Central Minnesota Mat Rats Early January Report (18th Annual) http://minnesotamatrats.blogspot.com/
By Roger Mischke


January 14, 2013

Coaches, please keep me informed of your team's success throughout the season. With each edition, I would like to share their success in The Central MN Report. Please send relevant information for Class A individual and team ratings as well. I will also report your results to The Guillotine results page if you would like. Track wrestling was used by many people last year, please consider that as well. Please either fax (1 612 605 0159) or jeff@theguillotine.com   or at  matrat@theguillotine.com those tournament brackets and your dual meet results. (Email Preferred) Thanks, The Mat Rat Roger Mischke.

MAT RATS TOP CLASS AA TEAMS

FOLEY FALCONS
The Falcons topped Section 6AA rival Becker in a very good dual 38-22. They had a good tournament performance with 115.5 points to earn seventh place at the sixty-five team field of teams at the Fargo "Rumble on The Red". Tyler Funk led the way as he earned third place with a 7-1 mark in the tourney. Tristan Manderfield took eighth place with a 5-2 mark. Tyler Midas had a great tourney as he earned fifth place with a 5-2 mark. Keith Thell went 4-2, Carter Nielson went 3-2, Brandon Halverson went 3-2, Mitch Keeler went 4-2 and Cameron Svihla was 2-2. The Falcons had a very solid tournament performance despite having many of their starters not competing. They earned third place at their "Tom Keating Memorial" Invitational with eight wrestlers placing in the top six in this sixteen team field of teams.  Keith Thell and Tyler Midas won championships and Brandon Halverson earned third place. Tyler Beehler, Luke Kelvington and Mitch Keeler all earned fourth place and Jon Olson took sixth place. The Falcons earned fifth place at the St. Cloud Tech "Kiffmeyer" Duals, despite the fact they had eight starters missing. They dropped their quarterfinal dual to No. 8AAA ranked Hastings 41-17, in the consolation semifinals they topped AAA Sauk Rapids 62-6 and in the fifth place match they topped AAA St. Cloud Apollo 40-24. Mitch Keeler, Mitch Struffert and Randy Jenson were all 3-0 at the Kiffmeyer duals.


NEW LONDON-SPICER WILDCATS
The Wildcats topped Wright County Conference foe Glencoe-Silver Lake 66-9 and they dropped a very close dual to Conference foe and No. 6AA ranked Hutchinson 34-33.They traveled to Fargo, ND to compete in the "Rumble on The Red" Invitational where they earned 60 points with two place winners; Tretyon Austvold earned sixth place with a 6-2 mark and Grant Vagle took eighth place with a 4-3 mark. Thomas Stageberg went 3-2 and Logan Brink went 2-2 at the tourney. The Wildcats had a great tournament performance with 184 points to earn second place at the Perham "Barrel of Fun" Invitational. They had a total of thirteen place winners including one championship by Jakob Stageberg. Jacob Travis and Oden Rogers both earned second place and Treyton Austvold earned third place. Thomas Stageberg, Jarrett Hatlestad, Grant Vagle, Brandon Kinsley and Ricky Berry all earned fourth place. Logan Brink, Cameron Steffen, Corbin Schwartz and Luke Gould all took fifth place. They split section 6AA duals, they topped Dassel-Cokato 50-15 before dropping a close one to Litchfield 37-36.

