The Guillotine High School News - Central Minnesota Mat Rats Report (13th Annual)

By Roger Mischke

December 19, 2007

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.

The Knights took second place at their invitational with eight wrestlers placing in the top four to earn 197.5 points. David Thorn, Jake Horn and Kyle Schumm all won championships. Taking second place was Jordan Campa, Mark Frank and Shawn Little, David Joseph took third place and Kraig Schumm earned fourth place. The Knights topped two Mississippi 8 foes with a very close margin of victory over Monticello 32-31 and they crushed Zimmerman 75-3. They took second place behind powerful Coon Rapids at their dual meet invitational with wins over Henry Sibley 46-16 and Columbia Heights 75-4. They did drop the championship to the host 46-16. David Thorn, Dustin Kottke and Kyle Schumm were all 3-0 at the Coon Rapids Duals. The Knights claimed sixth place with 129 points at the Christmas tourney held in Rochester. They had five place winners including second by David Thorn, thirds by Kyle Schumm and Kraig Schumm, fourth place by Jordan Campa and Jake Horn claimed sixth place.

The Falcons topped the field of teams at their annual dual meet invitational with wins over Columbia Heights 43-0, Parkers Prairie 44-9 and Paynesville in the championship 52-6. Jeremy Weber and Justin Bowland were the only 3-0 wrestlers as the Falcons used several wrestlers during the day. They topped West Central Conference foe Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 40-18 in their very first conference dual. The Falcons had a great showing at the annual Paul Bunyan Tourney to top this talented field of fifteen teams with twelve wrestles placing in the top five to earn 223.5 points. Jacob Bowland and Brandon Seppelt both won championships and Justin Bowland, Kris Olson and Matt Dunlap all earned seconds. Cory Foss and Josh Seppelt each earned thirds and a trio of fourths by Mike Seigler, Kevin Beehler and Taylor Rothfork and Jeremy Weber and Jordan Linn both took fifth places. The Falcons topped section 6AA foe Dassel Cokato 38-28 and Bold/BLH 51-19 before dropping their final dual to Kasson-Mantorville 36-29. This young Falcon team is struggling with some injuries at this time. They have yet to have all their top wrestlers on the mat at the same time.

The Wildcats are off to a very impressive start with three tournament championships already this young season. They topped the field at the Belgrade-Brooten/Elrosa tourney with thirteen wrestlers in the top four including five championships to earn 219 points. Chad Henle, Luke Reiter, Billy Dean, John Nething and Zach Borka all won championships. Shawn Hatlestad, Chris DeLong, Levi Schults and Andrew Blomker all earned seconds and a trio of thirds by Chase Austvol, Tanner Tobkin and Tom Duscher. Dylan Hanson earned fourth place for their thirteenth place winner. The Wildcats topped Annandale/Maple Lake in a rematch of last years Section 5AA championship 42-22. The traveled to Milaca for the Wolves dual meet invitational where they turned in a very impressive showing by topping the field of teams with wins over Holdingford 60-7, Sauk Rapids 58-8 and for the Championship the host team Milaca 33-25 in a very good dual. Chase Ostvold, Billy Dean, Chad Henle, Chris DeLong, Luke Reiter, John Nething, Andrew Blomker and Shawn Hatlestad were all 3-0. Shawn Hatlestad was voted by the coaches as the Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament. They topped long time rival Paynesville 41-19 in a huge West Central North Conference dual. The Wildcats continued their winning ways with three big dual meet wins at the Dassel-Cokato Duals with wins over state ranked Kasson-Mantorville 43-13, Litchfield 46-12 and Dassel-Cokato 40-24. Chad Henle, Shawn Hatlestad, Luke Reiter, Billy Dean, John Nething, Andrew Blomker were all unbeaten at the Dassel Cokato Duals.

The Wolves started off their season with huge wins over Wayzata 57-13, Shakopee 56-10 and Waconia 51-23. Carter Ash, Marshall Ash, Mike Crain, Dennis Taute, Mitch Nelson, Denver Rogalla and Jesse Warren were all unbeaten at the Waconia Duals. The Wolves topped Mille Lacs 68-6 and Princeton 71-5 in a triangular meet that they hosted. The Wolves earned second place at the Dual meet invitational with huge wins over Braham 73-6 and Albany 42-23. They did drop the championship to a very good New London-Spicer team 33-25. Carter Ash, Denver Rogalla, DennisTaute and Jordy Rogalla were all unbeaten at the duals.

