MAT RATS SECTION 8AAA 2015-2016 SEASON PREVIEW

MAT RATS SECTION 8AAA 2015-2016 SEASON PREVIEW

FAVORITES: WILLMAR CARDINALS and the MOORHEAD SPUDS

 

DARK HORSES: ST. CLOUD TECH TIGERS and the ROCORI SPARTANS

WILLMAR CARDINALS

Co-Head Coach: Justin Brown/Ed Oehlers

Enrollment: 928

Section 8AAA

 

The Cardinals had their best season in school history; as they posted 28-2 dual meet marks along with a CLC championship and a section championship, they claimed fourth place in the state. They will be working really hard to improve or even match those numbers, however, they will be looking to defend some of their titles from last season. They will return five state qualifiers including four place winners , one section place winner and three others with a great deal of experience. They did graduate ten; seven of them were section place winners; of which five were state qualifiers. Look for the Cardinals to fill in some of their talented junior varsity wrestlers to for continued improvement thru out the season. I do believe there are a handful of teams that could win the CLC and those teams will be looking for a top four spot in what should be a very balanced section dual meet campaign. Look for Colton Carlson, Brady Reigstad, Clay Carlson, Israel Navarro, Logan Walkow and Cael Carlson to be their key leaders thru out the season.

 

28-2 Overall 8-0 Central Lakes Conference Champions

Class AAA 4th State

Section 6AAA Champions

Thirteen Section Place Winners Ten State Qualifiers Six State Place Winners

First Place Hutchinson “Tigers” Invitational: 1182 Pts. (12 Placers)

First Place Anoka “Tornado” Duals

First Place Monticello “Magic” Duals

First Place Buffalo “Bison” Duals

Second Place Willmar “Cardinal Classic” Invitational: 230 Pts (13 Placers)

Seventh Place Rochester “All Force Christmas” Invitational: 124.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Colton Carlson              12th            43-5            1st Sec./4th State/AC

Brady Reigstad              11th            35-10          1st Sec./4th State/AC

Clay Carlson                   10th            41-9            1st Sec./6th State/AC

Israel Navarro               10th            36-12          2nd Sec./6th State/AC

Logan Walkow               12th            34-15          2nd Section/AC

Lincoln Shinn                  9th              24-17            4th Section

Cael Carlson                     9th            14-2

Breck Erickson              12th            5-23

Jacob Bollig                            11th            3-2

 

Graduates:

Travis Deegan               42-5            1st Section/AC     (133-35 Career)

Vaughn Johnson           41-6            1st Sec./6th State/AC (113-47 Career)

Estevan Navarro           38-7            1st Sec./4th State/AC (107-42 Career)

Juan Resendez              31-15                    1st Section/AC     (86-51 Career)

Augustine Hahn             33-9            3rd Section/AC     (68-38 Career)

Matt Henes                    21-12          2nd Section                   (56-67 Career)

Darius O’Neill                18-20          6th Section/AC

Jalen Cabrera               9-9

Levi Milhausen              5-8

John Linden                           2-8  

 

MOORHEAD SPUDS

Head Coach: Skip Toops

Enrollment: 1,400

Section: 8AAA

 

The Spuds had another very good season last year, with their section championship and fifth place trophy in state. Back from that team are five section place winners, including three state qualifiers and eleven others with a great deal of experience. They did graduate seven last spring, including four section place winners, or about 140 wins. Despite that, look for the Spuds to be a slight favorite in this very balanced section dual meet campaign. They might be hard pressed to challenge those dual marks from last season. Look for Samuel Grove, Brody Jerome, Wyatt Hanson, Joseph Grove and Jack Lien to be their key leaders thru out the season.

 

20-7 Overall

Class AAA 5th Place

Section 8AAA Champions

Nine Section Place Winners Four State Qualifiers One Place Winner

Second Place Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational: 150 Pts. (9 Placers)

Third Place Alexandria “Big Ole” Invitational: 145 Pts (11 Placers)

First Place Lake Park “Terry Teiken” Invitational: 176 Pts. (13 Placers)

First Place Jamestown “Knights of Columbus” Invitational: 202 Pts. (14 Placers)

Fourth Place Bemidji “Rick Lee” Duals: (3-3)

First Place Moorhead “Gadberry” Duals: (4-0)

Seventeenth Place Fargo “Rumble of the Red” Invite: 90 Pts. (4 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Samuel Grove                11th            40-8            1st Sec./4th State

Brody Jerome                12th            33-8            1st Section

Wyatt Hanson                12th            30-15          2nd Section

Joseph Grove                12th            30-17          3rd Section

Jack Lien                      11th            26-15

Riley Schock                  9th            21-21          5th Section

Haden Bjorge                11th            9-30

Jacob Larson                9th            10-8

Tristan Meyer                12th            6-8

Trent Erickson              11th            8-10

Johnny Mark                  12th            4-13

Brodie Sanders              11th            5-13

Muhamad Abdi               11th            6-8

Brady Behrens               9th            6-20

Ethan Jerome                8th            5-7

Gunner Olstad               10th            5-9

 

Graduates:

Grant Brendemuhl    29-16          3rd Section (95-52 Career)

Ben Lien                        24-14          1st Section (53-51 Career)

Taylor Laidlaw               21-16          5th Section

Matt Solid                      16-11                             (46-42 Career)

Grant Trowbridge      17-14          4th Section

Ethan Tallakson            22-14                             (69-65 Career)

Brady Emerson              11-7

 

 

ST. CLOUD TECH TIGERS

Head Coach: Bob Boeck

Enrollment: 1,181

Section 8AAA

 

The Tigers had a very good season last year; posting excellent dual meet marks and their CLC performance. Look for this young team to continue to improve and if their bigger guys get a little bigger and stronger they could be the team to beat in both the CLC and the section. They will have eight section place winners, including four state qualifiers, two of which were place winners and four others with a great deal of experience. They did graduate six wrestlers, including one state qualifier, so look for this young team to continue to make strides. If they stay healthy it could be the year of the Tigers. Their youth program has grown in numbers the past couple of seasons, look for some of those wrestlers, to start having an impact on the varsity. Look for Austin Brenner, Cole Schreder, Tyler Hugg, Luke Dorn and Alex Kern to be their leaders thru out the season.

 

15-7 Overall 7-1 Central Lakes Conference

Nine Section Place Winners Five State Qualifiers Two State Place Winners

First Place Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational: 175 Pts. (11 Placers)

First Place Orono “Spartans” Invitational: 193 Pts. (9 Placers)

Third Place Willmar “Cardinal Classic” Invitational: 158 Pts. (12 Placers)

Third Place Mound-Westonka “Turkey Burn” Invitational: 159.5 Pts. (11 Placers)

Third Place Rogers “Royal Rumble” Duals

3-0 Staples-Motley “Cardinal” Quadrangular

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Austin Brenner              10th            33-7            1st Sec./2nd State/AC

Cole Schreder               12th            36-7            1st Sec./5th State/AC

Tyler Hugg                     11th            32-7            1st Section/AC Luke Dorn                      11th            31-8            4th Section/AC

Alex Kern                      10th            15-9            2nd Section

Graham Nistler              10th            19-11          5th Section/AC

Micah Mangel                11th            16-17

Tucker Bouwer              12th            7-4             Injured

Taylor Hugg                      8th            7-19

Jayden Sundstrom        10th           4-11          6th Section

 

Graduates:

Jacob Johnson              29-9            2nd Section/AC    (55-47 Career)

Henry Nistler                 12-19         

Alex VanHeel                 13-14

Joe Klontz                     10-17

Jeremy Nothom             3-12          5th Section

Jacob Nehk                             1-4

 

 

ROCORI SPARTANS

Head Coach: Dustin Kramer

Enrollment: 694

Section 8AAA

 

The Spartans posted very good dual meet marks last season, back from that team are nine section place winners, including two state qualifiers and six others with a great deal of experience. They did graduate a state place winner, but look for the Spartans to challenge those dual meet marks. This is a young team, look for steady improvement during the course of the season. They are one of a handful of teams that could challenge for conference honors and possible section honors. They will be led by Nick Warne, Cole Steil, Ben Hoffman, Dalton Calfas, Zavier Grefe, Max Court, Gunner Feldhege and Ryan Vigil.

 

17-7 Overall 5-3 Central Lakes Conference

Final Four Section 6AAA

Ten Section Placers Three State Qualifiers One State Placer

Fifth Place Melrose “Early Bird” Invitational: 121 Pts. (4 Placers)

Sixth Place Elk River “Elks” Invitational: 84 Pts. (6 Placers)

Sixth Place Alexandria “Big Ole” Invitational: 102.5 Pts. (9 Placers)

Fifth Place Buffalo “Bison” Duals

Tenth Place Redwood “River Riot” Invitational: 105.5 Pts (4 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Nick Warne                    11th            33-7            2nd Section/AC

Cole Steil                       11th            23-11          2nd Section

Ben Hoffman               12th            28-15          5th Section

Dalton Calfas                 12th            25-13          5th Section/AC

Zavier Grefe                    9th            24-18          5th Section

Max Court                      10th            23-16          5th Section

Gunner Feldhege           10th            21-18          3rd Section

Ryan Vigil                      12th            20-12          4th Section

Justin Rose                    11th            18-19          6th Section

Jesse Huber                   10th            11-18         

Trent Kerzman              9th            4-5

Zach Swanson               10th            4-12

Logan Winter                 9th            4-11

Corey McCarney            11th            2-13

Dylan Schafer                10th            4-11

Nate Evans                   9th            2-0

 

Graduates:

Seth Klein                      37-10          1st Sec./6th State/AC    (84-52 Career)

 

LITTLE FALLS FLYERS

Head Coach: Mike Hendrickson

Enrollment: 692

Section 8AAA

 

The Flyers struggled thru numerous injuries last season, back from that team are seven section place winners, two with a great deal of experience and two injured wrestlers that were previous section place winners. Look for the Flyers, if they stay free of multiple injuries, to make a big improvement on their dual meet numbers. They should be a factor in the conference race and will be a force to be dealt with in the section dual meet campaign. They did graduate four seniors, two of which were state qualifiers, but despite that loss this team should be looking forward to a good season. Their key leaders should be Justin Jenks, A. J. Jenks, Lane Rutten, Josh Beack, Dustin Tabatt, Gage Blechinger and Leo Wilczek.

 

 

12-16 Overall 3-3 Granite Ridge Conference

Final 4 Section 8AAA

Ten Section Place Winners Three State Qualifiers

First Place Howard Lake “Lakers” Invitational: 156 Pts. (10 Placers)

Seventh Place Cambridge-Isanti “Bluejacket” Invitational: 113 Pts. (8 Placers)

Seventh Place Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational: 107.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Justin Jenks                           12th            26-7            Injured/AC

Leo Wilczek                             10th            24-11          5th Section

Gage Blechinger                   12th            21-01          4th Section

Lane Rutten                            11th            22-19         

Josh Beack                             11th            12-7            2nd Section

Grant Litke                                  9th            16-16          6th Section

T. J. Jenks                            10th               9-10          3rd Section

Billy Winkelman             11th            12-21          3rd Section

Mickel Schultz               12th            12-27          4th Section

Wyatt Lillemoe              11th            10-24

Dustin Tabatt                12th            5-2            Injured

Tristan Wheeler             11th            5-19

Dakota Kern                            10th            3-13

Tony Winkelman            10th            4-16

Chase Scherping           11th            3-1

 

Graduates:

Axel Lange                    28-5            1st Section          (109-64 Career)

Logan Kapphahn           34-7            2nd Section                   (88-44 Career)

Jesse Roach                           14-23          4th Section

Devon Nelson                14-18

 

 

ALEXANDRIA CARDINALS

Head Coach: Tom Ellison

Enrollment: 1,098

Section 8AAA

 

The Cardinals struggled with both injuries and just getting a couple of their wrestlers on the mat. They should be looking to improve on those dual meet numbers from last season. Back from last year’s team are six section place winners, including one state qualifier and eight others with a great deal of experience. They did graduate five very good seniors, including four section place winner, yet look for this team to come together and challenge those dual meet marks and to finish near the top in the CLC standings. Again this section dual meet campaign should be a good one, with a handful of schools being in the hunt. The Cards might be just a little short of that, but stay tuned, let’s see who is healthy at that time of the season. Look for Blake Olhausen, Ben Johnson, Ben Bogart and Adam Johnson to be their key leaders thru out the season.

 

6-9 Overall 5-3 Central Lakes Conference

Ten Section Place Winners Two State Qualifiers

Third Place Litchfield “Dragons” Invitational: 172 Pts. (9 Placers)

Second Place West Central Area “Grant County” Invite: 158.5 Pts. (9 Placers)

Third Place Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational: 125.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

Fifth Place Redwood “River Riot” Invitational: 119 Pts. (5 Placers)

Fifth Place Alexandria “Big Ole” Invitational: 107 Pts. (11 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Blake Olhausen             12th            19-8            2nd Section

Ben Johnson                           12th            21-9            4th Section

Adam Johnson               12th            18-10

Ben Bogart                    11th            23-9

Dan Oberg                     11th            12-8

Dylan Ledman                12th            12-11          6th Section

Quintin Kluver Longfellow 11th                 9-17          6th Section

Mitch Kremer                12th            8-7            4th Section

Cole Chandler                10th            6-10

Jay Kohls                      11th            4-10

Ryan Ledman                 10th            4-2

Logan Kleindel              10th            2-1

Adam Kremer                10th            2-3

Hunter Botz                             12th            4-12          6th Section

 

Graduates:

Dustin Neu                     29-7            2nd Section

Dylan Kriese                24-16          4th Section/AC

Tristan Johnson            16-16          6th Section/AC

Jake Nienaber               13-14          4th Section/AC

Justin Cumberbatch     2-0

 

 

 

SARTELL SABRES

Head Coach: Cody Olson

Enrollment: 1033

Section 8AAA

 

The Sabres struggled with injuries and with the lack of those big guys coming out for wrestling after the completion of football. Back from last year’s team are five section place winners, including two state qualifiers, of which one is a returning state champion in addition to that they will have nine others with a great deal of experience. if they get the big guys out and they stay healthy they should improve on those dual meet numbers. They could be knocking on the door to a top tier finish in the CLC if they fill out all fourteen weights. Same goes for competing for a top four spot in this very balanced section dual meet campaign. With the graduation of four last spring, including three section place winners, look for them to continue to improve and give anyone a challenge in this section. Look for Rylee Molitor, Noah Peichel, Nick Pelach, Tyler Hubert, Ben Strom and Caleb O’Brien to be their key leaders.

 

7-13 Overall 3-5 Central Lakes Conference

Eight Section Place Winners Two State Qualifiers State Champion

Third Place Melrose “Early Bird” Invitational: 145 Pts. (13 Placers)

Third Place Big Lake “Hornets” Invitational: 178 Pts. (11 Placers)

Fourth Place Paynesville “Bulldogs” Invitational: 152.5 Pts. (11 Placers)

Thirteenth Place Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational: 59.5 Pts. (4 Placers)

Fourteenth Place Redwood “River Riot” Invitational: 76 Pts. (4 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Rylee Molitor                 11th            38-1            1st Sec./State Champ/AC

Noah Peichel                 10th            25-12          1st Section

Nick Pelach                             9th            27-12          3rd Section

Tyler Hubert                            12th            13-4

Ben Strom                      12th            13-11

Jake Fernholz               12th            18-20

Caleb O’Brien                12th            10-9            5th Section

Cole Fibranz                            9th            8-10          5th Section

Lauton Miller                           11th            9-9  

Charlie Beckering                   12th            5-19

Alec Heckman               10th            6-16

Vieri Oculisti-Szabo                10th            3-5

Nathan O’Brien              10th            2-11

Christian Vance            9th            1-12

 

Graduates:

Daniel Vitale                           12-3            3rd Section          (145 Career Wins)

Jonathan Pelach           29-19          3rd Section          (93 Career Wins)

Jordan Haukos              18-14          6th Section

Donny Nguyen               12-17

 

SAUK RAPIDS STORM

Head Coach: Ken Bemboom

Enrollment: 1,133

Section 8AAA

 

The Storm struggled last season, with injuries and they also had a young team. They do have several very talented wrestlers. They have back seven section place winners, including four state qualifiers and nine with a great deal of experience. They didn’t graduate anyone; so look for the Storm to make an improvement on those dual meet marks. If they do stay free of injuries, look for this team to in the rung of the CLC and to push for a top four spot in this very balanced section. Korey Keske, Tony Bemboom, Hunter Jakowksi, Zach Spohn, Taylor Rau, Kolton Farnick and Rich Carriveau should be their key leaders thru out the season.

 

3-18 Overall 1-7 Central Lakes Conference

Seven Section Place Winners Four State Qualifiers

Fifth Place Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational: 122 Pts. (6 Placers)

Seventh Place Maple Grove “Crimson” Invitational: 119.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

Eleventh Place Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational: 87 Pts. (4 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Korey Keske                           12th            33-5            1st Section/AC

Tony Bemboom              11th            27-8            1st Section

Hunter Rajkowski                   11th            29-8            4th Section

Zac Spohn                     10th            22-4            1st Section

Taylor Rau                     11th            16-7            6th Section

Kolton Farnick              12th            19-12          2nd Section/AC

Rich Carriveau              12th            13-9            5th Section

David Nelson                           12th            9-11

Logan Siemers              11th            10-21

Jacob Ackerman           9th            7-8

Luke Barringer              12th            7-21

Eric Burski                     12th           6-22

Brent Lindgren              12th            7-21

Tanner Brudwick           12th            2-9

Andrew Syvertson                   10th            3-8

Isaac Freese                           8th            2-3

Ben Konz                       8th            1-1

Jared Spohn                            8th            1-2

 

 

 

 

BRAINERD WARRIORS

Co-Coaches: Mike Boran and James Kath

Enrollment: 1,561

Section 8AAA

 

The Warriors posted pretty good dual meet marks last season, back from the team are seven section place winners, including two state qualifiers and nine others with a great deal of experience. They did graduate five last spring, including one section place winner. So look for the Warriors to be a challenge for any of the CLC teams and possibly push for a top four spot in this balanced section. Andy Schlosser, Cole Kubesh, Braden Kramer, Dylan Crandall and Drew Breun should be key leaders for the Warriors thru out the season.

 

11-11 Overall 5-3 Central Lakes Conference

Nine Section Place Winners Three State Qualifiers One State Placer

First Place Blue Earth “Dick Maher” Invitational: 209.5 Pts. (13 Placers)

Third Place Elk River “Elks” Invitational: 143.5 Pts. (11 Placers)

Fifth Place Mound-Westonka “Turkey Burn” Invitational: 134 Pts. (10 Placers)

Sixth Place Cambridge-Isanti “Bluejacket” Invitational: 115 Pts. (10 Placers)

Ninth Place Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational: 93.5 Pts. (5 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Andy Schlosser             11th            42-3            1st Sec./3rd State/AC

Cole Kubesh                            11th            32-8            3rd Section

Braden Kramer              9th            24-8            2nd Section

Dylan Crandall               12th            23-13          5th Section

Drew Breun                    12th            23-17          5th Section

Drew Robinson              12th            18-12

Logan Theodore            10th            18-20

Morgan Gibson              9th            15-22          4th Section

Kesmond Willert  `         11th            10-5            3rd Section

C. J. Orsburn                     10th             11-4

T. J. Wahl                            12th              14-14

Brendan Bama               12th            6-21

Eli Horn                          10th            9-21

Brendan Barna              12th            6-21

Tate Arntson                           11th            4-11

Max Boran                     10th            4-5

 

Graduates:

Isaiah Stewart               4-3            3rd Section

Doug Fibrandt               17-17         

Cole Derosier                15-9

Matt Schubert               2-5

Cory Borg                      0-4

 

 

CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS 20th ANNUAL SEASON SUMMARY

 

CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS 20th ANNUAL SEASON SUMMARY

Top Teams in A, AA and AAA To Individuals in A, AA and AAA
C0-CLASS A TEAMS OF THE 2014-2015 SEASON

WEST CENTRAL AERA KNIGHTS (25-4)

Class A Sixth Place
Section 6A Champions
Thirteen Section Place Winners
Six State Qualifiers/Two State Place Winners
Park Region Conference Tournament Champions
Park Region Conference Dual Champions
Second Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational (36 Teams)
Second Place Morris Area “Tigers” Invitational
Third Place Grant County Invitational (12 teams)
First Place LPGE/Browerville Duals
KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG FIGHTING SAINTS (17-6)

Final 4 Section 3A
Eleven Section Place Winner
Four State Qualifiers/Four State Place Winners
First Place Willmar “Cardinal” Classic
First Redwood Valley “River Valley” Invitational
Second Place Alexandria “Big Ole” Invitational
First Place Melrose “Early Bird” Invitational
First Place Morris Area “Dr. Busian” invitational
First Place Osakis “Silverstreak” Duals
CLASS A MOST IMPROVED TEAM 2014-2015

BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA JAGUARS (14-5)

Second Place Section 5A
Nine Section Place Winners
Four State Qualifiers
5-1 Central Minnesota Conference
Second Place Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa “Jaguar” Invitational
Second Place Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa “Jaguar” Invitational
Second Place New London-Spicer “Wildcat” Invitational
Third Place Paynesville “Bulldog” Invitational
Fifth Place West Central Area “Grant County” Invitational (12 Teams)
First Place Maple Grove “Crimson” Invitational (12 Teams)
TOP CLASS A INDIVIDUALS
106 Jake Nohre West Central Area 10th 43-7 2nd State
113 Rylan Molinaro ACGC 10th 43-9 4th State
120 Brandon Ortman Pierz 10th 39-9 6th State
126 Cameron Sykora Border West 12th 42-0 Champion
132 Blane Tschida Kimball Area 12th 47-2 2nd State
138 Quinten Berres Kimball Area 12th 48-0 Champion
145 Nik Borchert Mille Lacs 12th 46-2 3rd State
152 Jordan Engler KMS 12th 49-5 3rd State
160 Noah Landrus Aitkin 11th 40-7 4th State
170 Zach Carlson KMS 12th 49-2 3rd State
182 Tony Wendlandt Paynesville 12th 40-7 3rd State
195 Nathan Brinker Holdingford 12th 31-0 Champion
220 Manuel Garcia BOLD 11th 40-1 Champion
285 Logan Nibbe Prairie Valley 12th 43-1 2nd State

CLASS AA TEAM OF THE 2014-2015 SEASON

ANNANDALE/MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING (23-4)

Section 6AA Runner-Up
Wright County Conference: 5-0
Twelve Section Place Winners
Four State Qualifiers
First Place Maple Grove “Crimson” Invitational
Third Place Eden Prairie “Eagle” Invitational
Second Place Rochester Century “Panther” Invitational
Seventh Place Fargo “Rumble on the Red” Invitational (Over 60 Teams)
Ninth Grade State Individual Champions
CLASS AA MOST IMPROVED TEAM OF THE 2014-2015 SEASON

FOLEY FALCONS (27-7)

Section 6AA Champions
Sixth Place Class AA
Thirteen Section Place Winners
Five State Qualifiers/Two State Place Winners
Second Place Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational (16 Teams)
First Place Foley “Falcon” Duals (4-0)
Fourth Place Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational (16 Teams)
Fourth Place Forest Lake “Ranger” Duals
Fifth Place St. Cloud Tech “Kiffmeyer” Duals
Ninth Grade State Dual Champions
Second Place Ninth Grade State Individual

TOP CLASS AA INDIVIDUALS
106 Holden Youngs AN/ML 11th 38-8 Section Champ
113 Thomas Hischer Mora 12th 32-12 6th State
120 Thomas Stageberg NLS 11th 42-6 3rd State
126 Tanner Vassar AN/ML 11th 40-4 2nd State
132 Dylan Connell Chisago Lakes 12th 42-4 3rd State
138 Treyton Austvold NLS 12th 38-3 State Champ
145 Nick Mergen Albany 12th 48-3 3rd State
152 Jack Barsody Milaca 12th 32-12 Section Champ
160 Nick Gravdahl PLPRB 12th 41-9 6th State
170 Carter Nielsen Foley 12th 52-0 State Champ
182 Spencer Elwell Foley 11th 45-10 6th State
195 Wyatt Juhl Big Lake 11th 47-11 4th State
220 Brent Chambers Princeton 11th 38-10 6th State
285 Brent Riddle Monticello 12th 29-7 State Champ

CO-CLASS AAA TEAMS OF THE 2014-2015 SEASON

ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS (26-3)

Class AAA Runner-Up
Section 7AAA Champions
Third Section Place Winners
Twelve State Qualifiers/Seven State Place Winners/Three State Champions
First Mississippi 8 Conference Individual Tournament
First Place Mississippi 8 Conference Duals
Second Place Rochester “Minnesota Christmas” Invitational
First Place St. Cloud Tech “Kiffmeyer” Duals
First Place STMA “Knights” Invitational
First Place Eden Prairie “Eagles” Invitational
WILLMAR CARDINALS (28-2)

Fourth Place Class AAA State
Section 6AAA Champions
Twelve Section Place Winners
Ten State Qualifiers/Six State Place Winners
Central Lakes Conference Dual Champions
Seventh Place Rochester “Minnesota Christmas” Invitational
Second Place Willmar “Cardinal” Classic
First Place Anoka “Tornado” Duals
First Place Monticello “Magic” Duals (4-0)
First Place Buffalo “Bison” Duals (4-0)
First Place Hutchinson “Tiger” Invitational

CLASS AAA MOST IMPROVED TEAM OF THE 2014-2015 SEASON

ST. CLOUD TECH TIGERS (15-7)

7-1 Central Lakes Conference Duals
Ten Section Place Winners/Five State Qualifiers/Two State Place Winners
First Place Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational
First Place Orono “Spartans” Invitational
Third Place Willmar “Cardinals” Classic
Third Place Mound-Westonka “Turkey Burn” Invitational
No. 3 Seed Section 8AAA Duals
Fourth Place St. Cloud Tech “Kiffmeyer” Duals
Third Place Ninth Grade Regional

TOP CLASS AAA INDIVIDUALS
106 Israel Navarro Willmar 9th 38-16 6th State
113 Rylee Molitor Sartell 10th 42-1 State Champ
120 Andy Schlosser Brainerd 10th 46-4 3rd State
126 Mitchell McKee STMA 11th 47-2 State Champ
132 Austin Brenner SCT 9th 36-8 2nd State
138 Jake Allar STMA 10th 42-2 2nd State
145 Estevan Navarro Willmar 12th 42-9 4th State
152 Lucas Jeske STMA 11th 24-1 State Champ
160 Samuel Grove Moorhead 10th 43-10 4th State
170 Evan Ronsen STMA 11th 43-9 2nd State
182 Jordan Joseph STMA 12th 52-1 State Champ
195 Evan Foster STMA 10th 32-11 4th State
220 Adam Treptau Buffalo 11th 44-2 3rd State
285 Andrew Piehl Rogers 11th 43-2 3rd State

Roger Mischke
The Mat Rat
Guillotine Writer
Class A Ratings Editor
USA Wrestling Magazine State Editor
KNSI Radio Web Site: Wrestling/Baseball Writer
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CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS 20th ANNUAL SECTION and STATE TOURNAMENT REPORT

CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS 20th ANNUAL SECTION and STATE TOURNAMENT REPORT

 

By Roger Mischke

 

 

 

March 9, 2015

 

 

 

Coaches, please send me a season summary including the following information:

  • List of all Varsity Wrestlers:

o Name

o Grade

o Wins and Losses Records (Ind. Stats isnt needed)

o Section and State Placement

o All-Conference Honors

  • Summary of Tournaments (Example: 2nd place 129 Points 8 place winners):

o Team Placing

o Points

o Number of Place Winners

 

**Career Record of your seniors

 

If you want to share your end of the season booklets, I do enjoy seeing those, but I am mainly interested in the above information. Contact me for a mailing address if you have a book to share. Please email to matrat@charter.net Thanks, The Mat Rat Roger Mischke

 

MISSISSIPPI 8 CONFERENCE

 

There were thirty-four state qualifiers and seventeen state place winners including four state champions from the Mississippi 8 Conference.

 

  1. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS (26-3)

 

Class AAA Second Place

Quarterfinals

St. Michael-Albertville 53 Moorhead 12

Semifinals

St. Michael-Albertville 34 Willmar 18

Championship

Apple Valley 36 St. Michael-Albertville 30

 

The Knights had five wrestlers that went 3-0 in the State Dual meets; Zach Dehmer, Mitchell McKee, Jake Allar, Lucas Jeske and Jordan Joseph.

 

STATE CHAMPIONS

Mitchell McKee                     St. Michael-Albertville          11th                 126 Pounds    47-2

Jordan Joseph                      St. Michael-Albertville          12th                 182 Pounds    48-1

Lucas Jeske                           St. Michael-Albertville          11th                 152 Pounds    20-1

Brent Riddle                          Monticello                              12th                 285 Pounds    25-7

 

State Place Winners

 

St. Michael-Albertville

Jake Briggs               12th                 220 Pounds                36-6                 2nd Place

Evan Rosen               11th                 170 Pounds                40-8                 2nd Place

Jake Allar                   10th                 138 Pounds                42-2                 2nd Place

 

Rogers

Andrew Piehl             11th                 285 Pounds                39-1                 3rd Place

Jordan Lemcke         12th                 195 Pounds                37-3                 5th Place

 

Princeton

Jake Pramann           12th                 170 Pounds                39-4                 4th Place

Brent Chambers       11th                 220 Pounds                36-7                 6th Place

 

Buffalo

Adam Treptau           11th                 220 Pounds                40-2                 3rd Place

 

Cambridge-Isanti

David Kent                 12th                 170 Pounds                31-9                 4th Place

 

St. Francis

Aaron Wilson                        12th                 138 Pounds                38-10               3rd Place

 

Chisago Lakes

Dylan Connell            12th                 132 Pounds                38-3                 3rd Place

 

Monticello

Jack Bourgeois         11th                 132 Pounds                35-9                 5th Place

 

Big Lake

Wyatt Juhl                  11th                 195 Pounds                33-9                 4th Place

 

 

  1. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE

Section 7AAA Champions

Quarterfinals

St. Michael-Albertville 73     Andover 6

Semifinals

St. Michael-Albertville 58     St. Francis 14

Championship

St. Michael-Albertville 49 Anoka 15

 

The Knights had seven wrestlers win all three section dual matches; Including Patrick McKee, Mitchell McKee, Lucas Jeske, Mitch Zachman, Jake Briggs, Jordan Joseph and Jake Allar.

 

The Knights had thirteen section place winners including twelve state qualifiers; Section champions Mitchell McKee, Jordan Joseph, Lucas Jeske, Evan Rosen, Patrick McKee and Jake Allar. State qualifiers that were second runner-ups; Jake Briggs, Randy Anderson, Evan Foster, Mitchell Zachman, Donnie Leuer and Zach Nygaard. Cody Schoen earned fifth place in the section tournament.

 

 

  1. FRANCIS FIGHTINGS SAINTS

The Fighting Saints topped Elk River in the quarterfinals 35-25 and they dropped their section 7AAA semifinal dual to St. Michael-Albertville 58-14. The Fighting Saints had two wrestlers win both of their section dual meet matches: Mason Hall and Alex Wilson.

 

The Fighting Saints had thirteen section place winners including three state qualifiers; Section champion Blaine Nordin and section runner-ups Daniel Worthington and Aaron Wilson. Mason Hall, Alex Wilson, Cole Kirpach and Andrew Wasche all earned third place and Mitchell Wilson and Bo Blanske both earned fourth place. Earning fifth place were Anthony Norman, Lucas Sherburne and Tyler Dahlstrom, taking sixth place was Tanner Kunshier.

 

CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI BLUEJACKETS

The Bluejackets dropped their Section 7AAA quarterfinal dual to Anoka 42-21. They had eleven section place winners including two state qualifiers; David Kent and Monty Frederiksen both earned second place for their tickets to the state tourney. Tate Torgerson earned third place, James Brown and Jacob Olson both earned fourth place. Ryan Droubie, Casey Schlickenmayer, Caleb Brennan and Michael Seafolk all earned fifth place and Drake Frikken and Luke Rambow took sixth place.

 

PRINCETON TIGERS

The Tigers topped Pine City/Hinckley 72-12 in their Section 7AAA preliminary dual and they dropped their quarterfinal to Mora 51-24. The Tigers had four wrestlers that won both of the section dual matches; Tim Bialka, Ethan Smart, Jake Pramann and Brent Chambers.

 

The Tigers had nine section place winners including three state qualifiers; Section champions Jake Pramann and Brent Chambers and Eric Elsner earned second place for his ticket to the state. Tim Bialka, Jesse McClay and Nathan Hellman all earned third place and Ethan SMart, Dylan Auren and Colten Hellman all earned fourth place.

 

 

 

CHISAGO LAKES WILDCATS

The Wildcats topped Rush City/Braham in their Section 7AAA preliminary dual 55-24 and they dropped their quarterfinal to Milaca 52-22. The Wildcats had five wrestlers win both of their section dual meet matches; Derrick Kluge, Teddy Pierce, Dylan Connel, Aaron Sistrunk and Kyle Schoenecker.

 

The Wildcats had nine section place winners including three state qualifiers; three section champions Teddy Pierce, Dylan Connell and Kyle Schoenecker. Nathan Graave and Aaron Sistrunk both earned third place. Derrick Kluge and Dustin Kluge both earned fifth place and Mike Bliskowski and Gabe Taylor both took sixth place.

 

ROGERS ROYALS

The Royals dropped their quarter final Section 5AA dual to Champlin Park 39-27. They had ten section place winners; including five state qualifiers. Three section championships by Jebah Doe, Jordan Lemcke and Andrew Piehl. Earning second place and their ticket to the state tourney were; Bret Wilson and Jordan Bond. Dominic Skawiniak earned third place, Zac Aanerud, Lee Santiago-Martinez and Jake Born all earned fifth place and Anthony Lenz took sixth place.