BECKER BULLDOGS
The Bulldogs traveled to Fargo, ND to compete in the "Rumble on the Red" Invitational.  They had several wrestlers have good performance, one place winner Colten Vekved earned fourth place with a 5-2 mark. Luke Schmalz had a 3-2 mark, Zack Zimmer had a 3-2 mark and Bobby Lee had a 2-2 mark in this sixty-five team field of teams. They dropped a dual to Section 6AA and Granite Ridge Conference rival Foley 38-22 in a very exciting dual. They topped Granite Ridge foe Mora 40-28 with an excellent performance. The Bulldogs had an excellent tourney performance at the BBE Jaguar Invite as they earned third place with 149 points and ten wrestlers placing in the top four. Luke Schmalz won a championship and Lee Schmalz, Cody Ferris, Zach Zimmer and Colton Vekved all earned second place. Caleb Vekved, Bobby Lee, Brady Kurtz and Brady Halvorson all earned third place and C. J. Schwintek took fourth place. At the "Bulldog" Duals they topped three foes; AAA Blaine 56-18, AAA St. Paul Johnson 72-6 and Section 6AA foe Litchfield 45-27. The Bulldogs had several wrestlers that were 3-0 including; Zack Zimmer, Eric Dudek, Colton Vekved, Bobby Lee,  Kriston Gummon, Cody Ferris and Lee Schmalz. 
ANNANDALE/MAPLE LAKE LIGHTING
The Lighting topped Wright County Conference rival Glencoe-Silver Lake 60-8 and they dropped a dual to Wright County Conference and No. 6AA ranked Hutchinson 34-30 in a very exciting dual. They had a good tourney performance with 166.5 points to earn fourth place at the Mora "Mustangs" Invitational. Joe Mosley and Jordan Hanan both won championships and Teddy Erickson and Justin Lehtola both earned second place. Hunter Hicks earned third place and Spencer Odgen and Tom Condon both earned fourth place. Cullen Gallagher and Nate Carlson both took fifth place. The Lighting had a great showing as they went 3-1 at the Monticello "Magic" Duals with wins over AAA Lean and Mean Willmar 36-27; No. 10AA Monticello 32-31 and AAA Hopkins 51-16. Their only loss on the day was to the No. 6AAA ranked Shakopee 45-24. Joe Mosley, Jordan Hanan, Teddy Erickson and Spencer Odgen were all 4-0 and Tanner Vasser and Nick Anderson were both 3-1.
MILACA WOLVES
The Wolves topped Granite Ridge Conference foe Little Falls 38-28 and Section 7AA foe Cloquet 59-9. They did drop a section 7AA dual to Chisago Lakes 32-29 in a very close dual, considering the Wolves were minus two starters. They topped Granite Ridge Conference foe Zimmerman 39-28. They earned third place with a 2-1 mark at the Farmington "Tiger" Duals with wins over AAA Park High School 39-28 and Northfield 35-19. They dropped a dual to No. 8A ranked Chatfield 48-21. Hunter Noor, Josh Otten and Brandon Merten were all 3-0 at the Tiger Duals.
PEQUOT LAKES/PINE RIVER/BACKUS ROAD CREW
The Road Crew topped Section 8AA rivals Thief River Falls 46-30, Staples-Motley 49-19 and Park Rapids 61-9. They also topped  three of Class A rivals Royalton 49-12, Crosby-Ironton 50-30 and Blackduck/Cass Lake/Bena 52-22.  They did drop a big Section 8AA dual to Perham 42-27, where the Road Crew was minus a couple of their starters. CHISAGO LAKES WILDCATS
The Wildcats topped Conference rivals Fridley 59-18 and Spring Lake Park 57-19. In a huge Section 7AA dual they topped rival Milaca 31-29. They went 2-1 at the Hibbing "Blue Jacket" Duals with wins over AAA Bemidji 39-31 and AAA Mound-Westonka 36-35. They dropped a dual to AAA Centennial 37-33. Dylan Connell, Quade Zupko, Joe Virga, Mark Sontag and Jonah Westbury were all  3-0 at the duals. They dropped a conference dual to rival Totino Grace 39-29. They earned third place at the Pine City/Hinckley-Finlayson "Dragon" Invitational with 135.5 points. Dylan Connell, Quade Zupko, Joe Virga and Jonah Westbury all won championships and Aaron Sistrunk and Eric Brown both earned third place. Solomon Lunde and Sean Hoyt both took fifth place.

MONTICELLO MAGIC
The Magic topped Mississippi 8 Conference rival Buffalo 66-18. They had a good performance with 122 points to earned sixth place at the Foley "Tom Keating Memorial" Tournament. They had seven place winners in this good field of sixteen teams. Tevin Zavadil earned second place; Logan Stiller, Zach Beaumaster, Jake Berthiaume and Seth Gardner all earned third place. Connor Adrian earned fourth place and Brent Riddle took sixth place. The Magic went 2-2 at the dual meet invitational with win over AAA Hopkins 60-18 and Alexandria 31-30. They lost to AA Lean and Mean Annandale/Maple Lake 32-31 and to AAA Faribault 36-31. Tevin Zavadil and Jay Yeats were both 4-0 at the Magic duals.

GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE PANTHERS

The Panthers dropped  two Wright County Conference duals to New London-Spicer 66-9 and Annandale-Maple Lake 60-8. They did top Section 2AA rival Waconia 42-30 and Class A LeSueur-Henderson 60-12. They dropped a dual to Wright County Conference, Section 2AA No. 6AA ranked Hutchinson 52-23. The Panthers got back some of their ailing wrestlers in the past week as shown with their win over Waconia. They also earned a tournament championship at the Ogilvie "Lions" Invitational with 221 points. The claimed seven championships by: Jacob Jewett, Michael Connay, Brandon Richer, Nate Tesch, Mitchell Hartwig, John Williams and Dalton Clouse. Peyton Sal earned second place and Aaron Donnay, Kyle Polzin and Nick Jenkins earned third Place. Dalton Kosek and Martin Lezama both earned fourth place and Chris Lemke took fifth place. The Panthers topped a pair of Wright County Conference rivals Delano 63-11 and Orono 58-15. For the second weekend in a row they won a tourney championship with 226.5 points thirteen placing in the top four. The Panthers topped the field of teams at the Zimmerman "Thunder" Invitational with three championships by Jacob Jewett, Michael Donnay and Mitchell Hartwig. Aaron Donnay, Brandon Richter, Nate Tesch, Dalton Clouse and Chris Lemke all earned second place. Nick Brelje, Tristian Weber and Ray Eberhard all earned third place and Dalton Kosek and Martin Lezama both earned fourth place.

