MVC

December 10, 2010

Sparta wins thriller against Holmen 35-27

Saved by a foot. That statement of small proportions spoke volumes Thursday evening about the entire Sparta-Holmen dual, but could apply specifically to a number of matches that the Spartans pulled out at the last second. Everywhere you looked Thursday night, Spartans were coming up big.  Chris Beeler’s victory in the final two seconds at [...]

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December 9, 2010

Let the MVC season begin… Sparta vs. Holmen

The MVC season kicks into high gear tonight with one of the year’s marquee matchups set to take center stage on the first night of conference action.  Holmen will look to avenge last year’s 38-21 loss to Sparta and the Spartans will look to start off their MVC title defense by making an early season [...]

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March 24, 2010

Banquet Wrap-up, Fire Truck Photos and more…

Sparta celebrated one of the greatest seasons in the programs history last night with a banquet at Club 16.  A variety of awards were given out, dinner was served and it was a good time from what I’ve been told.  Here are some of the awards given out last night… MVC Wrestler of the Year [...]

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February 2, 2010

Some numbers for tonight’s dual

Here are some numbers relating to tonight’s dual… Tomah has won 35 straight MVC duals.  Their winning streak dates to the beginning of 2004. Sparta has won 22 of its last 25 MVC duals with all three losses coming to Tomah Sparta has finished as a runner-up in the MVC the last three years. During [...]

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February 1, 2010

Recalling the 2000 Sparta-Tomah Dual

Anyone who follows Sparta wrestling has probably heard tales of the dual between Tomah and Sparta back in 2000.  It had all the makings of a classic dual.  Two evenly matched teams.  A conference championship on the line.  A score so close that the winner of the last match would determine the dual winner.  Controversy [...]

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January 31, 2010

Tomah Scouting Report

Each year, we try to do a scouting report of Tomah before the big dual.  This year is no different.  Below is a snapshot of how each of Tomah’s varsity wrestlers did at a few tournaments this year.  It’s not a complete picture, but it should give an idea of where we can expect their [...]

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January 21, 2010

Sparta sweeps Onalaska

There wasn’t much action Thursday night, but when Sparta did step on the mat, they won every match.  The Spartans annihilated the Hilltoppers of Onalaska 80-0 in the second biggest margin of defeat in the history of this rivalry.  Sparta won 81-0 during the 2007-08 season.  There were two JV matches–one wrestled before the start [...]

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January 13, 2010

Sparta prepares for Aquinas

Sparta will wrestle its third conference match of the 2009-10 season Thursday evening at La Crosse Aquinas.  Aquinas enters the dual against the Spartans fresh off a 40-30 victory over La Crosse Logan one week ago.  Judging by Sparta’s score against Logan earlier this year, I would suspect Sparta should not have a problem with [...]

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December 16, 2009

Spartans crush Rangers, JV Sweep

For awhile it looked like Sparta might shut out Logan. The JV won every single match and the varsity only lost two matches. In the end that spelled out a resounding 67-12 victory over the Rangers. The outcome was unusual for a number of reasons. Logan is typically a team that has given Sparta fits [...]

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December 10, 2009

Sparta tops Holmen 38-21

Sparta opened up the MVC season with a solid 38-21 defeat of Holmen.  On the night, Sparta took eight matches on the night to Holmen’s six, but the difference came in how Sparta picked up those wins.  Of the Spartans’ eight victories, six were by pin or major decision.  On the other hand, only one [...]

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December 10, 2009

Sparta-Holmen Updates…

8:12 pm –  And for the last two matches of the night…  At 285 pounds, Holmen’s Trevor Scholze pinned Steven Stevenson in 1:45.  The final match of the night saw Sparta’s Bryce Nowaczyk decision Avery Hackett 5-3.  In the end, it was Sparta 38 – Holmen 21. 9:45 pm –  Make it three more for [...]

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