 

 

BUFFALO BISON

The Bison dropped their Section 6AAA quarter final dual to Wayzata 34-30. The Bison had eleven section place winners including three state qualifiers; Section champion Adam Treptau and section runner-ups Hunter Durand and Riley Habisch. Charlie DesMarais, Caleb Drews, Jacob Scherber and Brandon Schreifels all earned third place and Cole Scherber earned fourth place. Robert Sahli earned fifth place and Fletcher Durand and Wyatt Jacobson-Hanson both took sixth place. Special congratulations to Head Coach Jason Mauer; as he was voted by his fellow coaches as Section 6AAA coach of the year.

 

BIG LAKE HORNETS

The Hornets dropped their Section 6AA quarter final dual to Foley 53-6. They had ten section place winners including two state qualifiers, Wyatt Juhl and Logan Donais both earned second place for their tickets to the state. Blake Anderson and Dillon O’Leary both earned fourth place and Garrett Moran, Parker Millan, Ben Morris and Tristan Boroski all earned fifth place and Derek Helgoe took sixth place.

 

MONTICELLO MAGIC

The Magic topped Zimmerman 51-21 in their Section 6AA preliminary dual and they dropped their quarter final dual to Annandale/Maple Lake 65-9. The Magic had two wrestlers that won both of their section dual matches; Jack Bourgeois and Brent Riddle.

 

The Magic had eight section place winners, including two state qualifiers; Brent Riddle was section champion and Jack Bourgeois earned second place for his ticket to the state. Andrew Mergen earned third place and Carsten Scherber earned fourth place. Cooper Hanson and Matt Baloun both earned fifth place and Carter Michels and Kyle Nathan both took sixth place.

 

NORTH BRANCH VIKINGS

The Vikings were forced to forfeit their Section 7AA preliminary dual to Virginia. They had three section place winners; Arik Steele and Bailey Adams both earned fourth place and Kody Strohmayer earned fifth place.

 

 

CENTRAL LAKES CONFERENCE

There were twenty-eight state qualifiers and eleven state place winners; including one state champion from the Central Lakes Conference.

 

WILLMAR CARDINALS (28-2)

 

Class AAA Fourth Place

Quarter-Finals

Willmar 38 Centennial 24

Semifinals

St. Michael-Albertville 34 Willmar 18

Third Place

Prior Lake 46 Willmar 20

 

The Cardinals had one wrestler win all his state tournament dual meet matches; Travis Deegan and they had Israel Navarro, Colten Carlson, Clay Carlson, Logan Walkow, Estavan Navarro, Vaughn Johnson and Augustine Hahn all go 2-1 in their state dual matches.

 

STATE CHAMPION

Rylee Molitor             Sartell             10th Grade                 113 Pounds                42-1

 

 

State Place Winners

 

WILLMAR

Colton Carlson          11th                 152 Pounds                46-8                             4th Place

Brady Reigstad         10th                 285 Pounds                39-11                           4th Place

Estavan Navarro       12th                 145 Pounds                42-9                             4th Place

Vaughn Johnson      12th                 182 Pounds                43-8                             6th Place

Israel Navarro            9th                 106 Pounds                38-16                           6th Place

Clay Carlson              9th                 113 Pounds                44-11                           6th Place

 

 

  1. CLOUD TECH

Austin Brenner         9th                   132 Pounds                36-8                             2nd Place

Cole Schreder           11th                 170 Pounds                39-9                             5th Place

 

BRAINERD

Andy Schlosser        10th                 120 Pounds                46-4                             3rd Place

 

ROCORI

Seth Klein                  12th                 195 Pounds                40-13                           6th Place

 

 

WILLMAR CARDINALS (28-2)

Section 6AAA Champions

Quarterfinals

Willmar 72 Minneapolis South 3

Semifinals

Willmar 59 Wayzata 6

Championship

Willmar 61 Minnetonka 9

 

The Cardinals had ten wrestlers win all of their section dual meet matches; Clay Carlson, Juan Resendez, Lincoln Shinn, Logan Walkow, Estevan Navarro, Colten Carlson, Travis Deegan, Vaughn Johnson, Augustine Hahn and Brady Reigstad.

 

The Cardinals had twelve section place winners; including ten state qualifiers; Colten Carlson, Estevan Navarro, Travis Deegan, Vaughn Johnson, Brady Reigstad, Clay Carlson and Juan Resendez all won section championships. Earning second place and their ticket to the state tournament were, Matt Hennes, Logan Walkow and Israel Navarro. Augustine Hahn earned third place and Lincoln Shinn earned fourth place for the Cardinals.

 

  1. CLOUD TECH TIGERS

The Tigers dropped their Section 8AAA quarterfinal dual to Little Falls 30-27. They did have ten section place winners, including five state qualifiers. Austin Brenner, Cole Schreder and Tyler Hugg all won section championships. Jacob Johnson and Alex Kern both earned second place for their ticket to the state tournament. Luke Dorn earned fourth place, Graham Nistler and Jeremy Nothom both earned fifth place and Jayden Sundstrom and Jacob Nehk both took sixth place.

 

ROCORI SPARTANS

The Spartans topped Mound-Westonka 37-33 in their quarterfinal Section 6AAA dual, they dropped their semifinal dual to Minnetonka 43-19. They had four wrestlers that won both of their section dual meet matches; Cole Steil, Max Court, Seth Klein and Jacob Klein.

 

The Spartans had ten section place winners including three state qualifiers; Seth Klein won the section championship and earning their ticket to the state was Nick Warne and Cole Steil as they both earned second place. Gunnar Feldhage earned third place, Ryan Vigil earned fourth place, Dalton Calfas, Ben Hoffman, Max Court and Zavier Grefe all earned fifth place and Justin Rose took sixth place.

 

ALEXANDRIA CARDINALS

The Cardinals dropped their Section 8AAA quarterfinal to Brainerd 34-32. They had eleven section place winners including two state qualifiers, Dustin Neu and Blake Olhausen both earned second place for their ticket to the state. Ben Johnson, Mitch Kremer, Dylan Kriese and Jake Nienaber all earned fourth place. Gage Zieske, Dylan Ledman, Tristan Johnson, Quinten Kluver-Longfellow and Hunter Botz all took sixth place.

 

BRAINERD WARRIORS

The Warriors topped Alexandria 34-32 in their Section 8AAA quarterfinal dual; they dropped their semifinal to Moorhead 49-15. They had four wrestlers that won both of their section dual meet matches; Braden Kramer, Andy Schlosser, Cole Kubesh and Cole DeRosier.

 

The Warriors had ten section place winners including two state qualifiers; Andy Schlosser was a section champion and Braden Kramer earned second place for his ticket to the state tourney. Cole Kubesh, Kesmond Willert and Isaiah Stewart all earned third place.   Morgan Gibson earned fourth place, Eli Horn, Drew Breun and Dylan Crandell earned fifth place and Tate Arntson took sixth place.

 

SARTELL SABRES

The Sabres dropped their quarterfinal Section 8AAA dual to Bemidji 31-25 in a very close dual. They had eight section place winners including two state qualifiers; Rylee Molitor and Noah Peichel both won section championships. Daniel Vitale, Jonathan Pelach and Nick Pelach all earned third place. Caleb O’Brien and Cole Fibranz both earned fifth place and Jordan Haukas took sixth place.

 

SAUK RAPIDS STORM

The Storm dropped their Section 8AAA preliminary dual to St. Cloud Apollo 31-30. They had seven section place winners; including four state qualifiers; Tony Bemboom, Zac Spohn and Korey Keske all won section championships and Kolton Farnick earned second place for his ticket to the state. Hunter Rajkowski earned fourth place, Rich Carriveau earned fifth place and Taylor Rau took sixth place.

 

  1. CLOUD APOLLO EAGLES

The Eagles topped Sauk Rapids in their Section 8AAA preliminary dual 31-30 and they lost their quarterfinal dual to Moorhead 62-10. They had three wrestlers win both of their section dual meet matches: Tanner Bloomer, Peter Nelson and Martin Hanson.

 

The Eagles had seven section place winners including one state qualifier; Nick Graham earned second place for his ticket to the state. Peter Nelson, Alex Pachan and Martin Hanson all earned third place.   Aiden Schiltz earned fourth place, Tanner Blommer earned fifth place and Ryan Sok took sixth place.

 

FERGUS FALLS OTTERS

The Otters dropped their Section 8AAA preliminary dual to Sauk Centre/Melrose 54-16. They had five section place winners, including one state qualifier. Ben Schindler was section champion, Nathan Onstad and Spencer Sikkink both earned fourth place, Andrew Tysdal earned fifth place and Seth Lagbehn took sixth place.

 

 

GRANITE RIDGE CONFERENCE

There were twenty-eight state qualifiers and seven state place winners including one state champion from the Granite Ridge Conference.

 

FOLEY FALCONS (27-7)

 

Class AA Sixth Place

Quarterfinals

Albert Lea 42 Foley 12

Consolation Semifinals

Foley 33 Milaca 30

Fifth Place

Perham 33 Foley 25

 

The Falcons had one wrestler that went 3-0 in the state dual meet matches; Carter Nielsen and Austin Loehrer, Taylor Jurek, Nathan Goulet, Spencer Elwell and Saylor Schmit all went 2-1.

 

MILACA WOLVES (24-10)

Quarterfinals

Scott West 46 Milaca 23

Consolation Semifinals

Foley 33 Milaca 30

 

The Wolves had two wrestlers that went 2-0 in the state dual meet matches; Jack Barsody and Josh Otten.

 

STATE CHAMPION

Carter Nielsen               12th Grade           Foley               170 Pounds           52-0

 

State Place Winners

 

MORA

Jordan Tober                 12th Grade           195 Pounds           44-5                 5th Place

Thomas Hischer             12th Grade           113 Pounds           32-12               6th Place                

 

BECKER

Cody Ferris                     12th Grade           145 Pounds           38-10               2nd Place

 

ALBANY

Nick Mergen                     12th Grade           145 Pounds           48-3                 3rd Place    

 

FOLEY

Spencer Elwell              11th Grade           182 Pounds           45-10               6th Place

 

MILACA

Josh Otten                     12th Grade           170 Pounds           44-7                 5th Place

 

 

FOLEY FALCONS

Section 6AA Champions

Quarterfinals

Foley 53 Big Lake 6

Semifinals

Foley 46 Litchfield 19

Championship

Foley 26 Annandale/Maple Lake 25

 

The Falcons had four wrestlers that won all three of their section dual meet matches; Brandon Jackson, Carter Nielsen, Spencer Elwell and Tryston Bemboom.

 

The Falcons had thirteen section place winners including five state qualifiers; Carter Nielsen, Nathan Goulet, Brandon Jackson and Spencer Elwell. Earning second place and his ticket to the state was Saylor Schmit. Nathan Garceau and Taylor Jurek both earned third place and Jon Olson earned fourth place. Earning fifth place were Cmaeron Kowitz and Austin Loechrer and taking sixth place was Simon Bryce, Randy Kutz and Tryston Bemboom.

 

MILACA WOLVES

Section 7AA Champions

Quarterfinals

Milaca 55 Chisago Lakes 24

Semifinals

Milaca 61 Hibbing 9

Championship

Milaca 37 Mora 28

 

The Wolves had four wrestlers win all three of their section dual meet matches; Jon Hall, Reece Sandberg, Aaron Moscho and Josh Otten.

 

The Wolves had thirteen section place winners; including seven state qualifiers; Jon Hall, Dru Kuchenbaker and Jack Barsody all won section championships. Aaron Moscho, Josh Otten, Austin Weidner and Colton Sailor all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Hunter Noor and Jake Merten both earned third place and Kyle Starr earned fourth place. Reese Sandberg earned fifth place and Logan Majerus and Nick Marx both took sixth place.

 

MORA MUSTANGS

The Mustangs topped Princeton in their quarterfinal section 7AA dual 51-24 and in the semifinals they topped Grand Rapids 38-27. The Mustangs dropped a close dual in the championship to Milaca 37-28. They had four wrestlers that won all three of their section dual meet matches; Drew VanVleet, Brandon Lucking, Jordan Tober and Brady Beier.

 

The Mustangs had eleven section place winners including five state qualifiers; Jordan Tober and Brady Beier both won section championships. Thomas Hischer, Drew VanVleet and Brandon Lucking all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Ethan Prachar and Tyler Tober both earned third place and Konrad Blood and Josh Bohner both earned fourth place. Nick Kelling earned fifth place, and Jonathon Smith took sixth place.

 

BECKER BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs topped New London-Spicer 39-21 in their section 6AA quarterfinal dual and they dropped their semifinal dual to Annandale/Maple Lake 49-19. They had four wrestlers that won both of their section dual meet matches; Caleb Vekved, Cody Ferris, Trevor Goodrich and Chris Weberg.

 

The Bulldogs had eleven section place winners including four state qualifiers; Cody Ferris was a section champion and Josh Lumley, Jaylen Hildebrant and Caleb Vekved all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Chris Weberg and Casey Vestedahl both earned third place and Josiah Borst, Colton Demant, Kevin Andrews and Logan Jurek all earned fourth place and Trevor Goodrich earned fifth place.

 

LITTLE FALLS FLYERS

The Flyers topped St. Cloud Tech 37-30 in their section 8AAA quarterfinal dual and they lost their semifinal dual to Bemidji 37-27. They had six wrestlers that went 2-0 in their section dual meet matches; Leo Wilczek, Logan Kapphan, Josh Beack, Axel Lange, A. J. Jenks and Gage Blechinger.

 

The Flyers had ten section place winners including three state qualifiers; Axel Lange was a section champion and Josh Beack and Logan Kapphahn both earned second place for their trip to the state. A. J. Jenks earned third place, Jesse Roach, Mickel Schultz, Gage Blechinger and Billy Winkelman all earned fourth place. Leo Wilczek earned fifth place and Grant Litke took sixth place.

 

ALBANY HUSKIES

The Huskies topped Roseau 48-30 in their section 8AA preliminary dual and they dropped their quarterfinal dual to Pequot Lake/Pine River/ Backus 46-25. They had four wresters that won both of their section dual meet matches; Thomas DeSaule, Nick Mergen, Mitchell Kotschevar and Jordan Kittleson.

 

The Huskies had seven section place winners including two state qualifiers; Nick Mergen and Mitchell Kotschevar were both section champions. Jordan Kittleson earned third place, Tyler Baird earned fourth place, Leo Kerfeld and Luke Womack both earned fifth place and Trenton Skalicky took sixth place.

 

ZIMMERMAN THUNDER

The Thunder dropped their section 6AA preliminary dual to Monticello 51-21. They had two section place winners; Trent Milless was a section champion and Austin May earned second place for his ticket to the state tourney.

 

 

PARK REGION CONFERENCE

 

There were thirty state qualifiers and a total of eleven place winners, including four state finalists from the Park Region Conference.

 

WEST CENTRAL AREA KNIGHTS (25-4)

Class A Sixth Place

Quarterfinals

Zumbrota-Mazeppa 34 West Central Area 18

Consolation Semifinals

West Central Area 38 Pierz 28

Fifth Place

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Area 40 West Central Area 17

 

The Knights had two wrestlers that went 3-0 in the state dual meet matches; Hunter Fick and Buzz Miller and Jake Nohre, Tyler Onstad and Royal Crow all were 2-1.

 

STATE PLACE WINNERS

 

WEST CENTRAL AREA

Jake Nohre                       10th                   106 Pounds                 43-7                   2nd Place

Royal Crow                       12th                   160 Pounds                41-12                 6th Place

 

UNITED NORTH CENTRAL

Tristan Palmer                   12th                   195 Pounds                 37-10                 4th Place

Tommy Tellers                   11th                   138 Pounds                35-11                 5th Place

 

OSAKIS

Trenton Coyer                   12th                   113 Pounds                 35-11                   5th Place

Brendon Coyer                 11th                     126 Pounds                 38-9                  5th Place

 

BERTHA HEWITT/VERNDALE

Dillon Card                         12th                   220 Pounds                 14-1                   2nd Place

 

PRAIRIE VALLEY

Logan Nibbe                       12th                   285 Pounds                43-1                   2nd Place

 

ROYALTON/UPSALA

Brad Kroll                           11th                   160 Pounds                 33-12                 2nd Place

 

LONG PRAIRIE-GREY EAGLE/BROWERVILLE

Noah Becker                       11th                   120 Pounds               41-8                    4th Place

 

WEST CENTRAL AREA KNIGHTS

Section 6A Champions

Quarterfinals

West Central Area 54 Prairie Valley 24

Semifinals

West Central Area 41 Border West 27

Championship

West Central Area 36 Barnesville 28

 

The Knights had three wrestlers that went 3-0 in their section dual meet matches; Jake Nohre, Royal Crow and Anthony “Buzz” Miller.

 

The Knights had thirteen section place winners, including six state qualifiers. Hunter Fick, Royal Crow and Jake Nohre all won section championships and Blake Amundson, Buzz Miller and Keaton Long all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Sid Kamarath, Jake Larkin and Tyler Onstad all earned third place, Drake Swanson earned fourth place. Levi Larkin earned fifth place and Koel Seifert and Kyle Mickelsen both took sixth place.

 

BERTHA HEWITT/VERNDALE RAIDERS

The Raiders dropped their section 6A quarterfinal dual to Border West 39-33. They had ten section place winners, including four state qualifiers, Dillon Card and Anthony Kern both won section championships. Ethan Kimber and Holt Truax both earned second place for their ticket to the state. Hayden Truax earned third place, Charlie Nienaber, Zack Waln and Marshall Willis all earned fourth place. Bradon Bertram and Devin Dean both took sixth place.

 

OSAKIS SILVERSTREAKS

The Silverstreaks topped Eden Valley-Watkins 59-16 in their section 5A quarterfinal dual and they lost to Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 31-23. They had five wrestlers that won both of their section dual meet matches; Seth Johnson, Trenton Coyer, Brendon Coyer, Tyler Spanswick and Nils Hagen.

 

The Silverstreaks had eight section place winners including five state qualifiers, Nils Hagen and Brendon Coyer both won section championships. Mitch Sunder, Tyler Spanswick and Trenton Coyer all earned second place and their ticket to the state. Ryan Engfer earned third place, Garrett Sunder earned fourth place and Tristen Stoetzel earned fifth place.

 

ROYALTON/UPSALA ROYALS

The Royals dropped their section 7A quarterfinal dual to Aitkin 45-25. They had eight section place winners including four state qualifiers, Kyle Lange and Jackson Held both won section championships. Clint Gadacz and Brad Kroll both earned second place for their trip to the state. Ty Held earned fourth place, Damien Theisen, Kyle Dalton and Joel Zimmerman all earned fifth place.

 

NEW YORK MILLS EAGLES

The Eagles topped Staples-Motley 41-27 in their section 6A quarterfinal dual, they dropped their semifinal dual to Barnesville 53-15. They had three wrestlers that won both of their section dual meet matches; Jeremiah Harper, Austin Haman and Matt Frost.

 

The Eagles had eight section place winners, including one state qualifier; Sam Erckenbrack. Austin Haman and Jeremiah Harper both earned third place and Jett Saewert and Matt Frost both earned fourth place. Nick Hendrickx and Jesse Roberts both earned fifth place.

 

 

PRAIRIE VALLEY KNIGHT HAWKS

The Knight Hawks topped Wadena-Deer Creek in their Section 6A preliminary dual and they lost their quarterfinal dual to West Central Area 54-24. They had five wrestlers that went 2-0 in their section dual meet matches; Trevor Arceneau, Justin Mattocks, Kyle Schlosser, Josh McKeown and Logan Nibbe.

 

The Knight Hawks had five section place winners including three state qualifiers; Logan Nibbe and Kyle Schlosser both won section championships and Justin Mattocks earned second place for his ticket to the state. Josh McKeown earned third place and Nic Shircliff earned fifth place.

 

OTTERTAIL CENTRAL BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs topped Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville 41-33 in their section 8AA preliminary dual and they dropped their quarterfinal dual to Perham 57-9. They had two wrestlers that went 2-0 in the section dual meet matches; Sam Naddy and Coy Thorson.

 

The Bulldogs had six section place winners, including two state qualifiers; Sam Naddy won the section championship and Ben Naddy earned second place for his ticket to state. Nate Hart earned third place, Noah Thompson earned fifth place and Coy Thorson and Ben Cole both took sixth place.

 

UNITED NORTH CENTRAL WARRIORS

The Warriors dropped their section 8A quarterfinal dual to Park Rapids 63-18, they had five section place winners including three state qualifiers, all three earned second place for their trip to the state; Tristan Palmer, Tom Tellers and Ben Johnson. Toby Hintzman earned fourth place and Austin Bacon earned fifth place.

 

LONG PRAIRIE-GREY EAGLE/BROWERVILLE WOLVES

The Wolves dropped their section 8AA preliminary dual to Ottertail Central 41-33. They had four section place winners, all four earned second place for their trip to the state; Noah Becker, Nicholas Middendorf, Creg Donabauer and Jaden Buntjer.

 

 

CENTRAL MINNESOTA CONFERENCE

There were twenty state qualifiers and five state qualifiers, including two state champions from the Central Minnesota Conference.

 

PIERZ PIONEERS (25-6)

Quarterfinals

Frazee 32 Pierz 23

Consolation Semifinal

West Central Area 38 Pierz 28

 

The Pioneers had three wrestlers that went 2-0 in the state dual meet matches; Brett Kapsner, Kolton Eischens and Austin Gall.

 

STATE CHAMPIONS

Quinton Berres              Kimball Area             12th Grade             138 Pounds         48-0

 

Nathan Brinker               Holdingford               12th Grade             195 Pounds         31-0

 

 

STATE PLACE WINNERS

 

PIERZ

Kolten Eischens                 11th                152 Pounds                     47-4               5th Place

Brandon Ortman                 10th                 120 Pounds                     39-9               6th Place

 

KIMBALL AREA

Blane Tschida                     12th                 132 Pounds                     47-2               2nd Place

 

 

PIERZ PIONEERS

Section 7A Champions

Quarterfinals

Pierz 81 Nashwauk-Keetwatin 0

Semifinals

Pierz 44 Holdingford 19

Championship

Pierz 33 Aitkin 26

 

The Pioneers had four wrestlers that went 3-0 in their section dual meet matches; Brandon Ortman, Luke Girtz, Kolton Eischens and Brett Kapsner.

 

The Pioneers had ten section place winners including seven state qualifiers; Kolten Eischens, Brett Kapsner, Austin Gall and Brandon Ortman all won section championships. Reese Kapsner, Jake Andrews and Andrew Tomala all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Teddy Dehler, Lane Girtz and Jalen Jansen all earned third place.

 

BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA JAGUARS

The Jaguars topped Minnewaska 55-15 in the section 5A quarterfinals and in the semifinals they topped Osakis 31-23. The Jaguars dropped the championship to Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 38-22. They had four wrestlers that won all three section dual meet matches; Josey Tensen, Adam Jaeger, Colby Schramel and Ben Feuerhake.

 

The Jaguars had nine section place winners including four state qualifiers; Ben Feuerhake was section champion. Colby Schramel, Adam Jaeger and Tyler Bents all earned second place for their ticket to the state tourney. Josey Tensen, Kaleb Voss and Ben Thompson all earned third place and Steven Mady and Joe Reller all earned fourth place.

 

KIMBAll AREA CUBS

The Cubs topped Paynesville 40-36 in the section 5A quarterfinals and in the semifinals they lost to Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 45-23. They had five wrestlers that won all their section dual meet matches; Blane Tschida, Brady Mehr, Tanner Schreifels, Troy Filzen and Quinten Berres.

 

The Cubs had eleven section place winners including five state qualifiers; Blane Tshcida, an Quinten Berres both won section championships. Troy Filzen, Tanner Schiefelbein and Brady Mehr all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Skyler Schiefelbein earned third place, Joseph Donnay and Michael Donnay all earned fourth place and Ben Zipoy and Austi Hentges both earned fifth places.

 

HOLDINGFORD HUSKIERS

The Huskiers topped Mille Lacs 56-21 in the section 7A quarterfinals and they dropped their semifinal dual to Pierz 44-19. They had four wrestlers that won both of their section dual meet matches; Zach Scott, Aaron Maleska, Nathan Brinker and Matt Messman.

 

The Huskiers had nine section place winners including two state qualifiers; Nathan Brinker and Zach Scott both won section championships. Alex Lange, Ryan Skroch and Matt Messman earned third place, Walker Nienaber, Tony Kierstead and Nolan Prokott all earned fourth place and Aaron Maleska earned fifth place.

 

EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS EAGLES

The Eagles dropped their section 5A quarterfinal to Osakis 59-16. They had eight section place winners, Carter Phillip, John Salzl and Tyler Dockendorf all earned third place. Matt Schindler earned fourth place and Trevyn Ludwig, Zach Nistler, Troy Kelley and Logan Donnay all earned fifth place.

 

ROCKFORD ROCKETS

The Rockets topped Brooklyn Center/Concordia Academy 54-29 in the Section 5AA preliminary dual and they lost their quarterfinals to Totino Grace 64-6.

 

The Rockets had seven section place winners including one state qualifier; Kado Cano earned second place for his ticket to the state. Nick Selly earned third place, Hayden Roehl, Colton Weber, Luke Klonne and Tommy Reinking all earned fourth place and Fordy Thorson took sixth place.

 

HOWARD LAKE/WAVERLY/WINSTED LAKERS

The Lakers dropped their quarterfinal section 5A dual to Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 66-10. The Lakers had four section place winners, including one state qualifier, Garrett Schanus won the section championship. Andrew Kieser, Elijah Riemer and Dylan Pelnis all earned fifth place.

 

 

WEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE

There was twenty-three state qualifiers and four state place winners, including one state champion from the West Central Conference.

 

ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY FALCONS (17-9)

Quarterfinals

Minneota 55 Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 16

Consolation Semifinals

Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Area 45 Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 16

The Falcons had two wrestlers that won both of the state dual meet matches; Cody Berghuis and Sheldon Rasmussen.

 

STATE CHAMPION

Manual Garcia                 BOLD                    11th                   220 Pounds               40-1

 

State Place Winners

 

ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY

Rylan Molinaro                 10th                     113 Pounds         44-9                   4th Place

 

 

PAYNESVILLE

Anthony Wendlandt           12th                   182 Pounds         40-7                   3rd Place

 

 

BOLD

Ben Steffel                           12th                   182 Pounds         39-6                   4th Place

 

 

ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY FALCONS

Section 5A Champions

Quarterfinals

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 66 Howard Lake/Waverly/Winsted 10

Semifinals

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 45 Kimball Area 23

Championship

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 38 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 22

 

The Falcons had six wrestlers that won all their section dual meet matches; Aaron Lang, Rylan Molinaro, Brennan Holien, Jase Peterson, Derek Dengerud and Sheldon Rasmussen.

 

The Falcons had all fourteen wrestler place at the section including seven state qualifiers; Derek Dengerud, Sheldon Rasmussen and Rylan Molinaro all won section championships. Cody Berguis, Cameron Whitcomb, Brennan Holien and A. J. Schmidt all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Tyler Mortenson, Aaron Lang and Johnathon Behm all earned third place, Tanner Fester and Jase Peterson both earned fourth place and Jacob Whitcomb and Tanner Berghuis both earned fifth place.

 

 

DAWSON-BOYD/LQPV/MONTEVIDEO UNITED

The United topped Morris Area 64-9 in the section 3AA quarterfinals and in the semifinals they defeated Fairmont/MCW 49-16. They dropped the section championship to Worthington 33-23. They had four wrestlers that won all their section dual meet matches; Bailey Eickhoff, Donny Bothun, Joe Schomaker and Markus Kranz.

 

The United had thirteen section place winners including four state qualifiers; Bailey Eickhoff, Anthony Quigley, Wyatt Ireland and David Nelson all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Peyton Mortenson earned third place, Christian Kanten, Donny Bothun, Matt Henriksen and Markus Kranz all earned fourth place. Joe Schomaker, Mason Hutt and Jordan Long all earned fifth place and Victor Rivera took sixth place.

 

QUAD COUNTY STING

The Sting topped Redwood Valley 42-29 in their section 3AA quarterfinal dual and in the semifinals they were defeated by Worthington 46-15. They had three wrestlers that won both of their section dual meet matches; Ethan Thein, Miles Kattevold and Hayden Johnson.

 

The Sting had eleven section place winners including one state qualifier; Hayden Johnson earned second place for his ticket to the state. Ethan Thein, Cole Hatch, Kirby Winson and Brian Bratsch all earned third place, Jake Roiger, Miles Kattevold and Wyatt Hatch all earned fifth place. Jordan Odegard, Austin Friese and Ethan Beckler all took sixth place.

 

PAYNESVILLE BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs dropped their section 5A quarterfinal dual to Kimball 40-36. They had eight section place winners including three state qualifiers, Shawn Rue, Jacob Mages and Anthony Wendlandt all won section championships. Alex Mages, Grant Ludwig and Patrick Kranz all earned third place, Cameron Schmitz earned fourth place and Connor Meagher earned fifth place.

 

SAUK CENTRE/MELROSE

The Coop topped Fergus Falls 54-16 in their section 8AA preliminary dual and they dropped their quarterfinal dual to Thief River Falls 40-29. They had six wrestlers that won both of their section dual meet matches; Antonio Ortiz, Jordan Winter, Will Funk, Luke Glasener, Junior Perez and Clayton Mensen.

 

The Coop had seven section place winners including one state qualifier; Jordan Winter was section champion. Will Funk earned third place, Antonio Ortiz earned fifth place; Brad Hellermann, Luke Glasener, Junior Perez and Clayton Mensen all took sixth place.

 

MINNEWASKA LAKERS

The Lakers dropped their section 5A quarterfinal dual to Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 55-15. They had seven section place winners including three state qualifiers; Joseph Weaver was section champion and Weston Lardy and Caleb Blaisdell all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Tyler Vanluik, Marcelo Amendondo, Spencer Winter and Mason Blair all earned fourth place.

 

MORRIS AREA/CHOKIO ALBERTA/HANCOCK TIGERS

The Tigers topped Marshall 54-24 in their section 3AA preliminary dual and they dropped their quarterfinal dual to Dawson-Boyd/LQPV/Montevideo 64-9. Travis Ostby won both of his section dual meet matches.

 

The Tigers had four section place winners including two state qualifiers; Alec Gausman was section champion and Travis Ostby earned second place for his ticket to the state. Jacob Sperr earned fourth place and Trenton Nelson took sixth place.

 

BENSON BRAVES

The Braves topped Ortonville 60-15 in their section 3A preliminary dual and they were defeated by Minneota 71-6 in their quarterfinal dual. Trevor Berreau won both of his section dual meet matches.

 

The Braves had five section place winners; Grant Ascheman earned third place, Aaron Zosel earned fifth place and Trevor Berreau, Matt Wieber and Hunter Mandor all took sixth place.

 

BOLD WARRIORS

The Warriors dropped their section 3A preliminary dual to Windom/Mountain Lake 48-24. They had three section place winners including two state qualifiers; Manuel Garcia was section champion and Ben Steffel earned second place for his ticket to the state and Drew Maher earned fifth place.

 

 

GREAT RIVER CONFERENCE

They had eleven state qualifiers and three state place winners from the Great River Conference.

 

STATE PLACE WINNERS

 

MILLE LACS

Nick Borchert                     12th                     145 Pounds               46-2                     3rd Place

 

AITKIN

Noah Landrus                     11th                     160 Pounds               40-7                     4th Place

 

CLOQUET/ESKO

Conner Denman                 10th                   145 Pounds               37-12                 5th Place

 

 

AITKIN GOBBLERS

The Gobblers topped Royalton 45-25 in their section 7A quarterfinal dual and in the semifinals they defeated Blackduck/Cass Lake/Bena 51-18. They were defeated in a very close match to Pierz 33-26. They had two wrestlers that won all their section dual meet matches; Jared Novak and Noah Landrus.

 

The Gobblers had ten section place winners including five state qualifiers; Noah Landrus and Dan Nordean both won section championships. Jerod Novak, Alan Bast and Kyle Lynn all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Tyler Bare, Silas Berg, Chris Jackson and Jonah Perrine all earned third place and Michael Roth earned fourth place.

 

CLOQUET/ESKO LUMBERJACKS

The Lumberjacks dropped their section 7AA quarterfinal dual to Hibbing 37-30. They had eleven section place winners; including two state qualifiers; Mitchell Borchardt and Conner Denman both earned second place for their ticket to the state. Seth Stevens and Alex Land both earned third place and Casey Kulas and Daniel Stevens both earned fourth place. Tate Olson, and Evan Polornowski both earned fifth place and Dilan Lauer, Devin Reynolds and Justin Jones all took sixth place.

 

MILLE LACS RAIDERS

The Raiders dropped their section 7A quarterfinal dual to Holdingford 56-21. They had six section place winners including two state qualifiers; Nik Borchert was section champion and Hunter Sumner earned second place for his ticket to the state. Tim Kent earned third place, Kris Kohlgraf earned fourth place and Luke Thompson and Dain Schultz both earned fifth place.

 

RUSH CITY/BRAHAM TIGERS

The Tigers dropped their section 7AA preliminary dual to Chisago Lakes 55-24. They had six section place winners; including one state qualifier; Isaiah Johnson. Dylan Mielke earned fifth place and Hunter Hermanson, Anthony Hermanson, Dalton Mielke and Grayson Devlin all took sixth place.

 

PINE CITY/HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON JAQUARS

The Jaquars dropped their section 7AA preliminary dual Princeton 72-12. They had four section place winners, including one state qualifier; Dakota Neid earned second place for his ticket to the state. Marcus Scarbough earned third place, Beau Hunter earned fifth place and Carter Utecht took sixth place.

 

OGILVIE LIONS

The Lions dropped their section 7A preliminary dual to Blackduck/Cass Lake/Bena 78-6. They had three section place winners; Cole Felde earned third place, Bradley Ryan earned fourth place and Shane Carlson earned fifth place.

 

 

AT LARGE

There were forty-one state qualifiers and fourteen state place winners; including two state champions from the At Large teams.

