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Central Minnesota Mat Rats Report (15th Annual)

By Roger Mischke

January 12, 2010

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 / thematrat@live.com those tournament brackets and your dual meet results. Thanks, The Mat Rat Roger Mischke.
MAT RATS TOP CLASS AA TEAMS

1. FOLEY FALCONS

The Falcons crushed West Central North Conference foes with huge wins over Sauk Centre 65-4, Long Prairie Grey Eagle 71-6 and Melrose 57-12 and they topped Section 6AA foe Sartell 53-18. They topped the field of teams at the Dassel Cokato with big wins over Section 6AA foes Dassel Cokato 51-15 and Litchfield 66-3 and a shut out win over AAA Shakopee 76-0. They had many wrestlers that were 3-0 including: Tyler Jensen, Mitch Dunlap, Matt Dunlap, Sam Keeler, Will Sustercich, Mark Gehling, Brandon Seppelt, Taylor Lewandowski, Justin Bowland, Matt Beehler and Tyler Lawondowski. The Falcons had a solid performance at the Rumble on Red with 159.5 points to earn third place in this fifty-eight team field of teams. Tyler Lewandowski earned second place with a 4-1 mark, Justin Bowland earned third place going 5-2, Brandon Seppelt earned fifth place with a 4-2 mark, Taylor Lewandowski earned fifth place with a 5-2 mark and Keith Thell earned seventh place with a 5-2 mark. Several others had good showings; Tyler Jenson 3-2, Mitch Dunlap 3-2, Sam Keeler 3-2, Will Sustercich 2-2, Mark Gehling 2-2, and Matt Beehler 2-2. Special note; Brandon Seppelt won his 150th career match at the Rumble on Red; Congratulations to Brandon! The Falcons topped their West Central Conference North rival Milaca in front of 1,800 people 37-14. They crushed their foes at the Buffalo duals with wins over Section 6AA foe Big Lake 57-6, Mille Lacs 62-9 and East Ridge 63-0. Keith Thell, Sam Keeler, Will Sustercich, Mark Gehling, Zach Jackson, Tyler Lawandowski and Jordan Bialke were 3-0 in the quad.

2. MORA MUSTANGS

The Mustangs have been competing with many of their wrestlers not competing because of injuries. They topped Royalton 53-15 and West Central North Conference foe Albany 52-15. They topped West Central North Conference foe Melrose 62-6 and AAA foe St. Cloud Tech 49-21. The Mustangs started their 2010 portion of their schedule with three big wins at their quadrangular. They topped two Section 7AAA foes North Branch 59-16 and Rush City/Braham 63-12 and a big win over West Central North Conference foe Sauk Centre 56-18. They had eight wrestlers that were 3-0 at the quad including Dusty Thorhauer, Alex Dahms, Brent Schroeder, Andrew Youngblom, Seth Sanftner, Blake Menard, Tyler and Derek Carlson. The Mustangs topped the field of teams at their invitational with 224.5 points and eleven place winnings in the top five. Seth Sanftner, Andrew Youngblom, Blake Menard, Tyler Carlson and Derek Carlson all won championships. Dusty Thorhauer and Ken Kustenbauer both earned second place, Alex Dahms and Zane VanVleet both earned third place, Brandon Lucking earned fourth place and Quade Van Vleet took fifth place.

 3. DASSEL COKATO CHARGERS

The Chargers topped Section 6AA foe Albany 42-26 and Lean and Mean Class A Royalton 53-15. They topped Wright County Conference and Section 6AA foe Litchfield 47-27 and AAA Rocori 51-9. The Chargers had two big wins at their dual meet invitational with 61-15 mark over Section 6AA foe Becker and Section 6AA rival New London-Spicer 35-34. Before they dropped a dual to Section 6AA rival and No. 2AA ranked Foley 51-15. Max Anderson, Brandon Fiedler and Sam Pokornowski were all 3-0. The Chargers had a great showing at the Buffalo duals with four big wins over section 6AA foe Big Lake 54-15, AAA Buffalo 55-13, AAA Alexandria 52-13 and Mille Lacs 41-24. Max Anderson, Brandon Fiedler, Kyle Johnson, Zack Peterson, Tyler Irvin, Dakota Hanson and Sam Pokornowski were all 4-0 and Tyler Dobmeier, Dan Wanha and Grant Peterson were all 3-1 at Buffalo.

