Mat Rats Section 6AAA Preview

MAT RATS SECTION 6AAA  2012-2013 SEASON PREVIEW

Favorites: WILLMAR CARDINALS and the MOUND-WESTONKA WHITE HAWKS

Dark Horses: WAYZATA TROJANS and the MINNETONKA SKIPPERS

WILLMAR CARDINALS
Co-Head Coach: Ed Oehlers/Justin Brown
Enrollment: 994
Section 6AAA

The Cardinals had an awesome season last year and will be looking for bigger things during this campaign. They should be looking to improve those dual meet marks from last season. Despite the graduation of five very good seniors; all were section place winners and three state qualifiers. Look for the Cardinals to make a strong challenge for conference and section honors. Austin Miley, Nate Mittag, Colten Carlson, Cass Herzog and Logan Walkow should be their key leaders thru out the season. Overall they return seven section place winners; including three state qualifiers and four others with a great deal of varsity experience returning.  The Cardinals fans should be excited about the upcoming campaign.

20-9 Overall Dual Meets

6-2 Central Lakes Conference Duals

Thirteen Section Place Winners/Seven State Qualifiers

Section 6AAA Champions

First Place Willmar "Cardinal Classic" Tourney: 252 Pts. (14 Placers)

Third Place BBE "Jaguar" Tourney: 119 Pts. (7 Placers)

Fourth Place Cass Lake "Big Bear" Tourney: 136.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

Fifth Place Montevideo "Dave Roder" Tourney: 91.5 Pts. (9 Placers)

Fifth Place Hutchinson "Tiger" Tourney: 113 Pts. (8 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Austin Miley                          11th                34-12              1st Section

Nate Mittag                           12th                37-10              1st Section

Colten Carlson                        9th                31-8                2nd Section

Cass Herzog                          12th                34-5

Logan Walkow                        9th                30-13              3rd Section/AC

Estevan Navarro                  10th                15-13              3rd Section

Zach Lueders                       11th                22-13

Augustine Hahn                   10th                18-20              4th Section

Travis Deegan                      10th                19-14

Matt Hennes                         10th                  4-12

Jeff Castro                            11th                  2-5

Darius O'Neill                        10th                  1-6

Graduates:

Alex Johannes                     33-5                2nd Section               (149-57 Career)

Seth Pollock                          37-7                1st Section                (112-68 Career)

Martin Cabrera                     15-4                2nd Section

Chad Milhausen                    22-19              4th Section

Shaun Johnson                    23-119            3rd Section

MOUND-WESTONKA WHITE HAWKS
Head Coach: Todd Munsterteiger
Enrollment: 644
Section: 6AAA

The White Hawks had a very good season last year as they posted 19-8 dual meet marks and  were a final four team in this very balanced 6AAA section. Back from that team are nine section place winners including five state qualifiers and nine others with varsity experience. They only graduated one section place winner, so look for the White Hawks to make strong challenge to improve those dual meet marks and for them to challenge for conference and section honors. Tyler Hebig, Sam Bennyhoff, Bryan Tierny, Ben Rogers, Will VanSant and Ryder Schmidt should be their key leaders thru out the season.

19-8 Overall Dual Meets

4-4 Wright County Conference Duals

Ten Section Place Winners/Five State Qualifiers

Final Four Section 6AAA

Second Place Mound-Westonka "Leopold/Haglund" Tourney: 139 Pts. (11 Placers)

Second Place Minnetonka "Skippers" Tourney: 181 Pts. (11 Placers)

Second Place Hopkins "Paul Bengston" Tourney: 179 Pts. (12 Placers)

Fifth Place South St. Paul "Pete Veldman" Tourney: 150.5 Pts. (9 Placers)

Fifth Place Fridley "Tigers" Tourney: 130.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

Second Place Rogers "Royal Rumble" Tourney: (3-1)

Returning Wrestlers:

Tyler Hebig                            12th                40-4                2nd Section/AC

Sam Bennyhoff                     10th                38-4                1st Section/AC

Bryan Tierny                         11th                34-5                1st Section/AC

Ben Rogers                           12th                32-11              3rd Section/AC

Will Van Sant             12th                29-7                1st Section

Ryder Schmidt                      11th                29-14              2nd Section

John Byers                            11th                20-14              4th Section

Ryan Reid                                9th                19-7                6th Section

Adrian Wear                          11th                15-25

Travis Peterson                    11th                11-14              6th Section

