MAT RATS SECTION 5AA (2nd Annual)

MAT RATS SECTION 5AA (2nd Annual)


2010-2011 Season Preview



FAVORITES: MONTICELLO MAGIC AND THE TOTINO-GRACE EAGLES



DARK HORSES: FRIDLEY TIGERS AND THE ROCKFORD ROCKETS


MONTICELLO MAGIC

Head Coach: Andy Zigan
Enrollment: 1,087
Section: 5AA


The Magic of Monticello had an outstanding season last year as they posted a 23-4 dual meet mark and section championship honors. They will return four state qualifiers including one state place winner, three section place winners and two others with experience. They will be hard pressed to match those dual meet marks from last season. With the graduation of eight seniors including six state qualifiers including two state champions. But look for this team to fill in with some junior varsity wrestlers. They should make a great deal of improvement thru out the season. The Magic should make a strong challenge for section honors and possibly for conference honors. Eric Bourgeois, Nic Grimley, Jake Berthiaume, Zach Beaumaster and Logan Stiller should be their key leaders thru out the season.

23-4 Overall
7-1 Mississippi 8 Conference 2nd Place
Section 5AA Champions
Fourteen Section Place Winners/Ten State Qualifiers/Four State Placers
Second Place Foley "Tom Keating" Tourney: 227.5 Pts. (11 Placers)
First Place South St. Paul "Pete Veldman" Tourney: 231.5 Pts. (10 Placers)
First Place Big Lake "Hornets" Tourney: 247 Pts. (12 Placers)
First Place Monticello "Magic #1" Duals: (4-0)
First Place Monticello "Magic #2" Duals: (4-0)
First Place Lakeville North "Panther" Duals: (3-0)


Returning Wrestlers:
Nic Grimley 12th 35-8 2nd Section
Eric Bourgeois 12th 42-6 1st Sec./4th State/AC
Jake Berthiaume 10th 29-15 3rd Section/AC
Logan Stiller 11th 22-21 2nd Section
Zach Beaumaster 10th 25-16 1st Section/AC
Seth Gardner 8th 14-10 4th Section
Carter Barnes 10th 17-23 3rd Section
Tarin Zavadil 10th 6-12
Mitchel Hanson 10th 1-2

Graduates:
Tyler Mergen 46-0 1st Sec./State Champ/AC (176-17 Career)
Sebastian Gardner 44-2 1st Sec./State Champ/AC (127-31 Career)
Joe Jude 35-11 2nd Section/AC (76-49 Career)
Logan Draack 37-9 1st Section/AC (123-60 Career)
Jake Schmitz 37-9 1st Section/AC (112-39 Career)
Ryan Michaelis 42-4 1st Section/6th State/AC (107-44 Career)
Mark Hickman 15-26
Cody Dessellier 1-3


TOTINO-GRACE EAGLES

Head Coach: Doug Svihel
Enrollment: 802
Section 5AA


The Eagles had a good season with their final four appearance in the section dual meet campaign. Back from that team are one state qualifier, seven section place winners and eight others with a great deal of experience. The Eagles should make a strong challenge for both Conference and section honors. Walker Thiele, Lance Benick, Isaac Florell, Kezlee Flomo, Derek Wolters and Joe Schiller should be their key leaders thru out the season.


Overall Dual Meet Record 10-6
4-5 North Suburban Conference
Final Four Section 5AA
Nine Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers
Fifth Place Janesville "Fasnacht Memorial" Tourney: 82 Pts. (4 Placers)
Sixth Place Totino Grace "Eagles" Tourney: 109.5 Pts. (7 Placers)
Eight Place Hutchinson "Tigers" Tourney: 83 Pts. (8 Placers)
Twenty-Third Place Rochester "Christmas" Tourney: 46.5 Pts. (2 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Walker Thiele 10th 23-11 2nd Section
Joe Schiller 11th 15-17 5th Section
Derek Wolters 12th 14-20 6th Section
Lance Benick 9th 24-11 6th Section (Transfer Forest Lake)
Kezlee Flomo 9th 20-10 5th Section (Transfer Fridley)
Richie Donovan 12th
Isaac Florell 9th 11-19 4th Section (Transfer Forest Lake)
Adam Vettel 8th 12-12 5th Section
Jake Sansovich 9th 9-12 4th Section
Richie Donovan 12th 11-4 Section Place Winner 2009-2010
Pierce Rothenbacher 10th 7-12
Brady Wodarck 11th 5-18
Joe Shirk 12th 5-9
Aaron Kusch 10th 4-3
Joe Pugh 10th
Jaxson Sommers 9th


