We have a Section 8A 2020-21 season preview courtesy of Roger Mischke of Mat Rats. The preview is below.
MAT RATS SECTION 8A PREVIEW 2020-2021
FAVORITES: Badger/Greenbush-Middle River and United North Central
DARK HORSES: Crookston and Frazee
BADGER/GREENBUSH-MIDDLE RIVER GATORS
Head Coach: Isaac Novacek
Conference: Independent
18-12 Overall
Thirteen Section Place Winners/Five State Qualifiers/One Placer
Section 8A Champions
Class A Sixth Place
First Place: Larimore, ND Invite: 167 pts 11 placers
Fourth Place: TRF “Army/National Guard” Invite: 146.5 pts 12 placers
Fourth Place: Lisbon “Storhaug” Invite: 160 pts. 8 placers
Sixth Place: WDC “Dennis Kaatz Memorial” Invite: 117.5 pts. 8 placers
Fourth Place: Grand Forks “Sertoma” Duals
Returning Wrestlers:
Dominik Vacura 12th 52-1 1st Sec./1st State
Caleb Vacura 11th 36-11 3rd Section
Tony Olson 12th 35-18 3rd Section
Ethan Waage 11th 33-21 2nd Section
Garrett Undeberg 12th 30-21 1st Section
Jaxon Janousek 10th 30-24 3rd Section
Nathan Waage 11th 22-20 3rd Section
Brogan Beito 10th 16-34 6th Section
Dawson Beito 12th 15-12
Dayn Janousek 8th 15-31 5th Section
Mason Scharf 10th 7-4
Dameon Hanson 8th 5-4
Christian Berg 8th 3-6
Moses Creekmore 10th 2-9
Graduates:
Andy Dostal 48-7 1st Section (140-71 Career
Colton Gust 25-9 3rd Section
Jacob Bergsnev 27-20 2nd Section (52-64 Career)
Tristan Locken 14-34 4th Section
Zach Evans 4-1 Injured (83-49 Career)
UNITED NORTH CENTRAL WARRIORS
Head Coach: Jacob Oyster
Conference: Park Region
15-8 Overall Duals 4-1 Park Region
Thirteen Section Placers/Two State Qualifiers/One Placer
Final Four Section 8A
Gold Plaque MWCA Academic
Section 8A Sportsmanship Award
Sixth Place Park Region Conference: 127.5 pts. 9 placers
Third Place: Crookston “Rod Olson” Invite: 157.5 pts. 11 placers
Seventh Place: WDC “Dennis Kaatz Memorial” Invite: 100 pts. 10 placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Eion Ness 11th 34-8 3rd Section/AC
Dakota Meech 12th 33-9 4th Section/AC
Torrey Carlson 11th 29-17 3rd Section
Ethan Hendrickson 11th 28-3 1st Sec./2nd State/AC
Aaron Lake 9th 25-17 5th Section
Vince Dailey 12th 24-8 4th Section
Hunter Skaro 12th 23-18 3rd Section
Hank Tellers 10th 15-20 2nd Section
Dylan Rasmussen 11th 19-15 6th Section
Reid Pinoniemi 10th 12-15 6th Section
Logan Torma 10th 10-18
Gabe Hendrickson 10th 9-17 5th Section
Spencer Erickson 11th 6-11
Justin Gonska 10th 6-14
J. Jasicki 11th 6-6/Injured 2yrs Ago 18-14 3rd Sec./AC
Collin Olson 10th 4-1
Marcus Peterson 10th 3-10
Kevin Dailey 8th 3-0
Shawn Hendrickson 10th 2-4
Joel Isaacson 10th 2-5
Wyatt Olson 10th 1-3
Cooper Hasbargen 8th 1-3
Graduate:
Axel Gonska 6-14 6th Section
CROOKSTON PIRATES
Head Coach: Wes Hanson
Conference: North Star
12-9 Overall Duals
Eight Section Placers/Five State Qualifiers/Two State Placers
Silver Plaque MWCA Academic
First Place: Lake Park “Terry Teiken” Invite: 172 pts. 14 placers
Fourth Place: Grand Rapids “Skip Nalan 42nd Annual” Invite: 129 pts. 7 placers (18 Teams)
Fourth Place: Crookston “Rod Olson” Invite: 143.5 pts. 10 placers
Fourteenth Place: Cass Lake-Bena “Big Bear” Invite: 84 pts 4 placers
Hillsboro, ND Duals: 3-2
Returning Wrestlers:
Ethan Boll 10th 39-8 2nd Sec./6th State/AC
Zach Brown 12th 35-11 1st Sec./5th State/AC
Ethan Bowman 10th 35-11 2nd Section/AC
Cameron Weiland 12th 34-15 5th Section
