(Pictured: Gladstone's Drew Hansen will wrestle for a state title, and Escanaba's Cade Krueger is alive in the consolation brackets)

DETROIT---Three Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers will compete for state championships Saturday night at Ford Field in Detroit, after winning all of their matches at the MHSAA Individual State Championships on Friday.

Gladstone's 126-pounder Drew Hansen, Iron Mountain 165-pounder Fulton Stroud, and Kingsford 215-pounder Eli Rouse will all look to top the podium. Rouse is a defending state champion in Division Two, and Stroud will try to follow his older brother's footsteps after Parker Stroud won a state championship two years ago.
 

Besides those three wrestlers, there will be others from across the Upper Peninsula battling for a spot on the podium in consolation rounds. The top six in each weight class earn spots on the podium and return home with a medal.

Hansen, in Division Three, pinned Colton Kennedy of Hopkins High School in 3:57, and then won his quarterfinal match over Chris Campbell of Algonac, 6-0. In the semifinals, Hansen won a 2-0 decision over Wyatt Burns of Dundee. Hansen is 49-1 on the season.

Stroud, in Division Four, was in cruise control in his three victories. He opened with a 10-2 major decision win over Aidan Fisher of Eau Claire, and then beat Easten Cook of Muskegon Catholic Central, 10-3, in the quarterfinals. Stroud then destroyed Jack Kulhanek of New Lothrop on a 12-1 major decision in the semifinals.

Rouse, in Division Three, had some tough competition, but he pulled through. He defeated Dallas Smith of Napoleon on a 5-3 decision, then got by Ethan Hammond of Lakeville in the quarterfinals, 3-2. Rouse topped Joel Simon of Lakewood High School in the semifinals on a 4-1 decision. Rouse crossed the 100-win plateau for his Flivver career.

Two other U.P. Wrestlers made the semifinals, but lost their matches.

Bark River-Harris 190-pounder Lucas Sischo won his first two matches but then lost to C.J. Copeland, 7-1, and will wrestle for third place on Saturday. And in the girls 115-pound bracket, Maddy Corrigan of North Central High School won her first two matches before losing to Gracey Barry of Grand Haven, 10-0. She will wrestle in the third place match om Saturday.

Ten other Upper Peninsula wrestlers are still alive in the consolation brackets.

Division 3, 165 pounds: Max Sundquist (Kingsford)
Division 2, 132 pounds: Cade Krueger (Escanaba)
Division 3, 150 pounds: Austin Solis (Gladstone)
Division 4: 138 pounds: Daniel Manier (Iron Mountain)
Division 4: 165 pounds: Brandon Walstrom (Iron Mountain)
Division 4: 120 pounds: Alex Wilson (Iron Mountain)
Division 4: 126 pounds: Tyler Winch (Iron Mountain)
Division 4: 105 pounds: Shayna Hruska (Iron Mountain)

Division 4: 113 pounds: Cooper Raab (North Central)
Division 4: 157 pounds: Jax Lipnitz (St. Ignace)

These 21 Upper Peninsula wrestlers competed at Ford Field, but were eliminated on Friday:

Connor Dalton (Gwinn), Trevor Thorbahn (Gladstone), Aubree Croasdell (Escanaba), Dalton Champion (St. Ignace), Charles Walker (Bark River-Harris), Gabe Werkheiser (St. Ignace), Hayden O'Neill (Newberry), Delaney Bliss (Newberry), Phoenix Espinoza (Negaunee), Korbyn Smith (Munising), Joe Kelley (Munising), Logan Gould (Munising), Dasan Smith (Marquette), Will Ohman (Sault Ste. Marie), Tegan Ray (Kingsford), Keira Wilson (Ishpeming), Di'Angelo Saldana (Iron Mountain), Landon Weber (Manistique), Michael Bouche (Manistique), and Jonathan Weber (Manistique).