MAT RATS SECTION 5AA (1st Annual)

MAT RATS SECTION 5AA (1st Annual)
2010-2011 Season Preview

FAVORITES: MONTICELLO MAGIC AND THE TOTINO-GRACE EAGLES

DARK HORSES: FRIDLEY TIGERS AND THE ZIMMERMAN THUNDER

MONTICELLO MAGIC
Head Coach: Andy Zigan
Enrollment: 1,125
Section: 5AA

The Magic of Monticello had one of their best season in recent years as they posted a 20-7 dual meet mark and were 6-2 in the Mississippi 8 Conference. Back from their Section Runner Up team are eight state qualifiers, including a state champion and state runner up. Also returning are three others with a great deal of varsity experience from last season. So despite the graduation of three excellent seniors including two state qualifiers look for the Magic to make a strong challenge for Section dual meet honors and defend the tittles they won last season during the regular season. Tyler Mergen, Sabastian Gardner, Jake Schmitz, Eric Bougeois, Logan Draack and Joe Jude to be their key leaders for the upcoming season.

20-7 Overall
6-2 Mississippi 8 Conference Duals
Section 5AA Runner Up
Twelve Section Place Winners/Ten State Qualifiers
Final Guillotine Rating: Lean and Mean
First Place South St. Paul "Pete Veldman" Tourney: 251.5 Points (14 Placers)
First Place Big Lake "Hornet" Tourney: 205.5 Points (12 Placers)
Third Place Farmington "Tigers" Duals: (2-1)
Second Place Monticello "Magic" Duals #2: (3-1)
Third Place Monticello "Magic" Duals #1: (4-1)
First Place Glencoe "Panther" Quadrangular: (3-0)

Returning Wrestlers:
Tyler Mergen 12th 39-1 1st Section/State Champion/AC
Sabastian Gardner 12th 35-2 1st Section/2nd State/AC
Jake Schmitz 12th 36-3 1st Section/AC
Eric Bougeois 11th 33-6 1st Section/AC
Logan Draack 12th 28-10 2nd Section
Joe Jude 12th 27-14 2nd Section/AC
Ryan Michaelis 12th 21-13 AC
Zach Beaumasty 9th 11-13 2nd Section
Carter Barnes 9th 11-20 2nd Section
Jake Berthiaume 9th 14-14 6th Section
Nic Grimley 11th 13-17

Graduates:
Randy Ascher 28-9 3rd Section/AC (Career 119-51)
Jacob Kohler 25-16 2nd Section
Jacob Barker 24-14 2nd Section
Ben Fehn 4-4

TOTINO-GRACE EAGLES
Head Coach: Doug Svihel
Enrollment: 955
Section 5AA

The Eagles posted a great 18-7 dual meet mark last season and a section 5AA championship, back from that team will be seven section place winners including two state tourney wrestlers and four others with a great deal of experience. Despite the graduation of six section place winners including two state tourney wrestlers, look for the Eagles to challenge those dual meet numbers from last season. They should make a very strong challenge to defend those honors from last season and to defend many of their regular season honors. Anthony Gullickson, Joe Gomez, Quinton Thiele and Adam Seifert should be their leaders thru out the season.

18-7 Overall
8-1 North Suburban Conference
Section 5AA Champions
Thirteen Section Place Winners/Six State Qualifiers/Three Place Winners
Final Guillotine Rating: No. 8
Second Place Hutchinson "Tigers" Tourney: 173 Points (14 Placers)
First Place Totino-Grace "Eagles" Tourney: 209.5 Points (11 Placers)
First Place Totino-Grace "Eagles" Duals: (3-0)
First Place Robbinsdale Cooper "Hawks" Duals: (3-0)
Seventeenth Place Rochester "Christmas" Tourney: 89 Points (3 Placers)
Twenty-Fourth Place Fargo "Rumble on Red" Tourney: 73 Points (2 Placers)
Ninth Place Litchfield "Dragon" Tourney: 84 Points (5 Placers)
Seventh Place WEM/JWP "Grizzlies" Tourney: 58 Points (4 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Anthony Gullickson 12th 41-7 1st Section/5th State/AC
Joe Gomez 12th 30-12 2nd Section/AC
Quinton Thiele 12th 30-15 4th Section/AC/6th State 2009
Adam Seifert 12th 18-18 3rd Section
Derek Wolters 11th 17-27 4th Section
Anthony Spartz 11th 16-20 5th Section
Tryg Nelson 10th 14-9 5th Section
John Waters 11th 10-14
Nate Smith 11th 3-4
Rich Donovan 11th 3-5 6th Section 2009
Austin Schutz 12th 3-0

