Saturday, November 17, 2012

MAT RATS CLASS 6A PREVIEW 2012-2013

MAT RATS CLASS 6A PREVIEW 2012-2013


FAVORITES: BARNESVILLE TROJANS and the NEW YORK MILLS EAGLES

The Trojans of Barnesville posted a 23-6 dual meet mark last season and earned the section 6A championship and Class A 6th Place honors last season. Back from that young team are ten section place winners including five state qualifiers and five others with varsity experience. They did graduate one section place winner last spring and he was a state qualifier. The Trojans have ten wrestlers back with twenty wins or more. Look for continued improvement with this young team thru out the season. They should make a strong challenge to defend their section title and again earn some hardware at the state tourney. Stuart Brandt, Kyle Johnson, Isaac Goedtke, Conner Meyer and Rylee Anderson should be their key leaders thru out the season.

The Eagles had a good season last year as they posted 14-5 dual meet numbers and they were the Conference Champions. Back from that team are eight section place winners including three state tourney wrestlers and five others with varsity experience. Despite the graduation of four section place winners including one state qualifier. They should challenge those dual meet marks from last season. Look for the Eagles to make a strong bid to defend their conference honors and to challenge for section honors. Shane Novak, Noah Pesola, Tyler Patron, Jeremiah Harper, Max Carlson and Tyler Ehnert should be their key leaders thru out the season.

DARKHORSES: BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS and the BERTHA-HEWITT/VERNDALE RAIDERS

The Buccaneers posted good dual meet mark of 17-10 despite all the injuries and sickness they went thru last season. Back from that team are six section place winners, including four state qualifiers and five others with a great deal of experience. Despite the graduation of two section place winners they should improve on those dual meet numbers. They should make a very strong challenge for one of those top four spots in what could be a very good section dual meet campaign. Cameron Sykora, Gus McCarthy, Austin Maanum, Nick Stafford and Tracer Lee should their key leaders thru out the season.

The Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale Raiders posted good dual meet marks; but they are hoping to make an improvement on that this season. Despite the graduation of two seniors including one state place winners. Look for the Raiders to make a challenge for Conference honors and to be one on those top four teams in the section dual meet campaign. Dillan Card, Justin Gordan, Andrew Bounds, Dakota Finck and Dalton Baker should be their key leaders thru out the season.

Look for the Bulldogs of Ottertail Central and the Vikings of Pelican Rapids to push for a top four spot in the section. There are five medal winners back from last season including Cameron Sykora of Border West earned his 2nd State Championship, Shane Novak of New York Mills earned State Championship, Gus McCarthy of Border West earned 4th Place, Conrad Kondos of Breckenridge earned 4th Place, Tyler Schlosser of Prairie Valley earned 4th Place. There are a total of seventeen state qualifiers returning from last year's state tourney action. Those not mentioned above are: Jesus Romero of Pelican Rapids, Josh Stuehrenberg of Breckenridge.

Look for the Following wrestlers: Kyler Votava, Zach Anderson, Hunter Olson and Alec Wheelright of Barnesville, Peder Schmitz of Border West, Jeremiah Harper and Taylor Ericksrud of New York Mills, Nick Bennett of Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale; Carlos Guiterrez and Josh Klovstad of Pelican Rapids, Gage Odegaard and Jake Larkin of West Central Area, Nolan Koch of Ottertail Central, Sam Waln of Wadena-Deer Creek, Kyle Schlosser and Logan Nibbe of Prairie Valley to challenge for medals at the end of the season.

BARNESVILLE TROJANS
Head Coach: Art Meyer
Enrollment: 223

The Trojans of Barnesville posted a 23-6 dual meet mark last season and earned the section 6A championship and Class A 6th Place honors last season. Back from that young team are ten section place winners including five state qualifiers and five others with varsity experience. They did graduate one section place winner last spring and he was a state qualifier. The Trojans have ten wrestlers back with twenty wins or more. Look for continued improvement with this young team thru out the season. They should make a strong challenge to defend their section title and again earn some hardware at the state tourney. Stuart Brandt, Kyle Johnson, Isaac Goedtke, Connor Meyer and Rylee Anderson should be their key leaders thru out the season.