Gradutes:
Quinton Thiele 31-9 2nd Section (110-51 Career)
Anthony Gullickson 38-3 1st Sec./2nd State (174-60 Career)
Austin Schutz 21-16 3rd Section
Adam Seifert 21-17 2nd Section
Joe Gomez 32-5 3rd Section (77-30 Career)


FRIDLEY TIGERS

Head Coach: Eric Anderson
Enrollment: 718
Section 5AA

The Tigers had a great season as they posted 15-9 dual meet marks and won section 5AA runner up honors. Back from that team are; one state qualifier, four section place winners and nine others with a great deal of varsity experience. They did graduate five section place winners including one state qualifier, so they might be hard pressed to challenge those dual meet numbers. However look for the Tigers younger wrestlers to make a lot of improvement over the course of the season, thus seriously challenging those dual meet numbers from last season. They should make a strong challenge for both conference and section honors. Justin May, Bobby Simmons, Max Fite, Tyler Ritchie and Marquise Rolbieckie should be their key leaders thru out the season.

15-9 Overall
4-5 North Suburban Conference
Section 5AA Runner Ups
Eleven Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
First Place Saint Croix Lutheran "Crusader" Tourney: 216 Pts. (12 Placers)
Third Place Ogilvie "Lions" Tourney: 180.5 Pts. (11 Placers)
Fourth Place Totino Grace "Eagles" Tourney: 113 Pts. (7 Placers)
Seventh Place Fridley "Tigers" Tourney: 103 Pts. (9 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Justin May 9th 28-10 2nd Section
Bobby Simmons 12th 20-9 4th Section
Max Fite 11th 22-13 4th Section
Tyler Ritchie 12th 14-12 5th Section
Marquise Rolbieckie 12th 10-8 5th Section
J. T. Dircks 11th 7-17
Ajan Ajanic 11th 6-11
Idiris Hussein 10th 5-13
Bashir Adeed 11th 8-13
Bryce Matthews 11th 3-2
Justin Ranallo 12th 4-6
Nehemiah Owusa 11th 4-12
Chad Christenson 12th 2-10
Mike Warner 11th 2-2

Graduates:
Pat Faber 35-4 2nd Section/AC (137-68 Career)
Jesse Root 29-8 4th Section/AC (70-26 Career)
Nick Carlson 23-14 3rd Section/AC (55-79 Career)
Ivan Guernsey 28-10 4th Section/AC (79-36 Career)
Tianchie Allen 18-16 5th Section
Marvin Mayweather 1-3


ROCKFORD ROCKETS

Head Coach: Nick Peterson
Enrollment: 401
Section: 5AA

The Rockets posted 6-16 dual meet marks last season and they had some very showings in four of their individual tournaments. Back from that team are three state qualifiers, four section place winners and seven with varsity experience. There were no Rockets that graduated last spring, so look for them to improve on those dual meet marks. They could if they continue to improve challenge for a top four spot in the section 5AA dual meet campaign. Ty Griffin, Zach Johnson, John Redepenning, Adam Jakubowski and Bard Jonson will be their key leaders thru out the season.

6-16 Overall
0-7 Central Minnesota Conference
Seven Section Place Winners/Three State Qualifiers
Second Place Melrose "Early Bird" Tourney: 184 Pts. (12 Placers)
Second Place Spectrum "Sting" Tourney: 179 Pts. (12 Placers)
Third Place Zimmerman "Thunder" Tourney: 156 Pts. (12 Placers)
Fourth Place Brooklyn Center "Centaurs" Tourney: 143 Pts. (9 Placers)
Sixth Place Maple Grove "Crimson" Tourney: 108 Pts. (10 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Ty Griffin 10th 35-9 2nd Sec./6th State/AC
Zach Johnson 12th 32-7 1st Section/AC
John Redepenning 12th 36-4 1st Section/AC
Adam Jakubowski 12th 27-16 3rd Section
Brad Johnson 10th 27-10 Injured
Daniel Paine 12th 19-15 5th Section
Connor Soligny 11th 6-6 5th Section
Mike Gaspar 12th 10-26 6th Section
Gaska Galka 10th 12-29
Dylan Graunke 10th 6-24
Josh Green 12th 2-5
Zach Guthrie 11th 2-18
Tyler Barning 12th 2-2


