Lodi won their regional with 233.5 points, which was 59.5 points better than runner-up Lakeside Lutheran. Last year they defeated the Spartans 31-25 in the opening-round of team sectionals. Here is what Lodi brings to the table at each weight class.
Here are some videos of Lodi wrestlers…
- John Joutras – here
- Michael Clapper – here
- Getasew Shimshak – here and here and here
- Alex Ibinger – here
- Clint Heimbecker – here and here
- Jesse Ziegler – here
103 – John Joutras (31-4)
- 1st Place at Regionals
- 5th at Marty Loy Classic
- In last year’s dual, Bryce Nowaczyk defeated Joutras 4-2
- Austin McCartney defeated Dylan Winchel 10-3 Saturday at regionals. Joutras defeated McCartney 4-3 at the Marty Loy Classic earlier this year.
112 – Grant Robertson (19-16)
- 2nd Place at Regionals
- 8th at Marty Loy Classic
119 – Michael Clapper (19-12)
- 3rd Place at Regionals
- In last year’s dual, Michael Clapper caught Adam Wiedl and pinned him in 47 seconds
- Did not place at Marty Loy Classic
125 – Getasew Shimshak (20-13), Michael Clapper
- 3rd Place at Regionals
- In last year’s dual, Toby Mosley defeated Shimshak 9-6
- Clapper wrestled 125 at the at Marty Loy Classic, but did not place.
130 – Alex Ibinger (16-16), Getasew Shimshak
- 1st Place at Regionals
- In last year’s dual, Brandon Rickert defeated Ibinger 14-8
- Shimshak wrestled at 130 pounds at the at Marty Loy Classic and placed 4th
135 – Caleb Latham (24-11)
- 5th Place at Regionals
140 – Clint Heimbecker (26-9)
- 1st Place at Regionals
- In last year’s dual, Heimbecker defeated Nick Winchel 6-2
- 4th at at Marty Loy Classic
145 – Justin Miller (28-5), Logan Cable
- 1st Place at Regionals
- In last year’s dual, Miller defeated Jesse Amundson 21-9
- Logan Cable stepped in at 145 at the at Marty Loy Classic and placed 8th
- Justin Miller stepped in at 152 at the at Marty Loy Classic and did not place
- 2010 State Qualifier at 140, did not place
152 – Jordan Worthing (12-9), Justin Miller
- 3rd Place at Regionals
- Jesse Sheldon (Viroqua) defeated Worthing 11-2 at the Westby Norsemen Duals earlier this year. Morgan Leis defeated Sheldon 15-3 Saturday at regionals.
160 – Jesse Ziegler (32-4), Bryce Ziegler
- 1st Place at Regionals
- In last year’s dual, Morgan Leis defeated Jesse Ziegler 4-3
- Jesse Ziegler moved up to 171 pounds for the at Marty Loy Classic and placed 5th
- Bryce Ziegler wrestled at 160 for the at Marty Loy Classic, but did not place
171 – Ben Kealty (6-6), Jesse Ziegler
- 4th Place at Regionals
- Kealty defeated Darren Johnson (Viroqua) by pin in 4:38 at the Westby Norseman Duals earlier this year. Burkhalter also pinned Johnson in 1:59 Saturday at regionals.
189 – Michael Watters (32-5), Nathan Maerz (16-20)
- 2nd Place at Regionals
- In last year’s dual, Tom Tourdot defeated Watters 5-4
- Watters wrestled at this weight at the at Marty Loy Classic and finished 7th
215 – Nathan Maerz (16-20)
- 4th Place at Regionals
- Maerz defeated Carl Fortney (Viroqua) by a 7-0 score at the Westby Nosermen Duals earlier this year. Ben Schaitel defeated Fortney 8-0 at regionals on Saturday.
- Maerz wrestled at this weight at the at Marty Loy Classic and did not place
285 – Ben Steuck (18-19)
- 3rd Place at Regionals
- Taylor Henry (Viroqua) pinned Steuck in 31 seconds at the Westby Norseman Duals earlier this year. Chris Beeler has lost twice to Henry this year including an 8-2 loss this past weekend at regionals and by pin in 4:47 earlier this season in Lancaster.
- Steuck did not place at the at Marty Loy Classic
[…] 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… […]
you are awesome for posting all of this info and especially up-to-date at the meets! Kyle’s Dad and I are going to miss ind. sectionals; will be in TX, so will much appreciate being able to check the site! and I hope his matches are videorecorded again-then we can see them!!!!! Does Coach Larsen or others have extra tickets to state? I heard (fairly new to this wrestling biz) you had to buy them in Dec. –now that’s only for team state though right? can anyone get tickets for ind. state? or buy at door? THANKS AGAIN!
Hey Amy. I’m not sure if you can still buy extra tickets to state. That’d be a question for athletic director Mike Montgomery (mmontgomery@spartan.org). However, if he will be in Evansville for Sectionals, I can make a request that at least one of Kyle’s matches gets recorded. If he wont’ be there, I’ll see what I can do to get that done.
One more thing Amy… I’m not sure how often I’ll be able to update the website during sectionals. I may ask my dad to do that since I’ll be in Las Vegas and probably in some canyon while sectionals is taking place. If anything, you can follow the action on Trackwrestling.com