23-6 Overall Dual Meets
Eleven Section Place Winners/Six State Qualifiers
Section 6A Champions
Sixth Place Class A State
First Place Barnesville "Trojans" Tourney: 190 Pts. (13 Placers)
Second Place Benson "Braves Classic" Tourney: 182. 5 Pts (12 Placers)
Fourth Place Heart of Lakes Conference Tourney: 98 Pts. (10 Placers)
Sixteenth Place Cass Lake "Big Bear" Tourney: 94 Pts. (3 Placers) (32 Teams)
First Place Hillsboro "Burros" Duals: (4-0)

Returning Wrestlers:

Isaac Goedtke 12th 36-9 3rd Section

Stuart Brandt 12th 36-12 1st Section

Kyle Johnson 12th 32-13 2nd Section

Connor Meyer 9th 29-15 5th Section

Hunter Olson 12th 27-20 2nd Section

Rylee Anderson 10th 27-16 2nd Section

Kyler Votava 11th 28-13 5th Section

Zach Anderson 10th 25-17

Alec Wheelright 11th 22-10 3rd Section

Dana Berg 10th 19-17 4th Section

Alec Trowbridge 12th Injured (4th Sec. 2yrs ago 18-14)

Jace Nosal 11th 17-27

Marverich Brady 11th 14-25

Josh Tweeton 9th 9-5

Michael Farrich 9th 4-11

Graduate:

Seth Hirsch 25-10 2nd Section (90-59 Career)

Josh Harris 21-6 1st Section



BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS
Head Coach: Paul Frisch
Enrollment: 129 Wheaton/25 Herman-Norcross/111 Clinton-Graceville/265 Total
Section: 6A

17-10 Overall Dual Meets
Seven Section Place Winners/Five State Qualifiers
Two State Place Winners
Section 6A Runner Up
Third Place Benson "Braves Classic" Tourney: 146 Pts. (9 Placers)
Fourth Place Wahpeton "Dan Unruh Memorial" Tourney: 144 Pts (7 Placers)
Fourth Place West Central Area "Grant County" Tourney: 127 Pts. (7 Placers)
Fourth Place Montevideo "Dave Roder" Tourney: 102 Pts. (9 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Cameron Sykora 10th 45-1 1st Sec./State Champion

Gus McCarthy 12th 40-8 1st Sec./4th State

Austin Maanum 11th 37-7 2nd Section

Nick Stafford 12th 28-12 2nd Section

Tracer Lee 9th 33-9 3rd Section

Peder Schmitz 12th 22-17

Carter Behrens 9th 13-21

Bradan Krump 10th 10-17

Wyatt Tritz 12th 3-18 6th Section

Koby Ellingson 12th 3-20

Cormick Combellick 10th 7-23

Graduates:

Charlie Maanum 35-7 2nd Section

Chalmer Combellick 25-18 3rd Section


NEW YORK MILLS EAGLES
Head Coach: Eric Niemi
Enrollment: 158
Section: 6A

14-5 Overall Dual Meets
7-0 Park Region Conference South Champions
Twelve Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers
Final Four Section 6A
First Place Park Region Conference Tourney: 186 Pts. (12 Placers)
Third Place Lake Park/Audubon "Terry Teiken" Tourney: 147 Pts. (10 Placers)
Fifth Place West Central Area "Grant County" tourney: 122.5 Pts. (7 Placers)
Sixth Place Perham "Barrel O'Fun" Tourney: 104 Pts. (7 Placers)
Nineteenth Place Cass Lake "Big Bear" Tourney: 95 Pts. (4 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Shane Novak 12th 42-1 1st Sec./State Champion

Noah Pesola 12th 26-7 3rd Section/AC

Tyler Patron 11th 22-8 3rd Section

Jeremiah Harper 10th 27-6 3rd Section/AC

Max Carlson 12th 24-17 2nd Section

Tyler Ehnert 11th 23-21 2nd Section/AC

Taylor Ericksrud 11th 16-19 4th Section

Gunner Flynn 11th 14-24 6th Section

Austin Haman 10th 9-21

Andrew Perala 12th 7-9

Brian Pyle 10th 3-11

Taylor Thompson 9th 2-5

Cole Grabow 10th 1-5

Graduates:

Maison Roberts 29-8 1st Section/AC (Career Record?????)

Michael Meyer 26-14 3rd Section/AC (Career Record?????)

Andrew Minderman 11-21 4th Section

Ryan Lee 6-14 6th Section

Kyle Vorderbruggen 1-8


BERTHA HEWITT/VERNDALE RAIDERS
Head Coach: Mike Barthel
Enrollment: 111 Bertha Hewitt/ 126 Verndale/237 Total
Section: 6A

10-13 Overall Dual Meets
3-3 Park Region Conference Duals
Nine Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Fourth Place Barnesville "Trojans" Tourney: 135 Pts. (10 Placers)
Fifth Place Parkers Prairie "Panthers" Tourney: 125.5 Pts.. (8 Placers)
Fifth Place BBE "Jaguar" Tourney: 82 Pts. (6 Placers)
Eight Place Wadena-Deer Creek "Wolverine" Tourney: 97 Pts. (6 Placers)
Tenth Place Park Region Conference Tourney: 80 Pts. (4 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Dillan Card 10th 39-5 1st Section/AC