 

MOORHEAD SPUDS (20-7)

Quarterfinals

Saint Michael-Albertville 53 Moorhead 12

Consolation Semifinals

Moorhead 38 Centennial 27

Fifth Place

Moorhead 33 Farmington 29

 

The Spuds had three two wrestlers that won all three state dual meet matches; Sam Grove and Brody Jerome and Grant Trowbridge went 2-1.

 

STATE CHAMPIONS

Cameron Sykora (5X Champ)   Border West         12th Grade           126 Pounds       42-0

 

Treyton Austvold                   New London-Spicer   12th Grade           138 Pounds       38-3

 

                

 

STATE PLACE WINNERS

 

KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG

Zach Carlson                     12th                  132 Pounds                 49-2               3rd Place

Jordan Engler                     12th                   152 Pounds                 48-5               3rd Place

Nicholas Meyer                   12th                   132 Pounds                39-7               4th Place

Karter VanHeuveln             11th                   195 Pounds                 33-14             5th Place

 

ANNANDALE/MAPLE LAKE

Tanner Vassar                     11th                   126 Pounds               47-5               2nd Place

Spencer Odgen                   12th                   195 Pounds               36-15               6th Place

 

BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS

Brian Maas                           12th                   120 Pounds               46-7                 5th Place

Dylan Sauceda                     12th                   132 Pounds               38-15               4th Place

 

MOORHEAD

Sam Grove                             10th                   160 Pounds               43-10              4th Place

 

NEW LONDON-SPICER

Tom Stageberg                     11th                     120 Pounds               42-6                 3rd Place

 

STAPLES-MOTLEY

Alex Erpelding                       10th                   145 Pounds               41-7                 5th Place

 

PEQUOT LAKES/PINE RIVER-BACKUS

Nick Gravdahl                       12th                   160 Pounds               41-9                 6th Place

 

 

MOORHEAD SPUDS

Section 8AAA Champions

Quarterfinals

Moorhead 62 St. Cloud Apollo 10

Semifinals

Moorhead 49 Brainerd 15

Championship

Moorhead 35 Bemidji 19

 

The Spuds had six wrestlers that won all their section dual meet matches; Matt Solid, Taylor Laidlaw, Jack Lein, Wyatt Hanson, Sam Grove and Brody Jerome.

 

The Spuds had nine section place winners, including four state qualifiers; Ben Lien, Brody Jerome and Sam Grove all won section championships. Wyatt Hanson earned second place for his ticket to the state. Grant Brendemuhl and Joe Grove both earned third place and Grant Trowbridge earned fourth place and Riley Schock and Taylor Laidlaw both earned fifth place.

 

BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS

The Lumberjacks topped Sartell 31-25 in their section 8AAA quarterfinal dual and they topped Little Falls 37-27 in the semifinals. They dropped the championship to Moorhead 35-19. They had three wrestlers that won all their section dual meet matches; Dylan Sauceda, Gannon Strain and Brody Wilander.

 

The Lumberjacks had eleven section place winners, including five state qualifiers; Wyatt Yoemans was section champion. Brain Maas, Dylan Sauceda, Gannon Strain and Brody Wylander all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Lucas Gast earned third place, Parker Beyer and Hunter Schoenborn both earned fourth place. Nick Peterson and Alex O’Neal both earned fifth place and Nate Golden took sixth place.

 

ANNANDALE/MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING

The Lightning topped Monticello 65-9 in their section 6AA quarterfinal and they defeated Becker in the semifinals 40-19. They dropped a very close dual in the section championship to Foley 26-25 They had three wrestlers that won all their section dual meet matches; Holden Youngs, Quinn Youngs and Hunter Malachek.

 

The Lightning had twelve section place winners, including four state qualifiers; Spencer Odgen, Tanner Vasaar, Holden Youngs and Quinn Youngs all won section championships. Cullen Gallagher, Nathan Carlson, Noah Hayes, Hunter Hicks and Trae Bedford all earned third place. Hunter Malachek and Derek Tomberlin both earned fourth place and Cory Schmidt took sixth place.

 

 

PEQUOT LAKES/PINE RIVER-BACKUS ROAD CREW

The Road Crew topped Albany 46-25 in their section 8AA quarterfinal dual and in the semifinals they topped Thief River Falls 41-29. They dropped their championship dual to Perham 48-17. They had four wrestlers that won all three of their section dual meet matches; Isaac Manthei, Nathaniel Adkins, Nick Gravdahl and Joel Harrison.

 

The Road Crew had eight section place winners, including four state qualifiers; Nick Gravdahl was section champion. Dillon Nichols, Nate Adkins and Joel Harrison all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Isaac Manthei earned third place, Evan Gravdahl and Justin Neumann both earned fourth place and Chris Foster earned fifth place.

 

KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG FIGHTING SAINTS

The Fighting Saints topped Canby in their section 3A quarterfinal dual and they dropped their semifinal to Minneota 45-13. They had three wrestlers that won both of their section dual meet matches; Jon Tostenson, Jordan Engler and Zach Carlson.

 

The Fighting Saints had eleven section place winners, including four state qualifiers; Zach Carlson and Jordan Engler both won section championships. Nicholas Meyer and Karter VanHeuveln both earned second place for their ticket to the state. Colten Kinney and Dylan Rudninger both earned third place, Jonathan Tostenson, Derek Krieger and Israel Rodriguez all earned fourth place and Aaron Collins earned fifth place.

 

LITCHFIELD DRAGONS

The Dragons topped Dassel Cokato 35-32 in their section 6AA quarterfinal dual and in the semifinals they were defeated by Foley 46-19. They had three wrestlers that won both of their section dual meet matches; Ryan Anderson, Derek Fruetel and Dylan Penk.

 

The Dragons had eleven section place winners, including three state qualifiers: Conner Hoff, Cody Klabunde and Derek Fruetel all earned second place for their ticket to the state. Jackson Penk and Wyatt Kaping both earned third place, Ryan Anderson, Kal Jackman and Tristan Revering all earned fourth place. Logan Anderson earned fifth place and Andrew Loch and Logan Wagner both took sixth place.

 

 

BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS

The Buccaneers topped Bertha Hewitt/Verndale 39-33 in the section 6A quarterfinals and in the semifinals they were defeated by West Central Area 41-27. They had four wrestlers that won both of their section duals; Kaden Spindler, Cameron Sykora, Tracer Lee and Carter Behrens.

 

The Buccaneers had twelve section place winners, including three state qualifiers; Cameron Sykora, Tracer Lee and Kaden Spindler all won section championships. Carter Behrens earned third place, Josh Stueve, Eric Schwagel and Christofer Kleindl all fourth place. Cormick Combellick, Jacob Hesbargen, Zac Adelman all earned fifth place and Dylan Menge and Mason Pullis both took sixth place.

 

NEW LONDON-SPICER WILDCATS

The Wildcats dropped their section 6AA quarterfinal dual to Becker 39-21. The Wildcats had ten section place winners, including four state qualifiers; Treyton Austvold, Noah Welsh, Tom Stageberg all won section championships. Brandon Knisley earned second place for his ticket to the state, Logan Eckhoff and Josh Soine both earned third place. Jared Travis and Jacob Travis both earned fifth place and Dylan Peterson and Sam Stageberg both sixth place.

              

 

ELK RIVER ELKS

The Elks topped their section 7AAA quarterfinal dual to St. Francis 36-25. They had eight section place winners, including two state qualifiers; Garrett Caldon was section champion and Anthony Meister earned second place. Sam Gibas and Bobby Schmitz both earned third place, Cole Moening and Kyle Ziemer both earned fifth place and Colin Murphy and Brandon Kidd Jr. both took sixth place.

 

GLENCOE/SILVER LAKE PANTHERS

The Panthers topped Mankato East 51-24 in their section 2AA preliminary dual and they dropped their quarterfinals to Waconia 56-12. They had three wrestlers that won both of their section dual meet matches; Brandon Ritcher, Nate Tesch and Nick Brejle.

 

The Panthers had six section place winners, including three state qualifiers, Brandon Richter, Nate Tesch and Nick Brejle all earned second place for their ticket to state. Tristan Weber earned third place and Tanner Chmielewski and Peyton Sell both took sixth place.

 

STAPLE-MOTLEY CARDINALS

The Cardinals dropped their section 6A quarterfinal dual to New York Mills 41-27. They had ten section place winners including two state qualifier; Alex Erpelding was section champion and Eric Lisson earned second for his ticket to the state. Jeremy Miller earned third place, Dalton Holmberg and Blake Gerard both earned fourth place. Blayne Dumprope and Spencer Miller both earned fifth place and Dylan Massey and Kyle Serich both took sixth place.

 

WADENA-DEER CREEK WOLVERINES

The Wolverines dropped their section 6A preliminary dual to Prairie Valley 51-21. They had five section place winners, including one state qualifier; Carter Wright earned second place for his ticket to the state. Chase Godel earned fifth place, Mason Snyder, Christian Godel and Isaac Malone all took sixth place.

 

BRECKENDRIDGE COWBOYS

The Cowboys dropped their section 6A preliminary dual to Pelican Rapids 66-12, They had three section place winners, including one state qualifier; Trenton Hought was section champion and Keegan Ruddy earned fourth place and Tyler Vold earned fifth place.

 

ORTONVILLE TROJANS

The Trojans dropped their section 3A preliminary dual to Benson 60-15. They had no section place winners.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS 20TH ANNUAL REPORT (End of Regular Season)

By Roger Mischke Coaches, please keep me informed of your team’s success throughout the season. With each edition, I would like to share their success in The Central MN Report. Please send relevant information for Class A individual and team ratings as well. I will also report your results to The Guillotine results page results@theguillotine.com/fax 612- 605-0159 If possible you can also text or email a photo of your score book pages after your duals (Those photo only to Roger @ matrat@charter.net. Check out knsiradio/news/sports Metro Wrestling Weekly Reports Thanks, The Mat Rat Roger Mischke.

 

CLASS AAA

SAINT MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS

The Knights topped Section 7AAA rival Lean and Mean Elk River 53-9 and No. 5AA ranked Totino Grace 51-20. The Knights had a very good team performance as they had 285.5 points to earn the Mississippi 8 Conference Tournament Championship. Nine championships were won by the Knights; Mitchell McGee and brother Patrick McGee both won championships, Zach Nygaard, Lucas Jeske, Mitchell Zachman, Evan Ronsen, Jordan Joseph, Evan Foster and Jake Briggs all earned championships. Zach Dehmer, Jake Allar and Donnie Leuer all earned second place and Randy Anderson earned third place at the conference tournament. The Knights completed their regular season with a big win over No. 9AA ranked Waconia 44-19

 

WILLMAR CARDINALS

The Cardinals topped Central Lakes conference foe Fergus Falls 64-12. The Cardinals had an awesome team performance with three big dual meet wins to earn the championship at the Anoka “Tornado” Duals. They topped Forest Lake in the quarterfinals 64-9, in the semifinals they beat No. 8AAA ranked Prior Lake 38-23 and in the Championship they topped No. 9AAA ranked Anoka 41-26. Cael Carlson won the Freshman State Championship at 100 pounds. Special note; Colton Carlson set a new school record of 168 career wins as a junior. The Cardinals earned the Central Lakes Conference Dual Championship with a big win over rival Sartell 57-10. They finished their season with a very impressive dual meet mark of 24-0.

 

MOORHEAD SPUDS

The Spuds topped No. 12A ranked Barnesville 48-21 and cross town rival Fargo Davies 56-18. They had a good tournament performance, earning 145 points to take third place at the Alexandria “Big Ole” Invitational with ten place winners. Brody Jerome and Sam Grove both won championships. Wyatt Hanson earned second place and Ethan Tallakson and Joe Grove earned third place. Brady Emerson earned fourth place and Lorenzo Cardona, Jack Lien, Riley Schock and Grant Brendemuhl all took fifth place. The Spuds closed out their regular season at the St. Cloud Tech “Tigers” Triangular with two huge wins over Section 8AAA rivals; both very good duals; St.Cloud Tech 31-24 and Bemidji 33-23. Ethan Tallakson, Sam Grove and Brody Jerome all were went 2-0 at the triangular. These duals determined the seeding for the Section 8AAA duals being held at Tech next Saturday.

 

ST. FRANCIS FIGHTING SAINTS

The Fighting Saints had a very good tournament performance to earn second place with thirteen place winners at the Mississippi 8 Conference tournament. Max and Aaron Wilson both won championships, Mitchell Wilson, Mason Hall and Blaine Nordin all earned second place. Daniel Worthington and Lucas Sherburne both earned third place, and Colton Petrucci earned fourth place. Tyler Dahsltrom and Anthony Norman earned fifth place and Andrew Wasche, Cole Kirpach and Tony Struntz took sixth place. The Fighting Saints were fighting some injuries and sickness as they dropped two duals at the Anoka “Tornado” Duals. They topped Kimball 45-24 and they lost to Class AAA Lean and Mean Bemidji 30-36 in the fifth place match and they lost to Section 7AAA No. 9AAA ranked Anoka 41-26.

 

ST. CLOUD TECH TIGERS

The Tigers topped Sauk Centre/Melrose 35-29 in a dual held at the Granite City Baptist School. The Tigers had a great tournament performance as they topped the thirteen team field of teams with 193 points and nine place winners to claim the title at the Orono “Spartans” Invitational. Luke Dorn, Austin Brenner, Alex VanHeel, Cole Schreder and Tyler Hugg won championships. Micah Mangel and Jacob Johnson both earned second place and Dallas Hooper earned third place and Taylor Hugg took fifth place. The Tigers were without Alex Kern and Graham Nislter at the Orono tournament. However both Alex Kern and Graham Nistler both won Freshmen State Tourney championships. The Tigers topped Central Lakes Conference rival Brainerd 33-26. They hosted a big triangular where they dropped two close duals to a pair of Section 8AAA rivals; Moorhead 31-24 and Bemidji 34-30. Austin Brenner, Jacob Johnson and Tyler Hugg all went 2-0 at the triangular. All three teams at the triangular were included in the Lean and Mean.

 

BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS

The Lumberjacks topped two Section 8AAA rivals; they topped Alexandria 42-21, Little Falls 39-30 and Class A Lean and Mean Badger/Greenbush-Middle River 34-24. They earned fifth place at the Anoka “Tornado” Dual with big wins over No. 6AAA ranked St. Francis 36-30 and Forest Lake 51-13, they dropped their quarterfinal dual to No. 8AAA ranked Prior Lake 37-25. Brian Maas, Indi Farris, Gannon Strain and Brody Wilander were all 3-0 and Nate Golden, Dylan Sauceda, Hunter Schoenborn and Wyatt Yoemans were all 2-1 at the Tornado duals. The Lumberjacks topped AA Lean and Mean Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus 45-27. The closed out their regular season with two very important Section 8AAA duals. They split their duals with a pair of Lean and Mean foes; they defeated St.Cloud Tech 34-30 in a very good dual and they dropped one to Moorhead 33-23. Nate Golden, Brian Maas, Lucas Gust, Gannon Strain and Brody Wilander were all 2-0 at the triangular.

 

ELK RIVER ELKS

The Elks dropped a dual to Section 7AAA ranked No. 2AAA rival Saint Michael-Albertville 53-19 and to No. 5AA ranked Totino Grace 50-24. They went 2-1 at the Blaine “Bengal” Duals with wins over AAA foes Eden Prairie 35-33 and Section 7AAA rival Blaine 54-18.

 

ROCORI SPARTANS

The Spartans continue to be on a roll, as they topped Central Lakes Conference rival Sauk Rapids 46-31. They topped a pair of Section 6AAA rivals Lean and Mean Mound-Westonka 38-37 and Robbinsdale Cooper 59-17. They had a good tournament performance with 102.5 points and nine place winners to take sixth place at the Alexandria “Big Ole” Invitational. Seth Klein won their lone championship and Nick Warne earned second place. Ben Hoffman and Ryan Vigil both earned third place, Zavier Grefe, and Cole Steil both earned fourth place. Gunnar Feldhege, Jesse Huber and Justin Rose all took sixth place. The Spartans closed out their regular season with a big win over Central Lakes Conference rival St. Cloud Apollo 51-16.

 

ALEXANDRIA CARDINALS

The Cardinals won a pair of Section 8AAA duals; as they defeated Central Lakes Conference rival Brainerd 49-15 and Little Falls 41-18. They did drop a dual to AAA Lean and Mean Bemidji 42-21. They had a good tourney performance with 107 points and nine place winners to earn fifth place at the Big Ole Invitational. Ben Bogard won their lone championship, Adam Johnson and Blake Olhausen both earned second place. Ben Johnson and Dylan Kriese both earne third place and Gage Zieske earned fourth place. Chandler Cole, Tristan Johnson and Dan Oberg all earned fifth place. The Cardinals closed out their regular season with a big win over Central Lakes Conference and Section 8AAA rival Sauk Rapids 48-24.

 

BRAINERD WARRIORS

The Warriors topped Section 8AAA and Central Lakes Conference rival St. Cloud Apollo 45-12 and they lost to a Section and Conference rival Alexandria 49-15. They topped Section 8AAA rival Little Falls 51-10, they lost duals to Section 8AAA and Central Lakes rival St. Cloud 33-26 and to AA Lean and Mean Mora 34-28 in a very good dual.

 

LITTLE FALLS FLYERS

The Flyers dropped a pair of Section 8AAA duals to Central Lakes Conference rival Alexandria 41-18 and to AAA Lean an Mean Bemidji 30-39. They did drop a dual to Granite Ridge Conference rival Becker, a close one 37-33. The Flyers topped Granite Ridge foe Zimmerman 46-12. They dropped duals o No. 4AA ranked Annandale/Maple Lake 64-9, AA Lean and Mean and Granite Ridge rival Mora 54-10 and Section 8AAA rival Brainerd 51-20.

 

CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI BLUEJACKETS

The Bluejackets topped Mississippi 8 Conference foe Big Lake 39-29. They had an excellent tournament performance with 143.5 points and eleven place winners to earn third place in the Mississippi 8 Conference tournament. Tate Torgerson, Caleb Brennan and Drake Frikken all earned second place, David Kent and Monty Frederickson both earned third place. Jake Olson and Ryan Droubie both earned fourth place and Michael Seafolk earned fifth place. Josh Samsa and Luke Rambow took sixth place. The Bluejackets topped Section 7AAA foe Blaine 66-18 to close out their regular season.

 

SARTELL SABRES

The Sabres topped Central Lakes Conference rival Fergus Falls 46-22 and they lost a close dual to AA Becker 34-27 and No. 3AAA ranked Central Lakes Conference rival Willmar 57-10.

 

BUFFALO BISON

The Bison split a pair of Section 6AAA rival Hopkins 67-6 and they lost a close one to Wayzata 33-30. They earned 88 points and had eight place winners at the Mississippi 8 Conference tournament. Adam Treptau earned second place and Hunter Durand earned third place. Cole Scherber, Jacob Scherber and Robert Sahli all earned fourth place and Charlie DesMarias, Jared Meyer and Wyatt Jacobson all took sixth place. Caleb Drews earned third place, Riley Habisch earned fifth place and Jackson Ray took sixth place at the Freshman State Tournament. The Bison closed out their regular season with the Mound-Westonka “Leopold/Haglund” Invitational with 76 points and five place winners to take seventh place. Hunter Durand and Adam Treptau both won championships, BenRuhr earned second place, Charlie DesMarais earned fourth place and Josh Skarin took fifth place.

 

CLASS AA

ANNANDALE/MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING

The Lightning topped AAA St. Cloud Apollo 65-3. The Freshman team earned the Freshman State Championship with 98.5 points and five place winners. Walker Weege and Chandler Rask both won state championships, Hunter Manka earned third place and Jonah Hayes and Reed Rasset both earned fourth place. They topped No. 7AA Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 38-27 and AA Tri-City 48-23. The Lightning topped Wright County and Section 6AA rival Dassel Cokato 50-17, Section 6AA foe Zimmerman 66-6 and AAA Little Falls 64-9. They concluded their regular season with the No. 1 Seed for the Section 6AA duals and No. 4AA state ranked.

 

FOLEY FALCONS

The Falcons had a couple of huge dual meet victories as they topped a pair of Granite Ridge Conference rivals, Lean and Mean Mora 40-21 and Milaca 31-21. The Milaca dual was likely the best performance of the season for the Falcons, thus far. With these two wins, they earned the Granite Ridge Conference Dual Championship. They earned second place at the Freshman State Tourney with 74.5 points and three place winners, Cameron Kowitz and Jordan Beck both earned third place and Nate Garceau took fifth place. The Falcons topped No. 5AAA ranked Coon Rapids 30-28 without their top wrestler in the lineup. They conclude their regular season with a No. 2 seed in the 6AA Section dual meet tournament and ranked No. 12AA.

 

MILACA WOLVES

The Wolves topped Section 7AAA rival Princeton 45-24 and they dropped a dual to Granite Ridge Conference rival and No. 8AA ranked Foley 31-21. They went went 2-1 at the Blaine “Bengal” Duals to earn third place with wins over AAA Lean and Mean Elk River 34-31 and Rosemount 48-24. They dropped their semifinal dual to No. 7AAA ranked Coon Rapids 29-25. Dru Kuchenbaker, Josh Otten, Austin Weidner and Jake Merten all were 3-0 and Jack Barsody, Aaron Moscho and Colton Sailor all went 2-1 at the Bengal Duals. The Wolves concluded their regular season with a win over No. 10A ranked Jackson County Central 38-30. The Wolves will enter the Section 7AA Dual meet tournament as the No. 1 seed and Lean and Mean.

 

MORA MUSTANGS

The Mustangs topped Section 7AA foe Rush City/Braham 63-15, Granite Ridge Conference foe Zimmerman 55-15 and AAA Sauk Rapids 56-18 in the Mora Quadrangular. Konrad Blood, Drew VanVleet, Jon Smith and Tyler Tober were all 3-0. The Mustangs dropped a big Granite Ridge Conference dual to No. 8AA ranked Foley 40-21. They hosted another quadrangular where they topped three Section 7AAA foes; Hibbing 53-16, Cloquet 63-9 and Pine City/Hinckley-Finlayson 72-3. The Mustangs concluded their regular season with a pair of big wins over AAA foes; Granite Ridge Conference rival Little Falls 54-10 and Brainerd 34-28. They will be entering the Section 7AA Dual meet Tournament with the No. 2 seed and a Lean and Mean ranking.

 

PEQUOT LAKES/PINE RIVER-BACKUS ROAD CREW

The Road Crew dropped a dual to AAA Lean and Mean Bemidji 45-27 and they concluded their regular season going 3-0 at the quadrangular with wins over 8AA rivals; Sauk Centre/Melrose 39-31, Roseau 48-30 and Fergus Fall 56-20. Nick Gravdahl and Chris Foster both went 3-0 at the quad. The Road Crew enter the Section 8AA Dual Meet tournament with the No. 2 seed and they are ranked in the Lean and Mean.

 

DAWSON-BOYD/LQPV/MONTEVIDEO UNITED

The United topped a pair of Section 3AA foes; with big wins over New Ulm 42-22 and Fulda/Murray County 48-30. The United will enter the Section 3AA Dual meet Tournament as the No. 1 seed and ranked among the Lean and Mean.

 

BECKER BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs topped a pair of Granite Ridge Conference foes Little Falls 37-33 and Albany 43-19. They also defeated AAA Sartell in a very good dual 34-27. That concludes the regular season for the Bulldogs; as they enter the Section 6AA Dual Meet tournament as a dark horse in the Section 6AA Dual Meet Tournament.

 

CHISAGO LAKES WILDCATS

The Wildcats earned 102.5 points and had seven place winners to take sixth place at the Mississippi 8 Conference Tournament. Teddy Pierce and Dylan Connell both won championships. Dustin Kluge and Aaron Sistrunk both earned fourth place, Mike Bliskowski, Derrik Kluge and Grant Brown all took fifth place. The Wildcats concluded their regular season as they lost to AAA Lean and Mean Centennial 54-10. They will enter the Section 7AA Dual Meet tournament with the No. 4 Seed in the South half.

 

OTTERTAIL CENTRAL

The Bulldogs topped Sauk Centre/Melrose 31-27 and Park Region Conference rival United North Central 44-26, they lost to Park Region Conference rival New York Mills 45-27. They had a good tourney performance with 107 points to earn fifth place at the Park Region Conference tournament. Sam Naddy was their lone champion, Coy Thorson and Noah Thompson both earned second place, Ben Naddy earned third place. Nate Hart and James Holen both earned fourth place and Noah Minten took fifth place. The Bulldogs will enter the Section 8AA Dual Meet tournament as a No. 5 seed.

 

SAUK CENTRE/MELROSE

The Coop topped Section 8AA foe Ottertail Central 31-27 in a very close dual. They did drop duals to Section 8AA rival Albany 37-29 and to AAA Lean and Mean St. Cloud Tech 35-29. The Coop topped Class A Lean and Mean Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 42-27 and they concluded their regular season going 2-1 at the Road Crew Quadrangular. They topped two Section 8AA foes Fergus Falls 50-21 and Roseau 42-34. They did drop a close dual to the No. 2 seed in the section Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus 39-31. Antonio Ortiz, Will Funk and Clayton Mensen were all 3-0 at the quad.

 

LONG PRAIRIE/BROWERVILLE WOLVES

The Wolves dropped a Park Region Conference dual to No. 9A West Central Area 52-12. They did earn 96 points to take seventh place at the Park Region Conference tourney with seven place winners. Noah Becker won their lone championship, Jadon Buntjer, Nicholas Middendorf, Creg Donabauer and Remington Meagher all earned third place. Austin Chyba earned fourth place and Reegan Cavallero took fifth place. The Wolves concluded their regular season with a pair of losses to Class A Lean and Mean Pierz 56-18 and to AA Albany 39-37.

 

BIG LAKE HORNETS

The Hornets dropped a Mississippi 8 Conference dual to Cambridge-Isanti 39-29. The Hornets had a great tournament performance with 108.5 points and ten place winners to earn fourth place at the Mississippi 8 Conference tournament. Parker Millam and Charlie Gellerman both earned third place, Nash Oleary, Heath Foster and Logan Donais all earned fourth place. Garrett Moran, Derek Helgoe and Caleb Juhl all earned fifth place and Ryan Helgoe took sixth place. They dropped a close dual to Mississippi 8 Conference rival Cambridge-Isanti 39-29 and they split duals with a pair of Section 6AA foes; they topped Zimmerman 63-9 and they lost to Litchfield 42-17.

 

CLASS A

KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG FIGHTING SAINTS

The Fighting Saints topped Section 3A rival Canby 49-13 and Class A Lean and Mean Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 48-18. They had a very good tournament performance with 190 points and eleven place winners to earn second place at the Alexandria “Big Ole” Invitational. Jordan Engler, Zach Carlson and Nick Meyer all won championships, Dylan Rudningen and Karter VanHeuveln both earned second place. Derek Krieger, Israel Rodriquez and Colton Kinney all earned third place, Matthew Collins and Wyatt Jones both earned fourth place and Caleb Collins took fifth place. They split duals with a pair of AA foes; they beat Tri-City 32-26 and they dropped a dual to No. 4AA ranked Annandale/Maple 38-27. The Fighting Saints earned 235. 5 points and twelve place winners to win the championship at the Morris Area “Dr. Busian” Invitational. Jonathon Tostenson, Caleb Collins, Jordan Engler , Aaron Collins, Zach Carlson and Israel Rodrquez all won championships. Dylan Rudningen, Jake Magaard and Colton Kinney all earned second place, Jacob Carlson and Matthew Collins both earned fourth place and Wyatt Jones took fifth place.

 

WEST CENTRAL AREA KNIGHTS

The Knights topped AA Long Prairie/Browerville 52-12 and a pair Class A foes; Minnewaska 60-18 and Breckenridge 72-12. They had a very impressive team performance with 214 points and thirteen placing in the top four to win the Park Region Conference Tournament. Drake Swenson, Jake Larkin and Hunter Fick all won championships, Jake Nohre, Keaton Long and Buzz Miller all earned second place. Sid Kamarath and Royal Crow both earned third place and five Knights fought their way back to earn fourth place, Levi Larkin, Tyler Onstad, Kyle Mickelsen, Koel Siefert and Blake Amundson. They defeated New York Mills for the Park Region Conference Dual meet championship. They earned second place with 177 points and ten place winners at the Morris Area “Dr. Busian” Invitational. Jake Nohre and Keaton Long both won championships, Levi Larkin, Tyler Onstad, Jake Larkin and Anthony “Buzz” Miller all earned second place. Drake Swanson and Sid Kamrath both earned third place, Alex Butcher earned fourth place and Blake Amundson took fifth place.

 

PIERZ PIONEERS

The Pioneers topped Section 7A and Lean and Mean Aitkin 32-27 and Class A Paynesville 71-3. They topped Class A Lean and Mean Atwater-Cosmos Grove City 37-27 and Long Prairie/Browerville 56-18.

 

OSAKIS SILVERSTREAKS

The Silverstreaks topped Section 5A rival 50-27 and Park Region Conference rival United North Central 53-15. They had a good performance with 163 points and ten place winners to earn second place at the Park Region Conference Tournament. Trenton Coyer, Brendon Coyer and Ryan Engfer all won championships. Colten Waldvogel, Tyler Spanswick and Nils Hagen all earned second place and Seth Johnson earned fourth place. Garrett Sunder, Ronnie Towle and Mitch Sunder all took fifth place. The Silverstreaks sat several varsity wrestlers as they earned 91 points and seven place winners to take sixth place at the Albany “Purple Pride” Invitational. Trenton Coyer won their lone championship, Brendon Coyer and Nils Hagen both earned second place. Isaac Mattson, and Ryan Engfer both earned third place and Tristan Stoetzie and Colton Waldvogel both earned fourth place.

 

AITKIN GOBBLERS

The Gobblers topped Section 7A rival Royalton 46-19 and Class A Paynesville 66-12; they did drop a very close dual to Section 7A rival Pierz 32-27. The Gobblers topped a pair of Section 7A foes; Ogilvie 78-3 and Nashwauk-Keewatin 77-6. The had a very impressive tournament performance with 275 points and all fourteen wrestlers placing in the top three to win the Great River Conference Championship. Jack Braton, Tyler Bare, Jake Pederson, Noah Landrus and Alan Bast all won championships. Luke Pelarski, Silas Berg, Dan Nordean, Chris Jackson, Jonah Perine, Kyle Lynn and Michael Roth all earned second place and Bryce Haugly and Jerod Novak both earned third place.

 

ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY FALCONS

The Falcons dropped a pair of duals to No. 8A ranked Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 48-18 and to Class A Lean and Mean Canby 33-27. The Falcons closed out the regular dual meet season with a loss to Class A Lean and Mean Pierz 37-27.

 

BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA JAGUARS

The Jaguars topped Central Minnesota Conference foe Rockford 48-27 and Class A Royalton 34-21. They closed out their regular season as they dropped dual to AA Sauk Centre/Melrose 42-27.

 

BERTHA HEWITT/VERNDALE RAIDERS

The Raiders had a good tournament performance with 123.5 point and seven place winners to earn third place at the Park Region Conference Tournament. Holt Truax and Dillon Card both won championships and Anthony Kern and Ethan Kimber both earned second place. Zack Waln and Hayden Truax both earned third place and Braydon Bertram took fifth place. The Raiders topped Section 6A foe Breckenridge 54-21 and they lost on criteria to Section 6A rival Border West 37-36.

 

HOLDINGFORD HUSKERS

The Huskers topped Class A Spectrum 54-21 and AA Fridley 36-34 and they drop a dual to AA Lean and Mean Grand Rapids 47-24. They closed out their regular season with a win over Central Minnesota Conference foe Rockford 42-30.

 

KIMBALL AREA CUBS

The Cubs dropped three duals at the Anoka “Tornado” Duals; all AAA schools; Forest Lake 43-27, No. 6AAA ranked St. Francis 45-24 and No. 5AAA ranked Hastings 50-23. Blane Tschida, Quinten Berres, Tanner Schreifels, Troy Filzen and Grant Garding were all unbeaten at the Tornado Duals. They closed out their regular season with with a very good tournament performance with 117 points and seven place winners to earn fourth place at the Albany “Purple Pride” Invitational. Blan Tschida, Quinten Berres and Tanner Schreifels all won championships. Skyler Schiefelbein earned second place, Ben Zipoy, Adam Theis and Brady Mehr all earned fourth place.

 

BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS

The Buccaneers topped AA Morris Area 49-26 and they dropped a dual to Section 6A rival; ranked No. 12A Barnesville 52-27. The topped two Section 6A foes to close out their regular season, they topped Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 37-36 (criteria) and Breckenridge 72-6.

 

STAPLES-MOLTEY CARDINALS

The Cardinals had a great tournament performance with 185 points and eight place winners to earn second place at the Walker “Wolf Pack” Invitational. Alex Erpelding, Eric Lisson, Jake Swendsrud and Kyle Serich all won championships. Blayne Dumpprope earned second place. Spencer Miller and Braden Tyrey both earned third place and Blake Gerard took fifth place. The Cardinals closed out their regular season; they dropped a dual to No. 12A ranked Section 6A rival Barnesville 54-18.

CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS 20TH ANNUAL REPORT (Late January)

CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS 20TH ANNUAL REPORT (Late January) By Roger Mischke January 2015 Coaches, please keep me informed of your team’s success throughout the season. With each edition, I would like to share their success in The Central MN Report. Please send relevant information for Class A individual and team ratings as well. I will also report your results to The Guillotine results page results@theguillotine.com/fax 612-605-0159 If possible you can also text or email a photo of your score book pages after your duals (Those photos only to Roger @ matrat@charter.net. Thanks, The Mat Rat Roger Mischke.

