by Derek on April 26, 2011
With Sparta’s 41-20 victory over Tomah on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010, the Spartans ended Tomah’s 35-match MVC winning streak and earned their first conference title since the 2003-04 season. With the win, the Spartans also pushed their regular season dual record to 17-0, which remains the best start in program history.
As always, this video will be archived in the video page at the top.
The full video can be found on its Vimeo page here.
And here is the video…
Individual matches can be found at the times below…
0:00 – 9:00 – Brandon Brueggen vs. Ross Lynch (Tomah)
9:00 – 14:03 – Jordan Stanek vs. Josh VonHaden (Tomah)
14:03 – 16:00 – Matt Tourdot vs. Mike VonHaden (Tomah)
16:00 – 18:36 – Steve Stevenson vs. Lucas Stromberg-Windau (Tomah)
18:36 – 26:30 – Bryce Nowaczyk vs. Tanner Dworak (Tomah)
26:30 – 34:35 – Adam Wiedl vs. Zurik Adler (Tomah)
34:35 – 40:41 – Brandon Rickert vs. Skylar McCarthy (Tomah)
40:41 – 45:06 – Toby Mosley vs. Trenton Littlegeorge (Tomah)
45:06 – 54:40 – Derek VonRuden vs. Damion Reekie (Tomah)
54:40 – 1:04:10 – Jesse Amundson vs. Joey Organ (Tomah)
1:04:10 – 1:13:21 – Nick Anderson vs. Jacob Dubord (Tomah)
1:13:21 – 1:21:39 – Morgan Leis vs. Tyler VonHaden (Tomah)
by Derek on January 15, 2010
Jordan Stanek pinned Aquinas' pinned Joey Franckson in the first period Thursday evening. Here, he finishes off his opponent from Logan back in December.
Looks like it might come down to Sparta-Tomah again for the fourth straight year to determine the MVC champion. As predicted, Sparta had no problem with Aquinas Thursday evening. The Spartans picked up five pins along with three victories by forfeit as part of 12 straight wins during the dual en route to a 61-12 MVC victory in La Crosse. What I did not predict was the margin of victory Tomah had over Holmen. The Timberwolves crushed the Vikings 51-22 picking up five wins by pin and three matches by major decision or tech fall to improve to 3-0 in the MVC.
Here are more in-depth results for the Spartans’ match against the Blugolds…
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140 – John Paul Soldner (A) pinned Michael Murnane 5:23
145 – Kilian Gordon (A) pinned Margo Degenhardt 1:47
152 – Morgan Leis major decisioned Zach Kammel (A) 14-4
160 – Tom Tourdot decisioned Danny Mullaney (A) 7-4
171 – Brandon Brueggen decisioned Jimmy Coady (A) 4-2
189 – Jordan Stanek pinned Joey Franckson (A) 1:50
215 – Matt Tourdot pinned Tommy Fuller (A) 0:27
285 – Steve Stevenson pinned Lucas Shappell (A) 3:21
103 – Bryce Nowaczyk pinned Morgan (A) 1:36
112 – Adam Wiedl won by forfeit
119 – Jacob Denton decisioned Miller (A) 4-0
125 – Brandon Rickert pinned Bettis (A) 3:23
130 – Nick Winchel won by forfeit
135 – Derek VonRuden won by forefeit
FINAL: Sparta 61 – Aquinas 12
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The win improves Sparta’s record to 9-0 overall and 3-0 in the MVC. The score could have been much worse for the Bluegolds. Sparta was resting a number of its wrestlers while three JV wrestlers in Michael Murnane, Margo Degenhardt and Jacob Denton saw varsity action.
Tomah’s victory over Holmen keeps the Timberwolves on pace with the Spartans and sets up a February 2nd match in Tomah that will likely determine the MVC champion. I wasn’t at the Tomah-Holmen dual so I can’t say what happened to the Vikings whether they got caught in a couple of matches or the matchups just weren’t there for Holmen, but as it always seems to play out, the Tomah-Sparta dual once again will play out with an MVC championship banner on the line. If anyone who was at the Tomah-Holmen dual would like to weigh in, please do so by leaving a comment.
