Arcadia splits Viroqua wrestling triangular

The Arcadia High School wrestling team picked up victories in five different weight classes, but the Raiders lost to Viroqua at a triangular event last Thursday.

Arcadia responded by earning a win in their second match of the night, defeating De Soto 30-24.

The Raiders are scheduled to host a pair of meets this week, including a triangular this Tuesday with Black River Falls and Independence as well as an invitational tournament on Saturday.

Viroqua 47 Arcadia 29

Cruz Patzner continues to lead the way for Arcadia in the 152-pound weight class, improving his season record to 19-3 with a pin over Viroqua’s Preston Buroker.

The Raiders also got a pin from Hunter Fitzpatrick (145), and Ivan Aguilar (120) earned a tech fall victory, 17-2, over Hunter Thurin of Viroqua. Eric Bustos (285) and Andy Monroy (126) each won by forfeit.

Viroqua won six weight classes through pins of their own, as Efren Hernandez (160), Martin Aguilar (195), Juan Sandoval (220), Heidi Hernandez (113), Matthew Badillo (132) and Nestor Badillo (138) were all handed losses.

Viroqua also had a tech fall victory with Jack Klizer (182) besting Daniel Rodriguez 15-0.

Arcadia 30 De Soto 24

The Raiders won five of the final six matches against De Soto to squeeze out the win.

Down 21-9, Arcadia got back to back wins from Aguilar and Matthew Badillo, both by decision to get within reach of De Soto.

The Raiders then got a pin from Nestor Badillo over De Soto’s Zack Yaktin and a win by forfeit in the 138-pound contest. Fitzpatrick decided Trenton Baldwin, 7-5, giving Arcadia enough of a cushion for the win.

Sandoval got a 7-5 decision win for the Raiders early on before Bustos collected his second win of the day by pinning De Soto’s Jayvyn Jones.

Losses for Arcadia came from Efren Hernandez, Aguilar, Rodriguez, Patzner and Heidi Hernandez.