NORTH BRANCH VIKINGS

The Vikings topped conference rival Columbia Heights 55-24. They earned fifth place with 122.5 points at the Foley "Tom Keating Memorial" Invitational with six place winners. Sam Peltier and Levi Eastwood both won championships and Zack Sundly and Reid Johnson both earned third place. Aaron Senne earned fourth place and Seamus Hunter took fifth place. The Vikings earned second place at the Moundview "Mustang" Duals with wins over Tartan 61-6 and Park Center 71-6 before dropping the championship to the No. 7AAA ranked Owatonna 50-18. Reid Johnson, Aaron Senne and Eric Bergstrom were all 3-0 at the Mustang duals.  

FERGUS FALLS OTTERS

The Otters dropped a Central Lakes Conference duals to Brainerd 41-27, Alexandria 47-22 and to No. 3A ranked Frazee 51-12. They earned fifth place at the Benson "Braves Classic" Invitational with 123 points and seven wrestlers placing in the top three. Abbot Aho won their lone championship and for his performance he was voted the Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. Tyler Giza and Gus Makavsky both earned second place and four Otters earned third place; Spencer Sikkink, Ben Schindler, Walter Keinen and Abram Aho.

MORA MUSTANGS

The Mustangs topped Class A rival Mille Lacs 64-18 and they dropped a pair of duals to Granite Ridge Conference foe Becker 40-28 and to No. 8A ranked Pierz 54-15. They had a very good tournament performance as they earned 175.5 points to earned second place at their "Mustang" Invitational with ten wrestlers placing in the top five. Codi LaFromboise and Jordan Tober both won championships. For Codi's effort the coaches voted him the Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament. Ken Kastenbauer earned second place, Brandon Lucking and Austin Richards both earned third place and Tomas Hisher took fourth place. Blake Poole, Reed Gmuhl, Jordan Koch and Brady Beier all took fifth place.

DAWSON-BOYD/LQPV UNITED

The United topped Section 3AA rivals TMB 47-22 and Quad County 36-34 and they dropped a dual to West Central Conference rival and No. 2A ranked Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 47-17. They earned fifth place at the Montevideo "Dave Roder" Invitational with 90 points and eight placing in the top five. Jordan Staab and Brandon Schmitt both won championships, Wyatt Ireland, Joe Weeding and Jordan Bothun all earned third place.  Keith Abraham and Don Bothun both earned fourth place and Payton Mortenson took fifth place.

LITCHFIELD DRAGONS

The Dragons topped Wright County Conference and Section 6AA rival Dassel Cokato 50-25 and three other Section 6AA rivals Princeton 57-15, Albany 36-13 and Zimmerman 57-21. They dropped duals to AAA Lean and Mean Little Falls 63-12 and to No. 8A ranked Pierz 34-23. The Dragons topped Wright County Conference and Section 6AA rival No. 8AA ranked New London-Spicer 37-36 and they dropped a dual to another conference and section rival A Lean and Mean Annandale/Maple 39-27. The Dragons went 1-2 at the Becker Duals with a win over the Becker Junior Varsity 58-15, they dropped duals to No. 9AA ranked Becker 45-27 and to AAA Blaine 39-32. Tyler Jones and Walker Kaping both won all three of their matches at the Becker duals.

MAT RATS TOP CLASS A TEAMS

ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY FALCONS

The Falcons topped West Central Conference rivals Morris Area 68-6, Dawson-Boyd/LQPV 47-17, Melrose/Sauk Centre 69-6 and Section 5A rivals Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 52-16 and Eden Valley-Watkins 64-9. The Falcons earned the championship at the Montevideo "Dave Roder" Invitational with 191. 5 points and all fourteen wrestlers placing in the top five. Logan Peterson, Larry Bomstad and Maverick Whitcomb won championships and Lucas Damm, Rylan Molinaro and Tyler Berghuis all earned second place. Jordan Fester, Jordan Nelson, Lee Whitcomb and Ethan Housman all earned third place. Mathew Whitcomb, Jesse Rogers and Derek Dengerud all earned fourth place and Robert Rasmussen took fifth place. They Falcons traveled to Foley to competed in a sixteen team field of teams in the "Tom Keating Memorial" Invitational and they had a great showing with 223.5 points to earned the championship. They had twelve place in the top six including three championships by Robert Rasmussen, Larry Bomstad and Lucas Damm. Logan Peterson, Maverick Whitcomb and Jordan Nelson earned second place and Mathew Whitcomb earned third place. Derek Dengerud and Rylan Molinaro both earned fourth place. Jordan Fester, Cameron Whitcomb and Jacob Peterson all took sixth place. The Falcons had three milestone winners at the Foley tourney; Larry Bomstad won his 150th career match, Logan Peterson won his 125th career match and Lucas Damm won his 75th career match.

KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG FIGHTING SAINTS

The Fighting Saints topped AA ranked rival New London-Spicer 35-21 and they dropped a dual to Section 3A No. 4A ranked Wabasso/Red Rock Central 31-29. They topped the field of teams at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa "Jaguar" Invitational with 184.5 points and twelve placing in the top four. Cody Peters, Zach Carlson, Jordon Rothers, Chase Norton, Karter VanHeuveln and Jordan Engler all won championships. Nick Meyer and Jorge Munoz-Peterson both earned second place and Brandon Dahl and Kyle Baker both earned third place. Casey Thorson and Austin Rothers both took fourth place.

PIERZ PIONEERS

The Pioneers topped AA rival Mora 54-15;  Class A Lean and Mean United North Central 38-28, Class A rival Osakis 54-24. They topped a pair of Central Minnesota Conference rivals Eden Valley-Watkins 72-19 and Rockford 72-7. The Pioneers with their best lineup thus far this season  at the Little Falls quadrangular, topped AAA Lean and Mean Little Falls 37-32, AA Litchfield 34-23 and AA Albany 51-6. Kolten Eischens, Chris Ortman, Evan Woitala, Brad Meyers, Josh Lanners and Nick Lochner all were 3-0 at the quad in Little Falls.

HOLDINGFORD HUSKIERS

The Huskers topped three class A foes; Minnewaska 62-12, Long Prairie/Grey Eagle 55-18 and Howard Lake/Waverly/Winsted 60-6. They earned seventh place at the sixteen team field of teams in the Foley "Tom Keating Memorial" Invitational with seven placing in the top six. Zach Scott and Kyle Kolstad earned second place and Mitch Messman earned fourth place. Jake Knettel, Trevor Scott and Mitch Merten all earned fifth place and Kyle Gerads took sixth place. The Huskers topped  AAA foe St. Cloud Apollo 45-28 in Holdingford's pack the gym night. They had an estimated crowd of around 8oo people.

UNITED NORTH CENTRAL WARRIORS

The Warriors topped Park Region Conference foe Osakis 57-30, Section 8A rival Walker-Hackensack/Ackeley/Nevis 69-9 and AA Staples-Motley 64-6. They dropped a very close dual to Park Region Conference rival New York Mills 34-32. The Warriors had a very impressive showing at the Perham "Barrel of Fun" Invitational with 179.5 points to earned fourth place. They had ten place in the top five including three championships by Max Pajari, Taylor Carlson and Jake Malone. Max was named the Outstanding Wrestling of the tourney for his great performance. Mike Johnson earned second place, Toby Hintzman, Sam Tellers and Dylan Huttunen all earned third place. Tanner Bacon earned fourth place and Wyatt Puttonen and Tristan Palmer both took fifth place.

NEW YORK MILLS EAGLES

The Eagles topped  Section 6A rival Pelican Rapids 48-27 and both Section 6A and Park Region Conference rivals West Central Area 58-18, Prairie Valley 49-6 and Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale in a very good dual 37-31. The Eagles had a very good showing with 158 points to earned fifth place at the Perham "Barrel of Fun" tournament with nine wrestlers placing in the top five. Three championships by Shane Novak, Max Carlson and Kacee Skoog and Gunner Flynn, Noah Pesola and Tyler Patron all earned third place. Tyler Ehnert and Taylor Ericksrud both earned fourth place and Cole Grabow took fifth place. The Eagles dropped a dual to Highway 10 rival; No. 11AA ranked Perham 42-24.

BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA JAGUARS

The Jaguars topped Section 5A rival Eden Valley-Watkins 46-27 and AA foe Melrose/Sauk Centre 59-9. They dropped a dual to Section 5A and ranked 2A Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 52-16. They had a good tourney performance as they scored 100 points to earned fifth place at their "Jaguar" Invitational. Patrick Rooney won the championship at 182; his performance was so impressive he was voted by the coaches the Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament. Tyler Tensen earned second place and Josey Tensen, Austin Jaeger, Alex Schramel and Ben Fauerhake all earned third place and Adam Jaeger took fourth place.