For those of you interested in how the matchups between Tomah and Holmen ended up, check that out below…
285: Weibel (H) maj. dec. L’Herault 14-1; 103: P. Adler (T) won by forfeit; 112: Dworak (T) pinned Anderson 1:25; 119: Bennett (H) pinned McCarthy 1:12; 125: Adler (T) pinned Schank 2:21; 130: Reekie (T) pinned Niccum 4:40; 135: Scott (T) tech. fall Lillestrand 15-0; 140: Dubord (T) pinned Salek 1:14; 145: Organ (T) dec. Medinger 3-2; 152: Ian Hackett (H) pinned Genrich 3:06; 160: T. Von Haden (T) maj. dec. Isaac Hackett 15-5; 171: Lynch (T) pinned Addleman 3:25; 189: J. Von Haden (T) maj. dec. Eickmeier 10-5; 215: Scholze (H) pinned Stromberg-Windau 2:59.
Check back here later in the day for the long-awaited JV wrestling photo gallery from the Dec. 29 Spartan JV Invite.
by Derek on December 3, 2009
Sparta won the first nine matches of the night to go up 42-0 and then coasted the rest of the way for a decisive 48-23 victory over the Chippewa Falls Cardinals Thursday evening in Sparta. Sparta won a number of close matches early on to set the tone for the night while also picking up six pins to cement the victory. After falling behind 42-0 through nine weight classes, the Cardinals began picking up some points in the lower weights.
The Cardinals’ 119-pounder Isaac Balsiger, who was third at 103 pounds in Division One last year, looked impressive in a victory over Spartan senior Adam Wiedl. Wiedl is going to be tough this year, but Balsiger is also going to be one of the best wrestlers the Spartans run into all season long. At 125 pounds, Nick Winchel looked impressive picking up a second-period pin a year after suffering a season-ending injury at the Reedsburg Invitational.
The most exciting match of the night was the opening match at 130 pounds between Sparta’s Toby Mosely and the Cardinals’ Josh Reedy. After the first period, the score was pretty tight with Reedy holding a 4-3 advantage. Reedy was down to start the first and immediately escaped, took Mosely down for two and picked up three near fall points. Before long, it was 10-4 Reedy and things were looking down for Mosely. The period ended with Mosely down 10-3.
Things immediately changed and Mosely came to own the third period. Mosely picked up two takedowns, a nearfall and before long the score was 11-9 Reedy with 20 seconds left. A takedown by Reedy and a quick escape by Mosely was followed up with a takedown and two-point nearfall in the final seconds to give Mosely the 15-13 victory. It was an exciting start to the year and set the tone for the night as Sparta won a number of matches in the final seconds.
Check out the full results below…
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130 – Toby Mosely decisions Josh Reedy (CF) 15-13
135 – Derek VonRuden pins Cody Garbers (CF) 5:23
140 – Logan Denasha pins Cody Petska (CF) 3:18
145 – Nick Anderson decisions Zach Williams (CF) 6-5
152 – Morgan Leis pins Austin Lemay (CF) 1:25
160 – Tom Tourdot pins Curtis Scott (CF) 3:16
171 – Brandon Brueggen decisions Matt Ingbretson (CF) 10-4
189 – Jordan Stanek decisions Luke Bowe (CF) 10-5
215 – Matt Tourdot pins Grant Schindler (CF) 3:25
285 – Dominik Goyette (CF) pins Steven Stevenson 1:14
103 – Quinn Miracle (CF) pins Bryce Nowaczyk 2:36
112 – Isaac Balsiger (CF) tech falls Adam Wiedl 20-5
119 – Andres Snider (CF) pins Jacob Denton 1:00
125 – Nick Winchel pins Mackenzie Nutzman (CF) 3:51
Final: Sparta 48 – Chippewa Falls 23
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Next up for Sparta will be the Reedsburg Dual Invite. Check back here tomorrow for information on the tournament. Congrats to Sparta on a great start to the year! And thanks to Mike Montgomery for leading tonight’s live blog.
