Kohl Center, UW Madison. Kaukauna Community News photo by Dan Plutchak
Kohl Center, UW Madison. Kaukauna Community News photo by Dan Plutchak

UPDATE: Two Ghosts’ will wrestle for a WIAA individual state title Saturday in Madison.

Greyson Clark will wrestle Saturday for his third state title. He faces Talan Schutte from Germantown at 138.

Lucas Peters faces Shane Corrigan of DePere at 120.

Three Ghosts’ wrestlers advanced to the state semifinal Friday night of the WIAA

Kaukauna’s Bryan Winans advanced to the semifinal Friday at 126, but lost to Stoughton’s Nicolar Rivera. Winans will wrestle Saturday for a chance to finish third.

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MADISON — Two-time state champion Greyson Clark leads a contingent of five Kaukauna Ghosts into the WIAA state individual wrestling tournament that begins Thursday in Madison.

Clark, a University of Wisconsin wrestling commit, won the championship at 126 a year ago after capturing the 106 title as a freshman in 2020. He moves up a pair of weights this season to 138 sporting a 43-1 record, which gives him a 111-7 career mark.

Clark is joined by:

  • Lucas Peters at 120
  • Bryan Winans at 126
  • Conner Smith at 132
  • Judah Hammen at 160

Kaukauna also qualified for team tournament, which runs March 4-5 at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison.

The individual tournament will be held Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 24-26, at the Kohl Center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

TICKET INFORMATION:  Ticket prices per tournament session are $11 plus online fees. Tickets are available on-line on the WIAA website prior to any respective session with the printing of the ticket by the purchaser. Tickets are also available at the Kohl Center during the tournament.

THE SCHEDULE:  Below is the schedule of competition for the individual tournament. All weight classes will be wrestled in consecutive order through the classes on a “next available mat” basis within the mat assignments.

Thursday, Feb. 24

Session 1:
Division 1 Preliminaries – 3 p.m.
Division 1 Quarterfinals – approximately 5:15 p.m.
Divisions 2 & 3 Preliminaries – approximately 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 25

Session 2:
Division 1 Consolations – 10 a.m.
Divisions 2 & 3 Quarterfinals – approximately 11:15 a.m.
Division 1 Consolation Quarterfinals – approximately 1:45 p.m.
Divisions 2 & 3 Consolation Quarterfinals – approx. 2:45 p.m.

Session 3:
Division 1 Semifinals at 7 p.m. on mats 1 & 2
Division 2 Semifinals at 7 p.m. on mats 3 & 4
Division 3 Semifinals at 7 p.m. on mats 5 & 6

Saturday, Feb. 26

Session 4:
Divisions 1, 2 & 3 Consolation Semifinals – 10 a.m.
Divisions 1, 2 & 3 Fifth-place Matches*
Divisions 1, 2 & 3 Third-place Matches*

* Third-place and fifth-place matches will run concurrently by weight class within divisions after all consolation matches are completed.

Session 5:
Division 1 Championships at 5:30 p.m. on mat 1
Division 2 Championships at 5:30 p.m. on mat 2
Division 3 Championships at 5:30 p.m. on mat 3

FINALS ON BALLY SPORTS WISCONSIN:  The championship final matches of all three divisions will be aired live on Bally Sports Wisconsin. Please check local cable listings for the Bally Sports Wisconsin channel in your area. The live programming aired on Bally Sports Wisconsin will also be streamed on Bally Sports Wisconsin app with cable provider authentication.

PRE-FINALS; THIRD & FIFTH-PLACE MATCHES STREAMED LIVE:  All mats of the pre-finals matches and the third- and fifth-place matches will be streamed live on WIAA.TV with a subscription to the NFHS Network. To purchase a subscription to the live programming for only $10.99 per month, log-on to www.wiaa.tv or www.nfhsnetwork.com and click on the subscription button at the top right of the page.

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By Dan Plutchak

Dan Plutchak, born and raised in Kaukauna, is cofounder of Kaukauna Community News.