4. NEW LONDON SPICER WILDCATS

The Wildcats topped West Central North Conference foe and No. 11 AA Milaca 35-23, No. 10 AAA St. Cloud Apollo 44-21 and Lean and Mean Class Paynesville 41-21. They had a good showing at the Dassel Cokato duals with two big wins over AAA Shakopee 52-18 and Section 6AA rival Becker 69-11. They dropped a very close dual to Section 6AA rival and No. 9AA ranked Dassel Cokato 35-34. Tanner Tobkin, Cody Jakobson, Treyton Austvold, Dylan Hanson and John Nething were all 3-0. The Wildcats had a great showing at the Rumble on Red with 122.5 points to earn ninth place in this fifty eight teams field of teams. John Nething won the championship as he went 6-0, Shawn Hatlestad earned third place with a 5-1 mark. Several others had great showings including: Dylan Hanson was 4-2, Tom Duscher was 3-2 and Logan Brink was 3-2. Going 2-2 were Chase Austvold, Tanner Tobkin, Ben Henle and Austin Holden. The Wildcats crushed another West Central North Conference foe Albany 61-5. They topped the field of teams at the Barrel O'Fun Tourney at Perham with 228.5 points and twelve wrestlers placing in the three. Dylan Hanson, Shawn Hatlestad, John Nething and Tom Duscher won championships. Ben Henle, Logan Brink, Chase Austvold and Tanner Tobkin all earned second place and Kyle Cappelen, Zach Borka, Cody Haugen and Treyton Austvold all earned third place.

5. MILACA WOLVES

The Wolves topped No. 10 AAA St. Cloud Apollo 40-16 and Class A Lean and Mean Pierz 43-21. They dropped a dual to No. 10AA New London-Spicer 35-23. They dropped a West Central North Conference dual in front of 1,800 people to their rival Foley 37-14. The Wolves turned around the next day to crush three foes at the Farmington duals with huge wins over AAA Lakeville North 75-0, Monticello 39-24 and AAA Northfield 48-18 to earn the championship. Joe Moscho, Jonah Gahn, Jason Rogallo, Mike Kelley, Clinton Sampson, Ripp Baker, Marshal Ash and Marshall Hopp were all 3-0 at the Farmington duals.

6. LITTLE FALLS FLYERS

The Flyers topped Central Lakes Conference rival Fergus Falls 39-31. They had a great tourney at Cass Lake with 173.5 points to earn third place at the Big Bear tourney. They had six wrestlers place in this thirty-two field of teams. Frank Wilczek won their lone championship, Dillon Kifer and Cody Bue each earned second place. Brandon Hiamenz and Derik Jendro both earned third place and Conor Swenson took sixth place. They topped three foes at the quadrangular with wins over Section 6AA foe Litchfield 34-32, rival Pierz 47-26 and Parkers Prairie 63-9. Frank Wilczek, Dillon Kifer, Bryant Bue, Zack Clark and Cody Bue were all 3-0 at the quad.

7. FERGUS FALLS OTTERS

After the Otters dropped their Central Lakes Conference to rival Little Falls 39-31 they crushed Conference foe Alexandria 66-9. They topped the third two team field of teams with 204.5 points to claim the championship at the Big Bear tourney. Dan Revering and Colton Thorson both won championships and Tyler Giza, Abbot Aho and Alex Hensch all earned third place. Jesse Laugen and Tyler Garding both earned fourth place and Matt Laugen took sixth place. The Otters had a huge win over Central Lakes Conference rival Brainerd 37-28.

8. DAWSON-BOYD/LQPV

They topped West Central South Conference foe Minnewaska 46-23 and Class A Lean and Mean Border West 37-33. They dropped a huge West Central South Conference dual to Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 38-36. They topped former Camden Conference foe Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 55-19. They did drop duals to No. 12 AA ranked Wabasso/RRC 32-27, to No. 4A Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 41-26 and No. 5A Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 38-36. They topped the field at the LQPV invitational with 236 Points and thirteen wrestlers placing in the top four. John Weeding, Dylan Croatt, Jake Bothun and Christian Olson all won championships. Sam Haas and Josh Staab both earned second place and earning third place were Joe Weeding and Codie Weeding. Taking fourth place were Lee Justin, T. J. Fulton, Keith Abraham and J. D. Struxness. They earned second place with 193.5 points and eight place winners in the top four at the Dave Roder Memorial tourney in Montevideo. John Weeding, Ryan Swenson and Sam Haas won championships and Codie Weeding and Christian Olson both earned second place. Dylan Croat and Joe Weeding both earned third place and Josh Staab took fourth place.

