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WRCO Morning Sports

WRCO Sports · Sat Feb 28, 2026

Good morning, time to take a look at sports. We'll have a look at high school girls basketball

playoff action from last night will also preview an Ithaca game coming up today in

boys regular season. It's the finale. And the state wrestling tournament continues in

Madison, Bill Twining has a look back at the two previous days and then the preview

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heating 6497916. Good morning with WRC OFM radio sports. I'm Adam Hass. Girls high school

playoff basketball action continued last night around the area. It was regionals round two

played last night. Indivision 5 Shoalsburg Town Riverdale 6431. Bartavell picked up the win

against River Ridge 7320. Wasika Stuben over Highland 3935. Argyle Peckatonic over Belmont 5943.

It was an upset for Alma Peppin over Royal by a final of 5238 independence Gilminton 78 Brookwood 52.

The Soto got the D5 win over Cochrane Fountain City 4842. Blair Taylor 54.

Cashkin 33. Division 4 finals Melrose-Mendoral 45. Phenomore 43.

Partyville ended per edition season 65 38. Mineral Point a win over Cambridge 5236.

It was Albany Monticello over abundant life Christian St. Ambrose 5336.

Darlington with an upset over four seed brought head 73 48. Deerfield 59. Bellville 40.

Indivision 3 finals Edgerton ended River Valley's year 64 38. It was an upset for Turner over Cuba City 66 54.

Lancaster continues to win the defeated Evansville 64 48. Plattville with a nice win over

Nuclaris 63 58. It was a win for Veroku over West Salem 68 63. Aquinas held serve against Amherst 75 27.

Wisconsin delts over Lodi 63 37. And lost in over Westfield 49 48.

And a handful of division 2 games in our area Mount Horib. They defeated Sock Prairie 50 42.

Edgewood beat Bearaboo 79 40. It was a win for La Crosse Central over Sparta 52 38.

And on Alaska 43 River Falls 35. And boys regular season basketball action a game

postponed from last night. It was Ithaca at Brookwood that game postponed because the Brookwood

girls made it to regional round two and they played last night. So the Ithaca boys will play at

Brookwood today JV at noon varsity to follow at some point after one o'clock in spring trading

baseball action from Arizona. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago white socks by a score of

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wherever gift blooms with love. The WIA boys and girls state wrestling tournament got underway

at the call center in Madison on Thursday. It continued yesterday and it will continue today

with a wrap up in a look forward. Here's WRC OFM's Bill Twining. The state wrestling tournament

continues today at the call center in Madison. This is the 83rd annual event for the boys and the

fifth for the girls. The last four years the tournament has been held in conjunction at the

call center in Madison. Here's how area wrestlers have have paired Richland Center with two

girls in the state tournament. Senior Kaylee Spilde lost her preliminary match on Thursday night

in the then wrestled back with a pin on Friday before losing and being eliminated from the tournament.

She finishes with a 31 and seven record as a senior state qualifier for Richland Center.

Her teammate fellow senior Madeleine Muller, her second trip to state won her opening match

10 to nothing on Thursday night. Then lost her quarter final to freshman

Dalyne Cody of Princeton Green Lake. Cody has gone under qualify for the state titles,

her state championship and will wrestle for a title this evening. Madeleine Muller bounced back

on Friday with a pin in the wrestle background and will compete again this morning at 10 o'clock

if she wins that match. She will wrestle for fifth place for Richland Center.

Lascabelle Lasica Stuban with one girl, one boy and the tournament sophomore Pete and Sandra

lost her preliminary match on Thursday and then lost her wrestle back on Friday and she has

been bounced from the tournament. Junior Ashton Yudelhoven in his first state tournament appearance

lost his preliminary round match. Then won a 72 wrestle back on Friday before losing a seven to

two wrestle back match also on Friday and he is out of the tournament as well. North

Crawford Senica, senior Adriana Lowe, who placed third at state two years ago, has three wins

so far this year including a pair of pins and then a nine to two semifinal win last night over

Bryn Schmidt of New London wrestling for a state championship tonight. Adriana Lowe of North

Crawford Senica will take on two time state champion Brooke Huffman of Wittenberg, Burnham Wood.

