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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D2 Sectional C Preview | 14 Nov 2025 | 01:43:57 | |
Steve and Teague are joined by Ellsworth coach Carson Huppert for a preview of D2 Secitonal C! | |||
| D1 Sectional D Preview | 12 Nov 2025 | 01:25:38 | |
Steve and Teague preview what is an absolutely STACKED D1 Sectional D! | |||
| D1 Sectional C Preview | 14 Oct 2025 | 01:07:26 | |
Steve and Teague preview all of the teams in the Madison/La Crosse area sectional, and try to put together a bracket and pick a champion from what is shaping out to be a deep sectional! | |||
| Luxemburg-Casco Head Coach Chas Treml | 27 Mar 2024 | 01:43:40 | |
LC coach Chas Treml joins the show to talk about the Spartan's journey to a second Team State title in a row this year! We talk everything from the offseason to the final dual and everything in between, recapping all of the moments that highlighed the 2023-2024 Team State run that resulted in the 14th Team State title for the Spartans | |||
| Team State Recap | 05 Mar 2024 | 00:58:31 | |
Teague and Steve recap every dual from Team State weekend, talking about the biggest matches and moments from the last weekend of the year! We close out the show by recapping the year, which was an amazing one for the Wisconsin Wrestler Podcast, and thanking all the listeners and folks in the wrestling community for all of their loyalty and support. | |||
| Team State Preview | 29 Feb 2024 | 01:07:28 | |
Teague and Steve preview every dual and potential dual taking place at Team State this weekend, looking at potential swing matches and moves that we could see at the Fieldhouse this weekend! | |||
| Individual State Recap | 27 Feb 2024 | 01:49:55 | |
Teague and Steve recap every bracket, make picks for wrestler of the year, and end the night with the annual reading of "The Other Guy on the Mat" Girls-6:55 D3-28:20 D2-51:15 D1-1:17:30 "The Other Guy on the Mat" Reading-1:41:00 | |||
| Individual State Preview | 20 Feb 2024 | 02:41:13 | |
Teague and Steve preview every bracket for the upcoming WIAA Individual State tournament! | |||
| Team Sectional Recap & Sectional Preview | 16 Feb 2024 | 01:48:00 | |
Steve and Teague recap all the dual action from Team Sectionals, then jump right into some brackets to keep an eye on at every individual sectional! | |||
| Regional Recap & Team Sectional Preview | 13 Feb 2024 | 01:29:46 | |
Teague and Steve recap the team results from every regional over the weekend, along with looking ahead to all the Team Sectional matchups that await us on Tuesday evening! | |||
| Regional Preview Sparknotes Edition | 08 Feb 2024 | 01:25:35 | |
Teague and Steve take a look at every regional and the returning state qualifiers/placewinners in each one, along with taking one last look at their team postseason picks. HAPPY POSTSEASON TIME!!! | |||
| Conference Tournament Recap | 06 Feb 2024 | 01:53:04 | |
Steve and Teague recap all the action from Conference Tournament weekend! | |||
| January Week 4 Recap | 30 Jan 2024 | 01:55:44 | |
Steve and Teague recap the action from across the state this last weekend! | |||
| D1 Sectional F Preview | 13 Oct 2025 | 01:10:38 | |
Steve and Teague take a look at all of the teams in the Waukesha/West Milwaukee county sectional and make their postseason predictions! | |||
| Pulaski Invite Preview | 25 Jan 2024 | 01:04:00 | |
Hortonville coach Chris Gennrich joins the show for a preview of this year's Pulaski Invite! | |||
| January Week 3 Recap | 23 Jan 2024 | 01:47:02 | |
Steve and Teague recap all the Wisconsin wrestling action that took place over the last weekend! | |||
| Highlander Preview | 18 Jan 2024 | 01:52:20 | |
Ernie Millard joins the show for a preview of this year's Highlander tournament! We also take time to talk about the Wisconsin High School Girl's Duals in Stevens Point, and close the show by talking about our loaded slate for the weekend. | |||
| January Week 2 Recap | 15 Jan 2024 | 01:11:28 | |
Teague and Steve recap the action from the weekend and even take a deeper look into some duals from last week (for obvious reasons). We then take a look back at our Preseason Regional/Sectional picks and discuss how we feel our picks stand at this juncture in the year! | |||
| January Week 1 Recap | 09 Jan 2024 | 01:38:52 | |
Teague and Steve recap all the action from the first weekend in January! | |||
| Cheesehead Preview with Scott Kluever | 05 Jan 2024 | 01:31:26 | |
Scott Kluever joins the show for a preview of this year's Cheesehead! | |||
| Holiday Tournament Recap | 03 Jan 2024 | 02:21:15 | |