Erik Hannigan                       12th                11-19

Drake Heath                           9th                10-9

Sam Lungstrom                    12th                  9-10

Noah Byers                             9th                  7-15

Noah Sweet                          10th                  6-10

Chris Prescott                      11th                  5-3

Cole Peterson                       11th                  6-7

Kevin Petterath                      9th                  3-5

Tucker Porkanen                 12th                  1-0

Graduate:

Tyler Ihli                                 21-11              5th Section

WAYZATA TROJANS

Head Coach: Tim Hartung

Enrollment: 3060

Section 6AAA

The Trojans posted good 14-7 dual meet marks last season and they were section runner ups. Back from that team are eight section place winners, including five state qualifiers. Two were state place winners and eleven others with a great deal of experience back. Despite the graduation of four seniors; of which three were section place winners. Look for the Trojans to make a strong challenge to those dual meet marks and for section dual meet honors.  Weston Droegemueller, Nick O'Brien, Jack Stufft, Collin Sohn and Evan Kluck should be their key leaders thru out the season.

14-7 Overall Dual Meets

3-0 Lake Conference Duals

Twelve Section Place Winners/Five State Qualifiers

Two State Place Winners

Section 6AAA Runner Up

First Place Richfield/Edina "Spartans" Tourney: 200 Pts (13 Placers)

Fifth Place Eastview "Lightning" Tourney: 134 Pts. (9 Placers)

Sixth Place Osseo "Ken Droegemueller" Tourney: 134 Pts. (6 Placers)

Twenty-First Place Rochester "Minnesota Christmas" Tourney: 51 Pts. (2 Placers)

Thirty-Eighth Place Fargo "Rumble on the Red" Tourney: 44.5 Pts. (3 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Weston Droegemueller       12th                42-5                1st Sec./4th State

Nick O'Brien                          11th                40-7                1st Sec./6th State

Jake Stufft                            12th                31-13              2nd Section

Evan Kluck                            10th                26-12              4th Section

Collin Sohn                            11th                23-15              1st Section

Harrison Wright                    12th                16-16              2nd Section

Aaron Cote                            10th                18-18              5th Section

Tim Lush                                12th                12-5

Drake Imholte                       12th                12-7

Eljah Hollins                          12th                12-17

Jordan Porteous                  11th                12-25

Parker Moen                         12th                10-13              3rd Section

Kenny Leuer                         12th                11-11

Joe Ahn                                 11th                  9-9

Justin Bergeron                   11th                  7-16

Rob Schulke                          12th                14-19

Marty Branyon                      12th                  5-17

Blake Hamlin                        11th                11-16

Brandon Garza                     12th                  9-6

Graduates:

Chris Reding                         33-10              3rd Section

Brandon Strickland             16-15              4th Section

Alex Torneroos                       8-19              5th Section

Levi Sidorenko                       9-16

MINNETONKA SKIPPERS

Head Coach: Josh Frie

Enrollment: 2750

Section 6AAA

The Skippers have back five section place winners; one of which was a state qualifier and twelve others with varsity experience. Despite graduation of five seniors; of which three were section place winners. The Skippers should make a challenge for conference and one of those top four spots in this section dual meet campaign. Oscar Arteaga, Nick Gobler and Grey Liedtke should be their key leaders thru out the season.

Dual Meets Records Unknown

Seven Section Place Winners

Fourth Place Brooklyn Center "Centuer" Tourney: 154 Pts. (11 Placers)

Fourth Place Minnetonka "Skippers" tourney: 106.5 Pts. (10 Placers)

Fifth Place Chanhassen/Chaska "Holiday" Tourney: 128 Pts. (9 Placers)

Sixth Place New London-Spicer "Wildcat" Tourney: 110 Pts. (12 Placers)

Seventh Place Wahpeton "Dan Unruh" Tourney: 105.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Oscar Arteaga                      12th                35-4                1st Section

Nick Gobler                           11th                18-23              4th Section

Grey Liedtke                         10th                20-21              6th Section

Wes Elias                               11th                19-22              5th Section

Trevor Garski                        12th                18-16 

Logan Foote                          9th                18-15

Mike Zimmerman                 10th                16-23              4th Section