9. MONTICELLO MAGIC

The Magic dropped a Mississippi 8 Conference dual to rival Saint Michael-Albertville43-18. They earned third place at the Farmington duals with big wins over Goodhue 48-24 in the quarter finals and in the third place match they topped Lean and Mean Class Paynesville 45-19. The Magic dropped their semifinal dual to No. 10AA ranked Milaca 39-24. Eric Bourgeois, Logan Draack, Randy Ascher and Tyler Mergen were all 3-0 at the Farmington tourney.

10. STAPLES-MOTLEY CARDINALS

The Cardinals earned second place with 168 points at the Maple River “Eagle” Invitational with ten wrestlers placing in the top four. Brand Flickinger, Chandler Trout and Dylan Shequen all won championships and Jordan Bendson, Blake Petrich and Ryan Detloff all earned second place. Earning third place Sam Duberowski and Jordan Heldman and taking fourth were Brady Killan and David DeYonge. The Cardinals topped two Mid-State conference foes; Park Rapids 38-27 and Pequot Lakes/Pine River/Backus 53-24. They topped the field of teams at the Pine to Prairie tourney hosted by Fertile with 229 points and eleven wrestlers placing in the top four. Taylor Bendson, Jordan Bendson and Dylan Sheqen all won championships. Jordan Heldman, Blake Miller, Sam Duberowski and Ryan Detloff all earned second place, Brandon Flickinger earned third place and Brent Lisson and David DeYonge both took fourth place.

11. ANNANDALE/MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING

The Lightning topped two Wright County Conference foes Delano 36-33 and Glencoe/Silver Lake/LP 60-12. They dropped a dual to Lean and Mean Class A Kimball 37-22. The Lightning have been competing without some of their starters due to injuries. They topped Wright County Conference foe a and rival Section 6AA foe Litchfield 37-31. The Cardinals had a great showing at the Mora Mustang invitational with 149 points and eight wrestlers placing in the top five to earn second place. Jordan Janan, Alex Couette and Jesse Puncochar all won championships and Derek Rachel and Kevin Salveson both earned second place. Tyler Pipo earned fourth place and Teddy Erickson took fifth place at the Mora tourney.

12. PRINCETON TIGERS

The Tigers had a huge win over Mississippi 8 Conference foe Big Lake 34-33. They topped Mississippi 8 Conference foe Zimmerman 35-30 and Meadow Creek 40-39 and AAA Andover 52-16. They had a great showing at the Blue Jackets duals in Hibbing as they went three and one with huge wins over Section 7AA foes Hibbing 42-22, Chisago Lakes 31-30 and Virginia 60-12. Cory Messer, Louie Servaty and Karl Eichinger were all 4-0 and Kevin Salgado, Luke Belair , Levi Cuny, Adam Swenson 3-1 at the Hibbing Duals.

LITCHFIELD DRAGONS

The Dragons topped Wright County Conference foe Orono 48-27 and they did drop one Wright County Conference dual to Dassel Cokato 47-27 and to former Section 6AA foe Rocori 34-35. The Dragons went 1-2 at the Dassel Cokato duals with a win over 6AA foe Becker 45-27. They dropped duals to No. 2AA ranked Foley 66-3 and AAA Shakopee 42-27. Dan Cox was the lone Dragon that was 3-0 at the Dassel Duals. They dropped a Wright County Conference dual to Section 6AA rival Annandale/Maple Lake 37-31. The Dragons went 2-1 at the Little Falls quadrangular with wins over Class A Lean and Mean Pierz 36-33 and Parkers Prairie 63-9. They dropped a very close dual to AA ranked Little Falls 34-32. Brain Malepsy, Dan Cox, Kody Kalkbrenner and Shane Gutormson were all 3-0 at the quad.

BIG LAKE HORNETS

The Hornets dropped a dual to Mississippi 8 Conference foe Princeton 34-33.

CHISAGO LAKES WILDCATS

The Wildcats topped North Suburban Conference foe Robbinsdale Cooper 48-21. They earned the championship at their first annual Wildcat tourney with 189 points and eleven wrestlers placing in the top five. Quade Zupko, Jake Nase and Dylan Hoyt all won championships and Clay Olson, Travis Kammerer, Mark Sontag and Riley Meyers all earned second place. Cody Fugleberg, Bobby Sontag, Eric Brown and Andrew Miron all took fifth place. They were 1-3 at the Hibbing duals with a win over Section 7AA foe Nashwalk-Keewatin 55-22 and they dropped two close duals also to Section 7AA foes Hibbing 35-28 and Princeton 31-30 and in their final dual they dropped a dual to AAA ranked Centennial 47-15. Wade Zupke, Travis Kammerer and Clay Olson were all 4-0.

