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Updated Rankings: D1, D2, D3

The latest wrestling rankings are here! As the season progresses, we’re seeing more stability in the weight classes as wrestlers settle into their spots.

Girls rankings are in the works and will be released later this week.

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Bi-State: Girls Tournament Recap

The team race was tight the whole tournament! I don’t want to say Bay Port came out of nowhere because they are a good team, but going in, I had defending champions Holmen, Wausau West, Badger, and South St. Paul, MN as the favorites.

Bi State Team Scores
1 Bay Port 198
2 Badger 180.5
3 Bonduel 175.5
4 Wausau West 172
5 Holmen 159
6 Nekoosa/Assumption/Port Edwards 154
7 Hudson 143
8 Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Southland 140
9 Eau Claire North 125
10 Fort Atkinson 120.5
11 Neenah 116

#1 Bayport put together an amazing tournament and now should find themselves high in the team rankings.  They were especially dominate at #185 and #235 where Autumn King (3rd) and Olivia Konshak (1st) combined to lose only one match. 

#2 Badger, with champs Brynn Engel (100) and Carley Ceshker (132), and 3rd place Alexa Thomas came in second. Alexa and Brynn are two of the best freshmen in the state, regardless of weight class. Brynn dominated her way through the bracket. Alexa teched two time state place winner, Kylie Klum, in the third place match. 

#3 Bonduel doesn’t have high numbers, but they sure have hammers! Five of their seven entries placed in the top eight. 

#4 Wausau West is as well-rounded as any team in the state. Their freshman 107,  Aaleeh Le, impressed by placing 5th. They also put two in a row in the finals – Lana Borchardt at 152 and Christiana Nordstrom at 165.

#5 Holmen had six girls in the top 12. Last season, Holmen won the tournament with 140.5 points. They actually scored more points this year with 159, came in 5th! All the top teams really improved and brought it this year.

Individual Standouts and Big Matches

#100

  • Bryn Engel was my vote for outstanding wrestler. She was dominate and her closest match was a 13-3 match in the semis over #7 at 107 McKenzie Simonson.

#107

  • #3 Ava Gardner looked every bit like a returning state champion. Her 10-0 win over Badger’s #1 Alexa Thomas in the semis was especially impressive. 

#126

  • Marshfield’s #8 Erika Slezinkow pinned or teched her way through the bracket and could have been another good pick for outstanding wrestler. 

#132

  • This bracket was absolutely stacked and the deepest in the tournament. #1 Carley Ceshker pinned state runner up  #4 Natalie Klavetter of Hudson in the finals. Every semi-finalist was a returning state place winner.

#138

The top four weights all had a dominant champion who pinned/teched her way through the bracket.  

#152 

#165

#185

  • Unranked Evie Stine of Fort Atkinson pulled some upsets to reach the finals, where she fell to Bayport’s Olivia Konshak by pin. 

#235

  • State runner-up and #2 Kalie Davis of Belmont/Platteville looks like a contender at state this year. I could see her beating two-time defending state champion Maddie Burns at state!