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When it comes to freedom of speech and freedom of religion, you can’t have one without the other. The attempt to redefine marriage here in Maine (again) also tests this union of freedoms.

Our Founding Fathers knew the inherent connection of these two integral freedoms and demonstrated their supreme relevance to a free society by making this the primary amendment in our Bill of Rights. Including free speech and religious freedom in our Constitution’s First Amendment was profoundly wise and arguably one of their greatest contributions to political history.

Because one of the Christian Civic League’s major tenets is defending religious freedom, I am greatly concerned about the language recently submitted for the same-sex marriage petition that seeks to redefine marriage here in Maine.

The question reads: “Do you favor a law allowing marriage licenses for same-sex couples that protects religious freedom by ensuring no religion or clergy be required to perform such a marriage in violation of their religious beliefs?”

The inclusion of religious freedom in this petition language is the same smokescreen used in New York which allowed legislators to justify accepting political pay-offs in order to abandon the defense of natural marriage. The language in the New York law and the Maine petition gives the false impression that residents’ religious rights are being broadly protected, but that is not the case.

The prescribed protections pertain only to clergies specifically in regard to wedding ceremonies. Think about what a tiny number of people that represents. There is no protection for faith-based organizations or other individuals who find participation in a same-sex marriage contrary to their religious beliefs.

So whose religious freedoms are being protected?

Ask the adoption agencies and foster care providers in Massachusetts and Illinois who closed their doors rather than being forced to provide services to same-sex couples.

Ask the town clerks in New York who refused to grant marriage licenses based upon their religious beliefs — deputy clerks could have still provided licenses and protected the rights of both parties.

Ask the New Jersey Christian campground owners who refused to rent their facilities for a same-sex civil union.

What about the florist or the organist who objects on religious grounds? What about public educators who have been suspended or fired for stating their opinions regarding same-sex marriage?

The challenge with freedom of religion and free speech is they often get messy. Defenders of the Constitution are well aware not all speech (religious or otherwise) is noble; as a matter fact, sometimes it may be very offensive. This is where political correctness has been allowed to run roughshod over what should be protected religious speech.

Those who defend natural marriage are more and more becoming aware their position is controversial and to some offensive. Attempts to silence these views are gaining momentum through campaigns of “tolerance.” As distasteful as some opinions of those who oppose same-sex marriage may be, lovers of freedom (conservative and liberal) should unify in opposition to any attempt to erode constitutionally protected speech.

Many times I am asked, “Why do you oppose the redefinition of marriage? How does it impact you and your marriage?” This is not about my marriage or any one marriage. There are societal consequences of undermining the fundamental building block of civilization — marriage. Threats to marriage have indeed already impacted religious freedom and free speech across our country and here in our state.

The protection of religious freedom and freedom of speech is not the only reason I oppose redefining marriage, but it certainly is at the epicenter of this critical debate.

We have a long year ahead of us before Mainers show up to the voting booths and determine whether or not they desire to redefine marriage. I believe society should protect and defend marriage, not undermine it.

Carroll L. Conley Jr. is executive director of the Christian Civic League.

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Conservatism has contradictory impulses. The pursuit of freedom and the pursuit of order run at cross-purposes.

Moderates push neither button too strongly. But in both Canada and the United States, the conservative parties are now controlled by virulent wings that are prepared go to aggressive lengths to achieve their ambitions. The danger is that in the name of freedom, they bring forth the contrary.

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In this country, the Conservative government has a nationalist bent, evident in its elevation of military values, populist anti-intellectualism, moral certitude on foreign policy, law-and-order fixation and message-control mania. This kind of nationalism requires state-driven conformity, not liberty.

And so, while Conservatives are supposed to cherish government that is off the backs of the people, what we have is something closer to the opposite. The government is also oversized in spending, another conservative no-no.

The Conservatives’ in-your-face proclivities from the minority years have been well documented. But a majority has brought no let-up. On the freedom front, the government likes to boast of encouraging provincial autonomy and of shutting down the gun registry, the long-form census, the Wheat Board. But, by way of contrast, it’s instructive to look at what has transpired in our land of liberty recently. It might make you wonder about the kind of Canada that’s emerging.