NORTH BRANCH VIKINGS

The Vikings topped North Suburban Conference foe Fridley 63-12. The Vikings topped Section 7AAA foe Rush City/Braham 60-18 and Class A Sauk Centre 42-24. They dropped a dual to No. 6AA Mora and Section 7AA rival Mora 59-16. They dropped a close dual to North Suburban Conference foe Totino-Grace 37-31. The Vikings earned second place with 186.5 points at the "Battle of the Titans" Tourney held at Tartan High School. They had eleven wrestlers place in the top five to finish just a half of point out of first place. John Morrison, Justin Bergerson and Patrick Mork all won championships and Jake Kostik earned second place. Reid Johnson, Jimmy Juntnen and Stuart Frink all earned third place and Dalton Horak earned fourth place. Taking fifth place for the Vikings were Andy Freel, Ervin Siker and Jake Pilz.

MAT RATS TOP CLASS A TEAMS

1. ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY FALCONS

The Falcons topped a pair of Section 5A rivals with big wins over Eden Valley-Watkins 35-23 and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 49-18. They had a pair of big wins over West Central South Conference foes Dawson-Boyd/LQPV 38-36 and Minnewaska 51-18. They had a good showing at the Canby duals with huge wins over Canby 58-12 and Class A Lean and Mean United South Central 43-19 and they dropped a dual to No. 8AA Adrian 41-23. Hayden Rouser, Matt Lee, Larry Bomsted and Mike Kraemer were all 3-0 at the Canby Duals. The Falcons had a great showing as they started 2010 off as they ended 2009 with 241 points and twelve place winners to win the Jaguar tourney at Belgrade. Jesse Whitcomb, Hayden Rouser, Larry Bomsted, Michael Kramer, Ryan Larson and Dylan Nelson all won championships. Matt Meyer and James Nelson both earned second place and Logan Peterson earned third place. Taking fourth place were Lee Whitcomb and Colin Kraginbring. They had a great performance with their win over No. 11 ranked BOLD 36-24.

2. KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBERG FIGHTING SAINTS

The Fighting Saints continue to turn in great performances as they topped Camden Conference foes Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 50-16 and Ortonville 70-3. They topped AA Lean and Mean Dawson-Boyd/LQPV 41-26 and Lean and Mean Class Border West 41-31. The Fighting Saints had a great tourney showing as they earned 102 points at the Rumble of Red for fifteenth place in a field of fifty eight teams. Joel Bauman led the way as he earned a third place with a 6-1 mark, Jordan Rothers earned sixth place with a 5-3 mark, Kurt Timmons earned eight place with a 3-3 mark. They had five wrestlers with 2-2 marks including: Klinton VanHeuveln, Kyle Baker, Tyler Carlson, Aaron Doraska and Trevor Mahlum. The Fighting Saints earned 202 points and had eleven wrestlers in the top four to earn second place at the Jaguar Invitational at Belgrade. Kurt Timmons, Tyler Carlson and Matt Stassen all won championships and Zach Carlson, Jordan Rothers, Trevor Mahlum and Klinton VanHeuveln all earned second place. Aaron Doraska and Casey Krieger both earned third place and Kyle Baker and Stuart Johnson both took fourth place.

3. BOLD WARRIORS

The Warriors topped West Central South Conference foes Benson 40-23 and Montevideo 48-12. They crushed their foes at the Bertha Hewitt quadrangular with wins over host Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 49-21, Osakis 54-18 and Pequot Lake/Pine River/Backus 49-13. Austin Guetter, Alex Hatch, Kyle Schulte, Zach Revier, Alex Steffel and Cody Hatch were all 3-0 at the quad. The Warriors dropped a dual to the No. 5A ranked Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 36-24 in a very good dual.

 4. PAYNESVILLE BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs had a huge win over Section 5A Lean and Mean Eden Valley-Watkins 34-33. They dropped duals to No. 10 AA New London-Spicer 41-21 and No. 10 AAA St. Cloud Apollo 44-21. They earned fourth place at the Farmington "Tiger" Duals with a win over Chatfield 45-18. They dropped their semifinal dual to AAA Northfield 32-30 and the third place match to Lean and Mean Monticello 45-19. Hayden Spaeth, Matt Doom and Andrew Moser all were 3-0 at the Tiger Duals.

