Wednesday, October 31, 2012

MAT RATS SECTION 7AAA 2012-2013 SEASON PREVIEW



FARVORITES: SAINT MICHAEL ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS and the CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI BLUEJACKETS



DARK HORESES: COON RAPIDS CARDINALS and the FOREST LAKE RANGERS


SAINT MICHAEL ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS

Head Coach: Dan Lefebvre

Enrollment: 1,314

Section: 7AAA

The Knights might have their best team ever on paper; that including a couple of pretty awesome teams from the past. They should improve on their dual meet marks of 29-7 of a year ago. With the graduation of just one senior; a state place winner; they should be looking for a huge season. Tommy Thorn, Cole Sladek, Mark Voss, Lincoln Mallinger, Michell Eull and Rick Briggs should be their key leaders thru out the season. With the addition of the three new students students from Kimball they should be a strong favorite to defend their conference and section honors. Look for the Knights to make a very strong challenge for top honors at the National Duals "The Clash" and for a state championship.

29-7 Overall Dual Meets

6-0 Mississippi 8 Conference Duals

Thirteen Section Place Winners/Nine State Qualifiers

Seven State Place Winners

Section 7AAA Champions

Second Place Class AAA State

First Place STMA "Knights" Tourney: 236.5 Pts. (14 Placers)

First Place Coon Rapids "Cardinal" Duals: (3-0)

Second Place St. Cloud Tech "Kiffmeyer" Duals: (2-1)

Second Place STMA "Knight" Duals: (2-1)

First Place Annandale/Maple "Lightning" Duals: (3-0)

Fourth Place Rochester "Minnesota Christmas" Tourney: 181 Pts. (8 Placers)



Returning Wrestlers:

Tommy Thorn 11th 47-1 1st Sec./State Champ./AC

Cole Sladek 12th 41-5 1st Sec./4th State/AC

Mark Voss 11th 40-9 2nd Sec./2nd State/AC

Lincoln Mallinger 12th 42-6 2nd Sec./3rd State/AC

Mitchell Eull 12th 40-10 2nd Sec./3rd State/AC

Rick Briggs 12th 13-7 2nd Sec./2nd State

Mitcheal Kessler 12th 38-11 1st Section/AC

Aaron Dick 11th 38-11 1st Section/AC

Mitchell McKee 9th 45-3 1st Sec./2nd State/AC/Transfer

Tanner Mills 12th 46-2 1st Sec./3rd State/AC/Transfer

Jordan Joseph 10th 37-6 1st Sec./4th State/AC/Transfer

Wayne Voss 12th 34-11 4th Section/AC

Colton Schoen 11th 25-21 5th Section/AC

Jake Briggs 10th 23-22 3rd Section

Owen Gammell 12th 11-22 6th Section

Bennie Wilson 12th 17-7

Thor Holstad 12th 14-19

Ryan Rostamo 12th 9-20

Mitchel Herian 12th 5-4

Talon Juusola 11th 4-4

Ben Haller 12th 8-24



Graduate:

Nick Edling 36-4 2nd Section/5th State (82-14 Career)







CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI BLUEJACKETS

Head Coach: Neil Jennissen

Enrollment: 1,367

Section: 7AAA

The Blue Jackets will be looking forward to yet another very good wrestling season with the return of seven section place winners; including two state place winners and five others with a great deal of varsity experience. They should challenge those very good dual meet marks from last season of 26-6. Despite the graduation of nine very good seniors last spring including one state place winner. They should make a challenge for both conference and section honors. Cody Skog, Travis Holt and Ty Torgerson should be their key leaders thru out the season.



26-6 Overall Dual Meets

5-1 Mississippi 8 Conference Duals

Thirteen Section Place Winners/Three State Qualifiers

Section 7AAA Section Runner-Ups

First Place Cambridge-Isanti "Bluejacket" Tourney: 220 Pts. (14 Placers)

First Place Cambridge-Isanti "Bluejacket" Duals: (3-0)

Second Place White Bear Lake "Bear" Duals: (2-1)

Seventh Place Fargo "Rumble on the Red" Tourney: 137 Pts. (5 Placers) (58 Teams)

Ninth Place Rochester "Minnesota Christmas" Tourney: 117.5 Pts. (5 Pl) (37 Teams)

Second Place Anoka "Tornado" Duals: (2-1)

Fifth Place St. Cloud Tech "Kiffmeyer" Duals: (2-1)



Returning Wrestlers:

Cody Skog 11th 35-7 1st Sec./6th State/AC

Travis Holt 12th 40-7 1st Sec./5th State/AC

Ty Torgerson 12th 32-7 3rd Section

Tommy Guy 11th 27-14 3rd Section/AC

Dykota Johnson 11th 17-12

Travis Swanson 11th 16-15

Kyle Chromy 11th 13-13 4th Section

Monty Frederiksen 9th 9-13 4th Section

Tanner Torgerson 11th 11-8

C. J. Schlictman 12th 12-9

Kyle Willette 12th 2-4 6th Section

Russell Laboe 12th 6-1

Nate Nassif 12th 3-3

Codie Auren 12th 5-3

Cody Boettcher 12th 1-1

Nate Henderson 12th 1-1



Graduates:

Clayton Jennissen 44-4 1st Sec./3rd State/AC (178-58 Career)

Tyler Tischer 29-11 3rd Section/AC (122-48 Career)

Cole Bakke 31-10 4th Section/AC (54-33 Career)

Jon Knowlton 22-14 AC

Robbie Phillips 15-9 4th Section/AC

Nate Medin 15-19 5th Section

Ben Hartnett 17-17 3rd Section

Trent Chromy 11-12

Ben Zins 8-3

Aaron Ecklund 1-0







FOREST LAKE RANGERS

Head Coach: Billy Pierce

Enrollment: 1952



The Rangers posted very good dual meet numbers of 17-7 and they were a final four team in this very tough section 7AAA dual meet campaign. They have back five section place winners including one state place winner and six others with some experience. They graduated nine seniors, six were section place winners and four state qualifiers. They will be hard pressed to challenge those dual meet numbers from last season. However look for the Rangers to bring along some of their younger wrestlers; so they should make a challenge for conference and one of those top four spots in this section dual meet campaign. James Pleski, Austin Boniface and Andrew Meyers should be their key leaders thru out the season.



17-7 Overall Dual Meets

8-1 Suburban East Conference Duals

Eleven Section Place Winners/Five State Qualifiers

Three State Place Winners

Final Four Section 7AAA

Second Place STMA "Knights" Tourney: 192.5 Pts. (12 Placers)

First Place Burnsville "Blaze" Tourney: 258.5 Pts. (14 Placers)

Second Place Pine Island "Panthers" Tourney: 216 Pts. (13 Placers)

Seventh Place Rochester "Minnesota Christmas" Tourney: 125.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

Second Place Cambridge-Isanti "Blue Jacket" Duals: (3-1)

Second Place Forest Lake "Rangers" Duals: (2-1)



Returning Wrestlers:

James Pleski 10th 36-12 2nd Section/4th State/AC

Austin Boniface 12th 25-11 AC

Andrew Meyers 12th 21-7 3rd Section

Aaron Calhoun 12th 19-20 4th Section

Jeremy McLaughlin 12th 18-21 6th Section

Dean Beggs 10th 12-4

Luke McLord 10th 10-7

Kyle Winberg 11th 9-24 6th Section

Austin Rizzo 12th 5-5

Luke Niemczyk 11th 2-1

Hunter Hallstrom 12th 2-0

Max Gunter 9th 1-1



Graduates:

Ben Morgan 38-2 1st Section/State Champion/AC (235-16 Career)

Tyler Isaacson 36-8 1st Section/AC (135-36 Career)

Michael Pleski 35-8 1st Section/3rd State/AC (110-25 Career)

Michael Urban 31-9 2nd Section/AC (54-34 Career)

Ryder Paggen 25-116 5th Section/AC (60-44 Career)

Cody Paggen 21-19 5th Section/AC

Beau Phinney 14-18

Brian Paulson 8-9

Tom Longfellow 2-4



COON RAPIDS CARDINALS

Head Coach: Bob Adams

Enrollment: 2150



The Cardinals had a very good season as they posted 27-8 dual meet marks and a conference championship, along with a final four appearance in this tough section dual meet campaign. Back from that team are six section place winners including two state tourney wrestlers and eleven with a great deal of varsity experience. They did graduate six seniors last spring including four section place winners, one being a state place winner. In addition one of their state place winners to move out of the district. The Cardinals maybe hard pressed to challenge those dual meet numbers from last season. However look for them to again challenge for conference honors and a top four spot in this section dual meet campaign. Michael Burkhardt, Joe Anderson, Tyler Berdahl, Jarod Julkowski and Riley Lawson should be their key leaders thru out the season.



27-8 Overall Dual Meets

10-0 Northwest Suburban Conference Champions

Eleven Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers

Four State Place Winners

Final Four Section 7AAA

Sixth Place Eastview "Lightning" Tourney: 112.5 Pts. (7 Placers)

Eleventh Place Rochester "Minnesota Christmas" Tourney: 101 Pts. (5 Placers)



Returning Wrestlers:

Michael Burkhardt 12th 39-4 1st Sec./State Champ/AC

Joe Anderson 12th 24-15 2nd Section/AC

Tyler Berdahl 10th 30-11 4th Section

Jarod Julkowski 10th 24-16 3rd Section

Riley Lawson 12th 23-13 5th Section/AC

Nate Julkowski 12th 19-16

Michael Bothwel 10th 18-22 4th Section

Shad Olson 11th 10-11

Alex Wiser 12th 7-14

Justin Reeves 10th 2-12

Nick Olson 12th 3-8

Nick Voigt 11th 2-7

Josh Bryant 9th 5-7

Kiyanu Baker 10th 2-2

Eli Dailey 11th 1-9

Jordan Peterson 11th 1-4

Cody Bjerke 10th 1-1

Kyle Eilas 11th 1-7

Alex Calderilla 10th 1-7

Alex Davies 9th 1-1

Jon Chmilowsky 11th 1-3

Ryan Jones 10th 1-0



Graduates:

Tanner Lowe 30-6 2nd Sec./6th State/AC (111-43 Career)

Brandt Halseth 30-11 3rd Section/AC (81-56 Career)

Darren Gagne 30-10 3rd Section/AC (91-56 Career)

Austin Lubinski 15-16 5th Section (65-62 Career)

Josh Fleck 16-9

Jake Montague 2-5











ST. FRANCIS FIGHTING SAINTS

Head Coach: Michael Phillips

Enrollment: 1504



The Fighting Saints had 15-18 dual meet marks last season, back from that team are three section place including one state qualifier and eleven others with varsity experience. Despite the graduation of three seniors including one section place winner. Look for them to challenge those dual meet marks from last season. If this young team improves they could make a challenge for conference honors. Taylor Charles, Sam Gerlack, Conan Sandberg and Tyler Reitz should be their key leaders thru out the season.



15-18 Overall Dual Meets

8-1 North Suburban Conference Duals

Four Section Place Winners

Fifth Place Mora "Mustangs" Tourney: 142 Pts. (10 Placers)

30th Place Rochester "Minnesota Christmas" Tourney: 31 Pts. (2 Placers)



Returning Wrestlers:

Taylor Charles 12th 24-14 2nd Section

Sam Gerlack 12th 23-12

Conan Sandberg 12th 19-11

Alex Eastman 12th 18-22 6th Section

Andrew Wasche 10th 13-20 6th Section

Adam Blue 11th 15-18

Daniel Worthington 10th 15-13

Tyler Reitz 12th 23-12

Aaron Wilson 10th 7-14

Jordan O'Connell 12th 4-3

Cody Whiteford 12th 4-5

Anthony Norman 10th 2-1

Ross Perkins 10th 2-12

Michael Donahue 10th 1-14



Graduates:

Nate Lipinski 29-11 3rd Section

Alex Simoneau 14-20

Cole Ostendorf 6-14





ANOKA TORNADOES

Head Coach: Todd Springer

Enrollment: 2157





The Tornadoes posted 12-15 dual meet marks last season, back from that team are two section place winners and ten with a great deal of varsity experience. They did graduate nine seniors last spring including five section place winners; of which two were state place winners. They might challenge those dual meet numbers from last season if this young team improves over the course of the season. Sam Begin and Kodi Krone should be their key leaders thru out the season.



12-15 Overall Dual Meets

8-2 Northwest Suburban Duals

Nine Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers

Second Place Litchfield "Dragons" Tourney: 158 Pts. (9 Placers)

Sixteenth Place Rochester "Minnesota Christmas" Tourney: 68 Pts. (4 Placers)



Returning Wrestlers:

Sam Begin 11th 18-17 6th Section/AC

Kodi Krone 12th 13-21 4th Section

Cole Eischens 8th 16-15

James Pinewski 11th 7-17

Dayne McCullough 11th 5-9

Liam Stron 10th 3-9

Jacob Olson 11th 4-7

Jared Backler 11th 2-5

John Taufick 12th 2-5

Matt Njas 11th 1-5

Devin Murphy 12th 1-4

Ryan Herbst 11th 1-10

Connor Sorkilmo 9th 1-2

B. J. Seestrom 11th 1-3

Dalton Miller 8th 1-1

Josh Davids 11th 1-0



Graduates:

Kyle Begin 39-2 1st Sec./State Champ/AC (187-41 Career)

Jeremy Beaman 36-10 2nd Sec./3rd State/AC (112-74 Career)

Ryan Norton 31-10 3rd Section/AC (108-60 Career0

Clay Wherley 23-14 3rd Section

Dan Davitt 26-6 4th Section/AC

Grant Burkland 13-17 AC

Austin McNallan 11-13 AC

Alex Simon 5-9

Marshal Cornett 1-0



ANDOVER HUSKIES

Head Coach: Jeff Thompson

Enrollment: 1614



The Huskies have been making steady improvement; they posted 8-10 dual meet marks last season. Back from that team are two section place winners, including one state qualifier and ten others with a great deal of experience. Despite the graduation of six seniors including four section place winners of which one was a state place winner. This young team should continue to improve over the course of the season. They should challenge those dual meet marks from last season and move up in those conference standings. Corey Parsons, Conner Schotfeldt, John Reynolds and Troy Sperl should be their key leaders thru out the season.