Last week, the Conservatives were planning to go ahead with a system of national online surveillance. But a national outcry against the plan (originally advocated by the Liberals) will likely force amendments. The government also reaffirmed its plan for mandatory minimum sentencing, although an Ontario Superior Court judge lambasted the policy and critics say it will reduce the right to a fair trial.

Earlier in the month, from a government that took no umbrage at Guantanamo-style justice, came the decision to accept information derived from torture from foreign governments, in some cases. The Conservatives, we recall, have also vowed to bring back long-expired post-9/11 antiterrorism powers that allow Canadians to be locked up without charges.

On the matter of political freedom, another debate – the one on the controversial copyright bill – has been moved behind closed doors. The Tories are increasingly resorting to this secretive in-camera approach. Despite having a majority, they have been cutting off democratic debate with near record-breaking usage of time limits and closure in Parliament.

Freedom of expression has also been in the news. Last week, disgusted representatives from the Canadian science community sent an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for him to stop muzzling federal researchers. Under the government’s extensive vetting system, civil servants and diplomats are less free to voice their views than they have ever been. Also recently, opponents of the Northern Gateway pipeline were pilloried as foreign-financed radicals and, according to one sworn affidavit, as enemies of the state. And during last fall’s Durban summit on climate change, the Conservatives denied opposition members their usual right to accreditation.

The Harperian high command takes a draconian stance against even soft drug use. It has taken a hard line against organized labour and a more exclusionary course on immigration. It will no longer allow Canadians imprisoned abroad to serve out their sentences at home.

The many victims of Tory smear campaigns have been well documented, a most recent target being Montreal MP Irwin Cotler.

On Thursday, the Ottawa Citizen reported that Elections Canada and the RCMP are investigating a fraudulent robo-call phone operation apparently designed to suppress the Liberal vote in Guelph, Ont., during last year’s election. Calls misdirecting voters in many other ridings have been reported. The NDP linked the operation to the Conservatives, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper denied any wrongdoing by his party.

The accumulation of dirty tricks is beginning to sound like something out of Nixonland. The last election, we recall, was the one where citizens were hauled out of Conservative campaign rallies for the sin of having marginal ties to other parties.

This is just a small sampling from the march of audacities in respect to our freedoms and liberties. It’s the new Canada. Enjoy.

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The 'freedom' show on the Rideau

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Health Evolution Partners, a health care private equity firm, announced today that it has acquired a majority interest in Freedom Innovations, LLC (“Freedom”). Freedom, based in Irvine, California, is a leading provider of premium high-technology prosthetic devices and is focused on developing world-class solutions for individuals with lower limb amputations. Freedom’s senior management team will continue their leadership of the organization, and will remain significant shareholders in the company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“We are very excited to partner with Freedom,” said Ned Brown, Investment Partner of Health Evolution Partners. “Freedom develops, manufactures, and has successfully commercialized, a broad and attractive portfolio of proprietary lower limb prosthetic devices. The company provides a tremendous platform for expansion in a dynamic and growing market, and has a robust pipeline of new products. We have been impressed with Freedom’s strong management team and employees; they have an outstanding track record of innovation and development, along with superior commercial execution and customer service. We look forward to working with them.”

“Health Evolution Partners is an ideal partner for Freedom,” said Maynard Carkhuff, Chief Executive Officer of Freedom. “Their extensive background in the medical device industry, combined with their strategic insight, and the firm’s total-systems approach to healthcare investing will be extremely valuable to Freedom as we continue to execute our growth strategy. We believe that Health Evolution Partners will be able to help accelerate Freedom’s growth through their broad-scale healthcare systems, strategic, operational, reimbursement, and commercial sales and marketing experience. Furthermore, their strong relationships with key decision-makers in the healthcare industry, both in the U.S. and internationally, will be highly valuable.”

