January 24, 2012

Blast from the past

While looking up some information for a future blog post, I came across this from 2009. Can you count how many of these middle schoolers are now wrestling varsity?

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January 23, 2012

Spartans in the rankings

Not much has changed in the rankings since we last updated you. In the Wisconsin Wrestling Online team rankings, Sparta continues to be ranked 9th in division two. The Crossface rankings, which haven’t been updated since the middle of December, still have the Spartans as an honorable mention despite finishing almost 20 points ahead of [...]

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January 22, 2012

Sparta Invite Photos

Here are 127 photos from yesterday’s action in Sparta. Again, congrats to the Spartans on their team title. 2012 Spartan Invite – Images by Derek Montgomery

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January 22, 2012

Spartans top Holmen, Iowa-Grant to win Spartan Invite

Sparta won their own invite for the first time since 1997 by putting six guys into the finals to finish 6.5 points ahead of Iowa-Grant and 84.5 points ahead of MVC rivals Holmen. Neillsville finished third with 193 points, Desoto fourth with 135 and Holmen fifth with 127. Leading the way for the Spartans were [...]

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January 21, 2012

Watch the Spartan Invite Live!!!

We succeeded in getting a live stream of the Spartan Invite. Check it out below for the rest of today’s action on the center mat, which will include the semifinals and finals later this afternoon. We plan on doing this for all the home duals going forward. Since this is out first foray into live [...]

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January 21, 2012

Live Streaming the Spartan Invite Finals

Sorry about no preview yesterday. I was busy replacing all the pants whose crotch I tore while shooting weddings last year and more importantly, getting everything setup so that we can live stream the Spartan Invite finals later today. The finals should start between 6pm and 7pm and we’ll have a better idea as the [...]

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January 20, 2012

Photos from Sparta-Holmen dual

Below is a photo gallery from last night’s dual. We’ll have a short preview of the Spartan Invite later today and we are still working on seeing if we can live stream the finals of the invite tomorrow. Keep checking back here for details on that or on Sparta Wrestling’s Facebook page. For now, here [...]

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January 20, 2012

Holmen gets revenge, edges Sparta 28-25

Holmen avenged Saturday’s loss to the Spartans by winning eight matches en route to a 28-25 victory over the visiting Spartans. There were numerous matches where the Spartans could have picked up extra points, but they were facing a tough Holmen team at home with the Vikings wrestling with a chip on their shoulder for [...]

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January 19, 2012

Sparta vs. Holmen Live Blog

It’s Sparta vs. Holmen part deux and if you can’t attend, below is your ticket to following the action. We’ll be live blogging the dual tonight, but on a mobile device so if your questions aren’t answered, it’s because we simply don’t have the ability to monitor and answer every question. Expect updates after each [...]

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January 17, 2012

Sparta-Holmen Preview

I had originally envisioned this post to be a lot longer than it’s going to be, but since Sparta and Holmen already wrestled this past weekend in the finals at Stevens Point, we’ll just let the results of that dual speak for themselves. While the Spartans won the dual comfortably, it was a lot closer [...]

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January 16, 2012

Wrestler Profile: Dylan Winchel

This week we profile sophomore Dylan Winchel who will enter the dual against Holmen with a 29-3 record at 106 pounds. Name: Dylan Winchel Year/Grade: 10th Grade Wrestling highlights: Beating JJ McClelland 10-6 at Lancaster Invite while he was ranked. Favorite subject: Woodworking Lessons learned: Don’t let the score affect you after the first period. Just always [...]

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