This year we added TEAM DUALS prior to our individual tournament which turned out to be a huge success and a lot of fun to watch. We were initially unsure of how many teams would be interested in competing in this event but found 8 teams right away and ended up turning away 4 additional teams because of time constraints. The teams were made up of 6 wrestlers and up to 3 alternates and were seeded based on their wrestling experience.

Team Dual Results

• 1^st Place – Centennial – Corey Hedgers, Jim Grieg, Steve Peterson, Jordan Davis, Tony Bui, Luke Malinowski.
• 2^nd Place – Mille Lacs – Rob Olson, Nick Pfaff, Justin Jones, Tyler Walters, John Odle
• 3^rd Place – Rusty Iron – Joe Volner, Matt Volner, Chris Rother, Zac Okerstrom, Tommy Jacobs, Marc Perry
• 4^th Place – Foley – Ryan Holthaus, Martin Herbst, Craig Herbst, Steve Herbst, Dale Herbst, Ben Fitzpatrick, Matt Jurek
• 5^th Place – Ring Kingz – Chris Adams, Shawn Herman, Chris Holzer, Kenny Sandt, Matt Linder, Cassidy Carlson
• 6^th Place – Elk River – Joey Kolar, Scott Ebner, JP Kolar, Jason Peterson, Jim Clark, Alan Erickson,
• 7^th Place – Mat Hogz – Aaron Schwartz (Cammo Kings), Sam Stevermer, Josh Lavine, Taylor Thompson, Devin King (Cammo Kings), Kyle Kohl (Elk River)
• 8^th Place – Cammo Kings – Adam Schwartz, Ross Dittberner, Shaun Nelson, Zach Snyder, Wayne Schwartz, Josh Denny, Keith Bowman

In the individual tournament, wrestlers were placed into groups of three or four and either wrestled a round robin bracket or a 4-man bracket with a true second match. Wrestlers competed in (3) one-minute periods with one-minute breaks between periods. Medals were given to the top three finishers in each bracket.

• Fastest Pin Award Todd Zelinske :19 seconds
• Farthest Distance Traveled Award Ben & Jacob LaBlanc Montello, WI
• Oldest Wrestler Award Scott Ebner 47 yrs old

Name Hometown Age

• Andy Lancaster, Clarissa, MN 33
• Tim Neiber, Elk River 23
• Paul Klees, St. Paul 22
• Tracy Olson, Cambridge 34
• Joey Kolar, Elk River 18
• John Fradette, Milaca 21
• Callistus Schissel, Brooklyn Park 38
• Justin Jones, Onamia 22
• Cody Kragt, Milaca 20
• Corey Hedgers, Lino Lakes 19
• Dan Hoemermann, St. Paul 22
• Nick Loreno, Baxter 19
• Troy Rasmussen, Jordan 35
• Ryan Olson, Little Falls  32
  
• Jeremy Lang, St. Cloud 32
• Doug Zimmerman, Royalton 43
• Kyle Hagen, Wadena 24
• Dan Miller, St. Michael 35
• Ben LeBlanc, Montello, WI 21
• Derek Schaak, Brooklyn Center 31
• Matt Tiffany, Redwood Falls, MN 26
• Tony Ford, Winona 22
• Jordan Below, St. Louis Park 25
• Joe Sathe, Waconia 27
• Kyle Brehm, Anoka 23 / Bobby Olson, Isle 18 / Dallas Hasser, Cambridge 24 (3-way tie)

Thanks to following people and organizations for donating their time to help: Elk River Wrestling Booster Club, Gold Country Officials, Elk River Wrestling Coach, John Peterson and the entire high school wrestling team, and finally Dan Wiemann and his family for organizing our concessions.

Since this tournament has been getting bigger and better every year, next year we plan on starting earlier in the day and then opening up the team duels to 16 teams.

We look forward to seeing you all again next year!!!!!

Scott Forde,
ER Wrestling