As part of the transaction, and to finance further growth opportunities for Freedom, Health Evolution Partners facilitated the successful completion of new senior credit facilities. The senior credit facilities were led by Madison Capital Funding LLC and included BMO Capital Markets as Co-Lead Arranger.

Health Evolution Partners focuses on creating strong partnerships with high growth companies and exceptional management teams in the healthcare industry. The firm seeks to invest in platforms where the expertise and experience of the firm’s operating and transaction principals can contribute to accelerating the growth and value of the businesses. Freedom is Health Evolution Partner’s ninth Growth Fund investment. Health Evolution Partner’s previous investments include AOS, CambridgeSoft, CenseoHealth, Halcyon Healthcare, Kisimul, Mollen Immunization Clinics, Optimal IMX, and Prolacta Bioscience.

“We are enthusiastic about Freedom Innovations, and look forward to working with them to continue their global growth,” said David J. Brailer, Ph.D., M.D., Chairman of Health Evolution Partners. “Freedom adds undisputed value to its patients and to the overall health care system. It is led by a strong and proven management team, and is poised to take major steps forward as a commercial leader in its space. It is, in short, the kind of company that we want to work with and to have in our portfolio.”

About Health Evolution Partners | http://www.healthevolutionpartners.com

Health Evolution Partners buys and invests in rapidly growing companies that are commercial leaders in the health care industry. We invest around the globe and across the health economy, including services, information technology, and life sciences. We form close working partnerships with outstanding management teams and connect our companies to our network of CEOs, policy makers, and thought leaders. For more information on Health Evolution Partners, visit http://www.healthevolutionpartners.com.

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FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The Freedom Bank of Virginia (Bank) (Bulletin Board:FDVA.OB) announces a six for five stock split. Shareholders will receive one additional share of common stock for every five shares of common stock owned. The Bank expects to distribute the new shares to shareholders of record as of February 16, 2012. For fractional shares created by this action, shares over 0.49 will be rounded up; otherwise, shares will be rounded down. The Bank completed a second year of strong profits in 2011. According to CEO Craig Underhill, “Our decision to increase our outstanding shares was driven by our strong financial performance. We expect this will have a positive impact on our valuation over time.”

This release contains forward-looking statements, including our expectations with respect to future events that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from management's projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations include: fluctuation in market rates of interest and loan and deposit pricing, adverse changes in the overall national economy as well as adverse economic conditions in our specific market areas, maintenance and development of well-established and valued client relationships and referral source relationships, and acquisition or loss of key production personnel. Other risks that can affect the Bank are detailed from time to time in our quarterly and annual reports filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. We caution readers that the list of factors above is not exclusive. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release, and we may not undertake steps to update the forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of any circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements are made. In addition, our past results of operations are not necessarily indicative of future performance.

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET - News), the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve, and New Castle Hotels & Resorts, an independent hotel owner, today announced that LodgeNet Broadband has installed the DOCOMO FREEDOM Internet solution at hotels in the New Castle portfolio.

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The FREEDOM installations offer guests of the Sheraton Tarrytown (NY) and the Racine (WI) Marriott a superior Internet experience on their laptop, smartphone or tablet device, with content optimized for each screen and the ability to support up to five Internet-connected devices per guest. The experience is further streamlined by the platform's resident device recognition capability, which allows the server to automatically recognize which device is being used.

Benefits to the installed hotels include the flexibility to offer tiered bandwidth pricing (free for basic connectivity or fee-based with higher fees for greater speeds), supported by a robust management toolset that allows bandwidth to be capped at specific speeds by user, group or location and protects the network from being dominated by a single user or user group.

"Facing an ever increasing demand for bandwidth, the growing number of multiple-device users and established guest expectations for free Internet access, we turned to LodgeNet and the FREEDOM Internet platform," said Gerry Chase, President and COO for New Castle Hotels & Resorts. "FREEDOM allows our hotels to offer a baseline level of complimentary Internet access as well as higher-speed pay options, the revenues from which will help us recover some of the circuit costs that have been driven higher by escalating bandwidth requirements. The ability to deliver a quality user experience across all of the most common devices is also a tremendous benefit from a guest satisfaction standpoint." 

