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MAT RATS SECTION 8A PREVIEW 2019-2020
FAVORITES: BADGER/GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER GATORS and the FRAZEE HORNETS
DARK HORSES: FOSSTON/BAGLEY BRAWLERS and the UNITED NORTH CENTRAL WARRIORS
BADGER/GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER GATORS
Head Coach: Isaac Novacek
Conference: Independent
Section 8A
19-11 Overall Duals
Section 8A Champions
Thirteen Section Place Winners/Six State Qualifiers/Three Placers/One Champion
Third Place: WDC “Dennis Kaatz Memorial” Invite: 169.6 pts. 10 Placers
Second Place: Larimore, ND Invite: 187.5 pts. 10 Placers
Fifth Place: TRF “Air Force/National Guard” Invite: 150.5 pts. 10 Placers
Fifth Place: Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invite: 78 pts. 6 Placers
Fifth Place: Grand Forks “Seratoma” Duals
Returning Wrestlers:
Dominik Vacura 11th 46-3 1st Sec./State Champion
Andy Dostal 12th 34-14 3rd Section
Zach Evans 12th 32-14 1st Section
Caleb Vacura 10th 32-22 1st Section/6th State
Tony Olson 11th 32-17 3rd Section
Jacob Bergsnev 12th 19-25 4th Section
Garrett Underberg 11th 18-19 4th Section
Joe DeZelar 12th 18-22 4th Section
Ethan Waage 10th 10-20 5th Section
Jaxon Janousek 9th 7-26 6th Section
Brogan Beito 9th 9-29
Colton Gust 12th 3-2
Tristan Lochen 12th 1-2
Dawson Bertio 11th 2-2
Graduates:
Owen Novacek 45-4 1st Sec./4th State (188-49 Career)
Avery Augustson 35-9 1st Section (85-62 Career)
Brandon Pries 20-13 2nd Section (46-32 Career)
FRAZEE HORNETS
Head Coach: Ross Lefebvre
Conference: Heart O’Lakes
Section 8A
Overall Dual Record Unknown
Section 8A Runner up
Twelve Section Place Winners/Eight State Qualifiers/One State Placer
Second Place: Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invite: 160.5 pts. 11 Placers
Third Place: Bemidji “Rick Lee” Duals
Second Place: Wahpeton “Dan Unruh” Invite: 185 pts. 11 Placers
Second Place: Heart O’Lakes Conference: 185 pts. 13 Placers
Tenth Place: Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invite: 62.5 pts. 3 Placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Luke Tweeton 12th 35-8 2nd Sec./2nd State/AC
Brett Graham 12th 37-13 1st Section/AC
Jake Nagel 9th 24-18 2nd Section
Tyler Moe 8th 23-24 3rd Section
Colton Borah 12th 20-5 1st Section
Lukas Volstad 12th 18-23 3rd Section
Christian Carlson 11th 17-22 2nd Section
Brock Barlund 11th 16-17 5th Section
Kaden Hiemenz 11th 15-14 2nd Section
Howard Solem 11th 14-13
Mason Newling 12th 12-22
Daniel Graham 9th 10-23
Seth Isola 12th 6-11
Preston Mayfield 8th 5-7
Graduates:
Gabe Drewes 28-11 1st Section
Ricky Roforth 24-20 5th Section
Tony Malikowski 6-3 2nd Section
Joey Giefer 7-11
FOSSTON/BAGLEY BROWLERS
Head Coach: Pat Wolfe
Conference: North Star
Section 8A
13-8 Overall 5-3 North Star
Twelve Section Placers/One State Qualifier/One State Placer
Second Place: LPA “Terry Teiken” Invite: 163 pts. 9 Placers
First Place: WHAN “Wolfpack” Invite: 151 pts. 11 Placers
Fourth Place: Morris Area “Dr. Busian” Invite: 14o pts. 8 Placers
Fifth Place: Fosston/Bagley “Al Olson” Invite: 96 pts. 6 Placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Carter Sorenson 11th 34-9 1st Sec./6th State/AC
Jacob Lomen 12th 28-13 3rd Section/AC
Keegan Senger 10th 24-17 3rd Section
Dane Schoenborn 11th 24-17 5th Section
Henry Burrack 12th 23-19 4th Section
Axel Munter 12th 21-8 4th Section
Jayce Thompson 10th 15-20 6th Section
Evan Chalich 11th 11-12 5th Section
Mason Erickson 8th 6-8
Tegan Larson 10th 4-9
Kaden Sanford 9th 4-10
Aiden Wolfe 8th 4-0
Graduates:
Teigen Hextell 27-12 3rd Section/AC (70 Career Wins)
Christian Schmidt 21-17 4th Section
Tyler Maruska 15-15 5th Section
Kaden Kappedal 6-27 6th Section
Gabe Berry 9-20
UNITED NORTH CENTRAL WARRIORS
Head Coach: Jacob Oyster
Conference: Park Region
Section: 8A
The Warriors will have back from their good 14-8 dual meet campaign, seven section place winners, including two state qualifiers of which one earned state honors and eight others with a wide range of experience. They did graduate four seniors last spring, all four were section place winners, one was a state qualifier. This will be a young team, yet look for them to make continued improvements threw out the course of the season. They should challenge their dual meet numbers form last season. Look for the Warriors to possible move up in the PRC standings and make another challenge for a top four spot in what should be a pretty balanced section dual meet campaign. Ethan Hendrickson, Eion Ness, Dakota Meech, TJ Jasicki, Dylan Rasmussen, Hake Tellers and Vince Dailey should be key leaders thru out the season.
