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Wrestling: Waterford duo wins weight classes at West Allis invite

By Chris Bennett
Correspondent

Hayden Halter and Lucas Johnson each won their weight class and led the Waterford Union High School wrestling team to a third-place finish Dec. 21 in the two-day-long Ed Stech Invitational at West Allis Central High School.

Waterford, meanwhile, defeated Delavan-Darien 53-16 Dec. 19 in a Southern Lakes Conference dual meet at Delavan-Darien High School.

Johnson (11-1) beat Hortonville’s Wyatt Skebba (9-1) by pin in 1:58 in the title match at 106 pounds, Johnson finished the day with four wins.

Hayden Halter (12-0) won three matches and beat Watertown’s Edward Wilkowski 10-3 in the title match at 126.

“The two champions – they came ready to compete,” Waterford coach Tom Fitzpatrick said. “They’ve got their vision set.”

At 113, Hudson Halter (11-1) lost 10-7 to Preston Spray of Wisconsin Rapids in the title match. Hudson Halter won three of four matches at the Stech and finished second in his weight class.

Evan Danowski (10-3) lost 16-5 against Da`jun Johnson of Whitefish Bay/Dominican/University School in the title match at 170 and finished second.

Zach Kaminski (10-3) finished fourth at 182. Lucas Winski (12-3) finished fifth at 145 and Joshua Cherba (5-2) came in fifth at 138.

The Wolverines scored 170 points as a team in finishing third. Mukwonago came in second (213) and Coleman won the invite (216).

Against Delavan-Darien, Johnson (106), Hudson Halter (113), Hayden Halter (126), Winski (145), Will French (152), Jacob Cherba (160), Danowski (170), Kaminski (195) and Gavin Morawetz each won.

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