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Send us Fan Mail Shiocton coach Dom Gunderson joins the show for a preview of a new-look D3 Sectional B! We preview the top returners and wrestlers to watch for from every team in the sectional, make predictions and discuss how much the new wave of teams will affect the Team Sectional picture, and get a chance to hear a retelling from Dom about Shiocton's journey to their first Team State app...

Send us Fan Mail Freedom coach Brad Baker joins the show for a preview of the always loaded D2 Sectional B! We take a look at every team in the sectional and discuss their top returners, make predictions for how we think the postseason will shake out teamwise, and we also get a chance to pick Brad's brain on how his first year as head coach of Freedom went and his goals for the team moving fo...

Send us Fan Mail Germantown  coach Mike Krause joins the show to help preview D1 Sectional D! We take a look at every team in the Sectional and discuss all of their top returners, which there is a lot of great wrestlers returning! We then try to break down how the postseason race could look in what appears could be one of the most tight knit team races across the state. Coach Krause also takes som...

Send us Fan Mail Reedsburg coach Rob Bautch joins the show for a preview of D1 Sectional C! We take a look at all of the teams in the sectional and their top returners, make team postseason predictions, and have a conversation with Rob about how him and his coaching staff have built one of the most consistent programs in the State, resulting in their first Team State appearance last year! Regional...

Send us Fan Mail Turtle Lake/Clayton coach Joe Rademacher joins the show for the D3 Sectional A Preview! After talking a little bit about Joe's stacked state brackets during his high school career, we jump into a preview of the D3 teams from the Northwest Sectional. We discuss the top returners for every team and make our predictions for the Regional team race and Team Sectionals. We also get...

Send us Fan Mail St. Croix Central coach Brad Holzer joins the show to help preview D2 Sectional A with Teague and Steve! We talk about every team and the top returners from each team in this always loaded sectional, make postseason predictions for Regionals and Team Sectionals, and take some time to ask Brad about his growth as a coach over his 25 years coaching in the sport! Regional 1-3:45 Regi...

Send us Fan Mail Pulaski coach Nate Preslaski joins Teague and Steve for a preview of D1 Sectional B! We talk about the top returners from each team and make our team Regional and Sectional predictions, which includes the trying to answer the question of if Kaukauna reloaded enough to make it back to Team State to defend their title! We also take some time to talk with Coach Preslaski about contin...

Send us Fan Mail Eau Claire North coach Jake Rebhan joins Teague and Steve for the first sectional preview of the year!! We talk about the top returners from each team and make our team Regional and Sectional predictions, which end up being nothing short of exciting to talk about! We also take some time to talk with Coach Rebhan about growing the numbers in the Eau Claire North program on both the...

Send us Fan Mail Liam Crook joins the show for our final episode before Sectional Preview season! First, Liam reflects on his freshman season and talks about his greatest moments of growth, what it's like wrestling for a program like Kaukauna, and then discusses his offseason training along with his goals for next year! We then buckle in for a hypothetical dual where we each draft wrestling t...

Send us Fan Mail Kraig Underwood returns to the show to talk more about the coaching side of his wrestling career! He discusses his coaching roots in Stratford before moving to Marathon, and how with the help of Dan and Dan he helped an upstart Marathon high school program. He talks about the growth in the community over his years and coaching, and how he has worked on getting individuals to enjoy...

Send us Fan Mail Wausau West graduate and Itasca Head Coach Joe Umlauf joins the show to talk about his high school wrestling days and his path to becoming the head coach at the Minnesota JUCO. We discuss Joe's expectations both individual and teamwise coming into high school during a dominant Wausau West era, overcoming adversity over his high school career, and the team journey that West to...

Send us Fan Mail Mateah Roehl joins the show to fill us in on her experience in the wrestling world this past year! She discusses her immersion into the coaching world and everything she has learned in the past year including some highlights of her coaching experience. We then talk about what went into her decision to stop wrestling last year, and journey she's been on to regain her love of t...

