Youth Wrestling Teams finish strong season

Eight Spartan kids qualified for the WWF Kids Folkstyle State Tournament back in March.  Yes, I know, this is coming terribly late.  The Spartan kids wrestled for two teams with five representing Sparta and three representing La Crosse Area Wrestling or LAW.  The five from Sparta were Blake Brooks, David Hayes, Brett Von Ruden, Justin Marx and Nickolas Church.  The free wrestling for LAW were John Roddick, Alice Todryk and Brock Polhamus.

Three Spartans medaled with Alice Todryk leading the way and bringing home a state championship.  Todryk won the three matches including a 52 second pin in the finals over Ithaca’s Morgan Wiedenfeld.  The way they do brackets at youth tournament is by age and weight.  Todryk won the Girls division with birthdates between 1998 and 2000.

Bringing home silver for Sparta was Brett Von Ruden in the 84-pound 1999-2000 division.  Von Ruden went 3-1 on the day before falling to Hortonville’s Elliot Luker 6-1 in the finals.  Sparta’s only other medalist was Brock Polhamus in the 100-pound 1997-98 division.  Polhamus went 4-2 on the day while losing to Mason Stokke of Menomonie twice.

Here is how the rest of the Spartans did in terms of their records on the day:  Blake Brooks (0-2), David Hayes (2-2), Justin Marx (1-2), Nickolas Church (1-2) and John Roddick (2-2).  Full results are after the pictures below.  Click on the pictures to see a larger version of each.  Thanks to Mike Roddick and the Bailey family for providing these images!!

NOTE:  Only the first five are from the state tournament while the rest are some pictures of the youth wrestlers in action throughout the year.  The team picture with only four coaches is the Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade group while the team picture with five coaches is the 3rd-8th grade group.

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2010 WWF Folkstyle Kids State Tournament

Boys Born 1999-2000 54 – Blake Brooks’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Austin Decorah (LaFollette Lancers) won by major decision over Blake Brooks (Sparta) (Maj 13-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Tyler Srp (Eau Claire) won by major decision over Blake Brooks (Sparta) (Maj 11-0)

Boys Born 1999-2000 69 – David Hayes’s place is unknown and has scored 7.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – David Hayes (Sparta) won by pin over Adrien Barton (Fondy) (Pin 4:00)
Quarterfinal – Julian Donnelly (Neenah) won by pin over David Hayes (Sparta) (Pin 1:25)
Cons. Round 2 – David Hayes (Sparta) won by pin over Gavin Wipperfurth (River Valley) (Pin 2:00)
Cons. Round 3 – Ryan Hannah (Viroqua) won by pin over David Hayes (Sparta) (Pin 2:00)

Boys Born 1999-2000 84 – Brett Von Ruden’s place is 2nd and has scored 18.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Brett Von Ruden (Sparta) won by decision over Connor Hunter (Markesan) (Dec 9-5)
Quarterfinal – Brett Von Ruden (Sparta) won by decision over Bryce Younger (New Richmond) (Dec 6-4)
Semifinal – Brett Von Ruden (Sparta) won by decision over Caleb Hopp (Fondy) (Dec 9-4)
1st Place Match – Elliott Luker (Hortonville) won by decision over Brett Von Ruden (Sparta) (Dec 6-1)

Boys Born 1997-1998 91 – Justin Marx’s place is unknown and has scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Justin Marx (Sparta) won by decision over Devin Wiedenhoeft (Fort Atkinson ) (Dec 7-4)
Quarterfinal – Bailey VanHandel (Kaukauna) won by major decision over Justin Marx (Sparta) (Maj 13-0)
Cons. Round 2 – Isaiah Merrill (Oshkosh WILD WRESTLING) won by pin over Justin Marx (Sparta) (Pin 1:59)

Boys Born 2001-2002 69 – Nickolas Church’s place is unknown and has scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Nickolas Church (Sparta Park & Rec) won by decision over Ian Wendt-Utrie (Waupun) (Dec 6-2)
Quarterfinal – John Diener (Kaukauna) won by pin over Nickolas Church (Sparta Park & Rec) (Pin 2:24)
Cons. Round 2 – Bryce Bosman (Luxemburg-Casco) won by major decision over Nickolas Church (Sparta Park & Rec) (Maj 11-0)

Girls Born 1998-2000 A – Alice Todryk’s place is 1st and has scored 22.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Alice Todryk (LAW) won by decision over Emily Portschy (Plymouth) (Dec 7-2)
Semifinal – Alice Todryk (LAW) won by decision over Gabrielle Skidmore (Spooner) (Dec 3-2)
1st Place Match – Alice Todryk (LAW) won by pin over Morgan Wiedenfeld (Ithaca) (Pin 0:52)

Boys Born 1995-1996 85 – John Roddick’s place is unknown and has scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – John Roddick (LAW) won in double overtime over Hunter Hayes (Portage ) (2-OT 6-4)
Quarterfinal – Chad Osmanski (Bay Port) won by decision over John Roddick (LAW) (Dec 9-4)
Cons. Round 2 – John Roddick (LAW) won by major decision over Chance Eiting (Kaukauna) (Maj 10-2)
Cons. Round 3 – Jordan Corcoran (LAW) won by decision over John Roddick (LAW) (Dec 4-2)

Boys Born 1997-1998 100 – Brock Polhamus’s place is 4th and has scored 13.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Brock Polhamus (LAW) won by major decision over Garrett White (West Bend) (Maj 9-0)
Quarterfinal – Mason Stokke (Menomonie) won by decision over Brock Polhamus (LAW) (Dec 2-1)
Cons. Round 2 – Brock Polhamus (LAW) won by decision over Brandon Forseth (Mineral Point) (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 3 – Brock Polhamus (LAW) won by major decision over Dylan Ristow (Waukesha) (Maj 12-2)
Cons. Semi – Brock Polhamus (LAW) won by decision over Sawyer Massie (Hudson) (Dec 1-0)
3rd Place Match – Mason Stokke (Menomonie) won by major decision over Brock Polhamus (LAW) (Maj 12-4)