Teague and Steve run through some notable results from an action-packed couple of weekends of wrestling in Wisconsin over the holiday break! | |||
| Northern Badger Preview | 28 Dec 2023 | 01:23:40 | |
Kevin Black joins Teague on the show for a preview of the Northern Badger! We take look at the top eight seeds at each weight class, and Kevin gives a great breakdown at every weight. Teague then discusses his and Steve's picks, along with their picks for team champs at the end. We then talk about the girl's field, which has grown tremendously since last year and is going to give a lot of first year competitors at the Northern Badger a chance to shine in the spotlight! | |||
| 2023 Girl's Bi-State Classic Bracket Reveal/Preview | 27 Dec 2023 | 00:48:58 | |
Bi-State Tournament Director Jason Lulloff joins the show for an early look at the brackets for the first ever bracketed Girl's Bi-State Classic! We take a look at the top eight seeds in each bracket and talk about potential matches that they're looking forward to in the tournament, along with talking about the girls outside the top 8 that have the potential to make a big impact during the tournament! | |||
| Week 3 Recap | 18 Dec 2023 | 01:43:39 | |
Teague and Steve recap all the action that took place over the last weekend! | |||
| D2 Sectional G Preview | 09 Oct 2025 | 01:06:59 | |
Steve and take their Sectional Preview series back to Southeast Wisconsin for a preview of D2 Sectional G! | |||
| Week 2 Recap | 11 Dec 2023 | 01:48:57 | |
Teague and Steve recap all the action from a wild week 2, highlighting matches, brackets, wrestlers, and teams from every tournament this weekend! | |||
| Battle on the Bay Preview | 08 Dec 2023 | 01:38:45 | |
Battle on the Bay Tournament Director Ryan Shefchik joins the show for a preview of Battle on the Bay! Ryan discusses the history of the tournament, and gives a great rundown on the teams competing at the tournament this year! We then go weight-by-weight and give a list of wrestlers to watch for at each weight. Steve and Teague also make their predictions for champions at each weight and also who they think will win the team race! | |||
| Week 1 Recap | 05 Dec 2023 | 01:55:22 | |
Teague and Steve recap all of the tournament action that took place from an exciting first week in Wisconsin High School wrestling! We run through some tournaments listed on track from Thursday and Friday, talk about the out-of-state tournaments, and then jump into the in-state tournaments from Saturday! If you are trying to find a specific tournament, we do run in mostly alphabetical order, with a few tournaments being listed first due to having "2023" putting them atop the track search list. | |||
| College Talk with Shane Kennelly | 30 Nov 2023 | 01:41:59 | |
WIAC Analyst Shane Kennelly joins the show and we start off with some small talk and then recognize the seventeen Wisconsin girls that are currently ranked nationally! For the remainder of the show, we recognize the Wisconsin graduates that are currently wrestling in college, and what a list it is! We start with the in-state guys and girls, then move out-of-state and go by division. Along the way, there's definitely some nostalgic moments as we covered most of these wrestlers when they were in high school and Shane and Steve also provide a lot of knowledge on the wrestlers and colleges they're wrestling for. | |||
| Girl's Wrestling Preview | 16 Nov 2023 | 01:48:46 | |
Two Rivers coach Neysa Bianchi joins the show to help preview the upcoming girl's season in the state of Wisconsin! We start off the show by listing off all of the returning state placewinners and returners that didn't place at State, but could find themselves with a spot on the podium this year. Included in that recap is the graduated seniors from last year getting the recognition for their performances and contributions to the sport. We also take a look at girl's who did not make out of their sectional bracket, and talk about potential reforms to the current system where there is only one state qualifier out of each bracket on Sectional Saturday. After recapping Eric Vold's top ten PFP incoming freshmen list, we jump into our team analysis. We recognize the teams that finished top ten in scoring at State, and then take a look at, and read some testimonials from coaches who are helping build strong girl's programs across the state. We take some time with Neysa during this to talk about her coaching experience so far, how she runs her program, and how she is looking to keep building in the future! | |||
| Incoming Freshmen Preview | 13 Nov 2023 | 01:27:48 | |