The Road Crew got off to bit of slow start at the very strong Wadena/Deer Creek tourney where they earned third place with 156.5 points. They had seven wrestlers place win the top four with Nic Harrison and Troy Griffith both winning championships, earning second place was Nathan Waslaski, a pair of thirds by Pat Bresnahan and Cody Schrupp and Dustin Campbell took fourth place. The Road Crew topped two Section 7AA foes WHAN 65-15 and Deer River 62-9. They also topped rival Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 39-30. They had an impressive showing at the Paul Bunyan tourney where they earned third place in the field of fifteen teams with 137 points. They had seven wrestlers place in the top six with a pair of championships by Troy Griffith and Nic Harrison, third by Pat Bresnahan, a trio of fifths by Nathan Walaski, Joe Knutson and Chris Harrison and Cody Schrupp took sixth place. The Road Crew turned in yet their most impressive showing of the season by topping the 33 team field at the Big Bear tourney with 180 points. They had seven wrestlers place in the top six with Nic Harrison winning the championship and Cody Schrupp and Pat Bresnahan both earning seconds. Darian Rubner earned third place, Nathan Waslaski and Dustin Campbell both earned fifth places and Marcus Hernandez took sixth place.

The Otters started the season with a very strong showing at the Wahpeton Tourney where they earned second place in this fifteen team event. The had nine wrestlers place in the top five with Drew Ross and Josh Campion both winning championships, Colton Thorson, Billy Oehler and Abbot Aho all earned third places. Four fifth places were earned by Ryan Jacobson, Alex Hensch, Charlie Revering and Dan Revering. The Otters turned in yet another great performance at the Grant County Invitational despite being without two of there starters. They have seven wrestlers place in the top four to earn 179.5 points. Ryan Jacobson, Drew Ross and Colton Thorson all won championships. Josh Campion earned second place, Jordan Ringquist and Dan Revering both earned fourth places. Ryan Jacobson 171 12th Grade won the Fall award at the Grant County. The Otters claimed a huge win over Central Lakes Conference rival Little Falls 39-26. They continued their strong showings at the Big Bear tourney where they earned third place with 151.5 points in this huge field of 33 teams. With seven wrestlers placing in the top seven places, including championships by Drew Ross and Josh Campion, a pair of fourths by Dan Revering and Colton Thorson, Charlie Revering earned fifth place, Bryant Marquedant earned sixth place and Ryan Jacobson took seventh place, Ryan was 4 and 2 on the weekend.

The Magic started their season with a weather shorten event at their dual meet invitational. They topped North Branch 36-24 and Little Falls 55-18. The Magic have dropped two Mississippi 8 Conference duals to Cambridge-Isanti 37-19 and Saint Michael-Albertville 32-13. The Magic topped the field of teams at the Big Lake tourney with 219 points. They had twelve wrestlers place in the top four including two championships by Randy Asher and Josh Kohler. They had six wrestlers earned seconds, including Ryan Michaelis, Tyler Mergen, Logan Draack, Tony McConnon, Justin Amidan and Ben Schaben. Zach Roca, Spencer Lanners and Ben Schwartz all earned third places and Jeremiah Erickson took four place.

The Chargers have had a strong start to their season with very good showings at three tournaments thus far. They earned fourth place at the Saint Michael-Albertville tourney with 149 points. The Chargers had nine wrestlers place in the top four including a pair of championships by Brandon Fiedler and Dan Larson. Chuck Pokornowski and Jared Peterson both earned second places, a trio of thirds by Max Anderson, Zack Peterson and Tony Larson. Travis Munson and Brendon Opsahl both took fourth places. They earned third place at the Ron Edwards tourney in Prior Lake with 177 points. The Chargers had twelve place winners including four seconds by Max Anderson, Jared Peterseon, Darren Grangroth and Tony Larson. Brandon Fielder, Zach Peterson, Travis Munson, Chuck Polonowski and Marcus Wanha all earned third places. Isiah Powers, Brendon Opsahl and Sam Pokonowski all took fourth places. The Chargers topped Albany 36-34 and Sartell 48-25. In the Charger Duals they topped Bold/BLH 43-22 and dropped a pair of duals to Section 6AA foes Foley 38-28 in a very good dual and New London-Spicer 40-24. Max Anderson, Jared Peterson and Chuck Porkonowski were all unbeaten at the Charger Duals.

