Friday, November 16, 2012

MAT RATS CLASS 2A PREVIEW 2012-2013


FAVORITES: JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL HUSKIES and the MAPLE RIVER EAGLES

The Huskies of Jackson County Central should be a strong favorite to repeat as section champions. Back from their 25-3 state championship campaign are ten section place winners including five state qualifiers and eight others with a great deal of experience. The Huskies will have state tourney medalist back to lead the way thru out the season. Darick Vancura, defending state champion, Luke Norlund, 4th place, Eliot Jurries, 5th place and Paden Moore 5th place. Despite the graduation of five seniors including three state tourney wrestlers of which one won a state championship. Keegan Moore and Cameron Henning should also be key contributors. They should make a strong challenge to defend their conference, section and state titles.

The Eagles of Maple River should make a strong challenge for honors this season. Back from their 17-2 dual marks conference championship and section runner up season are eleven section place winners including three state qualifiers and two others with a lot of varsity experience. Despite the graduation of four seniors including three section place winners, two of which were state qualifiers. Look for the Eagles to continue improving during the season; they should defend their conference honors and by season's end they should be a strong challenge for any of the class A teams in the state. Zach Kuhns, Russell Caldwell, Aaron Trio and Mitch Stoltzman should be their key leaders thru out the season.

DARKHORSES: NEW RICHLAND-HEARTLAND-ELLENDALE-GENEVA and the BLUE EARTH BUCS

The Panthers of New Richland-Heartland-Ellendale-Geneva should make a strong challenge for a top four spot in this section dual meet campaign. Back from their 16-6 campaign are four section place winners and sixteen others with some varsity experience. Despite the graduation of ten seniors including six section place winners of which two were state place winners. This young team should improve a great deal in the course of the season; they will be a force to be dealt at section dual meet time. Dillan Parpart, Nathan Krohn, Tyler Logan and Keith Maxon should be their key leaders thru out the season.

The Bucs of Blue Earth Area should make a challenge for section honors. They return from their 19-10 dual meet campaign seven section place, of which two were state qualifiers and eight others with a great deal of experience. Despite the graduation of two section place winners with one being a state qualifier. The Bucs should challenge for section honors and a top four spot in this section dual meet campaign. Carter Hanson, Kysten Zierke, Alec Huber and David Franta should be their key leaders thru out the season.

Look for United South Central Rebels to push for a top four spot in the section. There are five medal winners back from last season; Darick Vancura state champion, Luke Norland, 4th place, Paden Moore, 5th place and Eliot Jurries, 5th place of Jackson County Central, Dylan Herman, 3rd place of United South Central and Tyler Keller, 4th place of Medford. There are a total of fifteen state qualifiers returning from last year's state tourney action. Those not mentioned above are: Colton Carlson of United South Central, Seth Elwood of Medford, Jarrod Grunklee of Blooming Prairie.

Look for the following wrestlers: Jordan Biehn, Tanner Menke and Kyle Edlin of Jackson County Central, Tyler Olson, Zak Walters, Casey Decker of Maple River, Jacob Gonsalez, Dom Alger and Logan Sonnek of United South Central, Matt Webster, Sam Jewitt, Brad Claycomb, Cody Ripka and Dustin Burshem of New Richland-Heartland-Ellendale-Geneva, Martin Granados, Mike Ankeny of Blue Earth Area, Nate Elzen of Medford and Dylan Boettcher of St. Clair.

JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL HUSKIES
Head Coach: Randy Baker
Enrollment: 310

25-3 Overall Dual Meets
6-0 Southwest Conference Champions
Thirteen Section Place Winners/Seven State Qualifiers
Four State Place Winners
Section 2A Champions
Class A State Champions
First Place Blue Earth Area "Dick Maher" Tourney: 248.5 Pts. 14 Placers
First Place JCC "Pizza Ranch" Tourney: 20.5 Pts. (12 Placers) (14 Teams)
First Place WEM/JWP "Mike Fasnacht Memorial" Tourney: 262 Pts. (13 Placers)
First Place Hutchinson "Tigers" Tourney: 233 Pts. (11 Placers)
Fifth Place Fargo "Rumble on the Red" Tourney: 180.5 Pts. (8 Placers)
Tenth Place Rochester "Minnesota Christmas" Tourney: 108 Pts. (2 Placers) (34 Teams)
First Place Sioux City East Duals: (5-0)
Third Place Zumborta-Mazeppa "Cougar" Duals: (3-1)

