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Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/18/2026 - 12:24

River Ridge junior Braden Skaife (left) battles Boscobel-Wauzeka-Steuben senior Mason Johnson (right) during their quarterfinal match at 190 pounds. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Junior Cael Koenig looks to gain wrist control against Brookwood senior Drew Powell at 157 pounds. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

River Ridge junior Emery Simerson looks to break free from Kickapoo/La Farge/Youth Initiative's Jacob Schwarz in their second round match at 175 pounds. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By A.J. Gates

 

Needing to finish among the top two in their respective weight class, no wrestlers from River Ridge advanced to the WIAA State Meet after competing at last Saturday’s division 3 Brookwood Sectional.

 

Coach Brad Lange’s squad concluded the sectional meet in 14th place with 33 team points, while Aquinas took the team title with 271 points, followed by Iowa-Grant/Highland (209) and Lancaster (197).

 

The team’s top finisher was junior Braden Skaife, who placed fourth in the 190-pound weight class. Skaife went 2-2 on the day to score a team-high 13 points, and concluded the season with a record of 26-17 with 20 pins to his credit.

 

On Saturday, Skaife followed up a first-round bye with a loss in the quarterfinals, sending him into the consolation bracket. There he won back-to-back matches by pin, to fight his way into the third-place match. Wrestling for third place, Skaife suffered a pin in 1:40 to Trenton Frye of Royall/Wonewoc-Center.

 

Bringing home sixth-place finishes were 132-pound senior Cam Wehrle and 157-pound junior Cael Koenig, Koenig going 2-3 on the day to score 10 points and Wehrle going 1-3 to score five points.

 

Koenig concluded his junior season with a record of 30-21 with 21 pins to his credit, while Wehrle finished his senior season with a record of 12-32 with eight pins.

 

Finishing eighth in the 120-pound weight class was freshman Axel Morrow, who had a season record of 7-32, while fellow freshman Luke Wehrle did not place in the 150-pound bracket and concluded his season with a record of 12-34, and junior Emery Simerson did not place in the 175-pound bracket, concluding his season with a record of 19-23.

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