CLASS A

KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG FIGHTING SAINTS The Fighting Saints went 2-1 as they topped No. 11A ranked West Central Area 35-21 and Ortonville 59-18, they dropped a dual to Class A Lean and Mean New Richland-Heartland-Ellendale-Geneva 35-29. The Saints sat four starters in this dual due to match count issues. Aaron Collins was the lone wrestler to go 3-0, Zach Carlson was 2-0 and Dylan Rudningen, Jonathan Tostenson and Caleb Collins were 2-1. The Fighting Saints topped Class A foes Minnewaska 57-12, section 3A rival Benson 53-19 and AA foe Quad County 38-30.

WEST CENTRAL AREA KNIGHTS

The Knights topped Section 6A rival New York Mills 43-13. They had a good showing at the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg duals with big wins over a pair of Class A Lean and Mean foes New Richland-Heartland-Ellendale-Geneva 45-25 and Sibley East 35-31, they dropped a dual to No. 8A ranked Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 35-21. Drake Swenson, Jake Nohre, Jake Larkin, Hunter Fick and Buzz Miller were 3-0 at the Fighting Saints duals. The Knights topped Class A Lean and Mean and Park Region Conference rival Osakis 48-19. They topped Class A Lean and Mean foes Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 39-30, Holdingford 52-28 and Section 6A foe Prairie Valley 66-12 at the Browerville duals. Drake Swenson, Kyle Mickelson, Royal Crow, Jake Nohre and Hunter Fick were all 3-0 at the Browerville duals.

PIERZ PIONEERS

The Pioneers topped Section 7A foes Mille Lacs 60-9 and Crosby-Ironton 76-3 and a pair of Central Minnesota Conference rivals, Class A Lean and Mean Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 50-18 and Howard Lake/Waverly/Winsted 81-0. The Pioneers topped AAA foe Sauk Rapids 43-28 and Section 7A foe Crosby-Ironton 76-3. In a Central Minnesota Conference match up they topped Kimball 59-15. The Pioneers had a very good tournament performance with 113.5 points and eleven place winners. They won the South St. Paul “Peter Veldman” Invitational, a field of sixteen teams. Kolten Eischens and Brett Kapsner both won championships and Brandon Ortman and Lane Girtz earned second place. Reese Kapsner, Matt Kummet, Austin Gall and Jake Andres all earned third place and Luke Girtz, Jalen Jansen and Teddy Dehler all earned fourth place.

ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY FALCONS

The Falcons had an impressive performance as they topped a pair of West Central Conference rivals; Class AA Lean and Mean Dawson-Boyd/LQPV/Montevideo 29-24 and Quad County 45-22. They had a strong showing at the Hutchinson “Tigers” Invitational with 121 points to earn sixth place. Four state ranked teams. The Falcons had nine place winners including their lone championship by Rylan Molinaro. A. J. Schmidt earned second place, Cameron Whitcomb, Derek Dengerud and Sheldon Rasmussen all earned third place. Cody Berghuis and Jace Peterson both earned fourth place and Tye Soine and Brennan Holien both took fifth place. The Falcons topped a pair of their West Central Conference rivals; they topped Paynesville 56-22 and Minnewaska 63-16. The Falcons topped AA rival New London-Spicer 43-19 in a very good dual meet effort. The Falcons topped Section 5A rival Kimball 41-25 and Class AA Lean and Mean Litchfield 40-28 and they lost to No. 8AA rival Foley 43-27. Rylan Molinaro was the lone wrestler that went 3-0 at the Falcon quad. The Falcons wrestled short a couple of starters, but still had a very good performance with 168 points and eleven place winners to earn second place at the West Central Conference Tournament. Rylan Molinaro and Cameron Whitcomb both won championships, Brennan Holien, Derek Dengerud and Cody Berghuis all earned second place. Sheldon Rasmussen earned third place, Aaron Lang, Jase Peterson and Ty Soine all earned fourth place and Shane Whitcomb and Ty Mortenson both took fifth place.

OSAKIS SILVERSTREAKS

The Silverstreaks topped a pair of class A foes Benson 53-24 and Howard Lake/Waverly/Winsted 60-10, they did drop a dual to Border West 45-21. They topped Park Region Conference rival Royalton 51-25 and they dropped a dual to No. 11A ranked and Conference rival West Central Area 49-19.

AITKIN GOBBLERS

The Gobblers topped Section 7A rival Crosby-Ironton 63-0 and a pair of AA teams, Lean and Mean Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus 45-22 and Great River Conference rival Pine City/Hinckley-Finlayson 64-11. They went 3-0 to earn a tie for first place at the Staples-Motley “Don Dravis” Duals. They topped AA Long Prairie/Browerville 45-19, AA Quad County 47-20 and Kimball 51-17. Luke Pilarski, Silas Berg, Noah Landrus, Alan Bast, Kyle Lynn and Michael Roth were all 3-0 at the Don Dravis Duals. The Gobblers topped Section 7A and Great River Conference rivals Mille Lacs 68-6. The Gobblers had a very good tournament performance with 235 points and thirteen place winners to earn second place at the Grand Rapids “Skip Nalan” Invitational. Jake Pederson, Kyle Lynn, Noah Landrus and Alan Bast all won championships, Michael Roth, Tyler Bare and Chris Jackson all earned second place. Silas Berg, Jack Braton and Jacob Hagetven all earned third place and Luke Pelarski earned fourth place. Bryce Haughly and Grant Espeseth both took fifth place.

BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA JAGUARS

The Jaquars topped a pair of Central Minnesota Conference duals; they topped Howard Lake/Waverly/Winsted 48-12 and Holdingford 42-16 in a very good performance, they lost to Class A Lean and Mean Pierz 50-18. The Jaguars had a very good tournament performance with 165.5 points and twelve place winners. Josey Tensen, Tyler Bents, Adam Jaeger, Kaleb Kloss and Ben Feuerhake all earned second place. Spencer Amundson, Colby Schramel, Steven Mady, Jonah Voss an Ben Thompson all earned third place, Joe Reller earned fourth place and Isaiah Gilbert took fifth place. The Jaguars topped Central Minnesota Conference and Class A Lean and Mean foe Holdingford 42-16 with an outstanding team effort. The Jaguars continue to wrestle well as they topped Section 5A rival Minnewaska 51-26. They went 2-1 at the Browerville Duals with big wins over Long Prairie/Browerville 44-18 and Border West 42-31, they dropped a dual to No. 11A ranked West Central Area 39-30. Josey Tensesn, Colby Schramel, Ben Thompson and Ben Feuerhake all went 3-0, Tyler Bents 2-0 and Adam Jaeger, Isaiah Gilbert, Jonah Voss, Steven Mady and Joe Reller all went 2-1 at the Browerville duals.

HOLDINGFORD HUSKERS

The Huskers topped AAA Little Falls 39-28 and AA Albany 36-30 in a pair of impressive wins. They went 1-2 at the Rogers “Royal Rumble” Duals as they beat Section 7A rival Mille Lacs 52-24 and they dropped a very close dual to AAA Lean and Mean St. Cloud Tech 37-36 to earn fourth place. They did drop a dual to No. 1AAA ranked Apple Valley 64-8. Aaron Maleska went 3-0, Alex Lange, Zach Scott and Walker Nienaber all went 2-0. Jake Langer, Matt Messman and Tony Kierstead were all 2-1 at the Royal Rumble. The Huskers topped Central Minnesota Conference rival Eden Valley-Watkins 47-24 and they dropped a dual to Conference and Class A Lean and Mean rival Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 42-16. They topped Border West 43-27 and Prairie Valley 48-18 and dropped a dual to No. 11A ranked West Central Area 52-28 at the Browerville Duals. Nolan Prokott went 3-0, Zach Scott went 2-0 and Alex Lange, Ryan Skroch, Taylor Nitz, Tony Kierstead, Matt Messman, Walker Nienaber and Jake Langer all went 2-1.

BERTHA-HEWITT/VERNDALE RAIDERS

The Raiders topped a pair of Park Region Conference foes Prairie Valley 43-28 and Royalton 45-30. They had a good tourney performance with 130.5 points and ten place winners to earn fourth place at the New London-Spicer “Wildcat” Invitational. They had two championships by Ethan Kimber and Holt Truax, Ethan also won his 75th career match at the Wildcat. Zach Waln and Devi Dean both earned second place and Charlie Nienaber earned third place. Ethan Orlando and Braydon Bertram both earned fourth place, Hayden Truax, Quin Kern and Jarrett Kvetson all took fifth place. The Raiders topped Section 6A foe Wadena-Deer Creek 60-15 and they dropped a very close dual to Park Region Conference rival Long Prairie/Browerville 39-35. They split duals with Seciton 6A rivals; beating Pelican Rapids 47-24 and dropping one to Staples-Moltey 44-33.

KIMBALL CUBS

The Cubs topped Central Minnesota Conference rival Rockford 44-22 and they lost to AA New London-Spicer 38-31. They went 2-1 at the Staples-Motley “Don Dravis” Duals with wins over Class A foes Staples-Motley 43-33 and Crosby-Ironton 63-6. They lost to Class A Lean and Mean Aitkin 51-17. Blane Tschida, Quinten Berres, Brady Mehr and Tanner Schreifels were all 3-0 and Skyler Schiefelbein, Troy Filzen and Ben Zipoy were all 2-1 at the Dravis Duals. They dropped a dual to Central Minnesota Conference and Class A Lean and Mean rival Pierz 59-15. The Cubs went 0-3 at the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City “Falcon” Quadrangular, they lost to No. 8AA ranked Foley 48-19, Class A Lean and Mean Section 5A rival Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 41-25 and to AA Lean and Mean Litchfield 36-39. Tanner Schreifels, Brady Mehr, Quinton Berres and Blane Tshcida all went 3-0 at the quad.

BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS

The Buccaneers topped Class A Lean and Mean Osakis 45-21. They took eighth place at the Hutchinson “Tiger” Invitational. Cameron Sykora won the championship at 126, Tracer Lee earned second place, Kaden Spindler and Mason Pullis both earned fourth place and Jacob Hasbargen took fifth place. They topped Section 6A foe Wadena-Deer Creek 51-30. The Buccaneers went 1-2 at the Browerville Duals, they topped Long Prairie/Browerville 33-31 and they lost to a pair of Class A Lean and Mean foes Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 42-31 and to Holdingford 43-27. Kaden Spindler, Cameron Sykora, Eric Schwagel and Carter Behrens all 3-0 at the Browerville duals.

CLASS AAA

SAINT MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS

The Knights topped a pair of Mississippi 8 Conference foes No. 6AAA St. Francis 48-17 and Rogers 62-12. They had a very impressive tournament performance with 245 points and all fourteen place winners in the top four to claim the championship at the Eden Prairie “Eagles” Invitational. Patrick McKee, Zach Nygaard, Mitchell McKee, Jake Allar, Donnie Leuer, Evan Rossen, Jordan Joseph, Evan Foster and Randy Anderson all won championships. Mitchel Zachman and Jake Briggs both earned second place, Cody Schoen earned third place. Zac Schoen, Zach Dehmer and Garrett Ailts earned fourth place. The Knights had a pair of big dual meet wins as they defeated Section 7AAA No. 6 ranked St. Francis 62-6 for the Mississippi 8 Conference dual meet championship. They topped a big rival, No. 1AA ranked Simley 50-12.

WILLMAR CARDINALS

The Cardinals topped Central Lakes Conference rivals Brainerd 48-17 and Alexandria 52-10. They had a very good tournament performance with 182 points and twelve place winners to win the Hutchinson “Tigers” Invitational. The field of teams included six ranked teams and one Lean and Mean, a very tough field. Travis Deegan and Estevan Navarro both won champoinships, Brady Reigstad, Israel Navarro and Colten Carlson all earned second place. Clay Carlson, Augustine Hahn and Matt Hennes all earned third place, Juan Resendez, Logan Walkow and Darius O’Neil all earned fourth place, Breck Erickson took fifth place. The Cardinals topped Class AAA and Section 6AAA rival Mound-Westonka 51-18 and AA foe Glencoe-Silver Lake 66-10.

ST. FRANCIS FIGHTING SAINTS

The Fighting Saints topped Mississippi 8 Conference foe Princeton 45-27 and they dropped a dual to conference foe and No. 2AAA ranked St. Michael-Albertville 48-17. They went 3-0 at the Champlin Park “Rebels” Duals with wins over Junior Varsity Team 57-0, Maple Grove 62-7 and Big Lake 45-18. The Fighting Saints topped Section 7AAA rival Cambridge-Isanti 39-17 in a big Mississippi 8 Conference dual. The Fighting Saints were defeated by the No. 2AAA ranked St. Michael-Albertville 62-6 for the Mississippi 8 Conference dual meet championship. MOORHEAD SPUDS The Spuds earned second place with 176 points and twelve place winners at the Lake Park “Terry Teiken” Invitational. Most were Junior Varsity wrestlers that competed; Jacob Larson and Riley Schock won championships, Brodie Sanders, Haden Bjorge, Tristan Meyer and Brady Emerson all earned third place. Johnny Mark, Muha Mad Abdi and Trevor Larson earned fourth place, Logan Mark, Ethan Jerome and Gunner Olstad all took fifth place. They topped the field of teams at the Moorhead “Gadberry” Duals with wins over No. 5A Mandan 66-17, No. 7A ranked Grand Forks Central 53-18, No. 10A ranked Fargo South 45-25 and Jamestown, ND 60-13. Trent Erickson, Jack Lien, Ben Lien and Brody Jerome were all 4-0 and Taylor Laidlaw went 3-3, Haden Bjorge and Muhamed Abdi went 3-1 at the Gadberry Duals. The Spuds dropped a dual to cross town rival West Fargo 42-27. They topped three section rivals Little Falls 41-33, Sartell 48-29 and Sauk Rapids 41-22 at the Sartell Quadrangular. Sam Grove, Joseph Grove and Brody Jerome were all 3-0.

ST. CLOUD TECH TIGERS

The Tigers topped Central Lakes Conference rivals Rocori 37-20 cross town rival St. Cloud Apollo 44-16. They went 2-1 at the Rogers “Royal Rumble” Duals with wins over Rogers 38-33 and Holdingford 37-36, they dropped a dual to Princeton 38-36. The Tigers sat out four starters in these duals, due to illness. Dallas Hooper, Austin Brenner, Graham Nistler, Cole Schreder and Luke Dorn all went 3-0 and Jacob Johnson went 2-1 at the Royal Rumble.

ALEXANDRIA CARDINALS

The Cardinals topped a pair of Central Lakes Conference rivals Fergus Falls 54-21 and St. Cloud Apollo 49-19. They dropped a pair of Central Lakes Conference dual to rival Rocori in a nail bitter 33-32 and to No. 3AAA ranked Willmar 52-10.

ELK RIVER ELKS

The Elks topped Northwest Suburban Conference foe Champlin Park 59-14. They had a great tournament performance with 230.5 points and twelve place winners to win their Elks Invitational. They place ten in the finals, winning five championships by Ben Gibas, Kyle Ziemer, Brenden Simmonds, Bobby Schmitz and Stephen McGuire. Earning second place were; Anthony Meister, Garrett Caldon, Cole Moening, Sam Gibas and Casey Schilz. Kyle Neilsen and Colin Murphy both took fifth place. The Elks had a very good tournament showing as they were 2-1 at the Forest Lake “Ranger” duals to earn second place. In the quarterfinals they topped Class A Lean and Mean New Richland-Heartland-Ellandale-Geneva 32-25 and in the semifinals they topped No. 8AA ranked Foley 37-29. They dropped the championship to No. 4AA ranked Scott West 40-25. Garrett Caldon, Cole Moening,Sam Gibas and Stephen McGuire were all 3-0 and Anthony Miester, Ben Gibas and Kyle Ziemer all went 2-1 at the Ranger duals.

BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS

The Lumberjacks topped Class A rival Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 46-22 and AA rival Fosston/Bagley 39-33. They earned 97 points and had eight place winners to take eighth place at the Thief River Falls “Prowler” Invitational. Brian Maas was their lone champion and Gannon Strain earned third place. Brody Wilander earned fourth place, Chance Hindrichs, Parker Beyer and Hunter Schoenborn all earned fifth place, Lucas Gast and Gabe Flaherty both took sixth place.

LITTLE FALLS FLYERS

The Flyers topped Granite Ridge Conference foe Albany 60-17 and they dropped a dual to Granite Ridge rival Foley 43-18. They lost a close dual to Class A Lean and Mean Holdingford 39-28. The Flyers went 2-1 at the Stillwater “Ponies” Duals with wins over Oceola, Wis. 46-19 and Bloomington Kennedy 54-20, they dropped a dual to No. 6A ranked Chatfield 51-18. Leo Wilczek and Justin Jenks both went 3-0, Dakota Kern, Wyatt Lillemoe, Grant Litke, Logan Kapphahn, Lane Rutten, Axel Lange and Jesse Roach all went 2-1. The Flyers topped the field of teams with 189 points and all fourteen placing to win the championship at the Howard Lake/Waverly/Winsted “Lakers” Invitational. Leo Wilczek, Grant Litke, Logan Kapphahn, Axel Lange and Justin Jenks all won championships. Mickel Schultz, Chase Sherping and Lane Rutten all earned second place and Devon Nelson and Billy Winkelman both earned third place. Jesse Roach, Tristen Wheeler and Tony Winkelman all earned fourth place.

BRAINERD WARRIORS

The Warriors dropped a dual to Central Lakes Conference and No. 3AAA ranked Willmar 56-17. They had a good tourney performance with 143.5 points and ten place winners to earn third place at the Elk River “Elks” Invitational. Andy Schlosser was their lone champion and Cold Kubesh earned second place. Braden Kramer, Drewe Breun, Morgan Gibson and Logan Theodore all earned third place, Doug Filbrandt and Tate Arntson both earned fourth place, Brenden Barna and C. J. Wahl both took fifth place.

ROCORI SPARTANS

The Spartans split Central Lakes Conference duals as they topped Sartell 48-21 and they lost to AAA Lean and Mean St. Cloud Tech 37-20. They took sixth place with 84 points and minus two starters at the Elk River “Elks” Invitational. Seth Klein and Rudy Vigil both earned second place, Ben Hoffman and Dalto Calfas both earned third place. Max Court and Gunnar Feldhage both earned fourth place and Justin Rose took fifth place. The Spartans had a great performance in topping Central Lakes Conference rival Alexandria 33-32 in a nail bitter. They went 3-0 at the Robbinsdale Armstrong Quadrangular with wins over three Section 6AAA rivals; Wayzata 40-34, Minneapolis South 54-18 and Armstrong 50-20. The Spartans 3-0 wrestlers at Armstrong were: Max Court, Cole Steil, Gunnar Feldhege, Nick Warne, and Ryan Vigil.

SARTELL SABRES

The Sabres dropped a Central Lakes Conference dual to Rocori 48-21. They had a good tournament performance as they went 3-0 at the Staples-Motley “Don Dravis” Duals. They topped AA Long Prairie/Browerville 54-19, Class A foes Staples-Motley 55-17 and Crosby-Ironton 75-6. Rylee Molitor, Nick Pelach, Jake Fernholz, Tyler Hubert, Charlie Bickering, Daniel Vitale, Danny Nyguyen and Ben Strom were all 3-0 and Nathan O’Brien went 2-1 at the Dravis Duals. The Sabres topped cross town rival and section 8AAA rival Sauk Rapids 51-30, they dropped duals to a pair of Section 8AAA rivals Moorhead 48-29 and to Little Falls 44-32 in the Sartell quadrangular. Rylee Molitor, Jake Fernholz, Tyler Huber and Danny Vitale all went 3-0 at the quad.

CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI BLUEJACKETS

The Bluejackets topped Mississippi 8 rival Chisago Lakes 47-25. They went 2-2 at their dual meet invitational with wins over Andover 63-12 and Section 7AAA rival Forest Lake 46-24. They dropped duals to AA Lean and Mean Mora 40-26 and to Ellsworth, Wis. 37-25. Monty Frederikson, Caleb Brennan, Drake Frikkan and Michael Seafolk all went 4-0 and Jake Olson went 3-1 at the Bluejacket duals. They dropped a Mississippi 8 Conference and Section 7AAA dual to St. Francis 39-17. BUFFALO BISON The Bison topped Section 6AAA foe Minneapolis South 58-10 and Mississippi 8 rival Zimmerman 42-28. The Bison continue to have a very successful season as they went 2-1 at the Mound-Westonka quad; they topped Ironton 54-18 and Fridley 47-30 and they dropped a very close dual to Section 6AAA Lean and Mean Mound-Westonka 31-30 on criteria.

CLASS AA

ANNANDALE/MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING

The Lightning had a good tournament performance with 147 points to earn third place at the Eden Prairie “Eagles” Invitational. They had eleven place winners including second place by Quinn Youngs, Cullen Gallagher and Hunter Hicks. Holden Youngs, Nate Carlson, Walker Rusk and Trae Bradford all earned third place, Joe Driscoll and Josh Gindele both earned fourth place and Walker Weege and Derek Tomberlin both took fifth place. The Lighting continue to roll, as they topped Wright County Conference and Section 6AA rival New London-Spicer 50-18. The Lightning earned 206 points and had twelve place winners to take second place at the Rochester Century “Panthers” Invitational behind the No. 10AAA ranked Lakeville South. Holden Youngs, Quinn Youngs, Derek Tomberlin, Austin Hurle and Spencer Odgen all won championships. Dom Braun, Nate Carlson and Walker Rusk all earned second, Cory Schmidt, Tanner Vassar and Cullen Gallagher all earned third place and Josh Gindele took fifth place. FOLEY FALCONS The Falcons topped Granite Ridge Conference rival Little Falls 43-18 and AAA rival Sauk Rapids 48-30. They topped 6AA rival Dassel Cokato 36-33, many of the Falcon starters sat out this dual. The Falcons had a good tourney performance with 99 points to take seventh place at the Hutchinson “Tigers” Invitational. Many of the Falcon starters were participating at the 9th grade state dual tourney. This tourney included six ranked teams and one Lean and Mean team. Carter Nielsen had a great tourney as he topped a nationally ranked wrestler and No. 1A for the championship. Nathan Goulet and Specner Elwell both earned second place, Randy Kuntz, and Jon Olson both earned fourth place and Austin Loehrer and Dylan Young both took fifth place. The Falcon Freshman team had a great performance as they won the State Dual Meet championship with wins over Fosston-Bagley 69-9 in the first round, in the quarterfinals they topped Albert Lea 58-6, in the semifinals they crushed Hastings 54-9. In the championship they topped Scott West 39-24 in a very good dual. The Falcons went 3-0 at the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City quadrangular with a big win over Section 6AA Lean and Mean Litchfield 40-15, Class A Lean and Mean Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 43-27 and over Class A Kimball Area 48-19. Nathan Goulet, Brandon Jackson and Spencer Elwell all were 3-0, Carter Nielsen, John Olson, Simon Bryce and John Larson were all 2-0 and Jon Dierkes, Saylor Schmidt and Mitch Trigg were all 2-1 at the ACGC quad. Class A Lean and Mean Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 43-27 and over Class A Kimball Area 48-19. MILACA WOLVES The Wolves topped Class A Lean and Mean Pierz 38-25 and Granite Ridge Conference rival Becker 34-22. They went 3-0 at the Cloquet “Lumberjack” quadrangular with big wins over Northwestern H. S. of Wis. 69-6 and a pair of Section 7AA foes Cloquet 71-4 and Virginia 76-6. Josh Otten, Aaron Moscho, Jon Hall, Logan Majerus, Hunter Noor, Jake Merten, Kyle Starr, Austin Weidner, Jack Barsody, Dru Kuchenbaker and Colton Sailor all went 3-0 at the Lumberjack quadrangular. They topped AAA foe Sauk Rapids 61-12 and AA rival Big Lake 57-18. MORA MUSTANGS The Mustangs topped Class A rival Mille Lacs 60-14. They went 3-1 at the Cambridge-Isanti “Bluejacket” duals. They defeated Andover 66-15, Forest Lake 49-21 and Cambridge-Isanti 40-26. They dropped the championship to Ellsworth, Wis. 33-27. Thomas Hischer, Drew VanVleet, Jordan Tober and Brady Beier were al 4-0 and Kevin Brockner, Brando Lucken and Josh Bohner were all 3-1 at the Bluejacket duals. The Mustangs topped AA foe Dassel Cokato 56-13. The Mustangs topped Section 7AA rival North Branch 60-11 and Granite Ridge foe Albany 56-15. PEQUOT LAKES/PINE RIVER-BACKUS ROAD CREW The Road Crew topped Class A rival United North Central 54-12 and Pine City/Hinckley-Finlayson 67-6. They dropped a dual to Class A Lean and Mean Aitkin 45-22. The Road Crew dropped a big Section 8AA match up to No. 7AA ranked Perham 57-8. Road Crew travelled to Lake Park for the Mid-State/Heart of Lakes conference tournament where they earned fourth place with 144 points and eight place winners. Nick Gravdahl won their lone championship and Joe Harrison earned third place. Chris Foster, Evan Gravdahl and Isaac Manthei all earned fourth place and Justin Neumann, Devyn Richards and Alloe Erholtz all took fifth place. DAWSON-BOYD/LQPV/MONTEVIDEO UNITED The United topped Section 3AA and West Central Conference rival Quad County 34-32 and Class A Pipestone Area 40-22. They dropped duals to Section 3AA rival Worthington 29-28 and to Class A Lean and Mean and West Central Conference rival Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 29-24. The United went 3-1 at the Tracy Milroy “Panther” Duals with wins over Section 3AA foes Marshall 70-6, Tracy/Milroy 46-27 and New Ulm 44-22. They dropped a dual to No. 5A ranked rival Adrian 58-6. The United crew topped West Central Conference rival Paynesville 53-24. They topped a pair of Section 3AA rivals Marshall 51-27 and Redwood Valley 39-17. The United topped the field with 186 points and eleven place winners at the West Central Conference tournament. Bailey Eickhoff, Marcus Kranz and David Nelson all won championships, Christian Kanten and Payton Mortenson both earned second place. Jordan Long, Don Bothun, Joe Shomaker and Anthony Quigley all earned third place, Wyatt Ireland earned fourth place and Sam Hendrickson took fifth place. BECKER BULLDOGS The Bulldogs dropped a Granite dual to AA Lean and Mean Milaca 22-34. They went 2-1 at the Tartan “Titans” Duals; with wins over Roseville 39-33 and Tartan 58-7, they dropped a dual to AA Lean and Mean Grand Rapids 40-32. Caleb Vekved, Chris Weberg, Cody Ferris and Jaylin Hildebrant went 3-0 at the Titan duals. The Bulldogs went 2-1 at the their quad, with wins over Section 6AA rival Dassel Cokato 42-16 and AAA foe Sauk Rapids 48-20. They lost a dual to No. 12AA ranked Watertown-Mayer 40-27. Josh Lumley, Blake Paulson, Cody Ferris, Chris Weberg and Casey Vesledahl were all 3-0, Caleb Vekved and Jaylin Hildebrandt went 2-1 and Josiah Borst went 2-0 at the quad. LITCHFIELD DRAGONS The Dragons topped Wright County Conference rival Glencoe-Silver Lake 35-33 and Paynesville 64-12. The Dragons went 1-2 at the Becker “Bulldog” Quadrangular as they defeated class A Kimball Area 39-36, they lost to No. 8AA and Section 6AA foe Foley 40-15 and to Class A Lean and Mean Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 40-28. Wyatt Kaping went 3-0 and Jackson Penk, Ryan Anderson, Dylan Penk and Derek Fruetel were all 2-1 at the Bulldog quad. CHISAGO LAKES WILDCATS The Wildcats dropped a dual to Mississippi 8 Conference rival Cambridge-Isanti 47-25. They topped Section 7AA rival Pine City/Hinckley-Finlayson 48-30. They earned 84.5 points at their Legends Invitational with seven place winners. Teddy Pierce was their only champion, Nathan Graeve and Aaron Sistrunk both earned third. Gabe Taylor, Austin McCurdy and Grant Brown all took fifth place. SAUK CENTRE/MELROSE The coop topped three of West Central Conference rivals BOLD 54-30 and Minnewaska 58-14 and Morris Area in a very tight one 36-35. The Coop earned 122.5 points and had eight place winners to take fifth place at the West Central Conference Tournament, just two points out of fourth place. Will Funk was their only champion and Antonio Ortiz earned second place. Jordan Winter and Jimmy Thomas both earned third place, Abel Vazquez, Luke Glasener and Roberto Raya all earned fourth place and Clayton Menson took fifth place. LONG PRAIRIE/BROWERVILLE WOLVES The Wolves topped Park Region Conference foe Royalton 36-24. They had a tough day as they went 0-3 at the Staples-Motley “Don Dravis” Duals. They lost to Class A Lean and Mean Aitkin 54-19, AAA Sartell 54-19 and Quad City 45-27. Nicholas Middendorf and Miguel Ambriz were both 3-0 and Noah Becker, Jadon Buntjer and Thomas Pesta went 2-1 at the Dravis Duals. The Wolves topped Park Region Conference foe Bertha Hewitt/Verndale 39-35 and Class A Wadena-Deer Creek 51-17. They went 1-2 at the Browerville duals; they defeated Park Region Conference foe 54-24, and they lost to Class A Lean and Mean Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 44-18 and to Class A Border West 33-31. Creg Donabauer and Austin Chyba were both 3-0, Jadon Buntjer 2-0 andDawnson Quistorff and Keggan Cavallero were 2-1 at the Browerville duals. OTTERTAIL CENTRAL BULLDOGS The Bulldogs topped Park Region Conference rival Prairie Valley 54-24 and Wadena-Deer Creek 39-18. They had a good tournament showing as they earned 99 points to take seventh in this large field of teams. Ben Naddy won their only championship, Nate Hart, Coy Thorson and Sam Naddy earned second place. Noah Thompson earned fifth place and James Holen took sixth place. They split duals with Section 8AA foes; they topped Fergus Falls 55-2,they lost a close one to Detroit Lakes 42-34 and a tough one to No. 7AA ranked Perham 66-6. NEW LONDON-SPICER WILDCATS The Wildcats topped Wright County Conference rival Dassel Cokato 39-19 and Class A rival Kimball 38-31. They dropped a dual to Class A Lean and Mean rival Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 43-19. They dropped a dual to Section 6AA and Wright County Conference foe, ranked No. 6AA Annandale Maple 50-18. They earned third place at their Wildcat invitational with 153.5 points and ten place winners. Tom Stageberg, Trey Austvold and Brendon Knisley won championships, Noah Welsh, Josh Soine and Ben Tiffany all earned second place. Sam Stageberg, and Cade Barrett both earned third place, Dylan Peterson earned fourth place and Zach Swigerd took fifth place. BIG LAKE HORNETS The Hornets topped Mississippi 8 Conference rival Monticello 52-28 and AAA Lakeville North 45-25. They dropped duals to AA Lean and Mean Milaca 57-18 and to AAA Sauk Rapids 44-27 and Mississippi 8 Conference foe No. 6AAA ranked St. Francis 45-27.

 

CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS 20TH ANNUAL REPORT EARLY JANUARY

CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS 20TH ANNUAL REPORT

 

By Roger Mischke January 2015 Coaches, please keep me informed of your team’s success throughout the season. With each edition, I would like to share their success in The Central MN Report. Please send relevant information for Class A individual and team ratings as well. I will also report your results to The Guillotine results page results@theguillotine.com/fax 612-605-0159 If possible you can also text or email a photo of your score book pages after your duals (Those photos only to Roger @ matrat@charter.net. Thanks, The Mat Rat Roger Mischke.

 

CLASS AA

 

ANNANDALE/MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING

The Lighting had an awesome tournament performance as they went 2-1 at the Frazee “Les Kerstcher” Duals. They topped No. 7AA ranked Perham in the quarterfinals 33-25 and in the semifinals they dropped a dual to the No. 1A ranked Minneota Vikings 47-15. In their third place dual they topped No. 5A ranked Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Area 42-21. Tannar Vassar, Spencer Odgen, Holden Youngs and Quinn Youngs all were 3-0 at the Frazee duals. The Lightning had a very good tourney performance at the Fargo “Rumble on the Red”; they had five place winners and earned 125.5 points to place seventh in a field of almost 60 teams. Tanner Vassar earned third place, Spencer Odgen earned sixth place, Quinn Youngs earned seventh place, Holden Youngs and Cory Schmidt both took eighth place. Hunter Malechek went 3-2, Nate Carlson went 2-2 and Joe Driscoll went 2-2 all had good tournaments. The Lightning topped No. 7AAA ranked Coon Rapids 37-24 and Monticello 48-13 and they dropped a dual to the No. 5AAA ranked Willmar 38-25. Nate Carlson, Tanner Vassar and Cory Schmidt were all 3-0 at the Magic Duals.

 

 

MORA MUSTANGS

The Mustangs topped AAA foe St. Paul Tartan 52-10. They topped the field of teams at their Mustang invite with 261 points and thirteen place winners. Including five championships by; Brady Beier, Brandon Lucking, Konrad Blood, Jordan Tober and Thomas Hischer. Josh Bohnen, Kevin Brockner, Ethan Procher, Nick Kelling, Tyler Tober, Jon Smith and Drew Van Vleet all earned second places. The Mustangs dropped a big Section 7AAA and Granite Ridge Conference dual to rival Milaca Wolves 34-27.

 

 

MILACA WOLVES

The Wolves completed their 2014 portion of their season with a win over Granite Ridge Conference foe Albany 58-16. They went 3-1 at the Farmington Duals to earn third place with big wins over Lake City 46-19, Bloomington Kennedy 68-6 and Paynesville 72-6. Jon Hall, Hunter Noor, Aaron Moscho, Josh Otten, Austin Weidner were all 4-0, Colton Sailor, Jake Merten, Kyle Starr, Jack Barsody and Dru Kucherbaker all went 3-1 at the Farmington duals. The Wolves had a big win over the No. 9AA ranked, Section 7AAA and Granite Ridge rival Mora 34-27. They earned third place at the Moundsview “Mustang” Duals with wins over Dassel Cokato 55-18, St. Paul Tartan 63-9 and Moundsview 53-18. They did drop a closes dual to AAA Eastview 33-26, they went on to win the championship. Aaron Moscho, Neil Hanson, Dru Kuchenbaker and Jon Hall were all 3-0 at the Mustang duals.

