Central Minnesota Mat Rats Report (16th Annual)

Central Minnesota Mat Rats Report (16th Annual)

By Roger Mischke

January 25, 2011

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 if you would like. Please either fax (1-320-363-4192) or email matrat@charter.net /thematrat@live.com those tournament brackets and your dual meet results. Thanks, The Mat Rat Roger Mischke.
MAT RATS TOP CLASS AAA TEAMS

1. SAINT MICHAEL ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS
The Knights topped Mississippi 8 Conference foe Rogers 70-3. The Knights went 2-1 at the Kiffmeyer Duals at St. Cloud Tech with wins in the quarterfinals Sauk Rapids 52-19 and in Semifinals Albert Lea 34-11. In the championship they were defeated by Hastings 31-21. Tommy Thorn, Cole Sladek and Shawn Little were all 3-0 at the Kiffmeyer duals. The Knights topped Section 7AAA and Mississippi 8 Conference rival Cambridge-Isanti 32-25. The Knights topped the field of teams at the Owatonna "Federated" Duals. They topped No. 10AAA Prior Lake 38-21, AAA Lean and Mean Shakopee 59-9, No. 7AA Adrian 48-9 and No. 3AAA Owatonna 40-21. Tommy Thorn, Cole Sladek, Mark Voss, Ricky Briggs, Ryan Stott and Parker Betts were all 4-0 at the Federated Duals.

2. CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI BLUEJACKETS
The Bluejackets went 2-1 at the "Kiffmeyer" Duals at St. Cloud Tech, they dropped their quarterfinal dual to Albert Lea 31-30. They closed out the tourney with huge wins over Sauk Rapids 60-18 and St. Cloud Apollo 53-18, to take fifth place. Tyler Tischer and Derek Swanson were both 3-0 at the Kiffmeyer duals. The Blue Jackets dropped a Section 7AAA and Mississippi 8 Conference dual to rival Saint Michael 32-25. The Blue Jackets topped the field of teams at their dual meet invitational with wins over AAA Lean and Mean St. Cloud Apollo 43-30, AA Lean and Mean Mora 46-24, AA Lean and Mean North Branch 52-16 and No. 5AAA ranked Forest Lake 42-22. Ty Torgeson, Adam Kelling, Mark Volker and Clayton Jennissen were all 4-0, Travis Holt and Cody Skog were both 3-0, Tyler Tischer, Derek Swanson and Jon Knowlton were all 3-1 at the Bluejacket duals.

3. ELK RIVER ELKS
The Elks dropped a huge Northwest Suburban Conference and Section 7AAA dual to Coon Rapids 34-28. The Elks topped Northwest Suburban Conference foe Champlin Park 50-21. The Elks earned third place with 167.5 points at their invitational with ten wrestlers placing in the top five. Evan Caldon and Jake Steffenhagen both won championships and Eric Stevens and Jory Lubinski both earned second place. Abe Williams, Austin Stevens and Austin Halleron all earned third place, Kyle Wiemann earned fourth place and Zang Vang and Corey Collins both earned fifth place.

4. WILLMAR CARDINALS
The Cardinals topped Section 8AAA and Central Lakes Conference rivals Brainerd 41-30 and Alexandria 59-9. They dropped a dual to Central Lakes Conference rival Little Falls 44-30. The Cardinals had a good showing at the Hutchinson "Tigers" Tourney with 115.5 points and six wrestlers placing in the top five. Alex Johannes won their only championship and Nathaniel Swoyer and Coty Milhausen both earned second place and Nate Mittag earned third place. Colten Carlson earned fourth place and Cass Herzog took fifth place. The is was an excellent showing considering the No. 1A and No. 3A teams were in attendance.

5. BRAINERD WARRIORS
The Warriors dropped a huge Section 8AAA and Central Lakes Conference dual to Willmar 41-30. They did earned second place at the "Gadberry" Duals hosted by Moorhead. They topped Section 8AAA foe Moorhead 34-31, Grand Forks Central, ND 60-10 and Mandan, ND 42-33. They dropped AAA Lean and Mean foe Rosemount 42-21. Mac Glasby, Jessen Franzen and Tyler Kohlmeier were all 4-0 and Casey Biever, Dan Babineau and Nate Adams were all 3-1 at the Gadberry duals. The Warriors were defeated by Central Lakes Conference rival Little Falls 38-18. The Warriors had a very good tourney performance to earn second place with 203 points and eleven wrestlers placing in the top five. Bryton Mutz, Luke Boran, Mack Glasby and Jessen Franzen all won championships and Matt Solid earned second place. Tommy Schlosser, Dan Babineau and Nate Adams earned third place, Jace Engleman earned fourth place and Jamie Wright and Casey Beiver both took fifth place.

