DISTRICT
ATHLETICS
Food Service
Contact Us
Skip to content
2009-2010
2009-2010 Whitehall Norsemen Wrestling Team Photo Top Row (L to R): Assistant Coach Mike Estenson, Dillon Sylla, Tim Matthews, Head Coach Ernest Peterson, Cole Myren, Logan Solsrud, Assistant Coach Gary Klonecki. Middle Row (L to R): Tim Ferdon, Frank Ferdon, Ben Kissinger, Jake Pientok, Nick Koxlien, John Cimino. Front Row (L to R): Holden Laumann, Yelang Her, William Kissinger, Brett Leque, Sam Schultz. Not Pictured: Payten Frei, Joe Sygulla.
Head Coach: Ernest Peterson
Assistant Coaches: Gary Klonecki, Mike Estenson.
Cheerleader Coach: Tammy Frei.
Wrestlers: Dillon Sylla #HWT (29-5), Tim Matthews #145 (5-18), Cole Myren #215 (39-2), Logan Solsrud #152, Tim Ferdon #130 (12-17), Frank Ferdon #112 (23-9), Ben Kissinger #140 (21-14), Jake Pientok #135 (23-13), Nick Koxlien #189 (5-17), John Cimino #HWT, Holden Laumann #119 (10-18), Yelang Her #103 (0-5), William Kissinger #125 (21-16), Brett Leque #160 (1-23), Sam Schultz #119, Payten Frei #152 (7-11), Joe Sygulla (Injured).
Senior Wrestlers: Ben Kissinger, Dillon Sylla.
Record: 5 Wins-7 Losses. 2 Wins - 2 Losses in Conference. 3rd in the Dairyland Conference. 2nd place in the WIAA Team Regional.
Dairyland Conference Standings:
Melrose-Mindoro / GET 4-0
Blair-Taylor 3-1
Whitehall 2-2
Indee / Gilmanton 1-3
Cochrane-Fountain City 0-4
2009-2010 Norsemen Wrestling Cheerleaders: Top Row (L to R): Samantha Dubiel, Julie Oates, Michaela "KiKi" Olson, Amalia Miles. Bottom Row (L to R): Olivia Bundy, Jen Emlaw, Dani Peterson, Chelsey Frei.
Awards:
All-Conference: Jake Pientok #135, Frank Ferdon #112, Cole Myren #215, Dillon Sylla #HWT.
Sectional Qualifiers: Ben Kissinger #140, Frank Ferdon #112, Tim Ferdon #130, William Kissinger #125, Cole Myren #215, Dillon Sylla #HWT.
State Qualifier: Cole Myren #215 4th place.
Iron Man Award Winners: Cole Myren, Ben Kissinger, Jake Pientok, William Kissinger.
Most Pins: Cole Myren 24.
Most Takedowns: Dillon Sylla 28.
Team MVP: Cole Myren.
Team MIP: Ben Kissinger.
Rookie of the Year: Tim Ferdon.
Duals:
Whitehall 18 at Arcadia 63, 10 December 2009
Whitehall 45 at Onalaska Luther 33, 15 December 2009
Eau Claire Memorial Holiday Team Duals Tournament at UWEC 30 December 2009:
Whitehall 39 vs Eau Claire North 40
Whitehall 66 vs Wausau East 12
Whitehall 54 vs Northwood / Solon Springs 21
Whitehall 33 vs Johnson Creek 44
Whitehall 49 vs Madison East 24
Whitehall 27 vs Osseo-Fairchild 45, 5 January 2010
Whitehall 24 vs Blair-Taylor 45 at MM/GET, January 2010
Durand Team Dual Tournament, 22 January 2010
Whitehall vs Durand
Whitehall vs Stanley-Boyd
Whitehall vs Menomonie
Whitehall vs Saint Croix Central
Whitehall vs Mondovi
Whitehall 27 vs Melrose-Mindoro / GET 40 at Independence, 28 January 2010
Whitehall 54 at Cochrane-Fountain City 23, 4 February 2010
Whitehall 39 vs Independence / Gilmanton 34 at C-FC, 4 February 2010
Tournaments:
Black River Falls Invitational (5 December 2009): 10th place, 52 team points (Whitehall Split Squad). Champion: Cole Myren. 2nd Place: Dillon Sylla.
Eau Claire North Husky Invitational (12 December 2009): 14th place, 99 team points (Whitehall Split Squad). Champion: Cole Myren, 4th Place Dillon Sylla, 6th Place: Frank Ferdon, Jake Pientok, 7th Place: Ben Kissinger 8th Place: William Kissinger.
Arcadia Invitational (19 December 2009): 4th place, 120 team points. Champion: Cole Myren, 2nd Place: Frank Ferdon, Dillon Sylla, 4th Place: Jake Pientok, William Kissinger, 5th Place Payten Frei, 6th Place: Holden Laumann, Ben Kissinger, Brett Leque, 7th Place Tim Ferdon.
Varsity Reserve Division: Champion: John Cimino, 4th Place: Logan Solsrud.
Eau Claire Memorial Holiday Team Duals at UWEC (30 December 2009): 8th place 2W-3L. Cole Myren 5-0, Dillon Sylla 5-0, Frank Ferdon, Jake Pientok, Ben Kissinger 4-1, Holden Laumann, William Kissinger 3-2. Logan Solsrud big pin against Madison East's Sandy Field.