The Huskies are off to a slow start due to their great success in football. They were 0-3 at the Monticello duals, where they drop duals to Big Lake 48-25, Minnewaska 40-32 and St. Cloud Apollo 48-29. Matt Dowell, John Bredeck, Brandon Panek and Kurt Schlangen were all unbeaten. The Huskies dropped a West Central North Conference Dual to Paynesville 39-21 in a very good dual. They earned third place at the Milaca duals with huge wins over Stillwater 55-6 and Sauk Rapids 55-21. They dropped their semifinal match to Milaca 42-23. Kyle Litchy, Taylor Holthaus, John Bredick, Matt Dowell, Luke Holt and Scott Schlangen all were unbeaten.

The Flyers got off to a slow start this season with a lot of younger wrestlers in their lineup. They were 1-2 at the Monticello Duals with a win over St. Francis 39-32. They dropped duals to St. Cloud Apollo 38-34 and Monticello 55-18. Cody Bue won all his matches at the Monticello duals. At the Paul Bunyan they earned twelth place out of fifteen with 59 points and three wrestlers placing in the top six including Charlie Wilczek took third place, Steve McMahan took fifth place and Sam Marcus took sixth place. The Flyers have split a pair of Central Lakes Conference duals topping Willmar 52-18 and dropping to Fergus Falls 43-23. They had a very good showing at the Big Bear tourney with 143 points to earn fourth place out of thirty three teams. They had five wrestlers place in the top six, including one championship by Steve McMahan. Charlie Wilczek earned second place, Dillon Kifer and Cody Bue both earned fifth places and Adam Gastecki took six place.

The Lightning have gotten of to a bit of a slow start thus far, they started off the season with the weather shorten event at the Monticello Duals with wins over New Ulm 42-24 and Sauk Rapids 41-23. They dropped a good dual to Big Lake 37-26. Jake Anderson, Corey Salveson, Jesse Puncocher and Joe Puncocher were all unbeaten. They dropped a Wright County Conference dual to Watertown-Mayer 46-20 and to Section 6AA foe New London-Spicer 42-22. The Lightning earned sixth place with 95 points at the St. Francis tourney. They have six wrestlers place in the top four with Joe Puncochar earning second place, Corey Salveson and Matt Fuller both earning third places and Jesse Puncochar, Brian Redemske and Kyle Erickson all taking fourths.

The Mustangs topped Blaine 50-20 and Somerset, Wis. 66-17 and they dropped a dual to Section 7AA foe Hibbing 42-27 to take fifth place at the Chisago Lakes Duals. They had a strong showing at the Delano tourney where they took third place with 162 points. With seven wrestlers placing in the top three places including two championships by Andrew Youngblom and Ethan Purdy. The Mustangs earned five third places by Nick Muehlberg, Seth Sanftner, Zan Van Vleet, Terry Ross and Blake Menard. The Mustangs topped the field of teams at the Robert Mackey Duals at Northwestern High School in Wisconsin. They were 5-0 on the day with wins over Rice Lake 40-29, Hinckley-Finlayson 49-21, Northwestern 56-21, Luck 77-6 and Superior 57-22. Seth Sanftner, Brad Koehn, Terry Ross, Britt Drews, Dusty Thorhauer and Andrew Youngblom all made the All Tournament Team. Andrew Youngblom was honored with the Fall Award, he had 4 falls in 1:38.

The Fighting Saints are off to a very strong start with three tournament championships thus far. They topped the field of teams at the Melrose Early Bird tourney with 269.5 points. The Fighting Saints had twelve wrestlers place in the fop four including eight championships by Kurt Timmons, Klinton Van Heuveln, Spence Almen, Aaron Zimmer, Kevin Steinhaus, Mitchell Hagen, Brad Kneisl and Cody Kinney. Chris Braaten, Jacob Engler and Joey Paulson all earned seconds and Casey Krier took fourth place. They topped the field of eight teams at the Willmar Classic tourney with 228.5 points. The Fighting Saints had ten wrestlers place in the top three including seven championships by Kurt Timmons, Klinton VanHeuveln, Spencer Almen, Kevin Steinhaus, Mitchell Hagen, Joel Bauman, Cody Kinney. Jacob Engler and Adam Wentzel both earned second places and Aaron Zimmer took third place. They really turned some heads with their showing at the Border Battle at Canby where they topped three highly ranked teams, defending state champions Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 34-33, Frazee 44-18 and United South Central 34-27. Spencer Almen, Joel Bauman, Brad Kneisl, Mitchell Hagen, Cody Kinney and Kevin Steinhaus were all unbeaten at the Border Battle.

