{"id":23040,"date":"2025-01-08T16:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T21:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=23040"},"modified":"2025-01-08T16:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T21:49:06","slug":"four-homestead-wrestlers-ready-for-rochester-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/four-homestead-wrestlers-ready-for-rochester-regional\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Homestead wrestlers ready for Rochester regional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>DANE FUELLING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Homestead Spartans are finding success on both the girls&#8217; and boys&#8217; sides of the wrestling mat this season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boys are headed to Team State for the first time as one of eight teams involved in this year&#8217;s 4A tournament at Brownsburg Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, a quartet of female grapplers for the Spartans will attempt to represent the southwest side of Allen County by qualifying for the inaugural IHSAA State Finals at Friday&#8217;s regional in Rochester. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading that group is returning state runner-up, Katy Vardaman, ranked #3 in the state at 135 with a 29-2 season record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/07janKatieVardamann.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Homestead&#8217;s Katy Vardaman caught up with the Z Team Tuesday night to talk about the upcoming IHSAA regional at Rochester and her season so far. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/07janAmeliaStark.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Freshman Amelia Stark spoke with Dane Fuelling and Rex Brewer about her first season as a varsity wrestler. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/07janKirstenSnyder.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kiersten Snyder discusses her regional matches for Homestead this Friday. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans of teams on this side of the state can follow all the action from both the Alexandria and Rochester regional sites by listening to WZBD&#8217;s full broadcast of all the matches via our YouTube channel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2025 IHSAA Girls Wrestling Regional at Rochester\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AXsnXIpup7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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