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Janesville Craig, Milton wrestlers win

Janesville Craig’s wrestling team picked up its first win of the season Tuesday.

Thanks to pins from Jacob Wilson, Zach Kurtz and Dakota Pearson, the Cougars pulled away for a 54-22 nonconference win over defending Rock Valley Conference champion Clinton.

Craig, which won five matches by forfeit, wrestled well at the Cooney Duals last Saturday but finished 0-4.

“It’s always nice to get a win, no matter if it’s conference or not,” Craig coach Mark Mullen said.

“Clinton was a little short in numbers tonight, but the wrestlers they did put on the mat were solid.”

Clinton got wins from Spencer Shea, Tim Clothier, Nate McConnell, Brady Austin and Mitch Wellnitz.

Craig hosts Madison Memorial in a Big Eight match Thursday night.

CRAIG 54, CLINTON 22

106—Airk Furseth (Cr) won by forfeit; 113—Aaron Wehrwein (Cr) won by forfeit; 120—Ryan Ruble (Cr) won by forfeit; 126—Anthony Skrede (Cr) won by forfeit; 132—Spencer Shea (Cl) dec. Kyle LeCaptain, 5-3; 138—Jacob Wilson (Cr) pinned Jake Collins, 3:24. 145—Tim Clothier (Cl) major dec. over Alex Zimmerman, 16-5; 152—Nate McConnell (Cl) dec. Zach Mulrooney, 8-7.

160—Brody Austin (Cl) pinned Aaron Maresch, 3:20; 170—Nate Mather (Cr) won by forfeit; 182—Mitch Wellnitz (Cl) pinned Jay Oren, 2:52; 195—Zach Kurtz (Cr) pinned Bob Ruck, :21; 220—Drew Grassi (Cr) won by forfeit; 285—Dakota Pearson (Cr) pinned Duncan Desing, 1:02.

-- Starting weight—192.

-- Milton 51, Evansville/Albany 21—The second-ranked Red Hawks won three matches by pin and four by technical fall.

Dalton Box (160), Avery Sweeney (182) and Kyle Hinners (132) won by pin for Milton, while Michael Henrich (285), Ben Reed (220) and Nathan Vickery won by pin for Evansville/Albany.

MILTON 51, EVANSVILLE/ALBANY 21

106—Nolan Shea (M) tech. fall over Robert Crull, 19-2; 113—Nathan Vickery (E/A) pinned Alex Schwartzlow, 3:08; 120—John Wells (M) tech. fall over Nick Lehman, 20-3; 126—Landon Shea (M) tech. fall over Alex Lange, 23-5; 132—Kyle Hinners (M) pinned Jake Carpenter, 1:32; 138—Garrett Whitehead (M) major dec. over Hayden Milz, 17-4; 145—Devin Decker (M) dec. Ethan Rossmiller, 6-2.

152—Jeff Meyer (M) tech. fall over Luke Gunn, 16-0; 160—Dalton Box (M) pinned Tyler Grant, 3:33; 170—Evan Benedict (E/A) dec. Randy Lipke, 6-2; 182—Avery Sweeney (M) pinned Patrick Deegan, :25; 195—Ian Johnson (M) won by forfeit; 220—Ben Reed (E/A) pinned Artan Rushiti, :36; 285—Michael Henrich (E/A) pinned Alex Engquist, 1:24.

n Starting weight—132.