Cedar Grove-Belgium’s top 10:

Five are going back to the Division 3  individual state wrestling tournament seeking their first medals.

Five more are hoping to make some noise in their first trip to Madison on Feb. 28.

The collective contributed to a record for Cedar Grove-Belgium High School at last Saturday’s sectional meet at home. Ten state qualifiers tops the Rockets’ previous high of eight, and it’s one short of a state record.

What’s more impressive is the Rockets don’t have a 106-pounder, so 10 of 13 wrestlers qualified for state (77%).

The Rockets also won the team title with 316.5 points. The top six teams advance to the team sectional in Cedar Grove on Saturday, Feb. 21, and the Rockets are favorites to win it and advance to team state in La Crosse.

“The whole team wrestled well. It was a really good day. I was impressed,” coach Quinn Hoopman said.

Seven wrestlers won a sectional title, including all five who qualified last season. Three took second place. The top two advance.

Senior Carsen Voskuil (47-2), who eclipsed 150 career victories this season, is second all-time in wins in school history, trailing Brandon Garcia’s 179. He won his sectional in three pins, beating Yamanni Tellez (29-10) of Kenosha St. Joseph in 2 minutes, 34 seconds in the final.

Voskuil is seeded sixth at 138 pounds. Last year, he went 2-2.

“Just feels good. I’ve got some goals I’m trying to accomplish,” he said.

Senior Chase Heimerman (44-4) went 1-2 at state last year and now comes in with a 5 seed at 113 pounds.

He pinned one opponent in the sectional semifinal, then beat Oostburg’s Joan Tellez (32-13) in an 18-0 technical fall in 4:38 in the final.

“I put in a lot of work in the offseason. It’s good to go out there and make it,” Heimerman said.

It’s even better since his younger brother Landon is coming with him as a qualifier at 120 pounds.

“This is our last chance to do it together, so it’s really nice to be able to do it with him one last time,” Chase said.

Landon (33-11), a sophomore, went 4-1 in the sectional, winning the third-place match in a 16-1 technical fall and beating Ozaukee’s Jake Delleree  (29-15) in a 16-6 major decision in the second-place match.

“Just being there with my brother, it’s going to be amazing,” Landon said. “I can’t wait. We’ve been looking forward to this moment for a while. I almost didn’t make it, but I had a wrestleback, and it was amazing.”

He is seeded 11th of 14 wrestlers at state.

Senior Seth Race (46-2) won a sectional title at 175 pounds, pinning two opponents before beating Oostburg’s Axel Dock (36-10) in an 18-3 technical fall in 4:55 in the finals.

Race went 0-2 at state last year, but this season he comes in as a 2 seed.

“I’m ranked way higher than previous years. I think it definitely shows all the hard work I’ve put in,” Race said.

Senior Seth Kessen (37-10) at 126 pounds pinned two opponents in 1:04 total before winning an 11-3 major decision over Oakfield’s Evan Harmsen (15-2) in the final.

He went 0-2 at state last year and is seeded eighth this year. The top six finishers earn medals.

“It’s nice. I’ve been there before,” he said. “I bumped down a weight. Cutting a lot of weight kinda sucks, but it was worth it in the end. I blew through sectionals.”

Senior Vadim Misiura (33-15) won the 285-pound sectional with a pin and 8-3 decision before pinning Dante Williams (37-10) of Kenosha St. Joseph in 4:27 in the final.

“It was very fun. It was a very exciting experience,” Misiura said.

 Misiura went 0-2 at state last year and now comes in as a 7 seed. That experience, he said, will help.

“At the start, I was super nervous and anxious. I think now I’ll be more confident,” he said.

Sophomore Nolan Anzia, who won a Big East Conference title with a takedown at the buzzer, maintained his flair for the dramatic.

Anzia (37-12) won the 150-pound sectional, starting with a pin in 2:40, then a 6-5 sudden victory (overtime) over Random Lake’s Scott Gutermann (30-16) in the semifinal.

“He and I have wrestled a couple of times at Askren (Wrestling Academy) and once during the season. It was going to be close,” Anzia said. “I just went out there, stuck to my stuff, stayed calm and got it done.”

Anzia is a 7 seed in his first state appearance.

“It’s an amazing feeling. I could have never imagined this, especially this early in my career,” he said.

Junior Josh Anzia (38-9) at 215 pounds won a nine-second pin, then a 3-minute pin before pinning Hustisford’s Ethan Bryant (30-10) in the final in 2:42. He is seeded eighth at state.

“It feels great. Pressure’s on but I feel like the joy is just through the roof,” he said.

Senior Vince Knowles (43-6) at 144 pounds took second. He won a 9-1 decision, was pinned in 3:29, then won decisions by 1-0 and 5-4. In the second-place match, he beat Seth Smallish (40-12) of Random Lake, 6-2.

“It feels great. All the work I put in during the offseason, it’s showing,” he said. “Going into this season, I was expecting to make state. It feels good to hit that goal.”

Knowles is seeded 10 at state.

Hoopman said his team has improved in prevailing in tight matches since the start of the season.

“We worked on staying calm and thinking how to score the next points,” he said. “There were close matches all the way across the board, and we just kept getting through.”

Senior Syrus Anderson (27-12) at 190 pounds won by pin in 2:39 and a 4-2 decision. He was pinned in 4:29 in the final by Random Lake’s Simon Schwabe (42-6). Anderson is seeded 13th in his first trip to state.

“It’s unreal. It’s something I never thought I’d be able to do. It feels great,” he said.

Ozaukee freshman Sterling Schanen (43-5), son of the Warriors’ coach Ted, won the 106-pound bracket by a pin in 19 seconds, then by pinning Palmyra-Eagle’s Casey Poulson (34-6) in 1:21 in the finals.

“Making it to state tells me we must be doing something right at Ozaukee. Specifically, the coaches are great and I owe my dad a lot,” Schanen said.

Coach Schanen said of his son, “He has been really good at making adjustments this year.  Overall, he has made a lot of improvements in the past year, but one of the biggest is learning how to compete,”

Sterling is seeded 3 at state.