Four GC youth wrestlers earn trophies at WWF Kids Folkstyle State
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GLENWOOD CITY had ten youth wrestlers compete at the 2023 Wisconsin Wrestling Federation’s Kids Folkstyle State Wrestling Championships in Madison March 24 and 25. Four earned spots on the awards podium. Front row (L to R): Camden Brahmer, Montino Carothers, Tinley Miller, Riley Brahmer and Monti Fry. Back row (L to R): Landon Standaert, William Obermueller, Brock Wood, Preston Arvey and Waylon Fry. —photo submitted
MADISON — Glenwood City sent ten youth wrestlers to the 2023 Wisconsin Wrestling Federation’s Kids Folkstyle State Championships, which were held Friday and Saturday, March 24 and 25 at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum in Madison, and four returned home with trophies in tow.
Monti Fry led the Glenwood City contingent with a fourth-place finish, Waylon Fry and Brock Wood both finished fifth and Montino Carothers took sixth place. Also competing were Camden and Riley Brahmer, Tinley Miller, Landon Standaert, Will Obermueller and Preston Arvey.
Glenwood City head wrestling coach Shane Strong said, “Our kids competed with great determination and humility. They demonstrated competitiveness and good sportsmanship the entire tournament.”
Competing in the boys’ born in 2012-13, 69-pound weight bracket, Monti Fry went 4-2 which included a pin fall and a pair of major decisions to finish in fourth place.
Waylon Fry, who copped a state title in last year’s tournament, finished this year’s meet with a 3-2 mark. He lost a heartbreaking semifinal match in overtime in the boys’ born 2010-11, 90-pound weight class but rebounded to take fifth place with a 6-0 decision.
Brock Wood also finished this year’s state folkstyle tournament in fifth place after going 3-2 in the 120-pound weight class for boys’ born in 2008-09. In that fifth-place match, Wood won on a 1-0 ultimate tie breaker.
The Hilltoppers final place winner, Montino Carothers, wrestled the most matches of any of his Glenwood City counterparts, as he finished 4-3 to place sixth in the boys’ born 2014-15, 72-pound weight bracket.
Camden Brahmer and Will Obermueller both finished the tournament at 2-2. Brahmer competed in the boys’ born 2014-15, 75-pound weight class while Obermueller wrestled at 90 pounds in the boys’ born in 2008-09 division.
Preston Arvey won three of his five state matches while competing in the boys’ born in 2008-09, 100-pound weight class.
Riley Brahmer finished 1-2 at 78 pounds in the boys’ born in 2012-13 division.
Tinley Miller and Landon Standaert lost both of their state tournament matches. Miller was competing in the girls’ born in 2014-15 , 75-pound weight class and Standaert was part of the boys’ born in 2008-09, 85-pound weight bracket.
GLENWOOD CITY middle school student Waylon Fry finished as the runner-up in the 12U 92-pound weight class at the USA Folkstyle National Championships which were held March 31 through April 2 at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Waylon became just the second wrestler from Glenwood City to reach the finals, the other was one of the most decorated wrestlers in school history, Garrett Bonte, who was a national champion in this tournament. —contributed photo