Hodag Highlights: Youth wrestlers participate in state championships

Three Hodag youth wrestlers qualified for the 2026 Wisconsin Wrestling Federation Kids Folkstyle State Championships. All three were born in 2017-18. Tucker Kreitlow competed at 57 lbs., Forrest Schmelling at 69 lbs. and Ryker Melton at 80 lbs. Kreitlow and Melton each placed first to earn their way to the meet. Schmelling won his first match, lost the second but took second in the wrestle back to punch his ticket to Madison’s Alliant Energy Center March 27-29 for the state meet joining his friends.