Teams included in the Mississippi 8 Conference Report are Becker, Princeton, Big Lake, Cambridge-Isanti, St. Francis, Monticello, Chisago Lakes, and North Branch.
Becker Bulldogs
The Bulldogs defeated their Section 6AA foe Rocori 62-6 with a 13-1 match split, including six falls. They were defeated in the Section 6AA championship by the No. 4AA ranked Dassel-Cokato/Litchfield 36-24 with a 5-9 match split. Kaden Nicolas, Kaden Rish, Brayden Weber, Lukas Paulson and Caden DeWall all went 2-0 in the section duals. The Bulldogs completed their dual meet portion of their season with an impressive 27-2 overall record. The Bulldogs had a good Section 6AA tournament with ten place winners; Caden DeWall (182) 1st place, Lukas Paulson (145) 1st place, Adam Jurek (160) 2nd place, Bryce Kuschel (220) 2nd place, Dylan Weber (195) 1st place, Tyson Richer (170) 2nd place, Landen Kujawa (113) 2nd place, Kaden Nicolas (106) 2nd place, Mason Doucette (152) 3rd place, Dylan Kolby (285) 3rd place. The Bulldogs had a good Section 6AA Section tournament with ten wrestlers advancing to the Super 5/6 Section. Wrestlers that advanced to the Section 6AA Championship were: Kaden Nicolas (106), Landen Kujawa (113), Lukas Paulson (145), Adam Jurek (160), Tyson Richer (170), Dylan Weber (195) and Bryce Kuschel (220) and Mason Doucetter (152) and Dylan Kolby (285) both advanced to the Third Place match. The Bulldogs had ten that earned places at the Super Section 5/6 tournament. Four state qualifiers: Caden Dewall, 1st place (182) 32-0, Lukas Paulson, 1st place (145) 32-0, Bryce Kuschel, 1st place (220) 17-6 and Kaden Nicolas, 2nd place (106) 31-3. Dylan Kolby, 3rd place (285) 27-6, Dylan Weber, 3rd place (19-4), Adam Jurek, 4th place (160) 23-7, Mason Doucette, 4th place (152) 20-5, Tyson Richer, 4th place (170) 22-6 and Landen Kujawa, 4th place (113) 22-8.
Princeton Tigers
The No. 9AA ranked Tigers defeated their Section 7AA rivals Grand Rapids 70-6 with a 13-1 match split, including nine falls. The Tigers defeated No. 10AA ranked Pequot Lake-Pine River-Backus 47-21 with a 9-5 match split. The Tigers continued to roll as they defeated their rival, No. 5AA ranked Foley 41-26 with a 8-6 match split. Kyle Boeke, Parker Adkins, Zack Wells, Noah Vanderbeek, Ethan Ballweber and Landon Parent all went 3-0 and Zach Marshall, Kaden Olson and Keith Ellingson went 2-1. The Tigers earned eleven places at the Section 7AA tournament. Noah Vanderbeek (120), Tyler Wells (113), Ethan Ballweber (126), Landen Parent (132), Kyle Boeke (138), Zach Wells (152), Zach Marshall (170) and Kaden Olsen (195) all advanced to the championship. Seegang Birkaker (106), Parker Adkins (145) and Malachi Kolhoff (182) all advanced to the third place match. The Tigers had eleven Super Section 7/8 place winners: Tyler Wells (113) 1st place, Noah Vanderbeek (120), Landen Parent (132), Kyle Boeke (138) all earned championships. Ethan Ballweber (126) 2nd place, Zach Wells (152) 3rd place, Deegan Biraker (106) 4th place, Kaden Olsen (195) 4th place, Parker Adkins (145) 6th place and Malachi Kolhoff (182) 6th place.
Big Lake Hornets
The Hornets earned nine places at the Section 6AA tournament: Christian Noble (120), Nolan Reiter (126), Luke Schumacher (132), Rocco Visci (138) and Dillon Browen (145) all advanced to the championship. Cash Stortz (106), Casey Sixberry (113), Tyler Dehmer (170) and Brett Bordwell (195) all advanced to the third place match. The Hornets earned nine places at the Super Section 5/6 tournament. Christian Noble (120, Nolan Reiter (126) and Luke Schumacher (132) all earned championships. Cash Sixberry (113), Rocco Visci (138) and Dillon Browen (145) all earned earned second place. Tyler Dehmer (170) 3rd place and Brett Bordwell (195) 4th place.
Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets
The Bluejackets earned ten Section 7AAA place winners: Leo Edblad (106) and Treytin Byers (160) both advanced to the championship. Braydon Davis (113), Logan Lindquist (120), Maverick Henderson (126), Brandon Austin (138), Wyatt Wothe (152), Andrew Stickley (195), Devan Jones (220) and Scott Simpson (285) all advance to the third place match. The Bluejackets earned four places at the Super Section 7/8 tournament: Leo Edblad (106) earned the championship, Treytin Byers (160) 3rd place, Andrew Stickley (195) 4th place and Wyatt Wothe (152) 6th place.
St. Francis Fighting Saints
The Fighting Saints had seven place winners at the Section 7AAA tournament. Tegan Sherk (120) Tyson Charmoli (113) and Tony Gerlach (195) all advanced to the championship. Ken Hollenbeck (132), Joe Waldcok (160) and Bo Flagstad (170) all advanced to the third place match. They earned four medals at the Super Section 7/8 tournament. Tyson Charmoli (113) 3rd place, Tegan Sherk (120) 4th place, Bo Flagstad (170) 6th place and Tony Gerlach (195) 6th place.
Monticello Magic
The Magic earned three places at the Section 6AA tournament; Nelson Anderson (132) advanced to the championship and Quinn McCalla (113) and Alex Fearing (160) both advanced to the third place match. They earned three medals at the Super Section 5/6 tournament. Nelson Anderson (132) 2nd place, Quinn McCalla (113) and Alex Fearing (160) both earned sixth place.
Chisago Lakes Wildcats
The Wildcats were defeated in their first round of the Section 4AA Duals by Cretin Durham Hall 45-36 with a 6-8 match split, including three falls. The Wildcats earned seven Section 4AA medals: Andrew Novack (132) and Nolan Huffman (145) and Logan Bender (170) all advance to the championship. Braxton Bender-Ehlke (106), Riley Palmer (113), Hayden Trupe (138) and Austin Siefert (182) all advanced to the third place match. The Wildcats earned three medals at the Super Section 1/4 tournament: Andrew Novack (132) 4th place, Hayden Trupe (138) 6th place and Logan Bender (170) all earned sixth place.
North Branch Vikings
The Vikings earned six medals at the Section 4AA tournament: Evan Pommier (106), Josh Logan (145), Ashton LaBelle (152), Brandt Bombard (160), Caleb Norwig (220) and Jackson Marcussen (285) all advanced to the championship. The Vikings earned five places at the Super Section 1/4 tournament: Brandt Bombard (160) 3rd place, Josh Logan (145) 4th place, Evan Pommier (106) 6th place, Caleb Norwig (220) 6th Place and Jackson Marcussen (285) 6th place.