Winning titles for the Broncos on late Saturday afternoon were No. 6 Dylan Ragusin (113), No. 2 Joey Melendez (120), No. 3 Real Woods (132), Fidel Mayora (138), No. 14 Jake Stiles (145), No. 5 Will Lewan (152), and Peter Christensen (195). Three of those champions beat fellow nationally raked opponents in the final: Ragusin upended No. 4 Noah Surtin (Edwardsville, Ill.) 3-1, Melendez beat No. 16 Sam Latona (Thompson, Ala.) 5-0, while Stiles beat No. 8 Kendall Coleman (Mt. Carmel, Ill.) 3-1.
Matt Ortiz (160) added a runner-up finish for Montini, who scored 806 points for the tournament. They also had a single wrestler take third and sixth, while three others finished fourth.
Runners-up in the tournament were No. 30 Oak Park River Forest (Ill.) with 481 points. They were anchored by the weight class title earned by No. 10 Jake Rundell at 106 pounds, as he beat No. 3 Cullan Schriever (Mason City, Iowa) by a 2-1 decision in the final. Seven other wrestlers placed top eight for the Huskies, while two others placed ninth, which was the champion position in the second flight bracket.
Third place in the standings went to No. 25 Apple Valley (Minn.) with 440 points. The Eagles only had eleven starting wrestlers, as among their absences was a returning state medalist. No. 1 Gable Steveson (285) barraged his way to the title with four first period pins and a medical forfeit victory before an 18-6 major decision over No. 17 Keaton Kluever (Kaukauna, Wis.) in the championship match. Finishing as runner-up were Brady Gross (138), Nate Larson (152), and Tony Watts (170) with three others finishing in the top six (single wrestlers in fourth, fifth, and sixth).
Five Southeast Polk (Iowa) wrestlers finished between second and fifth for No. 29 team in the country on the way to 436 points and a fourth place finish. The Rams added one ninth place finish, and were led by the runner-up finish of Gabe Christenson (195).
Ten top eight finishes for No. 40 Kasson-Mantorville (Minn.) were second most of any team in the tournament. However, none of those Komet wrestlers finished higher than sixth; it was four in sixth and eighth, with two seventh. Absent from the lineup was Super 32 Challenge champion Patrick Kennedy (170). They finished fifth in the standings with 421 points.
Sixth place in the standings went to No. 37 Simley (Minn.) with 378.5 points. The Spartans had five finishers in the top seven with two others placing ninth. No. 2 Daniel Kerkvliet (220) led the way with six first period pins from six matches. Finishing as runner-up was Jake Gliva (126), while those finishes were augmented by a pair placing sixth and one placing seventh.
The host school, Kaukauna (Wis.) placed event with 361 points despite placing just four wrestlers in the top eight. However, three of those wrestlers for the Ghosts were in the finals, Zach Lee (170) was champion while Bryce Alsteen (182) and No. 17 Keaton Kluever (285) finished second.
Eighth in the standings was No. 48 Mt. Carmel (Ill.) with 347 points, as the Caravan had six wrestlers place in the top seven, single wrestlers each taking second through seventh. The runner-up finish was earned by No. 8 Kendall Coleman (145).
Rounding out the weight class champions were Luke Odom (Edwardsville, Ill.) at 126 pounds, No. 8 Tyler Dow (Stoughton, Wis.) at 160, and No. 7Jared Krattiger (Waterford, Wis.) at 182.
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