MAT RATS WRIGHT COUNTY CONFERENCE

MAT RATS WRIGHT COUNTY CONFERENCE

2011-2012 SEASON PREVIEW

FARVORITES: ANNANDALE/MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING and the HUTCHINSON TIGERS

DARK HORSES: LITCHFIELD DRAGONS and the WACONIA WILDCATS

HUTCHINSON TIGERSHead Coach: Todd Card
Enrollment: 762 Hutchinson/156 BLH/Stewart (928 Total)
Section 2AA

Tigers of Hutchinson will have back from their 19-9 dual meet marks and final four dual meet campaign one state qualifier, seven section place winners and four others with a great deal of experience. Despite the graduation of three seniors including one state qualifier look for the Tigers should make improvement on those dual meet numbers from last season. The Tigers should make a strong challenge for conference honors and section honors, in this tough section dual meet campaign. Eric Madson, Josh Piepmeier, Anthony Settergren, Chris Schmidt, Tyler Karl and Riley Drew should be their key leaders thru out the season.

19-9 Overall
7-2 Wright County Conference
Final Four Section 2AA
Nine Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Fourth Place Cass Lake "Big Bear" tourney: 143.5 Pts. (6 Placers)
Fifth Place Hutchinson "Tigers" Tourney: 132 Pts. (9 Placers)
Third Place Kimball "Cub" Duals: (2-1)

Returning Wrestlers:
Eric Madson 11th 41-5 1st Sec./3rd State/AC
Josh Piepmeier 12th 27-14 3rd Section/AC
Anthony Settergren 12th 27-18 3rd Section
Bobby Rasmusen 12th 23-17 4th Section
Chris Schmidt 10th 20-9 5th Section
Tyler Karl 10th 25-9 5th Section
Riley Drew 9th 23-12 5th Section/AC
Josh Mellies 12th 18-21
Luke Pundsack 10th 11-15
Gannon Jordahl 10th 11-8
Corey Petersen 12th 5-8 5th Section
Logan Sondergaard 10th 5-9
Paxton Jordahl 11th 2-2
Jake Filk 9th 2-3
Tryston Kostelecky 10th 2-10
Grant Baumetz 9th 1-2
Ethan Link 10th 1-1
Corey Kurth 11th 1-1

Graduates:
Kyle White 31-9 2nd Section/AC (86-69 Career)
David Misch 8-19
Dalton Benage 11-25



ANNANDALE/MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING
Head Coach: Jason Bartels
Enrollment: 498 Annandale/287 Maple Lake/785 Total
Section: 6AA

The Lightning of Annandale/Maple Lake posted 19-7 dual meet marks last season and they were Wright County Conference champions. Back from that team are two state qualifiers, four section place winners and six others with a great deal of experience. Despite the graduation of four very good seniors including two state tourney qualifiers, look for the Lightning to possibly challenge those dual meet numbers from last season. They should challenge for a top four spot in this very tough section dual meet campaign and make a strong challenge for conference honors. Jordan Hanna, Derek Rachel, Joe Mosley, Teddy Erickson, Cal Redemske, Brady Kalla and Brian Redemske should be their key leaders thru out the season.

19-7 Overall
9-0 Wright County Conference Champions
Final Four Section 6AA
Ten Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers
First Place Mankato East "Couger"Tourney: 231.5 Pts. (13 Placers)
First Place Eden Prairie "Eagles" Tourney: 199 Pts. (13 Placers)
First Place Mora "Mustangs" Tourney: 220.5 Pts. (13 Placers)
Second Place ANML "Lightning" Duals: (2-1)

Returning Wrestlers:
Jordan Hanan 11th 26-10 2nd Sec./6th State/AC
Derek Rachel 12th 22-7 2nd Section/AC
Joe Mosley 10th 27-12 3rd Section/AC
Teddy Erickson 12th 27-10 5th Section/AC
Cal Redemske 9th 21-14 6th Section
Brady Kalla 10th 20-15
Tyler Miles 12th 5-12 6th Section
Thomas Condon 10th 10-23
Joe Laudenbach 9th 12-24
Isaac Hendrickson 11th 4-16
Nick Anderson 12th 16-10
Brian Redemske 12th Injured (22-12 2008-2009)

Graduates:
Matt Fuller 35-5 1st Section/AC
Alex Couette 34-6 3rd Section/AC
Jesse Puncochar 37-4 1st Sec./4th State/AC
Tyler Pipo 21-4 6th Section

WACONIA WILDCATS
Head Coach: Kelly Wagener
Enrollment: 996
Section: 2AA

The Wildcats posted 10-11 dual meet marks last season, back from the team are one state qualifier, five section place winners and eight others with a great deal of varsity experience. So despite the graduation of two good seniors they should improve on those dual meet marks this season. Look for the Wildcats to make a challenge for conference honors and possibly for a top four spot in this very tough section dual meet campaign. Schoen Kichler, Riley Trnka, Jacob Steinbaur, Max Bullock, Nick Asmussen and Sam Braunhausen should be their key leaders thru out the season.

