The new year is approaching, which means the WIAA postseason in wrestling isn't far off.Regionals will be held Feb. 14-15, with sectionals the following weekend before the individual state tournament commences Feb. 27 to March 1 at the Kohl Center in Madison. The state team tournament will be held March 7-8 at the UW Field House in Madison.The Appleton area is blessed with a number of standout wrestlers, including defending Division 1 state champions Jacob Herm of Neenah and Liam Crook of Kaukauna.Here's a look at the top boys wrestlers in the Appleton area as we near the midway point of the season.Tellyer Alix, sr., Weyauwega-Fremont Is ranked sixth at 190 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament last season at 190 pounds, then went 0-1 at the state meet. Finished third at the Dodgeland sectional and placed second at the Central Wisconsin Conference Championships a year ago. Josue Azuara, so., Weyauwega-Fremont Is ranked 12th at 120 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 113 pounds and went 0-1 at the state meet. Finished third at the Dodgeland sectional. Placed first at the CWC Championships. Carter Birdyshaw, so., Weyauwega-Fremont Is ranked fifth at 144 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 132 pounds and went 0-2 at the tournament. Finished first at the Dodgeland sectional. Placed first at the CWC Championships. Cash Botting, jr., Hortonville Is ranked fifth at 138 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished sixth at 126 pounds at the Division 1 state tournament last season. Finished first at the Division 1 Kimberly sectional and first at the Fox Valley Association Championships. Blake Carton, sr., Shiocton Is ranked third at 175 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 150 pounds at the Division 3 state tournament. Finished first at the Bonduel sectional and first at the CWC Championships. Vincent Cook, sr., Freedom Is ranked fifth at 175 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 2 state meet at 165 pounds, where he went 0-1. Finished third at the Oconto Falls sectional. Liam Crook, jr., Kaukauna Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 175 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Won the 165-pound state championship in Division 1 last season and finished the season with an unbeaten record. Finished first at the Kimberly sectional. Kolin DeGroot, jr., Kaukauna Is ranked sixth at 165 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 1 state tournament at 150 pounds, then went 0-2 at the state meet. Finished second at the Kimberly sectional and second at the FVA conference meet. Mason Demerath, jr., Shiocton Is ranked ninth at 132 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified at 120 pounds for the Division 3 state meet, then went 0-1 at state. Finished third at the Bonduel sectional and first at the CWC Championships. Andy DiPiazza, so., Kaukauna Is ranked fifth at 126 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 106 pounds at the Division 1 state tournament last season after taking first at the Kimberly sectional and first at the FVA conference meet. Jacob Herm, sr., Neenah Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 165 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Won the state title at 144 pounds last season and finished with an unbeaten record. Finished first at the Kimberly sectional and the FVA conference meet. Bob Huntley, sr., Brillion Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 132 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 126 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament a year ago. Finished first at the Oconto Falls sectional and first at the Eastern Wisconsin Conference Championships. Jordan Jahnke, sr., Shiocton Is ranked fourth at 157 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished sixth at 144 pounds at the Division 3 state tournament last year. Took second at the Bonduel sectional and first at the CWC Championships. Connor Johnson, sr., Weyauwega-Fremont Is ranked fifth at 157 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 157 pounds. Went 0-1 at the state tournament. Finished second at the Dodgeland sectional and first at the CWC Championships. Colton Klug, so., Brillion Is ranked fifth at 150 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 2 state tournament at 138 pounds and went 1-2 at the state meet. Placed third at the Oconto Falls sectional. Finished first at 144 pounds at the Eastern Wisconsin Conference Championships. Declan Koch, jr., Neenah Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 157 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 138 pounds at the Division 1 state tournament last season. Finished first at the Kimberly sectional and first at the FVA conference meet. Austin Kufner, jr., Fox Valley Lutheran