BORDER WEST BUCCUNEERS

The Buccuneers topped Section 6A rival Pelican Rapids 35-32 and South Dakota rival Sisseton 46-24. They earned fourth place at the Montevideo "Dave Roder" Invitational with 98.5 points and eight placing in the top five. Cameron Sykora, Gus McCarthy and Austin Maanum all won championships and Nick Stafford earned second place. Jamie Wenker and Seth Callenius both earned fourth place and Mason Pullis and Josh Stueve both took fifth place. They had a very good tourney performance with 143 points and seven in the top five to earn second place at the Benson "Braves Classic" Invitational. Cameron Sykora, Gus McCarthy and Austin Maanum all won championships. Tracer Lee, Dylan Pullis and Carter Behrens all earned fourth place and Wyatt Tritz took fifth place.

KIMBALL AREA CUBS

The Cubs topped Section 5A rivals Eden Valley-Watkins 42-33 and Paynesville 54-21 and in a big win over AAA Lean and Mean Wayzata 362-7. They had a 2-4 mark at "The Clash" National duals hosted in Rochester. They topped AAA Forest lake 37-36 and AAA Burnsville 41-30. They did drop duals to No. 1AAA Saint Michael-Albertville 62-6, Lake Stevens, WA. 51-16 and Rochester Mayo 36-33 and in a clash of Class A teams they lost to Zumbrota-Mazeppa 44-21. Blane Tschida was 5-1, Quinten Barres was 4-1, Travis Wills was 5-1, Tim Konz was 5-1, Marcus Mehr was 4-2, Brady Mehr was 3-3 and Austyn Schlueter was 3-3 at The Clash. The Cubs traveled to Cannon Falls to compete in the "Bombers" Invitational where they earned 130 points to take sixth place. Blane Tschida and Travis Wills both won championships, Austyn Schlueter and Tim Konz both earned second place and Marcus Mehr earned third place. They topped Class A foe Royalton 39-37.

OSAKIS SILVERSTREAKS

The Silverstreaks topped Park Region Conference rivals Browerville 55-19 and Royalton 49-20. They did drop a dual to a Park Region Conference rival United North Central 51-30. They lost to the No. 8A ranked Pierz 54-24.

BERTHA-HEWITT/VERNDALE RAIDERS

The Raiders topped two Park Region Conference rivals Browerville 66-12 and West Central Area 69-9 and Section 6A rival Wadena-Deer Creek 75-0. The dropped a pair of duals to Section 6A foes New York Mills 37-31 and  Barnesville 52-10. The Raiders had a very good tournament showing as they scored 118 points to earn fourth place at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa "Jaguar" Invitational. Dillon Card and Hunter Truax both won championships and Nick Bennett and Dalton Baker both earned second place. Anthony Kern earned third place and Justin Gordon, Hayden Truax and John French all earned fourth place.

AITKIN GOBBLERS

The Gobblers topped Great River Conference foe Ogilvie 59-18. They earned fifth place at the Mora "Mustang" Invitational with 155.5 points and eight place winners. Brian Wold, Jerold Novak and Isaac Novak all won championships and Jack Braton earned second place. Tyler Bare, Dan Nordean and Noah Landrus all earned third place and Caleb Curtiss took fifth place.

EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS EAGLES

The Eagles topped Section 5A rival Paynesville 36-32, AAA rival Rocori 40-33  and Central Minnesota Conference foe Rockford 66-12. They did drop a dual to the No. 8A ranked Central Minnesota Conference foe Pierz 72-19. They had an outstanding tourney performance with 170.5 points to earned the championship at the Norwood Young America "Central" Invitational. Austin Peterson, Cain Renner and Zach Blonigan all won championships and Tyler Donnay and Luke Kuechle both earned second place. Donavin McCann and Lyle Miller both earned third place and Grant Winter and Hunter Mathies both earned fourth place.

PAYNESVILLE BULLDOGS

The Bulldogs topped West Central Conference rival Bold 335-27 and they dropped duals to Section 5A rival Kimball, AAA Wayzata 49-23, Class A Lean and Mean Canby 52-15, Section 5A Eden Valley-Watkins 36-32. They went 1-2 at the Farmington "Tiger" Duals win a win over AAA Farmington 40-34 and they dropped duals to AAA Park High School 35-30 and to AAA Northfield 42-33. Clay Spanier and Frank Christian both were 3-0 at the Tiger Duals.

