MAT RATS A SECTION 6 2010-2011

FARVORITES: BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS and the WADENA-DEER CREEK WOLVERINES

The Buccaneers will have a total of thirteen wrestlers from their Section championship team with a 23-8 dual meet mark. They will have back ten section place winners including four state qualifiers, two of which were state place winners. Despite the graduation of three section place winners they will be looking to defend their section title and for some hardware at the state tourney. Will McCarthy, Gus McCarthy, Mitch Andrews, Ryan Murphy, Wylie Pullis, Billy Connelly and Austin Rinke will be key leaders for the Buccanners.

The Wolverines of Wadena-Deer Creek have back from their 8-9 dual meet campaign a ton of experience. They will return fifteen wrestlers, nine of which were section place winners and three of those got some state tourney experience as well. So despite the graduation of two very good seniors that were both section place winners look for the Wolverines to challenge to section dual meet honors. The Wolverines fans should enjoy a great season with what should be a very balance team. Mitch Steffens, Jordan Rentz, Jacob Wegschied and Jared Wegschied will be their key leaders.

DARKHORSES: NEW YORK MILLS EAGLES and the OTTERTAIL CENTRAL BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs of Ottertail Central will return eighteen wrestlers with a great deal of experience from their 9-9 dual meet campaign. They will have six section place winners return which includes five wrestlers with twenty wins or more. So despite the graduation of five seniors including two section place winners look for the Bulldogs to make a strong challenge for a top four honors in their section dual meet campaign. Zach Johnson, Brendan Hart, Zach Matthys and Greg Blum will be their key leaders for the upcoming season.

The Eagles of New York Mills will have back nine with a great deal of experience from their 15-5 campaign, that include the Park Region Conference Dual Meet Championship. The Eagles have four section place winner returning including two state qualifiers and five others with a lot of experience. So despite the graduation of four very good seniors including three state qualifiers, one a state place winner look for the Eagles by season end to make a strong challenge for section dual meet honors as this years team will make big strides during the season. Shane Novak, Maison Roberts and Tommy Selander should be their key leaders thru out the season.


Look for the West Central Area Knights and the Barnesville Trojans to challenge for a top four spot in this tough section. There are three state medal winners back from last season that includes: Will McCarthy (3rd State) and Gus McCarthy (2nd State) Border West and Stephen Erlandson (2nd State) of Breckenridge. There are a total of sixteen returning state qualifiers from last year's state tourney action. Those not mentioned above are: Seth Felland and Jon Pikop of West Central Area, Hans Peppel of Barnesville, Jim Cossette of Pelican Rapids, Colin Turchin of Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale, Kevin Hahn of Parkers Prairie and Greg Erlandson of Breckenridge.

Look for the following wrestlers: Austin Maanum, Charlie Maanum and Cammeron Sykora of Border West, Derrick Rude and Isaac Lustila of Wadena-Deer Creek, Seth Hofland and Michael Meyer of New York Mills, Tyler Olson and Cody Grasswick of Ottertail Central, Kyle Martineau of West Central Area, Stuart Brandt and Seth Hirsch of Barnesville, Chris Bakken of Pelican Rapids and Jesse Differding of Breckenridge to challenge for medals at the end of the season.


BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS
Head Coach: Paul Frisch
Enrollment: 148 Wheaton/23 Herman-Norcross/123 Clinton-Graceville/294 Total
Enrollment: CGB

The Buccaneers of Border West had a great season as they posted a 23-8 dual meet mark and a section 6 championship trophy, back from that team are ten section place winners including four state qualifiers of which two were state place winners. Despite the graduation of four seniors including three section place winners look for the Buccaneers to challenge those dual meet marks of last season. They make a strong challenge to defend their section dual meet honors and possibly challenge for some state honors. Will McCarthy, Gus McCarthy, Mitch Andrews, Ryan Murphy, Wylie Pullis, Billy Connelly, Austin Maanum, Charlie Maanum and Cammeron Sykora should be their key leaders thru out the season.

