Sparta will face Cuba City/Southwestern led by the band of Donar brothers in the first round of team sectionals in Mauston Tuesday evening. The other dual in Mauston will be Lodi vs. Clinton with Lodi being the heavy favorite. Should the Spartans defeat Cuba City/Southwestern, they will likely face Lodi in a rematch of last year’s team sectional dual. You can check out a preview of the Lodi dual here…
Sparta finished 125.5 points ahead of Cuba City/Southwestern at the Lancaster Invite (249.5-124) in the beginning of the year. Cuba City/Southwestern won their regional at River Valley with 216 points besting Prairie Du Chien (176), Richland Center (157) and my pre-tournament pick River Valley (151). Not sure what happened, but here is what you need to know about Cuba City…
First, some videos…
- JJ Donar – here and here against Holmen’s Darius Wright and here against Dylan Winchel
- Dillon Schmeider – here and here
- Jarod Donar – here and here against Michael Murnane
- Bob Donar – here
- Scott Digman – here
103 – JJ Donar (41-2), Zach Guerin (16-17)
- 1st at Regionals
- Donar tech falled Dylan Winchel 18-2 at the Lancaster Invite.
- Donar defeated Aquinas’ Jordan Corcoran 3-0 at Bi-State. Corcoran defeated Winchel 14-1.
- Donar defeated Holmen’s Darius Wright 8-1 for 3rd place at Bi-State. Wright tech falled Winchel 17-2 during their dual this year in Sparta.
- Sauk Prairie’s Courtney Mefford defeated Winchel 9-1 at the Badger State Invite. Mefford defeated Guerin 6-3 at the Raider Scramble.
112 – Zach Guerin (16-17), JJ Donar (41-2)
- 4th at Regionals
- Tristan Zurfluh defeated Guerin by tech fall 16-1 at the Lancaster Invite.
- JJ Donar wrestled at 112 pounds at the Raider Scramble and defeated Monroe’s Jesse Keizer by pin in 4:33. Zurfluh defeated Keizer 10-0 at the Reedsburg Dual Tournament.
- Sauk Prairie’s Brandon Sprecher defeated Donar 4-2 at the Raider Scramble and Zurfluh 5-0 at the Badger State Invite.
119 – Marcus Theill (4-18)
- 4th at Regionals
125 – Bob Donar (24-3)
- 1st at Regionals
- Bob Donar defeated Lancaster’s Daniel Rice 7-4 at the SWAL-SWC Clash. Derek VonRuden defeated Rice 5-1 at the Lancaster Invite. Donar also defeated Rice by pin in 1:27 at the Monroe Invite.
- Monroe’s Kevin Klopfenstein defeated Donar 6-2 at the Monroe Invite. Klopfenstein defeated Derek VonRuden 8-1 at the Reedsburg Dual Tourney. Donar defeated Klopfenstein earlier in the year with a 3-2 victory at the Raider Scramble.
130 – Dillon Schmeider (34-4)
- 1st at Regionals
- Schmeider defeated Richland Center’s Jim Kaderavek by tech fall 15-0 at the SWAL-SWC Clash. Winchel defeated Kaderavek 8-2 at the Lancaster Invite.
- Schneider defeated Iowa-Grant’s Jake Yelinek 6-2 at the SWAL-SWC Clash. Winchel defeated Yelinek 4-1 in the finals of the Lancaster Invite.
- Lancaster’s Adam Rice defeated Schmeider at 135 pounds at the Monroe Invite by a score of 7-6. Rice defeated Paul Vantassel in overtime 6-4 at the Lancaster Invite.
- Schmeider defeated Lancaster’s Trenton Cornell 6-3 at Bi-State. Winchel defeated Cornell 7-5.
135 – Jarod Donar (42-0)
- 1st at Regionals
- Defending 119-pound state champion, 46-0 last year
- Jared Donar defeated Lancaster’s Adam Rice by pin in 3:34 at the SWAL-SWC Clash.. Rice defeated Paul Vantassel in overtime 6-4 at the Lancaster Invite.
- Donar pinned Michael Murnane at 140 pounds at the Lancaster Invite in 53 seconds.
- Donar defeated La Crosse Central’s Cal Thornton 13-0 in the finals at Bi-State. Thornton pinned Zach Denton in 1:42.
140 – Jarod Donar (42-0)
- Donar wrestled at 140 at the Raider Scramble defeating Mornoe’s Cody Stamm by pin in 1:03. Michael Murnane pinned Stamm in 1:30 at the Reedsburg Dual Tournament.
