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By Paul Lecker
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
A number of former local high school athletes have moved on to the next level and are playing sports collegiately across the country.
Periodically, MarshfieldAreaSports.com will publish a College Sports Roundup updating readers on some of those local athletes’ exploits at the collegiate level.
Schoenfuss ends sophomore year for UWO wrestling
A.J. Schoenfuss, a 2018 graduate of Stratford High School, finished his sophomore season for the UW-Oshkosh wrestling team at the NCAA Division III Upper Midwest Regional on Feb. 28-29 in Minneapolis.
Schoenfuss went 1-2 with a pin at the regional tournament as Oshkosh finished 11th in the team standings.
Schoenfuss, a three-time WIAA Division 3 individual state champion at Stratford, ended the year with a 16-17 record at 133 pounds, that included eight pins. He was 24-11 at 125 pounds as a freshman.
Schwanebeck-Ostermann heading to nationals
Bentley Schwanebeck-Ostermann, a 2019 graduate of Marshfield High School, is a sophomore on the Augsburg (Minn.) University wrestling team that has eight wrestlers headed to the NCAA Division III national tournament at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on March 13-14.
Schwanebeck-Ostermann is 20-9 this season with three major decisions, two technical falls and six pins. He competed in seven tournaments this season at 174 pounds, winning the individual title at the Auggie-Adidas Invitational on Nov. 23, placing second at the NUWAY College Open on Jan. 10, and taking third at the North Central Invitational on Dec. 7 and the Winona State Invite on Feb. 15.
Augsburg has won 18-straight Division III regional titles.
Mitch Hertel qualifies for national wrestling tournament
Mitch Hertel, a 2015 Marshfield High School graduate and a senior on the UW-La Crosse wrestling team, won the 165-pound title at the NCAA Division III Upper Midwest regional on Feb. 28-29 to secure a spot in this week’s national tournament in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Hertel (18-3) defeated Ryder Sigler of UW-Whitewater 3-1 in the 165-pound championship match at the regional to earn his first trip to the Division III championships.
The national tournament will be held March 14-15.
Mitchell competes for Buffalo wrestling
Sam Mitchell, a 2019 Marshfield High School graduate, completed his freshman season on the University of Buffalo wrestling team.
Buffalo, which competes in the NCAA Division I Midwestern Athletic Conference, finished the season with a 9-11 dual meet record.
Mitchell went 8-5 in limited action at 197 pounds for the Bulls.