PdC-WS Wrestling
PdC-WS grapplers come from behind to beat Viroqua
On Tuesday evening, Jan. 5, the PdC/WS wrestlers welcomed Viroqua for a nonconference dual meet.
The meet started at 152#, where Sloane of Viroqua would prove to be too much for Zach Swiggum and record a first period fall. At 160#, Bernett of Viroqua would major decision Brendan Fleshner for a 10-0 Viroqua lead. At 170#, Ethan Swiggum wrestled tough for the entire match, before eventually falling to returning state qualifier Gilardi 3-1. Stephen Ronnfeldt would get PdC on the board with a couple of nice fireman’s carries for takedowns and a win over Springborn 8-3. Peyton Hall would then dominate his opponent at 195# the entire match with a series of passbys for takedowns and a lot of riding before pinning Johnson. At 220#, Viroqua’s Normann would record a fall over Luke Wright. At 285#, Jeremy Lessard only needed one takedown before pinning Sherry in the first period to cut the lead to four. At 106#, Reid Koenig would be pinned in the second period by highly ranked McClelland. At 113#, Chase Watson would major decision Oldham 13-3 before Blake Garcia would beat Leer for the second time in a week 9-2 at 120#. The two of them met on Day 2 of Bi-State as well. Clayton Beers would do the same thing at 126#, with a major decision 13-4 over Dach. Beers also majored Dach at Bi-State. Tyler Cota was then pinned at 132# by returning state qualifier Hannah. At 138#, Nick Rogge pinned Froiseth with a wicked double arm bar to put PdC up 32-31. This meant that whomever would win the last match of the night at 145# would secure a victory for their team. Tyler Smock came out firing on all cylinders and pinned Firebaugh to lock up the win for the Blackhawks from PdC 38-31.
With the win, PdC improves to 1-0 in the SWC and 11-2 overall. Their next action will be on Thursday in Richland Center (7:00) for a conference dual.
Boxscore:
PDC 38, Viroqua 31
152#: Sloane (V) over Zach Swiggum (PDC) by fall 1:00. (PDC 0, V 6)
160#: Bernett (V) over Brendan Fleshner (PDC) by major decision 8-0. (PDC 0, V 10)
170#: Gilardi (V) over Ethan Swiggum (PDC) by decision 3-1. (PDC 0, V 13)
182#: Stephen Ronnfeldt (PDC) over Springborn (V) by decision 8-4. (PDC 3, V 13)
195#: Peyton Hall (PDC) over Johnson (V) by fall 5:55. (PDC 9, V 13)
220#: Normann (V) over Luke Wright (PDC) by fall 1:13. (PDC 9, V 19)
285#: Jeremy Lessard (PDC) over Sherry (V) by fall 0:49. (PDC 15, V 19)
106#: McClelland (V) over Reid Koenig (PDC) by fall 2:54. (PDC 15, V 25)
113#: Chase Watson (PDC) over Oldham (V) by major decision 13-3. (PDC 19, V 25)
120#: Blake Garcia (PDC) over Leer (V) by decision 9-2. (PDC 22, V 25)
126#: Clayton Beers (PDC) over Dach (V) by major decision 13-4. (PDC 26, V 25)
132#: Hannah (V) over Tyler Cota (PDC) by fall 1:54. (PDC 26, V 31)
138#: Nick Rogge (PDC) over Froiseth (V) by fall 2:47. (PDC 32, V 31)
145#: Tyler Smock (PDC) over Firebaugh (V) by fall 3:05. (PDC 38, V 31)