Central Minnesota Mat Rats Report - Preseason News
October 31, 2006
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Coaching Changes
Mississippi 8 Conference
- Saint Michael-Albertville now has Co-Head Coaches -- Greg Greeno and Dan Lefebvre.
Central Minnesota Conference
- At Pierz Simon Waltman, a Little Falls native and former
assistant coach, replaces Mark Jensen as Head Coach. Mark is retiring
from coaching.
- At Howard Lake/Waverly/Winsted Scott Klavatter is a new assistant coach. He is a former Plainville-Elgin-Millville wrestler.
- At Belgrade-Brooten/Elrosa Mike Richards, former Wadena-Deer Creek wrestler, replaces Mike Schmitz as an assistant coach.
West Central Conference
- At Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Ryan Bothun, a former Dawson-Boyd
native and former assistant coach, replaces Larry Edgerton as Head
Coach; Larry has taken an Elementary Principal position at the
Hinckley-Finlayson Schools.
- At Morris Area/Hancock Johnny Frank, a former Wabasso native,
replaces Spencer Yohe as Head Coach. Spencer has retired and has moved
back to his home town near Caledonia.
- At Montevideo Chris Weber, a former assistant coach and Canby
native, replaces Jeff Gallagher as Head Coach. Jeff is retiring from
coaching. Also, former Totino-Grace wrestler Ron Rezel has been hired as an assistant coach.
Park Region Conference
- At Ottertail Central Scott Hart, a long time assistant coach,
will replace Kevin Anderson as Head Coach. Kevin is retiring from
coaching.
- At Parkers Prairie Billy Wagner is now Co-Head with the veteran Larry Lahmen.
- At United North Central (Menahga-Sebeka) Jake Osyter, former Bertha Hewitt/Verndale wrestler, is a new assistant coach.
At Large Teams
- At Pequot Lake/Pine Rive/Backus Tom Demars, former Head Coach,
replaces Doug Lee as Head Coach. Doug has moved on to another position.
- At West Central Area Brandon Gruchow, former Park Rapids native,
has replaced Randy DeNardo as Head Coach. Randy is retiring from
coaching.
- At North Branch former Viking wrestler Ed Oehlers has been hired as an assistant coach.
Independent Teams
- At Chokio Alberta/Clinton Graceville/Bearsley John Ristveld has
replace Bruce Johnson as Head Coach. Bruce is retiring from coaching.
Eric Andrews, former Road Warrior wrestler, was hired as an assistant
coach.
Cooperatives
- Howard Lake Waverly/Winsted has dissolved their coop with Lester Prairie and the Lakers will move back into Class A Section 5.
- Glencoe/Silver Lake has formed a coop with Lester Prairie and
will remain in AA Section 5. They will continue to use their name of
the Panthers.
- Menagha-Sebeka, as the result of the Football teams cooping, are the United North Central Warriors.
The Crosby-Ironton Rangers have been invited to be part of the Mat
Rats Central Minnesota column. The Rangers are Class A and a member of
Section 6A.
There maybe some other changes in my coverage as well during the season.
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 / cmmatrat@hotmail.com those tournament brackets and your dual meet results. Thanks, The Mat Rat Roger Mischke.
Roger Mischke
Guillotine Writer
The Mat Rat
Class A Rating Editor
USA Wrestling Magazine State Editor
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