by Derek on February 17, 2011
Spartan alumni Joel Dutton is doing wonders down in the southern part of his state with his Kenosha Tremper squad. Dutton has the Trojans sitting with a dual record of 33-5. That’s correct, not a typo. They’ve wrestled 38 duals… and won 33 of them.
This snippet from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online sums up the kind of season it’s been for the 10th-ranked Trojans…
Kenosha Tremper’s victory at the Southeast Conference tournament was one for the ages for its coach, Joel Dutton. Dutton had never finished first in the league in his eight years at the school, and the championship was the first at the school since 1986, when the school was in the old Milwaukee Area Conference, according to Dutton’s records. “I just got the smile off my face today,” said Dutton. “The kids wrestled fantastic. It was a good day.” Tremper won four titles but prevailed with its depth as 13 wrestlers placed in the top four.
On Tuesday night, they defeated Stoughton 38-27 in their team sectional. They will wrestle Arrowhead right away at team state and if they win that dual will wrestle the winner of Holmen and Hudson. Yes, Holmen made it to team state again this year.
We here at Spartanwrestling.com will be rooting for Kenosha Tremper to trailblaze their way to the state finals and hopefully to a championship. A win for Tremper at team state is a win for the Spartans.
Here is a photo of coach Dutton with another Spartan alum Justin Schroeder.
by Derek on January 20, 2011
Wisconsin Wrestling Online just released their latest rankings and their are some new Spartan faces in the mix. On the team side, the Spartans held their place at 8th in Division Two. Holmen (honorable mention D1), River Valley (11th D2) and Weston/Ithaca (5th D3) are other ranked teams that the Spartans either defeated in duals or finished ahead of in tournaments.
At 125 pounds, Derek VonRuden is Sparta’s new entry into the rankings. VonRuden is an honorable mention. One weight class up at 130 pounds, Nick Winchel is also an honorable mention while at 145 pounds, Toby Mosley is ranked 12th. Tom Tourdot retained the top overall ranking at 215 pounds for the second straight poll. Oddly, Aquinas’ Lucas Shappell dropped three spots to 6th in D3 after defeating Tourdot one week ago. Also, Morgan Leis dropped completely out of the rankings despite not suffering any major losses. I think this just goes to show you that nothing really matters until you get to the Kohl Center in late February.
You can see the team rankings by clicking here. If you’d like to see the individual rankings, then click here for those.
Spartan alum Joel Dutton’s Kenosha Tremper Trojans come in at 11th in D1. Dutton has five of his kids in the rankings including Tyler Rice at 112 pounds who is a sophomore and ranked third and Dominic Garcia at 125 pounds who is a junior and ranked second. Finally, at 145 pounds, Levi Horton comes in at 5th overall. That’s three kids in the top 5 for a program that is steadily improving year after year. Nice job Joel!!
by Derek on March 8, 2010
Spartan alum and current Kenosha Tremper head coach Joel Dutton put three of his wrestlers on the podium at this year’s state tournament. At 103 pounds, Tyler Rice placed 2nd while at 119 pounds, Dominic Garcia also came home with a 2nd place showing. At 285 pounds, Najee Parker finished 6th. On a team level, Tremper finished with a 32-5 dual record and barely missed qualifying for team sectionals after finishing just 7.5 points back of champion Milton. Milton fell in the state team finals to Wisconsin Rapids and was ranked 2nd for most of the year in division one according to Wisconsin Wrestling Online. I think that just illustrates how underrated this Tremper team was all season long.
Here are some photos of Dutton getting animated during the semifinals on Friday evening. Great match, but I don’t think the kid with the Nintendo DS over Dutton’s shoulder caught one second of it. The kid in the red jacket is another story…
We will have more photos and video this week. I’m finally done taking my breather from a very busy couple weeks leading up to the state tournament so keep checking back here for more updates and information about the end-of-the-year banquet.
by Derek on January 11, 2010
I’m proud to announce the launch of the Spartan Wrestling Alumni blog. Here you will be able to find news and articles about former alumni and columns spanning topics such as mental toughness and preparation. Eventually we hope to create a directory where alumni can post contact information in case they wanted to get in touch with one another.
Kicking off the blog is a column by Joel Dutton talking about mental toughness. Dutton was a two-time state qualifier for the Spartans taking third his senior year at 125 pounds. He’s now the head coach at Kenosha Tremper and if you’ve paid any attention to the web site the last few weeks, you will know his team has been doing some serious damage to the competition.
The blog is still a work in progress. Some of the navigation items at the top of the page still need to be added, but you can read and comment on the posts like any other.
Click here to check out the blog and to read Dutton’s column…
by Derek on December 30, 2009
Lots to talk about here. Our last post talked about Joel Dutton’s Kenosha Tremper squad going 10-0 at a dual tournament last weekend. They followed that up by winning the two-day Mid-States Tournament in Whitewater by edging out runner-up Burlington by two points. Finishing fourth in the tournament was Mukwonago who is currently ranked 12th in the state by Wisconsin Wrestling Online. Tremper is not even an honorable mention now, but if they keep wrestling they way they have been the last couple weeks, it’s only a matter of time before they break into the rankings.
After this year’s Bi-State Classic, the power rankings have seen a small shift. New Lisbon has moved into the No. 2 spot while La Crosse Central enters the rankings at No. 8. Sparta still tops the rankings for the second week in a row. Some of you have asked where the rankings come from. They come from myself and Mike Montgomery. Yes, we are Spartan fans and supporters, but don’t let that make you think we are biased. Last week was the first time since the 2003-04 season that Sparta entered the top spot in the rankings as Tomah owned that place for the last six years. We try to be as unbiased and objective as possible and I think it has worked out pretty well.
Finally, be sure to check the website over the next few days as I work to edit and put up some wrestling photos from the Spartan JV Invite that took place yesterday. When I get results from the tournament, I will also post them here. I’m entering a really busy week so forgive me if it takes a little more time for me to put them up here.
