September 2009

Club Meeting set for October 12

by Derek on September 30, 2009

Another meeting of the Sparta Wrestling Club is set for 7pm on Monday, October 12th at the Sparta High School cafeteria.

Coach Larsen has provided minutes from the last meeting of the club in case you were unable to attend.  Check them out below…

1.  Decision was made to not try to rush into a Fall Tournament, but focus on establishing a post-season Folkstyle in MAR/APR.

2.  Spaghetti dinner at VFW scheduled for November 5th at 4:00pm.  Final update will be provided at the next meeting by Kelly Tourdot

3.  JV Tournament scheduled for December 28, 2009 in conjunction with the Bi-State Classic (December 28-29).

4.  The HS Varsity will be attending the Harrisonville Christmas Tournament in Harrisonville, MO December 17-19.  Lodging information was distributed by Coach Larsen.  The Logan dual has been moved to Tuesday December 15th and will be wrestled in the old gym to allow for travel to MO.

5.  The Sparta HS Athletic schedules have moved to the new Mississippi Valley Conference web site and can be accessed through the Sparta HS Athletic page or at: http://www.mvconference.org

6.  A review of the SWC Mission was presented and acknowledged by the club.  The discussion on by-laws was tabled pending a review as to what if anything needs to be changed.  The number of officers and directors needs to be decided before elections in the spring.

{ 3 comments }

Tourdot ranked 17th at 215 pounds by Wrestling USA Magazine

by Derek on September 9, 2009

Wrestling USA Magazine has ranked Spartan senior Matt Tourdot as the 17th best 215-pound wrestler in the country in this year’s senior class.  Tourdot, coming off a summer in which he became Sparta’s first ever All-American, enters the school year as the second-ranked wrestler at his weight class in the state of Wisconsin according to the same rankings.  Ranked third at 215 is Beloit Memorial’s Alex Polizzi.

The top ranked wrestler in this year’s senior class at 215 pounds is Trevor Rupp of Pocatello, ID who Tourdot wrestled twice earlier this summer in Fargo and lost both matches.  However, Tourdot wrestled Nate Gaffney of Connellsville, PA at the same tournament and pinned him in 57 seconds.  Gaffney enters the year ranked ahead of Tourdot at 4th.

Full rankings for all weight classes can be found here.

Here are the top 30 ranked wrestlers in this year’s 215 pound senior class.

1. Trevor Rupp (Pocatello, ID)
2. Aaron Pavlenko (Marcos de Niza, AZ)
3. Alex Polizzi (Beloit Memorial, WI)
4. Nate Gaffney (Connellsville, PA)
5. Kyle Colling (Pioneer, NY)
6. Spencer Myers (Selinsgrove, PA)
7. Antonio Giorgio (Warwick, PA)
8. Kyle Caylor (Wichita Northwest, KS)
9. Matthew Loew (Wantagh, NY)
10. Kyle Cowan (Cascia Hall, OK)
11. Kevin Innes (St. Peters Prep, NJ)
12. Drew Meulman (Saint Francis, CA)
13. Jacob Trotter (Mead, WA)
14. Brian Schoene (Bakersfield, CA)
15. Zach Greenwald (Paulsboro, NJ)
16. Beau Wenger (Fairless, OH)
17. Matt Tourdot (Sparta, WI)
18. Josh Davis (Freehold, NJ)
19. Cody Davis (The Woodlands, TX)
20. Don McNeil (Wyoming Seminary, PA)
21. Derrick Laney (Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, GA)
22. Zeal McGrew (Burnt Hills, NY)
23. Trevor Voelker (Dallas Center-Grimes, IA)
24. Cody Dauphin (El Reno, OK)
25. Nick McDiarmid (Fowlerville, MI)
26. Zach Smith (Boylan, IL)
27. C.J. Collins (Collins Hill, GA)
28. Cody Mansur (Clackamas, OR)
29. Logan White (St. Paris Graham, OH)
30. Christian Lentz (Mishawaka, IN)

{ 0 comments }

Wrestling Club Meeting this Monday at 7pm

by Derek on September 8, 2009

A meeting of the Sparta Wrestling Club will take place this Monday, September 14th at 7 p.m. in the Sparta High School cafeteria.  This is for anyone who has a wrestler who wrestles for Sparta youth, middle or high school.  The first meeting will introduce board members, provide a history of the club as well as the mission and vision of the club today.  It's also a great chance to get to know other Sparta wrestling fans and supporters in the area and get some of your questions answered about the upcoming season.

{ 0 comments }