February 24, 2010

State Scouting Report

Over the past couple days, my dad and I have looked over some data about Sparta’s first round opponents at the state tournament and compiled that information below.  Not much can be said beyond the first and second matches for these guys, but what we can say with certainty is below.  Here goes…
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112  –  Adam [...]

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February 24, 2010

I Spartan

We have another addition to the alumni article series.  Terry Smith joins us to talk about what it means to be a Spartan.  It’s a good read with a lot of history and a good story behind what it means to put on the red and gold and wrestle as a Spartan.
Here is a little [...]

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February 24, 2010

Wiedl, Rickert enter rankings

After Adam Wiedl’s impressive performance at sectionals, he now finds himself ranked 5th in division two at 112 pounds according to Wisconsin Wrestling Online. His victories included a 9-2 victory over Austyn Alt (39-8) of River Valley and a 12-10 win over Daniel Banh of Clinton (40-2). Banh was ranked 2nd coming into [...]

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February 23, 2010

Talking to this year’s state qualifiers

Mike Montgomery was kind enough to sit down with this year’s state qualifiers in Adam Wiedl, Brandon Rickert, Jordan Stanek and Matt Tourdot and talk to them about everything from the importance of practice partners to their feelings on the changes going from division one to division two and more.  The nearly 15-minute interview is [...]

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February 20, 2010

Wiedl, Rickert, Stanek and Tourdot heading to Kohl Center

Sparta will be sending four wrestlers to the state tournament in Madison next week.  Adam Wiedl, Brandon Rickert and Jordan Stanek all placed second while Matt Tourdot took home the individual title.  Brandon Brueggen and Tom Tourdot were one match away from qualifying for the state tournament, but lost their third place matches.
It will be [...]

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February 20, 2010

Sectionals underway at Richland Center

5:27pm —  Sparta’s Morgan Leis, Tom Tourdot and Derek VonRuden saw their chances at advancing to the state tournament end this afternoon, but the Spartans still have Jordan Stanek and Matt Tourdot wrestling for individual titles.  VonRuden fell to Dodgeville’s Jasper Meeker (26-15) by a close score of 9-7 in the consolation semifinals.  Tom Tourdot [...]

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February 16, 2010

Sparta falls to Lodi 31-25

It was a match for the ages Tuesday night in Wisconsin Dells, but in the end it was Lodi who came out victorious in a tight 31-25 victory over Sparta.  The loss tonight was Sparta’s first in 18 matches this year and they finish the season with one of the highest winning percentages in program [...]

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February 16, 2010

Team Sectionals

I’m sorry to report that we have no cell reception inside the high school so updating will not be possible during the match. However they do have someone working on Trackwrestling so check out trackwrestling.com for updates. Check back tonight for a full update on tonight’s duals and sorry about no live updating.
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February 15, 2010

The lowdown on Lodi

This morning I looked over Trackwrestling at the team Lodi put on the mat at this past weekend’s regional in Jefferson then went back through the year and recorded some results and made notes of any matches where Lodi wrestlers had wrestled the same guys as Sparta at some point throughout the year.  There are [...]

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February 13, 2010

Sparta sends 10 to sectionals, prepares for Lodi Tuesday evening

Sparta’s division two tournament season debut was one to remember as they saw seven wrestlers win their brackets and ten advance to the sectional tournament next weekend at Richland Center.  Adam Wiedl, Brandon Rickert, Morgan Leis, Tom Tourdot, Brandon Brueggen, Jordan Stanek and Matt Tourdot all took home individual titles.  Bryce Nowaczyk, Toby Mosley and [...]

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February 13, 2010

Sparta in control at Viroqua

6:15pm —  Add Brandon Brueggen and Jordan Stanek to the list of individual champions for the Spartans.  Brueggen and Stanek won their weight classes to bring the total of sectional qualifiers to nine for Sparta with Matt Tourdot and Steve Stevenson still to wrestle.  Stevenson has the tougher road having to win his 3rd place [...]

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