The Thorp/Owen-Withee wrestling team placed eighth of nine teams at Conference this past Friday in Spencer. With competition moved up a day for the Saturday storm, Thorp/Owen-Withee came away with 28.5 team points in the conference tournament.

Starting out the action Friday, Warren Borowski (8-14) placed fifth in the 138 pound weight class and scored 9.5 team points for Thorp/Owen-Withee, winning by tech fall (TF-1.5 3:35 (16-1)) over Ryan Bowe (9-14) of Stanley-Boyd in the fifth place match. 

Following Borowski, Evan Penterman (11-13) placed fifth in the 150 pound weight class and scored 9.0 team points, winning by major decision (MD 13-2) in the fifth place match over Austyn Widmann (4-20) of Spencer/Columbus Catholic.

Wrestling in the 285 pound weight class, Jordan Wulff (9-15) placed fifth and scored 10.0 team points, winning by fall (Fall 1:52) over Ryan Frelk (7-12) of Bloomer/Colfax in the fifth place match Friday.

Thorp/Owen-Withee head Wrestling Coach Scott Shilts shared more after the results were in.

“I think we had a lot of good things happen, we all placed higher than the initial seeding and all three boys wrestled hard and never gave up,” he said. “Hoping to continue to build next weekend at Regionals.”

Wrestling regionals for Thorp/Owen-Withee are Saturday, Feb. 15 at Edgar. Full results from Spencer follow.

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Warren Borowski (8-14) placed 5th and scored 9.5 team points.

Quarterfinal - Dyllon Zwiefelhofer (Bloomer/Colfax) 24-21 won by fall over Warren Borowski (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 8-14 (Fall 3:15)

Cons. Round 1 - Warren Borowski (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 8-14 won by fall over Haiden Hay (McDonnell/Elk Mound) 4-29 (Fall 2:28)

Cons. Semi - Drew Lang (Spencer/Columbus/Granton) 12-17 won by fall over Warren Borowski (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 8-14 (Fall 1:11)

5th Place Match - Warren Borowski (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 8-14 won by tech fall over Ryan Bowe (Stanley-Boyd) 9-14 (TF-1.5 3:35 (16-1))

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Evan Penterman (11-13) placed 5th and scored 9.0 team points.

Quarterfinal - Jon Phelps (Cadott) 34-10 won by tech fall over Evan Penterman (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 11-13 (TF-1.5 4:30 (16-0))

Cons. Round 1 - Evan Penterman (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 11-13 won by fall over Anthony Hay (McDonnell/Elk Mound) 2-30 (Fall 0:24)

Cons. Semi - Aiden Poirer (Bloomer/Colfax) 18-18 won by fall over Evan Penterman (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 11-13 (Fall 1:38)

5th Place Match - Evan Penterman (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 11-13 won by major decision over Austyn Widmann (Spencer/Columbus/Granton) 4-20 (MD 13-2)

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Jordan Wulff (9-15) placed 5th and scored 10.0 team points.

Quarterfinal - Willy Graham (Stanley-Boyd) 37-5 won by fall over Jordan Wulff (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 9-15 (Fall 0:21)

Cons. Round 1 - Jordan Wulff (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 9-15 won by fall over Aiden Burt (Abby/Colby) 9-14 (Fall 1:57)

Cons. Semi - Gavin Lofgren (Regis/Altoona) 30-12 won by fall over Jordan Wulff (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 9-15 (Fall 2:42)

5th Place Match - Jordan Wulff (Thorp/Owen-Withee) 9-15 won by fall over Ryan Frelk (Bloomer/Colfax) 7-21 (Fall 1:52)