Is ranked third at 175 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified at 150 pounds for the Division 2 state tournament, then lost his only match at state. Finished third at the Oconto Falls sectional. Peyton Lee, sr., Kaukauna Is ranked third at 157 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished fourth at the Division 1 state tournament at 157 pounds after taking first at the Kimberly sectional. Finished first at 165 pounds at the FVA conference meet. Cael Leisgang, jr., Seymour Is ranked third at 215 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished fifth at 215 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament. Finished third at the Oconto Falls sectional. Nehemiah Lendobeja, jr., Kaukauna Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 285 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished sixth at the Division 1 state meet at 285 pounds. Finished second at the Kimberly sectional and second at the FVA conference meet. Jaydon LeNoble, so., Weyauwega-Fremont Is ranked fourth at 113 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 106 pounds, losing his only match. Finished first at the Dodgeland sectional. Placed first at the CWC Championships. Carter McDaniel, sr., Weyauwega-Fremont Is ranked fifth at 175 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished fourth at 165 pounds at the Division 3 state tournament. Finished first at the Dodgeland sectional and first at the CWC Championships. Austin McHugh, sr., Hortonville Is ranked 11th at 215 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 1 state tournament at 215 pounds last year and lost his only match. Finished first at the Kimberly sectional and second at the FVA conference meet. Logan Mueller, sr., Brillion Is ranked second at 126 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Took fifth at 120 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament. Placed third at the Oconto Falls sectional. Finished first at the Eastern Wisconsin Conference Championships. Aidan Peters, so., Seymour Is ranked fifth at 132 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 2 state tournament at 113 pounds and went 1-2. Finished second at the Oconto Falls sectional. Ilijah Sanchez, sr., ShioctonIs ranked third at 215 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 190 pounds, where he went 0-2. Finished first at the Bonduel sectional and was first at the CWC Championships. Izaiah Sanchez, jr., Shiocton Is ranked fifth at 138 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 126 pounds and took fourth place. Finished second at the Bonduel sectional and was first at the CWC Championships. Nolan Skebba, sr., Hortonville Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 150 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished third at 132 pounds at the Division 1 state tournament last season after finishing second at the Kimberly sectional. Parker Spierings, so., Brillion Is ranked fourth at 120 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished fifth at 106 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament. Finished second at Oconto Falls sectional and took first at the Eastern Wisconsin Conference Championships. Brady Sprangers, jr., Kaukauna Is ranked fifth at 190 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 1 state tournament at 175 pounds and went 2-2 at the state meet. Finished second at the Kimberly sectional and second at the FVA conference meet. Peter Tomazevic, sr., Freedom Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 138 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 132 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament. Finished first at the Oconto Falls sectional. Hunter Vander Heiden, sr., Freedom Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 285 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 285 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament. Took first place at the Oconto Falls sectional. Holdyn Volkman, so., Shiocton Is ranked ninth at 120 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished sixth at 106 pounds at the Division 3 state tournament. Took third place at the Bonduel sectional and was second at the CWC Championships. Others to watchZander Baehnman, so., Weyauwega-Fremont; Perry Baehr, jr., Kaukauna; Logan Boehnlein, so., Seymour; Isaiah Carton, sr., Shiocton; Jack Cleereman, jr., Hortonville; Easton Felchlin, so., Wrightstown; Gregory Hellendrung, fr., Chilton/Hilbert; Ben Hilbert, so., Appleton West; Tucker Keberlein, fr., Shiocton; Preston Krueger, so., New London; Zander Mueller, fr., Brillion; Kaden Roth, jr., Neenah; Nick Jenkins, sr., Kaukauna; Landen Sheppard, so., Neenah; Hunter Taff, fr., Kaukauna; Henry Vander Heiden, sr., Freedom; Trenton VanSchyndel, fr., Kaukauna; Abdelrahman Zeineldin, sr., Appleton West.

