The Crookston Pirate Wrestling team held its end-of-the-year banquet on Wednesday evening and handed out a bunch of awards and honors. The list is below –
North Star ALL Conference winners: Evin Trudeau, Gavyn Hlucny, Ethan Bowman, Carter Coauette, Hunter Knutson, Ethan Bowman, Ethan Boll
North Star ALL Conference Honorable Mention winners: Mauricio Arriaga, Casey Weiland, Hunter Kresl, Riley Helgeson
Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association All-state honors:
(All-State) 6th place at 145 pounds Ethan Bowman
(All-state) 2nd place at 220 pounds Ethan Boll
50 win club: Hunter Kresl (55), Casey Weiland (55). The Weiland brothers win total is now at 524, which puts them in 22nd in state history for brothers career wins.
New Members to the 75 Win Club. Gavyn Hlucny (76), Evin Trudeau (92)
New Member to the 100 Win Club. Hunter Knutson (104)
New Member to the 125 Win Club. Carter Coauette (135) ** 13th at CHS
New Member to the 175 win club: Ethan Bowman (175) ** 5th at CHS
New Member to the 200 win club: Ethan Boll (210) ** 1st All-time at CHS
Most Pins- Ethan Boll (32) Ties his school record. Ethan had 130 career pins which is tied with Lance Bennick of Totino Grace for 25th all-time in Minnesota.
Rookie of the Year –Riley Helgeson
Most Improved – Hunter Kresl
Rod Hanson Most dedicated- Carter Coauette
Most Dominant Wrestler Award- Ethan Boll 5.432 AVG. (Add up the total team points earned, subtract the lost team points, and divide by the total number of matches.)
MWCA Academic All-State First team selection. Two wrestlers per weight class. –Ethan Boll
Pirate Wrestler of the Year: Ethan Boll
Team awards: MWCA Silver Academic Plaque. Team GPA 3.247
Letter Winners: Captain Hunter Knutson, Captain Ethan Bowman, Captain Ethan Boll, Hunter Kresl, Evin Trudeau, Carter Coauette, Riley Helgeson, Jose Arriaga, Casey Weiland, Lucas Perala, Gavyn Hlucny, Mauricio Arriaga, Jaron Knutson, Carley Brown, Emily Bowman, Carley Knutson