Returning Wrestlers:

Darick Vancura 12th 47-1 1st Sec./State Champ/AC

Eliot Jurries 12th 41-9 2nd Sec./5th State

Paden Moore 10th 40-10 2nd Sec./5th State/AC

Luke Norland 10th 38-11 2nd Sec./4th State/AC

Keegan Moore 9th 36-8 1st Section/AC

Cameron Henning 12th 30-11 3rd Section/AC

Jordan Biehn 11th 27-17 3rd Section/AC

Kyle Edlin 12th 20-14 Injured/AC

Dylan Riggle 12th 12-25 5th Sec. (2 yrs. Ago)

Devan Phaly 10th 12-21 6th Section

Ryan Timko 10th 12-24

Tanner Menke 12th 4-3 Injured

Nathan Guggisberg 12th 8-15

Kyle Kapplinger 10th 8-11

John Marker 12th 7-9

Dakota Rossow 11th 5-6

Wyatt Cleberg 11th 2-10

Nate Horn 10th 5-6


Graduates:

Cooper Moore 49-0 1st Sec./State Champ/AC (237-27 Career)

Pat Hanson 31-14 1st Section/AC (121-80 Career)

Alex Tewes 38-8 1st Section/AC (91-63 Career)

Kyle Edwards 14-7

Dallas Murray 0-6

Brandon Tordsen 0-0



MAPLE RIVER EAGLES
Head Coach: Jeff Soma
Enrollment: 295

17-2 Overall Dual Meets
6-0 Valley Conference Champions
Fourteen Section Place Winners/Five State Qualifiers
Section 2A Runner Up
Second Place Valley Conference Tourney: 191.5 Pts. (12 Placers)
Third Place Blue Earth Area "Dick Maher" Tourney: 145.5 Pts. (9 Placers)
Second Place Mankato East "Cougars" Tourney: 156.5 Pts. (9 Placers)
Third Place Maple River "Eagles" Tourney: 145.5 Pts. (11 Placers)
Sixth Place Redwood Valley "River Riot" Tourney: 113.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Zach Kuhns 12th 34-6 1st Section/AC

Aaron Trio 11th 35-8 1st Section/AC

Russell Caldwell 10th 32-9 1st Section

Mitch Stoltzman 12th 29-14 4th Section

Tyler Olson 11th 25-13 3rd Section/AC

Casey Decker 11th 21-17 5th Section/AC

Zak Walters 12th 20-18 4th Section/AC

Bryce Woltas 12th 14-18

Kyle Schoneck 12th 6-9 4th Section

Walker Pearson 12th 3-7 6th Section

Luke Krengel 11th 2-2 5th Section

Noah Deck 9th 11-11

Derek Moore 10th 1-0


Graduates:

Seth Barkosky 30-13 2nd Section (90-48 Career)

Paul Sonnek 25-9 2nd Section (46-27 Career)

Aaron Wittrock 25-16 5th Section/AC

Eric Marti 6-5

Orrin Shuck 0-1


BLUE EARTH BUCCANEERS
Head Coach: Randy Wirtjes
Enrollment: 322

19-10 Overall Dual Meets
4-1 South Central Conference Duals
Nine Section Place Winners/Three State Qualifiers
Third Place South Central South Conference Tourney: 148 Pts. (12 Placers)
Fourth Place Blue Earth Area "Dick Maher" Tourney: 135 Pts. (8 Placers)
First Place Cottage Grove "Wolf Pack" Duals: (4-0)

Returning Wrestlers:

Carter Hanson 12th 33-9 2nd Section/AC

Kysten Zierke 11th 28-14 2nd Section/AC

Alec Huber 11th 28-10

Mike Ankeny 10th 23-16 3rd Section

David Franta 11th 24-14 5th Section/AC

Martin Granados 10th 15-9 AC

Ryan Gronewold 11th 18-20

Luke Schevey 10th 15-24 6th Section/AC

Jesse Alleven 12th 13-8 AC

Chris Ramos 12th 16-24 6th Section

Micah Twedt 11th 8-7

Jacob Johnson 10th 5-30

Chris Haugh 12th 2-7

Jordan Steller 9th 3-4

Kolt Gorg 9th 3-15

Roger Ziegler 8th 2-0


Graduates:

