Topper wrestlers win Barron Invite, trio crowned
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BARRON — Just a few weeks into the wrestling season and Glenwood City has already secured a pair of tournament titles.
After copping the crown at their own John Timm Duals for a third consecutive season the previous week, the Hilltoppers pocketed a first-place finish at the annual Barron Invitational this past Saturday, December 14.
Glenwood City complied 162 points en route to claiming victory at the 2024 Barron Invitational, which featured 18 teams, as it finished nine points ahead of runner-up Hayward/Northwood.
“We had a solid day against some great competition,” wrote head coach Shane Strong on the program’s Facebook page following the tournament’s conclusion. “We ran into some very well coached kids throughout the day and were able to pull off the team title.”
It was a successful day for the Toppers individual wrestlers. All 15 that competed in the varsity tournament secured placement including eight that finished first, second or third. Several junior varsity wrestlers also placed well.
Three varsity grapplers – seniors Wyatt Unser and Mitchell McGee and sophomore Preston Arvey – won titles for the Hilltoppers after each finished the tournament with unblemished 4-0 records.
Unser and McGee stayed unbeaten this season.
Unser had a pin and two technical falls among his Barron victories which included an 18-1 win over Barron’s Brady Valentine (7-3) in the championship match at 138 pounds.
McGee’s gold came at 165 pounds where he scored two pins and a pair of technical falls. In his championship match, McGee defeated Wyatt Hastings of Osceola by a score of 18-2.
Preston Arvey improved to 6-1 this season en route to winning the 120-pound championship last Saturday. Arvey received a pair of byes to start the tournament then came through with impressive pins in both his semifinal and final matches. In the gold-medal match, Arvey stuck Osceola’s Keagan Berg in 5:57.
Taking silver medals for Glenwood City were Will Obermueller (113), Logan McVeigh (126) and Landon Obermueller (132). Third-place finishes were secured by Elliott Radintz (106), Jackson Logghe (215) and Blake Fayerweather (285).
Logan Hillman placed fifth at 144, Dylan LaBeree finished sixth at 175, Brock Wood and Waylon Wagner both placed seventh at their respective weights of 157 and 190 pounds, Andrew Blaser took eighth place at 150, and Abe Draxler was tenth at 175.
In the junior varsity competition, Corey Strong, Lucas Halbach, Jacob Hager and Javier Vilar-Alvarez won their respective weight classes, Charlie Bogie and Wyatt Dreyling finished as runners-up and third-place showings were turned in by Landon Standaert, Zach Bacon and Adrian Lee and Andrew Yang placed eighth.