Riverdale has five boys wrestling in the state tournament. They're all still competing

and all have a chance to place including senior Grant Matthews, a defending state champion,

won his semifinal on Friday night by technical fall, seven takedowns for Grant Matthews

in his win over Zach Helendrong of Boyceville. Matthews will wrestle two time state runner up Tyson,

our Tyson Martin of Aquinas in the state final tonight. Senior Brody Mies of Riverdale,

a three time state place winner bounced back after a tough Thursday night quarter final loss,

won by a pin in the wrestle backs. He has possibly two more matches today in a fifth place

medal waiting for him at the Cole Center. Junior Lakota Brewer, a state runner up a year ago,

same path lost in the quarter finals Thursday night, bounced back with a technical fall victory in

the wrestle backs on Friday and like Brody Mies needs one more win to get into the fifth place match.

Sophomores Wyatt and James Schram bounced back after quarter final losses on Thursday night,

both won their wrestle backs on Friday and compete on Saturday morning and are two wins away

from a fifth place medal. Doddfield brought three boys to state. All are still wrestling. Senior

Hawke and Peterson looks for his fourth state title tonight. We'll get to him in a moment.

Senior Nathan Johnson won two matches and then lost a four to two semifinal on Friday night.

He wrestles for third place today. Junior Shane Rishan of Doddfield, a state champion two

years ago as a freshman and a state runner up last year. One his semifinal match on Friday night

by technical fall. He will meet defending state champion Colton Bolig of Evansville for the title

and Hawke and Peterson looking for that fourth state title will face Eastern Camerood of

Barnavelle in the finals this evening. Peterson won as a freshman at one hundred six pounds

as a sophomore at one thirteen and last year at one forty four. He's competing at one sixty five

this evening looking for that fourth state title. Mineral point brought two girls and seven boys

to state. Sophomores Tatum James and Samuel Springer are out of the tournament. Everybody else

still in although Mason Scullion at junior lost his quarter final and then lost his

wrestle back. So he's out of the tournament as well. Senior three time state place winner

Deelia Collins won her wrestle back match on Friday and one more win will put Deelia in the

fifth place match. Junior Emmett Collins her brother along with junior Jacob Dan and Burke

sophomore and Memphis or sophomore Memphisburg holder won their wrestle back on Friday.

Their one win away from a fifth place match. Sophomore Trigg Riley of Mineral point one twice

on Thursday but then lost his semi final on Friday night. He will wrestle for third place

and the pointers do have one wrestler in the state finals that is Sophomore Liam Perry who has

three wins including a six to one semi final win on Friday night over second rank Parker's

spirit of brilliant. In the finals Liam Perry will meet Martez Sheerid of Aquinas in the 126

pound weight class tonight in division three. I have a grant Highland brought six wrestlers

to state. Sophomore Ty cuts lost his wrestle back on Friday so he's out of the tournament.

The other five are still wrestling. Freshman Rowan Altman for the girls will lost her preliminary

round match on Thursday but bounced back with two wins Friday. One more win will put Rowan

Altman in the state fifth place match. Fellow freshman Wyatt Hoffman for the boys similar situation

won his preliminary round match but then lost his quarterfinal to defending state champion Blake

Underwood of Marathon 11-5 on Friday won his wrestle back and one more win for him will have

Wyatt Hoffman wrestling for fifth. The other three wrestlers for Iowa Grand Highland are all in

the finals. Sophomore Gryffin-Woneski had one have had six pounds as three wins including

beating the second seeded Dakota Craft of Edgar in the semi finals wrestling for a state title

Gryffin-Woneski will meet Top Ranked or Top Seated Tucker Keeper line of Shiacton. Junior Brock

Hinderman of Iowa Grand Highland at 175 pounds won his semi final by technical call over Western

Schmidt of Brilliant for a championship. Hinderman has to get by the number two seed set race

of Cedar Grove Belgium and Senior Jackson Busy of Iowa Grand Highland at the Fenty State

champion at 165 pounds won his semi final. Ford or nothing over Logan Peterson of Cumberland

championship. Busy needs to meet the two seed Liam Richards of Hustburg. Area teams that do

do I have anyone wrestling at state this year include River Valley if they could Western kick

the boulevard Youth Initiative Hillsboro Royal Waniwak Center for Okwa Westby, New Lisbon and Wisconsin

Dells. No Richland Center boys this year for just the fifth time since 1960 and that included a 46

year run when Richland Center had at least one wrestler at state from 1960 to 2005.

Saturdays wrestling at the Cole Center in Madison begins with wrestling backs in all three divisions

plus the girls and then we'll follow with matches for fifth place and those four third tonight

session at 530 begins with the parade of champions we'll be on the air with reports throughout

the morning session and into the afternoon hours and then have the championship finals tonight

live at WRCO Sports reporting from Madison for WRCO and David Werman. I'm Bill Twyney.

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