 

FOLEY FALCONS

The Falcons topped AA Lean and Mean Section 6AA rival Becker 40-19, they closed out their 2014 portion of their season with a pair of big wins over AAA Brainerd 49-13 and A Royalton 40-9. The Falcons earned second place at their “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational with 160.5 points eight place winners in this 16 team field of teams! Carter Nielsen and Spencer Elwell both won championships and Saylor Schmit earned second place. Ryan Dunlap, Nathan Goulet and Jon Olson all earned third place. Brandon Jackson earned fourth place, Austin Lochrer earned fifth place and wrestling unattached were; Dylan Young, he earned third place, and Mitch Rothfork and Dan Schneider both earned sixth place. They topped AA Lean and Mean, Section 6AA and Granite Ridge rival Becker 40-19. The Falcons topped Granite Ridge and Section 6AA foe Zimmerman 38-15 and they topped No. 12AA ranked Watertown in a very good dual 36-31. They earned third place at the St. Cloud Tech “Kiffmeyer” duals; dropped dual to the No. 2AAA ranked Saint Michael-Albertville 55-55 and No. 4AAA ranked Hastings 38-18 and the came back to top No. 11AAA ranked Elk River for fifth place 31-25.

 

PEQUOT LAKES/PINE RIVER-BACKUS ROAD CREW

The Road Crew topped Mid-State Conference foe Crosby-Ironton 70-9 and Royalton 60-5. They split a pair of Mid-State Conference duals, as they defeated Staples 43-33 and they lost to Park Rapids 38-36. The Road Crew had four place winners at the Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational to take eleventh place with 97 points. This was a field of nearly 40 teams at the Big Bear; Nathaniel Adkins and Joe Harrison both earned fourth place, Nick Gravdahl earned fifth place and Chris Foster took sixth place and Dillon Nichols went 3-2 at the “Big Bear”. The Road Crew went 3-1 at the Osakis “Silverstreaks” Duals with wins over Section 8AA foe Ottertail Central 50-23, Class A Lean and Mean Osakis 36-35 and Kimball 39-32. Nick Gravdahl went 4-0 and Dillon Nickels, Joe Harrison and Isaac Manthei all went 3-1 at the Osakis duals.

 

DAWSON-BOYD/LQPV/MONTEVIDEO UNITED

The United dropped a pair of duals to Class A rivals No. 1A Minneota 53-9 and Windom/Mountain Lake 36-31. They had a very good tournament showing as they earned third place at the Redwood Valley “River Riot” Invitational with 145.5 points. They had six place winners, Baley Eckhoff earned second place, Peyton Mortenson and Christian Kanten both earned third place. Don Buthun and David Nelson both earned fourth place and Markus Kranz earned fifth place. The United topped a pair of West Central Conference rivals Sauk Centre/Melrose 51-25 and Benson 46-19.

 

CHISAGO LAKES WILDCATS

The Wildcats topped Mississippi 8 Conference rival North Branch 60-15. They had a very good tournament performance with 200 points to earn second place at the “Holiday Wildcat” Invitational. The Wildcats had thirteen place winners including three championships by: Kyle Schoenecker, Nathan Graeve and Teddy Pierce. Isaiah Sistrunk, Dylan Connell and Adam Kirck all earned second place. Derrick Kluge, Aaron Strunk and Dustin Kluge all earned third place, Grant Brown and Mike Bliskowksi both earned fourth place and Gabe Tayler and Jax Ebberga both took fifth place. The Wildcats had a good showing at the Fargo “Rumble on the Red” with Dylan Connell earning and Teddy Pierce earning second place, Kyle Schoenecker went 4-2, but didn’t place. The Wildcats went 4-0 over the weekend to win the Hibbing “Iron Range Rumble” with wins over Walker/Hackensack/Ackley/Nevis 54-24, Section 7AAA rival Hibbing 46-21, Nashwauk-K/G 70-6 and AAA Lean and Mean Mound–Westonka 35-31 in a very good dual. Dylan Connell, Dustin Kluge, Kyle Schoenecker, Nathan Colberg and Austin McCurdy were all 4-0 and Derrick Kluge, Brandon Serre, Aaron Sistrunk and Gabe Taylor all went 3-1 at the Hibbing Duals.

 

 

BECKER BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs dropped a Section 6AA and Granite Ridge dual to rival Foley 40-19. They closed out the 2014 portion of their season going 1-2 at the Frazee “Les Kerstcher” Duals. They topped Class B North Dakota long time power Lisbon 59-15, they dropped duals to Class A No. 3 Frazee 48-27 and to Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Area 45-18. Calbe Vekved and Cody Ferris were both 3-0 at the Frazee duals. The Bulldogs earned 6th place at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Invitational with 91 points and seven place winners. Cody Case and Blake Paulson both earned second place, Josiah Borst, Jaylin Hildenbrant, Blake Sandeen and Colten Demant all earned third place and Logan Jurek took fourth place. There were five varsity wrestlers that competed in the Fargo “Rumble on the Red, none placed but Caleb Vekved went 3-2, Cody Ferris went 2-2, Trevor Goodrich went 2-2 and Chris Weberg went 2-2 in this field of nearly sixty teams. The Bulldogs dropped a Section 6AA and Granite Ridge dual to rival Foley 40-19. They went 3-0 at their Bulldog quadrangular with wins over AAA Minneapolis South 56-10, Delano 35-24 and Fergus Falls 61-12. Logan Jurek, Josh Lumley, Adam Bauman, Caleb Vekved, Cody Ferris, Jaylin Hildebrandt and Trevor Goodrich were 3-0 at the quadrangular.

 

 

NEW LONDON-SPICER WILDCATS

The Wildcats dropped a Section 6AA and Wright County Conference dual to rival Litchfield 35-33. They topped Wright County Conference rival Glencoe/Silver Lake 64-16. The Wildats earned second place with 164 points and twelve place winners at the Perham “KLN” Invitational. Tom Stageberg, Treyton Austvold and Logan Eckhoff all won championships. Jared Travis, Noah Welsh and Brandon Kinsley all earned second place, Dylan Peterson and Josh Soine both earned third place. Sam Stageberg and Cade Barrett both earned fourth place and Ben Tiffany took fifth place.

 

SAUK CENTRE/MELROSE

The Coop dropped a West Central Conference dual to Class A Lean and Mean Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 42-25. The Coop had a good tournament performance with 128 points and eleven place winners to earned third place at the Perham “KLN” Invitational. Antonio Ortiz and Will Funk won championships, and Jordan Winter earned second place. Abel Vazguez, Luke Glasener and Clayton Menson all earned third place, Bryan Zuniga and Jimmy Thomas both earned fourth place. Earning fifth place was Brad Hellerman and Roberto Raya. They topped Section 8AA rival Long Prairie/Grey Eagle/Browerville 39-31. They split a pair of West Central Conference duals; they defeated Benson 45-30 and they lost to AA Lean and Mean Dawson-Boyd/LQPV/Montevideo 51-25.

 

LONG PRAIRIE/GREY EAGLE/BROWERVILLE WOLVES

The Wolves topped a pair of Class A teams; Minnewaska 51-22 and Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 59-18 and they lost a close one to Kimball Area 45-33. The Wolves had a very tourney performance with 133 points to earned third place at the Belgrade-Brooten/Elrosa “Jaguar” Invitational with eleven place winners. They won four championships by Jaden Buntjer, Noah Becker, Nick Middendorf and Miguel Ambriz. Creg Donabauer earned second place, Thomas Pesta, Remington Meagher and Damien Lange all earned fourth place. Nick Middendorf was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the tourney and Noah Becker won his 100th career match. The Wolves dropped a Section 8AA dual to rival Sauk Centre/Melrose 39-31. They had a good tournament performance with 145.5 points and eight place winners to earn fourth place at the Prairie Valley “Knight Hawk” Invitational. Noah Becker, Nicholas Middendorf and Miguel Ambriz all won championships and Jaden Buntjer earned second place. Creg Donabauer earned fourth place and taking fifth place were: Remington Meagher, Darrian Lange and Thomas Pesta.

 

OTTERTAIL CENTRAL BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs topped Park Region Conference rival Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 47-27. The Bulldogs earned fifth place at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa “Jaguar” Invitational with 109.5 points and seven place winners. Sam Naddy and Coy Thorson both won championships and Nate Hart earned second place. Ben Naddy, Noah Minten and James Holden all earned third place and Marc Hendricks took fourth place. The Bulldogs went 0-3 at the Osakis duals, dropping duals to AA Lean and Mean Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus 50-23, Kimball 43-27 and to No. 6A ranked Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 58-12, Nate Hart went 3-0 at the Osakis duals. The Bulldogs had a very good tourney showing with 165.5 points and ten place winners to earn third place at the Prairie Valley “Knight Hawk Invitational. Sam Naddy and Coy Thorson both won championships, James Holen and R. Ehlert both earned second place. Max Naddy, Nate Hart and Noah Thompson all earned third place; Noah Thompson, Marc Hendricks, Noah Minten all earned fourth place and Ben Cole took fifth place.

 

QUAD COUNTY STING

The Sting topped West Central Conference foe Benson 54-21. They had one place winner at the Redwood Valley “River Riot” Invitational; Kirby Winson took fifth place. The Sting had a good day at the Buffalo “Bison” Duals as they went 3-1 with big wins over Buffalo 33-30, Rocori 41-30 and Rogers 49-24. They dropped a dual to Bemidji 53-12 to earn third place at the Bison Duals. Miles Katterola, Austin Friese and Hayden Johnson all went 4-0, Ethan Thein went 3-0 at the Kirby Winson went 2-0 at Buffalo.

 

BIG LAKE HORNETS

The Hornets earned ninth place with 115.5 points at the Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational. They had three place winners in this very large field of teams, Wyatt Juhl earned third place, Derek Helgoe earned fourth place and Dillon O’Leary took sixth place. They had several Hornets that had good tourneys, Joe Morris went 4-3, Logan Donais, Heath Foster and Ben Beckers all went 3-2. The Hornets dropped a Mississippi 8 Conference and No. 2AAA ranked Saint Michael-Albertville 64-6. They went 2-3 at the Bemidji “Rick Lee” Duals with wins over Henry Sibley 51-18 and Deer River 64-10, they lost close duals to Canby 30-27 and Brainerd 41-27, along with AAA Lean and Mean Farmington 53-15 and Bemidji 35-19. Wyatt Juhl went 5-0 and Garrett Moran went 4-1 at the Bemidji event.

 

LITCHFIELD DRAGONS

The Dragons topped AA Lean and Mean Wright County Conference rival New London-Spicer 35-33. They had one place winner at the Redwood Valley “River Riot” Invitational; Derek Fruetel earned fifth place. The Dragons a great tournament performance as they won the championship at the Norwood Young America “Central” Invitational with 200 points and twelve place winners. Four championships by Derek Fruetel, Ryan Anderson, Logan Nelson and Tristan Revering and three seconds by Logan Wagner, Cody Klabunde and Andrew Loch. Jackson Penk, Chase Liestman and Conner Hoff all earned third place and Ezra Kaping earned fourth place. The Dragons had another good tournament performance with 175 points and twelve place winners to earned second place at the Paynesville “Bulldog” Invitational. Conner Hoff won their lone championship, Jackson Penk, Derek Fruetel, Ryan Anderson, Cody Klabunde and Tristan Revering all earned second place. Wyatt Kaping earned third place, Logan Nelson and Andrew Schauer both earned fourth place, Andrew Loch, Dylan Penk and Logan Wagner all took fifth place.

 

 

CLASS A

 

KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG FIGHTING SAINTS

The Fighting Saints has had an outstanding start to their season, they topped Class A rival Kimball Area on their Alumni Reunion night 49-16. They did drop a Section 3A dual to rival and No. 1A ranked Minneota 37-24 in a very good dual. They won their third tournament of this young season, as they topped the field of nearly 30 teams with 156 points to claim the championship at the Redwood Valley “River Riot” Invitational. They had six place winners including two championships by Zach Carlson and Nick Meyer. Jordan Engler and Karter VanHeuveln both earned third place, Colten Kinney earned fourth place and Jacob Carlson took sixth place. Derek Krieger and Wyatt Jones both were 3-2 and Israel Rodriquez and Dylan Rudningen went 2-2 at the River Riot. The Fighting Saints started their 2015 portion of their season with a strong performance as they earned the championship at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa “Jaguar” Invitational with 166 points and eleven place winners. Jordan Engler, Zach Carlson and Karter VanHeuvlen all won championships and Aaron Collins, Israel Rodriguiz and Colten Kenny all earned second place. Derek Krieger, Mathew Collins and Jonathan Tostenson all earned third place and Jacob Carlson and Nathan Torkelson both took fourth place. The Fighting Saints dropped a dual to Class A Lean and Mean and Section 3A rival Wabasso/Red Rock Central 39-23. They were missing three starters that evening, which could have made a difference in the outcome of this big section dual. They went 3-0 at the Osakis “Silverstreaks” Duals, with wins over Class AA Lean and Mean Pequot Lake/Pine River-Backus 48-18, Otter Central 58-12 and to Class A Lean and Mean Osakis 37-25. Colton Kinney, Matthew Carlson, Nick Meyer and Jacob Carlson were all 3-0 at the Osakis event.

 

 

PIERZ PIONEERS

The Pioneers opened their 2015 portion of their season with a loss to Class A Lean and Mean Osakis 31-28 in a very close dual. They did top a pair of Section 7A rivals Lean and Mean Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 46-23 and Holdingford 31-30 in a dual decided in the last few seconds of the heavyweight match. The Pioneers had possibly their best performance of the season with three big wins over Section 7A and Lean and Mean rival Aitkin 49-19, AAA Little Falls 37-30 and Bertha Hewitt/Verndale 62-15. Reese Kapsner, Brandon Ortman, Kolton Eischens Matt Kummet, Brett Kapsner and Teddy Dahler were all 3-0 at the Little Falls “Flyers” Quadrangular.

 

 

WEST CENTRAL AREA KNIGHTS

The Knights topped two Section 6A rivals Border West 57-14 and Prairie Valley 66-6. The Knights had a very good tournament performance as they earned second place at the Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational. They earned 152.5 points and had five place winners in this huge field of over 36 teams. A pair of championships were earned by Hunter Fick and Jake Nohre, Royal Crow and Anthony Miller both earned third place and Drake Swenson earned fourth place. Three Knights had good showings Jake Larkin, Kyle Mickelsen and Sid Kamrath all went 3-2 at the “Big Bear”. The Knights went 2-1 at the Staples-Motley Quadrangular with wins over Section 6A foe Staples-Motley 55-15 and Class A Lean and Mean Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 39-28 and they dropped a dual to St. Cloud Tech 42-24. Drake Swenson, Levi Larkin, Jake Larkin, Kyle Mickelson and Hunter Fick were all 3-0 and Jake Nohre went 2-1. The Knights topped Park Region Conference foe Royalton 39-25.

 

AITKIN GOBBLERS

The Gobblers topped Section 7A rival Holdingford 45-28 and they dropped a very close dual to Class A Lean and Mean Section 7A rival Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 37-32. The Gobblers earned fourth place at the Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational with 136 points. Noah Landrus earned second place, Jerod Novak earned third place, Alan Bast earned fourth place and Tyler Bare took fifth place. Chris Jackson went 4-3, Silas Berg and Jonah Perrine both went 3-2 at the “Big Bear”. The Gobblers started the 2015 portion of their season with a good tournament performance as they earned 193 points to earn second place at the Mora “Mustangs” Invitational with thirteen place winners. Sillas Berg, Dan Nordeen, Jake Pederson, Kyle Lynn and Noah Landrus all won championships. Alan Bast, Luke Pelaski, Chris Jackson and Michael Roth all earned second place, Tyler Bare, Bryce Haugly and Jonah Perrine all earned third place and Cain Owens tooked fourth place. The Gobblers topped Bertha Hewitt/Verndale 52-18 and topped AAA rival Little Falls 39-29, they lost to Section 7A rival Pierz 49-19. Alan Bast,Dan Nordean and Tyler Bare were all 3-0 at the Little Falls “Flyers” Quadrangular. They had a good tournament performance with 193 points and thirteen place winners to earn second place at the Mora “Mustang” Invitational. Silas Berg, Noah Landrus, Dan Nordean and Kyle Lynn all won championships and Alan Bast, Luke Pelaski, Chris Jackson and Michael Roth all earned second place. Bryce Haugly, Tyler Bare and Jonah Perrine all earned third place and Caine Owens earned fourth place.

 

OSAKIS SILVERSTREAKS

The Silverstreaks topped Park Region Conference rival New York Mills 51-22. They went 1-2 in an all Section 5A quadrangular; they topped Eden Valley-Watkins 69-11 and they dropped a close dual to Class A Lean and Means Foes Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 40-32 and Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 47-23. Seth Johnson, Logan Hartshorn, Darrin Stoetzel, Brendon Coyer, Ryan Engfer, Mitch Sunder and Nils Hagen were all 3-0 at the ACGC quadrangular. The Silverstreak started their portion of the 2015 season with a pair of big wins over Class A No. 11A ranked Pierz 31-28 in a very close dual and Ottertail Central 37-28 in another very good dual. They topped Section 5A rival Kimball 45-27 and dropped a pair of close duals to No. 6A ranked Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 37-25 and to AA Lean and Mean Pequot Lake/Pine River-Backus 36-35. Trenton Coyer, Brendon Coyer, Tyler Spanswick and Nils Hagen were all 3-0 at the Osakis Duals.

 

ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY FALCONS

The Falcons topped West Central Conference rival Sauk Centre/Melrose 42-25. They hosted what you could call a Section 5A quadrangular; they topped Osakis 47-23, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 32-30 and Eden Valley-Watkins 63-10. Rylan Molinaro, Derek Dengerud, Cody Berguis and Sheldon Rasmussen were all unbeaten at the the quadrangular. The Falcons had a very good tournament showing with 129 points and seven place winners to earn fourth place at the Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational. A. J. Schmidt and Derek Dengerud both had very good tournaments to earn second place, Sheldon Rasmussen and Cody Berghuis both earned third place. Cameron Whitcomb and Brennen Holien both earned fourth place and Tanner Fester took sixth place. The Falcons went 0-3 at the Wabasso/Red Rock Central Quadrangular; they dropped a dual to No. 5A ranked Adrian 38-28 in a very good dual, Wabasso/Red Rock Central 39-23 in a very competitive dual and to No. 9A ranked Zumbota-Mazeppa 47-16. Rylan Molinaro, Brennan Holien, Cameron Whitcomb and Derek Dengerud were all 3-0 at the quadrangular.

 

BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA JAGUARS

The Jaguars topped Section 5A rival and Central Minnesota Conference foe Kimball Area 47-27. They went 2-1 in the big Section 5A quadrangular hosted by Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City; they beat Osakis in a very good dual 40-32 and Eden Valley-Watkins 27-15. they dropped a very close dual to Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 32-30. Kaleb Voss, Colby Schramel and Steven Maddy were all unbeaten at the quadrangular. The Jagaurs had a great tourney performance with 144 points and eleven place winners to earn second place at their “Jaguar” Invitational. Ben Feuerhake was their lone champion, Tyler Bentz, Josey Tensen and Isaiah Gilbert all earned second place. Colby Schramel, Ben Thompson and Joe Reller all earned third place; Kaleb Voss, Spencer Amundson, Adam Jaeger and Steven Maddy all earned fourth place. They had yet another great tournament performance as they earned third place with 168.5 points and ten place winners at the Paynesville “Bulldog” Invitational. Ben Feuerhake won their only championship, Tyler Bentz, Josey Tensen and Ben Thompson all earned second place. Kaleb Voss, Adam Jaeger, Colby Schramel and Steven Mady all earned third place, Isaiah Gilbert and Joe Reller both earned fourth place.

 

 

BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS

The Buccaneers split a pair of Section 6A duals; they topped Prairie Valley 39-16 and they lost to rival West Central Area 57-14. Cameron Sykora won the championship at the Fargo “Rumble on the Red” Invitational, his weight included thirty-seven wrestlers; he went 5-0 with his closes match being 10-0 in the championship. Kaden Spindler had a good tournament as he went 3-2. They topped rivals Sisseton, South Dakota 56-21 and Milbank, South Dakota 48-20.

 

 

HOLDINGFORD HUSKERS

The Huskers dropped a pair of Section 7A duals to Class A Lean and Mean rivals;Aitkin 45-28 and to Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 39-24. They did have a win over Central Minnesota Conference foe Howard Lake/Waverly/Winsted 83-0. The Huskers had one place winner at the Northern Minnesota version of the Christmas tourney “The Big Bear” hosted by Cass Lake, they had one place winner; Zach Scott earned fourth place and Nolan Prokott went 3-2 but didn’t place. The Huskers won three championships at the Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational. Zach Scott won 132, Jake Knettel won 138 and Nathan Brinker won the 195 championship. This was a field of sixteen teams; Zach Scott beat two ranked wrestlers enroute to his championship. The Huskers dropped a very close dual to No. 11A ranked and Section 7A rival Pierz 31-30. They had a good tourney showing with 125.5 points and seven place winners to take fifth place at the Paynesville “Bulldogs” Invitational. The Huskers had three champions: Walker Nieneber, Zach Scott and Nathan Brinker and Jake Knettel earned second place. Avery Christenson earned third place, Jamey Koetter earned fourth place and Aaron Maleska took fifth place.

 

BENSON BRAVES

The Braves dropped a pair of West Central Conference duals to AA Lean and Mean Dawson-Boyd/LQPV/Montevideo 46-19 and to Sauk Centre/Melrose 45-30. They won their Braves Invitational with 252.5 points and all fourteen placing. Wyatt McGee, Chase Young, Grant Ascheman, Matt Wieber, Trevor Berreau, Tyler Smith and Dakota Wakins all won championships. Austin Whitcup and Dan Lenarz both earned second place. Jared Knutson, Aaron Zosel and Mitch Koosman all earned third place and Tyl Wersinger took fourth place. The Braves in a impressive tournament performance earned 173 points and ten place winners to win the Prairie Valley “Knight Hawk” Invitational. Matt Weiber and Tyler Smith both won championships, Grant Asheman and Aaron Zasel both earned second place. Trevor Berreau and Dakota Watkins both earned third place, Dan Lenorz earned fourth place and Mitch Kooseman, Jarid Wersinger and Hunter Mondor all took fifth place.

 

STAPLES-MOTLEY CARDINALS

The Cardinals dropped a pair of duals to Mid-State Conference rivals; Park Rapids 43-33 and Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus 51-15. They did defeat Class A rival United North Central 37-33. The Cardinals had one place at the Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational; Alex Erpelding earned fourth place, Eric Lisson went 4-3 and Dillon Massey went 3-3 at this huge 36 field of teams. The Cardinals went 0-3 at their quadrangular, they lost to Section 6A No. 10A ranked West Central Area 55-15, Class A Lean and Mean Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 43-19 and to Class AAA Lean and Mean St. Cloud Tech 44-25. Alex Erpelding was the lone wrester that went 3-0 at the quadrangular. The Cardinals earned 112 points to take sixth place at the Prairie Valley “Knight Hawk” Invitational with six place winners. Alex Erpelding won their only championship, Eric Lisson and Blake Gerard both earned third place. Kyle Serich and Owen Bjerga both earned fourth place and Jake Swendsrud took fifth place.

 

UNITED NORTH CENTRAL WARRIORS

The Warriors dropped a dual to Class A rival Staples-Motley 37-33, in a very exciting dual. They had two place winners at the Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational; Tristan Palmer earned second place with a 3-1 mark and Tom Tellers earned fifth place with a 5-2 mark. Tanner Bacon went 4-2 and Austin Bacon went 4-3, were both just short of placing. The Warriors had a good tournament performance with 103 points to earn fifth place at the Perham “KLN” Invitational with nine place winners. Tristan Palmer won the championship at 195 and Tom Tellers, Cade LaCoe and Tanner Bacon all earned second place. Ben Johnson earned third place, Toby Hintzman earned fourth place and Tyler Eckman, Lenny Wright and Alex Heckman all took fifth place. The Warriors went 3-3 at the Bemidji “Rick Lee” Duals with wins over AAA Robinsdale Armstrong 46-25, Deer River 60-17 and AAA Bloomington Kennedy 57-21. They dropped to Thief River Falls 39-38 in a very good dual, Canby 45-27 and to No. 7AA ranked Perham 65-3. Tristan Palmer went 5-0 and Tom Tellers went 3-0 at the Rick Lee Duals.

 

BERTHA HEWITT/VERNDALE RAIDERS

The Raiders dropped a Park Region Conference dual to AA rival Ottertail Central 47-27. They had two place winners at the Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational, Ethan Kimber earned second place with a 4-1 mark, Holton Truax earned fourth place with a 5-2 mark and Hayden Truax earned sixth place with a 3-3 mark, Charlie Nienaber had a good tourney going 4-3, but was one match short of placing. The Raiders had a good showing to earn fourth place with 119 points at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa “Jaguar” Invitational. They had six wrestlers advance to the championship, Ethan Kimber and Hayden Truax both won championships, Anthony Kern, Zach Waln, Holt Truax and Charlie Nienaber all earned second place. The Raiders topped Section 6A and Park Region Conference rival New York Mills 42-37. The Raiders had a good tourney performance with 119 points to earn fourth place at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa “Jaguar” Invitational. They had six place winners including two championships by Hayden Truax and Ethan Kimber. Charlie Nienaber, Holt Truax, Zach Waln and Anthony Kern all earned second place. They went 0-3 at the Little Falls “Flyers” Quadrangular; they dropped duals to No. 11A ranked Pierz 62-15, Class A Lean and Mean 52-18 and AAA Little Falls 57-21.

 

KIMBALL AREA CUBS

The Cubs topped two Section 5A foes; they topped Minnewaska Area 57-21 and Howard Lake/Waverly/Winston 63-12 and they defeated now AA Long Prairie/Browerville 45-33. They did drop a pair of duals to Class A rivals; Section 5A Lean and Mean Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 47-27 and to No. 7A ranked Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 49-16. The Cubs had a very good tournament performance as they earned second place with 138 points and eight place winners. Quinten Berres, Blane Tschida, Brady Mehr and Payton Schiefelbein all won championships. Tanner Schreifels earned second place, Payton Hanan and Austin Hentges both earned fourth place and Joseph Donnay took fifth place at the Cannon Falls “Bombers” Invitational. The Cubs went 1-2 at the Osakis “Silverstreaks” Duas with a win over AA Ottertail Central 43-27, they did drop duals to Section 5A rival Osakis 45-27 and to AA Lean and Mean Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus 39-32 in a very good dual. Blane Tschida, Quinten Berres and Skylar Schiefelbein were all 3-0 at the Osakis duals.

 

NEW YORK MILLS EAGLES

Th Eagles dropped a dual to Section 6A Lean and Mean Barnesville 51-21 and to Park Region Conference Class A Lean and Mean rival Osakis 51-22. The Eagles had a very good tournament performance with 144 points and ten place winners to earn second place at the Fertile “Pine to Prairie” Invitational. Sam Erckenbrack won the championship at 195, Jeremiah Harper and Matt Frost both earned second place; Frost also won the Fall Award.   Zach Frost, Austin Haman and John Flynn all earned third place and Dylan Fischer, Nick Hendricx, Mason Frederichs and Jake Erkenbrack all earned fourth place.

The Eagles dropped a pair of duals to Section 6A and Park Region Conference rival Bertha Hewitt/Verndale 42-37 in a very exciting dual and to No. 7AA ranked rival Perham 71-3. The Eagles had a great tournament with 144 points and ten place winners to earned second place at the Fertile-Beltrami “Pine to Prairie” Invitational. Sam Erckenbrack won their lone championship and Jeremiah Harper and Matt Frost both earned second place.

Austin Haman, Zach Frost and John Flynn all earned third place, Jake Erckenbrack, Mason Frederichs, Dylan Fischer and Nick Hendricks all earned fourth place. They traveled to Casselton, ND for the Central Cass Lettermens Invitational where they earned 114 points and took 9th place out of 18 teams. Sam Erckenbrack earned second place, Jeremiah Harper earned third place, Austin Haman earned fourth place, Jake Erkenbrack earned fifth place and Jett Saewert took sixth place.

 

CLASS AAA

SAINT MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS

The Knights topped Mississippi 8 Conference Buffalo 63-9. They had a very good tournament performance with 170.5 points at the Rochester “Christmas” Invitational, a field of 36 teams. Mitchell McGee won their lone championship, Jordan Joseph earned second place and Jake Briggs earned third place. Patrick McGee earned fourth place and Evan Ronsen and Ryan Jones both earned fifth place and Cody Schoen went 4-4 and Mitchell Zachman went 4-2 but didn’t place. The Knights went 4-2 at The “Clash” to earn third place with wins over St. Peter’s 43-17, Hastings 53-13 and Simley 45-11. They did drop duals to Glenbard North 32-26 and to Carl Sanburg 26-22. Jordan Joseph and Jake Allar went 6-0, Mitchell McKee went 5-1, Jake Briggs went 5-0 and Dominic Leuer and Evan Ronsen both went 4-1 at the Clash. The Knights topped Mississippi 8 Conference foe Big Lake 64-6. They topped the field of teams at the St. Cloud Tech “Kiffmeyer” duals with big wins over No. 4AAA ranked Hastings 48-18, No. 8AA ranked Foley 55-15 and for the championship No. 3AA ranked Albert Lea 47-19. Patrick McKee, Mitchell McKee, Jake Allar, Mitchell Zachman, Jordan Joseph and Ryan Jones were all 3-0 at the Kiffmeyers.

 

 

WILLMAR CARDINALS

The Cardinals had a strong tourney performance with 124.5 points and four place winners to earned 7th place among 36 teams at the Rochester “Christmas” Invitational. Brady Reigstad earned second place, Colton Carlson earned fourth place, Augstine Hahn and Israel Navarro both earned sixth place. Having good tourney performances were: Vaughn Johnson and Travis Deegan both went 4-2 and Logan Walkow went 3-2 at the “Christmas” Invitational. The Cardinals had a very good tournament performance as they won the Buffalo “Bison” Duals with wins over Section 6AAA and Central Lakes Conference rival Rocori 62-9, Bemidji 52-18, Richfield 72-3 and Class A No. 9 ranked Zumbrota-Mazzepa 33-24 for the championship. The Cards were still missing a couple from their line-up. Clay Carlson, Travis Deegan, Colten Carlson, Vaughn Johnson, Augustine Hahn and Brady Reigstad were all 4-0, Israel Navarro, Juan Resendez, Lincoln Shinn and Logan Walkow all went 3-1 at the Bison Duals. The Cardinals had a huge week as they topped a pair of Central Lakes Conference rivals Sauk Rapids 63-10 and St. Cloud Apollo 57-13. They had possibly their best performance yet this season, with four big wins to claim the championship at the Monticello “Magic” Duals. They topped No. 6AA ranked Annandale-Maple Lake 38-25, AA rival New London-Spicer 58-21, Monticello 61-13 and in a dual that could have a big impact on the state dual meet seedings they topped No. 3AAA ranked Shakopee 35-29. Clay Carlson, Estavan Navarro, Travis Deegan, Colten Carlson and Vaughn Johnson were all 4-0 and Israel Navarro, Augustine Hahn and Lincoln Shinn were all 3-1 at the Magic Duals.

 

MOORHEAD SPUDS

The Spuds topped Section 8AAA Lean and Mean Alexandria in a close dual 31-26 and they dropped a dual to 3A ranked Frazee 59-16. The Spuds had four place winners at the huge Fargo “Rumble on the Red” Invitational. Grant Brendemuhl, Joe Grove and Brody Jerome all earned seventh place and Sam Grove took eighth place. Wyatt Hanson went 3-2, Ethan Tallakson and Grant Throwbridge both went 2-2. The Spuds went 3-2 at the Bemidji “Rick Lee” Duals with wins over Section 8AAA Brainerd 47-18, AAA rival Cambridge-Isanti 44-23 and Thief River Falls 40-30. They dropped a very close dual to No.   7AA ranked Perham 27-25, and they lost to AAA Lean and Mean Farmington 39-18 and to No. 3A ranked Kenyon-Wanamingo 52-6. Wyatt Hanson went 5-1 and Grant Brendemuhl went 4-1 at the Bemidji duals.

 

ALEXANDRIA CARDINALS

The Cardinals dropped a pair of very close Section 8AAA duals to No. 11AAA Ranked Moorhead 31-26 and to unranked St. Cloud Tech 31-31 (7th Tied Breaker – Most 1st Points 16-10). They had a very tourney showing as they earned fifth place with 119 points at the Redwood Valley “River Riot” Invitational. They had five place winners in this field of 31 teams; Ben Johnson and Ben Bogart both earned second place, Dustin Neu earned third place, Adam Johnson earned fourth place and Dylan Kriese earned fifth place and Tristan Johnson went 2-2 at the “River Riot”. The Cardinals had a very good tournament performance, considering they were missing two of their starters. They earned 125.5 points to take third place with seven place winners at the Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational. Ben Bogart and Dylan Ledman both earned second place, Dan Oberg, Gage Zieske, Tristen Johnson and Dustin Neu all earned fourth place and Dylan Kriese earned fifth place. This was a field of 16 teams, so their were numerous ranked wrestlers in the tournament. The Cardinals went 0-3 as they lost to No. 7AAA ranked 42-25, New London-Spicer 37-35 and No. 3AAA Shakopee 54-9. Ben Johnson and Mitch Kremer went 3-0 and Adam Johnson and Dustin Neu went 2-1 at the Monticello “Magic” Duals.