"The laptop is no longer the only user device that hotels need to accommodate," said Steve Pofahl, Senior Vice President/General Manager for LodgeNet Broadband. "With today's travelers commonly carrying more than one Internet connected device, it is crucial that a hotel's broadband service not only supports seamless switching between the guest's devices, but also allows the hotel to price the service at various levels depending on guests' needs. With the DOCOMO FREEDOM solution we are able to offer all of that and more." 

LodgeNet is the exclusive U.S. hotel reseller of the DOCOMO FREEDOM solution, which received a 2011 HOT (Hospitality Operations Technology) Award as best-in-class Internet service from Casino Enterprise Management magazine.

About New Castle Hotels & Resorts
New Castle Hotels & Resorts is an independent owner, operator, third-party manager and turnaround specialist, with distinctive hotels and resort properties in the United States and Canada. Through four economic cycles, New Castle has a proven record of industry leadership in RevPAR index, operating margins and associate and guest satisfaction.

About LodgeNet
LodgeNet Interactive Corporation is the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve. Recently named by Advertising Age as one of the Leading 100 US Media Companies, LodgeNet Interactive serves approximately 1.7 million hotel rooms worldwide in addition to healthcare facilities throughout the United States. The Company's services include: Interactive Television, Broadband and Advertising Media Solutions along with nationwide technical and professional support services. LodgeNet Interactive Corporation owns and operates businesses under the industry leading brands: LodgeNet, The Hotel Networks and LodgeNet Healthcare. LodgeNet Interactive is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET. For more information, please visit http://www.lodgenet.com. 

LodgeNet and the LodgeNet logo are registered trademarks of LodgeNet Interactive Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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By KENNETH KNIGHT | The Tampa Tribune
Published: February 22, 2012 Updated: February 22, 2012 - 12:00 AM

NEW TAMPA --

After four years at the helm, popular Freedom High Principal Chris Farkas is being promoted to a new district post.

Farkas is being replaced by David Sheppard, a school administrator from rival Wharton High.

With little fanfare, other than the announcement of administrative appointments at the Hillsborough County School Board's meeting Feb. 14, the two school leaders are making leaps to new posts in the middle of the school year.

Both men started their new jobs Monday.

Farkas leaves the Tampa Palms high school to assume a newly-created position as area leadership director for Area 8 in southern Hillsborough County.

The new post was needed in the school district's fast-growing south county area, said George Gaffney, who supervises schools in northeast Tampa and Temple Terrace. The school district operated with seven area directors for several years.

In his new role, Farkas will oversee 25 public schools. Most will be elementary and middle schools, along with three to four high schools, said Gaffney, who was Farkas' supervisor before the principal's promotion.

"He is a great guy," Gaffney said. "It's a well-deserved move."

Farkas was out of the country last week and could not be reached for comment.

He began teaching in 1997 at a high school in Alabama. Farkas came to the Hillsborough County School District in 1999 as a teacher at Brandon Alternative Center. He later became coordinator for youth services.

In 2004, he became an assistant principal at Tampa Bay Technical High. Two years later, Farkas was promoted to principal.

Farkas succeeded Richard Bartels as principal at Freedom in 2008. He is well-known as an approachable principal by students.

"The students really enjoyed Chris's interaction with them," Gaffney said. "He was very personable."

Gaffney said he expects students will welcome Sheppard with open arms.

Sheppard made the short drive down Bruce B. Downs Boulevard to Commerce Park Boulevard to assume his new duties at Freedom. Sheppard said he will miss Wharton students, teachers and staffers but it is time to take on new challenges.

Sheppard, 42, began his employment with the school district in 1993 as a science/biology/anatomy teacher at Leto High. The Lutz resident transferred to a teaching position at Wharton in 1999 to work closer to home. He and his wife, Donna, have two children, Allison, 12, and Austin, 6.

