Shawano’s female wrestlers competed in one of the toughest tournaments in the state Jan. 17 at Wausau West.
Zennah Bosetski, Amiyah O’Kimosh, Lauren Seehafer and Ella Korth all won some matches but were knocked out of the tournament before the placing rounds.
“They all improved during the day and had some bright spots along the way,” coach Stacey Homan said.
During Jenna Moede’s second match of the day, she won by fall in 58 seconds. Moede became the first girl in Shawano wrestling history to earn 100 wins.
“Jenna has done a great job over the last four years to hit this great milestone,” Homan said.
Moede finished the day with a sixth-place finish.
Jan. 15
A back-and-forth battle with Winneconne ended up with Shawano on top 41-34 on their home mats.
“We were fortunate to come out on top in the final matches of the evening,” coach Mike Homan said.
Shawano was in some tight matches at the start of the night. They had a lead in the 113-pound match and were battling in the 120-pound match but ended up loosing both matches by pin.
The Hawks got back on track at 126 when Dane Hodkiewicz earned a technical fall.
At 138, Dylan Gartner bumped up to take on Tyler Engelke, Gartner earned a takedown and some nearfall and rode it to a 7-4 win.
"Collin Piper did a good job staying out of tech fall tonight," Homan said. "He battled hard to give up a major decision at 144."
Kian Morstad wrestled the best match of the night. It was a back-and-forth match with both wrestlers taking leads and earning nearfall at different times. Morstad earned an escape and takedown in the final seconds of the match to win 18-14.
“It was a match that we really needed, and it swung the momentum back in our favor,” Homan said. “Kian is never daunted by being down. He just picks up his mood and goes back to work. His attitude is second to none. He just looks to the next position and how he can gain it and begin battling back. He is never out of a match and just flat out wrestles hard.”
Shawano had some forfeits at the end of the dual and needed to win the last wrestled match of the night to secure a victory. Drew Chelberg pinned Carson Piotraschke in 50 seconds to earn that pin and put Shawano ahead for good.
The girls did not fare as well, losing 42-17 to Tomahawk, 23-17 to Winneconne and 55-0 to Shiocton. Jenna Moede won twice. Zennah Bosetski and Amiyah O’Kimosh each one once.
