Mukwonago Grizzlys has 4 State Champions !!!
What a great weekend !!, The Mukwonago Wrestling Club took 16 qualifiers to the Wisconsin state Folkstyle wrestling championships and finished with 7 place winners including 4 state champions.
The championship round began with Josie Stachowski at 55lbs in the Championship match. Josie earlier moved through the bracket with a bye, a 16-0 tech fall, and a pin in 2:32. She preceded to shutout her Luxemburg-Casco opponent with a 6-0 win the finals to stand on the top step at awards.
Aaron Schulist was next at 100lbs in the 1999-2000 division to take the mat for a chance to win a state title. Schulist had advanced to the title match with 2 pins and a 14-0 major decision. Aaron who was laser focused quickly took down his DC Everest opponent put him to his back with a pin in 1:01 for the 2nd Grizzly State title.
Lucas Benn at 76lbs in the 2001-02 division was the 3rd Grizzly to take a championship with an exciting 6-4 overtime Sudden Victory win over his Advance School of Wrestling opponent. Lucas got to the finals with 2-0, 8-3 and 4-0 wins in his preliminary matches.
The final championship was won by Tyler Goebel at 81lbs in in the 2003-04 division winning a hard fought 2-1 victory over his Waukesha opponent, who had beaten him in the regional championship. Tyler worked his to the finals with 2 major decisions and a pin.
3 additional podium place winners were Hailey Porter, Aric Bohn and Jake Schulte. Hailey at 120 lbs. placed 3rd by going 3-1. She started the day with a pin, however dropped her semifinals match by a 10-3 margin. Then followed with a 8-1 and 5-4 win to finish in 3rd place. Aric Bohn placed 4th in the 240 weight class in the 1999-2000 age division with some of the most exciting matches in the tournament. He opened with 1-0 win, and followed in up with a double overtime pin. In his semifinals he lost in triple overtime match 2-1 on a ride-out. He then finished with a pin but then lost a match 1-0 to finish 4th. Jake Schulte in the 1999-2000 division at 85lbs placed 5th. Jake started with 2 wins 4-3 and 10-3, he lost his semis match to the eventual champion. Battled hard in the consolation semis with a 5-4 OT lost in an exciting match that could have gone either way. Finishing with a 5-4 win over his Coleman opponent to place 5th on the podium.
In other action in the age group 2005-06 Zachary Eliszewski went 1-2 with a 12-3 win in his opening match. Aaron Lewis gave it his all but finished 0-2. in the age group 2003-04 Alex Jacobi at 78lbs went 1-2 with a 6-2 win in his 2nd match. Haiden Baxa at 87lbs finished 2-2 leaving him 1 win from placing.
In the 2001-02 age group Luke Eliszewski 76lbs, Justin Eichler 115lbs, Michael Josephson 125lbs and Jeffrey Ksobiech 185lbs all went 1-2 with Eliszewski winning 6-2, Josephson winning 4-3, Ksobiech winning 7-4 and Eichler getting a fall. Luke Stromberg at 110lbs battled hard but was unable to secure a win.
Our 16 Grizzly state representatives made us proud with their effort, battling in every match, we are proud of their and the entire team’s accomplishments in the club this year.