A/C hosts Stanley-Boyd, Thorp for final triangular
By Nathaniel Underwood
The Abbotsford/Colby wrestling team hosted Stanley-Boyd and Thorp for their final triangular of the season last Thursday afternoon.
The co-op faced off against the Orioles for their first dual match of the day. While an initial forfeit put Stanley-Boyd ahead, Abby/ Colby used a strong early push to take the lead. Tristen Smazal picked up the co-op’s first win of the day, racking up enough points in the first round of his match to win 18-0 by technical fall over Hunter Gadke.
Alix Colby followed up his teammate’s performance by mounting a comeback 11-3 major decision win over Julian Ruiz, picking up most of his points in the third period. Matt Jakel then posted three takedowns before eventually pinning Kyle Pahl in the first round of his 138-pound match.
The three consecutive wins gave Abby/ Colby a 15-6 lead, but the tables would quickly turn on the co-op. Four straight pins for the visitors saw them jump ahead 30-15, as Eyan Cortista, Carlos Martinez, Gilbert Sundermeyer and Xavier Hoppe all fell in their respective matches. While Jacob Hoppe quickly won his match by fall over the Orioles’ Aaron Sturm, Stanley-Boyd went on to grab the final four matches, defeating Aiden Burt and Izaac Sundermeyer and picking up a pair of forfeits to win the dual 54-21.
The host team fared better against the short handed Thorp/Owen-Withee squad.
Smazal and Colby earned forfeit wins to start the dual and Matt Jakel earned his second victory of the day by pinning Thorp/
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TAKING CONTROL - Alix Colby makes a late match push against his Orioles opponent, Julian Ruiz, taking a strong position to win his Thursday match with an 11-3 decision.
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STRONG TAKEDOWN - Makenna Herrmann brings her opponent to the mat during the co-op’s final regular season triangular. She also took second at a tournament held in Marshfield on Saturday. STAFF PHOTO/NATHANIEL UNDERWOOD A/C home triangular
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Owen-Withee’s Warren Borowski in the first round. Cortista then added another forfeit win for the co-op, putting them up 24-0.
Carlos Martinez started his 150-pound match against Evan Penterman with an aggressive takedown, but Penterman managed to escape back out into a neutral positioning before forcing his own takedown and pinning Martinez later in the round. Xavier Hoppe, Gilbert Sundermeyer, Jacob Hoppe and Izaac Sundermeyer all grabbed forfeit victories for Abby/Colby before Burt faced off against Jordan Wulff for the final match of the day. Burt took a quick lead with a takedown in the first and extended it with a takedown and a three-point nearfall in the second. While Wulff made a small comeback in the third, a reversal and takedown for Burt allowed him to weather the storm and come out on top, winning a 13-6 decision over his Thorp counterpart. Abby/Colby took home the win, 52-6.
The girls team also wrestled in Marshfield on Saturday. Makenna Herrmann took second place in her weight class, going 2-1 on the day.
The A/C senior defeated Hailey Hintz of Nekoosa/Assumption/Port Edwards by technical fall, 17-2, in the quarterfinals before earning the exact same result, a 17-2 technical fall victory, against Sophi Baum of Mount Horeb/Barneveld in the semifinals. Herrmann dominated both matches, earning seven takedowns across both bouts while only giving up a pair of escapes in each.
While Herrmann jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first few moments of the finals against Mineral Point’s Dealya Collins, the Pointers’ junior was able to get a reversal shortly after and use the positioning to work a first round pin of Herrmann. The second place finish earned Herrmann 21.0 team points.
Camila Meraz and Kori Geiger also wrestled for the varsity squad on Saturday, but were knocked out before placing, both going 0-2 on the day.
PUTTING UP POINTS - Aiden Burt captures three of his 13 points in his match on Thursday after earning a takedown. He would go on to win a 13-6 decision.
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