Central Minnesota Mat Rats Report (29th Annual) by Roger Mischke
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AAA TEAMS
SAINT MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE KNIGHTS
The Knights earned eight medals for 271 points at the Orono “Spartans” tournament to win the championship. Caleb Tracy (113) won their lone championship, Matt Randolph (132) and Dylan Thomas (182) earned second place. Landon Church (138), Leo Siekmann (160), Tristan Holbrook (170) and Carson Schoenbauer (285) all earned third place and Isaac Williams (126) took sixth place. The Knights defeated their AAA neighbors Buffalo 71-6. The Knights defeated No. 3AAA ranked Hastings 44-15 and No. 3AA Becker 48-15. Landon Robideau, Chase Mills, Lincoln Robideau, Eli Davis, Jarrett Wadsen, Jed Wester, Noah Torgerson and Bryon Sauvy all went 2-0.
BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS
The Lumberjacks defeated Section 8AAA rivals Little Falls 40-27, Sauk Rapids-Rice 66-8 and Fergus Falls 66-15. Gabe Morin, Brody Castonguay, Dane Jorgensen, Parker Orvik, Tom Paquette all went 3-0 and Nick Strand, Al Newby, Seth Newby earned second place. The Lumberjacks defeated a pair of Section 8AA teams at their home triangular, Detroit Lakes 52-27 and DGF 41-30. Gabe Morin, Nick Strand, Brady Castonguay, Dane Jorgensen, Seth Newby and Coy Olsen all went 2-0. The Lumberjacks defeated Section 8AAA rivals Sartell-St. St. Stephen 65-6 and Section 6AA foe Rocori 61-15. Gabe Morin, Nick Strand, Hunter Heim, Noah Homberg, Brody Castonguay, Dane Jorgensen, Seth Newby and Coy Olson all went 2-0. The Lumberjacks defeated Section 8AAA rivals St. Cloud Crush 57-15.
WILLMAR CARDINALS
The Cardinals defeated two Section 8AAA rivals at their home triangular. They defeated AAA Lean and Mean Little Falls 36-32 and Buffalo 61-12. Lawson Anez, Cavin Carlson, Ivan Mares, Conlan Carlson, Braeden Erickson, Mattix Swanson and Daunte Castellano all went 2-0. They defeated two more Section 8AAA rivals at their home triangular, Brainerd 55-8 and Sartell-St. Stephen 66-12. Wyatt Cruze, Lawson Anez, Cavin Carlson, Ivan Mares, Conlan Carlson, Isaac Zelaya Velasquez, Mattix Swanson, Braeden Erickson and Romero Trevino all went 2-0. The Cardinals defeated the CLC and Section 8AAA rivals St. Cloud Crush 57-15 for their 80th Consecutive CLC dual win.
CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI BLUE JACKETS
The Blue Jackets were defeated by Mississippi 8 Conference rivals St. Francis 39-33.
The Blue Jackets went 2-1 at the Blaine “Bengels” Duals, they defeated Blaine 72-6 and Rosemount 43-22. They were defeated by AA Lean and Mean Totino Grace 50-26. Leo Edblad (113), Jacob Henderson (160), Treytin Byers (170), Shawn Henderson (182) and Arden Spencer (195) all went 3-0. Keith Hout (152), Dillon Sommerfield (220) and Brady Anderson (285) all went 2-1. The Blue Jackets defeated their Mississippi 8 Conference rivals Big Lake 48-27 (9-5 match split).
LITTLE FALLS FLYERS
The Flyers split their duals at their home triangular with a pair of Section 8AAA rivals. They defeated Buffalo 51-24 and they were defeated by Lean and Mean AAA Willmar 36-22. Joey Wilczek (132), Beau Robinson (152), Ivan Petrich (182/195) and Hank LeClair (195/220) all went 2-0. The Flyers defeated a pair of former conference rivals Fergus Falls 71-6 and Sauk Rapids-Rice 61-18 at their home triangular. They were defeated by Section 8AAA rival, No. 5AAA ranked Bemidji 40-27. Wyatt Baum (145), Beau Robinson (152), Ivan Petrich (182) and Hank LeClair (195) all went 3-0. Ryan Vogt (106), Ethan Zellers (113), Joey Wilczek (132), Dane Ballou (160), Ryan Kloecki (170), Alex Schmitz (220) and Sam Primus (285) all went 2-1.The Flyers defeated three Section 7AA teams at the Pine City/Hinckley-Finlayson “Dragons” quadrangular. The Flyers defeated the host team PC/HF 60-12, Rush City/Braham 48-21 and Proctor/Hermantown 77-6. Mason Rausch (126), Joey Wilczek (132), Wyatt Baum (145), Beau Robinson (152), Hank LeClair (195) and Alex Schmitz (220) all went 3-0 and Ryan Kloecki (170) and Aiden Nordley (285) both went 2-1. The Flyers defeated two rivals, Section 8AAA Moorhead 48-28 and former CLC rivals Alexandria 40-30. Joey Wilczek (132), Wyatt Baum (145), Beau Robinson (152), Ivan Petrich (182), Hank LeClair (195) and Alex Schmitz (220) all went 2-0 at their own Flyers triangular.
