December 2008

Well, Christmas is over and the best gift for wrestlers is their two pound allowance for making weight.  We wrestled a lot better this past weekend at the Badger State invitational.  I am very proud of our 5th place finish and we are still getting better.  Every week and every meet we have improved.  Our goal is to be the best shape we can be in by regionals.  It's okay if we are not on top yet, it is still too early in the season for that. 

We will be hosting a scrimmage tomorrow on December 30 at 9:00 in the new gym.  It will be al ot of fun and it will give us a chance to have a practice with some new faces.  Fans and parents are welcome to come in and watch the Spartans practice.

Go Sparta!

Coach Larsen

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Sparta nabbed 5th place at the Badger State Invite and 189-pounder Matt Tourdot won his bracket for the Spartans saturday afternoon in Madison, WI.  Derek McDonald and Kevin Schmitz also battled their way to the finals before losing to wrestlers from Stoughton.  Sparta’s 133.5 points put them just ahead of Oak Creek and Sauk Prairie at 132.5 points and just short of Sheboygan South’s 138.5 points for 4th place.  Stoughton ran away with the team title scoring 257 points.

Five Spartan wrestlers placed in the top five with Tourdot leading the way.  Derek McDonald and Kevin Schmitz both placed second while Morgan Leis and Jordan Stanek came away with 5th place finishes.  Aaron Freeman (6th), Toby Mosley and Jesse Amundson (7th) as well as Bryce Nowaczyk, Nick Anderson and Brandon Brueggen (8th) also placed for the Spartans.

Here is a summary of how each Spartan did at their weight class.

For complete match-by-match results, please click here.

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103  –  Bryce Nowaczyk, 2-3 with a pin, 8th Place
112  –  Adam Wiedl, 1-2 with a pin
119  –  Derek McDonald, 3-1 with two pins, 2nd Place
125  –  Toby Mosley, 3-2 with a pin, 7th Place
130  –  Jesse Amundson, 3-2 with a pin and major decision, 7th Place
135  –  Kenny Denton, 1-2
140  –  Tom Tourdot, 1-2
145  –  Morgan Leis, 4-1 with a major decision, 5th Place
152  –  Jordan Stanek, 4-1 with major decision and tech fall, 5th Place
160  –  Nick Anderson, 2-3, 8th Place
171  –  Brandon Bruggen, 2-3, 8th Place
189  –  Matt Tourdot, 4-0 with a pin, 1st Place
215  –  Kevin Schmitz, 3-1 with a major decision, 2nd Place
285  –  Aaron Freeman, 3-2 with a pin, 6th Place

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Team Scores:  Stoughton 257, Milton 201, Clinton 146, Sheboygan South 138.5, Sparta 133.5, Oak Creek 132.5, Sauk Prairie 132.5, Campbellsport 124, Waukesha South 103.5, Brodhead 101, Evansville/Albany 58, Cambridge 54, Brookfield Central 49, Belleville 44, Orfordville/Parkview 36, Antigo 9

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Sparta now takes some time off before heading to La Crosse Logan on Thursday, January 8th to wrestle another tough MVC opponent.  Logan is currently ranked 7th in our Coulee Region Power Rankings so it looks to be another tough test for Sparta.  The JV take the mat at 615pm while Varsity action starts at 730pm.  Be sure to check back to Spartanwrestling.com for more details and results on that match.

Finally, be sure to check out the results page.  A new column has been added so that if you want to go back and see how Sparta did against Prairie Du Chien during the first dual of the year you can do so.  Just click on the “Match Details” link and it will take you to the post that appeared on this website that listed results.  The same type of thing is in the works for last season’s results.  Links to live blogs will also be posted so you can get even more exact information on those duals.

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The wrestling photos you see on the column to the left of this post will be consolidated soon.  We're not talking about the old school photos or the ones of the coaches–just the ones from the 2006-07 season.  We'll be adding some new photos there soon and just wanted to clean up some space.

Those photos won't be lost, but they might be all combined into a "2006-07 Duals" or a "2006-07 Tournament" gallery.  I'm still trying to figure out how that will be done, but rest assured all photos up there now will still be there albeit in a slight different manner.

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Sparta met some of its toughest competition of the season this past weekend at the West Allis Invitational.  The Spartans finished in 9th place with 88 points.  Hartford scored 193 points to take the team title edging out Pewaukee's 185.5 points.

Matt Tourdot led the way for Sparta taking 2nd place at 189 pounds.  Tourdot beat a state placewinner last year at the same weight to advance to the finals where he lost to another state placewinner in Hartford's Nick Broadway by a score of 4-2.  The kid Tourdot beat in the semifinals, Josh Mohr of Pewaukee, placed 3rd at 189 pounds in last year's state tournament while Broadway took 4th at the same weight.

Beyond Tourdot, 215-pounder Kevin Schmitz nabbed 3rd, Derek McDonald and Jordan Stanek both grabbed 4th and 171-pounder Brandon Brueggen took home 6th.

Full results are below…

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103 – Bryce Nowaczyk's place is unknown and has scored 2.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 – Bryce Nowaczyk (Sparta) 6-4 received a bye (Bye)
    Champ. Round 2 – Cale Klink (Hartford) 11-2 won by pin over Bryce Nowaczyk (Sparta) 6-4 (Pin 2:45)
    Cons. Round 2 – Bryce Nowaczyk (Sparta) 6-4 won by major decision over Jonathan Tripi (Wauwatosa) 2-3 (Maj 11-0)
    Cons. Round 3 – Zach Baus (Germantown) 11-5 won by pin over Bryce Nowaczyk (Sparta) 6-4 (Pin 2:36)

285 – Aaron Freeman's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.

    Champ. Round 1 – Aaron Freeman (Sparta) 3-5 received a bye (Bye)

    Champ. Round 2 – Dan Cartagena (Racine Case) 5-7 won by decision over Aaron Freeman (Sparta) 3-5 (Dec 3-0)

    Cons. Round 2 – Aaron Freeman (Sparta) 3-5 received a bye (Bye)

    Cons. Round 3 – Taylor Witty (Milwaukee Lutheran) 9-3 won by major decision over Aaron Freeman (Sparta) 3-5 (Maj 9-1)

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Sparta looks to pick up where they left off after the Holmen dual by making their debut appearance at the Badger State Invite Saturday in Madison.  This tournament will take the place of the Bi-State Classic on the schedule as the Spartans wrestle somewhere other than the La Crosse Center over winter break for the first time since the Bi-State Classic came into existence.

The Badger State Invite is a 17-team invitational that will take place at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison.  The teams competing will be Antigo, Belleville, Brodhead, Brookfield Central, Cambridge, Campbellsport, Clinton, Evansville/Albany, Milton, Oak Creek, Orfordville/Parkview, Sauk Prairie, Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan South, Stoughton and Waukesha South.

Action kicks off at 10am.

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Finally, the Coulee Region Power Rankings have been updated so check them out.  The live blog will return to Spartanwrestling.com for the next home dual on Thursday, January 22nd and then again for the last time this season on Tuesday, February 3rd against Tomah.  Be sure to stay tuned for details.

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