BENILDE-ST. MARGARET'S RED KNIGHTS

Head Coach: Larry Allar
Enrollment: 930
Section 5AA

The Red Knights posted 4-18 dual meet marks last season, back from that team are two state qualifiers including a state runner up, three section place winners and five others with a great deal of experience. They didn't have any graduates last spring so look for this team to make some big improvements on those dual meet marks from last season. They should move up in the conference standings and could possibly challenge for a top four spot in this very balance section dual meet campaign. Jared Offedahl, Jake Deutchlander, Seoulec Gunvalson and Dillon Smith should be their key leaders.

4-18 Overall
1-8 North Suburban Conference
Five Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Sixth Place Pine Island "Panther" Tourney: 72 Pts. (5 Placers)
Seventh Place Osseo "Ken Droegenmueller" Tourney: 71 Pts. (6 Placers)
Seventh Place Cannon Falls "Bombers" Tourney: 84 Pts. (4 Placers)
Eight Place South Saint Paul "Pete Veldman" Tourney: 93.5 Pts. (5 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Jared Oftedahl 11th 39-3 1st Sec./2nd State/AC
Jake Deutchlander 10th 32-10 1st Section
Seoulec Gunvalson 9th 27-10 3rd Section/AC
Dillon Smith 12th 21-18/AC
Neil Davis 12th 10-15 5th Section
Jeff Laux 11th 9-27 5th Section
Carter Burn 10th 18-15 (Transfer Peoria, ILL)
Patrick Bromelkamp 12th 5-26
Christian Ehlen 10th 3-28
Jameer Anderson 8th 5-28
Steven Hayes 8th 4-12

Graduate:
Payton Goodrich 25-14 2nd Section/AC


RICHFIELD SPARTANS

Head Coach: Eric Herrmann
Enrollment: 928

The Spartans posted 7-10 dual meet marks last season, back from that team are two state qualifiers, two section place winners and seven others with a great deal of varsity experience. Look for them to challenge those dual meet marks from last season. Chandler Aaredondo, Mike Dyer and Christian Wellens will be their key leaders thru out the season.

7-10 Overall
Six Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Fourth Place Hopkins ""Paul Bengston" Tourney: 137 Pts. (6 Placers)
Fifth Place Fridley "Tigers" Tourney: 121 Pts. (7 Placers)
Fifth Place Richfield/Edina "Rampage" Tourney: 155 Pts. (10 Placers)
Fifth Place Meadow Creek "Fighting Saints" Tourney: 129 Pts. (10 Placers)
Fifth Place Richfield "Charley Turner" Duals: (2-1)


Returning Wrestlers:
Chandler Aaredondo 11th 23-7 1st Section
Mike Dyer 12th 24-7 2nd Section
Christian Wellens 9th 14-12 5th Section
Obsa Ali 10th 9-9 5th Section
Justin Swetala 10th 8-12
Alex Abramson 9th 7-14
Dennis Chavarria 12th 6-22
Willie Kusnier 12th 4-3
Anthony Blanks 11th 3-12
Darryl Pihal 11th 4-19
Walter Viera 10th 2-0

Graduates:
Mitch Wojcik 16-20 6th Section
Terry Hill 13-7 5th Section
Manny Carenas 4-14


BROOKLYN-CENTER/CONCORDIA ACADEMY CENTAURS

Head Coach: Nate Gautsch
Enrollment: 367
Section 5AA

The Centaurs have back from last season three section place winners and five others with a lot of experience. They did graduate three good seniors, but look for them to make improvement over the course of the season. William Saydee, David Afolabi, Nixon Keago, Nate Rattliff and Malick Ceesay to be their key leaders thru out the season.

