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Somerset coach Ali Peterson joins Teague and Steve to preview Division 2 Sectional A. It is our first podcast  with four regionals to preview so it's a big one! We start off in regional A with what is going to be a great battle between three loaded teams in Amery, Baldwin-Woodville, and St. Croix Central in regional 1. We then move to regional 2 where Steve makes his dark horse regional champ pick for the year,  discuss the rise of the Neillsville/Greenwood program in regional 3, and have a good discussion on what looks to be another battle for the regional title between Ellsworth and Mel-Min/GET. Ali also gets a chance to discuss his program and the extra work his wrestlers put in to prepare for this year, and gives an excellent shoutout at the end of the podcast as well!

Regional 1-4:22
Regional 2-27:10
Regional 3-41:11
Regional 4-50:27
Team Sectional Predictions-1:01:00

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Teague and Steve are joined by Appleton North coach Scott Clough to discuss D1 Sectional B! We discuss what looks like will be a great regional battle taking place in Shawano,  who could compete against a Kaukauna team who graduated half of its starters from last year in the Hortonville regional, and of course give our team sectional predictions. Scott also talks about his coaching career and philosophies, Steve throws some trivia at Teague (albeit unsuccessfully), and we just have an all-around great time.

Regional 1-4:19
Regional 2-29:23
Team Sectional Prediction-1:05:40

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We are joined by Wausau West coach Troy Fabry for our first sectional preview of the year! We discuss if this is the year River Falls can dethrone Hudson in the regional battle, the three team race that will take place in Marshfield regional, and Teague and Steve choose their first sectional champs of the year! We also preview every team in the sectional, Steve throws trivia at Teague, and Troy gives great insight on his coaching philosophy.

Regional 1-6:30
Regional 2-27:00
Team Sectional Predictions-58:20

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We are joined by the Godfather of the Cheesehead himself Scott Kluever, who gives a great recap on the 37 All-American performances from the boys' side at Fargo! We go in order of the tournaments, from 16U and Junior Freestyle to 16U and Junior Greco discussing the highlights of the Wisconsin Fargo placewinners and the tournament experience in general. Scott also talks about the direction that Wisconsin wrestling is headed in, and of course he only has good things to say!

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Teague and Steve are joined by WWF Growth and Development Coordinator Gabby Lord-Klein  to discuss the Girls' 16U and Junior Freestyle Nationals experience last week! First, Gabby talks about her Fargo experience and the atmosphere of the Fargodome, and the entire community for the whole week. We then talk about the results of the tournament, with a more in-depth recap on how each of the girls performed throughout the week. We close out the podcast by talking about the vision of the future for the WWF and sustaining/topping their impressive performance at Fargo this year!

Check out Gabby's Fargo Blogs!-https://www.wiwrestlingfederation.com/blog
WWF Website-https://www.wiwrestlingfederation.com/page/show/975733-home

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WWF State Coach Coordinator Scott Kluever joins us on the show to talk all things Fargo! Scott answers all of our questions related to the midsummer national Freestyle/Greco tournaments, ranging from how one can try out to get on the team to any questions a potential spectator may have. We also discuss the Fargo experience, and all the benefits that come with being on/trying out for the team. 

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Twitter-@WIWrestlingFed

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4-Time State champion and  3rd place finisher at D1 Nationals Keegan O'Toole joins us on the show! Keegan tells us about his wrestling career leading up to high school, and at what point he set the goal to win a state title every year of his high school career. Keegan does a great job giving us a runthrough of his high school career, from his most memorable (for better or worse) tournaments to his decision-making process when choosing what college to wrestle for. We also talk about the college wrestling experience so far, hit Keegan with some speed trivia and also questions from coaches, and Steve ends the show with Keegan O' Toole trivia for Teague, and Teague disappoints to say the least.

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Freedom coach Brad Baker joins us to talk about the women's youth program in Freedom! The program is three years old and has already its fair share of success when it comes to culture, number of wrestlers, and results! Brad fills us in on how it began, steps taken to evolve the program along the way, and what the vision is for the program heading forward. Building the youth program is a great way to help the high school program and Brad makes for a great resource for anyone looking to start their own women's youth program feel free to reach out to him here:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 920-373-5758

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No podcasts planned for two weeks? No problem, that's what filler episodes are for! Fortunately for us, we have plenty of good material to present to our listeners and this week we are releasing a compilation of our 2020 State Champion Coach Interviews where they talk about their philosophies and advice they would give their younger selves/new coaches. In this episode you get great sound bites from Coleman coach Kevin Casper, Wrightstown coach Matt Verbeten, and Stoughton coaches Bob Empey and Dan Spilde! Timestamps for each coach below:

Kevin Casper (Coleman): 2:00
Matt Verbeten (Wrightstown): 14:03
Bob Empey and Dan Spilde (Stoughton):  46:55

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Teague and Steve are joined by North Fond Du Lac/St. Mary's Springs coach Doug Forsythe to talk about the recently released regional and sectional assignments for next year! We go through each sectional and talk about the most impactful changes from the year prior along with discussing the chain reactions that cause so many teams to change from year to year. 

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