MAT RATS CLASS AAA TEAMS

SAINT MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS

The Knights topped the field of teams at the Rochester "The Clash" Dual invitational with at 6-0 mark. They defeated in pool action Class A Lean and Mean Kimball 62-6, 17th National ranked Oak Park River Forest, ILL 28-16, 26th National ranked Carl Sandberg, Ill. 27-26, 11th National ranked Montini Catholic of Ill. 34-21 and No. 5 National ranked Brandon, Florida 33-21. Mitchell Eull was 5-0, Michael Kessler was 5-1, Ricky Braggs was 5-1, Mark Voss was 5-1, Tommy Thorn was 5-1, Mitchell McKee was 4-2, Lincoln Mallnger was 4-2, Cole Sladek was 3-2, Ryan Rostamo was 3-3 and Aaron Dick was 3-3. Because of their outstanding performance at the The Clash the Knights have the No. 4 national ranking and No. 1AAA ranked in Minnesota. They topped No. 5AA Scott West 55-9 and Mississippi 8 Conference foes Monticello 61-9 and Big Lake 55-12. The Knights earned yet another championship  as they topped three foes to claim the championship of the St. Cloud Tech. "Kiffmeyer" Duals. In the quarterfinals they topped AAA Sauk Rapids 54-3, No. 8AAA Hastings in the semifinals 51-18 and No. 4AAA ranked Albert Lea in the championship 40-9. They had five wrestlers that were 3-0 at the Kiffmeyer duals; Mitchell Mckee, Cole Sladek, Jake Briggs, Ricky Briggs and Michael Kessler. Special congratulations goes out the Mitchell McKee as he won his 100th career match in the quarterfinals of the Kiffmeyer duals.

CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI BLUEJACKETS

The Bluejackets topped Mississippi 8 Conference rivals Buffalo 73-0 and Rogers 62-9. No. 7AAA ranked Owatonna 36-25 and Section 7AAA foe St. Francis 48-26. They had a very impressive showing at the Fargo "Rumble on the Red" Invitational where they earned fourth place in this sixty-five field of teams with 154 points. Travis Holt won their only championships with a 6-0 mark and Cody Skog earned third place with a 5-1 mark. Ty Torgerson earned fourth place with a 6-2 mark and Monty Frederikson earned eighth place with a 3-3 mark. Brady Kuntz, Travis Swanson, Russell Laboe, Dakota Johnson and Derick Demars all were 2-2 at the Rumble on the Red. The Bluejackets had a great tourney as they earned second place with 196.6 points at their Bluejacket invitational behind No. 3AAA ranked Prior Lake. Travis Holt and Cody Skog both won championships and Tommy Guy and Dakota Johnson both earned second place. Brady Kuntz, Nate Nassif, Codie Auren and Kyle Chromy all earned third place. Earning fourth place were James Frederickson, David Kent, Russel LaBue and Derrick Demars. They had a good tournament performance as they earned third place at the St. Cloud Tech. "Kiffmeyer" Duals with big win over AAA Tech 67-9, they dropped a close dual to No. 4AAA ranked Albert Lea in the semifinals 34-31. In the third place match the Bluejackets topped No. 8AAA ranked Hastings 30-18.

LITTLE FALLS FLYERS

The Flyers topped Section 8AAA rivals Sartell 57-10 and St. Cloud Tech 56-22. They dropped a dual to Granite Ridge Conference foe Milaca 38-28 in a very close dual. They went 2-1 in their Flyer Quadrangular with wins over AA Litchfield 63-12 and AA Albany 69-8, they dropped a dual to No. 8A rival Pierz 37-32. Leo Wilcez, Logan Kopphahn, Connor Scherping and Connor Swanson were all 3-0 at the quad. The Flyers had a good performance with 142 points to earned third place at the Cambridge-Isanti "Bluejacket" Invitational. Justin Jenks and Connor Swanson both won championships and Logan Kapphahn and Connor Scherping both earned second place. Tryston Ross earned third place and Derek McMahon earned fourth place. Taking fifth place were Josh Beack, Axel Lange and Keith Yorek.

MOORHEAD SPUDS

The Spuds dropped duals to Badger-Greenbush-Middle River 51-12 and to Section 8AAA foe Bemidji 36-25. They had a very close dual with then nationally ranked West Fargo 37-32. They had a good showing at the Fargo "Rumble on the Red" Invitational with 98 points for thirteenth place out of sixty-five teams. Chase Morlock earned third place with a 6-1 mark, A. J. Wheeler and Joe Carpenter both earned fourth place with 5-2 marks, Tommy Wychor went 3-2, Sam Grove went 3-2 and Kenny Mark and Jacob Rositas both went 2-2. The Spuds had a great tournament performance with 213.5 points to earned the championship at the Perham "Barrel of Fun" Invitational. Chase  Morlock, Joe Carpenter and Grant Brendemuhl all won championships and Kenny Mark, Joseph Grove, Sam Grove and A. J. Wheeler all earned second place. Ethan Tallakson and Tommy Wychor both earned third place and Landon Dickhaus, Taylor Laidlaw and Brody Jerome all took fifth place. They topped AA Lean and Mean Detroit Lakes 36-26 and Class A rival Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 52-6.

