Northwestern High School's Ryan Miesbauer and Nate Nelson advanced to next week's WIAA Division 2 State Wrestling Tournament with their performances at Saturday's sectional tournament in Somerset.
Miesbauer won the sectional championship at 215 pounds, while Nelson finished third at 130 pounds.
Miesbauer improved to 39-1 with a tech fall over Chris Ladwig of Abbotsford/Colby; a pin over Cory Deiss and a decision over Frank Dobbs of Melrose-Mindoro/G.E.T.).
Nelson will take a 37-4 record to state. On Saturday he won a major decision over Zach Raifsnider of Black River Falls, a decision over Luke Nelson of Unity, lost a decision to DJ Yarwood of Ellsworth then lost to Gabe Flandrick of Somerset in the second-place match.
Ellsworth won the team title with 111.5 points. Northwestern was 11th with 25.5 points.
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The state tournament begins Thursday at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Other Tigers wrestling Saturday were: Wes Snow (140 pounds); Bob Tahtinen (145); William Pedersen (152); and Josh Zinmer (189)
WIAA Division 2
Someset Sectional
Team Scores
1. Ellsworth, 111.5; 2 Neillsville, 50.5; 3. Amery, 48; 4. Cumberland, 41; 5. Bloomer, 37; 6. Unity, 30.5; 7. Stanley-Boyd/Thorp, 30; 8. Chetek/Prairie Farm, 28; 9. Saint Croix Falls, 28; 10. Melrose-Mindoro/G.E.T., 26; 11. Northwestern, 25.5; 12. Ashland, 24; 13. Abbotsford/Colby, 19; 14. Baldwin-Woodville, 18.5; 15. Medford Area, 18; 16. Somerset, 16; 17. Prescott, 10; 18. Rice Lake, 10; 19. Osceola, 8; 20. Spooner, 7.5; 21. Luck/Frederic/Grantsburg, 7; 22. Black River Falls, 4; 23. Durand, 2; 24. Barron, 0; 25. Hayward, 0; 26. Mondovi, 0; 27. West Salem/Bangor, 0.
Northwestern's Results
130 -- Nate Nelson (37-4), third place with eight points; won 9-0 major decision over Zach Raifsnider (Black River Falls); won 3-2 decision over Luke Nelson (Unity); lost 2-0 decision to DJ Yarwood (Ellsworth); lost 8-3 decision to Gabe Flandrick (Somerset).
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140 -- Wes Snow, lost 16-0 tech fall to Damien Luchterhand (Neillsville); pinned by Tyler Weyer (Baldwin-Woodville), 5:08.
145 -- Bob Tahtinen, lost 16-3 major decision to Levi Kessel (Ellsworth); lost 9-2 decision to Cecil Philson (Stanley-Boyd/Thorp).
152 -- William Pedersen (31-9), lost 6-2 decision to Jake Radamacher (Saint Croix Falls).
189 -- Josh Zinmer (27-7), lost 5-2 decision to Jacob Johnson (Unity).
215 -- Ryan Miesbauer (39-1) finished first with 17.5 team points; won 16-1 tech fall over Chris Ladwig (Abbotsford/Colby); pinned Cory Deiss (Ellsworth), 1:48; won 10-7 decision over Frank Dobbs (Melrose-Mindoro/G.E.T.)
