Arcadia eighth, IG 10th at La Crosse wrestling invite

A fourth-place finish from Ivan Aguilar at 126 pounds was the highlight of the day for the Arcadia High School wrestling team at an invitational in La Crosse on Saturday, which also saw the Independence/Gilmanton co-op leave with three wrestlers in fifth place.

Aguilar won two of his five matches, both by decision.

The Indees got fifth place finishes from Sam Marsolek (144 pounds), James Carillo Taylor (215) and Drew Bragger (285).

Marsolek is now 7-3 as an individual on the year, while Bragger improves to 5-3. Carillo Taylor is 4-6.

Arcadia’s David Aguilar opened his day with a pin in 5 minutes, 49 seconds at 190 pounds to earn a fifth-place finish, the Raiders’ second best.

West Salem/Bangor won the event with 462.5 team points, more than 200 points ahead of eighth-place Arcadia. Hudson (424.5) finished second, followed by Plainview-Elgin-Millville (400.5), St. Croix Central (393.5), La Crosse (354.5), Ithaca/Weston (314.5) and St. Charles (297).

Seven teams finished below Arcadia, including I/G in 10th.

Logan Breska won three matches to lead the Raiders in that category, taking sixth at 132 pounds. Gery Lopez (175) and Eric Rodriguez (215) finished seventh in their weight classes. Arcadia got eighth-place days from Keven Luna (285) and Derek Tamke (150), while teammates Landen Pehler (120) and Nicolas Esteban (165) finished ninth.

Logan Conrad wrestled to 10th at 144 pounds for Arcadia, and Matthew Badillo rounded out Arcadia’s day at 138 pounds, finishing 11th.

For the Indees, Alex Johnson placed seventh at 126 pounds, while teammate Grant Klimek finished in the same spot at 132 pounds. Chase Back (165) wrestled to eighth place along with teammate Preston Solberg (190).

Ethen Estrada wrestled to 11th at 175 pounds, and Gavin Konter (120) finished in the same spot.