 5. EDEN VALLEY WATKINS EAGLES

The Eagles topped Section 5A foes Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 39-18, Browerville/Eagle Valley 45-24 and Howard Lake/Waverly/Winsted 57-9. They dropped a pair of very close duals to Section 5A foes No. 5A ranked Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 35-23 and Lean and Mean Class Paynesville 34-33. The topped Lean and Mean and Central Minnesota Conference foe Royalton 36-32. With just nine wrestlers they earned the championship at the Norwood Young America Invitational with 170.5 points. Shawn Mattson, Jeff Dockendorf and Joe Holdvogt all won championships, Blaine Meierhoffer, Jaron Faber, Mike Downham, Jake Forcier and Tyler Magadanz all earned second place. Mitch Asfeld earned third place as all the Eagle wrestlers placed in the top three.

6. KIMBALL CUBS

The Cubs topped Section 5A foes Browerville/Eagle Valley 50-24 and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 49-18. They also topped AA foes Annandale/Maple Lake 37-22 and Glencoe/Silver Lake/LP 78-0. The Cubs topped another Central Minnesota Conference foe Holdingford 40-18. They dominated the Royals Invitational at Royalton with 253 points and twelve placing in the top four. Marcus Hamer, Jordan Joseph, Caramen Hanson, Travis Schiefelbein, David Joseph and Alex Thurber all won championships. Tyler Kuechle earned second place. Quentin Bryce and Cody Machereth both earned third place and Austin Schiefelbein and Mitch Prammann both took fourth place.

 7. YELLOW MEDICINE EAST STING

The Sting topped MACCRAY 62-15 and Redwood Valley 47-18 and they dropped a dual to Wabasso/RRC 59-11. They topped Canby 41-24 at the Border Battle in Canby, before dropping duals to No. 8AA Adrian 49-15 and Lean and Mean United South Central 40-36. Evan Knutson, Levi Specht and Justin Tongen were all 3-0 at Canby.

8. PIERZ PIONEERS

The Pioneers topped Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 52-24 and in a couple of good duals they dropped duals to No. 11 AA Milaca 43-21 and No. 10 AAA St. Cloud Apollo 57-16. They topped Parkers Prairie 51-18 and dropped duals to AA foes Litchfield 36-33 and Lean and Mean AA Little Falls 47-26 at the Little Falls quadrangular. Chris Ortman and Clint Poster were both 3-0 and Clint won his 150th Career match. Congratulations Clint!

9. ROYALTON ROYALS

The Royals topped Section 7A foe Ogilvie 59-18 and Central Minnesota Conference foe Holdingford 41-31. They dropped duals to No. 6AA Mora 52-15 and No. 9AA Dassel Cokato 53-15. The Royals dropped a Central Minnesota Conference dual to Eden Valley-Watkins 36-32. They had a good showing at their invitational with 185.5 points and eleven place winners to earn second place. Mitch Lange, Andrew Plumski and Kellen Frank won championships and Andy Poster, Odi Guerard and Kyle Wentland all earned second place. Tom Averill and Ryan Brady both earned third place, Dan Moulzolf and Cody Boody bother earned fourth place and Kyle Billmeyer took fifth place.

10. NEW YORK MILLS EAGLES

The Eagles topped Park Rapids 39-36 and Section 6A foes Parkers Prairie 51-27 and Pelican Rapids 61-18. They had a great showing at the Big Bear Tourney in Cass Lake where they earned 158 points to take fifth place in this field of thirty-two teams. Shane Novak and Landyn Saewert both earned second place, Jordan Novak earned third place and Tommy Selander and Jarrod Norton both earned fourth place. Maison Roberts earned eighth place and having great showings were Seth Hoffland with a 3-2 mark and Michael Meyers with a 3-2 mark. The Eagles dropped a dual to No. 3A ranked Frazee 51-18. They topped Park Region Conference rival Osakis 41-24. The Eagles had a strong showing at the Barrel O'Fun tourney hosted by Perham. They earned third place with 167 points with nine wrestlers placing in the top three. Shane Novak won their only championship and Tommy Selander, Michael Meyer, Jordan Novak and Landyn Saewert all earned second place. Peter Stark, Jarrod Norton and Josh Bernu all earned third place.

11. BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS

The Buccaneers topped AAA Bemidji 63-9 and Mahnomen-Waubun 57-21 and dropped a dual to No. 3A Frazee 38-25. Mitch Andrews, Will McCarthy, Austin Rinke and Billy Connelly were 3-0. They earned fourth place with 172 points and nine place winners in the top five at the Roder Memorial Tourney in Montevideo. Will McCarthy and Mitch Andrews won championships and Billy Connelly and Austin Rinke both earned second place. Austin Gray and Cameron Sykora both earned fourth place and Kenny Custard and Charlie Maanum both took fifth place. The Buccaneers crushed Section 6A rival Wadena-Deer Creek 40-19. The Buccaneers are slowing getting some of their wrestlers back into their lineup as they earned second place at the Braves Classic Tourney hosted by Benson. They earned 188 points and ten wrestlers placing in the top four including championships by Mitch Andrews, Will McCarthy, Austin Grey and Taylor McCalp. Cameron Sykora, Zach Fridgen and Billy Connelly earned third place. Ryan Murphy and Garrett Behrens both took fourth place.

12. OSAKIS SILVERSTREAKS

The Silverstreaks topped Park Region Conference foes United North Central 54-23, Parkers Prairie 40-39 and Bertha Hewitt/Verndale 42-24. They also topped AA foe Pequot Lakes/Pine River/Backus 36-35. They dropped duals to Section 5A foe Holdingford 46-21 and No. 11A BOLD 54-18. The Silverstreaks topped Park Region Conference rival Ottertail Central 37-31. They dropped a Park Region Conference dual to Lean and Mean New York Mills 41-24.

MILLE LACS RAIDERS

The Raiders topped three AAA teams at the Osseo quadrangular with wins over Spring Lake Park 49-29, Andover 57-22 and Osseo 54-18. Nik Borchert, Cody Whitney, Mark Francour, Ryan Jones and Bobby Kulhanek were all 3-0 at the Osseo quad. They were 2-2 at the Bison Duals hosted by Buffalo with wins over Big Lake 48-19 and Alexandria 49-20. They were beaten by AA No. 9 ranked Dassel Cokato 41-23 and AA No. 2 Foley 62-9.

MAT RATS TOP CLASS AAA TEAMS

1. SAINT MICHEAL-ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS

The Knights topped Mississippi 8 Conference foe Monticello 43-18. They had a good tourney where they earned 128 points for seventh place in a field of thirty five teams at the Minnesota Christmas tourney. The Knights had eight place winners including; Ben Horn and Parker Betts both earning fourth place and Kraig Schumm and Ryan Kessler both earned fifth place. Jake Lillie earned third sixth place and taking seventh place were Lincoln Mallinger, Kyle Salonek and Shaun Little. They had a very good tourney at The Clash hosted by Rochester as they topped LaQuinta, California 54-21, Sturgis, South Dakota 30-26, Plainview-Elgin-Milleview 40-19, Mt. Carmel of Ilinois 31-25 and Carl Sandberg of Illinois 25-24. Jake Lillie, Jordan Campa, Kraig Schumm, Ryan Kessler were all 6-0 and Shawn Little and Parker Betts were both 4-2.

2. CAMBRIDGE BLUE JACKETS

The Blue Jackets topped Mississippi 8 Conference foe Buffalo 65-3. They earned tenth place the Minnesota Christmas tourney with 101 points and six place winners. Derek Swanson earned fourth place, Tyler Tischer fifth place, Scott Gifford, Clayton Jennisen and Adam Kelling all earned sixth place and Travis Holt took eighth place. The Blue Jackets had a very good showing at the Rumble on Red tourney a field of 58 Teams. They earned sixth place with 133 points with three place winners including: Clayton Jennissen earned fourth place with a 4-2 mark, Derek Swanson earned sixth place with a 3-3 mark and Tyler Tischer earned seventh place with a 5-2 mark. Others that made very good showings were Lincoln Chumly 3-2, Adam Kelling 3-2, Ty Torgerson 3-3, David Kent 2-2, Travis Holt 2-2, Mark Volker 2-2 and Seth Woodiwiss 2-2. The Blue Jackets topped Mississippi 8 Conference foe Rogers 65-12, AA ranked Totino-Grace 58-8 and Bemidji 51-22. Sherwood Kinnis and Mark Volker were the only 3-0 wrestlers being they used several wrestlers at the this quad. They topped the field at their invitational with 199.5 points and twelve place winners in the top five including a championship by Clayton Jennissen. Cole Bakke, James Kelling, Travis Holf and Seth Woodwiss all earned second place, earning third place were Sherwood McKinnis and Mark Volker. Ty Torgerson and Cody Reilly both earned fourth place and Landon Chumley took fifth place.

