Indee matmen sweep C-FC quad

With two outright wins and a tiebreaker, the Independence/Gilmanton wrestling team went 3-0 at a quadrangular held at Cochrane-Fountain City on Friday.

The Indees picked up wins of 54-18 over C-FC and 45-9 over Richland Center before winning the tiebreaker after a 36-36 dual against De Soto.

I/G finished the regular season with a dual record of 6-5 before they host a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Three regional on Saturday. Like in years past, the top two wrestlers from each weight class will advance from the regional to the sectional, held in Mineral Point this year. Unlike previous years, the team standings won’t matter because team sectional events will not be held to determine the team state qualifiers. Instead, team state qualifiers will be determined based on the team standings from each individual sectional.

C-FC Quad

I/G 54 C-FC 18

The Indees and Pirates split the only two matches wrestled in the dual.

Zach Foley (145) got the dual started with a pin over Connor Smieja. The Indees came back with a win when Ethan Severson (160) pinned Sam Schultz. The rest of the match was made up of forfeits.

C-FC received forfeits at 170 and 182 pounds, while I/G’s Gavin Bragger (195), Jacobo Medina (285), Gracie Rombalski (106), Gabe Rombalski (113), Gabe Pietrek (120), Jackson Konter (126), Gael Leon (132) and Francisco Sanchez (138) all received forfeits.

There were double forfeits at 152 and 220 pounds.

I/G 37 De Soto 36

The Indees got the win because they had fewer forfeits. After the action was completed with a 36-36 tie, the number of forfeits was used as te tiebreaker.

I/G forfeited the 170 and 182 weight classes, whereas De Soto had five forfeits to Gracie Rombalski (106), Gabe Rombalski (113), Konter (126), Leon (138) and Sanchez (138).

In terms of matches that were settled on the mat, the Indees went 1-4 with Pietrek (120) pinning Gavin McDowell in the first period.

The Pirates got wins by pin at 195 pounds with Cezar Garcia topping Bragger; 285 pounds with Nathan Woodhouse beating Medina; 145 pounds with Alex Scoville beating Smieja and 152 pounds with Aiden Brosinski defeating Ethan Severson.

I/G 45 RC 9

The Indees won three of the four matches wrestled.

Bragger (220) pinned Bruce Bucholtz while Konter (126) and Smieja (145) also came away with wins as Konter pinned Eli Muckler and Smieja defeated Ryan Breininger 6-4.

Severson (152), Medina (285), Gabe Rombalski (113), Pietrek (120) and Leon all received forfeits for the Indees.

Richland Centers wins came at 106 pounds with Emma Hady defeating Gracie Rombalski, 15-1 and 138 pounds where Gus Donovan scored a 16-0 win over Sanchez.