6. SAUK RAPIDS STORM
The Storm topped Section 8AAA and Central Lakes Conference foe Alexandria 57-15. They earned Seventh place at the "Kiffmeyer Duals" at St. Cloud Tech with a huge win over Tech 52-22. They dropped duals to No. 2AAA ranked STMA 52-19 and No. 7AAA ranked Cambridge-Isanti 60-18. The Storm won eight duals in twenty four hours with three wins over Class A Lean and Mean Pierz 43-30, Section 7A foe Crosby-Ironton 33-0 and Section 7AA foe Rush City/Braham 58-12 at the Pierz quadrangular. Eric Olson, Dalton Siemers, Chris Keske, Stephen Bucholz, Caleb Studenski, Tyler Rudy and Sean Pearson were all unbeaten at the Pierz quadrangular. They topped the field of teams at the Nicollet "Raiders" Duals with big wins over Section 4A foe Nicollet 49-18, Section 3A foe River Valley 63-18, Section 2A foe Bloomington Prairie 68-3 and Section 4AA foe St. Paul Johnson 54-27. Eric Olson, Ryan Medlen, Stephen Bucholz and Caleb Studenski were all 5-0, Tyler Rudy and Chris Keske were both 4-0, Dalton Siemers, McKay Ness and Tyler Diederich 4-1. Dustin Sobania, Sean Pearson and Ryan Prueher were all 3-1 and Luke Endres was 2-1 at the Raider Duals.

7. MOORHEAD SPUDS
The Spuds topped class A rival Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 45-26 and highway 10 rival Detroit Lakes 42-32. They dropped a tough match to cross town rival West Fargo, ND 56-10. The Spuds actually wrestled very well at the "Gadberry Duals" as they went 1-3 with a huge win over Grand Forks Central 58-20. They lost duals to Section 8AAA rival Brainerd 34-31, Mandan, ND 33-33 (Criteria) and to Jamestown, ND 44-27. Chase Morlock and Brock Tollockson were both 4-0 and Joe Carpenter, A. J. Wheeler and Jacob Rositas were all 3-1 at the Gadberry duals. The Spuds earned third place at the Lake Park "Terry Teiken" Invitational with 157.5 points and ten wrestlers placing in the top five places. Jacob Rositas, Brock Tallakson and Chase Morlock all won championships and Joe Carpenter and A. J. Wheeler both earned second place. Isaac Mulinix earned third place and Ben Herbst and Kenny Mark both earned fourth place and Nate King and Dan Evert both took fifth place.

8. ST. CLOUD APOLLO EAGLES
The Eagles topped Central Lakes Conference and Section 8AAA rival Rocori 54-26. They earned sixth place at the "Kiffmeyer Duals' with a win over cross town rival St. Cloud Tech 40-35. They dropped their quarterfinal match to number No. 4AAA Hastings 65-9 and their consolation semifinals to No. 7AAA Cambridge-Isanti 53-18. Grant Nehring was the only Eagle to go 3-0 at the Kiffmeyer Duals. The Eagles topped three foes at the "Eagles Quadrangular" with huge wins over Section 8AAA foes Buffalo 54-22 and St. Cloud Tech 41-30, also Central Lakes Conference foe Sartell 46-32. Grant Dullinger, Matt Braun, Mitch Bengtson, Markus Mehr, Grant Nehring and Dylan Tilbury were all 3-0 at the Apollo mutiple duals. The Eagles went 0-4 against the field of teams at the Bluejacket Duals; Class AAA No. 7 ranked Cambridge-Isanti 43-30, Section 7AA Lean and Mean Mora 44-29, Section 7AAA and No. 5AAA ranked Forest Lake 55-21 and Section 7AA and Lean and Mean North Branch 55-24. Mitch Bengston was 4-0, Grant Nehring 3-1 and Dylan Tilbury was 3-1 at the Bluejacket duals.

9. BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS
The Lumberjacks topped iron range rival Hibbing 49-28. They earned fifth place at the "Rick Lee Invitational" in Bemidji with 148.5 points and seven place winners. Logan Crosby, Kade Johnson and Brenden Frdrickson all won championships and Brian Maas and Jake Crosby earned second place. Alex Johnson earned third place and Colton Doty took fifth place.

