Furseth, Pierce lead Craig wrestlers
MONROE Siven Furseth and Chris Pierce won individual titles to lead Janesville Craig High’s wrestling team to a fourth-place finish in Saturday’s Monroe Invitational.
Whitewater won the 10-team title with 177 points, while Clinton was second with 155.5.
Furseth, a sophomore, improved to 31-1 after winning the 112-pound title and was named the meet’s Most Valuable Wrestler for the second straight year. Pierce, also a sophomore, pushed his season record to 21-3 by winning the 125-pound class.
Ethan Miles (145) and Andrew Mathison (215) won individual titles to help lead the Whippets to the team title.
Clinton’s Brad Hesebeck improved to 26-1 after winning the 135-pound title.
Monroe Invitational
TEAM SCORES
Whitewater 177, Clinton 166, Cuba City 155.5, Janesville Craig 150, Poynette 131.5, Monroe 126, Walworth Big Foot 84, Belmont-Platteville 80, Darlington 67, Orfordville Parkview 53.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
103—Title: Tyler Jenamann (CC) dec. Kyle Upmann (JC), 6-3; Third: Jeff Comfort (Whi) pinned Bo Brunkow (Dar), 2:56.
112—Title: Siven Furseth (JC) pinned Emmanuel Valadez (Wh), 2:41; Third: Gavin Weis (Mon) dec. Bob Donar (CC), 6-3.
119—Title: Jarod Donar (CC) dec. Devin Malott (Dar), 5-2; Third: Jedd Wilson (Poy) dec. Brandon Wixom (Cl), 4-0.
125—Title: Chris Pierce (JC) dec. Bryan Banh (Cl), 5-4; Third: Dillon Schneider (CC) tech. fall over Cody Trezek (OP), 18-1.
130—Title: Kyle Arthofer (CC) dec. Chris Simonson (JC), 6-4; Third: Salvador Carranza (Cl) dec. Chad Allen (B/P), 8-4.
135—Title: Brad Hesebeck (Cl) pinned Justin Mislivecek (Poy), 3:20; Third: Dylan Schwitz (Mon) pinned Jesse Davila (JC), 1:35.
140—Title: Luke Wiegman (CC) pinned Zach Edwards (Wh), 5:26; Third: Caleb Priske (Poy) pinned Travis Brown (WBF), 2:01.
145—Title: Ethan Miles (Whi) dec. Mason Goff (Mon), 7-6; Third: Josh Collins (Cl) dec. Ben Neal (OP), 2-0.
152—Title: Brandon Leipart (Poy) dec. Dylan McGuire (Dar), 6-1; Third: Jeremy Graham (OP) dec. Alex Loofboro (Whi), 4-0.
160—Title: Josh Eastlick (B/P) dec. Brett Rice (Poy), 5-4; Third: Ken Wirkuty (Cl) dec. J.J. Markham (Whi), 15-10.
171—Title: Dusty Jentz (B/P) dec. Dillon Weckerly (Mon), 4-0; Third: Drilon Grajcevci (JC) dec. Shane Brandl (Cl), 8-1.
189—Title: Michael Ingold (Mon) dec. Mike Spaulding (JC), 10-9; Third: Nick Romani (Whi) pinned Jon Petkoff (WBF), 2:05.
215—Title: Andrew Mathison (Whi) pinned Kyle Jones (Cl), 4:13; Third: Matt Fogerty (WBF) pinned Jake Erickson (Poy), 1:47.
285—Title: Austin McCarthy (CC) dec. Lucas Leu (Mon), 6-4; Third: Tyler Russell (Cl) dec. Ben Haberlin (WBF), 9-4.

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