Prairie du Chien Wrestling
PdC grapplers second at
Merrill Scramble
On Saturday, Jan. 7, the Prairie du Chien Blackhawk wrestling team traveled to Merrill High School for a 19-team scramble. The Blackhawks finished in second place as a team with 392 points behind Sun Prairie’s 498.5 points.
The Blackhawks came to wrestle, and had a very successful day, with 43 wins against 22 losses. As individuals, the Blackhawks crowned two champions in Reid Koenig (120#) and Nick Rogge (152#). Two wrestlers were runners-up; Traeton Saint (132#) and Colten Wall (220#). Chase Watson (113#) and Blake Garcia (126#) finished in third place. Stephen Ronnfeldt (195#) finished fourth. Tyler Smock (145#) and Ethan Swiggum (182#) finished seventh.
It was a good weekend of wrestling for the Blackhawks. They were able to see many new opponents and also face some stiff competition because there were many ranked wrestlers at the tournament.
PdC hosts the state’s eighth-ranked River Valley on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. in conference grappling. It will also be Youth Night. On Saturday, the Blackhawks travel to the Stevens Point Duals with action starting at 9 a.m. Go Blackhawks!
2017 Bluejay Challenge Results and Placement Match for Prairie du Chien
113 - Chase Watson (16-8) placed 3rd and scored 36 team points.
3rd Place Match - Chase Watson (Prairie du Chien) won by decision over Lance Knight (Tomahawk) (Dec 4-2)
120 - Reid Koenig (22-4) placed 1st and scored 49 team points.
1st Place Match - Reid Koenig (Prairie du Chien) 22-4 won by fall over Jacob Nyhagen (Saint Croix Central) (Fall 5:11)
126 - Blake Garcia (19-5) placed 3rd and scored 37 team points.
3rd Place Match - Blake Garcia (Prairie du Chien) 19-5 won by major decision over Kyle Bowe (Chippewa Falls) (MD 12-0)
126 - Matt Chase (3-6) placed 10th.
9th Place Match - Jacob Cherba (Waukesha West) won by fall over Matt Chase (Prairie du Chien) (Fall 6:00)
132 - Traeton Saint (22-5) placed 2nd and scored 42 team points.
1st Place Match - Devon Schultz (Merrill) won by major decision over Traeton Saint (Prairie du Chien) (MD 9-1)
138 - Keenan Holley (6-12) placed 11th and scored 14 team points.
11th Place Match - Keenan Holley (Prairie du Chien) won by fall over Tyler Sommers (Edgar) (Fall 1:50)
145 - Tyler Smock (10-11) placed 7th and scored 25 team points.
7th Place Match - Tyler Smock (Prairie du Chien) won in sudden victory - 1 over Ross Kaz (Chippewa Falls) (SV-1 5-3)
152 - Nick Rogge (23-3) placed 1st and scored 46 team points.
1st Place Match - Nick Rogge (Prairie du Chien) won by decision over Jake McClintock (Lakeland) (Dec 6-1)
170 - Zach Swiggum (8-13) placed 8th and scored 22 team points.
7th Place Match - Connor Kincaid (Three Lakes/Phelps) won by fall over Zach Swiggum (Prairie du Chien) (Fall 2:57)
182 - Ethan Swiggum (17-7) placed 7th and scored 26 team points.
7th Place Match - Ethan Swiggum (Prairie du Chien) won by fall over Jared Woodhull (Chippewa Falls) (Fall 3:43)
195 - Stephen Ronnfeldt (20-5) placed 4th and scored 33 team points.
3rd Place Match - Alex Lemanski (Edgar) won by decision over Stephen Ronnfeldt (Prairie du Chien) (Dec 5-4)
220 - Colten Wall (13-5) placed 2nd and scored 40 team points.
1st Place Match - Max Villnow (Amherst) won by fall over Colten Wall (Prairie du Chien) (Fall 4:43)
285 - Jerrod Osterkamp (9-12) placed 8th and scored 22 team points.
7th Place Match - Alex Larson (Almond-Bancroft/Pacelli) won by fall over Jerrod Osterkamp (Prairie du Chien) (Fall 1:36)