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Craig wrestlers squeeze past Middleton

MIDDLETON — Janesville Craig and Middleton couldn’t have been any more equal in their Big Eight dual wrestling meet Thursday night.

Each team won seven matches and each team scored five pins.

Craig High escaped with a 37-36 victory to go 6-1 in the conference.

“We’re bottom heavy and they are top heavy, and it showed,” Craig coach Jeff Kaster said. “We wrestled their upper weights tough and just got caught in a couple matches. We also lost a couple in overtime.”

The Cougars won all seven matches from 103 pounds to 140. The Cardinals won the seven bouts from 145 to 285.

Craig got pins from Kyle Upmann (103), Ben Rolon (112), Jamie Kumlien (125), Chris Simonson (135) and Jesse Davila (140).

Siven Furseth improved to 20-1 with a victory at 119 and Chris Pierce ran his record to 17-2 with a win at 130.

CRAIG 37, MIDDLETON 36

103—Kyle Upmann (JC) pinned Moe Raasch, 1:35; 112—Ben Rolon (JC) pinned Danny Roudebush, :27; 119—Siven Furseth (JC) dec. Nathan Misenheimer, 16-6; 125—Jamie Kumlien (JC) pinned Tate Barry, 3:02; 130—Chris Pierce (JC) dec. Dylan Lindeman, 8-6; 135—Chris Simonson (JC) pinned Glenn Stainbrook, :57; 140—Jesse Davila (JC) pinned Zachary Bordeau, 1:19.

145—Brady Kinley (M) pinned Ryan Coleman, :37; 152—Kurtis Lindeman (M) dec. Troy Davis, 12-10 (OT); 160—Brett Dresen (M) dec. Ian Kopp, 16-14 (OT); 171—Ben Brummel (M) pinned Zak Kurtz, 4:52; 189—Tyler Christiansen (M) pinned Drilion Grajvecvci, 4:52; 215—Brett Hansen (M) pinned Mike Spaulding, 5:02; 285—Eric Parton (M) pinned Mitch Flewelling, :36.

Starting weight—285.