Mueller undefeated in two seasons
The first middle school wrestler ever to finish both seasons undefeated is Nicholas Mueller. Last year Mueller won 13 matches, losing none, and this year he won 12 matches, losing none.
"It was one of the best, if not the best, middle school seasons we've had since I've been here," said middle school wrestling coach, Scott O'Hare.
According to O'Hare, a lot of the seventh graders this season were wrestling for the first time and some struggled. But with the short season the eighth graders stepped up, improving every day.
For the season in the 75 pound weight class, seventh grader Daniel Dick won three and lost three. In the 105 weight class, Jared King won 12 and lost one, and Jerrod Rogers won five and lost eight, both are seventh graders.
Seventh graders in the 110 weight class, Matt Richert won two and lost 10, and Jose Chavez won one and lost nine. Cameron Stultz, a seventh grader in the 115 weight class won nine and lost two, and eighth graders in that class, Brandon McMillan won four and lost five, Gabe Anderson won six and lost four, and Evan Just won one and lost eight.
Toby Jones, eighth grader in the 120 weight class, won eight and lost three, and seventh grader in that weight class, Miquel Chavez, won one and lost eight. In the 127 weight class, Nicholas Mueller won 12 and lost none, Andy Klassen won five and lost four, and Lonnie Benda won five and lost six, all are eighth graders.
Seventh grader Neal Kaiser won two and lost seven in the 134 weight class, and eighth graders, Isaac Leihy won 10 and lost 2, Tyler Jones won seven and lost four, Nolan Dirks won six and lost four, Tyler Jensen won three and lost eight, and Jake Kenney won one and lost eight. Eighth graders in the 141 weight class Brad Klenda wone 11 and lost two and Brandon Brown won nine and lost four.
In the 148 weight class, eighth grader Chris Likins won 10 and lost three, in the 180 weight class, eighth grader John Hein won seven and lost four, and in the 265 weight class, eighth grader Tyler Lofton won six and lost nine.
O'Hare said he was excited about the future of Hillsboro wrestling. "I think a number of the eighth graders will be back as freshman," he said.
