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Portage’s Lowell Arnold starts off bid for state wrestling title in emphatic fashion | Wrestling
MADISON — Lowell Arnold was ranked second in the state at 152 pounds in Division 2 entering sectionals last Saturday, and the Portage senior didn’t exactly do anything at that tournament to warrant dropping. He lost in sudden-victory overtime, 6-4, to top-ranked Zane Licht of Lodi in the finals. Still, the WIAA’s new seeding procedure, a computer model, didn’t reward him with a bye in Thursday’s prelims at the individual state tournament at the Kohl Center. He thinks he deserved one. “Yeah, you could say that,” he said. “But I realize I was injured earlier in the season.” Indeed, missing the first half of the year hurt his résumé. But he’s…
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Oconto Falls’ Clayton Whiting wins historic fourth WIAA wrestling title
Aim attained. Oconto Falls senior Clayton Whiting set the finishing touches on a single of the very best significant college wrestling professions in point out record Saturday at the Kohl Centre in Madison, turning into the 22nd grappler to earn four WIAA condition championships. Whiting defeated Northwestern sophomore Ian Smith for the second straight time in the Division 2 182-pound remaining, this time a 17-5 major decision. He defeat Smith in 2021 with a pin in 2 minutes, 27 seconds. “Hours and hrs of operate, working day and night time, nonstop belief in myself and my get the job done is heading to come out in a great constructive way,” Whiting mentioned.…
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Tioga won Division II title at NYS Wrestling Dual Meet Championships
Another month, another state title for Tioga High School. The Tigers’ wrestlers followed in the footsteps of the football team with a triumphant performance in a state final Saturday night in Syracuse, continuing a dominant season with a 50-7 victory over Canisteo-Greenwood in the Division II championship round at the New York State Wrestling Dual Meet Championships. Tioga, the state’s top-ranked small school, went 4-0 on the day, taking each meet in decisive fashion at Onondaga Community College’s SRC Arena. “I think we did everything well,” Tioga’s Mason Welch said in an interview with the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. “We executed as a team, we worked…