New Lothrop’s wrestling team is having a big weekend at the state finals in Auburn Hills. Two New Lothrop wrestlers are in the title match. Josh Wendling at 160 pounds is in the Division 4 finals with a 55-4 record. He beat Spencer Reterstoff 9-6 at the semifinals Friday. Ditto for Taylor Krupp, who is 55-0 at 171 pounds. He had an 8-1 decision over Spencer Retersoff of Hart in the semifinals.
Midland Dow placed one wrestler in the Division 1 103-pound finals this weekend at The Palace. John Hollingshead placed fourth with a chance for third place. In the consolation semifinals, Hollingshead by won by decision over Nolan Smith of Portage Northern 2-1. Cody Graham was 0-2 and now has a 35-17 record at 135 pounds.
Three Midland Bullock Creek wrestlers have placed in the Division 3 finals in Auburn Hills. Nick Torres at 130 pounds won in the consolation finals for fifth place and is 46-7. Adam McCann at 140 pounds placed eighth with a 2-2 record for the weekend. Ben McCann at 171 pounds placed eighth and has a 40-13 record.
Trevor Hilgendorf was 3-2 at the state finals for Middleton Fulton at 112 pounds and took seventh place at The Palace of Auburn Hills. He won a major decision in the match for seventh place. Teammate Clint Kupiec was 0-2 at 130 pounds and finished at 22-11.
Rylen Drosha of Mason has finished the state wrestling tournament with a 51-4 record this season at sixth place at 171 pounds in Division 2. Droscha won his first two matches and lost his next two. Connor Clark was 31-10 for the tournament at 171 pounds.
Lowell’s wrestling team has several wrestlers competing for the state title in Auburn Hills Saturday after winning their semifinal round matches on Friday. Josh Clegrove at 215 pounds decisioned Ty Wildmo of St. Johns 6-4 at 215 pounds to take a 34-1 record to the finals. Garrett Stehley at 189 pounds decisioned Noah Raymond of Lapeer West 7-0 and has a 31-1 record and a spot in the finals. Max Dean was 3-0 for the tourney at 171 after winning by decision over James Davis of Flint-Kearsley 6-2. Lucas Hall is in the finals of the 112 pound class.
Leslie has two wrestlers in Saturday’s state championship round at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Kanen Storr is at 119 pounds and has a 3-0 record for the day and is 57-1 overall. He beat Reiley Brown of Whitehall on a decision in the semifinal round. Zehlin Storr is 60-0 at 140 pounds and won a major decision over Alim Muhammed of Big Rapids in the semifinals.
Lansing Waverly had two participants in the Division 2 state finals this weekend at The Palace of Auburn Hills. David Leija at 125 pounds finished sixth with a 2-2 record. He’s 40-6 for the season and lost a decision in the consolation semifinals to Jon Wellman of New Boston-Huron.Cameron Lee was 2-2 for the weekend and finished his season at 40-7 for 215 pounds. He was eighth at the finals.
Lansing Eastern had one wrestler at the Division 2 state finals, hosted by The Palace of Auburn Hills. Jerek Crim completed at 160 pounds and was 1-2 for the tournament, ending his season. His only win in the second round was a pin in 49 seconds over Jerek Crim of Lansing Eastern.
Lakeview’s two wrestlers at the state finals have both finished the tournament at 2-2 and in eighth place. Nolan Saxton finished his season at 29-7 at 112 pounds. He lost his final match of the tourney on a pin in 2:27 against Kenny Reinhart of Dundee. Terry Grieser ended his season at 43-5 at 152 pounds.
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