On March 10th, the Elk River Youth Wrestling Club hosted the 4th Annual
Elk River Old Timer’s Wrestling Tournament at the Elk River High
School. This year we finally went over 100 wrestlers and had wrestlers
coming from all over Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa to compete in both
the individual and team events.
In the individual tournament, wrestlers were placed into groups of
three and wrestled a round robin tournament. Wrestlers competed in (3)
one-minute periods with one-minute breaks between periods. Medals were
given to everyone that participated. In the team tournament, five
wrestlers made up a team and each wrestler on the team was given points
based on their place in the round robin tournament. The lower the total
score the better the team placed. The team champions received $125 and
the runners-up received $50.
Age Breakdown for Wrestlers
Under Age 20: 10
20-29: 54
30-39: 30
40-49: 7
50-older: 0
Total: 101
Fastest Pin Award: Eric Vankenron :18
seconds Farthest Distance Traveled Award:
Nathan Eichhorst, Iowa City, IA Oldest Wrestler Award: Bruce Tiffany,
49 yrs old
Individual Champions Name, Hometown, Age
Sean Glenz, Paynesville, 19
David Symanitz, Cologne, 20
Justin Jones, Onamia, 21
Dan Hoernemann, St. Paul, 21
Kyle Brehm, Anoka, 22
Ben Hamersky, Eau Claire WI, 22
Jordan Anderson, Big Lake, 23
Brian Flatland, Milaca, 23
Austin Tiffany, Hopkins, 23
Blake Nicolay, Rosemount, 23
Jordan Below, St. Paul, 23
Jesse Demmers, Hutchinson, 24
Kyle Kohl, Elk River, 24
Eric Vankenron, Maple Grove, 25
Matt Tiffany, Redwood Falls WI , 25
John Mailloux, Eau Claire WI, 26
Brian Todd, Inver Grove Heights, 26
Denver Moeller, Woodbury, 28
Travis Oates, Plymouth, 28
Troy Elmore, Inver Grove Heights, 29
Justin Wolfe, St. Paul, 29
Jesse Smith, Minneapolis, 30
Chris Cushenbery, St. Paul, 30
Steve Hahn, N. St. Paul, 31
Steve Herbst, Foley, 32
Dan Miller, St. Michael, 34
Erin Dauherty, Plymouth, 34
Jason Klohs, Plymouth, 34
Callistus Schissel, Brooklyn Park, 38
Mike Farrell, Dayton, 40
James Clark, Rogers, 42
Scott Ebner, Zimmerman, 46
Team Results
1st Place - $125 - The Fishes (Erin Dauherty, Jason Klohs, Mike Ferrel,
Eric Vankeron, Chris Lund)
2nd Place - $50 - Animal House (Jordan Below, Chris Cushenbery, Dan
Hoernemann, Paul Klees, Tyler Klees)
3rd Place - North #1 (Dan Moeller, Brian Todd, Travis Oates, Todd
Wothe, Steve Hahn)
4th Place - North #2 (Denver Moeller, Blake Nicolay, Bob Larson, Mike
Churchill, David Symanitz)
5th Place - Young Bucks (Brandon Pazorski, Sean Glenz, Jeremy Loch,
Derrick Gilbertson, Justin Jones)
6th Place - No Names (Tim Janssen, Travis Ale, Justin Maaninga, Jerry
Westrom, Jamal Galehdari)
7th Place - Fab 4 + 1 (Matt Tiffany, Austin Tiffany, Alex Tiffany,
Bruce Tiffany, Travis Wilson)
8th Place - Big Easy (Jamal McAllister, Mark LeVasseur, Troy Elmore,
Anthony Clark, Stephan Muzamhindo)
Thanks to following people and organizations for donating their time to
help: Nye McCarty and the Refs from Skyline Officials Association, Elk
River Wrestling Coach, John Peterson and the entire high school
wrestling team, and finally Craig Hemmesch for running our concessions.
Look for a bigger and better Elk River Old Timer’s tournament next
year. Not only will we continue to use 3 man round robin brackets, we
will be adding 4 man and 8 man brackets as well. Next year we are also
starting the 1st Annual Old Timer Duels. The tournament will consist of
teams of six wrestlers with weight classes 145, 160, 175, 190, 215 and
HWT. We will need at least 3 teams to make this work so look for the
flyer on the Guillotine later this year because pre-registration will
be required for this duel event.
We look forward to seeing you all again next year!!!!!