Ladysmith Invitational (16 Jaunary 2010): 10th place, 251.5 team points. Champion: Cole Myren, 3rd Place: Dillon Sylla, 5th Place: Ben Kissinger, 7th Place: William Kissinger, Jake Pientok, 8th Place: Frank Ferdon, 10th Place: Nick Koxlien, John Cimino, 11th Place: Tim Ferdon, 12th Place: Brett Leque, 15th Place: Holden Laumann, Tim Matthews, Logan Solsrud.
Durand Dual Tournament (22 January 2010): No data at this time.
Independence Invitational (30 January 2010): 3rd place out of 15 teams, 149.5. Champion: Cole Myren, Dillon Sylla, 2nd Place: Frank Ferdon, Jake Pientok, 4th Place: Yelang Her, 5th Place: Ben Kissinger, 6th Place: William Kissinger.
WIAA Individual / Team Regional at Whitehall (13 February 2010): 2nd place, 199.5 team points. Champion: Frank Ferdon, Cole Myren, Dillon Sylla, 2nd Place: William Kissinger, Tim Ferdon, Ben Kissinger, 3rd Place: Yelang Her, Holden Laumann, Jake Pientok, Payton Frei, 4th Place: Nick Koxlien, 5th Place: Tim Matthews, 6th Place: Brett Leque.
WIAA Individual Sectional at Osseo (20 February 2010): Champion: Cole Myren.
Left to Right Dillion Sylla, Cole Myren, Ben Kissinger
Left to right Jake Pientok, Payten Frei, Frank Ferdon.
Season Notes:
10 Seasons Ago: "Cold Machines", 2009-2010....
These guys were scary... The overall record wasn't in 5 and 7, but if you study what's going on, you see a group of wrestlers that didn't care who they faced. They just wanted to wreck stuff up, and the upcoming two seasons they would continue to rollover the area.
The wrestling team consisted of Dillon Sylla #HWT, Tim Matthews #145, Cole Myren #215, Logan Solsrud #152, Tim Ferdon #130, Frank Ferdon #112, Ben Kissinger #140, Jake Pientok #135, Nick Koxlien #189, John Cimino, Holden Laumann #119, Yelang Her #103, William Kissinger #125, Brett Leque #160, Sam Schultz #119, Payten Frei #152, and Joe Sygulla (Injured). Helping out Coach Peterson in his 7th season was Assistant Coach Gary Klonecki, and Alumni Norse wrestler, Assistant Coach Mike Estensen.
Coaching the Cheerleaders was Tammy Frei. The wrestling cheerleaders from 2009-2010 were Samantha Dubiel, Julie Oates, Michaela "KiKi" Olson, Amalia Miles, Olivia Bundy, Jen Emlaw, Dani Peterson, and Chelsey Frei.
The team started slow but picked up steam like a locomotive able to plow through solid rock. Our Norse started with a loss to Arcadia' then beat up Onalaska Luther in non-conference action. The Norse were two points away from a win against Eau Claire North. Got banged up by Wausau East (notice how the schedule had a lot of big schools in it). They went on to torch the Evergreens of Northwood / Solon Springs, and Madison East and then almost pull off a win over Johnson Creek at the ECM Holiday Dual tournament at UWEC. At that tournament Studs Cole Myren and Dillon Sylla went 5 and 0 with Frank Ferdon, Jake Pientok, and Ben Kissinger close behind going 4 and 1. After getting caught by Osseo-Fairchid the Norse lost to rivals Blair-Taylor 24-45 in a Dairyland Conference fight. Then dropped a DC loss to a combined MM/GET team. The Norsemen finished with dual wins over Cochrane-Fountain City and Independence / Gilmanton to round out conference play.
In the individual tournaments Cole Myren led the way with Championship finishes at Black River Falls, Eau Claire North, Arcadia, Ladysmith, Independence, the WIAA Regional at Whitehall, and the WIAA Sectional at Osseo. He is a bad, bad man. It just reads like a hit list. Following him were Norse were Silver finishes at Black River Falls for Sylla. At Arcadia was Frank Ferdon, and Sylla. At Independence F. Ferdon and Pientok. Then with nose bleed high finishes on a weekly basis at the tournaments were brothers Ben and William Kissinger, Frank's brother Tim, as well as Payten Frei, and Holden Laumann.
In the WIAA series, the first step was at home in Whitehall with the Individual / Team regional. This was a big year for our guys. Moving on with golds were Frank Ferdon, Cole Myren, and Dillon Sylla. Heading to sectionals in the second slot were William Kissinger, Tim Ferdon and Ben Kissinger. Just missing the trip to the next level was Yelang Her, Holden Laumann, Jake Pientok and Payton Frei. As you can tell this was a good regional. The Norse almost went to team sectionals due to the high placement from Nick Koxlien, Tim Matthews and Brett Leque. We just didn't have enough gas left to catch up to Arcadia as a team.
At the Individual sectional at Osseo ran by Independence / Gilmanton our brave wrestlers fought hard and produced Cole Myren as a state qualifier. At Madison, Cole on his second trip, climbed up the mountain to 4th place in the State of Wisconsin beating Josh Knorr of Shiocton 9 to 8, tripping on Bryant Edge of of Iowa-Grant, taking out Cody Hegeman of Boyceville before finally falling Aaron Karlen of Edgar.
With the 2009-2010 we were right in the middle of the first great run of the Coach Peterson Era. The next two season the team and the Program will continue to soar to new highs. Thw wrestlers of this era will come back as alumni who will help build the next great era as assistant coaches. Onward Norse!
?? Days until the 2019-2020 Wrestling season! Who will be on the 2019-2020 Norse Wrestling Team!