DETROIT ― Senior wrestler Zane Willobee is coming back to Gaylord with his second career individual state championship.
After winning the Division 2 157-pound state championship back in 2024, Willobee added to his legacy and GHS’s wall of champions after his run to the D2, 165-pound championship this weekend, taking down a familiar opponent in Clio’s D’Marion Erlenbeck (dec. 4-3) in the finals match.
Willobee and Erlenbeck are very well acquainted with each other; the two wrestled three times in the 2024 postseason, culminating in Willobee’s victory over Erlenbeck in the state title match. This season, Willobee’s victory comes after Erlenbeck’s win in the regional rounds (Dec. 7-3), wrapping Willobee’s career with two state titles.
This is the fifth-straight season a Gaylord wrestler has won an individual state championship, while Willobee is the second wrestler under coach Casey Stradling to finish atop the podium on MHSAA wrestling’s final day.
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This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Zane Willobee wraps Gaylord wrestling career with second state title
Reporting by Dylan Jespersen, The Petoskey News-Review / The Petoskey News-Review
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