.
Round 1 - Peter Holloway (Belmont/Platteville) 4-7 won by decision over Derrick Hartman (Brodhead/Juda) 6-6 (Dec 8-6)
Round 2 - Kevin Klopfenstein (Monroe) 9-2 won by pin over Peter Holloway (Belmont/Platteville) 4-7 (Pin 1:42)
Round 3 - Peter Holloway (Belmont/Platteville) 4-7 won by pin over Alex Harman (Dodgeville) 0-5 (Pin 1:59)
Championship Bracket - Sam Kruse (Mt.Horeb/Barneveld) 8-2 won by pin over Peter Holloway (Belmont/Platteville) 4-7 (Pin 0:52)
3rd Place Match - Josh Donar (Cuba City/Southwestern) 6-4 won by pin over Peter Holloway (Belmont/Platteville) 4-7 (Pin 5:59)

160 — Austin Loeffoelholz’s place is 8th and has scored 0.00 team points.
Round 1 - Tristian Luther (Mt.Horeb/Barneveld) 10-0 won by pin over Austin Loeffoelholz (Belmont/Platteville) 3-7 (Pin 4:55)
Round 2 - Jacob Larson (Sugar River) 8-4 won by decision over Austin Loeffoelholz (Belmont/Platteville) 3-7 (Dec 7-0)
Round 3 - Lucas Kastner (Cuba City/Southwestern) 5-5 won by major decision over Austin Loeffoelholz (Belmont/Platteville) 3-7 (Maj 16-2)
Consolation Bracket - Brett Binsfeld (Dodgeville) 6-4 won by decision over Austin Loeffoelholz (Belmont/Platteville) 3-7 (Dec 12-5)
7th Place Match - Aaron Campbell (Evansville/Albany) 1-8 won by decision over Austin Loeffoelholz (Belmont/Platteville) 3-7 (Dec 2-0)

170 — Trevor Oaks’s place is 6th and has scored 7.00 team points.
Round 1 - Daylon Bowar (Mt.Horeb/Barneveld) 10-0 won by pin over Trevor Oaks (Belmont/Platteville) 2-6 (Pin 0:48)
Round 2 - Levi Rundle (Brodhead/Juda) 5-7 won by pin over Trevor Oaks (Belmont/Platteville) 2-6 (Pin 2:48)
Round 3 - Trevor Oaks (Belmont/Platteville) 2-6 won by pin over Taylor - B/P Halverson (Reserves) 1-6 (Pin 0:44)
Consolation Bracket - Trevor Oaks (Belmont/Platteville) 2-6 won by pin over Abert Everson (Sugar River) 5-7 (Pin 5:42)
5th Place Match - Tyler Grant (Evansville/Albany) 6-6 won by pin over Trevor Oaks (Belmont/Platteville) 2-6 (Pin 1:39)

182 — Vincent Anderson’s place is 2nd and has scored 14.00 team points.
Round 1 - Vincent Anderson (Belmont/Platteville) 5-1 won by decision over Patrick Deegan (Evansville/Albany) 5-5 (Dec 11-5)
Round 2 - Vincent Anderson (Belmont/Platteville) 5-1 won in overtime over Dusty Burkhalter (Monroe) 6-5 (OT 7-3)
Round 3 - Vincent Anderson (Belmont/Platteville) 5-1 won by pin over Bryan Laube (Sugar River) 2-8 (Pin 0:47)
Championship Bracket - Vincent Anderson (Belmont/Platteville) 5-1 won by decision over Forrest Thill (Cuba City/Southwestern) 5-5 (Dec 8-5)
1st Place Match - Hunter Colden (Brodhead/Juda) 12-0 won by decision over Vincent Anderson (Belmont/Platteville) 5-1 (Dec 10-3)

220 — Lucas Stoney’s place is 2nd and has scored 18.00 team points.
Round 1 - A.J. Halbach (Sugar River) 7-5 won by decision over Lucas Stoney (Belmont/Platteville) 7-3 (Dec 10-3)
Round 2 - Lucas Stoney (Belmont/Platteville) 7-3 won by pin over Cody Meyer (Evansville/Albany) 6-6 (Pin 1:13)
Round 3 - Lucas Stoney (Belmont/Platteville) 7-3 won by pin over Dusty Brant (Cuba City/Southwestern) 8-2 (Pin 4:20)
Championship Bracket - Lucas Stoney (Belmont/Platteville) 7-3 won by pin over Manual - SR Gomez (Reserves) 4-5 (Pin 1:28)
1st Place Match - Trevor Gorr (Monroe) 11-0 won by decision over Lucas Stoney (Belmont/Platteville) 7-3 (Dec 3-1)