Cory Scanlan and Eric Vold joined the show again for the freshmen preview and the tandem yet again gave the Wisconsin Wrestling Community plenty of names to keep an eye on for this year! Both coaches talk about their busy offseason schedules and give a general synopsis of their observations of the incoming boys and girls of the Class of '27 could make. Eric talks about the incoming freshman class of girls and it seems this class could rival the year above them in terms of the immediate impact they could make at the high school level. Cory then runs through the boys' youth state results and gives a great rundown of the incoming freshmen that folks should keep on their radar this year. Eric then caps off the show with his Top 10 Pound-for-Pound rankings of the Girls Class of 2027, which was awesome for him to put together! | |||
| D3 Sectional D Preview | 10 Nov 2023 | 01:32:57 | |
Kenosha Christian Life coach Jim Dolphin joins the show for a preview of D3 Sectional D! We take a look at every team in the new-look sectional and the top returners on each squad, and try to make sense of what the postseason action will look like with predictions for Regionals and Team Sectionals. We then get to ask Jim about his experience of coaching at Christian Life and what the program is doing to get back into the conversation for Team State, along with hearing about Jim's experience being matside for his son Drew becoming the first state champion in KCL history! | |||
| D2 Sectional D Preview | 09 Nov 2023 | 01:45:09 | |
Campbellsport coach Alex Costello joins the show for a preview of D2 Sectional D! We talk about every team in the sectional and highlight their top returners along with talking about some historical figures from a few programs, and make some predictions to see which fresh face will make it to Team Sectionals and then to Team State! We then get a chance to talk with Coach Costello on his close ties with the last two Campbellsport state champions, his thoughts on the legacy of one Ostin Blanchard, and the pressure of coming into a program with such rich tradition and how he has managed to build upon that tradition. | |||
| D1 Sectional H Preview | 03 Nov 2023 | 01:36:41 | |
Muskego coach Sean Fortmann joins the show for a preview of D1 Sectional H! We take a look at every team and their top returners, and try to make some postseason predictions in what is going to be a couple of wild days in the Southeast corner of the state between Regionals and Team Sectionals! Coach Fortmann also gets a chance to talk about the Muskego program and how they have managed to have success year in and year out, discusses his team coming in this year with a chip on their shoulder and the goals for the program for this upcoming season. | |||
| D1 Sectional G Preview | 31 Oct 2023 | 01:46:20 | |
Homestead coach Ernie Millard joins for a preview of D1 Sectional G! We discuss every team in the sectional and talk about their top returners, along with teams that have the best chance to see major growth this year! We then make postseason predictions and look ahead to what could be one of the most highly contested Team Sectionals in the state! Ernie also has a chance to talk about his program and all the work that has lead to his team potentially competing for a spot at Team State this year, how him and the folks around him have helped make sure that the Homestead program will remain strong after he retires, and also takes the time to talk about the type of person that his son Charlie is off the mat. | |||
| D2 Sectional B Preview | 06 Oct 2025 | 01:13:54 | |
Steve and Teague keep rolling with the D2 coverage, and take a look at the teams in the Northeast D2 Sectional. This sectional will indeed have one of the more interesting team races to see who makes it to Team Sectionals, as evidenced by how much the guys' picks differ from each other at the end of the show! | |||
| D3 Sectional C Preview | 27 Oct 2023 | 02:32:58 | |
Mineral Point coach Curtis Fiedler joins the show for a preview of D3 Sectional C! We run through every team in the sectional and talk about their top returners, along with discussing a lot of the history surrounding the programs. We then make our sectional picks, which were briefly interrupted by some technical difficulties which may be foreshadowing the postseason chaos that we usually see every year in this sectional. We also give coach Fiedler a chance to talk more about his team this year, and reminisce on what was a very special senior class for the Pointers! For what ended up being one of our longest episodes, the listen is worth every minute! | |||
