All 14 Dundee entries move through to Wrestling Regionals

Niles Kruger, The Monroe News

DUNDEE — It will once again be a full-team party for Dundee’s wrestling team in the Individual Regional Tournament.

All 14 Vikings pushed their way through to the Division 3 Regional at Hazel Park during the District that Dundee hosted Saturday.

“We wrestled really well today,” said Garrett Stevens, who co-coaches Dundee with Nate Hall.

Not only did all 14 advance, but every Dundee wrestler reached the finals Saturday. The four who didn’t win District titles defaulted to teammates in the finals.

Kole Katschor of Dundee works on pinning Wyatt Mack of Flat Rock in the 157 pound semifinals match in the D3 individual districts at Dundee High School Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Katschor won by a forfeit from his teammate Rocco Redmond in the finals.
Kole Katschor of Dundee works on pinning Wyatt Mack of Flat Rock in the 157 pound semifinals match in the D3 individual districts at Dundee High School Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Katschor won by a forfeit from his teammate Rocco Redmond in the finals.

Those officially were listed as injury defaults, but Stevens said that no one is actually hurt. The Vikings didn’t want teammates competing against each other.

“At this time of year, we just want to focus on being healthy and the end goal,” he said.

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Picking the 14 to compete in Districts is a tough task for Stevens and Hall.

“It’s the worst day of my life every time I have to do it,” he said. “Every kid deserves a chance.”

Dundee has 18 wrestlers on the roster who are currently ranked among the top 10 in the state at their weight class. Only 14 can compete in the District.

Trey Parker of Dundee looks to takedown Joshua Rose of Ida in the 150 pound semifinals match in the D3 individual districts at Dundee High School Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Parker went onto pin Rose and forfeited to his teammate Donny Beaufait in the finals.
Trey Parker of Dundee looks to takedown Joshua Rose of Ida in the 150 pound semifinals match in the D3 individual districts at Dundee High School Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Parker went onto pin Rose and forfeited to his teammate Donny Beaufait in the finals.

The others lose their shot at individual state titles.

“We’re the only individual sport where you are limited,” Stevens said. “In track, you can have eight people qualify in an event if they are good enough. Our sport caps the registrations.”

Taking first for the Vikings were Mason Katschor (106), Haydn Nutt (113), Braden Broderick (120), Kade Kluce (126), Cameron Chinavare (132), Jeremy Amrhein (138), Blake Cosby (144), Donny Beaufait (150), Kole Katschor (157) and Owen Motylinski (165).

Mason Haines (113), Wyatt Burns (126), Trey Parker (150) and Rocco Redmon (157) placed second.

Rocco Redmon of Dundee gives the Ok sign to family as he beat Olen Moshier of Lutheran Westland 16-0 in the 157 pound semifinals match in the D3 individual districts at Dundee High School Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Redmond went onto forfeit to his teammate Kole Katschor in the finals.
Rocco Redmon of Dundee gives the Ok sign to family as he beat Olen Moshier of Lutheran Westland 16-0 in the 157 pound semifinals match in the D3 individual districts at Dundee High School Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Redmond went onto forfeit to his teammate Kole Katschor in the finals.

Ida’s Christopher Galloway was the 285-pound champion. He will be joined at Regionals by runners-up Justin Crozir (144) and Kaden Gerth (165) along with fourth-place finishers Joshua Rose (150), Jackson Wertenberger (285), Trevor Konieczny (132) and Tristen Sedlar (157).

Flat Rock produced four Regional qualifiers. Nicholad Dropiewski (120) and John Lukasik (175) were third and Andrew Marama (113) and Riley Smith (144) fourth.

Erie Mason will have a pair of wrestlers advancing to Regionals. Danny VanEeckhoutte was second to Mason Katschor at 106 and Malachi Rodriguez took third at 144.

Milan’s Regional qualifiers were Samir Jomaa (third at 165), Johnathan Ringbloom (fourth at 106) and Brody Lopez (fourth at 215).

DIVISION 1

WESTLAND – Champions Connor Green (215) and Chase Norbury (285) lead a group of 10 Bedford wrestlers to advance to Regionals out of the District at Westland John Glenn.

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Cody Duvendack was the runner-up at 106 while Tristan King (113), Vincent Cole (120), Nolan King (126), Lucas Gerber (138) and Zach Miracle (165) placed third and Noah Benore (144) and Connor Hall (157) were fourth.

Gibraltar Carlson’s Zachary Taylor was the 165-pound champion. He will be joined in Regionals by Marauder teammates Gabrial Lyle (second at 190) and Tyler Kamm (fourth at 120).

Monroe didn’t have any Regional qualifiers.

DIVISION 2

NEWPORT – Anthony Cousino (215), Ty Rose (126) and Carter Simota (144) gave the home fans at Jefferson a treat by winning District championships.

They headline a group of 10 Bears who will compete in the Regional at Warren Woods-Tower. Issac Masserant (132), Ryder Mulherin (138) and Vladimir Uhlik (150) were second, Tyler Vanderpool (113), Gary Rice (150) and Martre Pearson (157) third and Wyatt Burgett (157) fourth.

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New Boston Huron wound up with nine Regional qualifiers including champions Drew Ladach (157), Braydon Hall (138), Jason Downs (132), Daniel Gemmel (120) and Carson Gemmel (113).

Daniel Hubbard (175) and Cayden Banko (132) placed third and Josh Hubbard (144) and Landon Juilio (138) were fourth.

Airport’s Jack Mills remained undefeated for the season by logging three falls to win the 175-pound weight class.

Blake Haliburda (150) also won a championship for the Jets, who had eight Regional qualifiers. Isaac Kemp (190) and Holden Otter (215) were second, Kenneth Wingate (106), Kyle Link (126) and Zakary VanBuskirk (144) third and Antonio Ayala (132) fourth.

DIVISION 4

MANCHESTER – Kyle Bashaw took second place at 190 pounds to highlight St. Mary Catholic Central’s day in the District at Manchester.

Joining him in the Regional at Hudson will be Eric Mathies (third at 190) and Philbert Dietrich (fourth at 165).

This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Dundee puts 14 wrestlers in Regional; Jefferson, Bedford 10 each

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