The regional groups and sectional pairings for 2010 were recently released. Sparta finds itself once again in a regional with Adams-Friendship, Mauston, Viroqua, West Salem/Bangor, Westfield Area and Wisconsin Dells. The regional will take place in Adams-Friendship.
What changes from year to year is the pairings. This year, should Sparta win their regional they would matchup with the winner of the regional that includes Belmont/Platteville, Cuba City/Southwestern, Dodgeville, Prairie du Chien, Richland Center and River Valley. Last year, River Valley advanced out of this regional and won their first-round sectional match against Delavan-Darien, a team that is no longer in this sectional.
Lodi is paired opposite Sparta in a grouping that includes Columbus, Jefferson, Lake Mills, Lakeside Lutheran and Marshall. They should advance out of this regional and face the winner of the regional that includes Belleville/Monticello/New Glarus, Brodhead/Juda, Edgerton, Evansville/Albany, Monroe, Parkview and Turner.
The team sectional in 2011 will be in Mauston. Check out the pairings below…
SECTIONAL C – EVANSVILLE
Team Sectional – Mauston (I vs. III; II vs. IV)
REGIONAL I – ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP – Adams-Friendship, Mauston, Sparta, Viroqua, West Salem/Bangor, Westfield Area,
Wisconsin Dells.
REGIONAL II – LODI – Columbus, Jefferson, Lake Mills, Lakeside Lutheran, Lodi, Marshall.
REGIONAL III – RIVER VALLEY – Belmont/Platteville, Cuba City/Southwestern, Dodgeville, Prairie du Chien, Richland Center,
River Valley.
REGIONAL IV – BELLEVILLE/MONTICELLO/NEW GLARUS – Belleville/Monticello/New Glarus, Brodhead/Juda, Edgerton,
Evansville/Albany, Monroe, Parkview, Turner.
Eight Spartan kids qualified for the WWF Kids Folkstyle State Tournament back in March. Yes, I know, this is coming terribly late. The Spartan kids wrestled for two teams with five representing Sparta and three representing La Crosse Area Wrestling or LAW. The five from Sparta were Blake Brooks, David Hayes, Brett Von Ruden, Justin Marx and Nickolas Church. The free wrestling for LAW were John Roddick, Alice Todryk and Brock Polhamus.
Three Spartans medaled with Alice Todryk leading the way and bringing home a state championship. Todryk won the three matches including a 52 second pin in the finals over Ithaca’s Morgan Wiedenfeld. The way they do brackets at youth tournament is by age and weight. Todryk won the Girls division with birthdates between 1998 and 2000.
Bringing home silver for Sparta was Brett Von Ruden in the 84-pound 1999-2000 division. Von Ruden went 3-1 on the day before falling to Hortonville’s Elliot Luker 6-1 in the finals. Sparta’s only other medalist was Brock Polhamus in the 100-pound 1997-98 division. Polhamus went 4-2 on the day while losing to Mason Stokke of Menomonie twice.
Here is how the rest of the Spartans did in terms of their records on the day: Blake Brooks (0-2), David Hayes (2-2), Justin Marx (1-2), Nickolas Church (1-2) and John Roddick (2-2). Full results are after the pictures below. Click on the pictures to see a larger version of each. Thanks to Mike Roddick and the Bailey family for providing these images!!
NOTE: Only the first five are from the state tournament while the rest are some pictures of the youth wrestlers in action throughout the year. The team picture with only four coaches is the Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade group while the team picture with five coaches is the 3rd-8th grade group.
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2010 WWF Folkstyle Kids State Tournament
Boys Born 1999-2000 54 – Blake Brooks’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Austin Decorah (LaFollette Lancers) won by major decision over Blake Brooks (Sparta) (Maj 13-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Tyler Srp (Eau Claire) won by major decision over Blake Brooks (Sparta) (Maj 11-0)
Boys Born 1999-2000 69 – David Hayes’s place is unknown and has scored 7.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – David Hayes (Sparta) won by pin over Adrien Barton (Fondy) (Pin 4:00)
Quarterfinal – Julian Donnelly (Neenah) won by pin over David Hayes (Sparta) (Pin 1:25)
Cons. Round 2 – David Hayes (Sparta) won by pin over Gavin Wipperfurth (River Valley) (Pin 2:00)
Cons. Round 3 – Ryan Hannah (Viroqua) won by pin over David Hayes (Sparta) (Pin 2:00)
Boys Born 1999-2000 84 – Brett Von Ruden’s place is 2nd and has scored 18.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Brett Von Ruden (Sparta) won by decision over Connor Hunter (Markesan) (Dec 9-5)
Quarterfinal – Brett Von Ruden (Sparta) won by decision over Bryce Younger (New Richmond) (Dec 6-4)
Semifinal – Brett Von Ruden (Sparta) won by decision over Caleb Hopp (Fondy) (Dec 9-4)