Tim Andress                          12th                15-23

Avery Garski                         10th                  9-7

Ben Dvorak                           12th                  7-2

James Makres                      10th                  5-10

Hayden Foote                       11th                  5-13

John Drumm                         10th                  4-17

Cezary Atsidacos                 10th                  4-4

John Jackson                       10th                  3-1

Jonathon Bowers                10th                  4-27

Michael Ho                            11th                  2-0

Ryan Masu                             10th                  7-13

Luke Benson                         11th                  2-0

Bryce Murphy                       10th                  1-18

Pierce Breedlove                 10th                  1-4

Graduates:

Andrew Sutton                     37-8                4th Section

Alex Tomczak                       22-14              5th Section

Reese King                            23-18              5th Section

Simon Liedtke                      14-5

Kyle Bunkelman                   11-15

ROBBINSDALE COOPER HAWKS

Head Coach: Eric Rogness

Enrollment: 1468

Section 6AAA

The Hawks have back five section place winners and ten others with some varsity experience. They did graduate three including two section place winners, but look for this team to make steady strides of improvement over the course of the season. Ashanti Payne, Derek mead and Ben Smith should be their key leaders thru out the season.

Dual Meet Records Unknown

Six Section Place Winners

Seventh Place Zimmerman "Thunder" Tourney: 46 Pts (5 Placers)

Eighth Place Chanhassen/Chaska "Holiday" Tourney: 47.5 Pts (3 Placers)

Twenty-Eighth Place Cass Lake "Big Bear" Tourney: 40 Pts.

Returning Wrestlers:

Ashanti Payne                      12th                13-12              6th Section

Derek Mead                           12th                10-7                6th Section

Kelly Mead                            12th                12-12              6th Section

Ben Smith                              10th                16-12              5th Section

Chiv Xiong                             12th                11-14              6th Section

David Larson                         11th                  8-17

Tim Graves                            10th                  6-7

Tyshan Black                        12th                  5-15

Jordan Peterson                  10th                  4-6

Michael Brutsky                   12th                  7-11

Rick Lee                                10th                  5-2

Roger Yang                           12th                  4-23

Herman Lira Pereyra           11th                  2-4

Tyler Clements                     10th                  3-5

Blue Peterson                       10th                  2-1

Graduates:

Mickel Christensen              20-16              4th Section

Travis Iler                              17-15              6th Section

Ronnell Lockart                     2-6

ROCORI SPARTANS Head Coach: Jeron Leiser
Enrollment: 742
Section 6AAA

The Spartans will be looking to improve on those dual marks from last season. They will return three section place winners and eight others with a great deal of experience. Despite the graduation of three section place winners including one state qualifier. The Spartans should improve on those dual meet numbers from last season if this young team continues to improve over the course of the season. They could possibly challenge for a top four spot in the dual meet campaign in section 6AAA.

4-14 Overall Dual Meets

2-6 Central Lakes Conference Duals

Six Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers

Fourth Place Chisago Lakes "Wildcats" Tourney:

Sixth Place Melrose "Early Bird" Tourney: 89 Pts. (6 Placers)

Sixth Place Alexandria "Big Ole" Tourney: 96 Pts. (8 Placers)

Eighth Place Paynesville "Bulldogs" Tourney: 90 Pts. (9 Placers)

Twenty-Third Place Redwood Valley "River Riot" Tourney: 47 Pts. (6 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Tyler Hoffman                       11th                20-21              4th Section

Adam Kuss                            11th                19-12              4th Section

Kolten Resseman                11th                14-25              5th Section

Cody Buermann                    11th                  9-23             

Seth Klein                              10th                  8-19

Ryan Virgil                               9th                  5-1

Nick Warne                             8th                  5-8

Ben Hoffman                           9th                  3-11

Curtis McCarney                  11th                  5-16

Logan Peterka                      10th                  4-10 

Zavier Gropper                     12th                  3-5

Dalton Calfas                          9th                  1-2

Graduates:

Sam Kuss                              32-10              2nd Section/AC                     (43-35 Career)

Jordan Hemmesch              29-12              3rd Section                           (79-50 Career)

Nate Ness                             20-18              4th Section                           (70-75 Career)

BUFFALO BISON
Head Coach: Jason Maurer
Enrollment: 1,626
Section 6AAA

Look for the Bison to challenge those dual meet marks from last season despite the graduation of three seniors last spring including two state qualifiers. They will be returning four section place winners including two state qualifiers and five others with a great deal of experience. Look for this young team to make progress thru out the season and to possibly challenge for a top four spot in the dual meet competition in Section 6AAA. Their key leaders thru out the season should be Adam Treptau, Johnathan Wirkkala and Cedric Jimenez.