Justin Gordan 11th 27-14 4th Section

Andrew Bounds 11th 23-16 4th Section

Dakota Finck 11th 20-16 3rd Section

Dalton Baker 11th 22-19 4th Section

Nick Bennett 11th 20-16 4th Section

Marshall Willis 10th 17-18 6th Section

Hayden Truax 10th 10-16 4th Section

Ethan Kimber 8th 10-25

Andrew Cihlar 11th 7-26

Josh Weekley 11th 8-9

John French 11th 4-9

Charlie Nienaber 9th 4-9

Hunter Truax 12th 3-4

Brady Baker 9th 2-7

Nick Peterson 9th 2-7

Graduates:

Colin Turchin 41-2 1st Section/3rd State/AC (134-55 Career)

Colton Moyer 4-9


OTTERTAIL CENTRAL BULLDOGS
Head Coach: Scott Hart
Enrollment: 130 Battle Lake/84 Henning/138 Underwood/352 Total
Section: 6A

6-10 Overall Dual Meets
3-4 Park Region Conference Duals
Eight Section Place Winners
Third Place Park Region Conference Tourney: 147 Pts. (11 Placers)
Sixth Place BBE "Jaguar" Tourney: 50 Pts. (4 Placers)
Seventh Place Fosston "Alfred Olson" Tourney: 98.5 Pts. (4 Placers)
Eight Place West Central Area "Grant County" Tourney: 92 Pts. (6 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Nolan Koch 11th 22-9 6th Sec./AC/Injured

Aaron Bengston 12th 15-23 5th Section

Dylan Schwartz 11th 15-25

Darius Erlandson 11th 14-18 5th Section

Austin Montgomery 11th 11-20 5th Section

Sashiro Tachiban 12th 6-17

Stephen Araca 9th 7-16

Shane Woody 10th 5-13

Sam Naddy 9th 5-17

Noah Minten 10th 4-7

Brndon Brendefur 10th 2-9

Makto Rono 10th 2-4

James Holen 8th 2-11

Aaron Kugler 10th 1-8

Dylan Schleske 9th 1-9

Graduates:

Zach Matthys 39-6 1st Section/5th State/AC (124-24 Career)

Zach Johnson 34-4 3rd Section/AC (128-54 Career)

Charles Johnson 17-21 6th Section (45-66 Career)

Aaron Burton 11-14 4th Section

Taylor Moderow 0-1


PELICAN RAPIDS VIKINGS
Head Coach: Harold Holt
Enrollment: 266

4-16 Overall Dual Meets
Nine Section Place Winners
Six Place Barnesville "Trojans" Tourney: 75 Pts (8 Placers)
Seventh Place Heart Of Lakes Conference Tourney: 63 Pts. (6 Placers)
Eight Place Lake Park "Terry Teiken" Tourney: 60 Pts. (4 Placers)
Ninth Place Parkers Prairie "Panthers" Tourney: 77 Pts. (6 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Jesus Romero 12th 30-7 2nd Section

Josh Klovstad 11th 11-9 5th Section

Carlos Guiterrez 12th 19-16 4th Section

Daniel Franco 10th 15-14 6th Section

Jordan Mohr 12th 9-11 5th Section

Ray Elizondo 12th 12-26

Ben Barragan 12th 10-22

Dakota Pixley 9th 9-13 6th Section

Muhamed Carlo 12th 7-17 5th Section

Robert Mazorlegos 10th 5-18 6th Section

Hobel Diaz 9th 6-3

Jason Meyer 9th 3-1

Casey Kulsrud 8th 2-1

Alex Diaz 9th 1-20

Graduates:

Anwar Sharmarke 14-11 4th Section

Jed Evanson 1-1 Injured


BRECKENRIDGE COWBOYS
Head Coach: Pat Vold
Enrollment: 261

9-4 Overall Dual Meets
Eight Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers
Two State Place Winners
Final Four Section 6A
First Place Parkers Prairie "Panther" Tourney: 174 Pts. (8 Placers)
Third Place Heart Of Lakes Conference Tourney: 102 Pts. (9 Placers)
Fourth Place Benson "Braves Classic" Tourney: 127.5 Pts. (7 Placers)
Fifth Place Morris Area "Tigers" Tourney: 104 Pts. (9 Placers)
Fifth Place Barnesville "Trojans" Tourney: 129 Pts (10 Placers)
Eleventh Place Lisbon "Storhaug" Tourney: 83.5 Pts. (4 Placers) (20 Teams)
Eleventh Place Wahpeton "Dan Unruh" Tourney: 78 Pts. (4 Placers) (14 Teams)

Returning Wrestlers:

Conrad Kondos 11th 41-6 2nd Sec./4th State

Josh Stuehrenberg 12th 25-16 1st Section

Josh Peterson 12th 21-15 4th Section

Michael Whitney 12th 15-17

Derek Nordick 12th 10-13 6th Section

Travis Miranowski 9th 9-10

Zach Willprecht 10th 5-6

Tyler Vold 9th 6-11

Andy Sanchez 12th 1-4

Mark Erickson 11th 2-23

Cody Clift 9th 1-2

Graduates:

