Freshman’s title leads Port wrestlers to 2nd at Homestead tournament; Grafton has two champs

A team championship eluded the Port Washington and Grafton wrestling squads in last Friday’s Highlander Invitational at Homestead, but there was no shortage of individual honors.

Paced by Manny Rosado’s first-place performance at 113 pounds, Port scored 361.5 points, good for second place in the 18-team standings.

Burlington won the team title with 414 points.

Grafton got individual championships from Justin Rapp (170) and Alex Marshall (220) on the way to fifth place with 258 points.

“Overall, I thought we wrestled well,” Port coach Angelo LaRosa said.

“It was a good tournament where everybody got to wrestle five matches. We had some really good performances.”

Rosado, a freshman, won all four of his matches, including three pins, after receiving a first-round bye. He capped the day by defeating Brandon D’Alessio of Cudahy/St. Francis, 5-3, and improved his season record to 23-7.

Port got second-place finishes from three wrestlers — Nick Michalowski (106), Noah Rosado (120) and Quentin Lueck (160).

Michalowski won his first four matches before losing, 5-3, to Kimberly’s Jordan Weinzetl in the championship match.