DIVISION 2- BAY STRIKES GOLD WITH LEISGANG AND CHRISTOPHER
For the second time in school history, New London has a Boys State Champion. William Christopher finished his Senior season unbeaten with an 11-3 win over Landen Bogard of East Troy.
“It’s insane, it shows the hours and work I put in,” Christopher said. “I pushed it all season long, and there is going out there to win and going out there not to lose. When I started stopping worrying about wins and loses and more on performance, that’s when I noticed a difference.”
Coach Nathan Krueger said it came down to hard work. “He worked his butt off this year and I could not be more proud of him.”
Krueger said he knew at the end of the season last year that Christopher had what it took to win a State Championhip.
This is the fourth State title for New London wrestling in the last five years with Hailie Krueger winning three for the girls.
“Keep going, keep pushing and trust the process,” Christopher said.
Seymour’s Cael Leisgang completed the perfect season with a State Championship win on Saturday.
The Senior topped Gatlin Empey of Stoughton 4-1 to win his first state title. Leisgang was runner-up last year, but finished this season 41-0, winning Seymour’s first title in almost two decades.
“I feel amazing, and I feel like I broke the ice for everyone coming.”
Leisgang said he felt like he was more powerful. “I just stayed in the middle and waited for my opportunity to score.
Other Division 2 Place Winners
106-Hunter Seefeldt- Coleman- 6th
113- Bently Nowak- Coleman- 3rd
144- Aiden Peters- Seymour 6th
157- Murphy Beyer- Freedom – 2nd
215- Preston Krueger- New London- 4th
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DIVISION 1
Koch Wins First State Title
Neenah’s Declan Cook won his first State Championship after finishing second the last two years. Koch beat Sam Zanton of Middleton in the 144 pound Championship.
AJ Woerpl of Hortonville and Cashtyn Botting of Hortonville both lost in the Finals.
Other Division 1 Place Winners
106- AJ Woerpel – Hortonville- 2nd
126- Thomas Hearly- West De Pere- 4th
132- Alois Schlumpf- Bay Port- 1st
138- Joseph Jeanquart- Luxemburg-Casco- 4th
145- Carson Neubert- Luxemburg-Casco- 1st
150- Landen Sheppard- Neenah- 3rd
157- Olin Neuville- De Pere- 3rd
175- Liam Crook- Kaukauna- 1st
175- Tucker Athey- Bay Port- 2nd
215- Wes Olson- Pulaski- 4th
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DIVISION 3
Collin Hamm of Weyauwega-Fremont wins only area D3 Title
Collin Hamm topped Gavin Tritz of Assumption 14-9 to claim a State Championship. Tucker Keberlein of Shiocton and Izaiah Sanchez of Shiocton both lost in the finals.
Other Division 3 Place Winners
106- Tucker Keberlein- Shiocton- 2nd
113- Jaydon LeNoble- Weyauwega-Fremont- 3rd
126- Holdyn Volkman- Shiocton- 6th
132- Mason Demerath- Shiocton- 5th
132- Dalton Fletcher- Wittenberg-Birnamwood- 6th
138- Izaiah Sanchez- Shiocton- 2nd
144- Carter Birdyshaw-Weyauwega-Fremont
150- Ben Miller- Wittenberg-Birnamwood
175- Max Peterson- Lena- 5th
285- Brett Collar- Shiocton- 5th
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Lilliana Banks, Katherine Cook and Brooke Huffman Win Titles
Brooke Huffman earned her third straight State Championship with pin win over Adrianna Louge of North Crawford Seneca.
To get their Huffman received her biggest scare of her high school career in the Semifinals. In a rare situation for Huffman, she was taken down by Madeline Sorenson of Eau Claire North, and also was forced to wrestle the entire six minutes before earning a 13-7 win. Prior to that, Huffman had not won a high school match by anything less than pin. Huffman will go for the four time mark next year.
Other Girls Place Winners
100- Katherine Cook- Freedom – 1st
107- Lily Baker- Freedom- 4th
114- Taylor Whiting- Lena – 1st
120- Angie Bianchi- Two Rivers- 2nd
120- Dakotah Athey- Bay Port- 3rd
126- Anna Behling- Bay Port- 6th
132- Lilly Banks- Menasha- 1st
138- Stella Pettit- Freedom- 4th
145- Caroline Christopher- 6th
165- Alishia Berg- Bonduel- 3rd
165- Shealyn Anday- Shiocton- 6th
235- Autumn King- Bay Port- 4th
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