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From the South Milwaukee School District … good luck at state!

Saturday was another banner day for the South Milwaukee Rocket Wrestling team!

The Rockets set a school record by qualifying FIVE wrestlers for the WIAA State Individual Tournament next weekend.

STATE WRESTLING QUALIFIERS

Calvin Shilling (11) took 2nd place at Sectionals at 152 lbs 

Tanner Dorangrichia (11) took 2nd place at Sectionals at 160 lbs

Ben Zbikowski (12) took 2nd place at Sectionals at 170 lbs

Josh Wilkowski (12) was the Sectional Champion at 182 lbs

Tom Mitchell (12) was the Sectional Champion at 195 lbs

Division 1 matches begin at 3:00pm on Thursday starting at the lower weight classes and should be live streamed on the following website:

http://msn.foxsports.com/wisconsin/prep-zone-stream

Additionally, Kenny Senner (12) at 285 took 3rd place just narrowly missing out on qualifying.

Good luck at State to Coach Shilling, Coach Sino, Coach Simmons & Coach Ratka and good luck Rockets!!

The South Milwaukee wrestling team lost to Burlington in a WIAA team sectional on Tuesday … but this team’s successful season is not over yet.

Next up for the Rockets: the individual sectional on Saturday. This, after winning the WIAA regional championship last weekend. Congratulations!

Here are details from the school district …

Congratulations to the Rocket Wrestling Team on their WIAA Regional Championship on Saturday!

• South Milwaukee – 229 pts
• Oak Creek – 222 pts
• Franklin – 209 pts
• Tech – 153 pts
• Cudahy/SF – 102.5 pts
• Pulaski – 67 pts
• Bay View – 31 pts

REGIONAL CHAMPIONS

• Ben Zbikowski (170)
• Josh Wilkowski (182)
• Tom Mitchell (195)
• Kenny Senner (285)

2nd PLACE IN REGIONALS

• Ted Swanson (126)
• McCoy Swanson (132)
• Calvin Shilling (152)
• Tanner Dorangrichia (160)

3rd PLACE IN REGIONALS

• Conrad Shilling (106)
• Victor DeLao (113)
• Gage Keene (138)

4th PLACE IN REGIONALS

• Shawn Garrett (145)
• Jeremy Ratka (220)

INDIVIDUAL SECTIONAL

On Saturday at 10:00am the Rockets all will compete in the Individual Sectionals at Racine Horlick HS. Here is the info on tickets and schedule of matches.

Time Schedule:

• 7:45am—School opens (Enter building through tennis court doors on the West end)
• 10:00am (approximate)—Quarter Finals (Continuous wrestling on 3 mats)
• 12:00-12:30pm (approximate) —Lunch Break
• 12:30pm (approximate)—Semi Finals (Continuous wrestling on 3 mats)
• 1:30-1:45pm—Break
• 1:45pm (approximate)—Finals and Wrestle Backs

Ticket Prices

• Anyone showing up for ALL Sessions (Rounds 1-5) pays the following rate: $8 Child/Student/Adult
• Anyone showing up for the Second Session and Finals pays the following rate: $6 Child/Student/Adult
• Anyone just showing up for the Finals pays the following rate: $5 Child/Student/Adult

Congratulations to the South Milwaukee wrestling team, which took second in the Woodland Conference meet last weekend and saw five of its wrestlers win individual titles. Good luck on the road to state!

From the South Milwaukee School District …

The Rockets took 2nd as a team in the dual match season with a 7-1 record. The Rockets also took 2nd as a team in the Woodland Conference Tournament held last Saturday as well. Great job this season thus far for Rocket Wrestling and Coach Shilling, Coach Sino and Coach Simmons. 

Of special note is the fact that the Rockets took home 5 Conference Championships which is a school record!!! Great work Rockets!

Rocket Conference Champion Wrestlers

• Tanner Dorangrichia – 160
• Ben Zbikowski – 170
• Josh Wilkowski – 182
• Tom Mitchell – 195
• Kenny Senner – 285

3rd Place Wrestlers

• Victor DeLao – 113
• Calvin Shilling – 152
• Jeremy Ratka – 220

4th Place Wrestler

• Conrad Shilling – 106

WIAA REGIONALS

The Rockets next travel to Bay View High School on Saturday, February 15th to wrestle in WIAA Regionals. Matches are scheduled to start at 9:45am. Tickets are $5 for the entire session and $4 for the finals only.