The OK Blue Conference Champions, Spartan Wrestling Team sends 9 wrestlers to Individual Regionals:
Junior Ken Hanson was crowned District Champion at 215# and Senior Nick Trimble was crowned District Champion at 140# this past Saturday at in the MHSAA Division 2 Individual District Tournament held at Gaylord HS.
Senior Luke Klein turned in his best performance of his career by upsetting the #8 Ranked wrestler in the quarterfinals and the #5 Ranked wrestler in the State and the #1 Seed in the Semi-finals 6-0 in placing as District Runner-up at 125#.
Freshman Brad Ronning (103#), Senior Dan Graham (130#), and Senior James Rogers (171#) placed 2nd as well.
Freshman Billy Peck (112#), Senior Jesse Stamann (145#) and Senior Kyle Rauser (160#) all won their consolation final matches placing 3rd and earning the distinction of Regional Qualifier.
Senior Tom Willet double entered the tournament with fellow teammate and State Champion Nick Trimble at 140#, winning 2 matches before falling 2 points short of qualifying for Regionals. Freshman Alex Vivoda (119#), Sophomore Kevin Krum (152#) and Sophomore Heavyweight Carl Wier also competed well on the day and will return to help lead the team next season!
Individual Regional is Saturday, Feb. 18th at Mt. Pleasant HS.
Junior Ken Hanson was crowned District Champion at 215# and Senior Nick Trimble was crowned District Champion at 140# this past Saturday at in the MHSAA Division 2 Individual District Tournament held at Gaylord HS.
Senior Luke Klein turned in his best performance of his career by upsetting the #8 Ranked wrestler in the quarterfinals and the #5 Ranked wrestler in the State and the #1 Seed in the Semi-finals 6-0 in placing as District Runner-up at 125#.
Freshman Brad Ronning (103#), Senior Dan Graham (130#), and Senior James Rogers (171#) placed 2nd as well.
Freshman Billy Peck (112#), Senior Jesse Stamann (145#) and Senior Kyle Rauser (160#) all won their consolation final matches placing 3rd and earning the distinction of Regional Qualifier.
Senior Tom Willet double entered the tournament with fellow teammate and State Champion Nick Trimble at 140#, winning 2 matches before falling 2 points short of qualifying for Regionals. Freshman Alex Vivoda (119#), Sophomore Kevin Krum (152#) and Sophomore Heavyweight Carl Wier also competed well on the day and will return to help lead the team next season!
Individual Regional is Saturday, Feb. 18th at Mt. Pleasant HS.
Guest Blogger, Coach Tom Bennett
