The Wilmot Panthers Wrestling Club brought home three more wrestling medals on Saturday as Twin Lakes’ Ben Spalla took 3rd place at 60-lbs, Silver Lake’s Joel Sullivan placed 6th at 110-lbs, and Wheatland’s Valerie Defilippo took 6th in the girls 65-lb weight class.
Spalla, a Randall School student, says having William Du Chemin as a practice partner has definitely made him a better wrestler.
Twin Lakes’ Ben Spalla (top), scores back-points at the wrestling state finals in Madison on Saturday. Spalla took 3rd place at 60-lbs. Back-to-back All-State – Valerie Defilippo (left), of Wheatland, took 6th in the girls 65-lb weight class at the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation State Finals in Madison on Saturday. Defillipo placed 2nd last year.Wheatland 4th-grader, Valerie Defilippo, gets a bloody nose in her first round match. She battled through the day for a 6th place medal, after her brother, Logan, won the 91-lb championship on Friday.Silver Lake’s Joel Sullivan (right) scores a takedown in his 110-lb match at Madison on Saturday. The 2-time state champion placed 6th this year.Salem School 1st-grader, Signe Peterson (left), goes on the attack in her girls 60-lb match at the Alliant Energy Center on Saturday. Peterson wrestles for the Lakeland Predators out of Antioch.Trevor’s Owen Covey gets ready to start his next match at the WWF state finals in Madison on Saturday..Reece Vendegna (grey), of Twin Lakes, goes for a big takedown here in his 51-lb weight class..State qualifier and Salem School math wizard, Soren Peterson (top), works in the advantage position in this 60-lb match at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison on Saturday.Sequence (1 of 5) = Ben Spalla, blasts in for this double-leg takedown at the opening whistle vs Colton Zehren.Sequence (2 of 5)= Ben Spalla gains control after his double-leg takedown vs Colton Zehren.Sequence (3 of 5) = Ben Spalla power-drives Colton Zehren onto his backSequence (4 of 5) = Twin Lakes’ Ben Spalla pins Colton Zehren in 14 seconds. Sequence (5 of 5) = Ben Spalla advances to the quarter-finals with a fall in 0:14.Girls 60-lb wrestler, Signe Peterson (center), comes down to the staging area to support her brother Soren in his first round match.Riverview School 3rd-grader, Colton Vroman (left), stuffs the head of Jace Anderson in this 63-lb match at the WWF state finals in Madison on Saturday.Reece Vendegna (right) looks to peel the hands and get an escape in this 51-lb match-up at the Alliant Energy Center on Saturday.Caleb Walshire, of Wilmot, sticks Parker Swenson at the 2:45 mark of this first round match at 80-lbs. Caleb Walshire (standing), has just crushed Parker Swenson’s dreams at the WWF state finals in Madison on Saturday.Wilmot Panthers Wrestling Club coaches, CJ Vroman (left) and Drew Vroman come home with 2 Champions and 5 medals in only the 3rd year of the program.
