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Bears split early meets

The Bonduel High School wrestling team opened its season splitting a double dual Tuesday at Wittenberg-Birnamwood. Bonduel beat Gillett/Suring 59-12 and lost to 52-18 to Coleman, ranked No. 2 in the state in Division 3 by Crossface Magazine. Against Gillett/Suring, Bonduel’s Travis Wollenberg (132 pounds) pinned Austin Perkins in 1 minute, 3 seconds. Sam Kroening (152) pinned Mitchel Umentum in 5:19. Dan Tauchen (160) pinned Colin Weiss in 1:30. Mitch Sokolski (170) won by pinning Brett Milhans in 1:14. Brandon Novitski (195) pinned Tanner Rehn in 2:48. Bennett Gunderson (220) won by pin over Tyler Herning in 2:36. Race McClone (285) pinned Jacob Timm in 3:52. Austin Siolka (113) needed only 44 seconds to pin Preston Fischer. Jacob Wudtke (182) also earned a technical fall in his match, winning 18-3. Garrett Siolka (120) got a pin of Garret Kohls in 1:37. Garrett Siolka also earned a pin against Coleman’s Basinski Lonnie in 51 seconds. Also against Coleman, Wollenberg won by forfeit and Sokolski earned a double overtime 4-2 win over Kevin Lansin. Wudtke earned a 6-3 decision over Alex Stodola. At the same event, Wittenberg-Birnamwood beat Coleman 45-25. The Chargers swept Gillett/Suring 81-0. Crossface ranks Wittenberg-Birnamwood No. 8 in Division 2.