10. ST. CLOUD TECH TIGERS
The Tigers topped Central Lakes Conference foe Sartell 42-33. The Tigers went 0-3 at the "Kiffmeyer Duals" as they dropped matches to No. 3AA ranked Foley 62-3, AAA Lean and Mean St. Cloud Apollo 40-35 and to AAA Lean and Mean Sauk Rapids 52-22. Austin Klaverkamp was the only Tiger to go 3-0 at the "Kiffmeyer Duals" The Tigers Topped Section 8AAA rival Buffalo 36-28 and they dropped duals to a pair of Central Lakes Conference foes No. 12AA ranked Fergus Falls 59-12 and to Conference, Section 8AAA and cross town rival St. Cloud Apollo 41-30. The Tigers had a great showing at the Staples-Motley "Don Dravis" Duals with huge wins over Section 5A foe Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 63-14 and to earn third place they defeated cross town and Conference rival Sartell 37-31. They dropped a dual to the Class AA Lean and Mean host Staples-Motley 50-15. Tommy O'Brien, Tim Mueller and Jerrad Nieland were all 3-0 at the "Don Dravis" Duals.

11. BUFFALO BISON
The Bison dropped Mississippi 8 Conference duals to Becker 52-13, Zimmerman 52-15 and to Princeton 57-16.

12. ALEXANDRIA CARDINALS
The Cardinals dropped a dual to Central Lakes Conference and Section 8AAA foe Sauk Rapids 57-16. The Cardinals went 1-3 at the Monticello duals. They dropped duals to AAA Fairbault 36-28, AA Lean and Mean Annandale/Maple Lake 55-17, Section 8AAA rival they beat Rocori 41-33 and lost to AAA Lean and Mean Hopkins 51-18. The Cardinals dropped a dual to Central Lakes Conference and Section 8AAA foe Willmar 59-9.

13. ROCORI SPARTANS
The Spartans dropped a Central Lakes Conference and Section 8AAA dual to St. Cloud Apollo 54-26. They dropped four duals at the Monticello duals; AAA Lean and Mean Hopkins 66-8, AAA Lean and Mean Shakopee 66-10, AAA Blaine 50-24 and to Section 8AAA rival Alexandria 41-33.


MAT RATS TOP CLASS AA TEAMS

1. FOLEY FALCONS
The Falcons topped West Central North Conference and Section 6AA foe New London-Spicer 32-15. They also topped West Central North and AA Lean and Mean Mora 53-12. The Falcons went 1-2 at the "Kiffmeyer" Duals with a huge win over AAA St. Cloud Tech 62-3. They dropped their semifinal dual to No. 4AAA ranked Hastings 40-12 and in the third place match they lost to the No. 6AAA ranked Albert Lea 37-24. Tristan Manderfeld was the only Falcon wrestler that was unbeaten at the "Kiffmeyer Duals. Foley's Junior Varsity did win the championship with three wins over St. Cloud Apollo 75-6 in the quarters, semifinals they topped Cambridge-Isanti 47-15 and in the championship they topped Hastings 51-15. The Falcons topped Section 6AA rival Litchfield 53-20 and Section 2AA foe Delano 47-21.

2. MONTICELLO MAGIC
The Magic topped two foes at the Magic duals over a pair of AAA foes Lean and Hopkins 42-32 and Henry Sibley 39-24. The Magic topped Mississippi 8 Conference foe Big Lake 51-15. They topped No. 8AAA ranked Coon Rapids 47-16 and AAA Wayzata 42-16.

3. NEW LONDON-SPICER WILDCATS
The Wildcats had two huge wins over West Central North Conference foes; Albany 61-9 and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 83-0. They did drop a huge dual to West Central North and Section 6AA foe Foley 32-15. The Wildcats had at their own tourney an impressive performance with 245 points and all thirteen wrestlers placing in the top five. Shawn Hatlestad, Ben Henle, Dylan Hanson, Zach Borka, Jakob Stageberg and Logan Brink all won championships. Boon Winkler and Treyton Austvold both earned second place and Tanner Tobkin, Kyle Cappelen and Austin Holden all earned third place. Cameron Steffen and Jarret Hatlestad both earned fourth place and David Nething took fifth place. Shawn Hatlestad won his 175th career match, Dylan Hanson won his 100th Career match and Chase Austvold won his 100th career match.

