CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS MID JANUARY REPORT (17th Annual)

CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAT RATS

By Roger Mischke
January 24, 2011


Special Congratulations goes to Mitch Bengtson of St. Cloud Apollo as he won his 200th Career Match at the Kiffmeyer duals. >

CLASS AAA TEAMS

SAINT MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS

The Saints topped two Mississippi 8 Conference with big wins over rival Cambridge-Isanti 34-28 and Rogers 74-0. They also topped rival and neighbor Elk River 66-6. The Knights earned second place at the St. Cloud Tech "Kiffmeyer" duals with wins in the quarterfinals over St. Cloud Tech 49-18 and in the semifinals over No. 3AA ranked Foley in a very close dual 32-28. They dropped the championship to No. 8AAA ranked Hastings 26-24 in a very tightly contested dual. Tommy Thorn, Cole Sladek, Lincoln Mallinger and Wayne Voss were all 3-0 at the Kiffmeyer duals. The Knights topped their big Section 7AAA rival and Mississippi 8 Conference foe Cambridge-Isanti 34-28.

CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI BLUE JACKETS

The Bluejackets topped Mississippi 8 rival Big Lake 71-3 and dropped a very good dual to another conference rival Saint Michael-Albertville. They took fifth place at the St. Cloud Tech "Kiffmeyer" Duals. In the quarter-finals they met No. 8AAA ranked Hastings and they came up just short 32-26. In the consolation semifinals they topped Sauk Rapids 51-18 and St. Cloud Apollo 55-22. Ty Torgerson and Jon Knowlton were both 3-0 at the Kiffmeyer duals. The Bluejackets used many different wrestlers in the two consolation duals. The Bluejackets dropped a very close dual to Section 7AAA rival and Mississippi 8 Conference Saint Michael-Albertville 34-28. They topped the field at the Bluejacket dual meet invitational with wins over No. 3AAA ranked Forest Lake 34-22, AA Lean and Mean Mora 71-0, AAA foe St. Cloud Apollo 62-9 and AA rival North Branch 56-15. Ty Torgerson was 4-0 and Cody Skog was 3-1 and Clayton Jennisson and Dakota Johnson were both 3-0.

LITTLE FALLS FLYERS

The Flyers dropped a Granite Ridge Conference dual to No. 7AA ranked Milaca 47-25. They had a good performance with 152 points and ten wrestlers placing in the top five to earn third place at the Bemidji "Rick Lee" Invitational. Dylan Kifer was their only champion and Connor Scherping and Frank Wilczek both earned second place. Justin Jenks and Adam Grams both earned third place and David Copa, Joe Reis and Jordan Petrone all earned fourth place and Luke Lodermeier took fifth place. The Flyers topped Section 8AAA and Central Lakes Conference rival St. Cloud Tech 39-25.


SAINT CLOUD APOLLO EAGLES

The Eagles topped Central Lakes Conference and Section 8AAA rival Sartell 45-30. They went 1-2 at the St. Cloud Tech "Kiffmeyer" Duals with a win over the host school St. Cloud Tech 36-34. They dropped their quarter-final dual to No. 3AA ranked Foley 53-24 and the Consolation championship to No. 5AAA ranked Cambridge-Isanti 55-22. Mitch Bengtson, Grant Nehring and Grant Dullinger were all 3-0 at the Kiffmeyer duals. Special Congratulations goes to Mitch Bengtson as he won his 200th Career Match at the Kiffmeyer duals. The Eagles topped Central Lakes Conference rival Willmar in a very exciting dual 35-34. They went 2-2 at the Cambridge-Isanti "Bluejackets" Duals with wins over AA North Branch 39-30 and Mora 54-30. They dropped duals to No. 3AAA Forest Lake 55-16 and to No. 6AAA Cambridge-Isanti 62-9. Mitch Bengtson was 4-0, Grant Nehring 3-0, Matt Braun 3-1, Nam Nguyen and Bryce Kirchner were all 3-1 at the Cambridge-Isanti duals.


