Saginaw Swan Valley wrestlers have been doing well this weekend at the Division 3 state finals in Auburn Hills. KJ Sutor, 54-2, has won his first three matches to advance to the finals. He won a decision over Glenn Bearsley in the semifinals. Matt Cantos at 125 pounds lost to Nate Weckesser in the third-place match and took fourth at 125. He’s 58-2.
Austin Hughes was the only representative for Saginaw Nouvel this weekend at the Division 4 state wrestling finals and took home a third place medal at 152 pounds. Hughes, with a 42-4 record, had lost his second match, but then won four straight to take third place. He decisioned Dillen Decker 4-0 in the third-place match.
Dillon Solomon at 125 pounds was Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary’s only qualifier at the state wrestling finals at The Palace of Auburn Hills. His season ended with an 0-2 record and he has a 39-14 season mark. He lost to Bradley Thompson of Memphis 3-2 in his final match.
Rockford had a wrestler place fourth and two others place fifth in the Division 1 state wrestling finals this weekend at The Palace. Jared Bennett placed fourth at 112 pounds and ended the season at 37-8. Stephen Jendritz was fifth at 119 pounds and is 40-6. Brad Houle is 40-4 at 215 pounds after taking fifth place.
Alex Young of Portland has advanced to the Division 3 state finals with a 3-0 record so far this weekend at Auburn Hills. He beat Collin Dole of Saginaw Swan Valley in the semifinals 3-1 on Friday to advance to the finals on Saturday. Dominic Gardner, Paul Savage and Derek Gardner all went 0-2 and did not place.
Cody Proudfoot’s season for Perry-Morrice on the wrestling mat has end at the Division 4 state finals. He ended his season at 41-12. Proudfoot lost to Tristen Zienkiewicz of Farwell, beat Jess Levier of Sanford-Meridian and lost to Chase Beard of Allegan in 2:29.
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.
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