I am always interested in listening to Coach Smith talk wrestling so I happened onto this clip. I like his quote right at the beginning….”If you don’t hate losing you’re in trouble”. Anyway he tells a few stories about his former coach and also about one of the former wrestlers in attendance, Johnny Thompson and…
Monthly Archives: February 2012
A trio of Spartans finished fifth at this year’s state tournament. Dylan Winchel, Derek VonRuden and Toby Mosley all won their fifth place matches and they couldn’t have done it in more different ways. In each of their first wrestlebacks, Winchel, VonRuden and Mosley ran into some very tough wrestlers. However, each of them rebounded…
Details to follow. Derek is busy shooting a wedding today in Duluth while anxiously awaiting the arrival of a baby so he may be a little pre-occupied. I will do the best I can to update you on what happened today but suffice it to say all our guys at State did an outstanding job…
Dylan Winchel and Toby Mosley both ran into tough semifinal competition and Derek VonRuden won his wrestleback as all three will be competing Saturday for chances at third place. Winchel fell 6-1 to Zach Sirny, a wrestler from Wautoma/Wild Rose with lots of state tournament experience. The senior 106 pounder was a runner-up last year…
Spartan freshman John Roddick won his 40th match of the year Thursday in his opening match at the state tournament while teammate Derek VonRuden reached 45 wins with his first-match victory as the Spartans went 2-2 on the day. Roddick (40-12) defeated East Troy’s Ryan Engel (31-10) 4-0 to setup a match against Oconto Falls’…
Today is the day. Four of Sparta’s six state tournament qualifiers will wrestle tonight. John Roddick, Brock Polhamus, Derek VonRuden and Kyle Burkhalter will step onto the mat tonight and for Roddick and Polhamus, this will be their first trip to the Kohl Center. VonRuden and Burkhalter will be looking to avenge their winless state…
The latest wrestler profile is half of Sparta’s freshman duo who became the first freshman to qualify for the state individual tournament since 1995. This guy loves T-Plush, dreams of meeting the Packers and Aaron Rodgers and can’t get enough of Red Lobster. With a record of 39-12 heading into Thursday’s state tournament, meet John…
Mike Montgomery sat down with Sparta’s six state qualifiers for a short interview about the journey to the state tournament and their thoughts, expectations and goals. It’s definitely worth watching.
The website Badgerstatewrestling.com has just uploaded and posted videos from the championship matches at Saturday’s sectional tournament in Richland Center. That means you get to see Dylan Winchel, John Roddick, Derek VonRuden, Toby Mosley and Kyle Burkhalter in action. Links to the videos will always be on our videos page, but are also below. Check…
Tickets to this year’s team state tournament are now on sale. The cost is $8 and they are available in the high school office before or after school, during lunch and during parent-teacher conferences on February 27th between the hours of 3:30pm and 6:30pm. If the Spartans win their dual against Luxemburg-Casco, tickets for the…
Wisconsin Wrestling Online just came out with their pre-state rankings, which is basically their ranking of the best wrestlers at the state tournament and can be perceived as a predictor of sorts about how each weight class will play out. Here is how the six were ranked… Dylan Winchel – 4th John Roddick – 11th…