In 2004, Sheppard was promoted to Wharton's assistant principal of student affairs. He became the school's assistant principal of curriculum two years later. Sheppard said he is ready "to build on the solid foundation" established by Farkas and Bartels.

Last week, news of Sheppard's departure to rival Freedom had begun to trickle out. Sheppard said he had received widespread support from staff and little else.

"So far, it's been all good-natured ribbing," he said.

Sheppard considers a healthy, friendly rivalry between Wharton and Freedom, whether on the field or in the classroom, good for both schools.

"I think both schools can push each other to success," he said.

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DENVER, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Freedom Healthcare Staffing, a leading travel healthcare staffing agency based out of Denver, has been named a 2012 Top Ten Travel Nursing Company for superior customer service for the fourth year in a row by Highway Hypodermics.

"We are extremely grateful to have been recognized once again by the objective standards of Highway Hypodermics as a leading company in travel staffing," said Eric Broder, President and CEO of Freedom Healthcare Staffing. "We pledge to continue to place our company values of respect and caring for travelers and clients at the forefront of all that we do."

Created in 2004, the Top Ten Travel Nursing Companies Award recognizes those staffing agencies that best serve the travel nurse community. Freedom Healthcare Staffing was recognized out of hundreds in the nation.

The three major criteria of the Top Ten Travel Nursing Companies Award are the company's benefits, Highway Hypodermic's interview and evaluation of the company, and travel nurse evaluations of the company. The nurse evaluation scores are based on polling conducted by Highway Hypodermics about which benefits and services nurses desire from a company. "The nurses in our field voiced their confidence in our company," explained Michelle Campbell, Vice President of Clinical Services of Freedom Healthcare Staffing. "We are successful because we always put our nurses first and respect them every step of the way by offering the best service and benefits."

Highway Hypodermics is a leading travel nursing informational company. Epstein LaRue, a travel nursing advocate who publishes the website in addition to books and a magazine about travel nursing, has just released her latest book on travel nursing Highway Hypodermics: Travel Nursing 2012.

Freedom Healthcare Staffing is a comprehensive Joint Commission certified staffing agency. Since opening in 2005, Freedom has worked with thousands of travel and per diem RNs, CNAs, and Allied Providers and hundreds of hospitals and healthcare facilities in all 50 states. 

For more information, or to request an interview, please contact Elizabeth Broder at 866.463.0385 or elizabethb@freedomhcs.com 

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians said Monday that Turkey's new constitution should grant equal rights to minorities in the country and safeguard religious freedoms.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I met with members of a parliamentary subcommittee seeking an all-party consensus in drawing up a new constitution, which will replace the one ratified in 1982 while Turkey was under military rule. The subcommittee is meeting with non-governmental organizations and representatives of minority groups for input on the drafting of the new laws.

Mostly Muslim Turkey, which is seeking to join the European Union, has small Christian and Jewish communities. The EU has made improved rights for the religious groups a condition for membership.

Turkey's existing constitution guarantees religious freedom, but when it comes to minority religions the country has long been criticized for restricting the training of clergy and the ownership of places of worship, and for interfering with the selection of church leaders. It also has recognized Bartholomew I as the leader of the local church in Turkey, but not as ecumenical patriarch of all Orthodox Christians.

For decades, Turkey has mostly ignored demands of the Patriarchate, mainly due to mistrust stemming from a rivalry with Greece. However, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has pledged to address the problems of religious minorities and said he hopes the new constitution will correct democratic shortfalls.

Bartholomew sounded optimistic about the new constitution.

"Unfortunately there have been injustices toward minorities until now," Bartholomew said. "These are slowly being corrected and changed. A new Turkey is being born."

Bartholomew told reporters he favors a constitution that promotes equal rights and religious freedoms, including the reopening of a Greek Orthodox seminary that trained generations of patriarchs.

"We asked for equality," Bartholomew said after the meeting. "In education, we asked that the seminary be reopened. We asked for freedom of religion and conscious, for freedom of worship."