4. FERGUS FALLS OTTERS
The Otters had a huge wins over Central Lakes Conference rival Little Falls 42-32 and St. Cloud Tech 59-12. They did drop a dual to No. 5A Frazee 47-19. The Otters had a great showing with their 181 points and eleven wrestlers placing in the top four to win the championship of the Lake Park "Terry Teiken" Tourney. Matt Laugen and Harvey McMahon both won championships and Marlo Bell, Abbot Aho, Myrone Bell and Bryant Marquedant all earned second place. Dan Ringquist and Justin Polejewski both earned third place and Derek Teberg and Abram Aho both earned fourth place.

5. MILACA WOLVES
The Wolves topped West Central Conference foe Melrose/Sauk Centre 49-20. They earned second place at the "Mustang Duals" at Moundsview with wins over AAA Park Center 59-12, Tartan 56-15 and AA Lean and Mean Little Falls 45-25. Joey Curtis, Jonah Gahn and Justin Ladehoff were all 4-0 and Travis Bertram, Joe Hemmerich, J. R. Paterson and Trevor Haskins were all 3-1 at the "Mustang Duals". The Wolves topped Section 7AA foes NO. 10AA ranked Grand Rapids 37-26, Princeton 41-25 and Class A Lean and Mean rival Mille Lacs 35-25. Joey Curtis, Jonah Gahm, Justin Ladehoff and Joe Hemmercich were all 3-0 at the Princeton quadrangular.

6. LITTLE FALLS FLYERS
The Flyers split a pair of Central Lakes Conference duals losing to Fergus Falls 42-32 and defeating Willmar 44-30. They earned fourth place at the Moundsview "Mustangs" Duals with wins over AAA Tartan 58-24 and AAA Park Center 58-6. They dropped duals to AA Lean and Mean rival Milaca 44-25 and to AAA Moundsview 46-30. Frank Wilczek, Dillon Kifer and Joe Tuholsky were all 4-0 at the "Mustang" Duals. They topped Central Lakes Conference foe Brainerd 38-18.

7. ANNANDALE-MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING
The Lightning continue to have a very good season with another big win over Wright County Conference foes Glencoe/Silver Lake 48-21 and Waconia 53-22. They also earned second place at the Monticello "Magic" Duals with wins over a pair of AAA foes; Alexandria 55-17 and Fairbault 67-9. The Lightning dropped the championship to AAA Lean and Mean Shakopee 33-31. Matt Fuller, Alex Couette, Tyler Pipo, Teddy Erickson, Jesse Puncochar and Cal Redemske were all 3-0 at the "Magic" Duals. The Lightning topped the field of primary AAA teams with 199 points and eleven wrestlers placing in the top five. Matt Fuller, Alex Couette, Jesse Puncochar, Teddy Erickson and Derek Rachel all won championships and Jordan Hanan and Cal Redemske both earned second place. Brady Kalla earned fourth place and Joe Mosley, Cuz Johnson and Tom Condon all took fifth place to win the Eden Prairie "Eagles" Tourney.

8. MORA MUSTANGS
The Mustangs topped West Central North Conference foe Long Prairie/Grey Eagle 74-4 and Section 7AA rival Rush City/Braham 62-6. They did drop a pair of duals to No. 3AA ranked Foley 53-12 and they were upset by Class A Lean and Mean Mille Lacs 40-30. The Mustangs topped Section 7A foe Ogilvie 69-9, Section 5AA rival Zimmerman 47-21 and they dropped a dual to No. 4A Kimball 45-24. The Mustangs were 2-2 at the Cambridge-Isanti "Bluejacket" duals with wins over Section 7AA foe North Branch 38-31 and AAA Lean and Mean St. Cloud Apollo 44-31. Tyler Carlson, Tom Hischer and Cody LaFromboise were all 3-0 at the "Bluejacket" duals.

9. DAWSON-BOYD/LQPV UNITED
The United topped a pair of West Central South Conference and No. 12A BOLD 33-32 (6th Criteria), Morris Area/Hancock/Chokio Alberta 49-24. In the "United" Duals they topped West Central Conference South foe Montevideo 45-31, Section 5A power Eden Valley-Watkins 43-27 and Section 4A foe Norwood Young America 45-27. John Weeding, Lane Mitchell and Brandon Schmitt were all 3-0 at the United Duals. The crew topped the teams at the Osakis quadrangular with huge wins over Section 5A foes Osakis 52-12 and Howard Lake/Winsted/Waverly 52-12 and Section 8AAA foe Rocori 54-24. T. J. Fulton, Keith Abraham, Brandon Weber, Codie Weeding and J.D. Struxness all were 3-0 at the Osakis quadrangular. The United topped the field of teams at the Tracy "Plum Creek" Duals with wins over Redwood Valley 67-6, Windom Area 48-28 and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 36-28. Codie Weeding, Garth Ochsendorf, Sam Hass, Lane Mitchell and T. J. Fulton all were 3-0 at the "Plum Creek" Duals. The United crew dual meet record now stands at 24-5.