 

  1. FRANCIS FIGHTING SAINTS

The Fighting Saints topped a Section 7AAA dual and No. 7AAA ranked rival Coon Rapids 32-31. They had a good showing at the Rochester “Christmas” Invitational; a field of 36 teams, they scored 91 points to take 17th place. Aaron Wilson earned third place, Blaine Nordin earned sixth place and Daniel went 4-2 but did not place. They had one place winner Aaron Wilson earned fifth place going 7-2 in a weight class that included 40 from around the mid-west. They had several wrestlers have good performances; Alex Wilson went 4-2, Mitchell Wilson, Daniel Worthington, Tony Strutz, Tyler Dahlstrom, Lucas Sherburne and Blaine Nordin all went 3-2. The Fighting Saints earned 106 points to take thirteenth place out of a field of nearly 60 teams. The Saints went 2-1 to earn third place at the Centennial Duals with wins over Champlin Park 41-24 and Rogers 54-16, they dropped a dual to AAA Lean and Mean Centennial 35-24. Alex Wilson and Tyler Dahlstrom were both 3-0 at the Centennial duals.

 

  1. CLOUD TECH TIGERS

The Tigers closed out their 2014 portion of their season with some great dual meet performances. They topped three Section 8AAA and Central Lakes Conference rivals. They defeated AAA Lean and Mean Alexandria 31-31 (Tie Breaker 7th; Most First Match Points 16-10) thus 32-31. They topped a pair of cross-town rivals Sauk Rapids 50-18 and Sartell 46-20. The Tigers had one of their best performances in recent years as they earned 175 points and eleven place winners to win the Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational to win the championship. They had six wrestlers in the championship, winning one championship by Dallas Hooper and six second places by: Luke Dorn, Tucker Brouwer, Jacob Johnson, Cole Schreder and Tyler Hugg.   Austin Brenner earned fourth place, Henry Nistler and Alex Kern both earned fifth place, Micah Mangel earned sixth place and Jayden Sundstrom took eighth place. The Tigers topped their Section 8AAA rivals Little Falls first the first time in few years 49-17. The Tigers topped No. 11AAA ranked Elk River 34-26 in the first round of the Kiffmeyer Duals. They dropped duals to No. 4AAA ranked Hastings 50-15 and No. 3AA ranked Albert Lea 36-20! Austin Brenner and Cole Schreder (also got his 75th Career Win) were both 3-0 at the Kiffmeyers.

 

 

ELK RIVER ELKS

The Elks topped a pair of rivals; they topped AA Monticello 37-33 and AA Princeton 39-30 both very good duals. They earned eighth place with 118 points at the Northfield “Ole/Raider” Invitational. The Elks had seven place winners in this field of 17 teams, Garrett Caldon won their lone championship and Kyle Ziemer earned second place. Casey Schilz, Cole Moening and Anthony Meister all earned fourth place, Sam Gibas earned fifth place and Robert Schmitz took sixth place. The Elks had a very good tournament performance with eleven place winners and 181 points to win the championship at Cambridge-Isanti “Bluejacket” Invitational. Garrett Caldon, Anthony Meister and Bobby Schmitz all earned championships, Cole Moening and Kyle Ziemer both earned second place. Ben Gibas, Sam Gibas, Casey Schilz and Stephen McGuire all earned third place and Brendan Simmonds earned fourth place. They dropped a dual to No. 7AAA ranked Coon Rapids 60-10. The Elks went 0-3 at the St. Cloud Tech “Kiffmeyer” Duals, dropping duals to AAA Lean and Mean St. Cloud Tech 34-26, No. 3AA ranked Albert Lea 29-27 and to No. 8AA ranked Foley 31-25. Garrett Caldon, Cole Moening, Sam Gibas and Stephen McGuire were all 3-0 at the Kiffmeyers.

 

BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS

The Lumberjacks topped AA rival Grand Rapids 47-15. They had a very good tournament performance as they earned sixth place with 129 points at Minnesota’s North Minnesota Christmas tourney, The Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational. Brian Maas won their lone championship, Alex O’Neal, Nick Peterson and Wyatt Yoemans all earned fifth place. Indi Farris and Dylan Sauceda both earned sixth place, others having good tourneys were: Tyler Maas went 3-2, Park Beyer went 3-2 and Nate Golden went 3-3. The Lumberjacks went 3-1 to earn third place at the Buffalo “Bison” Duals with big wins over Buffalo 42-24, Quad County 53-12 and Class A ranked 9A Zumborta-Mazeppa 38-22. Lucas Gast and Gannon Strain both went 4-0 and Brian Maas went 3-0. The Lumberjacks topped AAA rival Cambridge-Isanti 43-27 and they topped a pair of Section 8AAA rivals Brainerd 44-21 and Sartell 54-16. The Lumberjacks went 5-1 at their “Rick Lee” Duals with wins over Big Lake 35-19, Deer River 36-9, Cambridge-Isanti 35-25, Bloomington Kennedy 40-21 and Class A Lean and Mean Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 44-20. They dropped their only dual to Class AAA Lean and Mean Farmington 40-21. Brian Maas and Gunnon Strain

were both 5-0, Lucas Gast and Wyatt Yoemans were both 4-1 an Dylan Sauceda went 3-1 to earn the Pool B championship.

 

SARTELL SABRES

The Sabres dropped a dual to Section 8AAA and Central Lakes Conference rival St. Cloud Tech 46-20. They had two place winners at the Redwood Valley “River Riot” Invitational, this included thirty-one teams. Rylee Molitor won the 113 championship (4-0) and Noah Piechel earned fourth place at 145 (3-2). Jonathon Pelach went 3-2, Nick Pelach went 3-3 and Danny Nguyen went 2-2 at the “River Riot”. The Sabres had four place winners at the Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational. Rylee Molitor won the championship at 113, Jordan Haukos earned fifth place, Cole Fibranz earned sixth place and Lawton Miller took eighth place. They dropped a pair of Section 8AAA rival Bemidji 54-16 and Brainerd 50-29. The Sabres had a good tournament performance with 152.5 points to earn fourth place at the Paynesville “Bulldogs” Invitational with ten place winners. Rylee Molitor, Jonathon Pelach and Tyler Hubert all won championships, Lawton Miller, and Nick Pelach both earned third place. Jake Fernholtz, Noah Peichel and Ben Strom all earned fourth place and Charlie Beckering and Danny Ngyuen took fifth place.

 

ROCORI SPARTANS

The Spartans topped a pair of Class A rivals; Paynesville 60-15 and Eden Valley-Watkins 56-15. They did drop a close dual to Central Lakes Conference rival Brainerd 41-30. The Spartans had a good tourney performance with 105 points to earn tenth place at this thirty-one team field of teams of the Redwood Valley “River Riot” Invitational. Nick Warne earned second place at 145, he went 3-1, Seth Klein earned fourth place at 182, he went 3-2, Zavier Grefe earned fifth place at 106, he went 5-2 and Dalton Calfas earned sixth place at 170, he went 3-2. Ben Hoffman went 4-2, Jesse Huber went 3-2 and Cole Steil went 2-2 all he good tourneys, but they were a match short of placing. The Spartans went 2-2 at the Buffalo “Bison” Duals with big wins over Richfield 48-24 and Rogers 38-28. They dropped duals to No. 6AAA ranked Willmar and Central Lakes Conference rival 61-9 and Quad County 41-30. Nick Warne went 4-0 and Seth Klein, Ben Hoffman and Ryan Virgil all went 3-1.

 

LITTLE FALLS FLYERS

The Flyers earned 113 points and had eight place winners at the Cambridge-Isanti “Bluejacket” Invitational. Justin Jenks won their lone championship, and Lane Rutten and Logan Kapphahn both earned second place. Leo Wilczek, Grant Litke and Gage Blechinger all earned third place and Billy Winkelman earned fifth place. They dropped a Central Lakes Conference and Section 8AAA dual to St. Cloud Tech 49-17. The Flyers went 1-2 at their quadrangular with a win over Bertha Hewitt/Verndale 57-21 and they lost to No. 11A ranked Pierz 37-30 and to Class A Lean and Mean Aitkin 39-29. Leo Wilczek, Grant Litke, Axel Lange and Gage Blechiger were all 3-0 at the quadrangular.

 

 

 

CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI BLUEJACKETS

The Bluejackets topped Mississippi 8 Conference rival North Branch 53-16. They had two place winners at the Rochester “Christmas” Invitational: David Kent earned fourth place and Tate Torgerson earned sixth place. They earned fourth place with 137 points and twelve place winners at their “Bluejacket” Invitational. Drake Frikken was their lone champion, Monty Frederiksen, Josh Samsa and Casey Schlickenmeyer all earned third place. Jake Olson, Justin Rosnow, Luke Rambo and Caleb Brennan all earned fourth place, James Brown, Luke Seafalk and Jared Doty all took fifth place. The Bluejackets dropped a dual to AAA rival Bemidji 43-27. They went 3-3 at the Bemidji “Rick Lee” Duals with wins over Thief River Falls 42-30, Bloomington Kennedy 39-31 and Brainerd 37-27. They dropped duals to No. 10AAA ranked Moorhead 44-23, Class A Lean and Mean Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 38-26 and Bemidji 32-25. Monty Frederikson went 6-0 and Michael Seafolk went 4-1 at the Rick Lee duals.

 

 

BUFFALO BISON

The Bison dropped a Mississippi 8 Conference dual to rival Saint Michael-Albertville 63-9. The Bison had a good tourney showing as they earned 100.5 points to earn twelfth place at the Redwood Valley “River Riot” Invitational. The Bison had one championship by Adam Treptau at 220, Jacob Scherber earned third place and Charlie DesMarais earned fifth place. Hunter Durand went 4-2, Cole Scherber 3-3, Caleb Drews 2-2 and Brandon Schriefels went 2-2, all had good tourneys, but were a match short of placing. The Bison went 2-2 at their “Bison” Dual Invitational with big wins over Rogers 38-28 and Park Center 72-9. They dropped a close one to Quad County 33-30 and to Bemidji 42-24. Adam Treptau, Jacob Scherber and Robert Sahli all went 4-0 and Charlie DesMarais went 3-1 at the Bison duals.

 

BRAINERD WARRIORS

The Warriors earned sixth place with 115 points at the Cambridge-Isanti “Bluejacket” Invitational with eleven place winners. Andy Schlosser won their lone championship, Cole Kubesh earned second place. C. J. Wohl earned third place and Drew Breun earned fourth place. Braden Kramer, Doug Fillbrandt, Brendan Barna, Eli Horn, Morgan Gibson and Logan Theodore all took fifth place at Cambridge.

CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS 20TH ANNUAL REPORT (Early December)

CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS 20TH ANNUAL REPORT (Early December)

By Roger Mischke November 2014 Coaches, please keep me informed of your team’s success throughout the season. With each edition, I would like to share their success in The Central MN Report. Please send relevant information for Class A individual and team ratings as well. I will also report your results to The Guillotine results page results@theguillotine.com/fax 612- 605-0159 If possible you can also text or email a photo of your score book pages after your duals (Those photo only to Roger @ matrat@charter.net. Thanks, The Mat Rat Roger Mischke.

CLASS AAA ST. MICHAEL ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS

The Knights started their season with a big win over Mississippi 8 rival Monticello 70-6. They had a very good tourney performance at their invitational with eleven place winners. They had six championships by: Jordan Joseph, Evan Ronsen, Ryan Jones, Jake Briggs, Donnie Leuer and Jake Allar. Zach Nygaard and Randy Anderson both earned second place. Taking third place was Mitch Zachman and Garrett Ailts earned fourth place. The Knights had a great tournament performance with four big wins at the Prior Lake “Laker” Duals. They defeated No. 9AA ranked New Prague 44-16, No. 8AAA Prior Lake 52-18, No. 11AAA Farmington 48-24 and No. 1AA Simley 53-10. Patrick McKee, Mitchell McKee, Jake Allar, Evan Ronsen and Jordan Joseph were all 4-0, Zach Nygaard and Zach Dehmer were both 3-1 and Jake Briggs and Evan Foster were both 3-0 at the Prior Lake Duals.

 

MOORHEAD SPUDS

The Spuds started their season with a loss to the No. 6AA ranked Perham 31-28. They did dominate the Jamestown “Elks” Tournament with all fourteen wrestlers placing. They amassed 202 points and earned five championships by Ethan Tallakson, Grant Brendemuhl, Matt Solid, Sam Grove and Joe Grove. Riley Schock, Wyatt Hanson and Brody Jerom all earned second place and Taylor Laidlaw, Jack Lein, Ben Lien and Grant Trowbridge all earned third place. A pair of fifth places were earned by Hayden Bjorge and Brady Hehrens. The Spuds had a great tourney performance with 150.5 points to earned second place at the Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational, a field of fourteen teams. They had eight place winners including one championship by Brody Jerome and Sam Grove earned second place. Grant Brendemuhl and Grant Trowbridge both earned third place, Wyatt Hanson, Joseph Grove and Ben Lein all earned fourth place and Ethan Tallakson took fifth place.

WILLMAR CARDINALS

The Cardinals started their season number topping Class A No. 8 ranked Kerhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 42-24 and BOLD 68-12. They had a big win over a tough St. Cloud Tech team, a Central Lakes Conference rival 58-3. The Cardinals were minus a couple of their starters and yet earned second place at their invitational with 230 points. All fourteen placed with six winning championships; Colton Carlson, Clay Carlson, Cael Carlson, Travis Deegan, Vaughn Johnson and Juan Resendez. Israel Navaro, Estevan Navaro and Brady Reigstad all earned second place and earning third place was Jalen Cabrea. Lincoln Shinn and Cole Gau both earned fourth place and taking fifth place was Logan Walkow and Nathan Laurence. The Cardinals rolled over Section 6AAA rivals Wayzata 63-6 and Minnetonka 63-0.

ST. FRANCIS FIGHTING SAINTS

The Fighting Saints had great tournament performance to open their season, as they topped the field of teams at the Mound-Westonka “Turkey Trott” Invitational with 223 points. They had thirteen wrestlers place including three championships by Mitchell Wilson, Aaron Wilson and Blaine Nordin. Lucas Sherburne, Danny Worthington, Andrew Wasche and Bo Blanske all earned second place. Mason Hall, Tony Struntz and Cole Kirpach all earned third place and Tim Westenkamp took fifth place. They defeated the No. 5AAA ranked Anoka at the Turkey Trot. They continue with yet another great tournament performance with 241.5 points to win the Shakopee Invitational. All fourteen wrestlers placed in the top four including two championships by Bo Blanske and Blaine Nordin. Alex Wilson, Tony Struntz, Lucas Sherburne and Danny Worthington all earned second place. The Fighting Saints earned six third place by: Coleton Petrucci, Mitchell Wilson, Mason Hall, Aaron Wilson, Cole Kirpach and Tim Wetenkamp and they earned one fourth place by Seth Dammann. They defeated No. 4AAA ranked Shakopee in their tourney efforts and Shakopee. The Fighting Saints earned third place with 135.5 points at the Andover “Huskies” Invitational, despite missing several of their starters. They had nine place winners, including two championships by: Tyler Dahlstrom and Alex Wilson. Colton Petrucci earned second place and Tanner Kunshier earned third place. Andrew Wasche and Kole Kirpach both earned fourth place and Dylan Bigelbach, Meng Lee and Lucas Phelps all took fifth place.

ALEXANDRIA CARDINALS

The Cardinals opened their portion of the dual meet season with a big win over Central Lakes Conference rival Sartell 59-6. The Cardinals were minus a couple of their starters and yet they had a great tourney performance as they earned third place with 172 points at the Litchfield Invitational. They had ten wrestlers place including three championships by Ben Johnson, BenBorgart and Dustin Neu. Adam Johnson earned second place and taking third places were; Gage Zieske, Dylan Kriese and Dyken Ledman. Ryan Ledman and Tristan Johnson both took fifth place. The Cardinals had another very good tournament performance with eight place winners to earn second place at the West Central Area “Grant County” Invitational. This was a field of twelve teams, they won two championships by Blake Olhausen and Dustin Neu. Ben Johnson and Adam Johnson both earned second place and Gage Zieske earned third place. Ben Bogard and Dylan Kriese both earned fourth place and Dan Oberg took fifth place. ELK RIVER ELKS The Elks had a great start to their season with three big wins at the Cambridge-Isanti quadrangular over Cambridge-Isanti 50-27, Rogers 48-23 and White Bear Lake 39-27, Anthony Meister, Kyle Ziemer, Garrett Caldon and Cole Moening were all 3-0 at the quadrangular. They dropped a Section 7AAA dual to rival Anoka 42-24. They had a great tournament performance with 182 points and eleven place winners, to earn second place at the Saint Michael-Albertville Invitational. Anthony Meister, Garrett Caldon and Bobby Schmitz all won championships. Brian Hansen and Cole Moening both earned third place and Sam Bigas, Brendan Simmons, Kyle Ziemer and Matt Osberg all earned fourth place and taking fifth place were Nikolas Arnhalt and Casey Schilz.

LITTLE FALLS FLYERS

The Flyers topped Big Lake 58-12 and Princeton 51-23 and in a very close dual they topped Granite Ridge rival Milaca 36-30. The Flyers went 1-2 at the Coon Rapids Cardinal duals with a win over Mounds View, dropping duals to Coon Rapids 48-21 and Plainville-Elgin-Millview 51-21. Alex Lange went 2-0 and Leo Wilczek, Josh Beack and Justin Jenks were all 2-1 at the Coon Rapids duals. The Flyers earned seventh place with 107.5 points at the Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational with six place winners. Justin Jenks earned second place, Devon Nelson, Logan Kapphahn and Gage Blechinger all earned fourth place. Josh Beack and Mickel Shultz both took fifth place. BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS The Lumberjacks topped Thief River Falls 44-27 and dropped a dual to No. 9AA ranked Perham 54-15. They did top iron range rival Hibbing 49-18. They earned 102 points for seventh place at the Fosston/Bagley Alfred Olson Memorial Invitational with eight place winners. Many of their starters were involved with another school function and didn’t participate in the tourney. Nat Golden and Parker Beyer both earned second place, Jon Solum and Hunter Schoenborn both earned third place. Jordan James and Corey McAllister both earned fourth place and Chance Hendricks took fifth place. The Lumberjacks earned 100 points and had seven place winners to earn eighth place at the Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational. Brian Maas won their lone championship, Alex O’Neal and Wyatt Yoemans both earned fourth place. Dylan Sauceda and Gannon Strain earned fifth place and Brody Wilander and Nick Peterson both took sixth place.

ST. CLOUD TECH TIGERS

The Tigers had a great tournament performance to start their season, they earned third place with 159.5 points at the Mound-Westonka “Turkey Trot” Invitational. They had eleven wrestlers place including two championships by Jake Johnson and Tyler Hugg. Alex VanHeel and Cole Schreder both earned second place and earning third places were; Dallas Hooper, Graham Nistler and Micah Mangel. Jayden Sunstrom earned fourth place and Tucker Brouwer, Luke Dorn and Henry Nistler all took fifth places. The Tigers dropped their first dual of the season to No. 8AAA ranked Central Lakes Conference rival Willmar 58-3. There were several good matches in this dual. The Tigers earned 158 points to earn third place at the Willmar “Cardinal” Classic with nine place winners. Dallas Hooper won their lone championship and Tucker Bouwer and Cole Schreder both earned second place. Luke Dorn, Henry Nistler and Tyler Hugg all earned third place. Austin Brenner and Micah Mangel both earned fourth places and Joe Klontz took fifth place.

CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI BLUEJACKETS

The Bluejackets opened their season going 2-1 at their quadrangular; they defeated Rogers 32-27 and White Bear Lake 44-18, they dropped a dual to Section 7AAA rival Elk River 50-27. David Kent, Jake Olson and Casey Schlichenmayer all went 3-0 at the CBI quadrangular. They dropped a dual to Section 7AAA and No. 8AAA ranked Coon Rapids 36-22. The Bluejackets went 2-2 at the Foley “Falcon” Duals with wins over Paynesville 64-12 and Sartell 40-31. They lost to Class A No. 8 ranked Pierz 34-33 and to AA ranked No. 8AA Foley 35-22. Tate Torgerson and Michael Seafolk were all 4-0, Jared Doty, Monty Frederiksen and Kaleb Bucks were all 3-1 and Matt Plemon went 3-0 at the Foley duals. They topped the Tigers of Princeton 43-18. They went 2-2 at the Park “Wolf Pack” Duals with wins over AAA Stillwater 43-25 and Tartan 60-15. They dropped duals to No. 7A Chatfield 38-30 and to Lean and Mean Blue Earth Area 36-30. David Kent went 4-0, Tate Torgerson, Caleb Brennan, Josh Samsa and Justin Rosono were all 3-1 and Drake Frikken and Michael Seafolk both were 3-0 at the Wolfpack duals.

ROCORI SPARTANS

The Spartans opened their season with a good performance at the Melrose “Early Bird” Invitational with 121 points and eight place winners to take fifth place. They won two championships by Dalton Calfas and Max Court. Ben Hoffman earned second place and Nick Warne and Seth Klein both earned third place. Zaier Grefe earned fourth place and Gunner Feldhege and Cole Steil both took fifth place. They topped Central Lakes Conference rival Fergus Falls 54-18 in the first dual meet of the season. The Spartans topped Kimball Area 38-37 and they tied Section 6AAA rival Buffalo 35-35.

BRAINERD WARRIORS The Warriors started their season with a good tournament performance with 134 points to take fifth place at the Mound-Westonka “Turkey Trot” Invitational with eleven place winners. They won two championships Andy Schlosser and Cole Kubesh, Braden Kramer, Coe DeRosier and Doug Filbrandt all earned third place. Dylan Crandall earned fourth place and Logan Thedore, C. J. Wahl, Kesmond Willert, C. J. Orsburn and Drew Braun all took fifth place. The Warriors topped Central Lakes Conference rival Sauk Rapids 51-19 to open their dual meet portion of their season. They had a great tourney performance with 209.5 points and all fourteen placing to win the championship at the Blue Earth Invitational. They won five championships; Andy Schlosser, Drew Breun, Drew Robinson, Cole Kubesh and Braden Kramer. Doug Filbrandt earned second place and Logan Theodore earned third place. Dylan Crandall, Cole Derosier and Kesmond Willert all earned fourth place and C. J. Wohl and Eli Horn both took fifth place. The Warriors dropped a very close dual to Class A Lean and Mean rival Aitkin 34-31. The Warriors earned 93.5 points to earned eighth place at their Paul Bunyan Invitational. They had four place winners, including one championship by Cole Kubesh, Andy Schlosser and Dylan Crandall both earned third place and C. J. Orsburn earned fifth place.

ROGERS ROYALS

The Royals opened their season going 1-2 at the Cambridge-Isanti quadrangular with a win over White Bear Lake 42-38. They dropped duals to Elk River 48-23 and Cambridge-Isanti 32-27. Bret Wilson, Jay Larson, Jordan Lemcke, Dominic Skwiniak and Andrew Piehl were all 3-0 at the Bluejacket quadrangular. They earned 132 points to take fourth place at the Maple Grove “Crimson” Invitational with five place winners. Jordan Lemcke and Andrew Piehl both won championships, Brett Wilson and Dominic Skawiniak both earned second place and Jordan Bond earned third place. They dropped a dual to section rival Champlin Park 37-33 and to Mississippi 8 Conference foe Big Lake 52-12.

SARTELL SABRES

The Sabres opened their season with a good tournament performance with 143 points to take third place at the Melrose “Early Bird” Tournament. They had eleven place winners including two champions; Rylee Molitor and Noah Peichel and earning second place was Jake Fernholz. Tyler Hubert and Ben Strom earned third place and Jonathan Pelach earned fourth place. Nick Pelach, Caleb O’Brien, Jordan Houkos, Charlie Beckering and Vieri Oculisti-Szabo all took fifth place. The Sabres dropped their first dual meet of the season to AAA Lean and Mean Central Lakes Conference rival Alexandria 59-6. The Sabres had a tough day at the Foley “Falcon” Duals as they dropped duals to Pierz 40-31, Paynesville 42-33, Cambridge-Isanti 39-27 and Foley 58-14. Rylee Molitor, Jon Pelach , Ben Strom and Noah Piechel all went 4-0 at the Foley duals. They had another very good tournament performance as they earned 178 points to take third place at the Big Lake “Hornet” Invitational. They had eleven place winners including championships by Rylee Molitor, Nick Pelach and Noah Peichel. Jake Fernholz earned second place and Jonathon Pelach, Cole Fibranz and Alex Heckman all earned third place and Charlie Beckering earned fourth place.

BUFFALO BISON

The Bison opened their season with a great tournament performance, they earned 141 points to take fourth place at the Osseo “Ken Droegemueller” Invitational. They won three championships by: Charlie DesMarais, Hunter Durand and Adam Treptau. Jacob Scherber and Robert Sahli both earned second place and Cole Scherber and Brandon Schreifels both took fifth place. The Bison topped section 6AAA foe Robbinsdale Armstrong 54-17 and they split with a pair of Mississippi 8 teams; as they defeated their rival Monticello 52-29 and they lost to Big Lake 43-21. They tied section 6AAA rival Rocori 35-35 and Class A Kimball 52-24. The Bison had a good tournament performance with 138 points

CLASS AA

ANNANDALE/MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING

The Lightning topped Class A rivals Paynesville 67-8 and Kimball 49-12 in their first dual meets of the season. They had a great tournament performance with 162.5 points and nine place winners including three championships by: Cory Schmidt, Joe Driscoll and Spencer Oden. Hunter Malachek earned second place and Cullen Gallagher earned third place. Cyler Helwig, Dominick Braun and Josh Gindele all earned fourth place and Derek Tomberlin took fifth place. They continue to turn in great performances as they topped No. 8AA and Section 6AA rival Foley 28-22 and another section Section 6AA foe Big Lake 53-15. They had a huge week as they defeated AA Lean and Mean Milaca 39-29 and Wright County Conference rival Litchfield 50-9. They earned second place at the Woodbury “Royals” Duals with a big win over AAA Lean and Mean Lakeville North 40-26 and Irondale 73-0. They dropped a very close dual in the championship to No. 7AAA ranked Anoka 29-25.

MILACA WOLVES

The Wolves started their season going 1-2 at the Waconia “Wildcat” Duals, they beat LeSueur-Henderson 49-30, they lost to No. 4AAA Shakopee 47-21 and AA Lean and Mean Waconia 43-28. Austin Weidner, Josh Otten, Colton Sailer and Jake Merten were all 3-0 and Dru Kuchenbaker and Jack Barsody were all 2-1 at the Wildcat duals. The Wolves dropped a Granite Ridge Conference dual to Little Falls 36-30. They had a very good tournament performance with 180 points to earn second place at the Litchfield “Dragon” Invitational. They had ten place winners including three champions; Aaron Moscho, Austin Weidner and Josh Otten. Kyle Starr and Jack Barsody both earned second place and Jake Merten earned third place. Jon Hall, Hunter Noor and Colton Sailor all earned fourth place. The Wolves dropped a dual to the No. 7AA ranked Annandale/Maple Lake 39-29.

MORA MUSTANGS

The Mustangs started their season with two big wins over AA Lean and Mean and Granite Ridge Conference rival Becker 43-25 and No. 9A ranked Pierz 35-32. They went 3-0 at the Chisago Lakes “Wildcat” Duals with a big win over three Section 7AA rivals Grand Rapids 36-30, Chisago Lake 49-23 and Hibbing 62-9. Konrad Blood, Jon Smith, Brandon Lucking, Tyler Tober, Jordan Tober and Brady Beier all were 3-0 at the Wildcat duals. They defeated section 7AA rivals Princeton 46-21 and Virginia 65-9.

FOLEY FALCONS

The Falcons started their dual portion of their season with a pair of wins over Granite Ridge foe Albany 57-10 and AAA foe Rocori 49-16. They went 4-0 at the their Falcon duals with wins over Cambridge-Isanti 35-22, Sartell 58-14, Paynesville 70-6 and No. 9A ranked Pierz 57-10. Taylor Jurek, Carter Neilsen, Brandon Jackson, Spencer Elwell and Saylor Schmit were al 4-0 at the Falcons duals. The Falcons split a pair of Section 6AA duals; they topped Big Lake 35-29 and they dropped a very close dual to Annandale/Maple 28-22. The young Falcons had a good tournament showing as they earned 132.5 points to earn eighth place in a fourteen team field of teams at the Brainerd ” Paul Bunyan” Invitational. They had eight place winners, including one championship by Carter Nielsen. Nathan Goulet earned fourth place, Spencer Elwell earned fifth place and Jon Olson and Noah Lefebvre all earned sixth place. Saylor Schmidt, Mitch Rothfork and Austin Loehrer all took seventh place.

BECKER BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs started their dual portion of their season, dropping duals to No. 9AA and Granite Ridge rival Mora 43-25 and No. 9A ranked Pierz 49-21. They did top AAA St. Cloud Apollo 57-15. They defeated Zimmerman 45-19 in dual meet action. The Bulldogs had three place winners at the Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational; Chris Weberg earned third place and Cody Ferris and Caleb Vekved both earned sixth place.

NEW LONDON SPICER WILDCATS

The Wildcats started their season placing 5th place with 74 points at the Belgrade-Brooten Elrosa “Jaguar” Tournament with four in the top 4 places. Logan Eckhoff won the championship, Tom Stageberg and Sam Stageberg placed 2nd and Nate Thein got 4th place. Many of their wrestlers had missed that first week of practice because of football. At the Maple Grove Crimson Tournament they got 3rd place with 133.5 points. Trey Austvold and Logan Eckhoff won championship, Tom Stageberg and Jared Travis earned second place, and Josh Soine took 5th. The Wildcats earned fifth place at the Grand Forks “Sertoma” Duals with wins over Detroit Lakes 44-24, Fertile-Beltrami 54-21 and they topped No. 11A ranked Badger-Greenbush-Middle River 42-34. They dropped duals to Turtle Mountain 42-31 and West Fargo 60-15. Tom Stageberg and Brandon Kingsley were both 5-0 and Trey Ausvold went 4-1.

PEQUOT LAKES/PINE RIVER-BACKUS ROAD CREW

The Road Crew started their season with a great tournament performance, to earn third place with 157 points at the Wadena “Dennis Kaatz” Invitational. They had eleven place winners including one championship by Nathanial Adkins. Nick Gravdahl and Joe Harrison both earned second place and John Urseth earned third place. Colton Anderson, Darion Anderson, Evan Gravdahl and Shawn Brandon all earned fourth place and Spencer Richards and Dillon Nichols both took fifth place. The Road Crew had a couple of big wins over a couple of Mid-State Conference rivals; they topped Detroit Lakes 37-36 and Wadena-Deer Creek 63-15.

DAWSON-BOYD/LQPV UNITED

The United crew topped West Central Conference foe BOLD to open their dual meet portion of the season 61-18. They split a pair of duals to Class A lean and mean teams; they topped Canby 32-27 and they dropped one to Wabasso/Red Rock Central 44-17. They dropped a dual to No. 8A ranked Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 48-28 and they defeated Class A Border West 46-23. The United topped a pair of West Central Conference rivals; Morris Area 53-21 and Minnewaska 66-12. The United had a very good tournament performance as they scored 164 points to win the championship at the West Central Area “Grant County” Invitational. They had eleven place winners including three championships by Bailey Eickhoff, Wyatt Ireland and David Nelson. Donny Bothun earned second place, Joe Schomaker, Markus Kranz and Cole Bungarden all earned third place. Matt Henrickson and Riley Kwillinski both took fifth place.

OTTERTAIL CENTRAL BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs opened their dual meet portion of their season with a win over Class A Lean and Mean Barnesville 40-39. They split a pair of duals with Class A foes, they defeated Pelican Rapids 45-18 and dropped a close dual to the No. 9A West Central Area 39-31. They had a good tournament performance with 109 points to tie for fourth place at the Fosston “Alfred Olson Memorial” Invitational. Sam Naddy and Ben Naddy both won championships, James Holen and Coy Thorson both earned third place. Nate Hart earned fourth place and Hunter Doll, Korey Juvrud and Noah Minten all took fifth place. They Bulldogs had five place winners at the West Central Area “Grant County” Invitational, including one championship by Ben Naddy. Sam Naddy and Coy Thorson both earned second place and Noah Minten earned fourth place.

 

SAUK CENTRE/MELROSE

The Mainstreeters earned sixth place with 108.5 points at their “Early Bird” Invitational with ten place winners. Will Funk earned second place, Antonio Ortiz and Luke Glasener both earned third place. Cole McElwain, Clayton Mensen, Jordan Winter, Abel Vazquez, Junior Pereez, Jimmy Thomas and Rafi Arias all earned fourth place. They had five place winners at the Willmar “Cardinal Classic” Invitational; Will Funk earned third place, Jordan Winter and Noah Lezer both earned fourth place. Cole McElwain and Clayton Mensen both took fifth place at the Cardinal Classic. They split duals with a pair of West Central Conference rivals; they topped Paynesville 50-22 and they dropped a close one to Quad County 40-35. They went 3-0 at the Holdingford quadrangular with wins over Class A Lean and Mean Osakis 40-32, Holdingford 35-33 and Prairie Valley 57-18. Antonio Ortiz, Luke Glasener, Will Funk and Bryan Zuniga were all 3-0 at the quadrangular.

MONTICELLO MAGIC

The Magic dropped their season opening dual to No. 2AAA ranked and Mississippi 8 Conference rival Saint Michael-Albertville 69-9. They had a good tournament performance with 132.5 points to earn fifth place at the Osseo Invitational with nine place winners. Jack Bourgeois won their only championship, Andrew Mergen, Cooper Hanson and Jakob Thompson all earned second place. Kyle Nathan earned third place and Carter Michels earned fourth place. Carsten Scherber, Matt Baloun and Brent Riddle all took fifth place. The Magic earned fourth place with 120.5 points at the Litchfield “Dragon” Invitational. Jack Bourgeois and Andrew Mergen both won championships and Brent Riddle earned second place. Cooper Hanson earned third place, Brandon Gaber and Jakob Thompson both earned fourth place and Carter Michels took fifth place. The Magic dropped a dual to Mississippi 8 Conference rival Buffalo 52-29. The Magic had a very good tournament performance with 189 points to earned second place at the Big Lake “Hornets” Invitational. They had eleven place winners, including three championships by, Andrew Mergen, Jack Bourgeois and Brent Riddle. Cooper Hanson, Carsten Scherber and Matt Adrian all earned second place, Kyle Nathan and Jakob Thompson both earned third place. Jared Schnappanf and Matt Baloun both earned fourth place and Levi Werp took fifth place.

