Opelt and Schoen advance at State
Friday, February 24th, 2012 -- 7:33 AM
Phillip Opelt at 113 and Dan Schoen at 195 both won their preliminary matches last night at the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament in Madison.Results for Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal from Thursday?s preliminary round:
At 113-pounds Phillip Opelt (46-5) beat Wittenberg-Birnamwood\'s Bobby Uttecht 12-2
At 195- Dan Schoen (52-1) pinned Jace Simonson of Richland Center in :59 seconds
Damien Luchterhand (37-0) will wrestle his 152-pound quarterfinal against Kyndle Bennett (42-7) of Delavan-Darien.
Mitchell Pohlman (41-10) lost his 160-pound preliminary match and was eliminated from the tournament.
Other area wrestlers:
Spencer/Columbus 's Dan Schubert (35-4) won his 160-pound match and Nick Vaughan (42-2) also won at 220 pounds.
At 285- Abbotsford/Colby?s Chris Ladwig (40-3) is in the quarterfinals
(More results online at trackwrestling.com)
The 69th Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Individual Wrestling Championships will resume at the Kohl Center Friday at 10 a.m. with Division 1 consolation matches. Divisions 2 & 3 Quarterfinals - Approximately 11:15 a.m. Divi
sion 1 Consolation Semifinals - Approximately 1:45 p.m. Divisions 2 & 3 Consolation Semifinals - Approximately 2:45 p.m.
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