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Wrestling History

The WIAA goes back to 1940 to determine the beginning of its wrestling tournament program.

Milwaukee Washington won the first State Meet that was held at Appleton. The next year the tournament was held at West Milwaukee before moving to Neenah for 1942. Then, because of World War II, there were no more State Meets until 1947 when it was held at West Milwaukee. Racine Park hosted the 1948 meet.

The State Tournament moved to the UW Field House in 1949 and was held at that site through 1997. In 1998, the State Individual Tournament moved to the Kohl Center in Madison. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, the individual tournaments were held at Kaukauna H.S. for Division 1, Adams-Friendship for Division 2 and Wausau East for Division 3.

The tournament followed the open class format through the years until 1980 when team champions were determined by A-B-C classes. Individual champions continued being determined by an open class through 1979 and thereafter on a three-class basis. Classes were renamed divisions beginning in 1991.

Until 1991-92, team championships were decided on the basis of a point system for individuals finishing first, second, etc., at the State (Individual) Tournament. Beginning in 1991-92, the team champion was determined in a separate team tournament series involving dual meets among the regional champions. The first two such State Team Tournaments were held at UW-Stevens Point. In 1994, the team tournament moved to West Allis Central High School where it remained through 2004 when it then moved to the UW Field House in Madison in 2005. The team tournaments in 2021 were held at the same locations as the individual tournaments, except Division 3, which was conducted at Wausau West H.S.

Kaukauna has appeared in the most State Team Tournaments since the inception of the dual format with 22. Luxemburg-Casco has 20 appearances, and Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln is next on the list with 19. Ellsworth has the fourth-most with 18, and Coleman has 17 and Stoughton follows with 16.

There have been 55 different programs that have won State team championships. Wisconsin Rapids has the most titles with 21. Luxemburg-Casco has won 14 team championships, and Mineral Point has12 titles on its ledger. Coleman is next on the list with 11, followed by Stoughton with 10. Ellsworth possesses eight championships, and Kaukauna and Milwaukee South have seven.

Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln won seven consecutive titles from 1995 through 2001. Five of Milwaukee South's titles came in succession from 1950-54. Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln has also strung together five straight titles from 2003-07, as well as four straight from 2009-2012. Four of Mineral Point's titles came in succession from 1980-83, as was Kaukauna's from 2014-17 and again from 2021-24. Winning three times in a row were Milwaukee Washington (1940-42), Coleman (1962-64 and 2010-12), Stoughton (1975-77 and 2018-20), East Troy (1986-88), Athens (1993-95), Luxemburg Casco (2001-03), Mineral Point (2007-09) and Fennimore (2022-24).

There have been 29 wrestlers that have won four individual State titles in their career. The first to accomplish the feat was Matt Hanutke of Pittsville in 1990. There were four other four-timers that won their fourth championship in the 90s, including Kraig Underwood of Athens (1992-95), Brian Slater of New Lisbon (1993-96), Scott Hady of North Crawford (1994-97) and Kevin Black of River Falls (1995-98).

Five four-time champions were added in the decade from 2000-2010, including Josh Miller of Arcadia (1999-2002), Cole Wunnicke of Ithaca (1999-2002), Bobby Wunnicke of Dodgeville (2005-08), Zac Cibula of Luxemburg-Casco (2005-08) and Nick Hagar of Tomahawk (2006-09).

Six wrestlers completed their run of four titles in the decade from 2010-19, including Jesse Thielke of Germantown (2008-11), Jarod Donar of Cuba City/Southwestern (2009-12), Jens Lantz of Ellsworth (2011-14), Hunter Marko of Amery (2013-16), Jeremy Schoenherr of Stratford (2015-18), Sam Stuhl of Prescott and Ellsworth (2015-18), and Brock Schlough of Boyceville (2016-19).

Since 2020, nine have accomplished the feat, including Keegan O'Toole of Arrowhead (2017-20), Matty Bianchi of Two Rivers (2018-21), Tanner Gerber of Cameron (2019-22), Kole Marko of St. Croix Falls (2019-22), Clayton Whiting of Oconto Falls (2019-22), Greyson Clark of Kaukauna (2020-23), Rhett Koenig of Prairie du Chien (2020-23), Braeden Scoles of Kewaskum (2020-23), Brayden Sonnentag of Cadott (2020-23), Connor Mirasola of West Bend West (2021-23), Koy Hopke of Amery (2021-23) and Dawson Johnson of Cumberland (2021-23).
 
Seventy-nine other wrestlers have won three individual championships.

Mineral Point has produced the most individual State titles with 56, and Stoughton is next with 55. Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln has produced 46, while 45 championships have been claimed by Luxemburg-Casco, and 39 by Coleman and Milwaukee South.

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