Overall Duals 9-11
Five Section Place Winners
First Place Tri-Metro Conference Tourney: 146.5 Pts. (10 Placers)
Third Place Rush City "Tigers" Tourney: 1225 Pts. (9 Placers)
Fourth Place Minnetonka "Skippers" Tourney: 129.5 Pts. (11 Placers)
Fifth Place Saint Croix Lutheran "Crusaders" Tourney: 144 Pts. (10 Placers)
Seventh Place Brooklyn Center "Centaurs" Tourney: 107 Pts. (9 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
William Saydee 12th 24-12 3rd Section
David Afolabi 12th 25-10 3rd Section
Nixon Keago 12th 15-7 6th Section
Nate Rattliff 12th 19-16
Malick Ceesay 11th 18-16
Tyler Joles 10th 17-16
Travis Potter 12th 11-23
Cristian Navarro 12th 7-16

Graduates:
Ben Goodrich 35-3 1st Section
Jerry Huang 28-11 4th Section
Roderic Harris 10-18


ORONO SPARTANS

Head Coach: Joe McPherson
Enrollment: 876
Section: 5AA
Returning Wrestlers:
Gavan Winkels 12th 26-11 3rd Section
Charlie Schmid 10th 14-23 4th Section
Jackson Striggow 9th 9-4 4th Section
Zach Mahan 11th 16-19
Andrew Lautner 12th 4-7


SPECTRUM STING

Head Coach: Sean Ryther
Enrollment: 222
Section 5AA

The Spectrum have two section place winners and three others returning with some varsity experience. They are hoping to get their practice room filled with more wrestlers this season. If their numbers do increase they should show improvement over the course of the season. Josh Davis and Esteban Teigen should be their key leaders thru out the season.

Three Section Place Winners
Fourth Place Tri-Metro Conference Tourney: 89.5 Pts. (8 Placers)
Eight Place Spectrum "Sting" Tourney: 63.5 Pts. (5 Placers)
Ninth Place Hinckley-Finlayson "Jaguar" Tourney: 52 Pts. (2 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Josh Davis 12th 17-13 6th Section
Esteban Teigen 8th 13-12 4th Section
Ian Neitzer 11th 5-5
Alex McDonough 12th 2-14
Brett Henkemeyer 11th 3-9

Graduates:
Paul Nolden 27-6 3rd Section
Thomas Stroup 7-19
Guilio Borght 1-13
Connor McDonough 0-14



MINNEAPOLIS EDISON TOMMIES

Head Coach: Troy Wellington
Enrollment: 558

3-10 Overall
3-3 Minneapolis City Conference

Returning Wrestlers:
Cristian Penaloza 12th 15-1 3rd Section
Daniel Jewel 11th 15-16
Ahmed Ahmed 12th 11-10

Graduates:
Deione Robertson 21-9 4th Section
Daisy Hidalgo 3-9 6th Section


MINNEAPOLIS ROOSEVELT TEDDIES

Head Coach: Ashraf Khalafalla
Enrollment: 563

The Teddies posted 4-8 dual meet marks last season, back from that team are seven wrestlers with a great deal of experience. If they continue to improve over the course of the season, look for them to make a improvement on their dual marks.

4-8 Overall
1-5 Minneapolis City Conference

Returning Wrestlers:
Jorge Gomez 10th 12-11
Dakota Wolf 11th 6-12
Luis Avilla 11th 5-14
Josey Luna 11th 6-10
Jabre Peoples 12th 6-8
Thierono Diello 12th 5-5
Osman Gomez 11th 3-17

Graduates:
Jessie Trudell 11-13 6th Section
Alex Sjoquist 6-11


MINNEAPOLIS WASHBURN MILLERS


Head Coach: Leif Berg
Enrollment: 741

The Millers posted 5-19 dual meet number, back from that team are three section place winners and two others with some experience. Look for steady improvement from the Millers.

5-19 Overall
2-4 Minneapolis City Conference
Four Section Place Winners

Returning Wrestlers:
Donovan Collins 12th 11-9 6th Section
Noah Posey 9th 6-14 6th Section
Terrence Bailey 12th 4-14 6th Section
Tobias Knight 10th 7-18
Matt Geske 11th 4-14

Graduates:
Dan Gardener 17-21
Payton Lauber 12-7 5th Section