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North Fondy coach Dough Forsythe joins the  recently released regional and sectional assignments for the upcoming year. After a quick preview of our nationally ranked wrestlers competing at Fargo next week, we jump right into the conversation. We start with the general changes in regards to new teams and co-ops, then jump into a sectional by sectional breakdown of the major changes in each one!
Start time of each division:
D1: 14:50
D2: 32:10
D3: 50:00

D1 Assignments: https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Wrestling/2023/D1-wrestling.pdf

D2 Assignments: https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Wrestling/2023/D2-wrestling.pdf

D3 Assignments: https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Wrestling/2023/D3-wrestling.pdf

Map of Assignments- https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=12Nr23KptQvsCBa51Uax9zWo0Imy0iV8&usp=sharing

WWF Blog for Fargo Updates-https://www.wiwrestlingfederation.com/blog

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State champion and 2016 Wauwatosa West/East graduate Justin Folley joins us on the show to share his wrestling journey! From his battles with Stoughton wrestlers his sophomore and junior year, to using adversity his senior year to help propel his college career, Justin's high school wrestling career matched his style of wrestling in that there was no lack of excitement whether it be on or off the mat. Justin gives a lot of good advice at the end of the show as well so tune in!

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Jordan Crass, owner of Crass Trained, joins us to talk about the National Duals that took place the last two weeks! He starts off by discussing the process to get on to the National Dual team and how that process also benefits Team Wisconsin's Fargo roster opportunities. We then run through the results, with some great conversation on wrestling philosophy and some of the recent changes in our state as well. Jordan brings a lot of great energy and perspective to the table!!

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We have our first cold open!!!
Friend of the show Shane Kennelly joins us on the show as we take another look at wrestling at the college level. Shane starts off by telling us his wrestling/life story, which ultimately results in wrestling being his guiding light on a path that didn't always seem the brightest. He then gives a great definition on what a Junior College is, and the role that Junior Colleges play in post-high school athletics. We then talk about Shane's founding of Bryant and Stratton's wrestling program, the challenges and accomplishments that they had this year, and the outlook on the program going forward!

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Shannyn Gillespie joins us on the show in what is easily one of our most high-octane podcasts yet! Shannyn tells us about his program and gives information on the process to become a college student-athlete for those interested. We also dive in to talking about women's wrestling in general, how we can improve the girl's wrestling experience in Wisconsin, and we discuss how to better market wrestling in general! Shannyn provides a lot of great stories from his past and shows how he molded those past experiences into what his philosophy is now. Below are some links that were discussed on the show for those interested!

Lakeland University Women's Wrestling

IG: https://instagram.com/lakeland_womens_wrestling?
FB: https://www.facebook.com/LUwmnswrestling/

Coach Shannyn

IG: https://instagram.com/coachshannyntalks?
FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachshannyn2
Web: https://coachshannyn.com/
Email: [email protected]

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We're joined by Milwaukee Reagan coaches Malcolm Briggs and Bear Bennett for a great conversation centered around women's wrestling! Malcolm tells us his wrestling story growing up, and his transition from wrestling to coaching, to then coaching at Reagan. We go in-depth on the sustained success and championship culture of the Reagan Women's Wrestling Program, how the coaches helped sustain that success this year, and the outlook on the team moving forward. We also talk about the future of Women's wrestling in Wisconsin as a whole!

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Our conversation with Kaukauna head coach Jeff Matczak continues by jumping right into Team State! We talk about how deep the field was, and Jeff gives a great rundown of each of Kaukauna's duals on their way to their second straight Team State title! After the discussion on Team State, Jeff gives a quick outlook on his team for next year and provides an excellent philosophy on coaching, highlighted by one of our favorite talking points from last year, the Economics of Wrestling!

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*For last year's conversation with Jeff, scroll back on your mobile podcast app to April 22nd and and April 19th of 2021*

Kaukauna coach Jeff Matczak joins us on the show to talk about this year's 2022 D1 Team State Champs, the Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts! We start by talking about what Jeff likes to see from his athletes in the offseason, and also how he went about crafting the team's schedule for the year. We dive into some of the main action from the season, and manage to fit in some postseason talk as well! We cut part one off by talking about everyone's performance at Individual State, and for those of you who paid attention to D1 Team State this year you know you're in for a treat if you tune in to part 2!

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Welcome back to part 2 of our conversation with Fennimore coach Chad Steldt! In this segment,  we take a deeper look at this years' Golden Eagle squad and their run to a Team State title. A daunting regular season and pre-State postseason schedule played a big part in helping the team be prepared come Team State Saturday and we have an in-depth conversation on all the postseason action all the way through to the final dual of the year! Chad then gives insight on the outlook for the program next year, and also has some very valuable advice for coaches of any level!

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We're joined by Fennimore head coach Chad Steldt on the show and Chad had so many great things to say that we figured it would be best for the listener to split this into two parts! In this segment of the Chad Steldt conversation, Chad discusses his wrestling history, diving into his high school and college wrestling career. He then discusses his time coaching at Ellsworth, his decision-making process leading to his move to Fennimore, and how he used lessons learned from his time at Ellsworth to help build (along with many others in the Fennimore community) the Golden Eagles into the program we know them as today. We leave off on a cliffhanger, as we discuss Chad's first few years at Fennimore and the end result of the last two seasons, leading into what will ultimately be our conversation on this year's team which comes out in two days!

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