July was a huge month for Wisconsin wrestling. 38 wrestlers earned All-American status at USA Wrestling’s Junior and 16U National Championships, including six champions and four runners-up. Those champions were Haakon Peterson (JR MFS 106), Braeden Scoles (JR MFS 160), Noah Mulvaney (JR MFS 170), Connor Mirasola (JR MFS 195), Koy Hopke (JR MFS 285) and Ashton Miess (JR GR 160). Junior men’s freestyle tied the national record for most junior champions in a single year and had the best team result in Wisconsin history with their 2nd place finish overall. All six Wisconsin teams placed in the top 10. Links to Fargo blogs: All-American Summary, Day 1 WFS, Day 2 WFS, Day 3 MFS, Day 4 MFS, Day 5 MFS, Day 6 GR, Day 7 GR.

From State Chairperson Todd Schaaf: This has been an extremely great time for the state of Wisconsin. I want to express my congratulations to our athletes. It has been incredible to watch all your hard work pay off. I want to say thank you to the entire delegation that supports our mission. Wisconsin is represented in all areas of wrestling in Fargo by our athletes and coaches, officials, pairers, volunteers and media among others in official roles. Thank you all so much for your commitment and contribution to the success and growth of Wisconsin wrestling. A special congratulations to Casey and Cody Goessl—Casey was awarded the 2023 Dave Errett Award, and Cody was awarded the 2023 Bill Stecklein Award. I look forward to finishing the 2022-23 season strong with you all and to carrying this momentum into next season.

WI x Team USA Highlights
Kylie Welker (76kg WFS) and Mitchell Mesenbrink (74kg MFS) won gold medals at the U20 Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile, at the beginning of July. Mesenbrink will wrestle at the U20 World Championships this month in Jordan. He earned a silver medal at Worlds in 2022. Aeoden Sinclair (92kg) is representing Team USA at the U17 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. The 92kg weight class in freestyle begins August 5th.

U15 Pan Am Team Trials
The U15 Pan American Team Trials event has been scheduled for August 12th-13th at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. The champion in each of the girls weight classes and the boys with the highest point value (both styles combined) will earn the right to compete at the 2023 U15 Pan American Championships in Panama City, November 23-26. Athletes must qualify to compete.

WWF District Meetings: District meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, September 13th. The Wisconsin Wrestling Federation is divided into eight districts with a representative from each district responsible for the operation of the annual district meeting. Districts will hold elections and select kids state qualifier (formerly known as kids regional) tournament sites. District Directors for districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 are up for elections this year—current clubs and USA Wrestling leaders are eligible to vote. Please select here to confirm your district, meeting location, date and time.

WWF Annual Meeting: The annual meeting is scheduled for Sunday, October 15th at The Lodge in Mauston. This is an open meeting where we will hear from WWF State Chairperson, Todd Schaaf, and multiple other directors with their year-in-review. Up for vote this year are the positions of at-large directors. For more information on the WWF team, please visit us online here.

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