Friday, January 2
The Clash at LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Pool play
Evansville, Wisc. 35, Xavier 32
Xavier 52, Caledonia, Minn. 18
Xavier 54, Owatonna, Minn. 15
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Spartan Wrestling Annual Tournament (SWAT)
At Sanford, Maine
Team results after day 1 (top 10): Shawsheen Valley Tech (MA) 141½, 2. Timberlane Regional (NH) 108½, 3. Saint John’s Prep (MA) 103, 4. Danbury 65½, 5. Massabesic 57, 6. North Providence (RI) 49½, 7. Bonny Eagle (ME) and Timberlane B 47½, 9. Mountain Valley and Mt. Ararat-Brunswick 46
Of note: Shawsheen has 14 wrestlers left in the tournament including 10 in the championship round. Saint John’s Prep has 18 wrestlers left – six in the championship bracket and 12 in the consolation bracket. Danbury has 12 wrestlers remaining, including four in the championship bracket.
2026 SWAT brackets and results (FloArena)
Evansville, WI 35, Xavier 32
At LaCrosse, WI
172 Thomas Heiser (E) dec. Vinnie Rivera (X) 7-5; 189 Chase Catalano (X) tech fall Adryan Wessels (E) 19-3; 215 Kaden Butts (E) pin Dylan Marshall (X) 1:20; 285 Tanner Zastoupil (E) pin Nick Delsanto (X) 1:13; 107 Josh Perez (X) pin Caleb Schmitz (E) 0:33; 114 Collin Frey (E) pin Treyden Beam (X) 2:28; 121 Zack Dixon (X) dec. Kolten Bollig (E) 13-1; 127 Benjamin Braunschweig (E) dec. Mark Patruszka (X) 8-6; 133 Alexander DePratti (X) pin Brandon Staver (E) 2:26; 139 Liam Crandall (E) pin Zaphyr Musshorn (X) 3:00; 145 Braylon Gonzalez (X) tech fall Race Howlett (E) 19-3; 152 Lincoln Keller (E) dec Alex Stahl (X) 17-1; 160 Ben Romero (X) forfeit
Records: Xavier 1-1
Of note: Evansville is ranked No. 9 in the latest Wisconsin Division II poll.
Xavier 52, Caledonia, Minn. 18
At LaCrosse, WI
189 Will Allen (C) pin Harrison Reed (X) 0:34; 215 Cooper Allen (C) pin Dylan Marshall (X) 0:08; 285 Anthony Von Arx (C) pin Nick Delsanto (X) 2:59; 107 Josh Perez (X) pin Kiptyn Meiners (C) 2:42; 114 Jason DeMarco (X) tech fall Jace Conway (C) 20-4; 121 Zack Dixon (X) dec. Luke Von Arx (C) 19-2; 127 Mark Patruszka (X) dec. Aiden Burns (C) 9-5; 133 Alexander DePratti (X) tech fall Nolan Conway (C) 16-1; 139 Zaphyr Musshorn (X) tech fall Aaren Kulas (C) 16-1; 145 Braylon Gonzalez (X) pin Hunter Frank (C) 0:37; 152 Alex Stahl (X) tech fall Dawson Geiwitz (C) 16-0; 160 Ben Romero (X) forfeit; 172 Chase Catalano (X) forfeit
Records: Xavier 2-1
Xavier 54, Owatonna, Minn. 15
At LaCrosse, WI
215 Dylan Marshall (X) forfeit; 285 Kaden Keller (OW) pin Nick Delsanto (X) 5:08; 107 Josh Perez (X) tech fall Miles Aase (OW) 19-3; 114 Evan Langford (X) dec. Mason Sorensen (OW) 15-5; 121 Zack Dixon (X) tech fall Jacob Wilson (OW) 20-1; 127 Anthony Sarcia (X) pin Jacob Ryks (OW); 133 Gabe Robb (OW) dec. Alexander DePratti (X) 6-3; 139 Zaphyr Musshorn (X) pin Owen Flatland (OW) 1:13; 145 Alex Stahl (X) pin Drake Johnson (OW) 0:52; 152 Braylon Gonzalez (X) dec. Noah Calhoun (OW) 17-2; 160 Riley Kreeger (OW) pin Ben Romero (X) 0:28; 172 Chase Catalano (X) dec. Will Frantesl (OW) 19-3; 189 Vinnie Rivera (X) pin Chase Grunwald (OW) 2:37
Records: Xavier 3-1
Of note: With two wins in the consolation bracket, Xavier finished fifth in their pool of eight teams and will face Hononegah, Illinois, Apple Valley, Minn., and Delta, Ohio in Saturday’s pool play.
