The Wisconsin Wrestler

By Teague FenwickSports History Wrestling

The Wisconsin Wrestler episodes

May 13, 2021 WWCA Conversation with Ryan Gerber and Randy Ferrell Pt. 2
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We jump right into another hot topic on the direct continuation from part 1 when we talk about the 7/7 rule and what event/match limits can look like in the future. We also talk about seeding the Individual State tournament and all the ways that that can be a possibility, along with unforeseen consequences and pros/cons of seeding the state tournament in different ways. We then have a good discussion on the Women's State Tournament next year, and also follow up on ways to help build women's wrestling in the sport and in our state. The podcast closes out with some more trivia, and unfortunately for Ryan that leads into him reliving some of his tougher high school wrestling moments thanks to Randy's photographic memory of the State Tournament floor setup.
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1 hr 13 min
May 10, 2021 WWCA Conversation with Ryan Gerber and Randy Ferrell Part 1
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Teague and Steve are joined by WWCA Secretary and Fort Atkinson coach Ryan Gerber and Arrowhead coach and WWCA Former President Randy Ferrell to discuss the Wisconsin Wrestling Coaches Association! Randy and Ryan start off the podcast with their wrestling stories, and then provide a lot of quality insight on the role of the WWCA, the process of going through rules and policy changes, and the relationship with the WIAA and NFHS in regards to enacting those changes. We then get into the first of our hot topics, which is the weight class rule enacted by the NFHS this year (12, 13, or 14 weight classes).

Topics Discussed in Part 2:
-7/7 event rule and potential changes
-Seeding Individual State!!
-Women's State Tournament

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1 hr 11 min
April 28, 2021 Conversation with Matty Bianchi and Brian Slater
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Teague and Steve are joined by 4 time State Champions Matty Bianchi of Two Rivers and Brian Slater of New Lisbon! We start with the two guests talking about their journeys to becoming 4-time champions along with Brian's post high-school wrestling career. We then have discussions on their favorite matches, matches that gave them the biggest scare during their state runs, differences in the sport in the 25 years between the two winning their state titles, and the guys also offer a lot of good insight on what it takes to become a better wrestler. Steve of course hits Teague with some trivia (Teague literally messes up a question that was basically given away earlier in the show) and we introduce a new segment where we hit our guests with a speed round of questions.

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1 hr 19 min
April 22, 2021 Kaukauna Head Coach Jeff Matczak Part 2
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The conversation continues with Kaukauna Head Coach Jeff Matczak and after a brief discussion in food in the Fox Valley Area, Jeff talks about the motivational quotes that are up in the wrestling room and the intention/meaning behind those. Steve then hits Teague with some trivia, and then Teague returns the favor which then leads into a look back at some duals from Kaukauna's four-peat. Jeff then goes through each dual from Team State and discusses his lineup strategies and goes into more detail on the action of the duals themselves. We conclude the podcast by asking Jeff what he would do if he had to start a program from scratch and the insight he gives is impressive to say the least.
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1 hr 10 min
April 19, 2021 Kaukauna Head Coach Jeff Matczak Part 1
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Teague and Steve are joined by Kaukauna Head Coach Jeff Matczak to talk about his wrestling story and the journey that this year's team took en route to the 2021 Team State title. In this first segment, Jeff tells his wrestling story and the twist of fate that got him into the sport in the place. We then talk some Kaukauna wrestling history, and get into discussions on the postseason tournaments, concluding with the Individual State recap for Kaukauna. At the end of the podcast, Jeff gives a great perspective on how he motivated this year's team to have a focus on not getting pinned in their matches, using economic terms to emphasize the importance of not getting pinned.
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1 hr 3 min
April 15, 2021 Mineral Point Head Coach Curtis Fiedler Part 2
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We continue our conversation with Curtis Fiedler as we start the second part of his interview with the latter half of his team's Individual State recap. Steve then hits Teague with some trivia before moving onto the Team State recap. Curtis does an amazing analysis on Team State, even going match by match for the final against Coleman and breaking down all the moves that him and his staff made/were thinking about making. At the end of the show, Curtis talks about what makes his program operate at a high level and gives some good advice to everyone on how certain people can have a positive influence on their wrestling program regardless of their role.

P.S. You DO NOT want to miss Curtis breaking down a hypothetical match between him and Iowa-Grant Coach Ryan Allen, which occurs after we talk about Mason Hughes' Individual State performance.

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1 hr 8 min
April 12, 2021 Mineral Point Head Coach Curtis Fiedler Part 1
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Curtis Fiedler is back on the Wisconsin Wrestler to talk about Mineral Point's season which ended up with them being Team State Champions! We have a discussion about how his team handled a year as unique as this one, and how the leadership and culture of the community positively influenced the program to handle a year like this. We also walk through the postseason tournaments and end this part by getting halfway through the wrestler-by-wrestler analysis of Mineral Point
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55 min
April 08, 2021 Amery Head Coach Mike Kelly Part 2
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We start the episode with a small recap of Part 1 of our conversation with Mike Kelly (yes Teague's voice cracks right at the start) and give a small preview of Part 2 for those who didn't tune in to the first episode!
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1 hr 13 min
April 05, 2021 Amery Head Coach Mike Kelly Part 1
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Mike Kelly from Amery joins us for the first part of this year's Team State Champion Coaches' interviews. He gave us so much quality material that we had to split our conversation up into two parts! In this first part, Mike talks about his wrestling story and how his life journey eventually lead him to coaching Amery and we talk about this year's team and their journey through the sectional tournament (Individual and Team State conversation will be in part 2). From running 14 miles to school in his high school career to coaching success at the collegiate level to wrestling at the Midlands a record sixteen times in a row, Mike's stories make a good case for him to be one of the most interesting wrestling figures that we have in Wisconsin!
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1 hr 16 min
March 31, 2021 WWF Youth State Discussion with Matt Verbeten and Cory Scanlan
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Teague and Steve are joined by Wrightstown coach Matt Verbeten and LAW Coach Cory Scanlan to talk Youth State results for Boys and Girls born 2006-2007. After results, we have a great discussion on club wrestling and how people can benefit from it as well! Teague also suffers his most embarrassing trivia defeat against Steve to date, you won't want to miss it.

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1 hr 47 min

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The Wisconsin Wrestler is a podcast dedicated to all things involving Wisconsin high school wrestling. Made by the Wisconsin wrestling fan, for the Wisconsin wrestling fan, we try to hit on all…