10. NORTH BRANCH VIKINGS
The Vikings topped North Suburban rivals Columbia Heights 78-6 and Robbinsdale Cooper 43-15. The Vikings went 1-3 at the Cambridge-Isanti "Bluejacket" Duals with a win over AAA Lean and Mean St. Cloud Apollo 55-24. They dropped duals to Section 7AA rival Mora 38-31, No. 5AAA Forest Lake 49-21 and No. 6 Cambridge-Isanti 52-16. Jake Pitz, Jake Kostik and Justin Bergerson were all 3-1 at the "Bluejacket" Duals.

11. STAPLES-MOTLEY CARDINALS
The Cardinals had a huge win over Class A Lean and Mean and Mid-State Conference rival Wadena-Deer Creek 44-30, this was the Mid-State Conference dual championship. They topped Class A rival Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 52-27. Jordan Heldman was the only Cardinal wrestler that was 3-0 at the "Cub" duals. The Cardinals had a very good showing at their Staples "Don Dravis" duals with three big wins over AAA St. Cloud Tech 50-15, Section 5A foe Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 70-9 and Section 8AAA rival Perham for the Championship 35-30. Blake Miller, Tyler Pogreba, Austin Redemske, Brent Lisson, Blake Petrich and Chandler Trout were all 3-0 at the Dravis duals.

12. BECKER BULLDOGS
The Bulldogs had a pair of wins over Mississippi 8 Conference foes; Section 5AA Zimmerman 52-15 and AAA Buffalo 52-13. They had a very good tourney showing at the Paynesville "Bulldog" Invitational with 140.5 points to earn fifth place with ten place winners. Eric Dudek won their only championship and Luke Schmalz earned second place. Boden Lorette and Mike Soule both earned third place and Zach Zimmer, Regan Dvorak and Matt Sedlowsky all earned fourth place. Mike Smith, Cory Nelson and Grant Knick all took fifth place.

PRINCETON TIGERS
The Tigers earned third place at the Hibbing "Blue Jacket" duals with wins over Section 7AA power Hibbing 42-33 and another section 7AA foe Nashwauk-Kewatin 66-18. They dropped very close duals to Section 7AA rival Chisago Lakes 37-33 and to AAA Lean and Mean Centennial 37-26. They topped Section 7AA rival Chisago Lakes in the Spring Lake Triangular 40-27 and host Spring Lake Park 58-12. The topped Mississippi 8 Conference rival Buffalo 57--16 and AAA Blaine 45-22. The Tigers earned first place at the Zimmerman "Jaguar" Invitational with 205 points and thirteen wrestlers placing in the top five. Karl Eichenger and Andrew Barthel both won championships and Billy McClay, Justin Robillard, Cory Messer, Conner Ammerman and Josh Linder all earned second place. Mitch Kukson and Jesse Donahue both earned third place and Josh Lottery and Tyler Petron earned fourth place. Louie Lervatz and Josh Lubrecht both took fifth place for the Tigers at the Jaguar invitational. The Tigers topped Mississippi 8 Conference foe Buffalo 5716 and Section 7AAA foe Blaine 45-22.

CHISAGO LAKES WILDCATS
The Wildcats had huge wins over North Suburban rival Spring Lake Park 53-15 and St. Francis 41-25. They did drop a very important Section 7AA dual to rival Princeton 40-27. The Wildcats earned third place at the Hinckley "Jaguar" Tourney with 155 points and eight place winners. Jake Nase and Dylan Hoyt both won championships and Dylan Connell, Sean Hoyt, Sean McConville and Cody Gugleberg all earned second place. Ben Hinderman earned third place and Bobby Sontag earned fourth place. They earned second place at the Saint Croix Lutheran "Crusaders" Tourney with 172 points and nine place winners. Travis Kammerer, Joe Virga and Quade Zupko all won championships and Kyle Schoenecker earned second place. Vince Virga and Jonah Westburg earned third place and David Barwin, William Pool and Carson Velaski all earned fourth place. The Wildcats had a very good showing at the Elk River "Elks" Invitational with 136.5 points and seven wrestlers placing in the top four to earn fourth place. Travis Kammerer won their only championship and Kyle Schoeneck and Quade Zupko both earned second place. Dylan Hoyt, Jake Nase and Ben Hinderman all earned third place and Vince Virga earned fourth place.