14-8 Overall 2-3 Park Region
Final Four Section 8A
Eleven Section Place Winners/Three State Qualifiers/One State Placer
First Place: Crookston “Rod Olson” Invite: 155.5 Pts. 13 Placers
Sixth Place: Wadena-Deer Creek “Dennis Kaatz Memorial” Invite: 112.5 Pts. 9 Placers
Sixth Place: Park Region Conference: 112.5 Pts. 12 Placers
Fourteenth Place: Cass Lake “Big Bear” Invite: 53.5 Pts. 5 Placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Ethan Hendrickson 10th 38-6 1st Sec./6th State/AC
Eion Ness 10th 33-14 2nd Section
Dakota Meech 11th 18-21 3rd Section
TJ Jasicki 10th 18-14 3rd Section/AC
Dylan Rasmussen 10th 15-20 4th Section
Torrey Carlson 10th 13-26 6th Section
Hank Teller 9th 13-25 4th Section
Hunter Sharo 11th 13-25
Dominick Fuller 11th 10-19
Vince Dailey 11th 9-11 (Injured) (Big Lake)
Spencer Erickson 10th 5-1
Tucker Holm 12th 5-7
Ethan Trout 12th 4-13
Gabe Hendickson 9th 2-12
Shawn Hendrickson 9th 1-2
Graduates:
Jared Seibert 33-10 3rd Section/AC (102-88 Career)
Brock Kako 22-17 5th Section (55-66 Career)
Gator Bettin 20-15 3rd Section
Isaac Tellers 9-7 2nd Section (71-63 Career)
CROOKSTON PIRATES
Head Coach: Wes Hanson
Conference: North Star
Section 8A
14-5 Overall Duals 5-3 North Star
Final Four Section 8A
Nine Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers/One State Placer
First Place: Mahnomen/Waubun Duals
Fourth Place: Grand Rapids “Skip Nolan” Invite: 134.5 pts. 8 Placers
Seventh Place: Crookston “Rod Olson” Invite: 100 pts. 7 Placers
Eight Place: TRF “Air Force/National Guard” Invite: 79.5 pts. 7 Placers
Sixth Place: Fertile “Northwest” Invite: 96 pts. 6 Placers
Sixth Place: Wahpeton “Dan Unrah: Invite: 100 pts. 6 Placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Zach Brown 11th 39-3 1st Sec./4th State/AC
Ethan Bowman 9th 28-14 5th Section
Ethan Boll 9th 25-15 6th Section
Cameron Welland 11th 23-19 3rd Section/AC
Nolan Dans 11th 19-18 5th Section
Braxton Volker 9th 15-22 5th Section
Carter Coauette 8th 8-7
Hunter Knutson 9th 8-25
Cade Deleon 10th 2-18
Hunter Kresl 9th 2-1
Andrew Macgregor 11th 2-4
Cade Coauette 11th 3-17
Spencer Ness 8th 1-0
Graduates:
Lukas Meier 21-8 2nd Section/AC (107-55 Career)
Damian Hodgson 28-15 4th Section (97-87 Career)
Blake Fee 10-20 4th Section
Damian Narvaey 0-2
PARK RAPIDS PANTHERS
Head Coach: Matt Clark
Conference: Mid-State
Section 8A
3-17 Overall Dual Record
Three Section Place Winners
Second Place: Crooskton “Rod Olson” Invite: 142 Pts. 9 placers
Fourth Place: Ogilvie “Lions” Invite: 148 pts. 8 Placers
Sixth Place: BHV/PP “Raiders” Invite: 95 pts. 7 Placers
Tenth Place: TRF “Air Force/National Guard” Invite: 6o pts. 3 placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Kaden Safratowich 12th 20-21