PRINCETON TIGERS

The Tigers toped Mississippi 8 rival North Branch 52-12 and they dropped a dual to Little Falls 51-23. They split a pair of duals with Section 7AA foes; they topped Virginia 60-21 No. 9AA ranked Mora 46-21. They dropped a dual to Mississippi 8 Conference rival Cambridge-Isanti 43-18. They had a very good tourney performance as they scored 172.5 points to earned second place at the Andover “Huskies” Invitational with nine place winners. Jake Pramann and Brent Chambers both won championships, Tim Bialka and Colton Hellman both earned second place. Alex Rabilard and Gabe Kolthoff both earned third place, Gabe Katzke, Dylan Auren and Chase Arens all earned fourth place.

LITCHFIELD DRAGONS

The Dragons opened their season with a good tournament performance to earn sixth place at their Dragon Invitational with nine place winners. Wyatt Kapping and Derek Fruetel both earned second place and Conor Hoff, Cody Klabunde and Jackson Penk all earned third place. Ryan Anderson and Dylan Penk both earned fourth place and Logan Nelson and Logan Wagner both took fifth place. They dropped a dual to Section 6AA and Wright County Conference rival No. 7AA ranked Annandale/Maple Lake 50-9.

LONG PRAIRIE/BROWERVILLE

They started their season with a good tourney performance with 142 points to earn fourth place at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa “Jaguar” Invitational. They had eleven place winners including three championships by; Jaden Buntjer, Noah Becker and Miquel Ambriz. Nicholas Middenforf earned second place and Creg Donabauer, Dalton Butler, Keegan Cavallero, Damian Lange and Austin Chyba all earned third place. Caleb Pesta and Kellen Pullam both earned fourth place. They defeated Crosby-Ironton 69-6 and Nawkswauk-Keewatin 70-6 and Class A Lean and Mean Osakis 35-26. They earned fourth place at the West Central Area “Grant County” Invitational with 121.5 points. They had eight place winners including a pair of championships by Noah Becker and Miquel Ambriz. Creg Donabauer and Austin Chyba both earned third place. Jayden Buntjer, Nicholas Middendorf, Thomas Pesta and Damian Lange all took fifth place.

CLASS A

KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG FIGHTING SAINTS

The Fighting Saints had a very good tournament performance to start their 2014 portion of their season with 225.5 points and the championship at the Melrose “Early Bird” Invitational. They had eleven place winners including six championships by: Zach Carlson, Jordan Engler, Nick Meyer, Derek Krieger, Colton Kinney and Jonathan Tostenson. Karter VanHeuveln, Israel Rodriguez and Dylan Rudningen all earned second place, David Gordan earned third place and Simon Johnson took fifth place. They topped Section 3A rival BOLD 59-9 and dropped a dual to No. 10AAA ranked Willmar 42-24. The Fighting Saints topped a pair of Lean and Mean AA rivals; New London-Spicer 41-28 and Dawson-Boyd/LQPV/Montevideo 45-22 along with Class A Border West 60-14. They had a great tournament performance with 254 points and thirteen place winners to win the championship of the Willmar “Cardinal Classic” Invitational. Nicholas Meyer, Simon Johnson, Jordan Engler and Zachary Carlson all won championships. Jonathon Tostenson, Derek Krieger, Israel Roadrigquez and Karter VanHeuveln all earned second place. Jacob Carlson, Dylan Rudningen, Zach Scott and Wyatt Jones all earned third place and David Gordan took fifth place.

PIERZ PIONEERS

The Pioneers topped a pair of Central Minnesota Conference rivals Rockford 72-6 and Eden Valley-Watkins 70-5. They topped AA Lean and Mean Becker 49-21, they topped Section 7A rival Royalton 55-9 and dropped a very close one to the No. 9AA ranked Mora 35-32. The Pioneers went 3-1 at the Foley “Falcon” Duals with big wins over Cambridge-Isanti 34-33, Sartell 40-31 and Paynesville 43-24. They lost to No. 8AA ranked Foley 57-10. Brandon Ortman and Kolton Eischens both went 4-0 and Andrew Tomala went 3-1 at the Falcon duals. They earned 121 points for sixth place at the Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational. They had seven place winners, including one championship by Kolton Eischens. Ted Dehler earned second place and Andrew Tomala and Matt Kummet both earned fourth place. Lane Girtz earned fifth place and Austin Gall and Reese Kapsner both took sixth place.

WEST CENTRAL AREA KNIGHTS

The Knights opened their dual meet portion of their season defeating three Section 6A rivals, Barnesville 48-24, Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 52-18 and Wadena-Deer Creek 66-9. They topped two more rivals with wins over Pelican Rapids 45-18 and Park Region Conference rival Ottertail Central 39-31. The Knights had a good tourney performance with 139 points and eight place winners to earned third place at their “Grant County” Invitational. Jake Nohre won their only championship, Royal Crow, Hunter Fick and Buzz Miller all earned second place. Jake Larkin, Kyle Mickelson and Sid Kamrath all earned fourth place and Blake Amundson took fifth place.

AITKIN GOBBLERS

The Cobblers topped Great River Conference foe Rush City/Braham 69-10 to open their 2014 dual meet portion of their schedule. They defeated AA foes: Hibbing 49-13, Cloquet 52-15 and Section 7A foe Deer River 54-7. The Gobblers defeated AAA Brained 34-31 in a very close dual.

 

OSAKIS SILVERSTREAKS

The Silverstreaks had a very good tournament performance with 178 points to earn second place at the Melrose “Early Bird” Invitational with eleven place winners. Mitch Sunder and Nils Hagen both won championships. Trenton Coyer, Seth Johnson, Ryan Engfer, Tyler Spanswick and Darrin Stoetzle all earned second place. Brendon Coyer earned third place, Garrett Sunder and Isaac Mattson both earned fourth place and Colton Waldvogel took fifth place. They earned fourth place with 124 points to take fourth place at the Shakopee “Sabers” Invitational with nine place winners. Nils Hagen was their lone champion and Trenton Coyer earned second place. Colton Waldvogel earned third place, Logan Hartshorn, Darin Stoetzke, Ryan Engfer and Mitch Sunder all earned fourth place. Seth Johnson and Garrett Sunder both took fifth place. They dropped a pair of duals to No. 5AAA ranked Coon Rapids 46-21 and Long Prairie/Browerville 35-26. They went 2-1 at the Holdingford quadrangular with wins over Holdingford 48-27 and Prairie Valley 42-24 and they lost to Sauk Centre/Melrose 40-32. Trenton Coyer, Brendon Coyer, Seth Johnson and Ryan Engfer were all 3-0 at the Quad.

ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY FALCONS

The Falcons topped West Central Conference rivals Morris Area 57-21, Benson 60-18 and BOLD 52-15. They had a good tournament performance with 114.5 points to earned fifth place with seven place winners at the Litchfield Invite. Brennan Holien was their lone champion, Derek Dengerud, Cody Berghuis and Rylan Molinaro all earned second place. Sheldon Rasmussen earned third place and Tye Soine and Brennan Arnt both earned fifth place. The Falcons had 94 points to take ninth place at the Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational. They had six places winners including Sheldon Rasmussen and Cody Berghuis both earned second place. Derek Dengerud earned third place, Brennen Holien earned fifth place and Rylan Molinaro and Cameron Whitcomb both took sixth place.

UNITED NORTH CENTRAL WARRIORS

The Warriors earned fifth place with 125 points at the Wadena-Deer Creek “Dennis Kaatz” invitational with nine place winners. Tommy Tellers won their only championship, Tristan Palmer and Ben Johnson both earned second place. Austin Bacon and Tanner Bacon both earned third place and Jared Seibert and Tyler Eckman earned fourth place and Toby Hintzman and Craig Isaacson both earned fifth place. The Warriors topped Section 8A rival Walker-Hankensack-Ackley-Nevis 51-12. They dropped a pair of duals to Class A Lean and Mean Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 42-35 and to Section 8A rival Park Rapids 60-24. The Warriors topped Park Region Conference rival Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 52-24. They had an awesome tournament performance with 174 points and twelve place winners to win the Crookston “Rod Olson” Invitational. Tristan Palmer won their lone championship, Isaac Tellers, Tommy Tellers and Tanner Bacon all earned second places. Austin Bacon, Toby Hintzman and Tyler Eckman all earned third place. Tyler Thomas, Cade LaCoe, Ben Johnson, Craig Isaacson and Drew Hendrickson all earned fourth place.

STAPLES-MOTLEY CARDINALS

The Cardinals had a good tournament performance with 93 points to earn sixth place at the Wadena-Deer Creek “Dennis Kaatz” Invitational. They had seven place winners including one championship by Alex Erpelding and Jake Swensrud earned second place. Blake Gerard, Eric Lisson and Blayne Dumprope all earned fourth place, Jeremy Miller and Spencer Miller both earned fifth place. The Cardinals were 3-0 at the New York Mills quadrangular with wins over Section 6A rival New York Mills 48-36, AA Fosston/Bagley 43-33 and AA United Clay Becker 60-12. They split Mid-State Conference duals; they beat Crosby-Ironton 64-15 and they lost to Detroit Lakes 49-12.

BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA JAGUARS

The Jaguars topped Section 5A rival Paynesville 45-34 to open their 2014 portion of their dual meet season. They had a good tourney performance with 125 points to earn fifth place at the Maple Grove “Crimson” Invitational with eight place winners. Josey Tenson won their lone championship. Tyler Bents earned second place, adam Jaeger, Colby Schramel and Ben Feuerhake all earned third place. Joe Reller, Kaleb Voss and Isaih Gilberts all took fifth place. They had 116.5 points to earned fifth place at the West Central Area “Grant County” Invitational with seven place winners. Ben Feuerhake won their only championship and Colby Schramel earned second place. Ben Thompson earned third place, Tyler Bents earned fourth place, Josey Tenson, Kaleb Voss and Joe Reller all took fifth place.

HOLDINGFORD HUSKIERS

The Huskiers topped Section 7A rival Royalton 39-30 and they dropped a dual to Central Minnesota Conference rival Kimball 35-24. They earned sixth place at the Willmar Invite with 91 points with five placers; including one championship by Nathan Brinker. Colton Kinney earned third place, Jermey Koetter earned fourth place and Alex Lange and Ryan Skroch both earned fifth places. They went 1-2 in their quadrangular as they defeated Prairie Valley 49-27 and they lost to Class A Lean and Mean Osakis 48-27 and in a very close dual to Sauk Centre/Melrose 35-33. Zach Scott, Nathan Brinker, Nolan Prokott and Tony Kierstead were all 3-0 and Jamey Koetter went 2-1 at the quadrangular.

BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS

The Buccaneers dropped a pair of duals to AA Lean and Mean Dawson-Boyd/LQPV/Montevideo 46-23 and to No. 8A ranked Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 60-14. They had four place winners at the Wahpeton “Dan Unruh Memorial” Invitational including one championship by Cameron Sykora. Tracer Lee and Carter Behrens both earned third place and Eric Schwagel earned fifth place. They had four place winners at the West Central Area “Grant County” Invitational, Carter Behrens earned second place, Kaden Spindler and Eric Schwagel both earned third place and Jacob Sanasuck took fifth place.

KIMBALL CUBS

The Cubs topped Central Minnesota Conference rival 35-24 and Royalton 54-15. They lost duals to Section 5A Paynesville 42-39 and to No. 7AA ranked Annandale/Maple Lake 49-12. The Cubs had 101 points to earn fifth place at the Glencoe-Silver Lake “Don Hall” Invitational with seven place winners. They won two championships by Quinten Berres and Blane Tschida, Payton Schiefelbein, Joseph Donnay and Brady Mehr all earned fourth place and Michael Donnay and Austin Hentges both earned fifth place.

 

MAT RATS CLASS 8A PREVIEW 2014-2015

MAT RATS CLASS 8A PREVIEW 2014-2015

 

FAVORITES: FRAZEE HORNETS and the GREENBUSH/MIDDLE RIVER/BADGER GATORS

The Hornets of Frazee had very good dual meet marks of 19-2, they were the conference runner ups, section champions and fourth in class A. Back from that team are five state qualifiers, transfer that was a state qualifier, two section place winners and seven with experience. They did graduate nine seniors last spring, including a state place winner and six section place winners. That is over half of their team, but look for the Hornets to possibly challenge those dual meet marks from last season. This young team should make big strides over the course of the season, look for them to to make a strong challenge for conference, section and possibly state honors. Austin Skillings, Garret Malstrom, Tanner Reetz, Grant Jepson, Bryon Beyer and Jonah Lange should be their key leaders thru out the season.

The Gators of Badger/Greenbush/Middle River posted very good dual meet marks of 15-4 and they were section runner ups. Back from that team are five state qualifiers, four section place winners and six with a great deal of experience. They graduated just two seniors, including one section place winner. The Gators should be looking for challenge those meet numbers from last season. They should present a major challenge to the favorite in this section dual meet campaign. Wyatt Becker, Nick Kaml, Isaak Isane, Brandon Waage and Nash Sovde should be their key leaders thru out the season.
DARK HORSES: UNITED NORTH CENTRAL (MENAHGA-SEBEKA) WARRIORS/DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON REBELS and the CROOKSTON PIRATES
The Warriors of United North Central posted 11-6 dual meet marks last season, they were a final four team and conference runner up. Back from that team are; one state qualifier, six section place winners and four with a great deal of experience. They did graduate five seniors, including two state qualifiers and two section place winners. Despite that graduation of that very good group of seniors, look for the Warriors to challenge those dual meet marks. The Warriors should make a challenge for conference honors and for one of those top four spots in what should be a very good section dual meet campaign. Tristan Palmer,Tommy Tellers and Ben Johnson should be their key leaders thru out the season.

The Rebels of Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton posted 13-8 dual meet marks last season and they were a final four team. Back from that team are two state qualifiers, four section place winners and nine with experience. They did graduate four seniors last spring, including three section place winners. The Rebels should challenge those dual meet numbers from last season. Look for them make a strong challenge in the conference and and for one of those top four spots in what should be a very balance section dual meet campaign. Garret Pemelton, Alex Fuchs, Tyler Oberg and Drew Hawk should be their key leaders thru out the season.

The Pirates of Crookston posted 10-7 dual meet marks last season, back from that team are one state place winner, five section place winners and nine with experience. They did graduate four very good seniors including two state qualifiers and two section place winners. They did graduate a lot but look for this young team to make big strides thru out the season. Look for the Pirates to make a strong challenge for one of those top four spots in this balance section dual meet campaign. Cody Weiland, Luke Edlund and Colton Weiland to be their key leaders thru out the season.

Look for the Panthers of Park Rapids to challenge for one of those top four spots in this section dual meet campaign. There are three state tourney medal winners back from last season including: Austin Skillings and Garrett Malstrom both of Frazee earned third place and Cody Weiland of Crookston earned fourth place. There are a total of fifteen state qualifiers returning from last year’s state tourney action; Byron Beyer, Grant Jepson and Tanner Reetz of Frazee, Wyatt Becker, Nick Kaml, Brandon Waage and Nash Sovde of Badger-Greenbush-Middle River, Triston Palmer of United North Central, Garrett Pemelton and Alex Fuchs of Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, Justin Dravis of Park Rapids, Kody Lefebvre of Mahnomen/Waubun, Willie Meine of Fertile-Beltrami, Nick Fisher of Walker/Hackensack/Akeley/Nevis and Cameron Lundeen Red Lake County Central.

Look for the following wrestlers: Ethan Beyer, Tanner Eischens and Tanner Bachmann of Frazee, Beau Blumer, Devin Dostal and Trever Underberg of Badger/Greenbush/Middle River, Tanner Bacon of United North Central, Ethan Johnson and Adam Olson of Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, Felix Longoria of Crookston, Jared Sunram, Nolan Booge, Cody Dravis and Ben Baumgartner of Park Rapids, Mike Bisek, Jake Worms and Jonathon Hoffner of Mahnomen/Waubun, Hunter Olson, Quinten Desrosier and Maverick Gunfson of Fertile-Beltrami, Dustin McGee of Walker/Hackensack/Akeley/Nevis and Cody Gagner, James Hanson and Dylan Gustafson of Red Lake County Central to challenge for medals at the end of the season.

 

FRAZEE HORNETS

Head Coach: Clay Nagel

Enrollment: 238

19-2 Overall   5-0 Heart of the Lakes Conference

Fourth Place Class A State

Section 8A Champions

Fourteen Section Place Winners   Six State Qualifiers Three State Place Winners

Second Place HOL/Mid-State Conference Tournament: 204.5 Pts. (12 Placers)

Second Place Wahpeton “Dan Unruh” Invitational: 183 Pts. (10 Placers)

Third Place Alexandria “Big Ole” Invitational: 154 Pts. (12 Placers)

First Place Mahnomen “Cougar” Duals: 3-0

Fifth place Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Tournament: 132 Pts. (7 Placers)

Seventh Place Casselton “Central Cass Letterman’s” Invite: 105.5 Pts. (5 Placers)

Second Place Frazee “Les Kertscher” Duals: 2-1

Fourteenth Place Fargo “Rumble on the Red” Invitational: 74.5 Pts. (3 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Garrett Malstrom                 12th                47-7                2nd Section/3rd State/AC

Austin Skillings                     12th                39-12              1st Section/3rd State/AC

Tanner Reetz                         10th                39-6                1st Section/AC

Grant Jepson                         11th                36-10              1st Section/AC

Jonah Lange                          11th                35-6                1st Sec./AC (transfer UBC)

Byron Beyer                           11th                23-4                1st Section/AC

Tanner Eischens                    9th                29-13              3rd Section

Ethan Beyer                            11th                19-10             

Tanner Bachmann                11th                13-14              5th Section

Calvin Streeper                      12th                12-21             

Austin Beaty                           11th                7-13

Tanner Tappe                         9th                2-2

Josh Wurst                            12th                3-2

Blaine Beaty                           11th                2-5

Charleton Woke                   10th                1-3

 

Graduates:

Kody VanDenEykel              44-9                1st Sec./5th State/AC          (81-28 Career)

Ryan Brandt                           26-20              4th Section/AC                    

Hunter Sorenson                  20-8                3rd Section                           (71-32 Career)

Nate Starry                              26-14              4th Section                           (47-35 Career)

Brandon DeGroat                 23-13              4th Section

Jordan Olson                            9-11              5th Section

Jesse Trusty                              8-17

Andy VonRuden                      4-4

 

GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER BADGER GATORS

Head Coach: Todd Bergeron

Enrollment: 140 G-MR/68 Badger (208 Total)

15-4 Overall

Ten Section Place Winners   Five State Qualifiers

First Place Bemidji “Rick Lee” Invitational: 194 Pts. (13 Placers)

Second Place Larimore, ND Invitational: 212 Pts. (14 Placers)

Second place Thief River Falls “Prowler” Invitational: 135. 5 Pts. (9 Placers)

Fifth Place Wadena-Deer Creek “Dennis Kaatz” Invitational: 140 Pts. (10 Placers)

Eight Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 109.5 Pts. (3 Placers)

Second Place Mahnomen “Cougar” Duals: 2-1
Returning Wrestlers:

Wyatt Becker                         12th                34-7                2nd Section

Brandon Waage                    12th                34-10              2nd Section

Nick Kaml                                11th               30-12              2nd Section

Isaac Isane                              11th                21-10              2nd Section

Beau Blumer                          12th                23-18              3rd Section

Nash Sovde                             11th                24-12              2nd Section

Trevor Underberg                11th                26-16              5th Section

Devin Dostal                           11th                24-12              2nd Section

Doug Peterson                      12th                13-19              4th Section

Daron Sikorski                      12th                13-17

Adam Lorenson                    10th                13-16

Devin Pries                             10th                6-10

Owen Novacek                         8th                9-4

Seth Dostal                              10th                5-5

Cody Olson                              10th                7-10

Trinity Clark                            10th                3-4

 

Graduates:

Cory Hasbrouek                   28-9                4th Section               (64-42 Career)

Dakota Gullickson               17-17

 

UNITED NORTH CENTRAL (MENAHGA-SEBEKA) WARRIORS

Head Coach: Jacob Oyster

Enrollment: 167 Menagha/139 Sebeka/306 Total

Section: 8A

 

11-6 Overall 6-1 Park Region Conference

Final Four Section 8A

Eleven Section Place Winners Three State Qualifiers

First Place Crookston “Rod Olson” Invitational: 212.5 Pts. (13 Placers)

Second Place Park Region Conference Tournament: 156 Pts. (12 Placers)

Second Place Perham “KLN Family Brands” Invitational: 178 Pts. (13 Placers)

Sixth Place Wadena-Deer Creek “Dennis Kaatz” Invitational: 132.5 Pts. (8 Placers)

12th Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 101 Pts. (3 Placers)

Third Place Mahnomen “Cougar” Duals: 2-1

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Tristan Palmer               12th            27-7            2nd Section

Tommy Tellers               11th            30-10          3rd Section

Ben Johnson                  10th            26-12          4th Section

Tanner Bacon                12th            17-16          4th Section

Tyler Eckman                12th            15-24          4th Section

Austin Bacon                 10th            12-15

Liam Cochran                11th            12-16

Logan Olson                    11th            7-7            5th Section

Toby Hintzman              9th            7-18          4th Section

Landon Oshie                12th            6-10

Cade LaCoe                       9th            3-10

 

Graduates:

Taylor Carlson               34-2            1st Sec./2nd State/AC   (141-59 Career)

Dylan Huttunen             33-10          1st Section/AC              (107-75 Career)

Sam Tellers                     27-14          3rd Section/AC              (119-81 Career)

Wyatt Puttonen             19-4            6th Section                    (49-46 Career)

Logan Walz                    16-14                                                 (32-44 Career)

 

 

DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON REBELS

Head Coach: Dave Kossen

Enrollment: 327

13-8 Overall 3-2 Heart of the Lakes

Nine Section Place Winners   Two State Qualifiers

Second Place Lake Park “Terry Teiken” Invitational: 183 Pts. (13 Placers)

Fourth Place HOL/Mid-State Conference Tournament: 107 Pts. (8 Placers)

Second Place Hillsboro “Burros” Duals: 4-1

Second Place Moorhead “Gadberry” Duals: 3-1

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Garrett Pemelton                 12th                28-10              1st Section

Alex Fuchs                              12th                29-13              2nd Section/AC

Drew Hawk                            12th                26-9                5th Section

Ethan Johnson                     12th                12-10              3rd Section

Tyler Oberg                            11th                17-6                AC

Austin Bitker                         9th                14-15

Jacob Arends                         9th                11-15

Adam Olson                           12th                16-21              6th Section

Andrew Oberg                        9th                9-15              6th Section

Trent Dufault                        12th                9-17

Jacob Schlicting                   11th                6-14

Dallas Kern                            12th                4-7

Aaron Kern                            12th                4-1

Jack Fuchs                               8th                2-1

Trevor Default                        9th                1-10

Dawson Berning                     9th                1-4
Graduates:

Alex Johnson                        27-8                3rd Section/AC

Wyatt Whiteaker                  23-15              3rd Section

Ben Marten                           22-18              5th Section

Miqual Ybarra                       2-7

 

CROOKSTON PIRATES

Head Coach: Chad Hitchen

Enrollment: 274

 

10-7 Overall

Ten Section Place Winners Three State Qualifiers

First Place Mayville-Portland “Patriots” Invitational: 215 Pts. (14 Placers)

Third Place Crookston “Rod Olson” Invitational: 133 Pts (10 Placers)

Fourth Place Thief River Falls “Prowlers” Invitational: 122 Pts. (7 Placers)

Fifth Place Fertile “Northwest” Invitational: 128.5 Pts. (8 Placers)

Fourth Place Mahnomen “Cougar” Duals

Eleventh Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 102 Pts. (5 Placers) 36 Teams

Ninth Place Wahpeton “Dan Unruh” Invitational: 88 Pts. (6 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Cody Weiland                 12th            41-5            1st Section/4th State/AC

Luke Edlund                    12th            30-12          4th Section

Colton Weiland              9th            22-13          3rd Section/AC

Felix Longoria               11th            8-8            3rd Section/AC

Hunter Baranski          10th            14-25          5th Section

Preston Desrosier       10th            13-18          6th Section

Zach Lutz                        10th            8-21

Shad Steer                       12th            8-20

Jesse Bosquez                 11th            8-23

Jonny Frazee                   11th            4-7

Jacob Oien                       12th            4-5

Jesse Enicinia                 12th            2-5

Damian Hodgson             8th            2-6

Luke Trandem                   9th            2-8

Jake Wagner                      9th            1-5

 

Graduates:

Nate Merten                  38-9            2nd Section/AC    (166 Career Wins)

Blake Bergeron             39-1            1st Sec./Injured/AC       (162 Career Wins)

Kyle Caputo                    21-16          6th Section

J. Biemaier                     29-12          3rd Section/AC

 

PARK RAPIDS PANTHERS

Head Coach: Matt Clark

Enrollment: 359

 

13-14 Overall

Six Section Place Winners

Second Place Prairie Valley “Knight Hawk” Invitational: 144.5 Pts. (10 Placers)

Eight Place Thief River Falls “Prowler” Invitational: 80.5 Pts. (5 Placers)

Tenth Place HOL/Mid-State Conference Tournament: 58 Pts. (4 Placers)

Twenty-fourth Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 56 Pts. (3 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Justin Dravis                         10th                31-11              1st Section/AC

Jared Sunram                       10th                28-12              3rd Section

Ben Baumgartner                11th                33-2                3rd Section/(2 Yrs. Ago)

Cody Dravis                           8th                21-11              5th Section

Nolan Booge                          10th                18-10              4th Section

Zachary Tretbar                   12th                15-18              6th Section

Logan Johnson                    10th                16-19

Chris Baxter                           11th                16-22

Zach Nelson                           10th                12-23

Logan Veo                               10th                8-18

Keith McDaniel                     10th                7-11

Landon Burlingame             9th                7-14

Andrew Goltz                          9th                7-6

Jacob Bittman                        10th                2-5

 

Graduates:

John Kyllonen                      31-11              3rd Section/AC         (80-36 Career)

Ben Baumgartner                Injured           129-26 Career)

Lane Jensen                         10-6

 

 

MAHNOMEN-WAUBUN COUGARS

Head Coach: Brent Hoffner

Enrollment: 135 Mahnomen/119 Waubun (254 Total)

8-6 Overall

Six Section Place Winners

Fourth Place Grand Rapids “Skip Nalan” Invitational: 127 Pts. (8 Placers)

Sixth Place Lake Park “Terry Teiken” Invitational: 121 Pts. (11 Placers)

Sixth Place Crookston “Rod Olson” Invitational: 89 Pts. (7 Placers)

Seventh Place Fosston “Alfred Olson Memorial” Invitational: 123 Pts. (9 Placers)

Ninth Place Fertile “Northwest” Invitational: 64 Pts. (8 Placers)

Twenty-Seventh Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational” 51 Pts. (1 Placer)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Kody Lefebvre                      11th                29-9                2nd Section

Jake Worms                          11th                22-15              3rd Section

Mike Bisek                             11th                22-3                4th Section

Jonathan Hoffner                12th                16-13              6th Section

Nick Syverson                      12th                16-15

Shawn Niessen                     11th                13-16

Kurtis Francis                       12th                7-13

Gene Snetsinger                  11th                6-24

Adam Syverson                    8th                5-22

Nathan Syverson                 11th                2-3

 

Graduates:

Kole Lefebvre                       28-8                2nd Section   (125-63 Career)

Kal Handyside                      28-9                2nd Section   (77-41 Career)

 

FERTILE-BELTRAMI FALCONS

Head Coach: Tim Olson

Enrollment: 127

Dual Meet Record Unknown

Seven Section Place Winners

First Place Fertile “Pine to Prairie” Invitational: 202 Pts. (13 Placers)

Fourth Place Fosston “Alfred Olson Memorial” Invitational: 132.5 Pts. (11 Placers)

Sixth Place Fertile “Northwest” Invitational: 109 Pts. (12 Placers)

Tenth Place Thief River Falls “Prowler” Invitational: 75 Pts (5 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Willie Meine                           11th                39-7                1st Section

Hunter Olson                         12th                25-13              5th Section

Maverick Gunfson                12th                21-9

Quinten Desrosier                11th                22-18              6th Section

Chris Moser                            11th                14-18

Wyatt Beauchane                 10th                15-17

Jorgen Qualley                      11th                12-19

Eli Neufeld                               11th                11-11

Carter Mosher                        10th                11-12

Aric Riddle                               11th                7-8

Adam Riddle                           10th                6-10

Gunnar Berhow                     12th                7-18

Logan Widelski                      10th                5-20

Chris Hegre                             11th                7-23

 

Graduates:

Mitchell Lundeen               30-10              5th Section

Cody Beuchane                    29-13              5th Section

Sam Holen                             16-19              5th Section

Trent Vesledahl                    10-10              6th Section

Shane Anderson                   14-12             

 

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY WOLVES

Head Coach: Colby Marich

Enrollment: 184

 

Dual Meet Records Unknown

Four Section Place Winners

Sixth Place Perham “KLN Family Brands” Invitational: 77 Pts. (10 Placers)

Sixth Place WHAN “Wolf Pack” Invitational: 73 Pts. (7 Placers)

Seventh Place Crookston “Rod Olson” Invitational: 77.5 Pts. (7 Placers)

Twenty-Ninth Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 22 Pts.

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Nick Fisher                      12th            18-8            2nd Section

Dustin McGee                  12th            24-13          5th Section

Dakota Zimmer              11th            14-20          6th Section

Dillon McGee                   9th            12-22          5th Section

Jordan Spenst               11th            8-20

Kyle Schmidt                  9th            7-18

Tristan Hopen                11th            3-25

Ryley Rettke                    12th            2-16

Jack DeWulf                      9th            2-10

 

Graduates:

Truman Crandall            14-18

Skyler Huckbody              8-6

 

 

RED LAKE COUNTY CENTRAL MUSTANGS

Head Coach: Aaron Nelson

Enrollment: 80

6-13 Overall  

Five Section Place Winners   Two State Qualifiers

Third Place Fertile-Beltrami “Pine to Prairie” Invitational: 148 Pts. (10 Placers)

Seventh Place Fertile-Beltrami “Northwestern” Invitational: 100 Pts. (7 Placers)

Eight Place Fosston “Alfred Olson Memorial” Invitational: 79 Pts. (7 Placers)

Eight Place Crookston “Rod Olson” Invitational: 70.5 Pts. (4 Placers)

Twenty-Eight Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 29 Pts. (1 Placer)

Fourteenth Place Thief River Falls “Prowler” Invitational: 33.5 Pts. (1 Placer)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Cameron Lundeen               12th                31-9                2nd Section/AC

Cody Gagner                           12th                30-12              4th Section

James Hanson                       12th                21-17              6th Section

Dylan Gustafson                   10th                23-11

Ben Kolling                              11th                8-8

Tyler Sandahl                        11th                7-19

Tristan Larson                      11th                6-7

Nick Pahlen                             9th                5-13

Hyler Fluharty                       11th                2-12

 

Graduates:

Jake Magnell                        34-4                1st Section/AC          (131 Career Wins)

Blake DeHate                       23-16              6th Section/AC         (52 Career Wins)

 

 

WEST MARSHALL FUSION WARREN/OLSO/ALVARADO-STEPEHEN/ARGLE

Head Coach: Bill Potucek

Enrollment: WAO 122/Stephen-Argyle Central 104/226 Total

Dual Meet Records Unknown

Tenth Place Crookston “Rod Olson” Invitational: 22 Pts. (4 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Hunter Roller                        10th                5-19

Trevor Mataoski                   11th                2-15

Conner Jensen                      10th                6-18

James Blair                            12th                2-16

Caleb Gmsky                          10th                6-9

 

 

MAT RATS CLASS 7A PREVIEW 2014-2015

 

MAT RATS CLASS 7A PREVIEW 2014-2015

 

FAVORITES: PIERZ PIONEERS and the AITKIN GOBBLERS

The Pioneers posted awesome 27-2 dual meet marks last season, along with a conference, section and fifth place state honors. They have back from that team two state qualifiers, including one state place winner, six section place winners and three with a great deal of experience. They graduated seven seniors, including six state qualifiers, including one state placer. Despite the fact that they graduated half of the team, look for the Pioneers to defend not only those regular season championships, conference. They should make a strong run at defending their section honors, look for this young team to improve over the course of the season. Kolton Eischens, Brett Kapsner, Brandon Ortman, Andrew Tomala, Matt Kummet and Teddy Dehler to be their key leaders thru out the season.

The Gobblers of Aitkin posted 14-6 dual meet marks, they won a conference championship and they were a final four team in this section dual meet campaign. They have back four state qualifiers, eight section place winners and eight with a great deal of experience. The Gobblers didn’t graduate anyone from their team last spring, look for them to improve on those dual meet marks. They should defend those conference honors and look for them to make a strong run for section honors. Jerod Novak, Alan Bast, Noah Landrus, Tyler Bare, Chris Jackson and Jack Braton should be their key leaders thru out the season.

 

DARKHORSES: ROYALTON ROYALS and the BLACKDUCK/CASS LAKE BEARS and the HOLDINGFORD HUSKERS

 

The Bears of Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena were section runner ups, back from that team are four state qualifiers, five section place winners and eight with experience. Look for them to challenge for section honors in this very balanced dual meet campaign. They did graduate six last spring, including a state place winner and a section place winner. Andrew Nissen, Tanner Templin, Kyle Michalek, Luca Reiplinger and Cooper Jedlicka should be their key leaders thru out the season.

