Big Nine Wrestlers Do Well at State Tournament

The Big Nine Conference had their usual impressive showing at this year's State Individual Wrestling Tournament. The Big Nine has teams that compete in Class 2A and Class 3A. The Hiawatha Valley League led by Kasson-Mantorville also produced a State Champion and wrestlers that placed.

In Class 3A here are Big Nine results:

106 Jackson Barron 7th grade Northfield 6th place 29-7 record
113 JT Hausen 9th grade Faribault Qualified 22-6
120 Cael Robb Sophomore Owatonna 6th place 30-8
138 Cameron Davis Jr. Albert Lea Area 5th place 37-3
138 Marshall Peters Sr. Rochester Mayo 6th place 28-11
160 Landen Johnson Jr. Owatonna CHAMPION 37-1
170 Caleb Talamantes Sr. Albert Lea Area 4th place 31-6
182 Matt Seykora Sr. Owatonna Qualified 11-8

In Class 2A here are Big Nine results:

152 Damian Riewe Soph. Mkto West 5th 34-8
195 Gannon Rosenfeld Jr. Mkto West 3rd 32-3

The Hiawatha Valley League had a number of wrestlers place at the State Tournament held at St. Michael-Albertville High School over the weekend.

In Class A results were:

106 Jack Krier 9th grade Zumbrota-Mazeppa 5th 32-5
120 Kaleb Lochner 9th grade Zumbrota-Mazeppa Qualified 23-11
138 Maddox O'Reilly Jr. Goodhue 3rd 26-6
145 Beau Jurrens Sr. Zumbrota-Mazeppa 5th 20-13
195 Carter Quam Sr. Kenyon-Wanamingo 4th 29-7
195 Ethan Kovars Sr. Zumbrota-Mazeppa 2nd 32-3

In Class AA H-V-L did well also:

126 Jacob Thompson Jr. Byron Qualified 27-7
138 Maxwell Petersen Jr. Byron 2nd 36-2
145 Logan Vaughn Jr. Kasson-Mantorville 2nd 29-3
160 Cole Glazier Soph. Kasson-Mantorville 3rd 27-4
170 Kail Wynia Jr. Kasson-Mantorville 3rd 29-4
182 Bennett Berge Jr. Kasson-Mantorville CHAMPION 32-0
182 Austin Freerksen Sr. Byron 3rd 26-4
220 Anthony Moe-Tucker Jr. Kasson-Mantorville 4th 22-9

A number of other KDHL area wrestlers placed. We'll start with Class A:

106 Tommy Elwood 8th grade Medford 4th 27-5
106 Anthony Romero Sr. Grand Meadow/L-O 3rd 30-4
120 Brandon Ross Jr. Caledonia/Houston CHAMPION 34-0
126 Boden Simon Jr. Maple River 6th 31-11
132 Brodie Kellen Soph. Dover-Eyota 5th 33-6
145 Gavin Gust Soph. Dover-Eyota 3rd 34-2
152 Rece Voigt Sr. Grand Meadow/L-O 4th 40-5
152 Jeff Thoreson Jr. St. Charles Qualified 24-8
160 Blake Lehnertz Sr. Dover-Eyota 6th 30-6
170 Seth Goetzinger Sr. Chatfield CHAMPION 36-0
170 Josiah Hedensten Sr. Medford 4th 26-6
182 Grady Schott Jr. Chatfield 2nd 33-2
220 Brennan Hoffman Sr. Medford Qualified 12-4
220 AJ Karver Sr. Chatfield Qualified 17-6

Here are Class AA area wrestlers at Individual Wrestling Tournament. Remember the number of wrestlers was pared down to 8 in each class so getting there is awesome.