Nolan Dans 12th 33-12 4th Section
Braxton Volker 10th 32-13 3rd SectionAC
Carter Coauette 9th 28-11 2nd Section/AC
Hunter Knutson 10th 22-22 1st Section/AC
Cade Coautte 12th 15-19
Spencer Ness 9th 11-9
Hunter Kresl 10th 7-24
Läyten Fuentes 10th 5-24
Evin Trudeau 9th 2-1
Graduate:
Cam Hulst 18-22 (69-89 Career)
FRAZEE HORNETS
Head Coach: Travis Nagel
Conference: Heart O’Lakes
14-11 Overall Duals 3-1 Heart O’Lakes
Thirteen Section Placers/Six State Qualifiers/Two State Placers
Section 8A Runner Up
Second Place: Heart O’Lakes Conference: 166.5 pts. 13 placers
Second Place: Wahpeton “Dan Unruh” Invite: 216.5 pts. 10 placers
Fourth Place: Brainerd “Paul Bunyan” Invite: 136.5 pts 9 placers
Fourth Place: BBE “Jaguar” Invite: 138.5 pts. 11 placers
Twenty-fourth Place: Fargo “Rumble on the Red” Invite: 54 pts 2 placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Christian Carlson 12th 30-19 2nd Section
Kaden Kiemenz 12th 29-19 2nd Section
Jake Nagel 10th 18-8
Danny Graham 10th 14-22 5th Section
Bailey Peichel 8th 19-19 4th Section
Tyler Moe 9th 9-13
Brock Barland 12th 9-6 3rd Section
Bryan Kropunske 11th 6-13 4th Section
Preston Mayfield 9th 4-8
Cade Nagel 8th 4-22
Caden Mayfield 11th 4-6
Jakob Piche 8th 3-2
Karsten Trieglaff 10th 2-3
Brady Crabtree 9th 2-2
Xander Kohler 9th 1-2
Mason Wilkowski 8th 1-6
Graduates:
Brett Graham 42-7 1st Sec./4th State/AC (119-44 Career)
Luke Tweeton 46-3 1st Sec./2nd State/AC (166-33 Career)
Lukas Volstad 29-15 1st Section (65-54 Career)
Coleton Borah 21-13 Injured (47-22 Career)
Seth Isola 19-14 2nd Section
Mason Newling 14-24 6th Section
Wesley Kropuenske 11-13 5th Section
Caleb DeGroat 4-20
FOSSTON/BAGLEY BRAWLERS
Head Coach: Pat Wolfe
Conference: North Star
17-10 Overall Duals
Eleven Section Placers/Two State Qualifiers/One placer
Third Place: WHAN “Wolfpack” Invite: 171 pts. 10 placers
Fourth Place: Morris “Dr. Busian” Invite: 141 pts. 10 placers
Third Place: Grand Rapids “Skip Nalan” Invite: 143 pts. 6 placers
Second Place: Fosston/Bagley “Alfred Olson” Invite: 103 pts. 14 placers
Hibbing “Bluejacket” Duals: (4-1)
Seventeenth Place: Cass Lake-Bena “Big Bear” Invite: 79.5 pts 3 placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Carter Sorenson 12th 51-2 1st Sec./3rd State/AC
Dan Schoenborn 12th 37-14 2nd Section/AC
Keegan Senger 11th 36-9 3rd Section/AC
Aiden Wolfe 9th 20-16 4th Section
Zach Thompson 8th 17-19 5th Section
Jayce Larson 11th 12-30 6th Section
Mason Erickson 9th 9-26
Evan Chalich 12th 8-26 4th Section
Jayce Thompson 11th 6-13
Dan Olson 9th 2-6
Ross Syverson 11th 2-1
Kaden Sanford 10th 1-14
Cameron Manecke 9th 1-13
Dylan Lomen 8th 1-2
Graduates:
Henry Burrack 35-15 3rd Section/AC (121 Career Wins)
Jacob Lomen 38-8 4th Section (103 Career Wins)
Axel Munter 36-11 4th Section
Tristan McCoy 22-17 3rd Section/AC
FERTILE-BELTRAMI FALCONS
Head Coach: Chad Hitchen
Conference: North Star
Ten Section Placers/Three State Qualifiers
Silver Plaque MWCA Academic
Third Place: Fosston-Bagley “Alfred Olson” Invite: 73 pts 9 placers
Fourth Place: Barnesville “Trojans” Invite: 90 pts. 7 placers
Tenth Place: Grand Rapids “Skip Nalan” Invite: 82.5 pts. 4 placers
Seventh Place: Fertile-Beltrami “Northwest” Invite: 88.5 pts 7 placers
Eleventh Place: Casselton, ND “Lettermans” Invite: 79.5 pts 3 placers
Twenty-seventh Place: Cass Lake-Bena “Big Bear” Invite: 45 pts. 2 placers.