BRAINERD WARRIORS
The Warriors split duals with a pair of Central Lakes Conference and Section 8AAA rivals at the Willmar “Cardinal” Triangular. They defeated Sartell-St. Stephen 57-18 and were defeated by AAA Lean and Mean Willmar 55-8. Easton Dircks (132) and Isaiah Jillson (145/152) were the lone Warriors to go 2-0. The Warriors split duals a with AA Albany, they defeated 55-18 and they were defeated by their No. 7AA neighbors Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus 42-28. Easton Dircks, Isaiah Germann, Isaiah Jillson, Shane Carlson and Eli Wiskow all went 2-0. The Warriors had a very good night with a pair of wins over Central Lakes Conference rivals at their home triangular. They defeated Rocori 40-27 and Sauk Rapids-Rice 72-4. Jackson Berhow, Jaxson DeRosier, Easton Dircks, Isaiah Germann, Damien Bentho, Shane Carlson and Eli Wiskow all went 2-0.
ST. CLOUD CRUSH
The Crush were defeated by a pair of Central Lakes Conference rivals at the Rocori “Spartans” Triangular. They were defeated by Rocori 51-22 and Alexandria 51-26. Jaden Dombrovski (138), Tanner Hugg (145), Sam Long (160) and Derrick Cox-Payton (285) all went 2-0. The Crush were defeated by Central Lakes Conference and AAA Lean and Mean Willmar 57-15.
ROGERS ROYALS
The Royals defeated a pair of rivals at the Hopkins triangular, Hopkins 57-19 and Benilde-St. Margarets 69-7. Grady Weinbrenner, Zach Kellogg, Mason Lund, Sam Weller, Navarro Kornwolf, Kelly Omann, Cael Hamilton and Sawyer Josewski all went 2-0. The Royals defeated Irondale 47-21 and fell short to AA Lean and Mean Totino Grace 31-28. Grady Weinbrenner, Kelly Omann and Brock Cassidy all went 2-0. The Royals went 2-1 at the Armstrong Duals, they defeated Mound Westonka 39-36 and Rochester John Marshall 60-18. Grady Weinbrenner and Kelly Omann both went 3-0, Kael Omann, Cole Jordan, Isaac Bruskiewicz, Cole Hamilton will went 2-1 and Ty Cassidy went 2-0.
SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN SABRES
The Sabres were defeated by a pair of Central Lakes Conference rivals at the Willmar “Cardinals” Triangular. AAA Lean and Mean Willmar 66-12 and to Brainerd 57-18. The Sabres earned nine medals at the North Branch “Vikings” tournament; Aidan Halvorson (160), Cyril Post (182) and Donovan Lund (220) all earned third place medals and Zaccory Anderson (132) and Park Peichel (152) both earned fourth place. Jack Hendrickson (106), Alex Hendrickson (113) and Jordan Gulden (285) all earned fifth place and Christian Nelson (170) took sixth place. The Sabres hosted Section 8AAA rivals and their neighbors in a home triangular. They were defeated by Moorhead 64-18 and by No. 7A ranked Holdingford 51-23.Tyler Plumski (106), Kaden Brooks (145), Parker Peichel (152), Christian Nelson (170) and Donovan Lund (220) all went 2-0. The Sabres defeated three foes at the Spectrum quadrangular. They defeated Spectrum 52-30, Fridley 49-24 and Mpls. Edison 52-30. Jack Hendrickson (106), Tyler Plumski (113), Kaden Brooks (145), Payton Allen (195) and Tucker Mugg (285) all went 3-0. Alex Hendrickson (120), Julian Morris (132), Theo Brown (170) and Donovan Lund (220) all went 2-1. They were defeated by CLC rival Rocori 64-15 and Section 8AAA rival Bemidji 65-6. Kaden Brooks (138/145) went 2-0 at the Bemidji triangular.
BUFFALO BISON
The Bison dropped a pair of duals to Section 8AAA foes AAA Lean and Mean Willmar 61-12 and Little Falls 51-24. Gabe Roehl and Aiden Herbst both went 2-0. The Bison were defeated by No. 8AAA section foe Wayzata 62-9. The Bison had a good tournament performance with 166.5 points to earn third place at the South St. Paul “Pete Veldman” tournament. They earned eight medals, including a pair of championships by Gabe Roehl (106) and Jonah Anderson (160). Matt Carlson (138) earned second place and Hunter Spike (182) earned third place. Aiden Herbst (145) earned fourth place, both Jacob Cremers (195) and Carter Walker (285) both earned fifth place. The Bison were defeated by their neighbors, No. 1AAA ranked STMA 71-6. The Bison had a great day with four big dual meet wins at the St. Agnes Duals. they defeated St. Agnes 50-28, Mille Lacs 52-28, Austin 63-18 and Lake City 37-36. Gabe Roehl (106), Matt Carlson (145), Aiden Herbst (152), Jonah Anderson (160), Jacobee Scherber (170), Hunter Spike (182) and Carter Walker (285) all went 4-0. Dylan Keeler (120), and Jacob Cremers (195) both went 3-1.
