Here are 37 wrestlers to watch at the WIAA boys and girls state tournament

The WIAA individual state boys wrestling tournament is Thursday through Saturday at the Kohl Center in Madison, with prelims beginning at 3 p.m. Thursday.

The girls state tournament is being held at the Kohl Center for the first time and will run concurrently, with their prelims also starting at 3 p.m.

Division 2 and 3 quarterfinals begin around 11 a.m. Friday. Semifinals in all three boys divisions and girls start at 7 p.m. Friday. Championship matches are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Here's 37 wrestlers in the Appleton, Oshkosh and Fond du Lac area to watch across all divisions and genders.

BOYS

Division 1

Brock Arndt, jr., Appleton North (30-1): Ranked No. 2 at 220 pounds. Finished third at 195 in 2022. Will face Milwaukee Lutheran's Jonte Watt (26-6) in opening match.

Greyson Clark, sr., Kaukauna (44-0): Three-time defending state champion is the top-ranked wrestler at 138. Won state titles at 138 (2022), 126 (2021) and 106 (2020). Will face Wilmot's Logan Defillippo (35-9) in opening match.

Liam Crook, fr., Kaukauna (41-4): Second-ranked at 160. Will face Wisconsin Rapids' Bennett Weidman (43-11) in opening round.

Judah Hammen, sr., Kaukauna (37-9): Second-ranked at 170. Will face Reedsburg's Devin Judd (37-12) in prelim.

Declan Koch, fr., Neenah (36-5): Second-ranked at 113. Will face Oregon's Evan Fahey (36-8) in prelim.

Karsen Otis, sr., Kimberly (38-5): Fourth-ranked at 152 and finished third at 152 in 2022. Will face Shawano's Carsen Herm (38-11) in prelim.

Lucas Peters, jr., Kaukauna (41-4): Top-ranked at 126 and was state runner-up at 120 in 2022. Will face Reedsburg's Trenton Curtin (31-10) in prelim.

Wyatt Skebba, sr., Hortonville (37-1): Top-ranked wrestler in his weight class by Wisconsin Grappler online. Was state runner-up at 113 in 2022 and 106 in 2021. Will face Pulaski's Broc Ambrosius (21-12) in prelim.

Jake Stoffel, jr., Appleton North (40-1): Top-ranked wrestler at 152. Placed third at 132 in 2022. Will face Oak Creek's Jackson Villarreal (30-14) in prelim.

Bryan Winans, sr., Kaukauna (42-3): Second-ranked at 132 and placed third at 126 in 2022. Will face at Waukesha's Ben Lauer (34-13) in prelim.

Division 2

Nick Alexander, sr., Wrightstown (43-3): Ranked second at 152. Placed third at 145 in 2022. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Ostin Blanchard, sr., Campbellsport (47-1): Is No. 2-ranked wrestler at 126. Placed third at 126 in 2022 and sixth at 120 in 2021. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Bryce Crowley, sr., Omro (40-4): Ranked No. 3 at 145. Placed fifth at 132 in 2022. Will face Delavan-Darien's Jacob Dutton (38-13) in prelim.

Ayden Hart, sr., Winneconne (43-4): Ranked No. 5 at 145. Placed third at 138 in 2022. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Brody Hart, jr., Winneconne (23-1): Ranked No. 3 at 138. Was sixth at 132 in 2022 and won 120-pound title in 2021. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Bob Huntley, so., Brillion (42-3): Ranked No. 3 at 120. Was sixth at 113 in 2022. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Wyatt Magolski, jr., New London (43-4): Ranked No. 3 at 113. Was third at 106 in 2022. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Logan Mueller, so., Brillion (42-1): Ranked No. 2 at 106. Was second at 106 in 2022. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Damon Schmidt, sr., Brillion (39-6): Ranked No. 4 at 220. Will face Medford's Braxton Weissmiller (34-20) in prelim.

Logan See, sr., Chilton/Hilbert (33-4): Ranked No. 6 at 285. Will face St. Croix Falls' Kasey Johnson (41-6) in prelims.

Ryan Tomazevic, sr., Seymour (34-2): Fourth-ranked at 138. Finished fifth at 138 in 2022. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Jack Van Rossum, sr., Freedom (45-7): Ranked second at 170. Will face Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern's Cael Donar (36-13) in prelim.

Nathan VandeHey, sr., Freedom (51-3): Top-ranked at 145. Finished second at 145 in 2022 and third at 132 in 2021. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Hunter Vander Heiden, so., Freedom (48-6): Ranked No. 4 at 285. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Joseph Volz, jr., Campbellsport (46-5): Ranked No. 3 at 220. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Division 3

Mason Carpenter, jr., Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian (46-2): Ranked No. 4 at 126. Placed second at 120 in 2022 and fifth at 106 in 2021. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Brad Demerath, sr., Shiocton (40-4): Ranked No. 2 at 170. Will face Independence/Gilman's Gavin Bragger (39-11) in prelim.

Vanden Hoffman, jr., Weyauwega-Fremont (45-2): Top-ranked at 220. Received bye into quarterfinals.

Izaiah Sanchez, fr., Shiocton (41-7): Ranked No. 2 at 113. Will face Random Lake's Chase Koepp (25-8) in prelim.

GIRLS

Lillie Banks, fr., Menasha (31-3): Ranked No. 2 at 126. Will face West De Pere's Bella Bolek (24-6) in prelim.

Brianna Derouin, sr., Menasha (28-2): Ranked No. 5 at 107. Finished fifth at 107 in 2022. Will face Seymour's Ava Peters (6-1) in prelim.

Sophia Galoff, jr., Brillion (17-2): No. 2 ranked wrestler at 132. Finished second at 138 in 2022. Will face Cadott's Maria Cuahua (4-7) in prelim.

Arial Haemmerle, sr., Winneconne (10-1): Top-ranked at 220 but wrestling a class lower at 185. Finished third at 185 in 2022. Will face Martin Luther's Natalie Gratschmayr (10-1) in prelim.

Hailie Krueger, so., New London (25-1): Top-ranked wrestler at 145 and is defending 145 state champion. Will face Janesville Parker's (6-2) in prelim.

Kara Kuge, jr., Lomira (20-2): Ranked No. 4 at 152. Will face Lakeland/Mercer's Olivia Brown (7-6) in prelim.

Ava Peters, fr., Seymour (6-1): Ranked No. 3 at 107. Will face Menasha's Brianna Derouin (28-2) in prelim.

Samantha Meyer, jr., Chilton/Hilbert (24-4): Ranked No. 7 at 165 and was sixth at 165 in 2022. Will face Durand's Katherine Sillars (0-0) in prelim.

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