5-19 Overall Dual Meets

0-6 Mississippi 8 Dual Meets

Six Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers

Sixth Place Chanhassen/Chaska "Holiday" Tourney: 125.5 Pts. (8 Placers)

Sixth Place Mound Westonka "Leopold/Haglund" Tourney: 107 Pts.  (9 Placers)

Seventh Place Osseo "Ken Droegemueller" Tourney: 115 Pts. (5 Placers)

Eighth Place Totino Grace "Eagles" Tourney: 74.5 Pts. (5 Placers)

Eleventh Place Foley "Tom Keating" Tourney: 78 Pts. (5 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Adam Treptau                         9th                30-13              2nd Section/AC

Johnathan Wirkkala            12th                16-23              2nd Section

Cedric Jimenez                    12th                27-14              4th Section/AC

Walker Rask                          10th                  6-10              4th Section

Ian Scherber                         11th                  9-18

Hunter Durand                      10th                12-19

Jason Forphal                      12th                   3-9

Wyatt Jacobson-Hanson      9th                  5-22

Josh Skarin                             8th                  4-19

Graduates:

Tanner Maus                         36-3                1st Section

Lucas Mork                           29-10              2nd Section

Andrew Mock                        12-17 

ROBBINSDALE ARMSTONG FALCONS

Head Coach: Bill McCloskey

Enrollment: 1789

Section 6AAA

The Falcons will return two section place winners and five others with some experience. They did graduate eight seniors; six of which were section place winners, including two state qualifiers. They may be hard pressed to improve on last year's dual meet numbers. Eric Madsen should be their key leader thru out the season.

Dual Meet Records Unknown

Eight Section Place Winners

Fourth Place Chisago Lakes "Wildcat" Tourney: 133.5 Pts. (10 Placers)

Tenth Place Andover "Husky" Tourney: 50 Pts. (4 Placers)

Tenth Place Totino Grace "Eagles" Tourney: 49 Pts. (4 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Eric Madsen                          12th                20-7                5th Section

Alejandro Lamos                  12th                  8-18              5th Section

Zach Rygg                             10th                  8-16

Stephen Holten                    11th                  6-18

Ben Hyland                            10th                  5-14

Zach Thorn                            10th                  2-11

Eri Gonzoles                          10th                  1-6

Graduates:

Justin Wheaton                    36-5                1st Section

Matt Koch                             28-13              1st Section

Theo Cox                               18-17              5th Section

Gage Terry                            13-21              6th Section

Tyler Ward                             12-26              5th Section

Charles Stai                            4-2                 5th Section

David Jones-Camp                 3-18

Aleberto Omelas                    1-13

HOPKINS ROYALS

Head Coach: Marcus LeVessuer

Enrollment: 2070

Section: 6AAA

The Royals have back three section place winners and seven others with some varsity experience. They did graduate eleven seniors, including eight section place winners of which two were state qualifiers. They will be hard pressed to improve on their dual meet numbers from last season. Noah Sattler, Thomas Falk and Nathan Nathaniel should be their key leaders thru out the season.

Dual Meet Records Unknown

Eleventh Section Place Winners/Three State Qualifiers

Final Four Section 6AAA

First Place Hopkins "Paul Bengtson" Tourney: 210.5 Pts. (14 Placers)

Third Place Chanhassen/Chaska "Holiday" Tourney: 197.5 Pts. (13 Placers)

Third Place Fridley "Don Meyers" Tourney: 165.5 Pts. (10 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Noah Sattler                         11th                26-15              3rd Section

Thomas Falk                         12th                18-18              6th Section

Drew Resig                            12th                11-17              6th Section

Nathan Nathaniel                12th                18-18

Andrew Becker                    12th                  7-13

Quinn Rohweder                  11th                  6-9

Matt Parker                           11th                  5-29

DaQuairus Black                  11th                  4-5

Michael Bevins                     12th                  3-2

Matt Wolfbauer                     10th                  3-8

Graduates:

Trey Goeman                        34-6                1st Section

Henry Wolfbauer                  29-10              1st Section

Jacob Price                           33-8                3rd Section

Dan Schmid                           27-9                3rd Section

Ben Tinkham                         34-4                3rd Section

Romar Daniel                        29-14              2nd Section

Juan Perez-Isiordia              15-6                3rd Section

Ben Calvert                           16-11              3rd Section

Thomas Bady                        10-3

Lewis Bady                              2-3

Marquist Bell                           3-6