Sparta used eight forfeits to cruise to a 75-3 victory over La Crosse Central Thursday night. The dual was a far cry from Central teams a decade ago that won back-to-back MVC titles. Now, they can’t even put a full team on the mat. The one bright spot for Central was Ben Thornton’s victory at 113 over John Roddick. Thornton is the top ranked wrestler at 106 pounds in division one and was a state runner up last year.
Results from last night’s dual are below…
120 — Brock Polhamus pinned James Werner (La Crosse Central) 3:01
126 — Tristan Zurfluh won by forfeit
132 — Derek VonRuden won by forfeit
138 — Paul Vantassel tech falled Koy Rolff (La Crosse Central) 16-0
145 — Michael Murnane won by forfeit
152 — Toby Mosley pinned Arthur Hoglund (La Crosse Central) 1:56
160 — Bob Ragan won by forfeit
170 — Greg Skon won by forfeit
182 — Kyle Burkhalter won by forfeit
195 — Dan Dawley won by forfeit
220 — Logan Degenhardt won by forfeit
285 — Michael Beeler pinned Peter Medinger (La Crosse Cenral) 3:45
106 — Justin Marx major decisioned Josh Kuhse (La Crosse Central) 9-1
113 — Ben Thornton (La Crosse Central) defeated John Roddick 8-1
SPARTA 75 – LA CROSSE CENTRAL 3
The Spartans won’t have such an easy road Saturday when they head to the Kasson-Mantorville duals in Kasson, Minn. Waiting for them is the top ranked Class AA (equivalent to D2 in Wisconsin) team in Minnesota as well as the 4th-ranked team. Full preview to come later.