BRAINERD WARRIORS

The Warriors had a great showing to earn the championship at the Moorhead "Rod Gadberry" Duals. They topped three North Dakota foes; Fargo South 46-21, Grand Forks Central 43-27 and Jamestown 36-34. They also topped the host school and section 8AAA rival Moorhead 38-24 for the championship. Jake Zelinske and Shane White were both 4-0 and Dan Babineau, Luke Boran, Spencer Kangas and Josh Schultz were all 3-1 at the Gadberry duals. The Warriors topped Section 8AAA rivals Bemidji 45-18 and Sauk Rapids 52-15. The Warriors turned in an awesome performance with 214 points and twelve wrestlers placing in the top five to win the championship at the Elk River "Elks" Invitational. Levi Rubin, Casey Beiver, Dan Babineau and Nate Adams all won championships. Shane White and Jeff Flickinger both earned second place and Jace Engelman and James Weiss both earned third place. Andy Schlosser, Sam Adams and Luke Boran both earned fourth place and Josh Schltz took fifth place.

WILLMAR CARDINALS

The Cardinals topped Central Lakes rival Sauk Rapids 39-24 and dropped a close dual to St. Cloud Apollo 35-34. The Cardinals were 2-2 at the Monticello "Magic" Duals where they defeated Section 1AAA Faribault 35-34 and Section 5AAA foe Osseo 52-18. They dropped duals to No. 8AA ranked Monticello 35-31 and to Section 6AAA foe Hopkins 37-29. Logan Walkow, Nate Mittag, Alex Johannes, Seth Pollock and Cass Herzog all were 4-0 and Austin Miley was 3-1 at the Magic duals. The Cardinals topped Class A rival BOLD 47-17. The Cardinals earned fifth place with 113 points and eight place winners in the top five at the Hutchinson Invite. Alex Johannes and Martin Cabrerra both earned second place, Nate Mittag, Travis Dugan and Chad Milhausen all earned third place. Augustine Hahn and C. J. Barkley both earned fourth place and Shawn Johnson took fifth place. Very good performance considering they had five starters that didn't participate.

SARTELL SABRES

The Sabres dropped a dual to Central Lakes Conference and Section 8AAA rival St. Cloud Apollo 45-30. They earned 137 points and had nine wrestlers place in the top five to take fifth place at the Paynesville Invite. Brady Goebel won their only championship and Drew Bienusa and Antone Thene both earned third place. They earned five fourth places including; John Pelach, Zach Motschke, Garret Counter, Zach Pederson and Jed Anderson and Nick Jenson took fifth place. This was without their top two wrestlers; so a pretty impressive performance by the Sabres. They split duals topping Royalton 55-12 and losing to the No. 11A Holdingford 54-15. They earned fourth place at the Staples-Motley "Don Dravis" Duals with a win over Staples-Motley 39-36, in the semifinals they dropped a dual to No. 11AA Perham 39-23. In the third place match they dropped a very close dual to cross town rival St. Cloud Tech 38-28. Drew Bienusa and Daniel Vitale were both 3-0 at the Dravis duals.



BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS

The Lumberjacks topped Section 7AA rival Hibbing 51-18. They are starting to get their wrestlers back into their lineup as indicated by a great showing at their "Rick Lee" Invitational with 146.5 points and eight wrestlers placing in the top four to earn fourth place. Brian Maas won their only championship and Logan Crosby, Craig Maas, Colton Doty and Kodi Craft all earned second place. Kade Johnson and Alex Johnson both earned third place and Dylan Sauceda earned fourth place. Bemidji dropped a big dual to Section 8AAA rival Brainerd 45-18. They topped up and coming Class A Blackduck/Cass Lake/Bena 38-28 and dropped a dual to AA rival Fosston-Bagley 38-35. The Lumberjacks had a great tourney performance with 128.5 points and seven wrestlers placing in the top four to earn fourth place at the Thief River Falls "Prowlers" Invitational. Brian Maas and Kodi Craft both earned second place and Logan Crosby, Craig Maas, Kade Johnson and Brenden Fredricksen earned third place and Dylan Sauceda earned fourth place.


