Wrestlers finish fifth at RVC Meet

Second place finisher James Ehlen won his quarterfinal match at 152 pounds by pin at the Rock Valley Conference tourney on Saturday. (Bob Mischka photo)

By David Paulsen

Correspondent

With three runner-up finishers, the Whitewater High School wrestling team managed a fifth-place finish at the Rock Valley Conference Tournament held at Beloit Turner Saturday.

Three Whippets made it to the finals, with all three coming up just short of a conference title.

Irving Sedano took second at 106 pounds, James Ehlen second at 152, and Zach Miles second at 170. All three had first-round byes.

Sedano had byes the first two rounds, and then scored a first-period pin in the semifinals. In the finals, he lost a tight 3-2 decision to Seth Wisowaty of Clinton. Earlier in the season Wisowaty had pinned Sedano.

In this match, Sedano actually led going into the third period, but during a scramble got reversed, which decided the match.

“Irving had a very good match (in the finals),” head coach John Schimming said. “He wrestled quite well.”

Sedano is 24-9 this season.

Ehlen won his quarterfinal match by pin, and his semifinal match by a 6-3 decision. That put him into the finals against Brendan Neal of Orfordville Parkview where Neal emerged with a 6-2 win. That was significant since Neal had pinned Ehlen two weeks earlier in a match.

Ehlen trailed just 4-2 until the final 30 seconds of the match when Neal got a takedown.

Ehlen is now 22-12 on the season.

Miles, 26-7 overall, won his quarterfinal and semifinal matches by decision, and then fell 8-2 to Hunter Colden of Brodhead/Juda in the finals. Colden is undefeated this season and ranked No. 2 in Division 2.

“Zach wrestled him tough,” Schimming said.

A year ago, Colden pinned Miles, and earlier this year won 14-0.

Mason Markiewicz took fourth at 160, winning three out of five matches.

“Mason had a good day, coming away with a couple of really nice wins in the wrestlebacks,” Schimming said.

Alberto Rodriguez (113) and Josh Patrick (285) both placed fifth, also going 3-2 on the day.

 

Schedule

WIAA Division 2 regional action begins Saturday, Feb. 9, at East Troy.

The top two finishers in each weight division advance to individual sectional competition to be held Saturday, Feb. 16, at Waupun.

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