MAT RATS TOP CLASS A TEAMS

1. ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY
The Falcons topped No. 7A Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 46-17 in a very good dual. They continue to dominate with three huge wins over West Central Conference foes Yellow Medicine East 66-9 and Benson 66-15 and both conference and Section 5A rival Paynesville 43-16. The Falcons had an outstanding showing at the Hutchinson "Tiger" Invitational where they topped defending state champions Jackson County Central and No. 1A ranked with 244.5 points and twelve place winners. Making believers out of many people that Falcons have a real threat to unseat the defending state champions. Hayden Rouser, Logan Peterson, Matt Lee, Larry Bomstad, Matt Meyer and Ryan Larson all won championships. Tyler Berghuis and Lucas Damm earned second place, Michael Kramer, James Nelson and Dylan Nelson all earned third place and Mathew Whitcomb took fifth place. Matt Meyer won his 100th career match in the semifinals with a fall over a No. 5A ranked from Jackson County Central.

2. KIMBALL CUBS
The Cubs continue to crush their foes as they topped Class A Lean and Mean, Section 7A power Pierz 41-21. This dual was likely for the Central Minnesota Conference Dual meet championship. They topped a pair of Section 5A foes Browerville-Eagle Valley 61-18 and Minnewaska 66-6. The Cubs topped the field of teams at the "Cub"duals with impressive wins over AAA Andover 58-12 in the quarterfinals and in the semifinals they topped AA Lean and Mean Hutchinson 42-24. In the championship they topped AA Lean and Mean and Section 8AA power Staples-Motley 40-24. Marcus Hamer, Jordan Joseph, Caramon Hanson, David Joseph, Alex Thurber, Quinten Berres and Travis Scheifelbein were all 3-0 at the "Cub" duals. Travis Scheifelbein also won his 100th career match at the duals. The Cubs topped Section 7A foe Ogilvie 63-6, Section 5AA power Zimmerman 61-8 and Section 7AA power Mora 45-24 at the Ogilvie "Lions" Quadrangular. They continue to roll over their foes with two more huge wins over a pair Section 2AA foes Delano 57-18 and LeCenter/Montgomery-Lonsdale 50-25.

3. KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG FIGHTING SAINTS
The Fighting Saints topped AA foes Litchfield 56-21 and Dassel Cokato 45-30. They did drop a big dual to No. 3A ranked Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 46-17. They topped the field at the Osakis "Silver Streak" Duals with wins over Class A Lean and Mean Ottertail Central 49-15, Osakis 62-12 and AA Albany 57-16. They had numerous wrestlers wrestle that evening with three going 3-0; Jordan Engler, Cody Peters and Austin Rothers. The Fighting Saints had a strong showing at the New London-Spicer "Wildcat" tourney with 186 points and twelve place winners in the top five to earn second place. Jordan Rothers and Myrvan Halleland both won championships and Jordan Engler, Klinton VanHeuveln, Jessie Engler, Aaron Doraska and Trevor Mahlum all earned second place. Chase Norton and Zach Carlson both earned fourth place and Kyle Baker and Nick Anderson both took fifth place.

4. BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS
The Buccaneers had a huge win over Section 6A power Wadena-Deer Creek 55-9. They defeated Section 5A rival Osakis with a very dominating performance 59-10. They went 2-2 at the Minnewaska "Lakers" Duals with big wins over North Dakota ranked Wahpeton 56-17 and Minnewaska 64-6. They dropped matches to No. 6A Minneota 39-23 and No. 1 ranked in the country Apple Valley 58-3. Billy Connelly was 4-0 and Austin Rinke, Will McCarthy, Mitch Andrews and Cameron Sykora were all 3-1 at the "Laker" Duals. The Buccaneers topped Section 5A rival Osakis 59-10. The Buccaneers had a good showing at the Lisbon, ND "Storhaug" Invitational with 125.5 points and five place winners. Cameron Sykora and Mitch Andrews won championships, Will McCarthy earned second place, Billy Connelly earned third place and Austin Rinke took fifth place. They had several wrestlers that didn't participate due to illness.