MOORHEAD SPUDS

The Spuds topped Section 8AA rival Detroit Lakes 42-24 and Section 8A rival Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 39-24 and they dropped a dual to No. 9A ranked Badger-Greenbush-Middle River 57-21 at the Detroit Lakes quadrangular. The Spuds had a great tourney performance as they went 3-1 at their Rod Gadberry Invitational with big wins over North Dakota foes; they topped No. 8A Mandan, North Dakota 39-35, No. 7A Grand Forks Central 42-29 and Jamestown, ND 36-24 and they dropped a very close dual to Section 8AAA rival Brainerd 38-34. Mikey Zupan, A. J. Wheeler and Chase Morlock all were 4-0 at the Gadberry Duals. Chase Morlock won his 100th Career Match on Saturday. The Spuds had a great tourney performance with 166 points and eleven wrestlers placing in the top five to earn second place at the Lake Park "Terry Teiken" Invitational. Tom Wychor and Chase Morlock won championships and Grant Brendemahl earned second place. Brendan Edner, Kenny Mark, Mike Zupan and Ben Herbst all earned third place. Nick Lorenzen and Taylor Laidlaw both earned fourth place and Ryan Schock took fifth place.

ST. CLOUD TECH TIGERS

The Tigers topped Central Lakes Conference rival Rocori 46-22. The Tigers went 1-2 at the Kiffmeyer Duals with a big win over cross town rival Sauk Rapids 37-31. They dropped a very close dual to St. Cloud Apollo 36-34 and to the No. 4AAA ranked Saint Michael-Albertville 49-18. Bryant Amundson and Austin Klaverkamp were both 3-0 at the Kiffmeyer duals. The Tiger had a great tourney performance at the Staples-Motley "Don Dravis" Duals with a quarterfinal win over Yellow Medicine 50-22; they dropped their semifinal dual to No. 2A ranked Kimball 49-21. In the third place match the Tigers topped cross town rival Sartell 38-28 in a very exciting dual. Tommy O'Brien, Maurice Martin and Jerrad Nieland were all 3-0 at the Dravis Duals.

SAUK RAPIDS STORM

The Storm dropped a Central Lakes Conference dual to Willmar 39-24. They went 0-3 at the St. Cloud Tech "Kiffmeyer" Duals. They lost to No. 2AAA ranked Albert Lea 54-13, No. 5AAA ranked Cambridge-Isanti 51-18 and to cross town rival St. Cloud Tech 37-31. The Storm dropped a dual to soon to be ranked Central Lakes Conference Brainerd 52-15.

ELK RIVER ELKS

The Elks dropped a dual to the No. 4AAA ranked Saint Michael-Albertville 66-6. They topped Northwest Suburban Conference rival Andover 34-29. The Elks earned sixth place with 110.5 points at their invitational. Evan Caldon, Mitch Barudry and Kyle Wiemann all earned second place, Garrett Caldon earned third place. Justi Gagnon earned fourth place and Kevin Weeks took fifth place.

BUFFALO BISON

The Bison went 1-3 at the Monticello "Magic" duals; they lost to Osseo 49-24, Shakopee 42-24, Faribault 44-18 and they did top AAA foe Alexandria 52-26. Tanner Maus was 4-0 and Cedric Jimenez, Adam Treptua and Lucas Mock were all 3-1 at the Monticello duals. The Bison dropped duals to Mississippi 8 Conference foe Rogers 48-27 and to Section 6AAA foe Mound Westtonka 51-24.

ROCORI SPARTANS

The Spartans dropped a Central Lakes Conference dual to St. Cloud Tech 46-22. They earned eighth place at the Paynesville "Bulldog" Invitational with 90 points and six place winners. Adam Kunz and Jordan Hemmesch both earned second place and Sam Kuss earned third place. Seth Klein and Tyler Hoffman both earned fourth place and Kolton Ressemann took fifth place.The Spartans topped AA rival Albany 48-31. They went 0-3 at the Hopkins quadrangular; they lost to Minnetonka 48-36, Hopkins 41-33 and Armstrong 41-33. Jordan Hemmesch and Sam Kuss were both 3-0 at the Hopkins quad.