CLASS A TEAMS
ROYALTON-UPSALA ROYALS
The Royals defeated three rivals at the Aitkin “Gobblers” Quadrangular. They defeated AA Aitkin 42-25 and two Section 7A teams Mille Lacs 62-13 and Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 72-6. Marcus Hayes (106), John Bzdok (132), Will Gorecki (145), Brayden Leners 9182) and Bryce Holm (220) all went 3-0. Tucker Simmons (120), Lane Olson (126), Brady Yourczek (138), Sawyers Simmons (152), Nick Leibold (160), Jake Leners (170) and Kaden Holm (195) all went 2-1.
The Royals hosted a double dual at parents night, where they defeated a pair of Central Minnesota Conference teams: Kimball Area 60-18 and Eden Valley-Watkins 60-9. Marcus Hayes (106), Tucker Simmons (120), John Bzdok (132), Will Gorecki (145), Sawyer Simmons (152), Kaden Holm (195) and Bryce Holm (220/285) all went 2-0. Special Notes: Will Gorecki 145 Pounds Won His 150th Career Match, Bryce Holm 220 Pounds Won His 75th Career Match and Nick Leibold 160 Pounds Won His 50th Career Match.
LONG PRAIRIE-GREY EAGLE/BROWERVILLE WOLVES
The Wolves defeated a pair of rivals at their home triangular, they defeated Osakis 48-22 and Ottertail Central 75-6. Logan Thom, Justin Houdek, Gavin Albers, Paul Stacey, Tate Twardowski and Andrew Recknor all went 2-0. The Wolves split their duals at the New York Mills “Eagles” Triangular; they defeated their Park Region Conference rivals New York Mills. They were defeated by Lean and Mean Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie 38-30. The Wolves earned 172.5 points with all fourteen earning medals at the Park Region Conference to earn third place behind Lean and Mean rivals UNC and BHV/PP. Gavin Albers (126), Tucker Zigan (160) and Tate Twardowski (182) all earned championships. Logan Thom (113), and Paul Stacey both earned second place, Brodie Pachan (106), Colby Twardowski (120), Connor Flan (132), Nathan Bitz (152), Andrew Recknor (195) and Ethan Meyer (220) all earned third place. Nathan Browen (138) earned fourth place, Grady Tomford (285) earned fifth place and Justin Houdek (145) took sixth place.
HOLDINGFORD HUSKERS
The Huskers went 2-1 at the ACGC “Falcons” triangular, with big wins over Central Minnesota Conference rival ACGC 58-10 and Section 4A foe Sibley East 73-0. They were defeated by the No. 1A ranked and defending state champions Jackson County Central 40-24. They were defeated in a pair of pretty close matches or it may have been pretty close with JCC. Drew Lange (160/33-5), Jaxon Bartkowicz (182/26-5) and Luke Bieniek (170/17-3) all went 3-0, Evan Petron (126/23-11), William Pilarski (152/28-6), Toby Phillipp (195) and Wyatt Miller (285) all went 2-1. Going 2-0 were Wyatt Novitzki (120/33-5) and Lane Patrick (7-1). The Huskers defeated three foes at the “Husker” Quadrangular, Section 7A foe WHAN 55-12, Spectrum 64-9 and St. Agnes 63-10. William Pilarski (145/152), Jaxon Bartkowicz (195) and Wyatt Miller (285) all went 3-0, Casey Knettel (113), Evan Petron (126) and Luke Bieniek all went 2-1. Lane Patrick (106), Wyatt Novitzki (120), Masyn Patrick (132/138) and Drew Lange (160) all went 2-0. The Huskers defeated a pair of AAA foes at the Sartell-St. Stephen “Sabres” Triangular. They defeated their neighbors Sartell-St. Stephen 51-23 and Moorhead 51-30. Wyatt Pilarski (120), Evan Petron (126), Masyn Patrick (132), Drew Lange (160), Luke Bieniek (182) and Jaxon Bartkowicz (195) all went 2-0.
BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA JAGAURS
The Jaguars split a pair of duals at the KMS “Fighting Saints” Triangular, they defeated Section 5A rival Benson 45-26. They were defeated by Lean and Mean Section 5A rival KMS 47-23. Ryan Jensen (132), Wyatt Engen (138), Maximus Hanson (170) and Harley Weber (285) all went 2-0. The Jaguars went 2-1 at the Minneota “Vikings” Quadrangular, with big wins over No. 6A ranked Minneota 33-30 and No. 11A ranked Howard Lake-Waverly- Winsted 39-31. They were defeated by No. 12A ranked Canby 37-27. Ryan Jensen (132), Maximus Hanson (170) and Ethan Spanier (220) all went 3-0. Wyatt Engen (138) and Haley Weber (285) both went 2-1 and Brett DeRoo (145) and Talen Kampsen (195) both went 2-0. The Jaguars had a very good night with three big wins of AA teams at the Hutchinson “Tigers” quadrangular. They defeated No. 9AA ranked Hutchinson 44-25, Big Lake 45-27 and DC/LITCH 63-15. Brett DeRoo (145), Wyatt Engen (138), Tanner Viessman (160), Maximus Hanson (170) and Carson Gilbert (182) all went 3-0. Aiden Mueller (106), Hunter Laage (160), Talen Kampsen (195) and Harley Weber (285) all went 2-1. The Jaguars had an awesome team performance as they defeated three Class A rivals, No. 4A Royalton-Upsala 48-19, Lean and Mean WCA 44-22 and ACGC 62-17. The wins over R/U and ACGC earned them the Central Minnesota Conference championship. Aiden Mueller (106/113), Ryan Jensen (132), Wyatt Engen (138), Maximus Hanson (170) and Ethan Spanier (220) all went 3-0. Noah Welte (106/113), Tanner Viessman (195) and Carson Gilbert (182) all went 2-1. The Jaguars wrapped up their week of eight dual wins at the BHV/PP triangular, they defeated the host team Lean and Mean BHV/PP 51-18 and Quad County 57-18. Ryan Jensen (132), Brett DeRoo (138) Wyatt Engen (145), Maximus Hanson (170), Talen Kampsen (195) and Ethan Spanier (220) all went 2-0.
WEST CENTRAL AREA/ASHBY/BRANDON-EVANSVILLE KNIGHTS
The Knights split duals at the BOLD “Warriors” triangular, they defeated BOLD 66-15 and they were defeated by No. 6A ranked Minneota 41-31. Owen Guchow, Carter Lohse, Soloman Wales, Anthony Sykora and Beau Robinson all went 2-0. The Knights defeated AA foe Detroit Lakes 57-27 (9-5 match split). The Knights went 1-2 at the ACGC “FALCONS” quadrangular. They defeated ACGC 54-21 and they were defeated by No. 4A Royalton-Upsala 35-34 and by No. 8A BBE 44-22. Owen Gruchow (113), Hunter Gruchow (145) and Anthony Sykora (182) all went 3-0. Evan Dingwall (106), Carter Lohse (126), Adam Lohse (132) an Beau Robinson (195) all went 2-1. The Knights had a good team performance with 179 points to earn second place behind AA Lean and Mean Dawson-Boyd/LQPV/MONIT UNITED. They earned three championships by: Anthony Sykora (182), Hunter Gruchow (1450 and Soloman Wales (152). Owen Gruchow (106), Beau Robinson (195) and Justin Blascyk (285) all earned second place. Evan Dingwall (113), Adam Lohse (138) and Will Rustan (220) all earned fourth place. Ezekiel Sieckert (160) earned fifth place and Jeremy Blascyk (170) took sixth place.
PAYNESVILLE AREA BULLDOGS
The Bulldogs went 3-0 at the Ogilvie “Lions” Quadrangular with big wins over three Section 7A foes, Crosby-Ironton 60-24, Ogilvie 45-27 and Proctor-Hermantown 66-15. Mason Hanson (132), Grant Wendlandt (160), Aaron Mages (170), Seth Vearrier (195) and Spencer Eisenbraun (285) all went 3-0. Roman Roberg (106), Mitch Blonigen (145), Jose Anaya (152), Peyton Hemmesch (182), and Sam Brick (220) all went 2-1. The Bulldogs defeated their Section 5A neighbors Benson 47-19 on parents night.
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED LAKERS
The Lakers split their duals at the Minneota “Vikings”Quadrangular, they defeated No. 6A ranked Minneota 30-29 and they were defeated by No. 8A Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 39-31. Raydon Graham, Gabe Michels, Mitch Mallak and Collin Boese all went 2-0. They didn’t wrestle Canby, because they did wrestle in early December. The Lakers defeated three foes at the Rockford “Rockets” quadrangular. They defeated Rockford 72-6, Section 7A foe Ogilvie 60-13 and AA Orono 71-6. Raydon Graham, Tegan Miller, Gabe Michels, Tony Baumann, Mitch Mallak, Isaac Cain, Caleb Boeski and Colton Long all went 3-0. Alex Ogle, Caleb Graczyk both went 2-1 and Jakob Duske and Matt Busse both went 2-0. The Lakers had a good night at their quad, with wins over Section 4A rivals Sibley East (70-4) and Trinity United 76-0. They were defeated by Wright County Conference rival No. 5AA ranked Watertown-Mayer 36-25. Raydon Graham, Steve Heber, Mitch Mallak, Caleb Boese, Tyler Graczyk and Colton Long all went 3-0. Caleb Michels, Tony Baumann, Matt Busse and Jacob Duske all went 2-1.
KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG FIGHTING SAINTS
The Saints had a huge week as they defeated two rivals at the KMS “Fighting Saints” triangular. They defeated No. 8A ranked Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 47-23 and their neighbors Benson 57-21. Colton Noble (106), Trey Gunderson (120), Tanner Wilts (126), Jett Olson (145), Luke Froelich (160), Collin Johnson (182) and Masyn Olson (195) all went 2-0. The Fighting Saints had a great tournament performance with 163 points to win the nine team field of teams at the Red Rock Central “High Water Ethanol” Tournament. They earned eleven medals, including Trey Gunderson (120/35-0) and Aaron Jones (170/23-14) both earned championship medals. Jett Olson (145/26-11) and Masyn Olson (195/24-11) both earned second place, Colton Noble (106//29-11), and Taytan Nielsen (132/19-16) both earned third place. Luke Froelich (160/24-15), Collin Johnson (182)/18-15) and Owen Kidrowski (220/14-10) all earned fourth place. Noah Johnson (138/21-16) earned fifth place and Jason Jones (285/11-10) took sixth place. The Fighting Saints split duals at the Pierz “Pioneers” triangular, they defeated AA Albany 54-21. They were defeated by Section 7AA foe Pierz 41-29. Trey Gunderson (126), Jett Olson (145), Luke Froelich (170), Masyn Olson (195), Owen Kidrowski (220) and Jason Jones (285) all went 2-0.
BERTHA-HEWITT/VERNDALE/PARKERS PRAIRIE RAIDERS
The Raiders had a good week as they defeated a pair of rivals at the Pelican Rapids “Vikings” triangular. They defeated Section 6A rivals Pelican Rapids 39-34 and Section 7A rival Staples-Motley 39-34. Orran Hart, Evan Jares, Bennet Arceneau, Deagen Captain, David Revering, Cayden Kimber and Braden Shamp all went 2-0. The Raiders had a pair big huge wins at the New York Mills “Eagles” Triangular; they defeated Section 6A host New York Mills 47-30 and No. 5A Section 7A rival Long Prairie/Grey Eagle/Browerville 38-30. Hudson Truax, Justin Olson, Deagen Captain, David Revering and Hunter Strom all went 2-0. The Raiders earned second place with 182 points and eleven place winners at the Park Region Conference. Orran Hart (113), Bennet Arceneau (132) and Justin Koehn (170) all earned championships. Hudson Truax (106), Justin Olson (120), Cayden Kimber (160) and Braden Shamp (220) all earned second place. Deagan Captain (138), David Revering (145) and Hunter Strom (285) all earned third place and Evan Jares (126) earned fourth place.
BORDER WEST BUCCANEERS
The Buccaneers had a good week with four big dual meet wins; they defeated their neighbors Ortonville 63-15 and Sisseton, South Dakota 51-18 their “Buccaneers” triangular. Eli Larson, Jude Olson, Peyton Forcier, Patrick Forcier, Brody Nachbor, Noah Adelman and Andrew Hennessy all went 2-0. The Buccaneers hosted their second triangular of the week; they defeated a pair of rivals, Breckinridge/Wahpeton 51-21 and Mahnomen/Waubun 60-21. Cole Sykora, Eli Larson, Jude Olson, Peyton Forcier, Patrick Forcier, Brody Nachbor, Andrew Hennessy and Noah Adelman all went 2-0.
STAPLES-MOTLEY CARDINALS
The Cardinals split a pair of duals at the Pelican Rapids “Vikings” triangular. Former Section 6A rivals; they defeated Pelican Rapids 49-30 and they dropped one to their neighbors Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie 39-34. Turner Beachy, Jacob Becker, Luke Bjerga and Steven Petrich all went 2-0. The Cardinals earned third place at the WHAN “Tyler Moening Memorial” tournament with 152.5 points and eight place winners. Elijah Greenwaldt (106) and Colbe Tappe (138) both earned championships and Jason Trantina (132) earned second place. Riley Reese (126) and Steven Petrich (285) both earned fourth place, Owen Winter (145), Blake Neelan (152) and Luke Bjerga (170) all earned fifth place.
