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SPORTS Page 8A ��� FREEMAN & ENTERPRISE LAKE COUNTRY MARCH 2013 Crone captures another state championship Arrowhead senior wins 132 title By Daniel Mike Freeman Staff MADISON ��� Andrew Crone wanted to finish with a bang. He certainly did just that. Crone, a senior at Arrowhead High School, finished his prep wrestling career with a 132-pound title at the WIAA Division 1 state individual tournament. He did so with a 7-2 victory over previously unbeaten Joe Umlauf of Wausau West in the title match last month at the Kohl Center. ���Just thinking that this was my last match at Arrowhead, I knew I had to give it everything I���ve got,��� Crone said. ���Just because he���s ranked ahead of me doesn���t mean I don���t expect to beat him. I���ve beaten a lot of really good kids. ���Records mean nothing. Zeros on your record mean nothing. It feels good to give Mary Langenfeld/Special to The Freeman him his first loss.��� Arrowhead���s Andrew Crone wrestles Joe Umlauf of Wausau West It was the second state title in the 132-pound title match at the WIAA Division 1 state meet. for Crone, who won the 103 title as a sophomore. A back injury bumped Crone from the medal stand last season. ���There was a little more pressure, but this feels just as good,��� Crone said of comparing the two titles. ���To win my last match like that feels really good. ���I couldn���t really control last year, got hurt in the first round and didn���t wrestle to the best of my ability This . year, I���ve been wrestling good and knew that if I do what I can I���d finish on top.��� Crone led 2-1 after the first period after Umlauf scored an escape in the closing seconds. After an Umlauf escape to start the second period, Crone took him down again for a 4-2 lead entering the third. Crone escaped early in the third period and scored another takedown for the final 7-2 decision. ���I went in with a game plan and knew what he was going to do,��� Crone said of Umlauf. ���He did exactly what I thought he���d do. ���I expected to do as well as I did.��� Crone, whose two losses came to opponents from Illinois, will wrestle at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin next season. He enjoyed finishing high school in the same city he���ll be attending college ��� even if the Badgers wrestle in the field house and not the Kohl Center. ���It���s pretty awesome,��� he said. ���I couldn���t go to a better school next year. It���s been my dream to go to Madison since I was in kindergarten. ���I didn���t expect to go in wrestling, but it���s pretty amazing being able to do that.��� Arrowhead senior Mitchell Berenz also entered the tournament with thoughts of competing for the title at 145. After a quarterfinal loss, Berenz had to refocus ��� and he battled his way back to third place. ���it was kind of a disappointment not being able to get on top,��� Berenz said. ���I got back to the hotel (the first) night and I thought, ���I���m not able to take first, but why go out losing everything? I can still take third.��� ���I knew every match was a battle, and I knew I had to push through.��� Berenz finished the tournament with a 7-0 victory over West Bend East sophomore Jordan Gundrum in the third-place match. St. John���s Northwestern senior Jordan Newman wasn���t sure he���d be wrestling in the Division 2 state tournament. While he didn���t know the initial injury at the time, Newman tore the meniscus in his right knee while wrestling about a month before state. A week later, he was doing pool work and the knee locked up on him. His meniscus got dislodged and stuck behind his kneecap, requiring surgery . ���I���m still not 100 percent better, but I wanted to do the best I could,��� he said. Newman suffered his first loss of the season in the quarterfinals, but he rebounded to finish third at 170. ���It feels good to take third,��� he said. ���I really wish I was in the first-place match against (eventual state champion Oconto Falls senior Jordan Morrissey). That���s what I was planning on all year. I wish I was in that finals match.��� Email: dmike@conleynet.com would like to thank our fair sponsors for helping to make our fair a success Healthy legs are just a phone call away... Now is the time to stop the pain, discomfort & unsightly appearance associated with varicose veins. THANK YOU SPONSORS We invite you to call or visit us today for your free consultation. n. r 229438003 231161001 Treatment may be covered by your insurance, Medicare included. 262.349.9371 www.venainstitute.com Bruce W. Cardone, M.D. Board Certified Radiologist & Phlebologist

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