Zak Roberson and Matt Deitz found themselves against the top ranked wrestlers in their weight class at Saginaw-Heritage and left the mats as champions.
Roberson’s bout was against Bay City Central’s Markus Gonzalez , ranked first in 103-weight. Roberson won, 8-6.
‘He was really focused,? said Coach Joe DeGain. ‘He didn’t worry about the paper ranking.?
Deitz defeated the Number 2 ranked Josh Goodman from Carman-Ainsworth, 6-0.
‘He wrestled the body and did a fantastic job,? said DeGain.
Jeff Sloney (112), Alex Popp (145), Evan King (152), and Sloan Hadsall (189) placed in the top four at regionals and head to the finals next week.
‘All of them really wrestled well,? said DeGain.
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On Feb. 25, the Wolves grappled with Romeo and lost, 34-30.
‘The season ended than they wanted it to,? said DeGain. ‘They wrestled well and hard. 00We just didn’t beat the team we needed to beat.?
Deitz pinned his opponent 3:57 into the match and put his team on the scoreboard.
Roberson also pinned his opponent.
Chris Burkhart (140) edged the boys closer to Romeo’s 12 points with a victory, 8-5.
Popp brought the team into the lead with a pin in the first period.
The boys held onto the lead as King and Hadsall won their matches, scoring the most points.
Romeo pulled a few more wins and the Wolves needed to win their last two matches to beat the Bulldogs. Roberson pinned his opponent, but the next match was lost and the boys closed the season.
Even though the season has finished for the team, they will be practicing with the state qualifiers and getting them ready for finals.