Send us Fan Mail Recurring guest Shane Kennelly joins the show to talk some JUCO wrestling, his experience wrestling at the Masters level, and much more! Shane recaps the season with Bryant and Stratton and reflects on his time there along with some lessons that he learned that he plans on using going forward. He then discusses his amazing experiences wrestling at the Masters level and talks about...

Send us Fan Mail Longtime friend of the show Ostin Blanchard joins Teague and Steve and shares a life and wrestling story that's nothing short of exciting! Ostin starts the show by talking about his very fateful adoption and his transition to the US (and Wisconsin weather) when he was eight. We then get into wrestling talk, where Ostin talks about his greatest moments of motivation and we hig...

Send us Fan Mail Scott Kluever joins the show to discuss a historic Fargo performance from Team Wisconsin two weeks ago! From talking about the expectations going in to the tournament, to a great retelling of the 5-Title performance from the Junior Freestyle team, Scott gives an excellent recap from the both age groups for Freestyle and Greco and closes the show with the goals and purposes for Tea...

Send us Fan Mail Coach Carl DeLuca joins us on the show again to help recap the great performance on the girl's side! We discuss all the placewinners, girls who may not have placed but still had great tournaments, and talk about the team's Fargo experience in general. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve are joined by Marathon coach and 4-Time State Champion from Athens, Kraig Underwood! Kraig takes us on epic retelling of his high school career, from his wrestling roots to being a part of an All-Time Athens program on his way to four Individual State titles and three Team State titles! He shares stories of his biggest matches, memories with the team and program i...

Send us Fan Mail Teague is joined by Holmen Coaches Carl DeLuca and Kelsie Speltz to talk about the growth of the Holmen women's program over the past several years, and girls' wrestling in Wisconsin in general! Coach Speltz discusses joining the program during its inception, the challenges faced as the program grew, and the culture and philosophies that helped create one of the more suc...

Send us Fan Mail North Fond Du Lac/St. Mary's Springs Coach Doug Forsythe joins the show as we run through the 2024 postseason assignments for every sectional! Doug discusses the new teams in each sectional, potential different reasons why regionals and sectionals were made the way they were, and Teague and Steve share their thoughts on the assignments and also make some way too early Team Se...

Send us Fan Mail Fennimore Head Coach Chad Steldt joins the show to talk about the Golden Eagle's run to another Team State title this year! We talk about the regular season highlights, discuss the postseason run that lead to the Team State Championship, and finish off the show by talking about the future outlook for the team (regardless of which division they're in). For more info on th...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by 4-Time State Champion Braeden Scoles from Kewaskum along with his coach Scott Rhoads to talk about Braeden's path to going 4/4 on state titles in his high school career! In this show we end up talking more about Braeden's philosophy towards wrestling and life and general, while still touching on the biggest matches and moments in his heralded high school...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve are joined by Kaukauna's Greyson Clark, who gives us a great retelling of his path to becoming a 4-Timer! Greyson talks about how he turned the corner in the mental aspect of wrestling during his freshman and sophomore years,  takes us through his favorite matches and moments of his career and much more! For more info on the Beast Cage Fargo camp, contact Bri...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by Kaukauna Coach Jeff Matczak to talk about his team's journey to their third straight Team State title this year! We touch on some of the highlights of the team's season from individual to team successes, and then go more in-depth on the team's postseason. We end the podcast with Jeff saying a few defining words about his team this year and then clos...

Send us Fan Mail Rhett Koenig from Prairie Du Chien joins the show along with his coach Mike Rogge to talk about Rhett's path to becoming a 4-Time State Champion! From avenging losses at Sectionals to multiple close matches in the State Tournament series, Rhett and Mike talk about all the matches that made Rhett the wrestler he is today and do a great job retelling the most memorable moments...

Send us Fan Mail Luxemburg-Casco Head Coach Chas Treml joins the show to talk about the State Championship campaign that the Spartans had this year! Chas talks about his teams expectations heading into the season, how the team managed those expectations throughout the year, and takes us on a step-by-step journey of the tournaments and duals throughout the year that ended in a State Title for Luxem...