The Falcons have gotten off to a little bit of a slow start with several young wrestlers they have in the lineup. The Falcons have a couple of impressive wins over West Central South Conference foes Yellow Medicine East 37-22 and Montevideo 60-9. The Falcons went 1-3 at the Border Battle dropping duals to Frazee 36-29, KMS 34-33 and Canby 36-24. The Falcons did topped United South Central 36-25. Hayden Rouser, Jeremy Anderson, Ben Meyer and Micah Larson were all unbeaten at the Border Battle.

The Sting are off to a good start with a win over West Central South conference foe LQPV 70-3. They dropped a pair of duals to West Central South foe ACGC 37-22 and to Wabasso 37-27. The Sting earned second place at the Willmar Classic tourney with 198.5 points. They had eleven place winners including two championships by Casey Field and Austin Cole, Martin Hagen, Tanner Aus and Levi Specht all earned seconds. Logan Johnson, Wyatt Sand, Phil Johnson all earned third places and Justin Tangen and Evan Stock all took fourths.

The Sting went 1-2 at the Border Battle in Canby as they surprise a flat Frazee team 32-24. They dropped duals to United South Central 36-24 and Canby 44-13. Logan Johnson, Casey Field and Martin Hagen were all unbeaten at the Border Battle.

The Bulldogs are off to a strong start to this young season with a strong showing at the Foley duals with wins over Rocori 59-15 and highly regard Pierz 47-21. They did drop the final to Foley 52-6. Andrew Moser won all his matches at the Foley duals. The Bulldogs have wins over West Central North Conference foe 39-21 and two section 5A foes Osakis 45-14 and Browerville/Eagle Valley 66-16. They topped rival Litchfield 44-19, they did drop a dual to West Central North foe New London-Spicer 41-19. They had a very strong showing at the Maple Grove Tourney with 235 points to win the championship. The Bulldogs had twelve wrestlers place in the top four including three championships by Jon Kerzman, Ryan Gale and Kevin Klein. Jordan Christain and Cory Spanier both earned seconds, Dylan Sheridan, Destin Sieben, Justin Wendlandt, Hayden Spaeth, Michael Boom and Jordan Spaeth all earned third places and Brent Schlangen took fourth place.

The Gobblers have dual meet wins over Hibbing 32-29 and Cloquet 63-18. They dropped a dual to a tough Milaca 45-28. The Gobblers earned second place at the Big Bear tourney, that includes 33 teams with 168.5 points. They had six wrestlers place in the top five with two championships by Matt Christensen and Dalton Stevens. Justin Chounard and Andrew Halberg both earned second places, Keith Wasserzieher earned fourth place and Nathan Cummings took sixth place.

The Pioneers are off to a slow start this season delayed by their success in football and some recent injuries. The Pioneers topped Becker 54-18 and Parkers Prairie 32-30 to earn third place at the Foley duals. They dropped their semifinal dual to Paynesville 47-21. Britt Brausen, Tanner Tetrick, Sean Huls, Clint Post Poster and Alex Huls were all unbeaten at the Foley Duals. The Pioneers topped two Central Minnesota foes Howard Lake-Waverly/Winsted 33-31 and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 45-24. They defeated Section 7A foe St. Croix Lutheran 60-18 and lost to Crosby-Ironton 42-35, as their injuries take its toll in this dual. The Pioneers earned seventh place at the sixteen field of teams at the Paul Bunyan with 119 Points. The had eight wrestlers place in the top six including Scott Janson earned second place and Clint Poster and Sean Huls both earned third place. Alex Huls and Tanner Tetrick both earned fourth places and Tony Marshik, Adam Hyatt and Eric Andres all took sixth place.