Carnell Hunter 11th 13-21
Joe Klein 12th 11-14
Eli Bessman 12th 10-7
Joe Stachowski 12th 7-12
Lucas Kritzeck 9th 9-5
Max Crist 12th 5-20
Eli Burton 8th 3-13
Daryl Etter 10th 3-13
Henry Thorson 8th 3-4
Harley Wellman 9th 3-10
Micah Snyder 9th 1-5
John Hoefs 11th 1-1
Graduates:
Ashton Clark 18-1 1st Section/AC (159-22 Career)
Cody Dravis 35-6 2nd Section (168-42 Career)
Jack Hensel 28-15 3rd Section (66-50 Career)
Kian Scott 12th 28-9
Angel Swajardo 1-6
FERTILE-BELTRAMI FALCONS
Head Coach: Chad Hitchen
Conference: North Star
Section 8A
3-9 Overall Duals
Nine Section Place Winners/One State Qualifier
Third Place: Fertile “Northwest” Invite: 121 pts. 9 Placers
Sixth Place: Fosston-Bagley “Alfred Olson” Invite: 88 pts. 7 Placers
Ninth Place: Barnesville “Trojan” Invite: 61 pts. 4 Placers
Sixth Place: Larimore, ND Invite: 64 pts. 5 Placers
Eleventh Place: TRF “Air Force/National Guard” Invite: 46 pts. 3 Placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Hunter Hitchen 12th 31-15 2nd Section
Daunte Yost 11th 27-8 6th Section
Seth Lavalier 10th 18-15 4th Section
Wesley Ramberg 9th 13-19 6th Section
Gabe Horgeshimer 12th 8-16
Levi Qually 10th 8-14
Brandon VanDenEinde 11th 5-7
Jude Olson 10th 6-10
Jasper Olson 12th 2-4
Ivan Nephew 12th 2-6
Tyler Stuhaug 10th 1-13 6th Section
Nick Hedlund 10th 1-2
Graduates:
Alex Smith 16-18 4th Section
Dakota Qualley 9-21 6th Section
Harmon Liebl 8-20 6th Section
RED LAKE COUNTY CENTRAL
Head Coach: Cameron Lundeen
Conference: North Star
Section 8A
Overall Duals Unknown
Six Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Seventh Place: Fertile “Northwest” Invite: 79 pts. 5 Placers
Tenth Place: Crookston “Rod Olson” Invite: 50 pts. 3 Placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Tristyn Ferguson 11th 25-9 2nd Section
Damon Ferguson 9th 15-12 1st Section
Zachary Howard 10th 17-13 3rd Section
George Duden 11th 16-11 5th Section
Paul DeHate 10th 11-13 4th Section
Oscar Duden 9th 7-17 6th Section
Gunnar Sandeen 9th 4-15
MAHNOMEN/WAUBUN THUNDERBIRDS
Head Coach: John Black
Conference: North Star
Section 8A
Overall Dual record Unknown
Five Section Place Winners/One State Qualifier
Eight Place: Crookston “Rod Olson” Invite: 61 pts. 4 Placers
Eight Place: Grand Rapids “Skip Nolan” Invite: 64 pts. 4 Placers
Tenth Place: LPA “Terry Teiken” Invite: 54 pts. 3 Placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Garret Eiynck 11th 29-11 1st Section
Will Olson 10th 14-19 5th Section
Shae Yates 12th 9-21
Blake Geray 10th 9-25
David Rock 11th 7-15
Lukas Geray 10th 3-15
Logan Bendickson 12th 2-6 6th Section
Graduates:
Adam Syverson 23-14 5th Section
Chase Dorman 15-8 3rd Section