The Royals of Royalton posted 10-7 dual meet marks last season, just missed one of the top four spots in this section dual meet campaign. They return three state qualifiers, four section place winners, four with a great deal of experience, including an all conference performer. They did graduate five seniors last spring including a state champion and two section place winners. The Royals will be a very young team, but look for them to continue to make huge strides during the course of the season. Look for them to improve on those dual meet marks. The Royals should make a very strong challenge for conference honors and for one of those final four spots in what should be a very balanced section dual meet campaign. Brad Kroll, Kyle Lange, Michael Petron, Jackson Held and Brady Moulzolf should be their key leaders thru out the season.

The Huskers of Holdingford posted 16-10 dual meet marks last season and they earned one of those final four sports in the section dual meet campaign. Back from that teamP two state place winners, six section place winners and five with a great deal of experience. They did graduate one outstanding last season, so look for the Huskers to challenge those dual meet marks and to be a challenge for anyone in the conference and this very balanced section. Zach Scott, Nathan Brinker, Clem Gerads, Jake Knettel and Jamie Koetter should be their key leaders thru out the season.

Look for this section to be a barn burner as there are five teams that may actually have a shot at a section championships. There are four state tourney medal winners back from last season including: Kolten Eischens earned second place from Pierz, Zach Scott and Nathan Brinker both earned sixth place from Holdingford and Nik Borchert earned sixth place of Mille Lacs. There are a total of twelve state qualifiers returning from last year’s state tourney action: Brett Kapsner of Pierz, Jerod Novak, Alan Bast, Noah Landrus and Tyler Bare of Aitkin, Brad Kroll, Kyle Lange and Michael Petron of Royalton, Andrew Nissen, Tanner Templin, Kyle Michalek and Lucas Reiplinger of Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena.

Look for the following wrestlers: Austin Gall and Cole Brausen of Pierz, Sam Roring, Jonah Perrine and Kyle Lynn of Aitkin, Jackson Held and Clinton Gadacz of Royalton, Trevor Smith, Mason Frenzel and Ian Frenzel of Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena, Luke Thompson of Mille Lacs, Justin Bruss of Nashwack-Keewatin and Eric Ortloff and Jace Gevins of Deer River to challenge for medals at the end of the season.

 

PIERZ PIONEERS

Head Coach: Mark Jensen

Enrollment: 329

Section: 7A

 

27-2 Overall 6-0 Central Minnesota Conference Champions

Fifth Place Class A State

Section 7A Champions

Fourteen Section Place Winners Eight State Qualifiers Two State Placers

First Place South St. Paul “Pete Veldman” Invite: 207.5 Pts. (10 Placers) (16 Teams)

Third Place Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational: 149 Pts. (9 Placers (16 Teams)

Third Place Eden Prairie “Eagles” Invitational: 145.5 Pts. (12 Placers)

Foley “Falcon” Duals: 3-0

Returning Wrestlers:

Kolten Eischens                   11th                37-12              1st Section/2nd State/AC

Brett Kapsner                       10th                38-11              2nd Section/AC

Brandon Ortman                  10th                35-7                3rd Section/AC

Matt Kummet                        10th                24-10              4th Section/AC

Andrew Tomala                    10th                23-12              3rd Section/AC

Teddy Dehler                        11th                23-17              5th Section

Austin Gall                             12th                18-21              3rd Section

Cole Brausen                        12th                12-17              6th Section

Lane Girtz                              10th                4-2

Reese Kapsner                     8th                 5-4

Grant Smude                         10th                3-4

 

Graduates:

Chris Ortman                        41-6                1st Sec./4th State/AC          (153-41 Career) Jordan Goebel     39-6                2nd Section/AC                     (91-55 Career)

Brandon Sullivan                37-13              1st Section/AC                      (144-66 Career)

Evan Woitalla                       28-13              2nd Section/AC         (107-53 Career)

Ryley Smude                         33-13              2nd Section/AC         (111-83 Career)

Curtis Brisk                           26-13              2nd Section               (52-35 Career)

Tyler Millner                          2-1

 

AITKIN GOBBLERS

Head Coach: Kevin Lemke

Enrollment: 344

Section: 7A

 

14-6 Overall   5-0 Great River Conference Champions

Final 4 Section 7A

Twelve Section Place Winners   Four State Qualifiers

First Place Great River Conference Tournament: 269.5 Pts. (14 Placers)

Second Place Grand Rapids “Skip Nalan” Tournament” 179.5 Pts. (13 Placers)

Third Place Mora “Mustangs” Invitational: 134.5 Pts. (12 Placers)

Fifth place Bemidji “Rick Lee” Invitational: 132 Pts. (10 Placers)  

Twenty-Third Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 57 Pts. (2 Placers)

Second Place Naswauk-Keewatin “Titans Range Rumble” Duals: 2-1

 

Returning Wreslers:

Jerod Novak                 11th            35-5            1st Section/AC

Alan Bast                       12th            20-4            1st Section

Tyler Bare                      11th            22-17          2nd Section/AC

Noah Landrus               11th            18-7            2nd Section/AC

Chris Jackson               12th            24-15          5th Section/AC

Dan Nordean                 12th            21-15          4th Section

Sam Roring                     11th            18-12          4th Section

Jonah Perrine                12th            16-13          4th Section/AC

Silas Berg                         10th            17-19

Mitchell Stevenson       10th            11-21

Kenny Hesse                    10th            11-10          5th Section

Kyle Lynn                          11th            17-18          3rd Section

Jordan Fiske                    12th            11-14          4th Section/AC

Bryce Haugly                    11th            3-2            5th Section

Jacob Haestuen               10th            8-11

Dan Christian                   11th            6-10

Jake Pederson                  11th            5-4

Matt Vogtlin                       11th            3-7

Michael Roth                      11th            3-4

 

ROYALTON ROYALS

Head Coach: Scott Gorecki

Enrollment: 177

Section 7A

 

10-7 Overall   4-3 Park Region Conference Duals

Ten Section Place Winners   Four State Qualifiers   State Champion

Fourth Place Park Region Conference Tournament: 147 Pts. (9 Placers)

Fourth Place Elk River “Elks” Invitational: 133.5 Pts. (10 Placers)

Sixth Place Bemidji “Rick Lee” Invitational: 120.5 Pts (9 Placers)

Thirteenth Place Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invitational: 57.5 Pts. (2 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Kyle Lange                      11th            27-7            2nd Section/AC

Brad Kroll                       11th            26-10          2nd Section/AC

Michael Petron              10th            18-8            1st Section

Jackson Held                   8th            17-15          3rd Section

Clint Gadacz                    11th            15-12          3rdSecton

Brady Moulzolf               12th            17-9            AC

Joe Jensen                        12th            12-17

Ty Held                              10th            7-12          5th Section

Lyle Zimmerman             9th            7-16          6th Section

Cody Wensmann            11th            5-11

Amando Perales            10th            4-4

Tim Valencia-Loudin     11th            2-3

Jason Kasella                     9th            2-4

Randale Fernelius           10th            1-8

 

Graduates:

Mitch Lange                    40-2            1st Sec./State Champ/AC        (204-38 Career)

Shawn Urbanski            17-12          3rd Section

Matt Neu                           16-22          5th Section

Tony Gadacz                                              Injured

Matt Presler                       4-0

 

BLACKDUCK/CASS LAKE/BENA BEARS

Head Coach: Jay Reiplinger

Enrollment: 148 Blackduck/135 Cass Lake/283 Total

 

Dual Meet Record Unknown

Section 7A Runner Up

Eleven Section Place Winners   Five State Qualifiers

First Place Fosston “Alfred Olson Memorial” Invitational: 202 Pts. (12 Placers)

First Place Fertile “Northwest” Invitational: 162 Pts. (10 Placers)

Third Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 132.5 (8 Placers)

Third Place Bemidji “Rick Lee” Invitational: 179 Pts. (12 Placers)

Third Place Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational: 110 Pts (9 Placers) 15 Teams

First Place WHAN “Wolf Pack” Invitational: 209.5 Pts (13 Placers)

Ninth Place Thief River Falls “Prowler” Invitational: 77 Pts. (3 Placers)

 Returning Wrestlers:

Andrew Nissen                      12th                33-6                2nd Section/AC

Tanner Templin                    12th                32-8                1st Section/AC

Kyle Michalek                        12th                28-16              2nd Section/AC

Lucas Reiplinger                    9th                25-13              2nd Section/AC

Cooper Jedlicka                    12th                26-14              3rd Section/AC

Ian Frenzel                               8th                23-15              4th Section

Trevor Smith                          12th                22-13              5th Section

Mason Frenzel                       11th                22-16              4th Section

David Foster                          10th                17-14              4th Section

Tanner George                       12th                11-11

Danny Fredrickson              12th                2-1

Hunter Wilcowski                  9th                5-7

Mason Preston                       10th                3-7

Larry Favela                               8th                4-3

Jay Cheney                                 11th                2-5

Jo Jo Pfiefer                               11th                2-1

 

Graduates:

Daven Staples                      35-4                1st Sec./5th State/AC          (133-67 Career)

Nathan Jablonski                14-7                4th Section                           (84-76 Career)

Dylan Notermann                 13-13

Daman Staples                     2-5

Tyler Bird                               2-2

Matt Patch                            2-6

 

 

 

HOLDINGFORD HUSKERS

Head Coach: Logan Olien

Enrollment: 286

Section: 6A

 

16-10 Overall 4-2 Central Minnesota Conference

Final 4 Section 7A

Nine Section Place Winners Two State Qualifiers

Fourth Place Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa “Jaguar” Invitational: 100.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

Fifth Place Morris Area “Tigers” Invitational: 101 Pts. 8 Placers)

Fifth Place Paynesville “Bulldog” Invitational: 120 Pts. (9 Placers)

Ninth Place Foley “Tom Keating Memorial” Invitational: 91.5 Pts (6 Placers)

Second Place Rogers “Royal Rumble” Duals: 2-1

Fifth Place Frazee “Les Kerscher” Duals: 2-1

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Zach Scott                         12th            37-10          2nd Section/6th State/AC

Nathan Brinker              12th            31-10          1st Section/6th State/AC

Clem Gerads                    11th            22-12          3rd Section

Jake Knettel                    12th            25-5            3rd Section

Jamie Koetter                 12th            22-20          4th Section

Tony Kierstead              10th            14-14          5th Section

Ryan Skroch                     11th            12-20          5th Section

Walker Nienaber           10th            9-14          4th Section

Tazz Toflinger                12th            10-16

Keaton Knutson            11th            3-8

Kevin Robak                    9th            5-9

Nolan Prokatt                10th            7-13

Alex Lange                        8th            7-16

 

Graduates:

Kyle Gerads                            37-4            3rd Section/AC     (134-45 Career)

 

CROSBY-IRONTON RANGERS

Head Coach: Brian Wood

Enrollment: 296

Section: 7A

 

4-15 Overall

Six Section Place Winners   Three State Qualifiers   Two State Qualifiers

Third Place Prairie Valley “Knight Hawk” Invite: 135.5 Pts. (8 Placers) (11 Teams)

Third Place Rush City “Tigers” Invitational: 160.5 Pts. (10 Placers)

Fourth Place WHAN “Wolf Pack” Invitational: 126.5 Pts. (9 Placers) (11 Teams)

Ninth Place HOL/Mid-State Conference Tournament: 64 Pts. (4 Placers) (13 Teams)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Gabe Ryappy                   9th            7-22

Andrew Gripentrog      9th            2-19          6th Section

Kaven Blazek                  9th            11-16

Larry Orlander             12th            4-0

Jacob Berg                    10th            3-3

Harley Christenson    12th             2-2

Taylor Fuller                  12th            1-1

Jacoby Hammonds      10th         1-1

 

Graduates:

Cole Grinsteinner                   39-6             1st Sec./4th State/AC    (102-41 Career)

Brett Nelson                           27-11          1st Section                    (77-62 Career)

Cody Lasher                            19-17          3rd Section                    (63-52 Career)

Joe Sura                                   22-15          4th Section                    (74-74 Career)

Dustin Sharp                           5-26

Wyatt Sharp                            5-27

Derik Olander                         4-9

Michael Barkowitz                  1-3

 

 

 

MILLE LACS RAIDERS

Head Coach: Brady Hermel

Enrollment: 118 Isle/133 Onamia/251 Total

Section: 7A

 

5-7 Overall   4-1 Great River Conference

Seven Section Place Winners

Third Place Great River Conference Tournament: 165 Pts. (13 Placers)

Fourth Place Rush City “Tigers” Invitational” 159 Pts. (12 Placers)

Fifth Place Perham “KLN Family Brands” Invitational: 97 Pts. (9 Placers)

Eight Place West Central Area “Grant County” Tournament: 63.5 Pts. (4 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Nik Borchert                   12th            31-6            1st Section/6th State/AC

Luke Thompson             12th            27-13          6th Section

Austin Sperr                     12th            17-21

Reese Peterson                11th           19-14

Hunter Gummen             11th            19-18          5th Section

Matt Jeska                           8th            18-19          5th Section

Matt Patrick                      10th            13-26          6th Section

Sam Virnig                         11th            12-14

Chris Faust                         11th            8-15          5th Section

Colt Cashman                     11th            5-16          5th Section

 

Graduates:

Matthew Petty               17-7            Injured        All Conference     (96 Career Wins)

 

 

 

NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN/GREENWAY TITANS

Head Coach: TBA

Enrollment: 129 N-K/239 Greenway

 

6-11 Overall

Four Section Place Winners

Seventh Place Grand Rapids “Skip Nalan” Invitational: 69 Pts. (5 Placers)

Ninth Place Bemidji “Rick Lee” Invitational: 25 Pts. (3 Placers)

Eight Place North Branch “Viking” Invitational: 64 Pts. (4 Placers)

Eleventh Place WHAN “Wolf Pack” Invitational: 49 Pts. (3 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Justin Bruss                  10th            21-18          3rd Section

Tristan Corrow              8th            5-16          6th Section

Maruis Cobb                  10th            6-14

Kole Platt                          8th            6-13

Bryce Smith                     8th            5-16

Monty Nelson                 8th            5-14

Hunter Koski                10th            4-15

Steve Weller                   10th            4-12

Devin Lehman                 9th            3-10

Dalton Feldhaus            10th            3-12

Matt Lelonek                    10th            2-12

Aaron Bouchie                10th            2-5

Nathan Porterfield           9th            2-8

 

Graduates:

Jaden Erkkila                30-7            2nd Section/4th State

Mitch Bonderson           26-5            3rd Section

 

 

DEER RIVER WARRIORS

Head Coach: Steve Berg

Enrollment: 199

 

Fifth Place Ogilvie “Lions” Invitational: 82 Pts. (7 Placers)

Eight Place Rush City “Tigers” Invitational: 65 Pts. (5 Placers)

Ninth Place WHAN “Wolf Pack” Invitational: 50 Pts. (3 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Jace Geving                             9th                20-15              4th Section

Eric Ortloff                             12th                12-10             

Spencer Tibbets                   12th                16-17

Tyler Gunderson                  9th                16-18

Brady Long                            8th                10-4

Brody Peck                            12th                5-6

John Grife                             12th                 5-16

Kacey Braford                      11th                3-13

William Latimar                   10th                3-21

Jarred Robbitt                      10th                3-0

Jamaal Baird                        9th                2-1

Jack Latimer                        10th                1-23              6th Section

 

 

OGILVIE LIONS

Head Coach: Adam Halvorson

Enrollment: 155

Section: 7A

 

0-10 Overall 0-5 Great River Conference

Five Section Placers

Fourth Place Trinity “Tri-Hawk” Invitational: 99 Pts. (8 Placers)

Third Place Ogilvie “Lions” Invitational: 102 Pts (10 Placers)

Sixth Place Great River Conference Tournament: 77 Pts. (10 Placers)

Sixth Place Rush City “Tigers” Invitational: 122 Pts. (8 Placers)

Seventh Place Pine City “Dragon” Invitational: 74 Pts. (7 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Cole Felde                     10th            17-15          6th Section/AC

Tristan Berg                 12th            13-5            Injured

Shane Carlson               12th            12-16          4th Section

Dillon Troupe                 12th            12-15          6th Section

Matthew Warren            9th            11-21

Brady Ryan                       9th            12-19

Gage Peterson                10th            6-12

Dalton Peterson            12th            3-6

Tristan Hoffman            8th            2-3

Jacob Felde                      8th            1-18

 

Graduate:

Dylan DeVlaeminck   20-15          6th Section

Joey Ortis                       2-14          6th Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAT RATS CLASS 6A PREVIEW 2014-2015

MAT RATS CLASS 6A PREVIEW 2014-2015

FAVORITES: WEST CENTRAL AREA KNIGHTS and the HEWITT/VERNDALE RAIDERS

 

The Raiders of Bertha Hewitt/Verndale posted 18-4 dual meet marks and they were conference dual champs and section champions. Back from that very good season are four state qualifiers, three section place winners and six with a great deal of experience. They did graduate six very good seniors, including two state qualifiers and four section place winners. They may be hard pressed to challenge those dual meet numbers, but look for this young team to improve during the course of the season. They should challenge for section honors again this season. Dillon Card, Anthony Kern, Ethan Kimber, Zach Waln and Holton Truax should be the Raiders key leaders thru out the season.

The Knights of West Central Area had an awesome season as they posted 17-5 dual meet marks last season. They were a final four team in this very balanced section dual meet campaign. Back from that team are five state qualifiers, including one state place winner, two section place winners and twelve with experience. They graduated just one wrestler last spring, so look for some big things from this young team. They should challenge those dual meet marks, conference and section honors. Hunter Fick, Royal Crow, Jake Nohre, Jake Larkin and Levi Larkin should be their key leaders thru out the season.

DARKHORSES: BARNESVILLE TROJANS and the BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS

The Buccaneers of Border West posted 14-8 dual meet number last season and they earned section runner up. Back from that team are two state qualifiers, including a state champion, six section place winners and eight with experience. They did graduate three seniors, two of which were state qualifiers, one a state place winner. Look for the Buccaneers to challenge those dual meet numbers, if they do stay healthy, looking for a deep run in the football playoffs. They should be a challenge for any team in this balanced section dual meet campaign. Cameron Sykora, Tracer Lee, Carter Barnes and Kadin Spindler should be their key leaders thru out the season.

The Trojans of Barnesville posted 13-6 dual meet marks last season, they struggled thru many injuries and some illness last season. They still earned one of the final four spots in this section dual meet campaign. Back from that team are one state qualifier, seven section place winners, five with a great deal of experience and one injured wrestler with state tourney experience. They graduated five seniors last spring, one state qualifier and two section place winners. Look for the Trojans to challenge those dual meet marks from last season and to give anyone a strong challenge in this section dual meet campaign, if they stay healthy. Rylee Anderson, Zac Anderson, Dana Berg, Brady Tweeton and Conner Meyer to be their key leaders thru out the season.

Look for the Vikings of Pelican Rapids and the Cardinals of Staples-Motley to make strong bids for a top four spot in this dual meet campaign. There are four state tourney medal winners back from last season including one state champion: Cameron Sykora of Border West, Dillon Card earned third place and Anthony Kern earned sixth place, both from Bertha Hewitt/Verndale and Hunter Fick earned fifth place from West Central Area. There are a total of thirteen state qualifiers returning from last year’s state tourney action; Ethan Kimber and Zack Waln of Bertha Hewitt/Verndale, Royal Crow, Jake Larkin and Levi Larkin of West Central Area, Tracer Lee Border West, Rylee Anderson of Barnesville, Hobet Diaz and Danny Franco of Pelican Rapids, Kyle Schlosser, Logan Nibbe and Josh McKeown of Prairie Valley.

Look for the following wrestlers: Charlton Nienaber, Hayden Truax and Marshall Willis of Bertha Hewitt/Verndale, Buzz Miller, Keaton Long, Kyle Mickelson and Tyler Onstad of West Central Area, Eric Schwagel and Zak Aldeman of Border West, Alex Stettlemeyer, Brady Martz, Brady Berg and Kieran Johnson of Barnesville, Eric Lisson, Jeremy Miller and Jake Swendsrud of Staples-Motley, Robert Mazariegos of Pelican Rapids, Jeremiah Harper, Austin Haman, Sam Erckenbrack of New York Mills, Brandon Monson and Isaac Malone of Wadena-Deer Creek and Travis Miranowski of Breckenridge/Campell Tintah to challenge for medals at the end of the season.

 

WEST CENTRAL AREA KNIGHTS

Head Coach: Brandon Gruchow

Enrollment: 186

Section: 6A

 

17-5 Overall   7-2 Park Region Conference

Final Four Section 6A  

Seven Section Place Winners Five State Qualifiers

Third West Central Area “Grant County” Invitational: 152 Pts. (9 Placers)

Third Place Morris Area “Tigers” Invitational: 147.5 Pts. (11 Placers)

Sixth Place Park Region Conference Tournament: 111 Pts. (9 Placers)

Sixteenth Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 74.5 Pts. (4 Placers) 36 Teams

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Hunter Fick                   12th            36-9            2nd Section/5th State

Royal Crow                    12th            35-7            2nd Section/AC

Jake Nohre                    10th            36-8            2nd Section/AC

Levi Larkin                    9th            29-5            2nd Section

Buzz Miller                     11th            28-12          4th Section

Keaton Long                   10th            24-16          3rd Section

Jake Larkin                     11th            22-11          2nd Section

Kyle Mickelson              12th            20-18         

  1. J. Waskasky 11th 11-16

Tyler Onstad                     10th            15-19

Sid Kamrath                     11th            11-16

Drake Swanson               10th            5-4

Koel Seifert                       12th            6-16

Blake Amundson            11th            3-9

Aiden Winter                     9th            2-3

Wyatt Odegaard              11th            2-7

Sach Salo                           11th            1-2

Trenton Telkamp            11th            1-5

 

Graduate:

Braeden Long                17-10

 

BARNESVILLE TROJANS

Head Coach: Art Meyer

Enrollment: 223

13-6 Overall

Final Four Section 6A

Twelve Section Place Winners Two State Qualifiers

First Place Barnesville “Trojans” Invitational: 185.5 Pts. (13 Placers)

Fifth Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 119 Pts. (6 Placers) 36 Teams

Seventh Place HOL/Mid-State Conference Tourney: 90 Pts. (6 Placers) 13 Teams

Fourth Place Zumbrota-Mazzeppa “Cougar” Duals:

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Rylee Anderson                    12th                36-7                1st Section

Brady Tweeton                     9th                32-7                3rd Section/AC

Dana Berg                             12th                27-8                3rd Section/AC

Zac Anderson                       12th                25-15              3rd Section

Conner Meyer                       11th                21-3                Injured

Alex Settlemeyer                 12th                15-10              3rd Section

Brady Martz                           9th                16-12              3rd Section

Kieran Johnson                    10th                18-14              3rd Section

Brady Berg                            10th                16-6                Injured

James Riley                          12th                5-7                 5th Section

Alex Peppel                           10th                5-17             

Caleb Stetz                            9th                3-0

Xavier Kadrmas                   10th                3-5

Josh Tweeton                       11th                2-1

 

Graduates:

Kyler Votava                         32-2                1st Section/AC          (98-26 Career)

Maverick Brady                    9-17              4th Section

Ryne Kisch                            4-9                 5th Section

Alex Wheelright                    6-6                 Injured                       (60-39 Career)

Jace Nosal                            2-3

 

 

BERTHA HEWITT/VERNDALE RAIDERS

Head Coach: Steve Techam

Enrollment: 110 Bertha Hewitt/121 Verndale/231 Total

Section: 6A

 

18-4 Overall 8-0 Park Region Conference

Section 6A Champions

Thirteen Section Place Winners Six State Qualifiers

First Place New London-Spicer “Wildcats” Invitational: 216 Pts. (13 Placers)

Second Place Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa “Jaguar” Invitational: 175 Pts. (11 Placers)

Second Place Barnesville “Trojans” Invitational: 153 Pts. (10 Placers)

Third Place Wadena-Deer Creek “Dennis Kaatz” Invitational: 157 Pts. (9 Placers)

Fifth Place Park Region Conference Tournament: 123 Pts. (9 Placers0

Ninth Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 105 Pts. (4 Placers) 36 Teams

 

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Dillon Card                     12th            45-1            1st Section/3rd State/AC

Anthony Kern                12th            43-6            1st Section/6th State

Ethan Kimber                10th            31-11          2nd Section

Zack Waln                      10th            29-10          2nd Section

Holt Truax                       9th            27-17          3rd Section

Charlton Nienaber      11th            16-12

Brady Baker                   12th            11-9

Hayden Truax                12th            17-16          3rd Section

Marshall Willis              12th            19-11

Jarret Kveton                   8th            7-10          6th Section

Nick Peterson                  11th            4-11

Jarod Hall                         11th            3-2

Braydon Bertram             9th            3-14

 

Graduates:

Dalton Baker                  35-11          2nd Section/AC    (109-60 Career)

Justin Gordon               34-12          4th Section          (108-52 Career)

Nick Bennett                  29-9            2nd Section                   (82-72 Career)

Andrew Bounds             24-11          3rd Section          (73-64 Career)

Andrew Cihlar                23-23          3rd Section         

John French                    17-17          6th Section          (40-48 Career)              

 

 

BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS

Head Coach: Paul Frisch

Enrollment: 117 Wheaton/20 Herman-Norcross/94 Clinton-Graceville/231

Total Section: 6A

 

14-8 Overall

Section 6A Runner Up

Ten Section Place Winners Four State Qualifiers

Seventh Place Wahpeton “Dan Unruh” Invitational: 118.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

Seventh Place West Central Area “Grant County” Invitational: 78 Pts. (4 Placers)

Eight Place Lisbon, ND “Storhaug” Invitational: 121 Pts. (7 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Cameron Sykora                  12th                35-0                1st Section/State Champion

Tracer Lee                             11th                28-6                2nd Section

Kaden Spindler                     9th                30-13              5th Section

Carter Barnes                       11th                24-17             

Eric Schwagel                       11th                19-11              6th Section

Zak Aldeman                         12th                12-17              4th Section

Mason Pullis                          12th                10-21              6th Section

Josh Stueve                            12th                9-19              5th Section

Jordan Combellick              12th                5-8                 5th Section

Chris Kleindl                         12th                8-20

Dylan Menge                         10th                13-19

Jason Martinez                     9th                7-9

Jacob Hasbargen                10th                3-8

Cormick Combellick            12th                3-6

Bradan Krump                      12th                1-2

Dakota Andrews                  10th                1-1

 

Graduates:

Austin Maanum                    40-5                1st Sec./4th State    (169-51 Career)

Dylan Pullis                            29-11              1st Section                (64-41 Career)

Curt Odegaard                      4-13

 

NEW YORK MILLS EAGLES

Head Coach: Eric Niemi

Enrollment: 162

Section: 6A

 

8-7 Overall 1-4 Park Region Conference

Seven Section Place Winners

Third Place Park Region Conference Tournament: 155 Pts. (9 Placers)

Fourth Place West Central Area “Grant County” Invitational: 137 Pts. (10 Placers)

Fourth Place Perham “KLN Family Brands” Invitational: 145.5 Pts (12 Placers)

Sixth Place Thief River Falls “Prowler” Invitational: 96.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

Fifteenth Place Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invitational: 80.5 Pts. (2 Placers) 36 Teams

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Jeremiah Harper           12th            24-4            All Conference

Austin Haman                12th            22-12          5th Section/AC

Sam Erckenbrack          11th            22-12          3rd Section

Cole Grabow                    12th            11-16          6th Section

Brain Pyle                         12th            11-11

Nick Hendrickx             10th            9-15

Johnny Flynn                 10th            6-13

Jesse Roberts                 11th            4-10

Ryan Roberts                  11th            4-3

Charlie Fox                       9th            1-1  

 

Graduates:

Tyler Patron                    33-4            1st Sec./4th State/AC

Tyler Ehnert                    25-10          5th Section

Taylor Ericksrud            22-14          4th Section/AC

Gunner Flynn                  26-13          5th Section/AC

 

PELICAN RAPIDS VIKINGS

Head Coach: Harold Holt

Enrollment: 266

9-12 Overall   2-4 Heart of Lakes

Eight Section Place Winners Three State Qualifiers

Fifth Place Lake Park “Terry Teiken” Invitational: 131 Pts. (9 Placers)

Sixth Place HOL/Mid-State Conference Tournament” 99.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

Seventh Place Prairie Valley “Knight Hawk” Invitational: 117 Pts. (10 Placers)

West Central Area “Grant County” Invitational: 54.5 Pts. (3 Placers)

Fourth Place Hillsboro, ND “Burros” Duals: 3-2

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Danny Franco                       12th                26-10              1st Section/AC

Robert Mazariegos              12th                25-7                Injured/AC

Hobet Diaz                             11th                21-14              2nd Section

Jason Meyer                         11th                17-12              6th Section

Dakota Pixley                       11th                19-21              3rd Section

Alex Diaz                                11th                12-21              4th Section

Nick Thompson                    12th                17-19              5th Section

Guillerno Rosiles                  12th                7-13

Alejandro Romero                11th                8-21

Casey Kulsrud                      10th                6-5                 4th Section

Carson Haugrud                   9th                5-5

 

Graduates:

Eddie Ramos                         28-13              2nd Section/AC

Josh Klovstad                      8-14

 

STAPLES-MOTLEY CARDINALS

Head Coach: Dave Anglin

Enrollment: 302

Section: 6A

 

9-8 Overall 3-2 Mid-State Conference

Nine Section Place Winners   Two State Qualifiers

Third Place WHAN “Wolf Pack” Invitational: 133 Pts (9 Placers)

Sixth Place Fertile-Betrami “Pine to Prairie” Invitational: 124 Pts (9 Placers)

Eleventh Place HOL/Mid-State Conference Tournament: 43 Pts. (4 Placers)

Eight Place Prairie Valley “Knight Hawk” Invitational: 105 Pts. (8 Placers)

Eight Place Wadena-Deer Creek “Dennis Kaatz” Invitational: 76.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Alex Erpelding             10th            32-9            1st Section/AC

Eric Lisson                    10th            26-12          4th Section

Jeremy Miller               11th            16-16          3rd Section

Jake Swendsrud           12th            20-20          4th Section

Blake Gerard                  10th            12-14          4th Section

Dillon Massey                12th            4-10          6th Section

Dalton Holmberg           9th            5-10

Jake Bendson                10th            3-3

Devin Brown                   11th            3-6

Braden Tyrell                   9th            2-8

 

Graduates:

Drew Peterson               31-11          1st Section/AC

Gage Brown                    10-10          4th Section

Nathan Johnson            11-20          6th Section

Mike Moxley                     8-11

Brian Mitts                         7-8

Tim Boid                             1-13

 

PRAIRIE VALLEY KNIGHT HAWKS

Head Coach: Billy Wagner

Enrollment: 144 Parkers Prairie/50 Eagle Valley/194 Total

Section: 6A

 

3-14 Overall   0-7 Park Region Conference

Six Section Place Winners Three State Qualifiers

Tenth Place Prairie Valley “Knight Hawk” Invitational: 64 Pts. (6 Placers)

Ninth Place Glencoe/Silver Lake “Don Hall” Invitational: 26 Pts. (2 Placers)

Eight Place Barnesville “Trojan” Invitational: 28 Pts. (2 Placers)

Tenth Place Park Region Conference Tournament: 42 Pts (5 Placers)

Thirteenth Place Thief River Falls “Prowler” Invitational: 37 Pts. (3 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Logan Nibbe                   12th            38-6            1st Section

Josh McKeown              10th            26-14          2nd Section

Kyle Schlosser              12th            15-5            1st Section

Justin Mattocks             9th            12-13          5th Section

Tom Leeseberg             11th            13-27

Eric Brauch                    10th            9-23

Nic Shircliff                     12th            14-21

Will Dodds                      12th            7-20

J. Marotto                       12th             5-19          5th Section

Trevor Areneau             8th              7-13

Mason Nibbe                   9th            6-29

Nolan Hart                     10th            5-22

Zach Ward                     10th            5-8

 

Graduate:

Dillon Borchert              22-17          4th Section

 

 

WADENA-DEER CREEK WOLVERINES

Head Coach: Norman Gallant

Enrollment: 246

Section: 6A

 

 

9th Place Wadena/Deer Creek “Dennis Kaatz” Invitational: 34 Pts. (3 Placers)

13th Place HOL/Mid-State Conference Tournament: 29 Pts. (3 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Brandon Monson         11th            10-16          4th Section

Isaac Malone                 12th            11-18

Blaine Snyder                10th            7-20

Tristan Godel                12th            5-2

Lee Spencer                    10th            8-5

Tyler Wheeler                10th            4-17

Riley Siefert                      9th            4-11

Carter Wright                10th            3-17

Presley Sleyster             10th           2-8

Austin Koljonen             12th            2-8

Alex Gould                         9th            1-9

Dylan Johnson                10th            1-4

 

Graduates:

Devin Barthel                26-11          1st Section/6th Section/AC (76-60 Career)

Caleb Monson                11-14          5th Section

 

BRECKENRIDGE COWBOYS

Head Coach: Matt Anderson

Enrollment: 234

Section: 6A

 

0-15 Overall 0-5 Heart of Lakes

Four Section Place Winners

Eight Place Melrose “Early Bird” Invitational: 49 Pts. (2 Placers)

Eight Place Morris “Tiger” Invitational: 45 Pts. (5 Placers)

Eleventh Place Prairie Valley “Knight Hawk” Invitational: 47 Pts. (2 Placers)

12th Place HOL/Mid-State Conference Tournament: 40 Pts. (3 Placers)

Thirteenth Place Wahpeton “Dan Unruh” Invitational: 39.5 Pts (2 Placers)

 

Returning Wrestlers:

Travis Miranowski                   11th            20-12          4th Section

 

 

 

Graduates:

Conrad Kondos              40-4            2nd Section/3rd State   (151-46 Career)

Mark Erickson                 5-26          6th Section

Devin Larson                     9-27          5th Section

Anthony Emerfold            2-27

Austin SynderLehn           1-12