Bartholomew, who is based in Istanbul, is the spiritual leader of hundreds of millions of Orthodox Christians worldwide.

An 18-page report presented to the subcommittee also demands government funds for minority schools and places of worship, Bartholomew said.

"Until now there has been no state aid for any churches or minority schools," Bartholomew said. "If we are talking of equality, this equality should be present in all fields."

The subcommittee on Monday also heard the demands of Turkey's tiny Assyrian Christian community.

A community leader, Kuryalos Ergun, said the Assyrians — one of the world's oldest Christian communities — want religious minorities to be represented in a government agency that regulates mosques and imams in Turkey, and want minority clergy to be paid and employed by the state the same way imams are.

The Orthodox Christians want their Halki Theological School reopened in Turkey. Located, on Heybeliada Island, near Istanbul, it stopped admitting new students in 1971 under a Turkish law that put religious and military training under state control. The school closed its doors in 1985, when its last students graduated.

The patriarch has long complained that Halki's closure has prevented raising new leaders for the church, and that Turkish laws that require a patriarch to be a Turkish citizen make it difficult for the nation's dwindling Greek community of several thousand to produce candidates.

In 2010, the government granted Turkish citizenship to more than a dozen senior clerics from North and South America as well as Hong Kong, to help address the issue.

In August, the government agreed to return hundreds of properties that were confiscated from Christian and Jewish minorities over the past 75 years.

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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Freedom’s Defense Fund, an independent political organization dedicated to principles of limited government, today announced they released their latest ad targeting Barack Obama in advance of the 2012 general election. The ad, entitled “Keep the Change”, is the first in a series of ads expected to run during the 2012 election. This is the first national independent expenditure targeting Barack Obama for the 2012 general election.

“We want to thank our 25,000 donors across the country for making this ad possible,” said Michael Centanni, chairman of Freedom’s Defense Fund. “Our goal all along has been to hold Barack Obama accountable to the American people, and we will continue to do so.”

In 2008, Freedom’s Defense Fund released a series of ads entitled “You Should Know Who Barack Obama’s Friends Are.” The ads highlighted the president’s troubling past political relationships with prominent leaders such as Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers. The ads were covered in publications nationwide, including the New York Times.

“In 2008, we made the case Barack Obama’s relationships reflected poor judgment and a lack of leadership,” added Centanni. “Now, we have crony capitalism and eroding freedom. We were right the first time, and we don’t want to give the president four more years to prove us right again.”

To view the ad, visit http://www.freedomsdefensefund.com.

About Freedom’s Defense Fund

Freedom’s Defense Fund is a political action committee dedicated to the protection of liberty from big government advocates of either party. Freedom’s Defense Fund stands with conservative, pro-freedom candidates against the radical left and their elitist allies in the mainstream media.

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Waupaca sectional

Freedom and Seymour led Fox Valley area schools with five and three state meet qualifiers, respectively.

Freedom's lone champion was at 182 pounds, where Ben Beyer decisioned Matthew Samsa of Oconto Falls 3-1.

Seymour's Mark Dessart defeated Mitchell Friedman of Oconto Falls 2-1 in overtime to capture first place at 132 pounds, with teammate Alex Schramm capturing first at 138 pounds with a 5-2 win over Little Chute's Brady Spierings.

Brett Buechler was Wrightstown's lone champion, defeating Seymour's Dylan Drephal in two overtimes 5-4 in the 126-pound championship match.

Winneconne's John Roycraft took first place at 120 pounds, defeating Dewey Krueger of Oconto Falls 4-0.

Winneconne's Bryce Chaney, a senior who was 40-0, did not wrestle because of a skin condition.

