Ellsworth grapplers face top-ranked schools at quad meet Saturday

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Ellsworth High School's wrestling team hosts a meet involving some of the best prep grappling squads in Minnesota and Wisconsin Saturday starting at 11 a.m.

At the meet will be Hudson, raked No. 6 in Division 1; Wausau West, ranked No. 2 in Division 1 and Apple Valley, ranked No. 2 in Minnesota Class AAA and No. 31 nationally. The Panthers are ranked No. 4 in Division 2 and are 8-1 overall.

The match schedule is Match 1: Apple Valley vs. Hudson and Ellsworth vs. Wausau West; Match 2: Apple Valley vs. Ellsworth, Hudson vs. Wausau West; Match 3: Apple Valley vs. Wausau West and Ellsworth vs. Hudson.

Crossface Magazine's State Prep Wrestling Rankings

Division I

1. Kaukauna

2, Wausau West

3. Merrill

4. Holmen

5. Bay Port

6. Hudson

7. Elkhorn

8. Mt. Horeb/Barneveld

9. Lake Geneva Badger

10. Sauk Prairie

Special mention: Port Washington, Pulaski, Menomonie, Fort Atkinson, Burlington, Milwaukee Bradley Tech

Division II

1. Luxemburg-Casco

2. Two Rivers

3. Oconto Falls

4. Ellsworth

5. Sparta

6. Wittenberg-Birnamwood

7. Lodi

8. Mauston

9. Amery

10. Chilton/Hilbert

Special mention: St. Croix Central, Freedom, Nekoosa/Port Edwards, Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal, Pewaukee, Wrightstown, Lomira

Division III

1. Lancaster

2. Coleman

3. Clear Lake

4. Edgar

5. Mineral Point

6. Random Lake

7. Glenwood City

8. Stratford

9. Bonduel

10. Spring Valley/Elmwood

Special mention: Boyceville, Iowa-Grant/Highland, Weston/Ithaca, Reedsville, Crandon, Cumberland, Johnson Creek, Oostburg, Laconia

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