Josh Johnson 29-9 1st Section/AC (67-30 Career)

Isaac Vasquez 13-12 4th Section


UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL REBELS
HEAD COACH: Marcus Eytcheson
Enrollment: 210

21-11 Overall Dual Meets
3-1 Gopher Conference Duals
Eight Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers
Final Four Section 2A
Second Place Montgomery "Coyote" tourney: 102 Pts. (10 Placers)
Fifth Place Blue Earth Area "Dick Maher" Tourney: 111 Pts. (6 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Dylan Herman 11th 38-3 3rd Sec./3rd State

Colten Carlson 11th 37-7 2nd Section

Derek Herman 9th 31-8 2nd Section

Jacob Gonsalez 12th 32-4 2nd Section

Dom Alger 11th 20-10 3rd Section

Logan Sonnek 12th 22-6

Adam Knutson 10th 10-15

Seth Olson 11th 5-5

Matt Harpestad 10th 6-7

Maclan Burshlack 11th 5-26

Teegan Sunde 10th 3-20

Travis Brown 11th 2-8

Cory Ehlert 9th 1-2

Graduates:

Brady Thisius 42-3 1st Section/3rd State (103-48 Career)

Nathan Muhlenbeck 10-8 4th Section

Skyler Peterson 19-18 5th Section

David Mertens 11-13


NEW RICHLAND HEARTLAND ELLENDALE GENEVA PANTHERS
Head Coach: Paul Cyr
Enrollment: 264

16-6 Overall Dual Meets
3-1 Gopher Conference Duals
Ten Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Two State Place Winners
Final Four Section 2A
Third Place Stewartville "Tigers" Tourney: 186.5 Pts. (11 Placers)
Fifth Place Redwood Valley "River Riot" Tourney: 116 Pts. (6 Placers)
Fourth Place St. James "Saints Classic" Tourney: 134.5 Pts (12 Placers)
Sixth Place Hutchinson "Tigers" Tourney: 106.5 Pts. (11 Placers)
Sixth Place Faribault "Dick Shiels" Tourney: 113.5 Pts. (7 Placers)


Returning Wrestlers:

Tyler Logan 11th 26-16 4th Section

Nathan Krohn 11th 26-13 3rd Section

Dillon Parpart 11th 22-13 3rd Section

Keith Maxon 10th 20-6

Dustin Burshem 12th 15-9

Sam Jewitt 12th 14-5

Brad Claycomb 12th 14-4

Cody Ripka 12th 15-4

Matt Webster 12th 15-10

Dillon Kublatowicz 10th 15-22 4th Section

Ben Whiteaker 11th 14-23

Zach Edon 12th 10-18

Nick Bartness 10th 6-2

Cole Lenort 10th 7-19

Matt Jensen 10th 5-12

Hunter Schwartz 11th 4-6

Zeke Erickson 9th 3-3

Jet Wayne 10th 5-13

Wyatt Filterer 9th 3-7

Troy Hoppe 9th 4-5

Cordell Peterson 9th 1-0


Graduates:

Dustin Esplan 39-6 1st Sec./4th State/AC (123-65 Career)

Seth Petranek 35-9 2nd Sec./6th State/AC (93-44 Career)

David Lassahn 34-8 3rd Section/AC (119-43 Career)

Jacob Staloch 27-17 3rd Section/AC (77-55 Career)

Jade Waltz 23-19 4th Section (35-33 Career)