Teams and state qualifiers

LUXEMBURG-CASCO 9, OCONTO FALLS 7, FREEDOM 5, SEYMOUR 3, TWO RIVERS 3, WITTENBERG-BIRNAMWOOD 3, LITTLE CHUTE 2, WRIGHTSTOWN 2, WINNECONNE 1, WAUPACA 1, MOSINEE 1, STURGEON BAY 1, SOUTHERN DOOR 1, NEKOOSA/PORT EDWARDS 1, TOMAHAWK 1, WILD ROSE/WAUTOMA 1

106 ? First: Zach Sirny WR/W pinned Cody Walrath FR 1:21; Second-place wrestleback: Walrath FR dec. Ty Pelot TR 7-0. 113 ? First: Matthew Damp OF dec. Bobby Uttecht WB 5-0; Second-place wrestleback: Chris Yauch TR pinned Uttecht WB 3:01. 120 ? First: John Roycraft WIN dec. Dewey Krueger OF 4-0; Third: Bryce Zdanovec LITT dec. Jacob Veness PESHTIGO 11-7. 126 ? First: Brett Buechler WRI dec. Dylan Drephal 5-4 (2 OT); Third: Levi Petroske WAUP dec. Jared Pawlak OF 12-6. 132 ? First: Mark Dessart SEY dec. Mitchell Friedman OF 2-1 (OT); Second-place wrestleback: Friedman OF won by forfeit over Zach Skarda LUXC. 138 ? First: Alex Schramm SEY dec. Brady Spierings LITT 5-2; Third: Austin Worachek LUXC dec. Connor Avery WAUP 6-3. 145 ? First: Jordan Roosa MOS dec. Devin Bera FR 6-4 (OT); Second-place wrestleback: Bera FR dec. Cody Stephenson SB 7-4. 152 ? First: Mike Uliana LUXC dec. Nolan Wagner SD 14-2; Second-place wrestleback: Wagner pinned Austen Vosters FR 3:45. 160 ? First: Mitch Berceau LUXC dec. Cody Nielsen OF 3-2; Third: Jackson Fox WR pinned Adam Redman MOS 2:44. 170 ? First: Jacob Morrissey OF dec. Matt Zellner LUXC 14-3; Second-place wrestleback: Zellner LUXC pinned Bryce Lamont N/PE :55. 182 ? First: Ben Beyer FR dec. Matthew Samsa OF 3-1; Third: Jordan Pardowsky LUXC dec. Austin Bellile TOM 11-6. 195 ? First: Payton DuPlayee TOM dec. Levi Jozwiak WB 7-4; Third: Ethan Peters LUXC dec. John Kamps OF 9-4. 220 ? First: Riley Delzer OF pinned Reed Ambrosious 1:18; Third: Luke Desitche LUXC dec. Adam Kuehl KEWAUNEE 7-1. 285 ? First: Newton Smerchek LUXC dec. George White Wing WB 8-6; Third: Bo Skornicka TR pinned John Verhagen GILLETT/SURING :20.

Campbellsport sectional

Chilton advanced four wrestlers to the state meet, with Nic Adkins qualifying as a champion.

Adkins defeated Caleb Peck 6-5 in the championship match at 126 pounds. Adkins had advanced to the title match with a 7-4 win over Cody Chelminiak of Delavan-Darien and a 10-3 win over Beau Oestreich of Campbellsport.

Austin Hephner, Patrick Breckheimer and Jordan Petrie also advanced for Chilton.

PORT WASHINGTON 7, DELAVAN-DARIEN 4, EAST TROY 4, VALDERS 4, CHILTON 4, SHEBOYGAN FALLS 4, KEWASKUM 3, PEWAUKEE 3, ST. JOHN'S NORTHWEST MILITARY ACADEMY 2, ST. LAWRENCE SEMINARY 1, CAMPBELLSPORT 1, NEW HOLSTEIN 1, WAUPUN 1, WISCONSIN LUTHERAN 1, BIG FOOT/WILLIAMS BAY 1, KIEL 1

113 ? Third: Patrick Breckheimer CH pinned Dakota Danner MAYVILLE :48. 126 ? First: Nic Adkins CH dec. Caleb Peck VAL 6-5. 170 ? Second-place wrestleback: Josh Meins POW dec. Jordan Petrie CH 11-3. 182 ? Second-place wrestleback: Austin Hephner dec. Bady Huenink WAUP 6-5.

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