145 – Scott Digman (27-8)
- 1st at Regionals
- Ethan Soderstrom of Lancaster defeated Digman 3-1 at the SWAL-SWC Clash. Toby Mosley defeated Sodestrom 5-2 in the finals at the Lancaster Invite
- Sauk Prairie’s Jared Schaaf defeated Digman by pin in 59 seconds and Toby Mosley 6-2 at the Badger State Invite.
152 – Tyler Bass (25-13)
- 1st at Regionals
- Boscobel’s Dustin Smith defeated Bass 6-4 at the SWAL-SWC Clash. Morgan Leis defeated Smith 9-3 in the finals at the Lancaster Invite.
- Monroe’s Dylan Schwitz defeated Bass by pin in 3:29 at the Monroe Invite. Schwitz pinned Greg Skon in 1:01 at the Reedsburg Dual Tourney.
- Morgan Leis defeaed Bass 10-2 at the Lancaster Invite.
160 – Cody Ryan (14-27)
- 3rd at Regionals
- Ryan lost to Richland Center’s Darren Mott 10-2 at regionals. Mott pinned Alex Hemmersbach at the Lancaster Invite in 4:02.
- Ryan lost to Mott 7-2 at the SWAL-SWC Clash.
- Fennimore’s Logan Chappell pinned Ryan in 46 seconds at the SWAL-SWC Clash. Chappell pinned Alex Hemmersbach in 1:35 at the Lancaster Invite.
- Ryan defeated Boscobel’s Michael Stalsberg 12-8 at the SWAL-SWC Clash. Alex Hemmersbach defeated Stalsberg 12-1 at the Lancaster Invite.
- Alex Hemmersbach defeated Ryan 6-5 at the Lancaster Invite.
- Monroe’s Ryan Hughes defeated Ryan 5-2 at the Raider Scramble. Hughes defeated Alex Hemmersbach 7-5 at the Reedsburg Dual Tournament.
- Sauk Prairie’s Garret McNeely tech falled Ryan 15-0 at the Raider Scramble and pinned Alex Hemmersbach in 2:39 at the Badger State Invite.
171 – Kyle Pickel (3-3), Chris Crooks
- 5th at Regionals
- Richland Center’s Jace Simonson pinned Pickel in 2:48 at the SWAL-SWC Clash. Simonson won by pin over Xavier Lopez at the Lancaster Invite in 7:26.
- Chris Crooks appeared at Bi-State for Cuba City and lost to Monroe’s Troy Hawkinson 10-0. Hawkinson pinned Xavier Lopez in 1:30 at the Reedsburg Dual Tournament.
189 – Forrest Thill (8-16)
- 4th at Regionals
215 – Nathan Poll (2-20), Forrest Thill (8-16)
- 4th at Regionals
- Poll lost to Richland Center’s Logan Schmidt by pin in 49 seconds at regionals. Tourdot defeated Schmidt 3-1 in the finals at the Lancaster Invite.
- Monroe’s Trevor Gorr pinned Poll in 1:55 at the Monroe Invite. Tourdot defeated Gorr 3-0 at the Reedsburg Dual Tourney. Gorr also pinned Thill in 1:59 at the Raider Scramble.
- Sauk Prairie’s Michael Gamboa defeated Forest Thill by pin in 1:24 at the Raider Scramble. Tourdot defeated Gamboa 2-1 at the Badger State Invite.
285 – Michael Loeffelholz (13-12)
- 3rd at Regionals
- Loeffelholz lost to Richland Center’s Taylor Knothe by pin in 58 seconds at regionals. Beeler pinned Knothe in 2:30 at the Lancaster Invite.
- Monroe’s Nick Walker pinned Loeffelholz in 1:08 at the Monroe Invite and again in 3:10 at the Raider Scramble. Chris Beeler defeated Walker 3-1 at the Reedsburg Dual Tourney.
- Sauk Prairie’s Dante Lewis pinned Loeffelholz in 52 seconds at the Raider Scramble and Chris Beeler in 1:26 at the Badger State Invite.
I am new at this, but it looks like Cuba City is going to be a tough opponent. Bonus points (or not allowing them) should definitely come into play. Good luck Spartans!
Derek, River Valley only put 9 wrestlers on the mat for the Regional so that is probably what sunk them.
That’s probably it Pat. Thanks! Staying off our backs and not giving bonus points will be big as always. This team wouldn’t be terribly tough without an army of Donar brothers.
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