Spartans dominate dual with Onalaska/Luther
The Spartans rolled to a 55-15 victory on the back of five forfeits, two pins and two technical falls Thursday evening against Onalaska/Luther.The dual started with a forfeit to Hayden Krein at 160. Mathias Krein, now the 12th ranked wrestler at 170 according to Wisconsin Wrestling Online, won his match by technical fall 16-0 in 4:45.Onalaska would get their first points at 182 as the Hilltoppers' Zach Udermann pinned Kelten Pfaff in 3:36. Sparta would respond with two straight wins. At 195, Marcus Cox picked up a 7-3 victory while at 195, Garet Pfaff pinned Nick Blum--the son of former Spartan coach Lyle Blum--in 4:29 to give the Spartans a 20-6 lead.At 285, Noah Benish surrendered the only points of the match with about 35 seconds to go and fell 1-0. The Hilltoppers would pick up their final points of the dual when Jacob Oyen pinned Luis Cruz-Cane in a back-and-forth match that ended shortly into the second period.Vince Polhamus won by forfeit at 113 before both teams forfeited 120. Jon Bailey, Thomas Treu and Kyle Erickson won matches by forfeit at 126, 132 and 138 before David Hayes destroyed the Hilltoppers' Micah LeFebre via a 37-second pin. Brett Von Ruden rounded out the action with an 18-3 technical fall victory in 3:00 at 152.160 - Hayden Krein wins by forfeit170 - Mathias Krein won by technical fall over Kaden Cordry (Onalaska/Luther) 16-0 in 4:45182 - Zach Udermann (Onalaska/Luther) pinned Kelten Pfaff in 3:36195 - Marcus Cox defeated Nom Yang (Onalaska/Luther) 7-3220 - Garet Pfaff pinned Nick Blum (Onalaska/Luther) in 4:29285 - Adam Buege (Onalaska/Luther) defeated Noah Benish 1-0106 - Jacob Oyen (Onalaska/Luther) pinned Luis Cruz-Cane in 2:10113 - Vince Polhamus won by forfeit120 - DOUBLE FORFEIT126 - Jon Bailey won by forfeit132 - Thomas Treu won by forfeit138 - Kyle Erickson won by forfeit145 - David Hayes pinned Micah LeFebre (Onalaska/Luther) in 0:37152 - Brett Von Ruden won by technical fall over Brian Stewart (Onalaska/Luther) 18-3 in 3:00FINAL: SPARTA 55 - ONALASKA/LUTHER 15The win improved the Spartan's dual record to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in the MVC. Sparta will now experience their longest break in action for the rest of the season--eight days until Bi-State commences on December 29th.JV competes at Mel-Min/G.E.T. Friday Night FightsThe JV competed this past Friday at the Mel-Min/G.E.T. Friday Night Fights and saw two wrestlers emerge undefeated and another in second place. Corbin Hauser and Madden Connelly both finished undefeated at 3-0 on the night to capture first place while Nick Dicicco finished 2-1 to capture second place.Connelly was dominant with all three of his pins coming at 40 seconds or under. Hauser had two pins before winning his final match 7-0 over Gage Anderson from Holmen. Complete JV results are below...