The new year is approaching, which means the WIAA postseason in wrestling isn’t far off. The state team tournament will be held March 7-8 at the UW Field House in Madison.Here’s a look at the top boys wrestlers in the Appleton area as we near the midway point of the season.Is ranked third at 215 […]

The new year is approaching, which means the WIAA postseason in wrestling isn’t far off.

The state team tournament will be held March 7-8 at the UW Field House in Madison.Here’s a look at the top boys wrestlers in the Appleton area as we near the midway point of the season.Is ranked third at 215 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 190 pounds, where he went 0-2. Finished first at the Bonduel sectional and was first at the CWC Championships. The Appleton area is blessed with a number of standout wrestlers, including defending Division 1 state champions Jacob Herm of Neenah and Liam Crook of Kaukauna.

Tellyer Alix, sr., Weyauwega-Fremont

Is ranked sixth at 190 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament last season at 190 pounds, then went 0-1 at the state meet. Finished third at the Dodgeland sectional and placed second at the Central Wisconsin Conference Championships a year ago. Josue Azuara, so., Weyauwega-Fremont Is ranked 12th at 120 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 113 pounds and went 0-1 at the state meet. Finished third at the Dodgeland sectional. Placed first at the CWC Championships. Carter Birdyshaw, so., Weyauwega-Fremont Is ranked fifth at 144 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 132 pounds and went 0-2 at the tournament. Finished first at the Dodgeland sectional. Placed first at the CWC Championships. Cash Botting, jr., Hortonville Is ranked fifth at 138 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished sixth at 126 pounds at the Division 1 state tournament last season. Finished first at the Division 1 Kimberly sectional and first at the Fox Valley Association Championships. Blake Carton, sr., Shiocton Is ranked third at 175 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 150 pounds at the Division 3 state tournament. Finished first at the Bonduel sectional and first at the CWC Championships. Vincent Cook, sr., Freedom Is ranked fifth at 175 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 2 state meet at 165 pounds, where he went 0-1. Finished third at the Oconto Falls sectional. Liam Crook, jr., Kaukauna Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 175 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Won the 165-pound state championship in Division 1 last season and finished the season with an unbeaten record. Finished first at the Kimberly sectional. Kolin DeGroot, jr., Kaukauna Is ranked sixth at 165 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 1 state tournament at 150 pounds, then went 0-2 at the state meet. Finished second at the Kimberly sectional and second at the FVA conference meet. Mason Demerath, jr., Shiocton Is ranked ninth at 132 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified at 120 pounds for the Division 3 state meet, then went 0-1 at state. Finished third at the Bonduel sectional and first at the CWC Championships. Andy DiPiazza, so., Kaukauna Is ranked fifth at 126 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 106 pounds at the Division 1 state tournament last season after taking first at the Kimberly sectional and first at the FVA conference meet. Jacob Herm, sr., Neenah Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 165 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Won the state title at 144 pounds last season and finished with an unbeaten record. Finished first at the Kimberly sectional and the FVA conference meet. Bob Huntley, sr., Brillion Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 132 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 126 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament a year ago. Finished first at the Oconto Falls sectional and first at the Eastern Wisconsin Conference Championships. Jordan Jahnke, sr., Shiocton Is ranked fourth at 157 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished sixth at 144 pounds at the Division 3 state tournament last year. Took second at the Bonduel sectional and first at the CWC Championships. Connor Johnson, sr., Weyauwega-Fremont Is ranked fifth at 157 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 157 pounds. Went 0-1 at the state tournament. Finished second at the Dodgeland sectional and first at the CWC Championships. Colton Klug, so., Brillion Is ranked fifth at 150 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 2 state tournament at 138 pounds and went 1-2 at the state meet. Placed third at the Oconto Falls sectional. Finished first at 144 pounds at the Eastern Wisconsin Conference Championships. Declan Koch, jr., Neenah Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 157 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 138 pounds at the Division 1 state tournament last season. Finished first at the Kimberly sectional and first at the FVA conference meet. Austin Kufner, jr., Fox Valley Lutheran Is ranked third at 175 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified at 150 pounds for the Division 2 state tournament, then lost his only match at state. Finished third at the Oconto Falls sectional. Peyton Lee, sr., Kaukauna Is ranked third at 157 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished fourth at the Division 1 state tournament at 157 pounds after taking first at the Kimberly sectional. Finished first at 165 pounds at the FVA conference meet. Cael Leisgang, jr., Seymour Is ranked third at 215 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished fifth at 215 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament. Finished third at the Oconto Falls sectional. Nehemiah Lendobeja, jr., Kaukauna Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 285 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished sixth at the Division 1 state meet at 285 pounds. Finished second at the Kimberly sectional and second at the FVA conference meet. Jaydon LeNoble, so., Weyauwega-Fremont Is ranked fourth at 113 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 106 pounds, losing his only match. Finished first at the Dodgeland sectional. Placed first at the CWC Championships. Carter McDaniel, sr., Weyauwega-Fremont Is ranked fifth at 175 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished fourth at 165 pounds at the Division 3 state tournament. Finished first at the Dodgeland sectional and first at the CWC Championships. Austin McHugh, sr., Hortonville Is ranked 11th at 215 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 1 state tournament at 215 pounds last year and lost his only match. Finished first at the Kimberly sectional and second at the FVA conference meet. Logan Mueller, sr., Brillion Is ranked second at 126 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Took fifth at 120 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament. Placed third at the Oconto Falls sectional. Finished first at the Eastern Wisconsin Conference Championships. Aidan Peters, so., Seymour Is ranked fifth at 132 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 2 state tournament at 113 pounds and went 1-2. Finished second at the Oconto Falls sectional.