ALEXANDRIA CARINDALS

The Cardinals dropped a pair of duals at the Litchfield triangular to AA foes; Litchfield 50-12 and Dassel-Cokato 49-18. They went 0-4 at the Monticello "Magic" duals, dropping duals to Annandale-Maple Lake 62-18, Faribault 57-21, Hopkins 54-24 and Buffalo 52-26.


CLASS A TEAMS

KIMBALL CUBS

The Cubs topped Central Minnesota Conference and Section 5A rival Eden Valley-Watkins 60-15. They also topped the field of teams at their quadrangular with wins over No. 9AA Hutchinson 40-28, AA Staples-Motley 65-12 and Yellow Medicine East 66-9. Travis Schiefelbein, Alex Thurber, Travis Wills, Caramon Hansen, Tanner Mills, Mitchell McKee and Quinten Berres were all 3-0 at the quadrangular. They topped three teams at the Mora quadrangular with big wins over AA Mora 54-12, AA Zimmerman 55-8 and Ogilvie 67-0. Quinten Berres, Caramon Hansen, Jordan Joseph, Travis Schiefelbein, Tim Konz and Alex Thurber were all 3-0 at the quad. The Cubs topped three foes at the Staples-Motley "Don Dravis" Duals with a win in the quarter-final over 7A team Crosby-Ironton 58-18, AAA St. Cloud Tech 49-21 and No. 11AA ranked Perham 42-30. Tanner Mills, Marcus Hamer, Travis Schiefelbein, Travis Wills, Tim Konz, and Quinten Berres were all 3-0 at the Dravis duals.

ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY FALCONS

The Falcons topped the field of teams at the Minnewaska "Laker" Duals with big wins over No. 3A Minneota 35-27, Class A Lean and Mean Border West 45-24 and Section 5A rival Minnewaska 48-18. Hayden Rouser, Matt Meyer and James Nelson were all 3-0 at the Laker duals. The Falcons used several wrestlers at this event. They had a great performance as they earned 260.5 points and a total of sixteen place winners to win the championship at the New London-Spicer "Wildcat" Invitational. Tyler Berghuis, Hayden Rouser, Matt Meyer, Larry Bomstad, James Nelson and Jordan Fester all won championships. Robert Rasmussen, Maverick Whitcomb and Lucas Damm all earned second place and Logan Peterson and Lee Whitcomb earned third place. Jesse Whitcomb and Matt Whitcomb both earned fourth place and Derek Dengerud, Jacob Peterson and T. J. Hoffman all took fifth place. The very next day after the New London-Spicer they competed in the Hutchinson "Tigers" Invitational where they seem just a little tired but still manage to have a solid performance with 202.5 points and thirteen place winners to earned second place. Robert Rassmusen, Hayden Rouser, Logan Peterson, Matt Meyer and Larry Bomstad all won championships. Tyler Berghuis earned second place, Maverick Whitcomb and James Nelson all earned third place. Matthew Whitcomb earned fourth place and Derek Degerud, Jordan Fester, T. J. Hoffman and Jacob Peterson all took fifth place.


KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG FIGHTING SAINTS

The Fighting Saints topped Camden Conference rival Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 62-6. They topped three foes at the Osakis "Silverstreaks" Duals to earn the championship. They topped AA foe Pequot Lakes/Pine River/Backus 49-15, Section 5A foe Browerville/Eagle Valley 58-15 and Section 6A foe Ottertail Central 51-21. Nick Meyer, Cody Peters, Zach Carlson and Isaac Froelich all were 3-0 at the Osakis duals. They dropped a dual to No. 5AA ranked New London-Spicer 30-22 in a very good dual. It saw New London-Spicer winning four 1 or 2 points matches. They also dropped a dual to the No. 3A ranked Minneota 35-19.