| D2 Sectional C Preview | 24 Oct 2023 | 01:57:21 | |
Mauston coach Tommy Miller joins the show for a preview of of D2 Sectional C! We look at the top returners for every team in the sectional and make predictions for the team postseason race, and boy is this looking to be one exciting postseason in this sectional yet again! We also get a chance to talk to Coach Miller about some changes in his two coaching stints for the Mauston program, and how the addition of the Talon training center has helped improve the wrestling opportunities for Golden Eagle wrestlers of all ages! Coach Miller's passion for the sport really shows, and his decades of experience in this sectional are reflected in the way that he talks about the programs in this sectional. | |||
| D1 Sectional F Preview | 20 Oct 2023 | 01:29:47 | |
Waukesha West coach Derrick Amrhein joins the show for a preview of D1 Sectional F! We take a look at every team in sectional and their top returners and make postseason predictions for who will come out of a loaded Regional 1 and wide open Regional 2, along with who we think we will make it to Team State out of the sectional! Coach Amrhein also takes in on a deep dive of how him and his staff have helped tremendously improved the numbers of the Waukesha West program, convince kids to fall in love with the sport, and everything else that lead to the Wolverines making Team State for the first time since 1997! | |||
| D1 Sectional E Preview | 17 Oct 2023 | 01:46:46 | |
Mukwonago coach Jon Wierzbicki joins the show for a preview of D1 Sectional E! We take a look at all of the teams in the sectional and their top returners for the year and make postseason predictions for Regionals and Team Sectionals. We also get a chance to pick John's brain on the key ingredients to Mukwonago's sustained success and how they are able to have such strong numbers year in and year out. | |||
| D3 Sectional B Preview | 12 Oct 2023 | 01:40:24 | |
Shiocton coach Dom Gunderson joins the show for a preview of a new-look D3 Sectional B! We preview the top returners and wrestlers to watch for from every team in the sectional, make predictions and discuss how much the new wave of teams will affect the Team Sectional picture, and get a chance to hear a retelling from Dom about Shiocton's journey to their first Team State appearance, which ended in the Team State finals last year! Dom also had a chance to talk about what him and his coaching staff have done to help build this Shiocton program, and how they are looking to maintain a long term level of success. | |||
| D2 Sectional B Preview | 11 Oct 2023 | 01:38:12 | |
Freedom coach Brad Baker joins the show for a preview of the always loaded D2 Sectional B! We take a look at every team in the sectional and discuss their top returners, make predictions for how we think the postseason will shake out teamwise, and we also get a chance to pick Brad's brain on how his first year as head coach of Freedom went and his goals for the team moving forward. | |||
| D1 Sectional D Preview | 05 Oct 2023 | 01:22:09 | |
Germantown coach Mike Krause joins the show to help preview D1 Sectional D! We take a look at every team in the Sectional and discuss all of their top returners, which there is a lot of great wrestlers returning! We then try to break down how the postseason race could look in what appears could be one of the most tight knit team races across the state. Coach Krause also takes some time to discuss how his team rebounded from a disappointing 2022 postseason and used that as fuel to help the team make their first Team State appearance last year! | |||
| D1 Sectional C Preview | 03 Oct 2023 | 01:37:36 | |
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! | |||
| D3 Sectional A Preview | 28 Sep 2023 | 01:34:25 | |
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! | |||
| D2 Sectional A Preview | 25 Sep 2023 | 01:32:46 | |
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! | |||
| D2 Sectional D Preview | 02 Oct 2025 | 01:08:14 | |
Steve and Teague take a look at the top returners from the teams located in the Fox Valley/Lake Winnebago sectional, and have a slight disagreement when crowning a team champ at the end of the show! | |||
| D1 Sectional B Preview | 21 Sep 2023 | 01:15:25 | |
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. | |||
| D1 Sectional A Preview | 19 Sep 2023 | 01:27:48 | |
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. | |||
| Wisconsin Wrestler Poképodcast with Liam Crook | 14 Sep 2023 | 02:17:25 | |
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! | |||