The Prairie du Chien Blackhawks Boys Wrestling team wrapped up their 2025-26 regular schedule last Thursday night by hosting Waukon, Iowa and the Onalaska/Luther co-op in a triangular on parents/senior night.

First up for the Hawks was the Onalaska/Luther co-op and the Hawks came away with a 58-24 dual win thanks to wins in 10 of the 14 weight classes.

Earning wins for the Hawks was Linus Wechsel (106 pounds), Keaton Achenbach (113 pounds), Tyson Fernette (120 pounds), Landon Thiry (132 pounds), Brylee Brewer (138 pounds), Porter Kossman (144 pounds), Mason Hird (150 pounds), Brady Baumgartner (157 pounds), Jake Kramer (165 pounds) and Jack Simmons (215 pounds).

The final dual of the night pitted the Hawks against Waukon with the visiting Indians coming away with a 59-18 dual win.

The Hawks were forced to forfeit four matches due to WIAA’s regular season limit of 50 matches. 

Going 2-0 on the night for the Hawks was Achenbach, Brewer, Hird and Baumgartner. 

The Hawks travel to Brookwood High School this Saturday for the D3 individual sectional meet.

This year features a brand new WIAA wrestling postseason setup. The top two finishers at each weight in each of the seven sectionals qualifies for the individual state meet in Madison in two weeks, while the teams that finish in the top six of team scores at the individual sectional meet this Saturday will qualify for one of seven team sectional meets in each division next Saturday. 

The seven team sectional winners plus a wild card (a runner-up from one of the team sectional meets) will advance to the team state meet at the La Crosse Center the weekend of March 6 and 7.