PIERZ PIONEERS

The Pioneers topped a pair of Central Minnesota Conference rivals AA Lean and Mean Rockford 43-22 and Eden Valley-Watkins 60-12. Also a pair huge Section 7A wins over rival Mille Lacs 60-13 and Ogilvie 72-7. They also topped AA Hinckley-Finlayson 52-22. They topped three foes at the quadrangular with big wins over Class A Lean and Mean Paynesville 40-16, Section 6A foe Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 70-9 and Section 7A foe Crosby-Ironton 62-5. Kolton Eischens, Evan Woitalla, Chris Ortman, Jordan Goebel, Brad Meyer, Nathan Tomala, Dustin Waytashek and Riley Smude were all 3-0 at the quad.

HOLDINGFORD HUSKIERS

The Huskiers topped Central Minnesota Conference rival Howard Lake/Waverly/Winsted 47-24. They had a great tournament performance as they earned 180.5 points and had ten wrestlers place in the top five to earn second place at the Paynesville "Bulldogs" Invitational. Mike Jarnot, Jordan Gombos, Zach Scott and Trevor Scott all won championships. Mitch Messman earned second place and Adam Lane, Kyle Gerads and Mitch Merten all earned third place. Jason Jarnot earned fourth place and Clem Gerads took fifth place. They topped Central Minnesota Conference rival Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 39-22. The Huskiers topped Central Minnesota and Section 7A rival Royalton 56-21 and AA Sartell 54-15.


BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS

The Buccaneers topped South Dakota rival Sisseton 47-30 in their border battle. They went 1-2 at the Minnewaska "Laker" Duals with a win over Minnewaska 52-30 and they dropped duals to No. 3A ranked Minneota 48-22 and to No. 5A ranked Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 45-24. Cameron Sykora and Charlie Maanum were both 3-0 at the Minnewaska duals. The split duals topping Section 5A foe Osakis 49-8, but they did drop a huge Section 6A dual to New York Mills 39-38. The Buccaneers had two place winners at the Lisbon "Storhaug" Invitational; Cam Sykora won the championship at 106 and Gus McCarthy earned third place.


PAYNESVILLE BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs had a great tournament performance to earn third place with 177.5 points and placing twelve wrestlers in the top five at their Invitational. Jacob Mages won their only championship and Cole Woehler and Clay Spanier both earned second place. Josh Hiepler, Jon Dorf, Caleb Burris and Michael Ludwig all earned third place. Jordan Karels, Derek Ludwig and Tanner Harder all earned fourth place and Damian Viessman and Dominick Platow took fifth place. Congratulations to Dominick Platow on winning his 100th Career Match. The Bulldogs topped two foes at the Pierz quadrangular with wins over Section 6A foe Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 49-19 and Crosby-Ironton 57-12 and they dropped a dual to No. 10A ranked Pierz 40-16. Cole Woehler, Clay Spanier and Josh Heipler were all 3-0 at the quad.

BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA JAGUARS

The Jaguars lost t0 Section 5A rival Osakis on criteria 37-36 and they dropped a dual on criteria to Royalton 33-32. They had a good tourney performance as they had 98.5 points and six wrestlers place in the top five at the Paynesville "Bulldogs" Invitational. Patrick Rooney and Dillon Knutson both won championships and Tyler Tensen and Alex Schramel both earned second place. Austin Jaeger and Matt Schmitz both took fifth place. The Jaguars dropped a Central Minnesota Conference dual 39-22 to No. 11A Holdingford 39-22. They earned fourth place at the New London-Spicer "Wildcats" Invitational with 129.5 points and eight place winners including championships by Tyler Tensen and Patrick Rooney. Dillon Knutson and Josey Tensen both earned third place, Alex Schramel and Lee Borgerding both earned fourth place and Jared Steffenson took fifth place.

AITKIN GOBBLERS

The Gobblers topped Great River Conference rival Cloquet 63-12 and Ashland, Wis. 53-18 in action in Cloquet. They dropped a dual to AA Lean and Mean Grand Rapids 37-28. They had a good tournament performance with 143 points and eight wrestlers placing in the top five at the Bemidji "Rick Lee" Invitational. They earned fifth place with two championships by Brian Wold and Jordan Chouanard. Adam Bast earned second place, Jarod Novak earned third place and Alan Bast and Cooper Blau both earned fourth place. Jack Braton and Shawn Phillip both took fifth place at the Bemidji tourney. The Gobblers topped two Section 7A foes Mille Lacs 49-17 and Crosby-Ironton 69-6. They topped a big rival a section 7AA foe Hibbing 54-20.