3. ST. CLOUD APOLLO EAGLES

The Eagles are taking on a little more competition this season; they had a couple of dual wins over Class A Lean and Mean teams Pierz 57-16 and Paynesville 44-21. They dropped duals to No. 10 AA New London-Spicer 42-22 and Milaca 40-16. A special note against Paynesville Mitch Bengston won his 100th Career match. The Eagles had a very good showing at the Rumble of Red tourney where they earned 107 points to take thirteenth place in this huge field of fifty eight teams. Mitch Bengston won the championship defeated a nationally ranked and defending AA state champion. Nam Nyugen earned fourth place with a 5-2 mark, Nam had a great tourney. Nolan Rial, Chris Rocheleau and Clayton Athman all had 3-2 marks and Sam Koetter and Grant Dullinger had 2-2 marks. The Eagles topped three Section 8AAA foes in the Willmar quadrangular with big wins over Central Lakes Conference foe Willmar 53-19, Moorhead 42-22 and Buffalo 61-10. Grant Dullinger, Matt Braun, Grant Nehring, Nam Nguyen, Chris Rocheleau, Clayton Athman and Mitch Bengston all were 3-0 at the quad. The Eagles topped Central Lakes Conference and Section 8AAA foe Sauk Rapids 42-30 and Lean and Mean AA Watertown-Mayer 52-18.

4. ELK RIVER ELKS

The Elks had a great showing as they topped the field at the Charlie Turner Duals in Richfield with huge wins over Henry Sibley J. V. 81-0, Lakeville North 43-23 and Minnetonka 52-21. Jake Staffenhagen, Robert Kehcum, Eric Stevens, Austin Stevens, Tyler Stevens and Holton Lubinski were all 3-0 at the Richfield event. The Elks earned 74 points and twenty-second place at the Rumble on Red tourney. Holton Lubinski earned sixth place with a 4-3 mark, Tyler Stevens earned fifth place with a 5-2 mark. Also having good showings were Eric Stevens had a 4-2 mark, Kyle Wieman 3-2 and Jake Stefenhagen 3-2 marks. The Elks had a great tourney as they earned 180 points and ten place winners at the Blue Jacket Invitational hosted by Cambridge. Eric Stevens, Tyler Stevens, Holton Lubinski and Jory Lubinski all won championships and Jake Staffenhagen and Evan Caldon both earned second place. Kyle Wieman earned third place, Yon Yee Vang earned fourth place and taking fifth place were Mitch Beaudry, Robert Kechum and Austin Stevens.

5. BRAINERD WARRIORS

The Warriors topped Central Lakes Conference foe Rocori 37-27 in a very good dual. They earned eleventh place at the Big Bear tourney hosted by Cass Lake with 102 points in a field of thirty-two teams. Aaron Padrnos won their lone championship, Mack Glasby earned second place, Chad Ohman earned fifth place, Jesse Franzen took eighth place and Nick Graussam had a 3-2 mark. The Warriors dropped a big Central Lakes Conference dual to rival Fergus Falls 37-28. They topped Central Lakes Conference foe Sartell 65-6 and Section 8AAA foe Buffalo 48-12. The Warriors earned fifth place with ten wrestlers placing in the top five with 134 points at the Blue Jacket Invitational hosted by Cambridge-Isanti. Aaron Padrnos, Jessen Franzen and Sam Pagel earned second place and Tyler Kohlmeier earned third place. Earning fourth place were; Bryton Munz, Matt Solid, Nate Adams, mack Glasby and Chad Ohman and taking fifth place was Dan Babineau.

6. MOORHEAD SPUDS

The Spuds topped class A rival Barnesville 41-24. They had a great tourney with 124 points to earn sixth place at the Big Bear Tourney a field of thirty-two teams. They had five place winners in the top six with Mark Wychor winning a championship, Chase Morlock earned fourth place, Brock Tallskson, Nick Langeberg and Ben Gaughan all earned sixth place. Jacob Throwbridge and Evan Gary both had 3-2 marks. The Spuds had a great showing at the Willmar quadrangular with two big wins over Section 8AAA foes; Willmar 39-26 and Buffalo 46-21. They dropped a dual to the No. 10AAA ranked St. Cloud Apollo 42-22. Ben Gaughan and Mark Wychor had great showings as they were both 3-0 at the quad. The Spuds had a great tourney showing as they scored 206 points and had twelve wrestlers place. Jacob Rositas, Chase Morlock, Wilson Karstrom and Mark Wychor all won championships. Ben Gaughan, Joey Carpenter and A. J. Wheeler all earned second place and Nick Langeberg earned third place. Evan Gary, Jacob Throwbridge and Mike Zupan all earned fourth place and Ben Herbst took fifth place.

