Mayo Civic Center Region I Wrestling Alumni Hall of Fame
March 26, 2010
The Mayo Civic Center Region I Wrestling Alumni Hall of Fame Committee
inducted eight members to its prestigious Hall of Fame on March 8, 2010
in Rochester, MN.
Tom Hughes (Spring Valley)
This 1971 Spring Valley High School grad dominated the 1971 one-class
112-pound weight class, with a 11-2 state championship win over Rick
Riemann of Albert Lea. Tom was a three-time Region I champion, a
four-time District I champion, five-time region entrant. His 136 wins
ranked him in the top-ten most wins in state history at that time. Tom
was a member of the Triton Coaching staff for six years.
ATHLETE/COACH:
Larry Goodnature (Albert Lea)
A 1971 graduate of Albert Lea High School, he won the 1971 145-pound
one-class state title, and earned three NCAA All-American honors at
Mankato State. Larry has guided his Albert Lea teams to a 345-125 mark
in thirty-three years. Albert Lea has competed in the past four state
tournaments, and they've won six Big Nine Conference titles.
Goodnature's teams have earned a pair of state runner-up finishes to
powerhouse Apple Valley.
COACHES:
Richrd “Dick” Shiels (Faribault)
Dick Shiels guided his Faribault teams to a 205-66-4 mark in
twenty-five years with a pair of state consolation team titles. In 1977
and 1982, Dick’s teams earned five Big Nine Conference titles, three
Region I titles, and five runner-up finishes. Dick wrestled for West
Waterloo, IA legend Bob Siddens, and coined the phrase, “Good kids will
always win, but the average kids win the dual meets for you". Dick
served his country during the Korean War. He's a member of The National
(Lifetime Service) and Minnesota Coaches Wrestling Hall of Fames.
Mike Mazzitelli (Dover-Eyota)
This Greenway-Coleraine graduate earned All-American honors at Itasca
and Northern Illinois. He directed his team to the 1993 Minnesota state
tournament. Mike coached six individual state champions at Dover-Eyota
and his teams sported a 267-190-5 mark in thirty years. Mike was
honored by induction to the MWCA Dave Bartelma Hall of Fame in 2000.
Ken Ebert (Cannon Falls)
Ken Ebert is a former St. Cloud Sate All-American. He guided his Cannon
Falls teams to a 235-135-3 mark in twenty-seven years as the head man
in a thirty-two year coaching career. Ken coached a runner-up team,
fifteen district/subsection championship teams, six HVL Conference team
championships, twenty-eight individual state entrants, one individual
state champion and a runner-up. Ken earned twelve District 4 Coach of
the Year honors. He was elected to the MWCA Hall of Fame in 2000.
OFFICIAL:
Charles “Pat” Dunn (Rochester)
Pat officiated for thirty-four years, worked over twenty Region I
championships, and five Minnesota state championships. Pat has the
distinction of starting and coaching two high school wrestling programs
– one at Long Prairie, MN and one at Kasson, MN. Pat was a long-time
math teacher at Kellogg and John Adams Junior High Schools in
Rochester. He also taught math and coached football and track at
Rochester Community College after retiring from John Adams.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Harold “Dutch” Devries (Rochester)
Harold was a long-time table personnel member for Tournament Director
DeWaine Silker. Probably the biggest contribution by “Dutch” was being
part of the original three-member committee of the John R. Philo Region
I Scholarship for twenty-two years. The other two members of that
committee are charter member DeWaine Silker, and the late Bill Brunner.
They were permanent fixtures in The Region I T-Shirt for the past
twenty-two years. Now SEMWREC will take over their duties.
Dean Hiscocks (Dexter/Grand Meadow)
Dean, who wrestled for the legendary Hall of Fame Coach Dick Black, at
Britt, IA, has been a long-time assistant/junior high coach, Section 1
A & AA Rep. He's been a clock and table person at many tournaments
at local, regional, and state events, as well as a bus driver for the
GMLOK teams. Dean was also a standout wrestler at Mankato State, and a
Senior National AAU champion. He narrowly missed selection for Dave
Bartelma Hall of Fame Honors for 2010.
Spencer Yohe is the MCC Region I HOF Chair (syohe@acegroup.cc, 320-766-1934). Other committee members include DeWaine Silker, Jim Richardson, Roger Knutson, and Scot Davis.