Stephen Erlandson 33-3 1st Section/3rd State (177-28 Career)

Greg Erlandson 39-5 2nd Section/4th State (120-51 Career)

Cole Praus 28-11 2nd Section (77-62 Career)

Jesse Differding 24-13 3rd Section (75-68 Career)


WEST CENTRAL AREA KNIGHTS
Head Coach: Brandon Gruchow
Enrollment: 205
Section: 6A

7-12 Overall Dual Meets
2-5 Park Region Conference Duals
Six Section Place Winners/
Sixth Place Morris Area "Tiger" Tourney: 76 Pts. (8 Placers)
Seventh Place Park Region Conference Tourney; 109 Pts. (8 Placers)
Eight Place Benson "Braves Classic" Tourney: 101 Pts. (10 Placers)
Eleventh Place West Central Area "Grant County" Tourney: 55 Pts. (4 Placers)
Twenty-Sixth Place Cass Lake "Big Bear" Tourney: 43 Pts. (1 Placer)

Returning Wrestlers:

Gage Odegaard 12th 21-14

Jake Larkin 9th 19-15 4th Section

Royal Crow 10th 17-16 6th Section

Warren Oberg 11th 17-17 5th Section

Tyler Onstad 8th 13-18

Kyle Mickelsen 10th 13-21

Anthony Miller 10th 8-9

Koll Seifert 10th 4-13

Jordan Burns 10th 2-21 6th Section

Braeden Long 11th 4-8

Chase Torkelson 10th 4-14

Derek Kassenborg 11th 2-5

Wyatt Odegaard 9th 3-11

T. J. Waskasky 9th 2-13

Chase Kamrath 8th 1-6

Graduates:

Kyle Martineau 32-8 1st Section/AC (107-67 Career)

Ethan Supler 26-10 3rd Section (41-29 Career)

Sean Albert 11-14

Cold Runddquist 8-19

Cody Simmons 1-5

Sid Kimrath 0-11


WADENA-DEER CREEK WOLVERINES
Head Coach: Norman Gallant
Enrollment: 256
Section: 6A

4-18 Overall Dual Meets
1-5 Mid-State Conference Duals
Seven Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Fifth Place Mid-State Conference Tourney: 78 Pts. (7 Placers)
Seventh Place Alexandria "Big Ole" Tourney: 62 Pts. (5 Placers)
Seventh Place Wadena-Deer Creek "Wolverine" Tourney: 101 Pts. (6 Placers)
Twenty-Fourth Place Cass Lake "Big Bear" Tourney: 52 Pts. (2 Placers)


Returning Wrestlers:

Sam Waln 12th 30-10 4th Section

Devin Barthel 11th 20-21 3rd Section

Tristin Godel 10th 19-9 5th Section

Josh Dawson 12th 16-22 3rd Section

Caleb Monson 11th 5-21

Isaac Malone 10th 3-23

Cory Hurtig 9th 2-9


Graduates:

Mitch Steffens 22-7 2nd Section/6th State/AC

Jacob Ludovissie 19-19 6th Section

Mason Lohmiller 8-14



PARKERS PRAIRIE/EAGLE VALLEY (PRARIE VALLEY KNIGHT HAWKS)
Head Coach: Billy Wagner
Enrollment: 159 Parker Prairie/72 Eagle Valley
Section: 6A

2-12 Overall Dual Meets (PP Only)
0-7 Park Region Conference (PP Only)
Five Section Place Winners
Sixth Place Glencoe/Silver Lake "Don Hall" Tourney: 84 Pts. (6 Placers)
Sixth Place Parker Prairie "Panther" Tourney: 125. 5 Pts. (11 Placers)
Eight Place Barnesville "Trojans" Tourney: 56 Pts. (4 Placers)
Ninth Place Park Region Conference Tourney: 94 Pts. (6 Placers)
Twelfth Place Thief River Falls "Prowler" Tourney: 37 Pts. (2 Placers)


Returning Wrestlers:

Tyler Schlosser 12th 35-9 1st Sec./4th State/AC

Kyle Schlosser 10th 22-19

Logan Nibbe 10th 17-8 5th Section

Bryce Looker 11th 16-21

Mitchell Westerberg 12th 10-11 5th Section

Quentin Uran 11th 11-13

Tom Leeseberg 11th 7-17

Josh McKeown 8th 8-16

Alex Plasky 12th 3-13

Stephen Brunson 11th 2-7

Derek Leeseberg 10th 2-19

Nic Shircliff 11th 2-7

A. J. VanSanten 12th 1-2


Graduates:

Mike Kalpin 16-23 5th Section

Jesse Oeltjenbruns 14-10



0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home