NEW YORK MILLS EAGLES

The Eagles topped Park Region Conference rival Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 41-31 and dropped one to the No. 11AA ranked Perham 49-22. The Eagles had a pair of big wins over Section 6A rival Border West 39-38 and Park Region Conference rival Osakis 40-22. The Eagles had another pair of huge dual meet wins with a win over Section 6A rival Barnesville 37-31 and Park Region Conference rival Browerville/Eagle Valley 46-28. With the win over Barnesville they should have earned the number one seed in the section 6A dual meet campaign. They had a good showing at the Lake Park "Terry Teiken" Invitational with 147 points to earn third place. Shane Novak, Noah Pesola and Jermiah Harper all won championships. Maison Roberts earned second place, Max Carlson earned fourth place and Tyler Ehnert and Brian Pyle took fifth place.

UNITED NORTH CENTRAL


The Warriors topped AA Staples-Motley. The earned fourth place at the Mahonmen-Waubun "Cougar" Duals with a quarter-final win over Wadena-Deer Creek 5-22. They dropped semifinal dual to No. 9A Badger-Greenbush-Middle River 54-21 and to a much improved Blackduck/Cass Lake/Bena team 42-30 in the third place dual. Sam Tellers, Dylan Huttunen and Taylor Carlson were all 3-0 at the Cougar duals. They topped Park Region Conference rival Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 45-33 and lost to AA Lean and Mean Pequot Lakes/Pine River/Backus 50-22.

BRECKENRIDGE COWBOYS

The Cowboys topped Section 6A rival Pelican Rapids 54-14 and dropped a dual to No. 11AA ranked Perham 49-12. The Cowboys had a great tournament performance with 174 points and eight wrestlers placing in the fop four to win the championship at the Parker Prairie "Panthers" Invitational. Six championships were won by the Cowboys; Stephen and Greg Erlandson, Condrad Kondos, Jesse Differding, Josh Stuehrenberg and Josh Peterson. Michael Whitney earned second place and Cole Praus earned fourth place. The Cowboys topped Section 6A rival West Central Area 46-27. They had three place winners at the Lisbon "Storhoug" Invitational; Stephen Erlandson earned second place and Conrad Kondos and Greg Erlandson both earned third place.

BOLD WARRIORS

The Warriors topped AA Tracy-Milroy 38-27 and lost to AA Morris Area 44-23. In their triangular they topped AAA New Ulm 66-6 and Redwood Valley 60-13. They dropped a dual Class A Lean and Mean Zumbrota-Mazzeppa 49-25. They dropped a dual to AAA rival Willmar 47-17. They dropped a dual to their rival and No. 5A ranked Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 51-18.

ROYALTON ROYALS

The Royals topped Central Minnesota Conference Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 34-33 on criteria and they dropped a very close dual to Osakis 40-37. They had 94 points at the Bemidji "Rick Lee" Invitational with four place winners including a pair of championships by Andy Poster and Mitch Lange. Cory Wensmann earned second place and Tyler Hegna earned fourth place. The Royals topped Park Region Conference foe Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 48-19. They dropped a pair of duals to Central Minnesota Conference and No. 11A Holdingford 56-21 and to AAA Sartell 55-12.

CLASS AA TEAMS

FOLEY FALCONS

The Falcons topped two Granite Ridge Conference foes over Princeton 66-3 and Zimmerman 73-3. They earned third place at the St. Cloud Tech "Kiffmeyer" Duals with their quarterfinal win over St. Cloud Apollo 53-24. They dropped a dual to No. 4AAA ranked Saint Michael-Albertville 32-28 in a very good dual. The Falcons topped No. 2AAA ranked Albert Lea 39-26 to earned their third place medals. Tyler Bemboom, Taylor Lewandowski, Nick Lefebvre and Sam Olson were all 3-0 at the Kiffmeyer Duals. The Falcons had a big win over their big rival Granite Ridge Conference and No. 7AA ranked Milaca 40-15.