The Raiders took seventh place at the Wadena-Deer Creek Tourney with 103 points. They had five wrestlers place in the top four including two runner ups Ethan Kern and Sam Moenkedick. Matt Moenkedick earned third place and Wade Moenkedick and Nathan Wiese both took fourth place. The Raiders topped Park Region Conference foe Parkers Prairie 40-37. They earned third place at the Park Rapids duals with wins over Blackduck/Cass Lake/Bean 54-12 and Park Rapids 36-36. They dropped a dual to Section 6A foe Wadena/Deer Creek 43-30. Sam Moenkedick, Jake Braaten, Ethan Kern and Zak Lambert were all unbeaten at the Park Rapids duals. They dropped a very good dual to Pequot Lakes/Pine River/Backus 39-30. They did earn second place at the Browerville/Eagle Valley tourney with 192 points. The Raiders had nine place winners in the top four including three championships by Ethan Kern, Wade Moenkedick and Zak Lambert. Kody Graba, Jake Braaten and Amos Schmidt all earned third places and Colby Schmidt and Justin Kern both took fourth places.

The Eagles had a slow start their season at the Wahpeton Tourney where they took sixth place with 139 points. They had eight place winners including two runner ups Brendon Frost and Brian Schornack. Jordan Novak earned third place, Josh Bernu and Andrew Frost earned fourth place. Andy Hendrickx earned fifth place and Mike Dittman and Jordan Vaughan both took sixth places. The Eagles got it cranked up a bit against Park Rapids with a 57-17 win and they also got a win over injured ridden Greenbush-Middle River/Badger 42-31. The Eagles had a strong showing at the Barnesville duals where they defeated two Section 6A foes Barnesville 48-29 and Detroit Lakes 45-30. They dropped the Championship to Fargo South a highly ranked North Dakota school 61-9. Jordan Novak and Brendan Frost were both 4-0 at the Barnesville duals. The Eagles got twelfth place with 112 points at the Big Bear tourney. They had three wrestlers place in the top four with Jordan Novak earning third place and Andrew and Brendan Frost both earned fourth places.

The Lakers got off to a bit of a slow start this season, they went 1-2 at the weather shorten Monticello duals. They topped Albany 40-32 and lost to Big Lake 46-15 and North Branch 39-33. Brandon Manderschied was 3-0 for the Lakers at the Magic duals. They topped West Central South Conference foe Benson 54-18 and they lost to West Central South foe Bold/BLH 39-34. The Lakers had a good showing at the Willmar Classic tourney by earning third place with 154.5 points, including one championship by Collin Jergenson. Dan Braaton earned second place and Austin Otto, Brandon Manderscheid, David Cowen, Gage Sachs and Jacob Braaten all earned third places. David Bond and Marty Williams both took fourth place.

The Broncos have gotten off to a great start in this young season with two runner up and a tourney championship thus far. They earned second place with 145.5 points at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa tourney with nine wrestlers placing in the top four including two championships by Travis Borchert and Randy Shamp. Julius Stone, Justin Bolin, Tyler Dreher and Chris Minor all earned second places. Tyler Spychalla and Brian Denny both earned third place and Aaron Perish took fourth place. The Broncos earned second place at the twelve team field of team in the Grant County Tourney with 189 points. They had nine wrestlers place in the top four including two championships by Randy Shamp and Tyler Spycalla. Travis Borchert and Brian Denny both earned second places and Julius Stone and Tyler Dreher both earned third places. Keith Puwill, Aaron Perish and Mitch Schumann all took fourth places. The Broncos topped the field of eight teams in their invitational with 213 points. They had eight wrestlers place in the top three places including five championships by Travis Borchert, Randy Shamp, Tyler Spychalla, Kayme Mueller and Brian Denny. Brad Schettler and Mitch Schumann both earned third places.

The Silverstreaks topped West Central Area 49-21, Mille Lacs 47-30 and Park Region Conference foe Ottertail Central 41-24. They did drop duals against Park Region and Section 5A foe Browerville/Eagle Valley 45-25 and to section 5A foe Paynesville 45-14.

The Wolverines have had some very impressive efforts to start this young season with. The earned fifth place in their very tough invitational with 142 points; with seven wrestlers placing in the top four. Trey VanOrsdel and Tony Wegscheid both earned seconds, Jared Wegscheid earned third place and Jordan Rentz, Jaocb Wegscheid and Tyler Wohlwend all took fourth places. The Wolverines topped the field of teams at the Park Rapids duals with wins over Hibbing 44-30, Blackduck/Cass Lake/Bena 58-18 and Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 43-30. Matt Hagen, Jordan Rentz, Josh Sweere, Trey VanOrsdel, Mitch Steffens and Tony Wegschied were all 3-0 at the Panther Duals.

