Appleton North wrestling finishes 14th at Freedom Irish Invitational
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FREEDOM – The Appleton North wrestling team had six top-eight finishes and finished 14th among the 16 teams at the Freedom Irish Invitational on Saturday at Freedom High School.
Cooper Krysiak (120 pounds) and Pablo Salinas (165) each finished fifth to lead Appleton North, which ended up with 44.5 points. Auburndale won the team title with 173 points, with Evansville second with 170.5 and host Freedom third with 165.5.
Joban Singh placed seventh for the Lightning, pinning teammate Liam Kain in 4:35 in the seventh-place match at 190 pounds.
Braden Lewis (144) and Damarcus Parks (150) also finished eighth for Appleton North.
Appleton North will take on Kaukauna, Oshkosh West and Appleton East at a Fox Valley Association multi-dual meet at Kaukauna on Thursday.
Freedom Irish Wrestling Invitational
Jan. 11, at Freedom High School
Team scores: 1. Auburndale 173; 2. Evansville 170.5; 3. Freedom 165.5; 4. Hortonville 134.5; 5. Denmark and Muskego 133.5; 7. Slinger 128.5; 8. Shiocton 127.5; 9. Marathon 111.5; 10. Amery 95.5; 11. Osceola 94.5; 12. Two Rivers 53; 13. Stevens Point 49.5; 14. Appleton North 44.5; 15. West De Pere 44; 16. Medford 22.
Championship matches and Appleton North results
106 pounds
Championship: Collin Frey (EV) def. Taylor Underwood (MAR), 6-3.
113 pounds
Championship: Blake Underwood (MAR) won by technical fall over Kolten Bollig (EV), 18-0.
120 pounds
Championship: Lane Andersen (AM) won by major dec. over Derek Godard (AUB), 9-1.
Fifth place: Bennie Braunschweig (EV) pinned Cooper Krysiak (AN), 4:24.
126 pounds
Championship: Cale Quaintance (MAR) def. Zade Grassel (AUB), medical forfeit.
132 pounds
Championship: Cash Botting (HOR) def. Cael Zelinski (MUS), 10-7, SV-1.
138 pounds
Championship: Peter Romazevic (FR) won by technical fall over Antonio Sowell (AM), 21-6.
Ninth place: Kysen Brown (HOR) pinned Jacob Quella (AN), 5:31.
144 pounds
Championship: Samuel Gehring (SL) won by major dec. over Lincoln Keller (EV), 16-4.
Seventh place: Matt Wilke (SH) pinned Braden Lewis (AN), 1:15.
150 pounds
Championship: Colton Weiler (AUB) won by major dec. over Tom Heiser (EV), 10-2.
Seventh place: Cody Meyer (OSC) pinned Damarcus Parks (AN), 3:29.
13th place: Scott Daniels (SH) pinned Elliot Frisch (AN), 1:44.
157 pounds
Championship: Danny Heiser (EV) pinned Cole Reid (MUS), 1:06.
165 pounds
Championship: Steven Kielpikowski (DEN) won by technical fall over Blake Carton (SH), 15-0.
Fifth place: Pablo Salinas (AN) pinned Kyle Agnew (HOR), 0:51.
175 pounds
Championship: Elijah Terrell (SL) def. Braylon Stegall (WDP), 4-3.
11th place: Tristan Campeau (OSC) pinned Finnley Sheridan (AN), 1:21.
190 pounds
Championship: Max Matthias (TR) won by technical fall over Quinn Kaminski (DEN), 17-2.
Seventh place: Joban Singh (AN) pinned Liam Kain (AN), 4:35.
215 pounds
Round robin: 1. Henry Vander Heiden (FR) 5-0.
285 pounds
Championship: Hunter Vander Heiden (FR) pinned Alex Becker (AUB), 1:10.
Click here for complete results, courtesy of trackwrestling.com