Graduates:
Cody Paulsen 44-4 1st Section/2nd State/AC (Career 141-32)
Jon Ebert 34-16 1st Section/4th State/AC
Joe Feely 32-15 1st Section/AC
Travis Noor 30-15 1st Section
Mark O'Keefe 34-11 3rd Section/AC
Luke Sansvich 32-13 4th Section/AC

ZIMMERMAN THUNDER
Head Coach: Gary Hartman
Enrollment: 511
Section: 5AA

The Thunder have back from a season with a 10-13 dual meet mark four section place winners and seven others with a great deal of experience. Despite the graduation of five seniors including four section place winners of which one was a state place winner, look for this team to challenge for a top four spot in the Section 5AA dual meet campaign and to improve on those dual meet marks from last season. Zach Stepan, Mitch Robinson, Zach Copic and Hunter Smith should be key leaders thru out the season.

10-13 Overall
3-4 Mississippi 8 Conference Duals
Final Four Section 5AA
Ten Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Second Place Fridley "Tigers" Tourney: 165 Points (8 Placers)
Third Place Zimmerman "Thunder" Tourney: 161.5 Points (12 Placers)
Fourth Place Elk River "Elks" Tourney: 126 Points (8 Placers)
Fifth Place Mora "Mustangs" Tourney: 113 Points (9 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Zach Stepan 12th 35-7 2nd Section/AC
Mitch Robinson 10th 25-13 5th Section/AC
Zach Copic 12th 13-12 4th Section
Hunter Smith 9th 11-16 4th Section
Albin Sterneman 12th 13-12
Weston Schwartz 12th 17-21
Alex Koch 9th 10-26
Takuma Padilla 11th 8-20
Luke Anderson 11th 4-7
Josh O'Keefe 11th 3-11
Jon Zdenek 12th 3-6

Graduates:
Jeff Nielsen 36-2 1st Section/3rd State/AC (Career 145-47)
Mike Robinson 17-11 4th Section (Career 80-86)
Quinn Rasmussen 22-17 5th Section (Career 51-39)
Travis Culbertson 12-18 5th Section
Robby Palkovich 6-9


BENILDE-ST. MARGARET'S RED KNIGHTS
Co-Head Coaches: Jerry Henk/Allar
Enrollment: 889
Section 5AA

The Red Knights of Benilde-St. Margaret's will have back four section place winners including one state qualifier and four others with a great deal of experience. They should improve on those dual meet marks from last years, look for them to continue to improve over the course of the season and to possibly pull a surprise at the end of the season. Jarred Oftedahl, Payton Goodrich, Max Holly and Dillan Smith should be their key leaders thru out the season.

3-8 Overall
2-7 North Suburban Conference
Seven Section Place Winners/Three State Qualifiers
Second Place Meadow Creek "Fighting Saints" Tourney: 121 Points (8 Placers)
Seventh Place New London-Spicer "Wildcats" Tourney: 86 Points (8 Placers)
Sixth Place Osseo "Ken Droegenmueller" Tourney: 103.5 Points (6 Placers)
Ninth Place South St. Paul "Pete Veldman" Tourney: 103.5 Points (6 Placers)
Eleventh Place Cannon Falls "Bombers" Tourney: 41 Points (3 Placers)
Twenty-Ninth Place Fargo "Rumble on Red" Tourney: 66 Points (2 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Jarred Oftedahl 10th 34-10 2nd Section/AC
Payton Goodrich 12th 14-26
Max Holly 10th 12-26 3rd Section
Dillan Smith 11th 13-24 6th Section
Jack Abraham 12th 9-23 6th Section
Ian Norman 11th 8-23
Neil Davis 11th 5-29
Liam Gillispie 12th 5-30

Graduates:
Nick Tourville 40-3 1st Section/State Champion/AC
Alex Peck 42-4 1st Section/4th State/AC
Justin Frey 32-12 3rd Section/AC

FRIDLEY TIGERS
Head Coach: Eric Anderson
Enrollment: 740
Section 5AA

The Tigers of Fridley will have back from their 6-9 dual meet campaign six section place winners, including one state place winner and three others with a great deal of experience. With the graduation of just one senior look for the Tigers to improve on those dual meet numbers and to move up in the conference standings. If this team continues to improve look for them to make a strong challenge for one of top four spots in this 5AA dual meet campaign. Patrick Faber, Jesse Root, Ivan Guernesey and Nick Carlson should be their leaders thru out the season.