UNITED NORTH CENTRAL WARRIORS
The Warriors split duals with a pair of Section 8A rivals at their home triangular, they defeated Crookston 45-33. They dropped a dual to No. 10 A rivals Frazee 48-23. Conrad Koll, Zach Hendrickson, Aaron Lake, Hank Tellers and Marcus Peterson all went 2-0. the Warriors won a pair of duals over Park Region Conference rivals at the Osakis “Silverstreaks” triangular. They defeated New York Mills 48-22 and Osakis 53-22. Rhett Anderson, Conrad Koll, Aaron Lake, Zach Hendrickson, Wyatt Olson, Eli Roiko and Marcus Peterson all went 2-0. The Warriors defeated a pair of teams at their “Warrior” triangular, Section 8A rivals Fosston-Bagley 41-31 and Section 7A rivals Deer River 48-15. Zach Hendrickson, Riley Livingston, Hank Tellers and Marcus Peterson went 2-0. The Warriors split duals with a pair of conference rivals, they defeated OTC 75-6 and they were defeated by Lean and Mean BHV/PP 30-28. Zach Hendrickson (132), Riley Livingston (160), Shawn Hendrickson (195) and Marcus Peterson (285) all went 2-0. The Warriors had a very good team performance with 187.5 points and thirteen place winners to earn the Park Region Conference championship. Conrad Koll (120), Wyatt Olson (138), Hank Tellers (145) and Marcus Peterson (285) all earned championships. Zach Hendrickson (132), Zach Davidson (152) and Shawn Hendrickson (195) all earned second place. Aaron Lake (126) earned third place, Rhett Anderson (113), Levi Olson (106), Riley Levingston (160), Eli Roiko and Ryan Peterson (220) all earned fourth place.
MINNEWASKA AREA LAKERS
The Lakers had good week as they won a pair of duals at their home triangular over Kimball Area 51-28 and Sauk Centre/Melrose 48-29. Miles Wildman, Chase Smith, Nick Ankeny, Jayce Kovarik, Nathan Dell, Xander Johnson and Noah Jensen all went 2-0. The Lakers defeated a pair of Class A foes at the Osakis “Silverstreaks” triangular; they defeated Osakis 47-31 and New York Mills 49-27. Chase Smith, Mason Schiffler, Nick Ankeny, Jayce Karavik, Xander Johnson, Chase Boelke and Noah Jensen all went 2-0. The Lakers defeated two foes at the Eden Valley-Watkins “Eagles” Triangular, EVW 54-25 and AA New Ulm 42-30. Chase Smith (120), Mason Schiffler (132), Nick Ankeny (138), Nathan Dell (152), Chase Boelke (195) and Noah Jensen (220) all went 2-0. The Lakers earned seven medals at the CMC/WCC conference tournament. Chase Smith (120) earned second place, Miles Wildman (106) and Nick Ankeny (138) both earned third place. Myles Reichmann (160) and Chase Boelke (182) both earn fourth place, Nathan Dell (152) earned fifth place and Noah Jensen (195) took sixth place.
CLASS AA TEAMS
BECKER BULLDOGS
The Bulldogs defeated a pair of rivals, Mississippi 8 Conference and AA Lean and Mean St. Francis 37-20 and Section 6AA foe Sauk Rapids-Rice 76-3. Landen Kujawa (132), Jake Rosenow (145), Ethan Duncombe (152), Adam Jurek (170), Tyson Ricker (195/220) and Dylan Kolby (220/285) all went 2-0. The Bulldogs defeated their neighbors and section 6AA rivals Big Lake 56-30. The Bulldogs were defeated by the No. 1AAA and No. 3AAA teams at the St. Michael-Albertville “Knights” triangular. They were defeated by STMA 48-15 and by Hastings 36-29 (6-8 match split). Kaden Nicolas (126), Drew May (138) and Tyson Ricker (195) all went 2-0.
WATERTOWN-MAYER ROYALS
The Royals had a very good tournament performance all fourteen earning medals for a total of 192 points to win the Mankato East “Cougar” tournament, a field of a dozen teams. Joel Friederichs (106/26-1), Titan Friederichs (113/27-0), and Bryce Burkett (170/28-0) all earned championship medals. Kaleb Mead (120), Karson Tufte (126), Eli Hamberger (132/18-11), Steve Duske (145/18-8), Kyle Burmeister (195/19-10) and Ian Burau (285/7-1) all earned third place. Isaiah Mead (138/25-6) and Patrick Duske (152/19-10) both earned fourth place, Jack Entinger (138/17-18), Ben Bauman (160) and Jaeden Palmer (182/17-13) all took sixth place. The Royals defeated three foes at their home quadrangular; they defeated Wright County Conference rivals HLWW 38-25, Trinity United 81-0 and Sibley East 76-0. Joel Friedrichs, Parker Jackson, Eli Hamberger and Bryce Burkett all went 3-0. Jack Entinger, Steve Duske, Patrick Duske, Jaden Palmer and Jason Fenske all went 2-1 and Titan Friederichs and Kyler Burmeister both 2-0. The Royals had a good tournament performance at the Takedown 22 tournament with 205.5 points and eleven place winners to earn second place, behind No. 1A ranked Jackson County Central. Titan Friederichs (113), Parker Jackson (126) and Bryce Burkett (170) all won championships. Joe Friederichs (106) and Jonah Hamberger (132) both earned second place. Kyler Burmeister (220) and Ian Brau (285) both earned third place, Steven Duske (152) and Patrick Duske (160 both earned fourth place, Kaleb Mead (120) and Jaden Palmer (182) both earned fifth place.
