PW Wrestling

03/26/2026

The 2025/26 Pirates Wrestling season wrapped up with a great potluck banquet and awards presentation, a nice way to celebrate a season of hard work and growth.

Congratulations to this year’s award winners:

🏆 Most Improved Wrestler: Luke Schneider

🏆 Most Valuable Wrestler: Luke Paxton

🏆 Coaches Awards: Lena Morris & Deagan Thurlow

🏆 NWCA Character & Leadership All-American: Luke Paxton

🏆 NWCA Scholar All-American: Luke Paxton

So proud of all of our wrestlers for a great season—your dedication and commitment showed on and off the mat.

Looking forward to what’s ahead!

03/15/2026

What an incredible day for PW Wrestling Club at Regionals! 💪🤼‍♂️

Our wrestlers battled through some very tough brackets and hard-fought matches, and their determination paid off. We’re proud to announce that we have TEN State Qualifiers!

🏅 Logan Huhn – 4th Place
🥈 Abram Lenneman – 2nd Place
🥈 Issac Lenneman – 2nd Place
🥇 Hayes Weber – 1st Place
🥈 Carter Strank – 2nd Place
🥉 James Reedy – 3rd Place
🥉 Ryker Strank – 3rd Place
🥉 Linkon Thurlow – 3rd Place
🥉 Brogan Werner – 3rd Place
🥉 Grayson Windsor – 3rd Place

Placers and alternates:

Brandon Andrews 6th
Renn Weber 6th

Neveah Brown is also headed to States for the girls Division on the 26th! 💪🏼

We are incredibly proud of all of our wrestlers for the heart, toughness, and sportsmanship they showed on the mat today. The hard work is paying off!

Next stop: States! Let’s keep it rolling! 🔥💥

03/15/2026

Good luck PW youth Wrestlers at regionals today!
Here's a clip of the best of the best including one of Michigan's own, Josh Barr explaining his "why".
I think this explaination aligns well with this community and our definition of true success. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dp2BHMe6V/?mibextid=wwXIfr

03/15/2026

Wishing good luck to all our Wrestlers at Central regional tomorrow. You have put the work in, wrestle tough PW!

03/12/2026

Ga***rd's Zane Willobee ended a seven-match battle with Clio's D'Marion Erlenbeck with his second career state championship victory. See link below ⬇️

📸 Brenden Welper/Times Herald

03/11/2026

Zane Willobee of Ga***rd prays with his opponent after winning another state championship...
Putting God first, win or lose;
Thats pretty awesome in my book!

https://www.facebook.com/share/1DrLqY5QCq/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Ga***rd's Zane Willobee ended a seven-match battle with Clio's D'Marion Erlenbeck with his second career state championship victory. See link below ⬇️

📸 Brenden Welper/Times Herald

03/11/2026

03/07/2026

Luke will be wrestling for 3rd place against the number 2 ranked wrestler in the state of Michigan from Lakewood who got bumped down yesterday in the semifinals. Bout 403 Mat 17.
Go Luke!!

03/07/2026

Luke's first match will be against the kid from Shelby he faced in the first round yesterday. Bout 355. Mat 17.

03/07/2026

Here we are at Ford Field for day two. Luke's first match today will be between 10 and 11 am and then his last round will be between 11 am and 1 pm. Will update with bout numbers and mat assignments as soon as we know them.

03/06/2026

Bout 299
Mat 18

03/06/2026

Luke's fan section! Thanks to all who came out to support him today!