6-9 Overall
2-7 North Suburban Conference
Six Section Place Winners
Fourth Place Ogilvie "Lions" Tourney: 106.5 Points (8 Placers)
Seventh Place Fridley "Tigers" Tourney: 83 Points (5 Placers)
Eleventh Place Andover "Holiday Classic" Tourney: 40 Points (3 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Patrick Faber 12th 29-10 2nd Section/6th State/AC
Jesse Root 12th 22-10 4th Section
Ivan Guernsey 12th 25-12 5th Section
Nick Carlson 12th 18-14 5th Section
Tyler Ritchie 11th 13-15 6th Section
Justin Renallo 11th 8-16 6th Section
Billy Krenn 8th 10-13
Bashir Adeed 10th 6-17
Chad Christenson 11th 3-16

Graduates:
Feng Lor 16-15

ORONO SPARTANS
Head Coach: Jason Thompson
Enrollment: 866
Section: 5AA

The Spartans of Orono will have back one section place winner and four others with a great deal of experience from last year's team. They did graduate seven seniors including five section place winners of which two were state tourney wrestlers. They will have a tough time making any big improvement on those dual meet numbers, but look for them to bring some of their younger wrestlers along thru out the season. Charlie Schmid and Gavan Winkels should be their key leaders thru out the season.

5-21 Overall
1-7 Wright County Conference
Six Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Fifth Place Andover "Holiday Classic" Tourney: 109.5 Points (6 Placers)
Third Place Hopkins "Paul Bengston" Tourney: 120 Points (9 Placers)
Seventh Place Hutchinson "Tigers" Tourney: 71.5 Points (6 Placers)
35th Place Fargo "Rumble on Red" tourney: 57.5 Points (1 Placer)

Returning Wrestlers:
Charlie Schmid 9th 21-16 5th Section
Gavan Winkels 11th 20-17
Trent Martin 10th 13-17
Tommy Wochman 10th 14-14
Andrew Laubner 11th 8-22

Graduates:
Ryan Arne 40-4 1st Section/4th State/AC
Joey Falde 37-7 2nd Section/AC
Matt Waste 27-15 3rd Section
Charlie Manzoni 23-19 4th Section
Danill Burlacu 9-28 3rdSection
Cameron Lyons 8-18
Henry Kupfer 7-32


ROGERS ROYALS
Head Coach: Matt Leshovsky
Enrollment: 1139
Section: 5AA

The Royals of Rogers will have back six wrestlers with a great deal of experience, this includes three section place winners. They did graduate three section place winners but look for this your team to improve. They should make an improvement on their dual meet marks from last season. Clay LeVasseur , Tim Beach and Kyle Swanson should be their key leaders thru out the season.

4-12 Overall
0-8 Mississippi 8 Conference Duals
Six Section Place Winners
Tenth Place Osseo "Ken Droegemueller" Tourney: 46 Points (3 Placers)
Twelfth Place Maple Grove "Grovers" Tourney: 46 Points (4 Placers)
Eighth Place Chisago Lakes "Wildcats" Tourney: 80 Points (7 Placers)
Sixth Place Brooklyn Center "Centaurs" Tourney: 122 Points (7 Placers)
Eighth Place Zimmerman "Thunder" Tourney: 57 Points (5 Placers)
Ninth Place MC/Spectrum "Fight Saints" Tourney: 74 Points (5 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Clay LeVasseur 11th 23-13 3rd Section/AC
Thomas Kuratkowski 11th 10-17 6th Section
Tim Beach 10th 23-12 6th Section/AC
Kyle Swanson 10th 17-16
Philip Anderson 9th 8-6
Steffen Paige 9th 6-7

Graduates:
Kyle Zilka 13-11 6th Section
Logan Smith 10-23 6th Section
Jerrod Feist 8-9 6th Section

ROCKFORD ROCKETS
Head Coach: Nick Peterson
Enrollment: 430
Section: 5AA

The Rockets will be looking to improve on those dual meet marks from last season, they will have back from last season's team three section place winners and two others with a great deal of experience. They did graduate the Patnode cousins, that will be a huge loss for the Rockets, but look for their younger wrestlers to improve thru the course of the season. John Redepenning, Adm Jakubowski and Ty Griffin should be their leaders thru out the season.

4-16 Overall
0-7 Central Minnesota Conference Duals
Five Section Place Winners
Fifth Place Melrose "Early Bird" Tourney: 105.5 Points (10 Placers)
Sixth Place Maple Grove "Grover" Tourney: 111.5 Points (8 Placers)
Third Place Brooklyn Center "Centaurs" Tourney: 150 Points (8 Placers)
Fifth Place Meadow Creek/Spectrum "Fighting Saints" Tourney: 118 Points (8 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
John Redepenning 11th 34-9 3rd Section
Adam Jakubowski 11th 21-20 3rd Section
Ty Griffin 9th 21-16 4th Section
Zach Johnson 11th 12-6
Mike Gaspar 11th 3-29

Graduates:
Andrew Patnode 35-8 1st Section/5th State
Adam Patnode 17-12 3rd Section


SPECTRUM-LECGACY-PACT STING
Head Coach: Sean Ryther
Enrollment: 179
Section 5AA

The Sting of Spectrum-Lecgacy will have back three section place winners and eight others with a great deal of experience from their 5-9 campaign. Despite the graduation of five seniors look for the Sting to continue to improve thru out the season. If they bring along some of their younger wrestlers they could surprise someone at the end of the season. Paul Nolden, Thomas Pinewski and Cody Plaisance should be their leaders thru out the season.

