The Wisconsin Wrestler

Send us Fan Mail Our 5th season kicks off with a very special guest in 4-Time State Champion Brayden Sonnentag of Cadott! Brayden is also joined by his coach Josh Spaeth and the two talk about Brayden's youth career, his journey to becoming a 4-Timer, his goals for the future, and we learn more about the type of person Brayden is off the mat as well!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve talk about every dual that took place at Team State this weekend, looking at big matches, chess moves, and the best moments that took place at the Fieldhouse. We close out the show with our plans for the offseason, and of course with a thank you to all of our listeners for their support throughout the year! D1-6:00 D2-22:05 D3-33:30 Offseason plans and "Thank...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve preview almost every potential matchup at Team State,  looking at potential lineup moves and big individual matches we could see this upcoming weekend! D1-4:00 D2-32:30 D3-44:30 Do your online apparel order through SportsWorld at http://www.sportsworld1.com or contact them at travis@sportsworld1.com Check out Fun Company Game Room Store!- https://www.funcompanygam...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve recap the Individual State tournament from this weekend! We discuss every bracket, ranging from the champions to matches and wrestlers that caught our attention for some reason or another. We then pick our wrestlers of the year in each division, and end the show with a reading of "The Other Guy on the Mat" Girls-5:40 D3-26:30 D2-48:20 D1-1:09:40 "Th...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve take a look at every bracket at Individual State which starts on Thursday! We talk about a few wrestlers in each weight class, take a look at some of our favorite potential matchups, and make our picks for the champion in each bracket! Girls-6:25 D3-36:05 D2-1:04:10 D1-1:30:25 Do your online apparel order through SportsWorld at http://www.sportsworld1.com or conta...

Send us Fan Mail Truly a marathon episode today as Steve and Teague quickly react to all the Team Sectional results, then jump into previewing the Individual Sectional action taking place this Thursday! We start by talking about potential girl's brackets where ranked wrestlers will have to battle for a lone spot in qualifying for State, then run through every every Sectional on the guy's...

Send us Fan Mail Teague is joined by Jake for a recap of all the Regionals and Super Regionals from last Saturday! The two take a look at every team race, how predictions shook out for Steve and Teague, and then talk about some of the battles taking place at Team Sectionals tomorrow. Needless to say everyone is in full swing for Postseason mode! D3-3:45 D2-16:15 D1-32:10 Do your online apparel ord...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve start the show addressing the new merger with WIWrestle! We then move right into wrestling, where we run through every regional/super regional, highlighting the returning state qualifiers, placewinners, and champions in each one. We then discuss our team predictions for each regional and how we think those will shape out come Saturday! D3-7:00 D2-27:45 D1-55:50 Do...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve start off the show by discussing Teague's busy week in the Southwest corner of the state. We then transition into a couple of events from last weekend before  diving into the conference tournaments that took place! We recap the best team races, matches and moments from the busiest weekend of the season. Tournaments discussed in order: BW Quad Lady Cougars Inv...

Send us Fan Mail Steve and Teague recap all the action from the latest weekend of wrestling including some big duals, and of course all the tournament action from over the weekend! Tournaments covered: 2023 Dirk Sorenson Door County Classic 2023 Grafton Duals 2023 Stark Invite 2023 Terry Conklin Duals Deerfield Scramble Oakfield Invitational Indee Invitational Marawood Conference Championships Pul...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Gennrich joins the show for a preview of this year's Pulaski Invite! We discuss some of the history of the tournament and then jump into a team synopsis, followed by a preview of every weight class. Do your online apparel order through SportsWorld at http://www.sportsworld1.com or contact them at travis@sportsworld1.com Check out Fun Company Game Room Store!- https://ww...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve talk about their experiences at the tournaments they were at this weekend, highlight a MAJOR record being broken, and discuss their favorite matches, moments, and wrestlers from the tournaments this last weekend. Tournaments discussed in order: Riverdale Quad Out-of-State (OPRF, Denver Duals, East Ridge Ruckus, Hutch Varsity Invite, Lueders Invite, 2022-2023 NCASB...