WILLMAR CARDINALS

The Cardinals topped Central Lakes Conference foes Brainerd 33-27 and St. Cloud Apollo 49-30, they did fall to Conference rival Alexandria 30-31. They topped Section 6AAA rival Mound-Westonka 34-27 and AA foe Waconia 42-24. The Cardinals went 1-3 at the Monticello "Magic" Duals with one win over Section 6AAA rival Hopkins 53-12. They dropped a dual to AA Lean and Mean Annandale/Maple 36-27, No. 6AAA Shakopee 45-21 and to AAA Lean and Mean Faribault 35-31. Zach Leuders, Austin Miley, Travis Deegan and Cass Herzog were all 4-0 and Vaughn Johnson was 3-1 at the Monticello "Magic" Duals.

ALEXANDRIA CARDINALS

The Cardinals topped four Central Lakes Conference rivals; Fergus Falls 47-22, Rocori 47-19, Sauk Rapids 36-33 and Willmar 31-30 in a very exciting dual. They earned ninth place with 86 points at the Foley "Tom Keating Memorial" Invitational. Trent Piepenbrug and Justin Cumberbatch both won championships, Ben Bogart earned fifth place and Blake Olhausen took sixth place. The Cardinals went 2-2 at the Monticello "Magic" Duals with wins over Faribault 42-24 and Hopkins 39-26. They dropped duals to No. 6AAA Shakopee 30-22 and to No. 11AA Monticello 39-24. Trent Piepenburg, Tony Hubbard and Justin Cumberbatch were all 4-0 and Dylan Kriese, Mike Schluter and Shawn Nelson were all 3-1 at the Magic duals.

BRAINERD WARRIORS

The Warriors topped Central Lakes Conference rival Fergus Falls 41-27 and they dropped a close dual to conference rival Willmar 33-27. The Warriors took seventh place with 81 points at the Cambridge-Isanti "Bluejacket" Invitational with ten place winners. Jeff Flickinger, Levi Rubin, Casey Biever and Sam Adams all earned second place. Luke Boran earned third place and Bryton Mutz, Andy Schlosser and Dan Babineau all earned fourth place. Tommy Schlosser and Chris Laber took fifth place.

SARTELL SABRES

The Sabres topped Central Lakes Conference foe Sauk Rapids 41-25 and St. Cloud Tech 44-21. They dropped duals to AAA Lean and Mean Little Falls 57-10 and to Class A Royalton 35-30. They had a great tourney performance with 197 points to earn second place at the Ogilvie "Lions" Invitational. Drew Bienusa, Zach Pederson, Daniel Vitale and Nick Jensen all won championships. Noah Piechel, Jon Pelach, Zach Motschke, Garrett Counter and Creedance McDermond all earned second place. Rylee Moliter and Theo Deuel both earned third place and Sam Krauel took fourth place.

BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS

The Lumberjacks topped a very good Section 8AAA rival Moorhead 36-25, lostBadger-Greenbush-Middle River No. 12 A ranked 35-33, to No. 11AA ranked Perham 58-17 and to AA Lean and Mean Thief River Falls 42-23. They went 1-3 at the Hibbing "Bluejacket" Duals with a big win over Mound-Westonka 44-30 and they dropped duals to AAA Lean and Mean Centennial 46-22 and to AA Lean and Mean Chisago Lakes 39-31.

SAINT CLOUD APOLLO EAGLES

The Eagles topped Central Lakes Conference rival Rocori 44-30 and they lost to Conference rivals Willmar 49-30 and St. Cloud Tech 34-31. The Eagles had three place winners at the Fargo "Rumble on the Red" Invitational to earned 20th place with 79 points in a field of sixty-five teams.  Mitch Bengston won the championship at 138 pounds with a 6-0 mark. Mitch was also named the Outstanding wrestler of this huge tournament. Bryce Kirchner earned second place with a 4-1 mark and Matt Braun earned 7th place with a 6-2 mark. They had a great tournament performance with 158 points to earned second place at the Foley "Tom Keating Memorial" Invitational. Matt Braun, Mitch Bengtson and Grant Nehring all won championships and Peter Nelson and Bryce Kirchner both earned second place. Congratulations to Matt Braun as he won his 75th career match at the Foley tourney. They dropped a dual to Class A Lean and Mean Holdingford 45-28; before a estimated crowd of 800 people. The Eagles went 1-2 at the St. Cloud Tech "Kiffmeyer" Duals with a win over cross town rival St. Cloud Tech 51-13. They dropped their quarter-final dual they lost to No. 4AAA ranked Albert Lea 57-21 and in the fifth place dual they lost to No. 3AA ranked Foley 40-24. Bryce Kirchner, Grant Nehring and Peter Nelson were all 3-0 at the Kiffmeyer duals.