10-11 Overall
4-5 Wright County Conference
Eight Section Place Winners
Second Place Mound Westonka "Haglund/Leopold" Tourney: 159 Pts. (11 Placers)
Second Place Minnetonka "Skippers" Tourney: 212 Pts. (12 Placers)
Fifth Place Henry Sibley "Spartans" Tourney: 122.5 Pts. (11 Placers)
Fourth Place Mora "Mustangs" Tourney: 145 Pts. (9 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Sam Braunhausen 12th 16-13 Injured
Schoen Kichler 12th 25-12 2nd Section
Riley Trnka 11th 27-10 5th Section
Jacob Steinbauer 10th 30-10 4th Section
Max Bullock 11th 22-15 4th Section
Nick Asmussen 11th 19-16 4th Section
Nick Green 9th 20-16 6th Section
Mason Hemze 9th 17-18
Casey Majhor 12th 11-16
James Nash 9th 6-17
Isaac Kluver 10th 5-24
Charlie Ombali 11th 4-20
Austin Millender 12th 2-1
Owen Hemze 8th 2-7

Graduates:
Ryan Eischens 24-16 6th Section (63-75 Career)
Will Lynn 20-6 5th Section/AC (37-11 Career)


DASSEL COKATO CHARGERS
Head Coach: Bryan Clemen
Enrollment: 557
Section: 6AA

The Chargers posted 10-11 dual meet marks last season, back from that team are two state qualifiers, two section place winners and nine others with varsity experience. They did graduate three seniors including one state place winner, but look for the chargers to challenge those dual meet marks from last season. If their younger wrestlers do improve over the course of the season they could challenge for a number four spot in this very tough dual meet campaign. Brent Pokorowski, Andrew Madson and Spencer Broberg should be their key leaders thru out the season.

10-11 Overall
5-4 Wright County Conference
Fourth Place STMA "Knights" Tourney: 110 Pts. (9 Placers)
Sixth Place Elk River "Elks" Tourney: 91 Pts. (7 Placers)
Sixth Place Foley "Tom Keating" Tourney: 106 Pts. (7 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Brent Pokorowski 12th 34-5 2nd Section/AC
Andrew Madson 12th 27-11 2nd Section/AC
Spencer Broberg 12th 26-17 3rd Section/AC
Tom Keskey 10th 21-22 6th Section
Brett Abrahamson 11th 17-20
Tom Halonen 10th 13-24
Alex Bapp 9th 17-18
Brady Peterson 10th 10-20
Ryan Christianson 11th 8-23
Jack Anderson 9th 5-25
Cole Schmidt 10th 4-12
Blair Christianson 12th 2-11
Tarren Nordstrom 11th 2-23

Graduates:
Dakota Hanson 33-3 1st Sec./2nd State/AC (94-21 Career)
Kaner Avsar 5-4
Kyle Johnson 3-2


DELANO TIGERS
Head Coach: Jeff Olson
Enrollment: 735
Section: 2AA

The Tigers have back from their 5-12 dual meet campaign three section place winners and seven others with a lot of varsity experience. They did graduate three seniors last season including two state qualifiers. It will be difficult for the Tigers to make a big improvement on those dual meet numbers this season. Miles Hamerlund, Connar Dalbec, Chad Booth and Lucas Schoen should be their key leaders thru out the season.

5-12 Overall
2-7 Wright County Conference
Five Section Place Winners
Fifth Place Norwood Young America "Raiders Central" Tourney: 122 Pts. (8 Placers)
Seventh Place Le Center "Bezdechek" Tourney: 99 Pts. (6 Placers)
Seventh Place STMA "Knights" Tourney: 82.5 Pts. (8 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Miles Hammerlund 11th 24-6 Injured/AC
Chad Booth 12th 18-15 5th Section
Connar Dalbec 11th 20-11 5th Section
Lucas Schoen 12th 11-10 6th Section
Brandon Stender 12th 7-21
Sawyer Thommes 10th 4-6
Austin Green 10th 3-7
Austin Niesen 9th 2-6
Jack Schweiss 9th 2-12
Sam Jordan 9th 2-12

Graduates:
Derek Butcher 29-9 1st Sec./5th State (62-27 Career)
Chris Gallus 23-11 2nd Section (68-55 Career)
Conner Dahl 19-13 4th Section (42-42 Career)

LITCHFIELD DRAGONS
Head Coach: Dan Buker
Enrollment: 481
Section: 6AA

The Dragons posted 8-11 dual meet marks last season, back from that team are five section place winners and nine others with varsity experience. With no one graduating last spring look for the Dragons to make some improvements on those dual meet numbers of last season. They could have the balance if the progress over the course of the season to challenge for a number four spot in this tough dual meet campaign. Tyler Jones, Devan Nelson, Ryan Anderson, Cody Klabunde, Austin Jones and Derek Celander should be their key leaders thru out the season.