23-8 Overall
Section 6A Champions
Thirteen Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers
Final Guillotine Rating: No. 10
Second Place Benson "Braves Classic" Tourney: 188 Points (11 Placers)
Sixth Place West Central Area "Grant County" Tourney: 118.5 Points (7 Placers)
Seventh Place Wahpeton "Dan Unruh" Tourney: 107.5 Points (7 Placers)
First Place Breckenridge "Cowboy" Duals: (3-0)
First Place B/EV "Bronco" Duals: (3-0)
Fourth Place Minnewaska "Laker" Duals: (1-2)
Second Place Frazee "Hornets" Duals: (2-1)

Returning Wrestlers:
Will McCarthy 12th 46-3 1st Section/3rd State
Gus McCarthy 10th 25-4 1st Section/2nd State
Mitch Andrews 12th 43-5 1st Section
Ryan Murphy 12th 29-3 2nd Section
Wylie Pullis 12th 28-18 3rd Section
Austin Rinke 11th 26-14 3rd Section
Billy Connelly 12th 29-15 3rd Section
Austin Maanum 9th 24-21 4th Section
Charlie Maanum 11th 24-21 4th Section
Cammeron Sykora 8th 15-8
Nick Stafford 10th 5th Section
Garrett Behrens 12th 13-24
Taylor McCalip 12th 6-6
Koby Ellingson 10th 2-5

Graduates:
Kenny Custard 22-23 4th Section
Austin Gray 28-26 5th Section
Zach Fridgen 16-14 4th Section
Jeff Stueve 3-10

WADENA-DEER CREEK WOLVERINES
Head Coach: Norman Gallant
Enrollment: 323

The Wolverines of Wadena-Deer Creek posted a 8-9 dual meet mark last season, back from that team are eight section place winners including three state qualifiers and seven others with a great deal of experience. Despite the graduation of two very good seniors look for the Wolverines to make a big improvement on those dual meet marks from last season. They should make a strong challenge for both section dual meet honors and for Mid-State Conference honors. Mitch Steffens, Jordan Rentz, Jacob Wegscheid, Jared Wegscheid, Derrick Rude and Isaac Lustila should be their key leaders thru out the season.

8-9 Overall
2-1 Mid-State Conference Duals
Eleven Section Place Winners/Three State Qualifiers
Second Place Fertile "Pine to Prairie" Tourney: 217 Points (13 Placers)
Fourth Place WDC "Wolverine" Tourney: 138.5 Points (12 Placers)
Thirteenth Place Cass Lake "Big Bear" Tourney: 98.5 Points (2 Placers)
Fifth Place Alexandria "Big Ole" Tourney: 127 Points (9 Placers)
Third Place Park Rapids "Panther" Duals" (2-1)
Fourth Place Mahnomen-Waubun "Cougar" Duals: (1-2)

Returning Wrestlers:
Mitch Steffens 11th 31-7 2nd Section/AC
Jordan Rentz 12th 22-12 2nd Section/AC
Jacob Wegscheid 12th 21-14 2nd Section/AC
Jared Wegscheid 12th 17-7 Injured
Derrick Rude 12th 18-14 4th Section
Isaac Lustila 12th 18-15 5th Section
Tony Reurink 10th 11-13 4th Section
Zach Bernu 12th 14-20 6th Section
Sam Waln 10th 11-14 5th Section
Nolan Johnson 12th 10-16
Dylan Anderson 12th 7-11
Josh Lawson 10th 7-12
Jacob Ludovissie 11th 8-24
Isaac Schroeder 9th 3-4
Devin Barthel 9th 3-6

Graduates:
Tyler Wohlwend 13-13 3rd Section
Aaron Uselman 20-17 4th Section

NEW YORK MILLS EAGLES
Head Coach: Eric Niemi
Enrollment: 188

The Eagles posted a good dual meet mark of 15-5 last season, back from that team that included the Conference dual meet championship are four section place winners and five others with a great deal of experience. So despite the graduation of four very good seniors, including three state tourney wrestlers look for this you Eagle team a make huge strides over the course of the regular season. They should make a challenge for both conference and dual meet honors. Shane Novak, Maison Roberts, Tommy Selander , Seth Hoffland and Michael Meyer should be their key leaders this season.

