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Weekly area rankings, notes, events to watch in wrestling.

AREA RANKINGS

TEAM

(Through Tuesday)

1. Elkhorn 12-1

2. Burlington 2-1

3. Cedarburg 7-0

4. Oak Creek 7-0

5. Wisconsin Lutheran 8-0

6. Whitnall 18-3

7. West Allis Central 13-3

8. Pewaukee 7-3

9. Menomonee Falls 5-4

10.Wauwatosa East/West 13-0

NOTABLE

WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: Jason Ipsarides, Cedarburg. The senior remained undefeated by winning the 152-pound title at the Oshkosh on the Water Classic, a 54-team tournament at UW-Oshkosh. In the final, Ipsarides defeated Laconia sophomore Zach Coffeen (15-3) by a 5-3 decision. Six victories in the tournament pushed Ipsarides' season record to 23-0. Ipsarides, a state qualifier a year ago, is ranked No. 9 at 152 in Division 1. In the semifinals, Ipsarides defeated Bradley Tech senior Diremious Gordon (19-3) by an 8-0 decision. Gordon had defeated Ipsarides, 20-17, in the first round of the state tournament a year ago. Ipsarides was area No. 3-ranked Cedarburg's lone champion as he led the team to a second-place finish at the tournament with 292.5 points.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Elkhorn. The Elks, ranked No. 1 in the area and No. 7 in D1 by wiwrestling.com, finished second at the 32-team Mid States Tournament at UW-Whitewater. Elkhorn sent four wrestlers to the finals, had one champion in junior Konnor Mohr (15-2 at 152) and had 13 of 14 wrestlers score points as the Elks totaled 221 points. Stoughton, ranked No. 2 in D1, won with 279 points. Elkhorn's other finalists were seniors Bryce Fitzgerald (16-2 at 126), John Olsen (14-2 at 145) and Dylan Linhart (17-1 at 220).

NOTABLE

Woodland travels: Whitnall and Pewaukee both enjoyed successful trips out of state over the holidays. Whitnall went 8-0 at a tournament at Quince Orchard High School in Gathersburg, Md. Seniors Tommy Welch (126), Anthony Senthasivouk (132), Eric Martinson (160) and Andy Rhode went undefeated. Pewaukee was 4-2 at the DeKalb (Il.) Dual tournament and finished second in its pool. Sophomore Jacob Raschka (22-0 at 170) kept his perfect season alive by going 6-0.

Bird rebounds: Burlington senior Josh Bird (16-1), the two-time state finalist and 2013 champion, rebounded from his first loss of the year by winning the 132-pound title at the Bi-State Classic in La Crosse. Bird defeated Weston/Ithaca junior Stetson Clay (18-4) by a pin in 4 minutes 40 seconds.

Costly injuries: Waterford senior Max Fisher (15-1) defeated Wisconsin Lutheran senior Antoine Garrett (18-8) by a 6-4 decision in the third round at 152 at the Oshkosh OTW Classic but it was a costly victory. Garrett went for a takedown at the buzzer and the two fell out of bounds. When Fisher landed, he dislocated an elbow and is out for an undetermined period of time. Also at the tournament, Lutheran senior Tepra Wright (18-1), the defending 126 D2 state champion, lost his first match of the year. Wright was defeated by Manitowoc junior Jose Acosta, (24-0) by a 7-6 decision in the final. Acosta, who handed Bird his first loss of the year last week, dislocated his shoulder against Wright and is expected to miss several weeks.

Tosa prevails: Wauwatosa ran its dual meet record to 13-0 by going 10-0 at the two-day Milwaukee Hamilton Holiday duals. In the key round-robin dual on the first day, Tosa defeated Kenosha Tremper, 37-35, and went on to the team title. Juniors Justin Folley (10-0 at 132) and Zach Miller (9-0 at 132/138) and seniors Ben Reagan (138/145) and Marcus Morrow (10-0 at 170) all had perfect days.

Still undefeated: Five area wrestlers emerged with titles at the OTW and remained undefeated this year: Germantown junior Zack Szohr (6-0 at 106), West Allis Hale freshman Peyton Mocco (19-0 at 113), Wilmot junior Jake Morgan (16-0 at 138), Waterford freshman Jared Krattiger (18-0 at 160) and Wisconsin Lutheran junior Quinton Reed (24-0 at 285).

COMING UP

Cheesehead Invitational, Friday and Saturday, Kaukauna; 12:30 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m. start on Saturday (4 p.m. finals): The state's only nationally ranked tournament features 29 teams from nine states. Hartford, Arrowhead, Pewaukee and Port Washington among state teams to attend. This should be Hartford junior Beau Breske's biggest challenge of the high school season.

Rocket Scramble, 9 a.m., Saturday at Cedar Grove-Belgium: Brookfield East, Kenosha Christian Life among teams scheduled to attend.