MHSAA Wrestling Team State Coverage

Feb 21

Written By Justin Scott

Can the Arrows make it 12 straight?

Lowell Wrestling is going for their 12th straight state championship, and the Lowell Ledger is here in Kalamazoo bringing you the latest!

Justin Scott - Sports Reporter

21 Feb. 2025

Division 2 Semifinal

#1 Lowell vs. #4 Three Rivers

Dual Score - 23-16 Lowell

Coverage starts at 12:00pm on 2/22/2025. Listen in at lowellradio.org

11:41 AM - We’re back in Kalamazoo! My college town, so excited to be back. Lowell will take on Three Rivers in the semifinals starting in about 20 minutes.

12:00pm - We will start at 165 pounds for this semifinal. Owen Segorski up for Lowell. A rematch with No. 9 Braylon Faile who he teched at regionals.

12:02 - Segorski with the pin! 6-0 Lowell. Gabe Olin up for Lowell at 175.

12:05 - Olin pinned. 6-6. Casey Engle up looking for six of his own.

12:11 - 15-0 technical fall for Engle. Lowell back up 11-6. Onto 215, Braylen Meeuwsen up for Lowell. Thought we might see Segorski bumping up to 175, but the starting weight didn’t make that a great option.

12:22 - Meeuwsen falls by major decision. Almost able to get a turn late. Three Rivers has to be pleased with their start. 11-10 Lowell still leads. Henry Oesch in at heavyweight, Juan Acosta out sick this weekend.

12:25 - Three Rivers takes the lead with a fall, Lowell into their stronger weights in this dual and should expect to pick up a lot of points.

12:29 - John Carter McKay with an 8-0 lead early in his dual. The switch at heavyweight was unexpected, Three Rivers needed some breaks like that today.

12:32 - McKay locks up the pin to restore the Lowell lead and maybe calm some Lowell fans nerves. Up next is Carson Blum, meaning our bumping is coming. So you’ll see Jarrett Smith at 120 most likely.

12:35 - Blum pins and Lowell very much in control with Jarrett Smith up now. 23-16 Red Arrows.

12:38 - Smith hunting for team points. He’s up 16-3 over Brody Morrill hoping for a pin.

Division 2 Quarterfinal

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QUARTERFINAL ARTICLE

#1 Lowell vs. #8 Warren Woods Tower

Dual Score

50-20 Lowell (F).

6:45pm - Welcome to tonight’s coverage. Dual will start at 157. Warren Woods Tower shows first, Lowell sends out junior Colten Barney who we just had on the Ledger Podcast!

6:46 - Colten Barney pins to give Lowell a 6-0 lead in a matchup the Red Arrows will be heavily favored. Up next is Lowell defending state champion Owen Segorski at 165.

6:50 - Segorski with a quick technical fall and Lowell up to an 11-0 lead. Dylan Boone will take the match next for his team state debut against Tower’s Aidan Ede. To my left Freeland and Fowlerville already in an exciting dual. Greenville is farthest away from us against Three Rivers.

6:53 - Back and forth match so far as the Lowell freshman up against a senior. Tower has three ranked wrestlers so will provide a ranking when applicable. All rankings from Michigan Grappler. 3-2 Boone trails halfway through the match.

6:56 - Boone still trails by one going into the third period, 3-2. Fowlerville with a 12-0 lead over two-seeded Freeland right now.

6:58 - Takedown from Boone gives him the lead after a caution point was awarded to Tower. Remember takedowns are worth three now! 5-4 lead.

6:59 - Late reversal gets Tower on the board with a decision. 11-3 Lowell with No. 1 ranked Casey Engle up. He’s going to get Tower’s No. 2 ranked Amari Richardson, so big one here!

7:06 - Great time to swing to the other side of the mat for some pictures, Engle off to a 9-0 lead after two periods in this one.

7:09 - Engle with a 12-0 decision over No. 2 Richardson. Not going to get many matches like that in a quarterfinal! Three Rivers up 16-0 over Greenville. Lowell gets the winner of that match tomorrow morning if they win. Max Bigard against Tower’s Estrada. It means they’re bumping their No. 10 215 pounder to face either Juan Acosta or Braylen Meeuwsen next match.

7:13 - Bigard with the pin. Braylen Meeuwsen up for Lowell at heavyweight. Lowellradio.org will be here tomorrow if we advance!

7:22 - Back and forth match, but Tower with a late escape gets the decision at heavy. Warren Woods Tower voids (forfeits) to Veronica Tapia at 106. Mason Saylor up at 113, also was just on the podcast.

7:24 - Other scores so far it is Fowlerville 26, Freeland 5. New Boston Huron 23, Linden 6. Three Rivers 22, Greenville 5. Here it’s 33-6 after Saylor pins. Expect a photo album to be up late tonight.

7:26 - Tower voids to Carson Blum. Up next is freshman Lyle O’Boyle. for the Red Arrows.

7:35 - Late back points gives Tower another close decision. Great postseason experience fo a few freshman already tonight. What we’re seeing is what we expected. Lowell wanted to get out to a lead early and give plenty of kids an opportunity to wrestle in a dual they were favored in.

7:37 - Milunovich gets the pin over Gage Lyons. 39-15 Lowell. Up next is Cody Foss up against #2 Dominic Gumtow. Michigan Grappler’s quarterfinal previews only show rankings for state qualifiers, so some of the matchups are a little deciving because Foss is definitely one of the top 16 wrestlers in the state. The dual was mathematically clinched at 39-6 so Lowell is advancing.

7:42 - So interesting wrestling fact, we’re seeing a situation where Lowell has to show their wrestlers first. It is something called the flip. It’s literally a coin flip at the beginning that decides when a team has to show first. So in certain matches, it can prove to be an important advantage and for Tower here they are able to matchup wrestlers a little better. Lowell is showing a lot of younger wrestlers. No Jackson Blum, Jarrett Smith, Cole Cichocki, Carter Cichocki.

7:45 - No. 2 Gumtow techs Foss, a tech or technical fall in a win by 15+. 39-20. Up next is Logan Dawson. No. 7 Fowlerville is absolutely taking it to No. 2 Freeland. Kind of knew the seeding was a little weird with Three Rivers at No. 4, but this is surprising. It’s 40-8 over there. On Greenville watch, they’re down 25-10 to Three Rivers.

7:51 - Dawson gets the pin. Lowell up 45-20 and Trevor Boone up at 150 in the last match of the dual

8:04 - Boone with the technical fall to close out the dual. Lowell 50, WWT 20 (F). We’ll have an article and photos up late this evening!