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"Wrestler of the Week"

With Brad Baker

(2/3/2005)

Week 8


Week 8 wrestler of the week

Jon Treml, Luxemburg-Casco, 189, Sr

Jon Treml rebounded from an earlier season loss to Freedom’s Josh Schumacher by defeating him 14-7 in the championship match of the Pulaski Invite.  Schumacher entered the match as the top ranked 189-pounder in division two.  The victory improved Treml’s record to 36-4 and moved him up to second in the division two rankings.


As we head into the conference tournaments, you can start to notice which wrestlers have been working hard, and which one’s started out their season strong and haven’t improved that much.  Many wrestlers have turned some heads by defeating some higher ranked wrestlers along with winning some stacked weight classes at a few tournaments.  You, the fans voted Green Bay Preble/East’s Malachi Root as week seven’s wrestler of the week.  Since many of you seem to like the new way of picking the wrestler of the week, we will continue to do so.  I would encourage many of you to send in nominations; especially those that complain that so and so didn’t get noticed.  This is your chance, and if you would like to make a nomination for the following week, please drop me an email at Bbaker@wiwrestling.com.  When making nominations, please include recent victories of notice and scores as well. 

Week 8 nominees
 

Jon Bruso, Peshtigo, 160, So

Jon defeated Luxemburg-Casco’s Dennis Reckelberg 6-5 to win arguably the toughest weight class at the Pulaski Invitational.  In the semifinals, Jon defeated Denmark’s Mark Theim 12-6.  Reckelberg and Theim are ranked 4th and 5th respectively in division two.  Also in this bracket was Kaukauna’s Andrew Budi, Ranked 3rd in division one, and Coleman’s Jason Champagne, ranked 7th in division three.  Bruso is now 29-4 and ranked 5th in division three.

 

Cody Byrnes, Black River Falls, 215, Sr

Cody defeated Royall’s John Miller 5-4 in the championship of the Indee invitational.  Byrnes, who qualified for state last year at Heavyweight, has since dropped down and put together a 24-1 record this year.  Miller, who is ranked third in division three, pinned Stanley Boyd’s Eric Kmieciak in the semifinals before losing to Byrnes.  Byrnes is ranked second in division two.
 

 

Les Cornette, Seymour, 130, Jr

Les defeated Luxemburg-Casco’s Zac Cibula, who entered the match as the top ranked 130-pounder in division two, 7-2 in the finals of the Pulaski Invitational.  Les, who entered the match ranked third in division two, is now 24-4 and has taken over for Cibula as the number one ranked 130-pounder in division two.

 

Jon Treml, Luxemburg-Casco, 189, Sr

Jon defeated the top ranked 189-pounder in division two, Josh Schumacher of Freedom 14-7 in the finals of the Pulaski Invitational.  Jon had lost to Schumacher earlier in the season in the finals of the Oshkosh on the Water tournament.  Jon is currently 36-4 and has replaced Schumacher in the latest rankings as division two’s top 189-pounder.

 

Andy Livingston, Janesville Craig, 119, Sr

Andy pinned Cuba City’s Chris Wiegman in the championship of the Monroe Invite.  Wiegman, who was week two’s wrestler of the week, is ranked 5th in division two.  Andy is ranked 3rd in division one.


NOTE: There are many others that I understand deserve a spot at least as nominees. For future weeks, please send in your nominees by Monday night. Be sure to include the wrestlers full name, high school, coaches name and number and the wrestlers recent accomplishments, including significant recent wins/accomplishments.  
  

You may reach Brad Baker with comments or questions at: BBaker@wiwrestling.com 

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