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Submitted by MTT News on Thu, 10/06/2022 - 08:40
From left, Kevin Meicher, Ben Brummel and Parker Vivoda were recently inducted into the Middleton Wrestling Hall of Fame./Photo submitted

Middleton’s wrestling program inducted charter members of the Middleton Wrestling Hall of Fame on Sept. 17. 

Inductees included:

 

PARKER VIVODA

Vivoda wrestled for Loyal High School as a heavyweight from 1969-1973. He was a two-time Cloverbelt conference champion and two-time sectional participant. He wrestled freestyle for the Wisconsin National Team.

He then attended Ripon College and was a three-time football letter winner and captain, and a four-time letter winner and two-year captain of their wrestling team. He also was a three-time NCAA Division III national qualifier. 

Vivoda graduated in 1977 and began his career coaching and teaching in Glenwood City. His team won the conference championship in 1979, then he left Glenwood City to move to Middleton in January, 1981.

When coaching in Middleton, Vivoda’s teams won multiple conference, regional, and sectional championships. Vivoda coached numerous individual state qualifiers and place winners, and under his tenure, Middleton was represented in the first three years of the WIAA team state tournament.

Vivoda was named the Wisconsin Wrestling Coaches Association District 5 Coach of the Year in 1993.

 

BEN BRUMMEL

Among Brummel’s highlights are:

• 1997-2005 Middleton Youth Wrestling

—   3x WWF State Champion

• 2005-2009 Middleton High School Wrestling

—   2x WIAA State Placewinner

—   2009 WIAA State Champion D1 171lbs

—   First Middleton High School State Champion

• 2009-2013 South Carolina Club Wrestling

—   4x NCWA All-American

—   2013 NCWA National Champion 184lbs

• 2014-Present Minneapolis South High School Assistant Coach

—   7x Conference Champions

—   5 state qualifiers in 2022

 

KEVIN MEICHER

• Middleton High School (2016-2019)

—   4-time state place winner (1st, 2nd, 4th, 2nd)

—   3-time state finalist

—   2016 State Champion at 126 pounds

—   Record: 169-11

• College: 2020-Present

—   Record: 14-11

 

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