Matt Dahle 20-10 5th Section/AC

Goeff Ramaker 19-17

Brandon LeBlanc 14-8

Mitch Akermann 5-2

Tyler Holy 12-15



MEDFORD/EL SHADDAI TIGERS
Head Coach: Dennis Whitman
Enrollment: 215

6-10 Overall Dual Meets
1-3 Gopher Conference Duals
Ten Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers
Three State Place Winners
Third Place Osseo "Ken Droegemueller" Tourney: 147 Pts. (9 Placers)
Second Place Montgomery-LeCenter "Bezdichek" Tourney: 150.5 Pts. (9 Placers)
Four Place Kenyon-Wanamingo "Dave Mauseth" Tourney: 139 Pts. (8 Placers)
Fifth Place Eden Prairie "Eagles" Tourney: 128 Pts. (9 Placers)
Sixth Place Lake City "Tigers" Tourney: 128.5 Pts. (7 Placers)
20th Place Fargo "Rumble on the Red" Tourney: 67 Pts. (2 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Tyler Keller 11th 37-9 2nd Sec./4th State/AC

Seth Elwood 10th 19-16 2nd Section

Nate Elzen 10th 17-14 3rd Section

Hunter Clayton 12th 13-26 4th Section

Aaron Chappuis 10th 14-18

Trevor Grams 10th 4-8 5th Section

Trever Grems 10th 3-5

Marcus Deleon 8th 3-10

Nate Maas 9th 2-0

Nick VonRuden 10th 3-10

Graduates:

Curt Maas 43-1 1st Sec./State Champ/AC (192-24 Career)

Brad Maas 40-5 1st Sec./3rd State/AC (166-42 Career)

Andrew Keller 27-14 4th Section/AC (63-62 Career)

Dane Elwood 16-14 5th Section

Dan Larson 19-17 4th Section

Nate Valen 0-5


SAINT CLAIR CYCLONES
Head Coach: Brandon Greiner
Enrollment: 175

5-12 Overall Dual Meets
0-6 Valley Conference Duals
Six Section Place Winners
Fifth Place Rochester Century Tourney: 111 Pts. (7 Placers)
Sixth Place PEM "Bulldogs" Tourney: 99 Pts. (7 Placers)
Seventh Place WEM/JWP "Mike Fasnacht" Tourney: 48 Pts. (7 Placers)
Sixth Place Valley Conference Tourney: 58 Pts. (3 Placers)
Tenth Place Glencoe "Don Hall" Tourney: 54 Pts. (5 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Dylan Boettcher 11th 24-18 3rd Section

John Goebel 11th 20-19 6th Section

Bryce Flowers 9th 19-20 6th Section/Ac

Charlie Ward 11th 16-21 5th Section

Chance Oftendahl 11th 16-8 Injured

Gage Thom 10th 18-19

Isah Sonderland 12th 8-24 6th Section

Jordan Schmitz 11th 3-6

Tanner Hauser 9th 2-8

Dylan Rasmussen 8th 1-10

Graduates:

Ben Johnson 21-19 6th Section/AC


BLOOMING PRAIRIE BLOSSOMS
Head Coach: Kevin Driessen
Enrollment: 198

1-20 Overall Dual Meets
0-4 Gopher Conference Duals
Six Section Place Winners
Fifth Place Montgomery "Coyote" Toruney: 51 Pts. (6 Placers)
Ninth Place Stewartville "Tigers" Tourney: 33 Pts. (2 Placers)
Tenth Place Lake City "Tigers" Tourney: 40 Pts. (3 Placers)
Tenth Place Kenyon-Wanamingo "Dave Mauseth" Tourney: 39 Pts. (2 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Jarrod Grunklee 12th 31-12 2nd Section

Zach Nirk 10th 20-18 3rd Section

Tim Decker 12th 6-23 6th Section

Albert Zumarripa 10th 5-16

Riley Olson 9th 4-19

Kyle Williamson 10th 2-17 6th Section

Brett Miller 9th 6-15

Josh Kaplan 11th 2-36 6th Section

Jon Hansen 9th 3-26

Cody Wageman 12th 1-14

Graduate:

Adam Driessen 24-15 4th Section


SOUTHLAND REBELS
Head Coach: William Feuchtenberger
Enrollment: 212

3-25 Overall Dual Meets
0-9 Three Rivers Conference Duals
Three Section Place Winners

Returning Wrestlers:

Max Klingerman 11th 13-11 5th Section

Brady Reuter 11th 13-18

Noah Elssenger 9th 6-19

Scott Sheely 12th 3-10

Luke Stephans 11th 2-15


Graduates:

Alex Pitzen 21-17 6th Section

Matt Schmitz 19-17 4th Section











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