8-10 Overall Dual Meets

4-6 Northwest Suburban Conference Duals

Six Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers

Fourth Place Andover "Husky" Tourney: 124.5 Pts. (7 Placers)

Ninth Place Faribault "Dick Shiels" Tourney: 47.5 Pts. (4 Placers)

Tenth Place South St. Paul "Pete Veldman" Tourney: 78 Pts. (3 Placers)

Twenty-Ninth Place Fargo "Rumble on the Red" Tourney: 56 Pts. (1 Placer)



Graduates:

Corey Parsons 11th 35-8 2nd Section/AC

Conner Schotfeldt 12th 20-16 6th Section

John Reynolds 11th 16-14

Troy Sperl 12th 12-10

Hunter Wathen 10th 8-18

Ben Jenkins 12th 5-8

James Green 11th 4-14

Matt McLaughlin 10th 4-10

Luke Harmon 10th 4-1

Zach Haben 11th 3-6

Gibson Board 9th 3-7

Jason Dilly 11th 2-5



Graduates:

Sam Stewart 42-4 1st Sec./5th State/AC (208-43 Career)

Cole Westerlund 24-15 4th Section

Jesse Dilley 27-12 5th Section

Danny McLaughlin 18-19 5th Section

Michael Donahue 6-16

Cullen Lyons 2-2




BLAINE BENGALS

Head Coach: Josh Prokosch

Enrollment: 2551



The Bengals posted 10-13 dual meet marks last season, back from that team are five section place winners and eight others with varsity experience. Despite the graduation of five seniors including two section place winners; they should challenge those dual meet marks. This young team should make improvements over the course of the season. Caleb Butler, Joe Carlson and Malik Stewart should be their key leaders thru out the season.



10-13 Overall Dual Meets

4-6 Northwest Suburban Conference Duals

Seven Section Place Winners

Seventh Place South St. Paul "Pete Veldman" Tourney: 112 Pts. (5 Placers)

Seventh Place Shakopee "Sabres" Tourney: 97 Pts. (5 Placers)

Eighth Place Cambridge-Isanti "Blue Jacket" Tourney: 60 Pts. (4 Placers)



Returning Wrestlers:

Caleb Butler 11th 25-3 1st Section

Joe Carlson 10th 20-6 5th Section

Malik Stewart 9th 18-8 5th Section

Craig Boster 11th 15-19 6th Section

Glenn Meyers 11th 14-19 6th Section

James Kittleson 11th 13-14

Jack Duffy 12th 10-21

Jameson Allen 11th 7-21

Devon Krump 12th 8-18

Jacob Keller 11th 5-19

James Wallroff 10th 5-14

Josh Larkin 11th 5-5

Cody Emmans 11th 2-7



Graduates:

Aaron Martin 21-10 5th Section

Jonah Allen 9-21 6th Section

Tim Stefczak 16-19

Gokberk Demirday 0-2

Jackson Buth 1-0



ELK RIVER ELKS

Head Coach: Paul Nelson

Enrollment: 1,570

Section: 7AAA

The Elks really struggled in their dual meets last season. Back from that team are two section place winners including one state qualifier and eleven others with some varsity experience. They did graduate four seniors last spring including two section place winners. Look for the Elks to make some improvement on those dual meet numbers. Evan Caldon, Cole Moening and Kyle Ziemer will be their key leaders thru out the season.

6-16 Overall Dual Meets

4-6 Northwest Suburban Conference Duals

Five Section Place Winners

Sixth Place Elk River "Elks" Tourney: 110.5 Pts. (8 Placers)

Seventh Place Cambridge "Blue Jackets" Tourney: 72 Pts. (6 Placers)

Eighth Place STMA "Knights" Tourney: 65 Pts. (6 Placers)

Thirty-Sixth Place Fargo "Rumble On The Red" Tourney: 47 Pts. (1 Placer)



Returning Wrestlers:

Evan Caldon 12th 37-9 2nd Section

Cole Moening 10th 15-13 4th Section

Kyle Ziemer 9th 14-6

Garrett Caldon 10th 9-14

Justin Gagnon 12th 9-16

Ryan Osberg 11th 8-21

Aaron Haman 11th 7-18

Trevor Brink 12th 5-23

Andrew Perry 11th 5-24

Jacob Brovon 12th 6-7

Garrett VanEps 11th 4-2

Robert Schmitz 10th 3-12

Alex Schmitz 11th 3-2

John Reitter 11th 1-1



Graduates:

Mitch Beaudry 28-12 4th Section

Kyle Wiemann 27-13 3rd Section

Zach Brown 11-23

Kevin Weeks 8-26









Sunday, October 28, 2012

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