1st Place Match – Elliott Luker (Hortonville) won by decision over Brett Von Ruden (Sparta) (Dec 6-1)
Boys Born 1997-1998 91 – Justin Marx’s place is unknown and has scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Justin Marx (Sparta) won by decision over Devin Wiedenhoeft (Fort Atkinson ) (Dec 7-4)
Quarterfinal – Bailey VanHandel (Kaukauna) won by major decision over Justin Marx (Sparta) (Maj 13-0)
Cons. Round 2 – Isaiah Merrill (Oshkosh WILD WRESTLING) won by pin over Justin Marx (Sparta) (Pin 1:59)
Boys Born 2001-2002 69 – Nickolas Church’s place is unknown and has scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Nickolas Church (Sparta Park & Rec) won by decision over Ian Wendt-Utrie (Waupun) (Dec 6-2)
Quarterfinal – John Diener (Kaukauna) won by pin over Nickolas Church (Sparta Park & Rec) (Pin 2:24)
Cons. Round 2 – Bryce Bosman (Luxemburg-Casco) won by major decision over Nickolas Church (Sparta Park & Rec) (Maj 11-0)
Girls Born 1998-2000 A – Alice Todryk’s place is 1st and has scored 22.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Alice Todryk (LAW) won by decision over Emily Portschy (Plymouth) (Dec 7-2)
Semifinal – Alice Todryk (LAW) won by decision over Gabrielle Skidmore (Spooner) (Dec 3-2)
1st Place Match – Alice Todryk (LAW) won by pin over Morgan Wiedenfeld (Ithaca) (Pin 0:52)
Boys Born 1995-1996 85 – John Roddick’s place is unknown and has scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – John Roddick (LAW) won in double overtime over Hunter Hayes (Portage ) (2-OT 6-4)
Quarterfinal – Chad Osmanski (Bay Port) won by decision over John Roddick (LAW) (Dec 9-4)
Cons. Round 2 – John Roddick (LAW) won by major decision over Chance Eiting (Kaukauna) (Maj 10-2)
Cons. Round 3 – Jordan Corcoran (LAW) won by decision over John Roddick (LAW) (Dec 4-2)
Boys Born 1997-1998 100 – Brock Polhamus’s place is 4th and has scored 13.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Brock Polhamus (LAW) won by major decision over Garrett White (West Bend) (Maj 9-0)
Quarterfinal – Mason Stokke (Menomonie) won by decision over Brock Polhamus (LAW) (Dec 2-1)
Cons. Round 2 – Brock Polhamus (LAW) won by decision over Brandon Forseth (Mineral Point) (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 3 – Brock Polhamus (LAW) won by major decision over Dylan Ristow (Waukesha) (Maj 12-2)
Cons. Semi – Brock Polhamus (LAW) won by decision over Sawyer Massie (Hudson) (Dec 1-0)
3rd Place Match – Mason Stokke (Menomonie) won by major decision over Brock Polhamus (LAW) (Maj 12-4)
by Derek on April 7, 2010
Tourdot’s state championship run is in a group of six plays nominated for Play of the Week on WKBT.com. Here is how you can help him win the contest…
- Click the following link http://bit.ly/acDu6u
- To the right of the video, you will see the opinion poll. Vote for “Sparta Wrestling.”
- That’s it!
To see the video, you have to hit “Next” under the video to navigate to a very short collage of clips of Tourdot at state. We’ll update you as to who wins Top Play of the Week when we know.
by Derek on April 4, 2010
Margo Degenhardt wrapped up a Sunday of wrestling by finishing in 5th place at 146 pounds in the Women’s High School National Championships at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI.
Degenhardt finished 4-3 during her two days at the tournament. Here is how she did on Sunday…
- 5th Round – Pinned Katie Wallace of North Carolina
- 6th Round – Bye
- 7th Round – Lost 10-8 to Brittany Goebels of Illinois
Margo pushed the top-ranked wrestler in the country in Goebels in her last match of the day. The top-ranked Goebels will be heading to Oklahoma City University this fall on a full-ride for wrestling. OCU has won the last two national championships in women’s wrestling. Margo was by far the toughest match of the tournament for Goebels who surrendered only two points and won every match by pin before facing Degenhardt.
Congrats to Margo on a great tournament!
by Derek on April 3, 2010
Margo Degenhardt during a JV match against La Crosse Logan in December 2009.
Spartan Margo Degenhardt is still alive after a 2-2 day at the Women’s High School National Championships. Margo lost her first two matches today, but came right back with two straight victories. Here is how she did today…
- 1st Round – Lost 12-4 to Emilii Russell of Tennessee (ranked 8th in nation)
- 2nd Round – Lost 5-1 to Kasey Kruczek of Pennsylvania (ranked 10th)
- 3rd Round – Won 9-6 over Chelsey Cash of Virginia
- 4th Round – Won 11-10 over Shanice Harris of Virginia (ranked 3rd)
Her victory over Harris was impressive considering she had only 20 minutes between matches. That victory qualified her for three more matches tomorrow, which will include a bout against top-ranked Brittany Goebel of Illinois.
Check back here tomorrow to see the final results from Margo’s trip to nationals…