15-5 Overall
6-0 Park Region Conference Dual Meet Champions
Section 6A Runner Up
Eight Section Place Winners/Five State Qualifiers
Final Guillotine Rating: Lean and Mean
Fourth Place Wahpeton "Dan Unruh" Tourney: 150 Points (8 Placers)
Fifth Place Cass Lake "Big Bear" Tourney: 158 Points (6 Placers)
Third Place Perham "Barrel O'Fun" Tourney: 167 Points (11 Placers)
Second Place Lake Park "Terry Teiken" Tourney: 183 Points (13 Placers)
Second Place Park Region Conference Tourney: 176.5 Points (12 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Shane Novak 10th 36-5 2nd Section/AC
Maison Roberts 11th 24-13 1st Section
Tommy Selander 12th 26-11 4th Section
Seth Hoffland 12th 21-20 4th Section
Michael Meyer 11th 21-19
Noah Pesola 10th 16-17
Peter Stark 12th 15-23
Tyler Patron 9th 7-21
Brandon Kupfer 9th 4-13

Graduates:
Jordan Novak 40-4 1st Section/4th State/AC
Jarrod Norton 30-14 2nd Section/AC
Landyn Saewert 33-10 1st Section/AC
Josh Bernu 20-22 4th Section


OTTERTAIL CENTRAL BULLDOGS
Head Coach: Scott Hart
Enrollment: 146 Battle Lake/103 Henning/143 Underwood/392 Total

The Bulldog of Ottertail Central fans are getting pretty excited about the upcoming season as they have back six section place winners and twelve others with a great deal of experience back from their 9-9 dual meet season. Despite the graduation of five seniors look for the Bulldogs to make a big improvement on those dual meet numbers from last season. They should make a strong challenge for a conference championship and section dual meet honors. Zach Johnson, Brendan Hart, Zach Matthys, Greg Blum, Tyler Olson and Cody Grasswick should be key leaders for the Bulldogs this season.
9-9 Overall
3-3 Park Region Conference Duals
Ten Section Place Winners
Fourth Place Fosston "Alfred Olson" Tourney: 164 Points (13 Placers)
Sixth Place West Central Area "Grant County" Tourney: 95 Points (8 Placers)
Third Place BBE "Jaguar" Tourney: 138 Points (11 Placers)
Second Place Parkers Prairie "Panther" Tourney: 195 Points (13 Placers)
Fourth Place Osakis "Silver Streak" Duals: (1-2)
Third Place Park Region Conference Tourney: 154.5 Points (9 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Zach Johnson 11th 27-7 3rd Section/AC
Brendan Hart 12th 31-8 3rd Section
Zach Matthys 11th 26-7 4th Section
Greg Blum 12th 20-11 3rd Section
Tyler Olson 12th 21-14 5th Section
Cody Grasswick 12th 16-14
Kaleb Minten 12th 11-15
Charles Johnson 11th 11-15
Dylan Schwartz 9th 8-22 4th Section
Daruis Erlandson 9th 7-22
Jake Williams 11th 5-3
Tyler Starry 10th 2-2
Anthony Hanson 12th 3-15
Austin Montegomery 9th 2-13
Nolan Koch 9th 1-3
Marcus Bladow 11th 1-2
Allen Peyerl 11th 1-2
Alex Pajari 10th 1-5

Graduates:
Jacob Meder 24-10 5th Section/AC (Career 89-81)
Patrick Nilson 23-16 (Career 80-71)
Chris Haugrud 17-20 5th Section
Cory Roggenkamp 1-3
Jacob Blum 0-5

WEST CENTRAL AREA KNIGHTS
Head Coach: Brandon Gruchow
Enrollment: 241

The Knights of West Central Area have back four section place winners and five others with a great deal of varsity experience. The Knights did graduate five very good seniors including four section place winners of which three were state tourney wrestlers. They will be hard pressed to equal their success of last year, but they should still possibly challenge for a top four spot in the section 6A dual meet campaign. Seth Felland, Jon Pikop and Kyle Martineau should be their key leaders.