5. BOLD WARRIORS WARRIORS
The Warriors topped West Central South Conference rival Morris Area/Hancock/Chokio Alberta 41-24. They dropped a very close dual to another West Central Conference South rival Dawson Boyd/LQPV 34-33. They topped Section 2AA foe Glencoe/Silver Lake 53-16 and Section 4A rival Sibley East 54-15. They dropped a dual minus a couple of starters against No. 2A Lake Crystal-Wellcome-Memorial 54-12. The Warriors earned a 2-1 mark at the Bold "Warriors" Duals with wins over Section 3A foe Redwood Valley 68-7 and AAA foe New Ulm 47-28. They dropped a very close dual to No. 9A ranked Zumbrota-Mazeppa 36-34. Brett Grund, Jake Revier, Zach Revier and Nick Steffel were all 3-0 at the Warrior duals. The Warriors took fifth place at the Tracy "Plum Creek" Duals, they dropped their quarterfinal dual to Fulda/Murry County Central 36-33, won their Consolation semifinals over Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 54-19. In the Fifth place dual they topped Madelia/Truman/Martin Luther 46-21.

6. PAYNESVILLE BULLDOG
The Bulldogs topped a pair of West Central South Conference foes Minnewaska 61-15 and Montevideo 45-19. The Bulldogs topped the field of teams at their invitational with 173 points and eleven wrestlers placing in the top five. Cole Woehler, Trevor Spanier and Matt Doom all won championships and Clay Spanier, Josh Hiepler both earned second place. Kody Klein earned third place and Anthony Johnson and John Solum both earned fourth place and Dominick Platow, Caleb Burris and Jacob Mages all took fifth place. The Bulldogs dropped a West Central South Conference and Section 5A dual to No. 3A ranked Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 43-16.

7. PIERZ PIONEERS
The Pioneers won a huge dual against Section 7A rival Mille Lacs 32-28. They did drop a Central Minnesota Conference foe Kimball 41-21 for the Conference championship. They dropped a dual to AA Lean and Mean Mora 34-29. The Pioneers topped two foes at the Pierz duals with wins over Crosby-Ironton 60-15, Rush City/Braham 77-0; before dropping a dual to Section 8AAA and Lean and Mean Sauk Rapids 43-30.

8. MIILE LACS RAIDERS
The Raiders topped Section 7A and Great River Conference rival Aitkin 31-30 and Section 7A foe Crosby-Ironton 48-24. They did drop a huge dual to Section 7A rival Pierz 32-28. The Raiders went 1-2 at the Princeton "Tigers" Quadrangular; they topped Section 7AA rival Princeton 49-24. They dropped duals to Section 7AA powers Laean and Mean Milaca 35-25 and No. 10AA ranked Grand Rapids 32-30. Nik Borchert, Cody Whitney, Mark Francour, Nate Bresnahan and Bradley Brown were all 3-0 at the quadrangular.

9. WADENA-DEER CREEK WOLVERINES
The Wolverines had a great showing at the Mahnomen-Waubun "Cougar" Duals with a big win over United North Central (Menagha/Sebeka) 53-11 in the Semifinals they did dropped a dual to Section 8A rival and No. 5A ranked Frazee 54-13. They came back and beat Class A Lean and Mean Crookston 36-34 in a great dual. Jared Wegschied was the only Wolverine that was 3-0 at the Cougar Duals. They dropped a dual to Section 6A rival and No. 8A ranked Border West 55-9. The Wolverines dropped a big Mid-State Conference dual to Class AA Lean and Mean and Section 8AA power Staples-Motley 40-33. They topped a pair of Section 6A rivals Ottertail Central 43-30 and Parkers Prairie 41-29.

11. OTTERTAIL CENTRAL BULLDOGS
The Bulldogs had a huge dual meet over long time rival Park Region Conference and Section 6A rival New York Mills 48-24. They earned second place at the Osakis "Silver Streak" Duals with wins over AA Albany 45-26 and AA Pequot Lakes/Pine River/Backus 53-21. They dropped the championship to No. 7A ranked and Section 4 power Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 49-15. Brendan Hart, Zach Matthys and Grey Blum were all 3-0 at the Silver Streak Duals. The Bulldogs topped Section 6A rival Parkers Prairie 58-24, but dropped a close one to another Section 6A rival Wadena-Deer Creek 43-30. They topped the field of teams at the Parkers Prairie "Panther" tourney with 208 points and thirteen placing in the top five. Greg Blum, Tyler Olson and Brendan Hart all won championships and Nolan Koch , Zach Johnson and Zach Matthys all earned second place. Dylan Schleske earned third place, Allen Peyerl, Austin Motegomery and Kaleb Minten all earend fourth place and Aaron Burton and Aaron Bengtson both took fifth place. The Bulldogs topped the field at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa "Jaguar" Tourney with 187 points and eleven place winners. Brendan Hart, Zach Matthys, Zach Johnson, Tyler Olson and Greg Blum all won championships and Nolan Koch, Allen Peyerl both earned second. Dylan Schleske Dylan Schwartz and Tony Hinson all earned third place and Aaron Bengtson and Charles Johnson both took fourth place.