The Lakers have had two strong showings at tourneys thus far with a second place at the Glencoe tourney with 134 points. The had nine wrestlers place in the top four including two championships by John Long and Emmett Lynch. Tony Horstman earned second place and Cameron Lehner, Jake Grangroth, Derek Youngren and Jason Koch all earned third places. Eric Arlien and Terry Yerke both took fourth places. The Lakers earned third place at the Shakopee tourney with 162 points, they had eleven wrestlers place in the top four. Cameron Lehner won their lone championship and Tony Horstmann, Terry Yerke and Derek Youngren all earned seconds. They had four thirds earned by McKenzie Rehmann, Emmett Lynch, Jason Koch and John Long, and Tony Hausladen, Carl Hausladen and William Schamus all took fourth places. The Lakers topped Hopkins in a non-conference dual 46-27 and Central Minnesota Conference foe Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 38-20. They dropped a very close dual to Pierz 33-31.

The Blue Jackets have a strong start to their season with dual meet wins over White Bear Lake 54-9 and Hibbing 59-6. They also defeated Mississippi 8 Conference foe Monticello 37-19. They earned second place at the Wayzata duals with wins over a good Ellsworth, Wis. team 30-26 and Wayzata 61-13. They did drop the final to Apple Valley 53-13. Tyler Swenson, Dalton Lildahl and Tony Nelson were all unbeaten at Wayzata. The Blue Jackets earned twelfth place at the Christmas tourney with 98.5 points. They have five place winners including Tony Nelson earned second place. Kyle Groves earned fifth place and Scott Gifford, Dalton Lilledahl and Garrett Olson all earned seventh places.

The Cardinals have had some very impressive performances thus far this young season. They topped the field of teams at the Litchfield tourney with 187.5 points, they had ten wrestlers place in the top four. Taylor Morical and John Amundson both won championships and Charlie Kirscht, Tanner Weltzin, Josh Betterman and Tom Bouressa all earned seconds. Isaac Meyer and Dillon Schauff both earned third places and Lucas Betterman and Adam Patrick both took fourth place. The Cardinals have topped two Central Lakes Conference foes including one of the favorites Brainerd 32-24 and St. Cloud Tech. 64-12. They topped the twelve team field of teams at the Grant County with 235 points. The Cardinals had eleven place winners including three championships by Tanner Weltzin, John Amundson and Tom Bouressa. Taylor Morical, Charlie Kirscht and Mike Kirscht all earned seconds and Nate Kelly, Josh Betterman and Isaac Meyer all earned third places. Lucas Betterman and Dillon Schauff both took fourth place.

The Lumberjacks topped Roseau 50-20 in their first dual meet action of this young season. They earned fourth place at the Paul Bunyan tourney with 132.5 points including three championships by Brandon Bahr, Jake Sorby and Steve Masterson. Corey Huber and Luke Bruns both earned third places. The Lumberjacks earned seventh place at the Big Bear tourney with 131.5 points with five place winners. Steve Masterson earned second place, Brandon Bahr, Andrew Willard and Cory Huber all earned third places and Jake Sorby took fifth place.

The Bison started slow at the Osseo Tourney where they earned fifth place with 119.5 points. They had five wrestlers place in the top four including one Championship by Matt Jeska, runner ups were Brandon Ordorf and Tim Ruter. Danny Maghrak earned third place and Brdy Maus took fourth place. The Bison topped the field of teams at the Chaska Tourney with 180 points and nine wrestlers placing in the top four. Four championships by Matt Jeska, Timmy Ruter, Zach Smith and Brandon Ordorf and second by Danny Maghrak. A trio of thirds were earned by James Needelmeyer, Brady Maus and David Baker and Tucker Vogt took fourth place. The Bison topped Minnetonoka 49-25, Shakopee 39-30 and Patrick Henry 83-0. They drop a dual to a very good Watertown-Mayer 40-12.