Ilijah Sanchez, sr., Shiocton

Is ranked fifth at 138 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 3 state tournament at 126 pounds and took fourth place. Finished second at the Bonduel sectional and was first at the CWC Championships.

Izaiah Sanchez, jr., Shiocton

Regionals will be held Feb. 14-15, with sectionals the following weekend before the individual state tournament commences Feb. 27 to March 1 at the Kohl Center in Madison. Nolan Skebba, sr., Hortonville Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 150 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished third at 132 pounds at the Division 1 state tournament last season after finishing second at the Kimberly sectional. Parker Spierings, so., Brillion Is ranked fourth at 120 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished fifth at 106 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament. Finished second at Oconto Falls sectional and took first at the Eastern Wisconsin Conference Championships. Brady Sprangers, jr., Kaukauna Is ranked fifth at 190 pounds in Division 1 by wisconsingrappler.com. Qualified for the Division 1 state tournament at 175 pounds and went 2-2 at the state meet. Finished second at the Kimberly sectional and second at the FVA conference meet. Peter Tomazevic, sr., Freedom Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 138 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 132 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament. Finished first at the Oconto Falls sectional. Hunter Vander Heiden, sr., Freedom Is ranked No. 1 in the state at 285 pounds in Division 2 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished second at 285 pounds at the Division 2 state tournament. Took first place at the Oconto Falls sectional. Holdyn Volkman, so., Shiocton Is ranked ninth at 120 pounds in Division 3 by wisconsingrappler.com. Finished sixth at 106 pounds at the Division 3 state tournament. Took third place at the Bonduel sectional and was second at the CWC Championships. Others to watchZander Baehnman, so., Weyauwega-Fremont; Perry Baehr, jr., Kaukauna; Logan Boehnlein, so., Seymour; Isaiah Carton, sr., Shiocton; Jack Cleereman, jr., Hortonville; Easton Felchlin, so., Wrightstown; Gregory Hellendrung, fr., Chilton/Hilbert; Ben Hilbert, so., Appleton West; Tucker Keberlein, fr., Shiocton; Preston Krueger, so., New London; Zander Mueller, fr., Brillion; Kaden Roth, jr., Neenah; Nick Jenkins, sr., Kaukauna; Landen Sheppard, so., Neenah; Hunter Taff, fr., Kaukauna; Henry Vander Heiden, sr., Freedom; Trenton VanSchyndel, fr., Kaukauna; Abdelrahman Zeineldin, sr., Appleton West.