Returning Wrestlers:
Seth Lavalier 11th 30-14 4th Section
Daunte Yost 12th 28-10 1st Section
Levi Qualley 11th 25-16 5th Section
Wes Ramberg 10th 16-20 5th Section
Tyler Stuhaug 11th 10-21 6th Section
Nick Hedlund 11th 9-12
Tyler Henderson 10th 4-5 6th Section
Micah Herbel 11th 4-15 6th Section
Tyler Kieckbusch 8th 1-1
Isaiah Wright 8th 1-3
Graduates:
Hunter Hitchen 36-11 1st Section (131 Career Wins)
Gabe Horgeshimer 22-16 6th Section
Jasper Olson 2-2
Ivan Nephew 1-2
RED LAKE COUNTY CENTRAL
Head Coach: Cameron Lundeen
Conference: North Star
1-13 Overall Duals
Six Section Placers/Four State Qualifiers
Sixth Place: Fosston-Bagley “Alfred Olson” Invite: 30 pts. 5 placers
Seventh Place: Crookston “Rod Olson” Invite: 86.5 pts 4 placers
Fifth Place; TRF “Army/National Guard” Invite: 54 pts 5 placers
Ninth Place: Fertile-Betrami “Northwestern” Invite: 56.5 pts. 5 placers
Twenty-Ninth Place: Cass Lake-Bena “Big Bear” Invite: 38 pts 1 placer
Returning Wrestlers:
Damon Ferguson 10th 31-7 1st Section/AC
Zachary Howard 12th 21-12 2nd Section/AC
Tristan Ferguson 12th 17-14 1st Section/AC
Paul DeHale 11th 20-18 5th Section
George Duden 12th 18-9 1st Section/AC
Oscar Duden 10th 6-20 6th Section
Gunnar Sandeen 10th 6-22
PARK RAPIDS PANTHERS
Head Coach: Matt Clark
Conference: Mid-State
7-12 Overall Duals 1-4 Mid-State
Seven Section Place Winners
Silver Plaque MWCA Academic
Sixth Place: Crookston “Rod Olson” Invite: 97 pts. 7 placers
Seventh Place: BHV/PP “Raider” Invite: 75.5 pts 6 placers
Eight Place: Grand Rapids “Skip Nalan” Invite: 79 pts. 6 placers
Ninth Place: Ogilvie “Lion 40th Annual” Invite: 67 pts 6 placers
Thirty-fourth Place: Cass Lake-Bena “Big Bear” Invite: 31 pts.
Returning Wrestlers:
Robby Sherk 10th 21-12 6th Section
Lucas Kritzeck 10th 21-19 4th Section
Harley Wellman 10th 15-14 5th Section
Dandre Johnson 8th 6-1
Eli Burton 9th 6-7
Jarrett Galzki 8th 4-5
Zachary Paurus 8th 4-5
Mike White 10th 3-5
Henry Thorson 9th 3-6
Tristan Hill 11th 3-12
Tate Horton 10th 3-20
Graduates:
Hunter Carnell 26-13 5th Section/AC
Kaden Safratowich 25-16 6th Section
Joe Klein 24-14 4th Section/AC
Joe Stachowek 28-13 5th Section/AC
MAHNOMEN/WAUBUN THUNDERBIRDS
Head Coach: John Black
Conference: North Star
4-18 Overall Duals
Three Section Placers/One State Qualifier
Seventh Place: Lake Park “Terry Teiken” Invite: 64 pts. 6 placers
Eight Place: Crookston “Rod Olson” Invite: 61 pts. 4 placers
Thirteenth Place: Grand Rapids “Skip Nalan 62nd Annual” Invited: 41.5 pts 2 placers
Returning Wrestlers:
Garret Eiynck 12th 34-10 2nd Section
Blake Geray 11th 16-20
Dustin Rock 12th 12-20
Will Olson 11th 8-20 4th Section
Nickowa Fortier 7-26
Lukas Geray 11th 4-29 6th Section
Graduate:
Shane Yates 18-18
