The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team competed in both the Roger Williams Invite in Rhode Island and the Luther Open in Iowa Saturday. The Warhawks finished second in a 12-team field at RWU bolstered by a first-place finish from
Evan Onstad (Grayslake, Ill./Warren Township) in the 141-pound bracket.
UWW had 27 wrestlers in action Saturday with 16 competing in Rhode Island and 11 at the Luther Open. In total, Warhawk wrestlers registered 17 falls, 10 technical falls and 11 major decisions on the day. At the Roger Williams Invite, UWW tallied a gold and silver, five bronze, three fourth-place finishes and a sixth overall.
Onstad paced the Warhawks at the RWU Invite going 5-0 on the day. He registered a fall in 2:47 in an early round. In the 141-pound championship bout, Onstad defeated Castleton's James Rodriguez in a thrilling tiebreaker (2-2 TB-2).
Aden Byal (Chatham, Ill./Glenwood) added a runner-up finish in the 157-pound bracket going 3-1 Saturday. The five third-place finishers included
Luke Berktold (Libertyville, Ill.) (125),
Justin Fortugno (Armonk, N.Y./Byram Hills) (141),
Scott Busse (Chicago, Ill./Lake Zurich) (165),
Brayden Peet (Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore) (174) and
Gavin Kohel (River Falls, Wis./River Falls) (184).
Gage Decker (Mahomet, Ill.) led the Warhawks at the Luther Open with a seventh-place finish in the 165-pound silver bracket.
Jonah Edwards (East Troy, Wis./East Troy) was the top UWW finisher in the elite brackets taking eighth at 133 pounds.
Logan Kawa (Owen, Wis.) added a second eighth-place finish in the 174-pound silver bracket.
A full list of Warhawk records and additional information is listed below by weight class.
ROGER WILLIAMS INVITE RESULTS
125 -
Luke Berktold (Libertyville, Ill.) - 3rd Place (5-1; Fall - 6:58, 2 TF)
133 -
Cale Stonitsch (Shorewood, Ill.) (3-2; Fall - 1:18, TF, MD)
141 -
Evan Onstad (Grayslake, Ill./Warren Township) - 1st Place (5-0; Fall - 2:47)
141 -
Justin Fortugno (Armonk, N.Y./Byram Hills) - 3rd Place (5-1; Fall - 2:46, Fall - 4:30, MD)
149 -
Jalin Conner (Milwaukee, Wis./Bradley Tech) - 4th Place (5-2; TF, MD)
149 -
Danny Gaskill (Elk Grove, Ill./Elk Grove) (1-2; Fall - 1:20)
149 -
Lucio Morgan (Deerfield, Ill./Deerfield) (3-2; MD)
157 -
Aden Byal (Chatham, Ill./Glenwood) - 2nd Place (3-1; Fall - 1:39, MD)
157 -
Luke Swan (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South) - 4th Place (5-2)
165 -
Scott Busse (Chicago, Ill./Lake Zurich) - 3rd Place (4-1; MD)
174 -
Brayden Peet (Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore) - 3rd Place (4-1; 2 TF)
184 -
Gavin Kohel (River Falls, Wis./River Falls) - 3rd Place (4-1; Fall - 2:15, TF, MD)
184 -
RJ Samuels (Darien, Ill.) - 6th Place (4-3; Fall - 1:00, TF, MD)
197 -
Evan Danowski (Waterford, Wis./Waterford Union) - 4th Place (5-2; Fall - 2:21, Fall - 3:31, TF, MD)
285 -
Isaak Smith (Rockton, Ill.) (1-2; Fall - 5:21)
285 -
Nico Besteiro (Naperville, Ill.) (3-2; Fall - 1:51, MD)
LUTHER OPEN RESULTS (*The Luther Open featured both silver and elite brackets)
133(elite) -
Jonah Edwards (East Troy, Wis./East Troy) - 8th Place (3-3; Fall - 4:02, TF)
133(silver) -
Brian Whipple (Eagle, Wis.) (2-2; Fall - 0:33)
141(silver) -
Kolbe Kowalczyk (Oconomowoc, Wis.) (1-2; Fall - 0:33)
165(elite) -
Mason Hoopman (Cedar Grove, Wis./Cedar Grove Belgium) (0-2)
165(silver) -
Gage Decker (Mahomet, Ill.) - 7th Place (4-2; Fall - 6:03, Fall - 4:53, MD)
165(silver) -
Benny Schlosser (Elk Grove, Ill.) (0-2)
174(silver) -
Logan Kawa (Owen, Wis.) - 8th Place (2-3; Fall - 1:26)
184(elite) -
Brayten Wilkerson (Sycamore, Ill.) (1-2)
184(silver) - Asr Clarck (0-2)
197(silver) -
Hunter Coons (Minooka, Ill.) (1-2)