5-9 Overall
Seven Section Place Winners/Three State Qualifiers
Second Place Tri Metro Tourney: 136.5 Points (11 Placers)
Fifth Place Osseo "Ken Droegenmueller" Tourney: 113.5 Points (8 Placers)
Fifth Place Big Lake "Hornets" Tourney: 119 Points (9 Placers)
Fifth Place Eden Prairie "Eagles" Tourney: 107.5 Points (8 Placers)
Sixth Place Meadow Creek "Fight Saints" Tourney: 115 Points (7 Places)
Eighth Place Mora "Mustangs" Tourney: 92 Points (5 Placers)
45th Place Fargo "Rumble on Red" Tourney: 42 Points (2 Places)

Returning Wrestlers:
Paul Nolden 12th 27-12 3rd Section/AC
Thomas Pinewski 12th 21-18 5th Section/AC
Cody Plaisance 12th 9-8
Andrew Rohr 12th 12-22
Isaac Huffer 12th 3-7 6th Section
Josh Davie 11th 6-7
Jansen Rudzitis 10th 4-17
Joel Gustafson 11th 4-15
Colten Ramsey 11th 4-14
Brett Henkenmeyer 10th 2-5
Michael Enfield 10th 3-0

Graduates:
Ethan Skog 37-6 2nd Section/AC (Career 133-28)
Tommy Teigan 34-8 1st Section/4th State/AC (Career 109-54)
Jon Attia 13-16 6th Section
Zach Owens 2-5
Jesse Hensley 1-5


BROOKLYN-CENTER/CONCORDIA ACADEMY CENTAURS
Head Coach: Nate Gautsch
Enrollment: 367
Section 5AA

The Centaurs of Brooklyn-Center/Concordia have back four section place winners and fourteen others with a great deal of experience. With the graduation of just three seniors look for this team possibly make a challenge for conference honors and in this tight dual meet campaign for a top four spot. William Saydee, Davie Afolabi, Nixon Keago, Jerry Haungs, Malick Ceesay and Ben Goodrich should be their key leaders thru out the season.

Overall
Conference
Six Section Place Winners
First Place Tri Metro Conference Tourney: 144 Points (12 Placers)
Fifth Place Delano "Tigers" Tourney: 86 Points (7 Placers)
Sixth Place Rush City "Tigers" Tourney: 106 Points (8 Placers)
Seventh place Brooklyn Center "Centaur" Tourney: 95 Points (7 Placers)
Fourth Place Saint Croix Lutheran "Crusaders" Tourney: 114 Points (10 Placers)
Second Place Totino-Grace "Eagles" Duals: (2-1)

Returning Wrestlers:
William Saydee 11th 20-16 4th Section
David Afolabi 11th 20-13 5th Section
Nixon Keago 11th 16-10 4th Section
Ben Goodrich 12th 7-3 4th Section
Jerry Haung 11th 16-16
Malick Ceesay 10th 11-2
Christian Navarro 11th 12-18
Nate Ratliff 11th 6-18
Michael Sayavong 11th 5-10
Roderich Harris 12th 5-15
Johnathon Crusoe 11th 2-2
Sam Turner 11th 2-2
Tyler Joles 9th 2-11
Jeremy Doe 11th 2-9
Fortino Rodriquez 11th 2-3
Bradford Williamson 10th 2-2
Brady Chromey 9th 2-4
Travis Potter 11th 2-7

Graduates:
Eli Habighorst 27-10 4th Section
Jake Hanson 26-10 4th Section
Sarger Mohamed 6-10

MINNEAPOLIS PATRICK HENRY PATRIOTS
Head Coach: Joe Berkowitz
Enrollment: 868
Section 5AA

The Patriots of Patrick Henry will return three section place winners and four others with a great deal of experience. Look for this young team to continue to improve over the course of season. Na Xiong, William Boyd, Phon Nguyen and Chou Gee Vang should be their key leaders thru out the season.

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Ninth Place Edison "Twin City" Tourney: 65.5 Points (? Placers)
Tenth Place Fridley "Tigers" Tourney: 51 Points (4 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Na Xiong 11th 26-9 5th Section
William Boyd 12th 24-13 5th Section
Phon Nguyen 11th 17-11 5th Section
Chou Gee Vang 9th 11-13
Bahward Brown 11th 4-13
Keenan Gauna 11th 7-19
Shaheem Dukes 10th 2-16

Graduates:
Aaron Jennings 21-15 3rd Section