at 138 pounds.

145-pound wrestler Braden Matzek pinned WS/B’s Andy Johnson in just under a minute to secure second place. The junior was on the wrong end of a 7-5 decision in the first-place match to GET/MM’s Bryce Blaken.

Carter Huppert, a senior wrestling at 152 pounds, defeated GET/MM’s Daniel Slattery in a 17-8 major decision to win first place.

160-pound sophomore Eli Rohl placed second after falling to GET/MM’s Jaden Anderson.

Ryan Matzek, a sophomore wrestling at 170 pounds, placed second after losing a decision to GET/MM’s Hunter Andersen.

195-pound wrestler Ian Matzek placed third after pinning WS/B’s Cameron Sidie in merely 15 seconds. The sophomore fell to OF/A/FC’s Luke Fischer in the second place wrestleback match.

220-pound wrestler Kyle Anschutz, a sophomore, scored a 9-8 decision win over Black River Falls’ Kaleb Dobson, a senior, to secure first place.

285-pound wrestler Logan Peterson, a senior, defeated Shawn Thomason of Prescott in the second-place match by way of fall in only 1:17. Peterson fell to GET/MM’s Trevor Daffinson in the firstplace match.

Most of the Panther’s team have the opportunity to keep their season alive and they’ll be working hard this week to make that happen.

Not winning the Regional meet menas the Panthers won’t be competing for a WIAA Team Championship, which means Ellsworth doesn’t have to prepare for dual meets this week.

“We have 10 guys going to sectionals,” Matzek stated. “We don’t have to weigh in and wrestle on Tuesday, so we get to train all week and get stronger and improve.”

PHOTOS BY JON CLAESSON