PEQUOT LAKES/PINE RIVER-BACKUS ROAD CREW
The Road Crew defeated a pair of foes at their home triangular; they defeated AAA Brainerd 42-28 and Albany 59-20. Trevor Holmberg, Parker Zutter, Easton Miller, Owen Dabill, Earl Stockman, Corbin Knapp and Riley Peters all went 2-0. The Road Crew defeated a pair of Section 8AA foes Fergus Falls 69-12 and Sauk Centre/Melrose 48-27. Parker Zutter, Easton Miller, Brady Ruhl, Chance Abraham, Earl Stockman, Trey Tuchtenhagen, Corbin Knapp all went 2-0.
MORA MUSTANGS
The Mustangs defeated a pair of rivals at their “Mustangs” triangular; they defeated Granite Ridge Conference rivals Albany 71-3 and Section 8AA foe Perham 42-27. Anthony Nelson, Mason Nelson, Nathan Nelson, Garter Gmahl, Avery Nelson, Connor Gmahl and Tucker Hass all went 2-0. The Mustangs had a big win over Section 7AA and Granite Conference rival Pierz 48-23. The Mustangs defeated three Section 7AA rivals at the Pine City/Hinckley-Finlayson “Dragons” Quadrangular. They defeated Hibbing 57-15, Cloquet 69-9 and PCHF 69-9. Cooper Sjodin, Nathan Nelson, Carter Gmahl, Brock Folkema, Avery Nelson, Conrad Gmahl, Tucker Hass, Brock Peterson and Ben Evenson all went 3-0 Mason Nelson, Jared Yates, Dylan Adams all went 2-1. The Mustangs defeated a pair of rivals at their home triangular. They defeated Granite Ridge Conference rival AA Lean and Mean Foley 36-25 and Chisago Lakes 61-10. Nathan Nelson, Carter Gmahl, Avery Nelson, Connor Gmahl, Tucker Hass and Brock Peterson all went 2-0.
ANNANDALE-MAPLE LAKE LIGHTNING
The Lightning defeated a pair of foes, they defeated New London-Spicer “Wildcats” in a close one 34-29 and Section 6AA foe Sauk Rapids-Rice 75-6.Porter Pribyl (106), Noah Gindele (132), Jack Nilson (138), Cole LaFave (152), Carson Cooper (160), Riley Hall (170), Shay McClory (182/195) and Nathan Klatt (220/285) all went 2-0. The Lightning defeated a pair of 3AA teams: No. 9AA ranked Hutchinson 52-20 and Tri City United 61-9. Cassen Brumm (106/113), Xavier Jones (120/126), Ayden Fitzgerald (120/126), Carson Cooper (160), Riley Hall (170), Caden O’Malley (182) and Adam Klatt (285) all went 2-0. The Lighting defeated Section 6AA and Mississippi 8 Conference Monticello 42-22 (9-5 match split).The Lighting went 2-1 at their home quadrangular; they defeated Section 8AA foe Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 50-15 and Section 6AA rivals Delano 58-15. They were defeated by No. 6AA ranked Scott West 36-24. Xavier Jones (120/126), Noah Gindele (132/138) and Nathan Klatt (220) all went 3-0. Cassen Brunn (106), Porter Pribyl (113), Ayden Fitzgerald (120/126), Jack Nilson (138/145) Carson Cooper (160), Carter Courtright (182), Alex Sundberg (195) and Adam Klatt (285) all went 2-1.
FOLEY FALCONS
The Falcons defeated three foes at the New London-Spicer “Wildcats” Quadrangular. They defeated Section 6AA rival DC/LITCH 56-15, Rockford 72-12 and New London-Spicer 40-26. Cyler Ruhoff (120), Wyatt Wall (132), Noah Brunn (138), William Gutormson (145), Cole Rudnitski (152), Alex Jennissen (160) and Aiden Micholski (195) all went 3-0. Jacob DeMarais (106), Hunter Wilhelmi (113) and Joe Prom (285) all went 2-1. Special Note: Alex Jennissen (160 Pounds) Won his 100th Career Match. The Falcons split their duals at the Mora “Mustang” triangular, they defeated Section 4AA foe Chisago Lakes 60-12. they were defeated by No. 8AA ranked Granite Ridge Conference rivals Mora 36-25. Jacob DeMarais (106), Wyatt Britz (113), Cyler Ruhoff (120), Tyler Wilhelmi (126), Cole Rudnitski (145/152) and Aiden Micholski (182) all went 2-0. The Falcons went 1-2 at the Blaine “Bengals” Duals; they defeated AAA Coon Rapids 63-9. They were defeated by AAA Forest Lake 51-23 and Totino Grace 31-28. Noah Brunn (138/145) Cole Rudnitski (145/152) and Aiden Micholski (182) all went 3-0. Alex Jennissen (152/160) and Keagon Frisbie (170) both went 2-1 and Cyler Ruhoff (120) went 2-0.