SAUK RAPIDS STORM

The Storm split Central Lakes Conference duals; they topped St. Cloud Tech 41-28 and Rocori 48-28. They lost to Sartell 41-25 and Alexandria 36-33. They had three place winners at the Foley "Tom Keating Memorial" Tournament. Austin Walz and Chris Keske both earned second place and Dylan Vait earned third place at this sixteen team event. The Storm has a 1-2 mark at the St. Cloud Tech "Kiffmeyer" Duals with a win over cross town rival St. Cloud Tech 57-20 to earn seventh place. They lost to No. 1AAA ranked Saint Michael-Albertville in the quarterfinals 53-3 and to No. 3AA ranked Foley in the consolation semifinals 62-6.  Chris Keske won all three of his matches at the Kiffmeyer duals.

ELK RIVER ELKS

The Elks topped conference rival Champlin Park 34-30. They had one place winner at the Fargo "Rumble on the Red' Invitational; Evan Caldon earned fifth place with a 6-2 mark and Cole Moening went 2-2 at the Rumble on the Red. The Elks had a great tournament performance with 184.5 points to earned second place at the St. Francis "Fighting Saints" Invitational. Garrett Caldon was their lone champion and Ben Gibas, Cole Moening, Evan Caldon, Kyle Ziemer and Garrett Van Eps all earned second place. Ryan Osberg, Jacob Brown and William Saunders all earned third place and Andrew Perry and Trevor Brink both earned fourth place.

ST. CLOUD TECH TIGERS

The Tigers topped a pair of Central Lakes Conference rivals Rocori 39-33 and in a very exciting dual over cross town rival St. Cloud Apollo 34-31. They dropped a conference duals to Sauk Rapids 41-28, Sartell 44-21 and to Section 8AAA rival Little Falls 56-22. They had one place winner at the Fargo "Rumble on the Red" Invitational as Jerrad Nieland earned fourth place with a 4-2 mark in this sixty-five team field of teams. The Tigers earned 101 points to earn seventh place at the Mora "Mustang" Invitational. Jerrad Nieland won their only championship, Austin Brenner earned second place, Cole Schreder earned third place, Noah Voight earned fourth place and Patrick Niehaus took fifth place. They went 0-3 at their dual meet invite "Kiffmeyer" Duals. They dropped their quarterfinal dual to No. 5AAA ranked Cambridge-Isanti 67-9, in the Consolation semifinals St. Cloud Apollo 51-13 and to Sauk Rapids 57-20 in the seventh place dual.

ROGERS ROYALS

The Royals topped AA rivals Brooklyn Center 46-12, Spectrum 63-18 and AAA foe Park Center 46-13. Kyler Swanson, Philip Anderson, Conner Larson, Cruz Martinez, Jake Owen, Steffen Paige and Jordan Lemcke were all 3-0 at their quadrangular. Kyler Swanson won his 100th career match at the quad. They topped Columbia Heights and Robbinsdale Armstrong 36-25 and dropped a dual to Champlin Park at the Champlin Quad. Connor Larson, Phillip Anderson, Kyler Swanson and Ryan Lien were all 3-0 at the quad. They dropped a pair of duals to Cambridge-Isanti 62-9 and Saint Francis 51-14. The Royals earned seventh place at the Zimmerman "Thunder" Invitational with 64 points. Peter Oakland won their only championship, Andrew Piehl earned second place, Connor Larson earned fourth place and Brandon Magnuson and Jordan Bond both took fifth place. The Royals earned third place with 161 points at the Brooklyn Center "Centuer" Invitational. Cruz Martinez won their only championship, Phillip Anderson and Ryan Lien both earned third place. Connor Larson, Tyler Eicher and Andrew Piehl earned fourth place and Jake Owens took fifth place.

ROCORI SPARTANS

The Spartans topped Section 6AAA foe Buffalo 40-32 and they dropped duals to Central Lakes Conference rivals Sauk Rapids 48-28, St. Cloud Tech 39-33, St. Cloud Apollo 44-30 and Alexandria 47-19.

BUFFALO BISON

The Bison dropped duals to Section 6AAA foe Rocori 40-32 and they topped Section 6AAA foe Robbinsdale 45-30. They lost to rival Mississippi 8 Conference rival Monticello 66-18. They had two place winners at the Foley "Tom Keating Memorial" Invitational. Adam Treptau earned third place and he also won his 60th career match. Hunter earned fourth place at the Foley tourney. The Bison earned sixth place at the St. Francis "Fighting Saints" Invitational with 88 points. Adam Treptau won their only championship and Jonathon Wirkkala earned third place. Joe O'Flanagan, Ian Scherber and Josh Anderson all earned fourth place and Matt Ruh and Wyatt Jacobson-Hanson both took fifth place.