12. AITKIN GOBBLERS
The Gobblers have topped section 7A rivals Ogilvie 68-6 and Crosby-Ironton 60-18 and in a huge win over Section 7AA power and No. 10AA ranked Grand Rapids 33-32. They did drop a dual to Great River Conference and Section 7A rival Mille Lacs 31-30. The Gobblers earned second place at the Bemidji "Rick Lee" Tourney with 195 points and thirteen wrestlers placing in the top five. Dalton Stevens and Brian Wold both won championships and Jordan Chouanard, Kevin Handt and Andrew Blast all earned second place. Jerod Novak, Shawn Phillips and Isaac Novak all earned third place and Adam Jackson and Kane Magness both earned fourth place. Jack Braton, Mike Stafford and Cooper Blau all took fifth place.

HOLDINGFORD HUSKERS
The Huskers have been having a great season with wins over AA Lean and Mean Milaca 35-34, AAA St. Cloud Tech. 60-18 at the Milaca "Wolf' Duals. They dropped a close one to AAA Lean and Mean Sauk Rapids 36-33 and AAA Lean and Mean Stillwater 36-28. Mike Jarnot and Victor Lumley were both 4-0 and Bryce Feia, Luke Doll, Kyle Gerards and Zach Scott were all 3-1 at the Wolf duals. They topped Central Minnesota Conference and Section 5A foe Eden Valley-Watkins 36-34. They dropped a big Central Minnesota Conference and Section 5A dual to No. 3A Kimball 46-18. The Huskers had a great tourney showing at the Foley "Tom Keating" tourney with 120 points to take fourth place in this fourteen team field of teams. Victor Lumley won their only championship and Mike Jarnot and Bryce Feia both earned second place. Tyler Schwartz earned fourth place, Jordan Gombos earned fifth place. and Luke Doll and Kyle Gerads both took sixth place. They earned second place with 165 points and nine place winners at the Paynesville "Bulldog" Invitaional. Victor Lumley and Mike Jarnot both won championships and Tyler Schwartz, Jordan Gombos and Kyle Gerads all earned second place. Zach Scott, Trevor Scott and Bryce Feia all earned third place and Adam Lane took fifth place.

EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS EAGLES
The Eagles are starting to get their starters back into their lineup; they topped two foes at the Dawson-Boyd/LQPV "United" duals AA Montevideo 42-33 and Section 4A foe Norwood Young America 45-27. They lost one dual to Dawson-Boyd/LQPV 43-27. Zach Blonigan was the lone Eagle to go 3-0 at the United Duals. The Eagles topped Central Minnesota Conference rivals Royalton 46-18 and Rockford 39-34. They dropped dual to Central Minnesota Conference rivals and a Section 5A rival Holdingford 36-34 and Section 7A power Pierz 39-27. The Eagles had a great showing at the New London-Spicer "Wildcat" tourney with 177.5 points and nine placing in the top three to earned third place. Jake Forcier, Tyler Magedanz and Mitch Aasfeld all won championships and Mike Downham, Austin Peterson, Brandon Walz and Blaine Meierhofer all earned second place. Zach Blonigan and Cain Renner both had great tourneys; with both earning third place.

NEW YORK MILLS EAGLES
The Eagles topped AA Lean and Mean and highway 10 rival Perham 34-33 and Park Region Conference and Section 6A rival Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 44-25. They dropped a big dual to Park Region Conference and Section 6A foe Ottertail Central 48-24. The Eagles earned 114 points to take fifth place at the Lake Park "Terry Teiken" Tourney with six place winners. Shane Novak and Tyler Patron both won championships and Seth Hofland and Peter Start both earned second place. Michael Meyer and Noah Pesola both earned fourth place.

MACCRAY/RENVILLE COUNTY WEST COOP
The Coop topped Section 3 rival Ortonville 61-9 and dropped a pair of duals to Section 3A foes Minneota No. 6A ranked 59-18 and Yellow Medicine East 39-30. The earned seventh place at the Paynesville "Bulldog" Duals with 125 points and seven place winners. Brent Jaenish and Travis Fagen both won championships and Jason Merten earned second place. Trevor Fagen, Zach Hauser and Tanner Bedel all earned fourth place.