The Warriors started their season at the Blue Earth tourney where they earned fourth place with 147 points. They had seven wrestlers place in the top four including one championship by Nick Lingwall and three seconds were earned by Nick Grausam, Scott Padrmos and Jake Patnode. A pair of thirds were earned by Aaron Padrnos and Mack Galsby and Grey Flickenger took fourth place. The Warriors took ninth place at their invitational with 97 points and five place winners in the top six, including Scott Padrnos he earned second place. Nick Lingwall, Jake Patnode and Kyle Anderson all earned third places and Matt Solid took sixth place. They topped section foes Moorhead 49-22 and St. Cloud Apollo 38-24, but fell a little short against Alexandria in a big Central Lakes Conference and Section 8AAA dual 32-24. The Warriors earned ninth place at the Big Bear tourney with 121 points. They had four place winners including Nick Lingwall earning second place and Scott Padrnos earning third place. Nick Grausam earned fourth place and Jake Patnode took fifth place.

The Storm split their duals at the weather shorten Monticello duals, they had a win over New Ulm 40-33 and lost to Annandale/Maple Lake 41-23. Wes Voigt, Evan Warnert, Shane Fesenmaier and Jon Gans were all unbeaten at the Monticello duals. They topped Central Lakes Conference foe Willmar 39-33 and dropped a good dual to a tough Central Lakes Conference foe Fergus Falls 39-26. The Storm earned fourth place at the Milaca duals with their first round win over Elk River 33-30. They dropped their semifinal dual to a very good New London-Spicer team 58-8 and to Albany 55-21. Tyler Spiczka, Evan Warnert and Shane Fesenmaier were all unbeaten at the Milaca duals.

7. Elk River Elks

The Elks topped school district rivals Zimmerman 56-19 and Rogers 47-29. They earned fifth place at the Saint Michael-Albertville Tourney with 140.5 points and seven wrestlers placing in the top four. One championship was won by Zak Hertz, Kyle Muetzel, Mitch Hauge and Jake Kolar all earned second places. Holton Subinski and Wade Forde both earned third place and Eric Stevens took fourth place. The Elks topped Section 7AAA foes Blaine 54-24 and Andover 46-25 and they dropped a dual to Centennial 46-15. The Elks went 1-2 at the Milaca duals with a win over Holdingford 48-21, they dropped their quarterfinal to Sauk Rapids 33-30 and the Consolation match to Stillwater 33-27. The Elks topped the field at the Richfield duals with wins over Washburn 84-0, Lakeville North 57-11 and Shakopee in a very dual for the championship 37-32.

The Eagles had a strong start to their season as they went 2-1 in duals at the Monticello tourney. They topped Little Falls 38-34 and Albany 48-29 and dropped a good dual to highly regarded St. Francis 41-30. The tourney was shorten by the weather thus they were not able to wrestle their last dual. Matt Spoden, Matt Shave, Chris Rochelau and Mitch Bengston were all unbeaten at the Monticello duals. The Eagles have a pair of dual meet wins over Central Lakes Conference foe Rocori 47-24 and Section 8AAA foe Moorhead 38-30. They dropped a dual to Central Lakes Conference foe Brainerd 38-24. The Eagles earned fourth place at the Big Lake tourney with 163.5 points and nine wrestlers placing in the top four. Including a pair of Championships by Mitch Bengston and Matt Schaver. Sam Koetter and Nam Nguyen both earned third places and Nolan Rial, David Then, Nick Schmidt and Marcus Ramos all took fourth place.

The Spuds earned sixth place at the Saint Michael-Albertville Tourney with 89 points and five wrestlers placing in the top four places. Ben Gaughan and JohnWychor both earned third places and Derek Osland, James Stetz and Mark Wychor all took fourth places. They dropped a pair of Section 8AAA duals to St. Cloud Apollo 38-30 and Brainerd 49-22. That is all I have since I have had no communication with the Coach. Hopefully I will have more to share in the next column.

The Tigers earned eighth place at the Saint Michael-Albertville Tourney with 84 points and six wrestlers placing in the top four. Luke Landenbach earned third place and Peter Kalla, Grant Forsythe, Mitch Voght and Cody Erickson all earned fourth places. The Tigers dropped three Central Lakes Conference duals to Rocori 40-21, Alexandria 64-12 and Sartell 43-28. They split a pair non-conference duals to Chisago Lakes 42-33 and they topped Fridley 48-30.

Coaches again I will urge you to please send in your results of your meets, that is what makes this possible.

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