Roy places first in Oshkosh as Rebel Jays pile on match wins as team

In the largest and most prestigious wrestling tournament of the season for the Wabeno-Laona-Three Lakes varsity wrestling team, Reegan Roy placed first in the 106-pound weight class at the Lourdes on the Water (OTW) Wrestling Classic late last month. He joined his teammates through a two-event holiday period where they collectively contributed more than 50 individual match victories and several top-five finishes.
The Lourdes OTW event was held at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and drew wrestlers from 64 high schools in front of thousands at the Kolf Sports Center. Since the co-op’s inception between the high schools of Wabeno, Laona and Three Lakes, Roy is the first member of the Rebel Jays to capture a title here, finishing the two-day event with a perfect 6-0 record.
His win to get into the first-place match was against the top-rated Division 3 wrestler in his weight bracket, Zander Mueller, of Brillion High School. He then defeated August Lubinski in the championship match by a 12-4 major decision. Roy is now 26-1 and is rated the top high school wrestler in the state at 106 pounds according to the popular website Wisconsin Grappler. “Reegan is hyper focused and is always willing to put in the extra work to reach his goals,” head coach Seth Senter said after the top placement in Oshkosh. “He is very easy to coach and always understands and follows the match strategies that coach (Colin) Schubert and I help him set. This kid just wants to win and, so far, he has been controlling nearly every aspect of the high-profile matches.”
Roy was joined by his freshman teammate Ryker Schingeck (120 lbs.) in earning a podium finish in Oshkosh as Schingeck went 6-2 in the tournament and worked his way from a quarterfinal loss to Ethan Bast of West Bend West to a fourth-place finish by winning three of his final four matches. Schingeck is off to a 13-3 start in his first year on the varsity squad.
According to Senter, a high finish at the Lourdes OTW Wrestling Classic is a good barometer of where the team sits deep into the season.
“This event attracts the best wrestlers throughout the state,” he said. “The competition and atmosphere here is very similar to those found at state championship matches and it was very gratifying to see our kids performing so well.”
Max Clark (113 lbs.), Jayse Demerath (126 lbs.) and Brody Hoffman (175 lbs.) were other Rebel Jays with winning records in Oshkosh as each shared 3-2 records in the event. The three grapplers were each coming off strong performances in the previous week at the Shawano High School Holiday Classic where Clark, competing at a JV level, placed first, while Demerath and Hoffman placed sixth in their respective weight classes.
Three Lakes High School senior wrestler Noah Kincaid (165 lbs.) was 1-2 in Oshkosh, but placed second while competing at the JV level in Shawano as he won by pin and another by decision on his way to a second-place finish. Kincaid finished the holiday period with a 3-3 record while contributing 16 points.
While others on the team, including Naaman Stanley, Sawyer Jameson, Levi Shepard, Worawat Thawonwan and Nolan Milham did not have winning records, each won at least one match and Shepard had two pin wins and a major decision to his credit in Shawano. Shepard and Milham won their 10th varsity match of the season during the holiday tournaments.
Coach Senter also called out the performances of Michael Milligan, Yukon Volk, Cameron Tilton and Kyra Beaber as each scored victories in JV action during the last couple of weeks, with Tilton reaching a top placement at 126 pounds with a 3-0 record, all by pin.
The team will compete this Thursday, January 9, at Lena High School with a quad event at 5 p.m. followed by another large invitational at New London High School on Saturday, Jan. 11, beginning at 9:30 a.m.