PIERZ PIONEERS
The Pioneers dropped a pair of duals to No. 8AA Mora 48-23, a Section 7AA and Granite Conference rival. They were defeated by Princeton 38-27, Kyle Stangl, Liam Hennessy and Chase Becker all went 2-0. The Pioneers defeated their conference rivals Zimmerman 69-10 (12-2 match split). The Pioneers defeated a pair of foes at the Albany “Huskies” triangular. The defeated Class A Lean and Mean KMS 41-29 and Granite Ridge Conference rivals Albany 55-16. Link Toops, Kyle Stangl, Cash Fussy, Derek Stangl, Chase Becker, Jayden Zajac and Nathan Nash all went 2-0.
BIG LAKE HORNETS
The Hornets dropped a dual to Section 6AA and Mississippi 8 neighbors No. 3AA ranked Becker 56-20. The Hornets went 1-2 at the Hutchinson “Tigers” Quadrangular. They defeated Section 6AA rivals DC/LITCH 50-12. They dropped one to No. 8A ranked Belgrade-Brooten-ELROSA 45-27 and to No. 9AA ranked Hutchinson 42-28. The Hornets were defeated by their Section 6AA rivals Princeton 46-26. They were defeated by Mississippi 8 Conference rivals Cambridge-Isanti 48-27.
NEW LONDON-SPICER WILDCATS
The Wildcats were defeated by Wright County Conference and AA Lean and Mean Annandale/Maple Lake 34-29. The Wildcats defeated a pair of Wright County Conference rivals DC/Litch 59-21 and Rockford 69-9. They were defeated by Foley 40-26. Andrew Sandau, Isaiah Nelson, Reid Holmquist and Michael Johnson all went 3-0. Carson Nelson, Holton Hanson, Caleb Nelson, Everett Halvorson, Adam Sandau, Brady Duke and Carson McCain all went 2-1. The Wildcats split duals with a pair of Wright County Conference foes; they defeated Glencoe 48-23. They were defeated by St. Peter 39-25. Andrew Sandau (106), Isaiah Nelson (113), Holton Hanson (126), Brody Duke (182) and Marshal Johnson (285) all went 2-0.
ROCORI SPARTANS
The Spartans had a good week with a pair of wins over Central Lakes Conference rivals at their home triangular. They defeated Alexandria Area 40-34 and St. Cloud Crush 51-22. Kameron Moscho (113/120), Renner Haven (120-126), Evan Moscho (152), Mason Orth (182/195) and Grady Minnerath (220) all went 2-0. The Spartans earned four medals at the Orono “Spartans” tournament; Grady Minnerath (285/29-2) earned a second place medal, Mason Orth (182/26-6) earned fourth. Evan Moscho (152/26-6) earned fifth place and Nathan Soldner (170/18-14) took sixth place. The Spartans split duals with their Central Lakes Conference rivals, they defeated Sauk Rapids/Rice 47-8. they were defeated by 40-27 by Brainerd. Anthony Brown (160), Mason Orth (195) and Grady Minnerath (220) all went 2-0. The Spartans split their duals at the Bemidji “LumberJacks” Triangular; they defeated CLC rivals Sartell-St. Stephen 64-15. They were defeated by 5AAA ranked Bemidji 55-15. Anthony Brown (160) and Mason Orth (195) both went 2-0.
MILACA-FAITH CHRISTIAN WOLVES
The Wolves had a good week with two big wins over Section 7AA rivals Aitkin 37-28 and Section 8AA foe Sauk Centre/Melrose 53-24. The Wolves defeated Mille Lacs 48-25. they defeated a pair of foes at the Spectrum triangular; they defeated the host school Section 6AA foe Spectrum 66-0 and rivals Grand Rapids 47-24. Robert Gerisch, Jack Schoenborn, Caleb Sahlstrom, Clay Anderson, Jack Nord, Jack Hanson, Colbee Zens and Logan Ash all went 2-0.
ALEXANDRIA AREA CARDINALS
The Cardinals split duals at the Rocori “Spartans” triangular, they defeated Central Lakes Conference rivals St. Cloud Crush 51-26. They dropped a close one to the conference rivals Rocori 40-34. Nolan Fettig, Mason Mcgrane, Kelley Johnson and Cody Vatnsdal all went 2-0. The Cardinals dropped a pair of very close duals to Section 8AA rivals Detroit Lakes 35-30 and Morris Area 39-37. Nolan Fettig (106), Mason Mcgrane (126) and Kelly Johnson (170) all went 2-0.