Send us Fan Mail Steve and Teague start off the show with Homestead coach Ernie Millard previewing the Highlander Invitational! We discuss the tournament's history and teams that have been historically strong at the tournament. We then talk about the team race and Ernie does a great job previewing kids and matches to watch for at each weight class! We then wrap up the other upcoming tournamen...

Send us Fan Mail We run through every tournament that took place this past weekend, highlighting our favorite matches, brackets, and team races that took place throughout! Tournaments discussed: Fennimore Quad Out-of-State Tournaments 2023 Dave Cohen Classic 2023 Freedom Irish Invite 2023 Ladysmith Invitational 2023 Valders Viking Scramble 2023 Warrior's Cup Girl's Invitational 52nd Pesh...

Send us Fan Mail After a JAM PACKED weekend, Teague and Steve talk through some out of state tournament action before hopping right into all the tournaments that took place this weekend! From the Duffy to the Cheesehead to the Cadott Invite to the Lancaster Invite (and about twenty more tournaments) there was great action to be discussed in every corner of the state! We talk some of the biggest ma...

Send us Fan Mail Teague is joined by the Godfather of the Cheesehead himself Scott Kluever for a preview of this year's tournament! Scott fills us in on the new teams joining the tournament this year, we talk about the duals taking place Thursday Night between nationally ranked teams, and then jump right into the weight class-by-weight class preview for this year's tournament! We close t...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve recap the tournaments from the Holiday weekend! We touch on the out of state tournaments that teams took part in, then hop into the in-state tournaments that took place. For each in-state tournament we run through the top 10 teams, each finals match, and discuss matches, wrestlers, and teams that stood out to us throughout the jam packed couple of days! Tournament...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve are joined by Josh Raymond of the Al and Josh Show (Minnesota Wrestling Podcast) for a preview of the 2022 Bi-State Classic! We run through each weight class, giving the top 8 auto seeds and discussing guys outside of the top 8 that could make an impact. Josh also does a great job giving his perspective on the Minnesota wrestlers who will be competing in the tourn...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve discuss their plans for the upcoming week including a big dual between Holmen and Aquinas on Tuesday along with attending the first ever Girl's Dual taking place between Eau Claire North and Nekoosa/Assumption on Thursday! We then jump into a recap from the weekend, starting with noticeable dual results from Thursday/Friday, then moving to a slew of big out o...

Send us Fan Mail AWA Co-Owner and Co-Founder (Among many other things) Ben Askren joins Teague and Vision Quest host Brad Crook to discuss some details in his new book, "Funky"! We talk about some big moments from his high school career from generating interest on the Wisconsin Wrestling Online forum, to some of his closer matches throughout his high school career. We then discuss sports...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve talk about their weekends a little bit, give some info on some Thursday dual results sent their way, discuss the tournaments they attended and their experiences there,  then go into discussing the top teams and matches at every tournament that took place this weekend! Tournaments discussed: Thursday/Friday Duals Out of State Tournaments Battle on the Bay Husky Inv...

Send us Fan Mail Battle on the Bay Director Ryan Shefchik joins the show for a preview of this year's tournament in Bay Port! We start by getting a little background from Ryan on his wrestling history, and then we jump right into tournament talk for this weekend! Ryan gives us a brief history on the Battle on the Bay, talks about team champions from the past, and then we discuss the potential...

Send us Fan Mail Teague and Steve talk about their weekends, the plans for the upcoming week, and then jump right into a recap of the first weekend of action! We discuss every tournament we could find, pointing out notable results, teams, and athletes throughout. The order of the tournaments talked about are listed below: Big Lake Invite (MN) Cliff Keen Independence Invitational Dan Gable Donnybro...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan McGuire joins the podcast for our third annual discussion on officiating! We start the show off by talking about some of the duals that took place early last week. We ask Ryan what his favorite match was to officiate last year, discuss any changes in the circumstances of the official shortage, and then touch on rule changes and new points of emphasis for the current wrestling...

Send us Fan Mail Steve is back on the show and him and Teague close out preview season with a preview of the top returning girl's in the state! They take a look at the returning placewinners from each weight class, talk about which wrestlers impressed them the most last year, and talk potential big matchups we could see happening before the State tournament. We then recap the top ten scoring...