Taking to competition at the Wausau East Lumberjack Invitational Jan. 20, the Orioles came away with mixed results.
Placing eighth overall out of 16 teams, the Orioles took away many individual wins.
Placing first in the 285-pound weight class and scoring 50 team points, Willy Graham (31-7) won by fall over Drew Gage (22-12) of Stratford before besting Todd Marx (18-7) of Appleton East due to medical forfeit.
Taking second at Wausau East, senior Troy Trevino (27-7) scored 45 team points, falling to Swayne Stencil (33-9) of Marathon by decision (4-2) in the first place match.
Competing in the 190-pound weight class at Wausau, Dylan Seichter (23-14) won by Fall (1:47) over Carson Piotraschke (9-18) of Winneconne to take fifth place, scoring 35 team points.
Also taking fifth but in the 150-pound weight class, Candin Yeager (21-15) won by decision (9-6) over Brandon Knetter (19-11) of Stratford and scored 33 team points.
Taking sixth place at Wausau East was Landen Hoel (19-8), ceding by fall (2:49) to Spencer Madsen (29-6) of Strugeon Bay in the fifth place match and scoring 29 team points.
Darrin Dorn (18-18) and Stephen Lin (2-23) placed eighth in the 127 and 120-pound weight classes respectively. Dorn scored 26 team points while Lin scored 22 team points.
Also competing at Wausau East, Aaron Sturm (13-9) took ninth overall in the 165-pound weight class, winning by fall over Grant Salber (20-15) of Marathon to score 25 team points. Brody Westrom(16-20) took 10th in the 157 pound weight class and scored 17 team points, while Carter Weltzin (10-20) placed 10th in the 215-pound weight class. Dreydn Arneson (9-8) placed 13th in the 215-pound weight class and scored 5 team points.
Orioles Head Coach Greg Burzynski had the following to say on Trevino and Graham after the results were in.
“Troy made his second consecutive final appearance and fell just short,” Burzynski said. “He is coming around the second half of the season and ready to make a run into the post-season.”
As to Graham, Burzynski said that, “Willy wrestled well and secured his first high school tournament championship. Unfortunately, his opponent in the finals medical forfeited to him but he looked good in the earlier matches.”
The Orioles next compete in a varsity wrestling triangular at Stanley-Boyd High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. Matches start at 4:30 p.m.