NEW LONDON-SPICER WILDCATS

The Wildcats topped a pair of Section 6AA foes over Annandale-Maple Lake 43-24 and Albany 36-15. The topped No. 7A ranked Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 30-22 in a very exciting dual. The Fighting Saints dropped four matches by two points or less. The Wildcats earned second place at their Invitational with 238 points and thirteen place winners. Jacob Stageberg, Chase Austvold, Dylan Hanson and Grant Vagle all won championships. Oden Rogers, Cameron Steffen, Kyle Cappelen and Tanner Tobkin all earned second place and Brandon Kingsley earned third place. Logan Eckhoff, Jarett Hatlestad and Ricky Berry all earned fourth places.

DAWSON-BOYD/LQPV UNITED

The United topped three foes at the Sibley East "Wolverine" Quadrangler with wins over Sibley East 50-16, Cretin-Derham Hall 72-6 and St. Angnes 67-6. Action Herman, John Weeding, Joe Weeding and Sam Haas were all 3-0 at the quadrangular. The United crew topped Section 3AA rival Tracy Milroy 45-26 and Section 3A rival Yellow Medicine East 57-13. The United crew topped two foes at the Tracy-Milroy Duals with wins over Fulda-Murray County 62-11 and Jackson County Central's Junior Varsity 78-0; before dropping a very close dual to No. 4A ranked Minneota 35-32. T. J. Fulton, John Weeding, Garth Ochsendorf, Joe Weeding, Sam Haas, Jordan Staab, J. D. Struxness and Jared Roiland were all 3-0 at the Tracy-Milroy duals.

MILACA WOLVES

The Wolves topped Granite Ridge Conference foe Little Falls 47-25. They earned second place at the Mounds View "Mustang" Duals with wins over AAA Tartan 54-21, AAA Maple Grove 54-12 and Section 7AA rival North Branch 40-27. They lost a close dual to No. 9AAA ranked Owatonna 32-27. Josh Otten, Jonah Gahn, Chris Newgaard and Joey Curtis were all 4-0 and Joe Moscho, Dylan Czech, Jake Earl, Brandon Mertin and Jordan Ahner were all 3-1 at the Mustang duals. They dropped a big dual to their biggest rival; Granite Ridge Conference foe Foley 40-15.

BECKER BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs topped No. 10AA ranked and Mississippi 8 Conference rival Monticello 44-21. They topped the teams at the Becker "Bulldog" Invitational with wins over AAA Andover 55-16, AA Delano 42-15 and AA Fergus Falls 34-25. Zach Zimmer and Matt Sadlowsky were both 3-0 at the Bulldog duals.

MORA MUSTANGS

The Mustangs topped AA Dassel Cokato 34-33. They topped two foes in their triangular; one was a win over Granite Ridge rival Zimmerman 57-8 and Class A Ogilvie 48-19. They lost to No. 2A Kimball 54-12.

MONTICELLO MAGIC

The Magic dropped a Mississippi 8 Conference dual to rival Becker 44-21. The Magic had a good tourney performance at their "Magic" Duals with wins over AAA Willmar 35-31 and AAA Faribault 37-30. they dropped duals to AAA Shakopee 44-22 and to AA Annandale-Maple Lake 38-36. Eric Bourgeois, Seth Gardner and Nic Grimley were all 4-0 at the Magic duals. They dropped a dual to AAA Coon Rapids 31-17 and they topped Mississippi 8 Conference foe Big Lake.

CHISAGO LAKES WILDCATS

The Wildcats topped North Suburban Conference rival Spring Lake Park 57-16, AAA Osseo 24-12 and Section 7AA rival Hinckley-Finlayson 40-27. They had a very good tournament performance as they earned 177.5 points and eight wrestlers in the finals to earn second place at the Hinckley-Finlayson "Jaguar" Invitational. Kyle Schoenecker, Dylan Connell, William Pool, Jonah Westbury and Chase Kammerer all won championships. Quade Zupko, Bobby Sontag and Mark Sontag all earned second place. The Wildcats topped North Suburban Conference rival St. Francis 33-30.

