Whitnall's Bourgeois, Greenfield Duo Statebound

Kameron Bourgeois added three more wins to his impressive season tally and, as a result, will be making a return trip to the WIAA Division 1 State Individual Wrestling Tournament next weekend in Madison.

Bourgeois, , pinned his first two opponents at the Greenfield Sectional on Saturday before beating Ferriez Johnson, 10-6, in the championship match.

Bourgeois improved to 44-1 and is one of three wrestlers who will represent the city at the state meet.

Greenfield’s Andrew Krueger (35-5) will be making his first state appearance one year after the senior failed to get out of the regional. He had no such problems this time around, winning three times Saturday, including a pin in 1 minute, 37 seconds of Kenosha Bradford’s Rodney Daniels in the championship match at 140.

Joining Krueger for Greenfield is Taylor Wirtz (32-8), Krueger’s good friend and classmate. Wirtz will be making his second straight state appearance after surviving Saturday’s sectional with a 14-12, double-overtime win over Tyler Hunter of Racine Case in a second-place wrestleback at 130.

Wirtz was edged, 5-4, by Franklin’s Chris Clapper in the title match after registering pins in his first two matches.

Krueger and Wirtz fittingly made history together as well, with 100 career victories. Krueger's win in the finals was the 101st of his career, and Wirtz's double-overtime thriller was his 100th.

The day was filled with near misses for both the Hustlin’ Hawks and the Falcons.

Greenfield junior Alec Adams (28-14) was pinned in the championship match by Franklin’s Colin DeClark after winning his first two matches at 125 pounds. In a second-place wrestleback, Adams, a junior, lost to Racine Case’s Manny Chairez, 9-3, and was denied his first state bid.

Whitnall junior Mason Howard (34-14) also lost a second-place wrestleback when he was clipped by Racine Horlick’s Tyler Hauer, 6-4, in the state-qualifying match.

Whitnall seniors Matt Price (38-7), Nathan Barnhart (33-4) and Josh Langenohl (28-14) all went 2-1 on the day to place third at 140, 160 and 215, respectively, one spot out of qualifying for state.

Greenfield’s Dominic Krol (25-15) went 1-2 at 135, as did Kevin Vazquez (16-11) at 145, Matt Brendemihl (18-12) at 189 and Zach Stelse (10-7) at 285. Vazquez’s day was particularly heartbreaking; both of his losses were by one point.

Greenfield’s Andrew Patrick (112 pounds, 17-20 record) and Dominic Caputa (119, 10-18) lost their first and only matches, as did Whitnall’s Ruben Garcia (119, 32-13), Troy McGee (125, 20-22), Evan Olson (135, 14-25), Ian Coleman (145, 16-16), John McGee (171, 20-17), James Taylor (189, 16-13) and Jeremy Brunner (285, 7-26).