8-11 Overall
5-4 Wright County Conference
Five Section Place Winners
Third Place Litchfield "Dragon" Tourney: 137 Pts. (10 Placers)
Fifth Place Totino Grace "Eagles" Tourney: 112 Pts. (7 Placers)
Seventh Place New London-Spicer "Wildcat" Tourney: 79 Pts. (7 Placers)
Fifteenth Place Redwood Valley" River Riot" Tourney: 67.5 Pts. (2 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Tyler Jones 10th 32-8 5th Section/AC
Devan Nelson 11th 22-15 5th Section
Ryan Anderson 11th 20-15 5th Section
Cody Klabunde 9th 19-13 4th Section
Derek Celander 12th 16-14
Austin Jones 12th 12-9 6th Section
Dylan Reiner 12th 12-23
Nathan King 11th 11-15
Max Kaping 10th 9-14
Walker Kaping 11th 9-22
Jake Kalkbrenner 11th 8-13
Jordan Reiner 12th 6-25
Corey Pritchett 11th 5-13
Kevin Haring 10th 2-3


GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE/LESTER PRAIRIE PANTHERS
Head Coach: Lance Wurm
Enrollment: 513 Glencoe/Silver Lake/109 Lester Prairie/624 Total
Section: 2AA

The Panthers of Glencoe-Silver Lake/Lester Prairie posted 9-23 dual meet marks last season, back from that team are one state qualifier, one section place winner and fourteen others with varsity experience. Despite the graduation of eight very good seniors including one state qualifier, they could challenge those dual meet marks from last season. They have enough back to fill their lineup with an experience wrestler at each weight. If those young wrestlers continue to improve they will have a very solid team by the end of the season. Dalton Clouse, Mitchell Hartwig, Nate Tesh, Martin Matinez and Michael Donnay should be their key leaders thru out the season.

9-23 Overall
0-9 Wright County Conference
Four Section Place Winners
Third Place Mound-Westonka "Haglund/Leopold" Tourney: 121 Pts. (11 Placers)
Third Place Royalton "Royals" Tourney: 149 Pts. (13 Placers)
Ninth Place Glencoe/SL "Dan Hall" Tourney: 79 Pts. (9 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Mitchell Hartwig 11th 32-10 2nd Section/AC
Dalton Clouse 10th 24-10 6th Section
Nate Tesh 9th 15-8
Martin Martinez 12th 16-22
Michael Donnay 10th 13-14
Brandon Richter 9th 11-17
Jacob Jewett 10th 9-10
Kyle Polzin 11th 7-16
John Williams 10th 6-9
Martin Lezama 11th 3-15
Oscar Salanis 12th 3-15
Nick Brelje 8th 2-5
Ryan Kuester 11th 2-8
Tony Lowden 8th 2-2
Casey Style 12th 2-2
Aaron Donnay 8th 2-1

Graduates:
Stephen Delwicke 33-8 2nd Section/AC (133-45 Career)
Colt Trebesch 25-4 AC (60-48 Career)
Travis Jacques 15-23 6th Section
Dillion Jobe 8-25
Kurtis Lindee 11-25
Ryan Schrempp 2-11
Toby Beetm 2-8
Kyle Popelka 1-1

MOUND-WESTONKA WHITE HAWKS
Head Coach: Todd Munsterteiger
Enrollment: 644
Section: 6AAA

The White Hawks posted 10-12 dual meet marks last season, back from that team are two state qualifiers, four section place winners and ten others with a lot of experience. The White Hawks did graduate one very good senior, but look for them to make a big improvement on those dual meet marks from last season. They should move up in the conference standings and possibly challenge for one of those top four spots in this very balance section dual meet campaign. Tyler Hebig,Sam Bennyhoff, Drake Heath and Ryder Schmidt should be their key leaders thru out the season.

10-12 Overall
3-6 Wright County Conference
Seven Section Place Winners
Fourth Place Mound Westonka "Leopold/Haglund" Tourney: 114 Pts. (11 Placers)
Fifth Place Minnetonka "Skippers" tourney: 112.5 Pts. (10 Placers)
Fifth Place Hopkins "Paul Bengtson" Tourney: 119 Pts (6 Placers)
Fourteenth Place South St. Paul "Pete Veldman" Tourney: 69 Pts. (4 Placers)
Eight Place Fridley "Tigers" Tourney: 92 Pts. (5 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:
Tyler Hebig 11th 34-3 1st Section/AC
Sam Bennyhoff 9th 19-6 1st Section
Drake Heath 8th 21-8 4th Section
John Byers 10th 12-16 4th Section
Will Van Gant 11th 14-4
Tyler Ihli 12th 14-15 6th Section
Bryan Tierney 10th 7-4 4th Section
Ryder Schmidt 10th 19-13
Sam Drinstun 10th 9-14
Chris Forseth 10th 11-7
Chris Prescott 10th 5-9
Ryan Reid 8th 3-5
Sam Lungstrom 11th 2-5
Ben Rogers 11th 2-4
Travis Peterson 10th 2-2
Eric Hannigan 11th 2-16

Graduate:
Nate Schermerhorn 28-12 2nd Section (67-54 Career)


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