FERGUS FALLS OTTERS

The Otters dropped a dual to No. 8A ranked Frazee 45-18. They went 2-1 at the Becker "Bulldog" Duals with wins over 6AA foe Litchfield 34-30 and AAA foe Blaine 36-27. They did drop the championship dual to No. 8AA ranked Becker 34-25. Abbot Aho, Tyler Giza, Alex Johnson and Hayden Zenner were all 3-0 at the Becker duals. The Otters topped Central Lakes Conference rival Alexandria 50-21. The Otters had a great tourney performance with 206 points and twelve placing in the top four; to win the championship at the Lake Park "Terry Teiken" Invitational. Alex Johnson, Justin Poljewski and Tyler Giza won championships and Abbot Aho, Matt Laugen, Walker Heinen, Abraham Aho and Hayden Zenner all earned second place. Gus Makowsky and Dane Ringquist both earned third place and Tommy Weaver and Ben Schindler both earned fourth place.

PEQUOT LAKE/PINE RIVER-BACKUS ROAD CREW

The Road Crew topped Section 8A foe Blackduck/Cass Lake/Bena 57-18. The Crew topped two foes at the Osakis "Silverstreaks" Duals with wins over Class A Browerville-Eagle Valley 66-12 and Osakis 49-21. They dropped their first dual of the season to 7A ranked Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 49-15. Jace Loge and Derek Sonesthal were both 3-0 at the Osakis duals. The Road Crew topped United North Central 50-22.


MORRIS AREA TIGERS

The Tigers rolled over West Central Conference rival BOLD 44-23 and topped Section 3AA rival Tracy-Milroy 42-31. They had a great tournament showing as they earned 185.5 points and had ten wrestlers place in the top five, to win the championship at the Paynesville "Bulldogs" Invitational. Tim Ostby, Joel Harrison and Zach Gibson all won championships and Evan Nelson, Jordan Thooft and Connor Metzger all earned second place. Travis Ostby and Myles Smith both earned third place, Wade Ehlers earned fourth place and Seth Nelson took fifth place. The Tigers topped West Central Conference foe Montevideo 35-25 and they dropped a dual to No. 4A Wabasso/Red Rock Central 50-15.

ANNANDALE-MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING

The Lightning topped the field of teams at the Monticello "Magic" Duals with wins over AAA Hopkins 44-18, AAA Alexandria 63-18, No. 10AA Monticello 38-36 and AAA Shakopee 33-31. Jake Laudenbach, Jordan Hanan, Teddy Erickson and Derek Rachel were all 4-0 at the Magic Duals. The Lightning have most of the wrestlers back in the lineup as they topped former Wright County Conference rival Watertown-Mayer 41-26. They had a great tournament performance with 232.5 points and all fourteen wrestlers placing in the top five. Jordan Hanan and Cruz Johnson both won championships and Tanner Vassar, Joe Mosley, Nick Anderson, Teddy Erickson, Justin Lehtola and Tom Condon all earned second place. Jake Laudenbach, Tyler Mies and Derek Rachel all earned third place, Hunter Hick earned foruth place and Hunter Thiel took fifth place.

ROCKFORD ROCKETS

The Rockets topped Central Minnesota Conference rivals Eden Valley-Watkins 45-32, BBE 35-32 and dropped a dual to another conference rival No. 9A ranked Pierz 43-22. They topped Section 5AA foe Brooklyn Center 46-13 and Minneapolis Henry 49-22. They dropped duals to AAA Maple Grove 40-35 and Irondale 50-24. The Rockets had a great tourney showing with 187 points and ten place winners in the top five to earned second place at the Zimmerman "Thunder" Invitational. Ty Griffin, Zach Johnson, John Pepdepenning and Mike Gaspar all won championships and Danny Lynch, Brad Johnson and Zach Klonne all earned second place. Adam Jakuboski earned third place and Daniel Pane and Max Gulzvig both took fifth place.