Wrestling: Tosa whips Greendale, ready for conference

Wauwatosa, on its final wrestling dual meet of the year Jan. 25, beat Greendale, 60-12, on Senior Night at Tosa West.

Winning by pins were Ben Reagan in 1 minute, 37 seconds, Eric Ehlert (3:25), Michael Meade (1:22), Sam Bertz (3:01), Akeem Harris (1:05), John Brennan (1:36) and Michael Vogt (2:24).

Winning decisions were Kai Castaneda (6-2), Max Nelson (7-1), Alex Comte (6-1) and Larry Bryant (7-5). Devine Burt won on a forfeit. At 113 Dylan Christman lost by pin (1:24) and Austin Muns lost by pin at 120 (4:50).

"Greendale is a program that is trying to rebuild," Tosa coach Kent Morin said. "They start eight freshmen in their varsity line-up so it is a very young team. Their future looks bright but it will take a little bit of time."

Tosa honored six seniors on Senior Night - Brennan, Bryant, Ehlert, Harris, Meade and Vogt. All six seniors recorded wins, five by pins.

"These are guys that are very important to our program and the success we have had this year," Morin said. "We will definitely miss them next year but we look forward to them leading us for the remainder of this season."

The locals' dual record improved to 6-1 in the Woodland Conference and 21-5 overall, as they finished behind Pewaukee (7-0) in the dual meet portion of the season.

The conference tournament is Saturday at Cudahy.

"If we continue to improve our conditioning and our technique, we think we can challenge Pewaukee for the championship," Morin said. "It should be a very exciting tournament."

Here is a look at the wrestlers' current records.

Castaneda leads the way at 106, as he is ranked eighth in the mid-season Crossface Magazine All-State Rankings with a 30-4 record. Meade (27-7) at 138 and Brennan (27-8) at 220 were both honorable mention all-state in the Wisconsin Wrestling Online Rankings.

Reagan at 126 (31-4), Nelson at 145 (30-5), Burt at 182 (27-7), AJ Minucci at 120 (23-7), Bertz at 160 (18-14), Bryant at 195 (15-7), Harris at 170 (13-6), Comte at 152 (11-1), Ehlert at 132 (9-4), Christman at 113 (9-10) and Vogt at 285 (5-4).