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Doug Branigan, 1975 state champion

River Falls wrestling

Doug Branigan

State champion · 98 · 1975

The titles

One state title.

1975

State champion at 98

Season
32-0
Grade
Junior
Champion no.
3

More brackets

The other pages.

1976

WIAA state at 112 · 2nd

The 1976 state bracket page, filled in by hand Open the page
Not the title year. This is the 1976 bracket at 112, where they finished 2nd. The title-year page is still being sourced. WIAA state meet program, 1976, page 5, brackets filled in by hand. Scan via Cam Loomis.

The run

  • Round 1 · Tony Velasquez, Racine Horlick · won 4-4, 4-0 in overtime
  • Quarterfinal · Al Schaefer, Campbellsport · won 7-2
  • Semifinal · Mike Nee, Richland Center · won 3-0
  • Final · Nick Bell, Fond du Lac · lost by pin at 3:38
The 1976 state bracket page, filled in by hand

On record

Everything else on the books.

State qualifier

  • 1976 · 112 · 2nd · 3-1 at state · 30-1
  • 1975 · 98 · Champion · 4-0 at state · 32-0
  • 1974 · 98 · 1-1 at state · 21-3

Conference champion

  • 1976
  • 1975
  • 1974

All-American

  • 1974

The record book

Where they stand.

Career wins

  • No. 30 · 83-4
  • No. 31 · 83-9 · 112

Career team points

  • No. 47 · 390.5

Season wins

  • No. 74 · 32-0 · 98
  • No. 85 · 30-1 · 112
  • No. 203 · 21-3 · 98

Season win percentage

  • No. 1 · 32-0 · 98
  • No. 18 · 30-1 · 112
  • No. 56 · 21-3 · 98

Season stat lines

  • 1974-75 · 32-0
  • 1975-76 · 30-1 · 112
  • 1973-74 · 21-3 · 98

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