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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 1-7:55
Regional 2-56:45
Team Sectional Predictions-1:23:25

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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 a chance to pick Joe's brain on how him and his coaching staff have helped build interest in the sport of wrestling in their school, which has seen an increase from two regional starters four years ago to nine this year, and even more for the upcoming year! Joe has a lot of great philosophies that any coach at any stage can use for themselves and their program and we're so glad that we were able to get him on after noticing TL/C's growth over the past few years!

Regional 1-12:45
Regional 2-52:45
Team Sectional Predictions-1:23:55

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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
Regional 2-52:05
Team Sectional Predictions-1:19:40

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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 continuing the strong tradition of the Pulaski program and what he specifically does to help the program maintain its high standards.

Regional 1-3:20
Regional 2-33:40
Team Sectional Predictions-59:10

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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 boys and girls side and the recent success that has come with it.

Regional 1-5:10
Regional 2-46:00
Team Sectional Predictions-1:13:40

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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 teams, but instead of actual wrestlers we have to pick Pokemon! We take about twenty minutes to talk about how we got interested in pokemon, and discuss the cards/shows/games before getting into the draft and to say we had a lot of fun with it would be an understatement! Liam is a great kid who's goes all in on his passions and whether we talk wrestling or pokemon, his knowledge and enthusiasm for the subjects make this show great!

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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 the sport. We then discuss the shift to more team-based goals and his goals for the program moving forward. Kraig gives a lot of great stories and advices for any coaches looking to build their programs!

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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 took on their way to a Team State title in Joe's senior year in 2013! We then transition to Joe's coaching career, the growth that him and his team experienced over the last five years, and how Joe helped start a Women's team at his program. Between a lot of great stories from Wisconsin wrestling in 2010-2013 and Joe's amazing philosophy on wrestling and life, this was an enthralling episode from start to finish!

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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 the sport and potentially step back on the mat. Mateah has grown a lot over the years we've had her on the show and it's awesome to hear her share her experience in the sport of wrestling!

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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 a vision of having a full Wisconsin Masters team some day. Shane then talks about his future plans in the sport of wrestling in general, and we end the show in exciting fashion as Shane flips the script and becomes the interviewer to Teague and Steve!

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