7. SAUK RAPIDS STORM

The Storm topped Central Lakes Conference rival Sartell 46-25. They had some good showings at the Rumble on Red tourney held in the Fargo Dome. This is a field of fifty eight teams. Eric Olson and Stephen Bucholz were both 3-2 and Tyler Diederich, Chris Keske and Shane Fessenmaier all had 2-2 marks. The Storm had a great dual with No. 10AAA ranked and Central Lakes Conference rival St. Cloud Apollo but drop it by a 42-30 margin. They traveled across the border to Hudson, Wisconsin where they had a great showing with a 3-1 mark with huge wins over Hutchinson 41-28, Baldwin Woodville, Wisconsin 65-11 and Somerset, Wisconsin 57-24. They dropped a dual to the host Hudson 51-13. Shane Fessenmaier and Eric Olson were 4-0 and Mitch Mehrwerth and Ryan Medlin were both 3-1 one at Hudson.

8. ROCORI SPARTANS

The Spartans dropped a Central Lakes Conference dual to Brainerd 37-27 and to former Section 6AA rival No. 9AA ranked Dassel Cokato 47-27. They topped former Section 6AA rival Litchfield 35-34. They dropped a dual to AA Lean and Mean Hutchinson 39-36

9. WILLMAR CARDINALS

The Cardinals topped Central Lakes Conference foe Sartell 60-6. They had a great showing at the Big Bear Tourney with 112.5 Points to earned eighth place in the field of thirty-two teams. Alex Johannes and Nathan Swoyer both earned third place, Coty Milhaussen and Eugene Stepan each earned fourth place and Seth Pollack took fifth place. The Cardinals went 1-2 at their quadrangular as they topped Section 8AAA foe Buffalo 38-18 and they dropped duals to Moorhead 39-26 and No. 10 AAA St. Cloud Apollo 63-19. Nathan Swoyer and Alex Johannes both went 3-0 at the quadrangular. They topped St. Cloud Tech 40-33 in a Central Lakes Conference dual.

10. ST. CLOUD TECH TIGERS

The Tigers won a pair of duals one big win was over Section 8AA rival Buffalo 44-27 and Melrose 60-18. They dropped duals to No. 6AA Mora 49-24 and to Minnetonka in a very close dual 38-37. They traveled to Mora for the Mustang Invitational with about half of their team where they had three place winners including; Bennet Johnson earned second place and Peter Kalla and Shane Keller both earned third place.

11. BUFFALO BISON

The Bison dropped a Mississippi 8 Conference dual to Cambridge-Isanti 65-3. They dropped a dual to Section 8AAA foe St. Cloud Tech 44-27 and no report on the Minnetonka dual. The Bison dropped three duals to Section 8AAA foes including; Willmar 38-18, Moorhead 46-21 and No. 10 AAA St. Cloud Apollo 61-10. Tim Ruter and Dylan Tilbury were both 3-0 at the Willmar quad. The Bison were 2-2 at their dual meet invitational with wins over Section 8AAA foe Alexandria 49-27 and East Ridge 53-27.

12. BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS

The Lumber Jacks dropped a dual to rival Grand Rapids 51-24 and they were 0-3 at the Frazee quadrangular. Corey Huber and Dale Norton both place seventh at the Rumble of Red tourney. They topped Zimmerman 51-22 and dropped duals to Cambridge 51-22 and Totino-Grace at the Cambridge quad. They had four place winners at the Blue Jacket Invitational including: Corey Huber earned second place, Dale Nortan and Logan Crosby earned third place and Jake Crosby took fourth place.

13. ALEXANDRIA CARDINALS

The Cardinals dropped a Central Lakes Conference dual to Fergus Falls 66-9. They were 1-3 at the Buffalo "Bison" Duals with a win over Eastridge 66-12. They dropped duals to Buffalo 49-27, Dassel-Cokato 52-13 and to Mille Lacs 49-20