No Dual Meet Records
Final Four Section 7A
Eight Section Place Winners/Five State Qualifiers
Fourth Place West Central Area "Grant County" Tourney: 126.5 Points (8 Placers)
Fourth Place Heart Of Lakes Tourney: 144 Points (12 Placers)
Fourth Place Royalton "Royals" Tourney: 143 Points (11 Placers)
Twentieth Place Cass Lake "Big Bear" Tourney: 66.6 Points (3 Placers)
Fifth Place Morris "Tigers" Tourney: 132 Points (8 Placers)
Eighth Place BBE "Jaguar" Tourney: 64 Points (4 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Seth Felland 12th 32-10 1st Section/AC
Jon Pikop 12th 24-14 2nd Section
Kyle Martineau 11th 26-16 3rd Section
Alex Anderson 10th 12-18
Chase Odegard 8th 9-10
Brandon Quick 12th 9-22
Sean Albert 11th 11-23
Carter Duncan 10th 9-27
Gage Odegard 10th 3-8 6th Section

Graduates:
Jake Long 42-2 1st Section/2nd State/AC (Career 204-35)
Aaron Ray 34-8 1st Section (Career 95-66)
Cody Blehr 24-17 2nd Section/AC (Career 50-56)
Jordan Haarstad 5-2 5th Section
Tucker Belgum 9-24

BARNESVILLE TROJANS
Head Coach: Art Meyer
Enrollment: 207
6-10 Overall
4-1 Heart of Lakes
Eight Section Place Winners
Third Place Barnesville "Trojans" Tourney: 137 Points (10 Placers)
Seventh Place Royalton "Royals" Tourney: 83.5 Points (7 Placers)
Sixth Place Heart of Lakes Tourney: 99 Points (9 Placers)
Thirteenth Place Wahpeton "Dan Unruh" Tourney: 50 Points (4 Placers)
Twenty-Fourth Place Cass Lake "Big Bear" Tourney: 38 Points (2 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Hans Peppel 12th 30-11 2nd Section
Stuart Brandt 10th 22-16 3rd Section
Seth Hirsch 11th 19-19 3rd Section
Trevor Nelson 12th 16-18 5th Section
Josh Harris 11th 14-17 6th Section
Hunter Olson 10th 11-17 5th Section
Isaac Goedtke 10th 6-18

Graduates:
Jacob Bashor 16-8 3rd Section
Matt Walters 10-21 6th Section

PELICAN RAPIDS VIKINGS
Head Coach: Harold Holt
Enrollment: 295

2-17 Overall
Seven Section Place winners
Fourth Place Barnesville "Trojans" Tourney: 136.5 Points (9 Placers)
Fourth Place Parkers Prairie "Panthers" Tourney: 156 Points (10 Placers)
Ninth Place Lake Park "Terry Teiken" Tourney: 54 Points (3 Placers)
Eighth Place Heart of Lakes Tourney: 74.5 Points (5 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Jim Cossette 12th 28-6 2nd Section/AC
Chris Bakken 12th 23-13 6th Section
Connor Holt 12th 11-16 5th Section
Jesus Romero 10th 14-14 5th Section
Jed Evenson 11th 10-17
Carlos Guiterrez 10th 5-10 5th Section
Jordan Mork 11th 5-14
Josh Klovstad 9th 5-12
Stephan Jacobson 12th 4-23
Cody Tullar 11th 2-10

Graduates:
Alex Klovstad 28-7 3rd Section/AC
Jayden Hayden 19-15 6th Section

BERTHA HEWITT/VERNDALE RAIDERS
Head Coach: Mike Barthel
Enrollment: 134 Bertha Hewitt/ 130 Verndale/264 Total

The Raiders of Bertha Hewitt/Verndale posted a 9-16 dual meet mark last season, back from that team are three section place winners including five others with a great deal of experience. The Raiders graduated five very good wrestlers last spring, including four section place winners, two were state tourney wrestlers. They could possibly challenge those dual meet numbers with this young team, look for them to improve a great deal over the course of the season. Colin Turchin and Kasey Horn will be their key leaders thru out the season.

