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Top from left: Brett VonRuden, Hayden Krein, James Gann, Christian Lamon, Jaden Winchel and Brady Hansen all picked up pins Thursday evening against Aquinas.
Not much has changed since Sparta won 60-18 a year ago against Aquinas. The Spartans continued their dominance of La Crosse schools with a 61-15 victory at Aquinas Thursday evening. Spartan wrestlers picked up six wins by pin including five in the first 80 seconds of the match. Jaden Winchel picked up the other pin in 3:01. Brett VonRuden returned the lineup and took care of business with the fastest pin of the nigh in 1:03 against Aquinas’ Andrew Topolski.
Kyle Erickson and David Hayes picked up victories by decision while Noah Benish, Blake Brooks and Jon Bailey all won by forfeit. At 195 pounds, Austin Zwiefel pushed Aquinas’ best wrestler on paper to overtime before falling 9-7.
It was a dominant effort by the Spartans and it took the Blugolds until the 10th match to put points on the scoreboard. Sparta would rebound from that with consecutive pins to win their 11th dual in a row against Aquinas.
Full match results are below…
285 – Noah Benish won by forfeit
106 – Blake Brooks won by forfeit
113 – Jon Bailey won by forfeit
120 – Kyle Erickson defeated Alec Pham (Aquinas) 6-2
126 – Christian Lamon pinned Albert Flottmeyer (Aquinas) in 1:08
132 – David Hayes won by major decision over Max Michel (Aquinas) 9-1
138 – Brett VonRuden pinned Andrew Topolski (Aquinas) in 1:03
145 – Jaden Winchel pinned Nick Cambio (Aquinas) in 3:01
152 – Hayden Krein pinned Michael Zernia (Aquinas) in 1:06
160 – Ethan Reid (Aquinas) pinned Matt Fahning in 1:35
170 – James Gann pinned Dylan English (Aquinas) in 1:20
182 – Brady Hansen pinned Peter Riley (Aquinas) in 1:15
195 – Isiah Brown (Aquinas) won in sudden victory overtime against Austin Zwiefel SV-1 9-7
220 – Bryce Lee (Aquinas) pinned Loia Asaeli in 5:17
Sparta 61 – Aquinas 15
The victory improves the Spartans’ dual record to 2-1 overall and 2-0 in the MVC. The Spartans return to action tomorrow at the Lancaster Invitational. Action there is scheduled to begin at 930am. The JV will be traveling to Richland Center to kick off the Wisconsin Wrestling Challenge Series.
Good luck to both teams Saturday!