9-16 Overall
2-4 Park Region Conference
Seven Section Place Winners/Three State Qualifiers
Eight Place Wadena-Deer Creek "Wolverine" Tourney: 61 Points (4 Placers)
15th Place Brainerd "Paul Bunyan" Tourney: 39 Points (2 Placers)
Second Place Alexandria "Cardinal" Quadrangular: (2-1)
Sixth Place Park Region Conference Tourney: 109 Points (8 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Colin Turchin 11th 32-11 2nd Section/AC
Kasey Horn 12th 18-20 6th Section
Dylan Koppendrayer 11th 16-21
Andrew Bounds 9th 9-20
Dillan Card 8th 6-23 6th Section
Hayden Truax 8th 12-16
Josh Weekley 9th 5-19
Jackie Swenson 10th 15-17

Graduates:
Jake Braaten 30-4 1st Section/AC (Career 144-62)
Amos Schmidt 35-6 2nd Section/AC (Career 108-31)
Justin Kern 10-6 4th Section (Career 36-47)
Dakota Aeling 18-17 3rd Section (Career 46-71)
Nate Wiese Injured (Career 55-57)

PARKERS PRAIRIE PANTHERS
Head Coach: Billy Wagner
Enrollment: 166

The Panthers of Parkers Prairie will have back from last season two section place winners and three others with eleven wins or more. They graduated three state qualifiers last spring, they will working hard to improve on those dual meet numbers from last season. Look for the Panthers to fill in with some younger wrestlers, with continued improvement thru out the season, they should be pretty competitive by the end of the season. Kevin Hahn and Jeremy Schwartz should be their leaders thru out the season.

3-15 Overall
1-5 Park Region Conference Duals
Five Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers
Fifth Place Glencoe/SL "Don Hall" Tourney: 97.5 Points (8 Placers)
Fourth Place Barnesville "Trojans" Tourney: 136 Points (9 Placers)
Fifth Place Parkers Prairie "Panther" Tourney: 133.5 Points (8 Placers)
Fifth Place Park Region Conference Tourney: 125 Points (9 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Kevin Hahn 12th 27-11 1st Section
Jeremy Schwartz 12th 17-20
Teagan Overturf 11th 14-20
Mitchell Westerberg 10th 11-24
Tyler Schlosser 10th 17-24 5th Section

Graduates:
Ryan Silbernick 33-9 2nd Section
Ryan Harris 30-10 2nd Section
Tyler Walsh 38-5 1st Section

BRECKENRIDGE COWBOYS
Head Coach: Pat Vold
Enrollment: 283

The Cowboys of Breckenridge will return seven section place winners including two state qualifiers of which one was a state runner up last season and five others with a great deal of experience. Look for the Cowboys to develop into a pretty competitive team with the return of their numbers. The Erlandson twins, Stephen and Greg and Jesse Differding should be their key leaders thru out the regular season.

NO DUAL MEET RECORDS
Seven Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Fifth Place Heart of Lakes Tourney: 105 Points (9 Places)
Fifth Place Benson "Brave Classic" Tourney: 100 Points (8 Placers)
Seventh Place Parkers Prairie "Panthers" Tourney: 73 Points (5 Placers)
12th Place Wahpeton "Dan Unruh" Tourney: 56 Points (3 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Stephen Erlandson 11th 38-3 1st Section/2nd State
Greg Erlandson 11th 22-6 1st Section
Jesse Differding 11th 18-11 4th Section
Josh Stuehrenberg 10th 11-14 6th Section
Alex Banken 12th 15-24 6th Section
Jeff Krause 12th 12-14 6th Section
Conrad Kondos 9th 11-18 6th Section
Cole Praus 11th 11-23
Michael Whitney 10th 5-14
Matt Conzemius 12th 2-13
Josh Peterson 10th 2-10
Mark Erickson 9th 2-12