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2009 State Wrestling Tournament

Apple Valley, Simley earn additional hardware
while Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg wins first;
St. Michael-Albertville’s Thorn wins fourth title


Apple Valley made its consistent and visible presence known once again at the 2009 State Wrestling Tournament. The Eagles won their 17th team championship and had nine individuals place third or higher, including five champions in Class AAA. The Eagles had eight wrestlers in championship matches. After their individual work was done they went out and defeated Albert Lea 62-6 for the team title. It was the 27th consecutive appearance for the Eagles in the tournament. In its first year as a co-op, Bloomington Jefferson/Bloomington Kennedy earned a third-place trophy with a 37-30 victory over Cambridge-Isanti. Wayzata won the consolation title as it edged St. Cloud Apollo 35-31.

Simley also defended its title, defeating Foley 34-21. It was Simley’s sixth state championship. Unranked Foley was the surprise team in Class AA, defeating second-seeded Perham, and third-seeded Plainview-Elgin-Millville. P-E-M finished third with decision at heavyweight to beat St. Michael-Albertville 28-25. Scott West downed Mora 47-8 for the consolation title.

In its first state tournament appearance, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg won the Class A title with a 32-25 win over Kenyon-Wanamingo. K-M-S was down 19-0 before winning eight consecutive matches to go ahead 32-19. Medford edged Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 29-24 for third place. Frazee won the consolation trophy by defeating Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 42-25.

There were 42 individual champions across the three classes and 35 of them were first-time state winners. Of the seven repeat winners, David Thorn of St. Michael-Albertville finished his high school career with his fourth state championship. The repeat winners winning for their second time were; Christian Skillings of Minneota, Kevin Steinhaus of Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, Drew Fleming of Watertown-Mayer/Mayer Lutheran, Justin LaValle and Tyler Lehman of Apple Valley, and Robby Fisher of Bloomington Jefferson/Bloomington Kennedy.

Several teams had multiple champions. In Class AAA, Apple Valley had five and Anoka had two. In Class AA, Thief River Falls/Goodridge had three and St. Michael-Albertville had two. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg of Class A had three state champions.

Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg boasted champions at three consecutive weight classes beginning with Steinhaus (50-0) at 160, Mitch Hagen (49-0) at 171, and Joel Bauman at 189. There were 12 first-time winners in this class. Although Medford entered the final matches with five wrestlers, only one, senior Tyler Yule, won a title at 152.

The Prowlers of Thief River Falls/Goodridge had three first-time winners in Class AA. Jacoby Bergeron won at 103, Kevin Fynboh won at 145, and Travis Peralta won at 171. In addition to Thorn, St. Michael-Albertville’s Jordan Campa won his first title at 160. There were 12 first time champs.

Apple Valley qualified nine wrestlers in Class AAA and five became champions, three finished runners-up, and one finished third. Three-time champion Destin McCauley of Apple Valley faced another returning champion, Robby Fisher of the Jefferson/Kennedy Bloomington co-op, in a tremendous final match at 135 won by Fisher 10-5.

The four-day tournament drew 53, 824 fans -- 1,315 better than the 2008 total.      


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    March 3 - 6,  2010
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    Section Tournaments
    (B indicates a Bracket is available)
    Sec. Date Site B
    1A Feb. 20, 2010
    Team
    Mayo Civic Center
    Rochester, MN
     
    1A Feb. 26-27, 20010
    Individual
    Mayo Civic Center,
    Rochester, MN
     
    2A Feb 20, 2010

    Team
    St. Clair  
    2A Feb 26, 27
    2010
    Individual
    Blue Earth  
    3A Feb 18, 2010
    Feb 20, 2010
    (TEAM)
    4 Top Seeds
    YME HS (GF)
     
    3A Feb 26, 27, 2010
    (IND)
    Redwood Falls  
    4A Feb.19,21,
    Feb 18 & 20, 2010
    Team
    (TEAM)
    High Seeds & LeSueur

     
    4A Feb. 26-27,
    2010
    Ind
    St. James  
    5A Feb. 19, 2010 -Team Paynesville Area H.S.  
    5A Feb. 26, 27, 2010 Sauk Centre H.S.  
    6A Individual
    Feb. 26-27-2010
    New York Mills  
    6A Team
    2-16 & 20-2010
    New York Mills  
    7A Team - Feb. 19, 2010 Ogilvie H.S.  
    7A Feb. 26-27, 2010 Aitkin H.S.  
    8A Feb 20, 2010
    Team
    Ralph Engelstad Arena - TRF  
    8A February 27,
    2010
    Individual
    Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton H.S.  
    1AA Feb. 20 2010- Team Mayo Civic Center
    Rochester, MN
     
    1AA Feb. 26-27, 2010
    Individual
    Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, MN  
    2AA Team
    Feb 18, 2010
    Round 1 &
    Quarterfinal
    Feb 20, 2010
    Semifinal & Final




    High Seed

    Belle Plaine High School
     
    2AA

    Individual

    Feb 26-27, 2010



    Delano High School  
    3AA Feb 16, 2010
    Feb 19, 2010 (TEAM)
    MSHL/WNDM
    Tracy
     
    3AA Feb 26, 27, 2010
    (IND)
    Worthington  
    4AA Team- February 20, 2010 East Ridge HS  
    4AA Individual February 26-27, 2010 Simley, Hs  
    5AA Team
    Feb 20 8:00 AM
    2010

    Rogers High School

     
    5AA Individual
    Feb 26 5:00
    27 10:00
    2010
    Orono  
    6AA Feb. 26-27, 2010- Individual Dassel - Cokato H.S.  
    6AA Feb. 19, 2010- Team Little Falls H.S.  
    7AA Team Pre/QuartFeb 16, 2010
    Team Semi/Final Feb 19, 2010
    North Nashwauk South Chisago Lakes
    Hibbing
     
    7AA Individual Feb 26 & 27, 2010 North Branch  
    8AA February 20,
    2010
    Team
    Ralph Engelstad Arena - TRF.  
    8AA February 27,
    2010
    Individual
    Cass Lake H.S.  
    1AAA Team- February 18,2010
    20,2010
    Highest Seed

    Civic Center
     
    1AAA February 26,27 2010 Individual Civic Center  
    2AAA Team
    Feb 20, 2010





    Bloomington Kennedy High School  
    2AAA
    Individual
    Feb 27, 2010



    Prior Lake High School  
    3AAA Team
    February 19, 2010
    Eagan High School  
    3AAA Individual
    February 26, 27, 2010
    Rosemount High School  
    4AAA Team February 20, 2010 Roseville Area HS  
    4AAA Individual February 27, 2010
    Stillwater Area HS  
    5AAA Team Feb. 20-Noon 2010 Maple Grove  
    5AAA Individual Feb. 27 8:00 AM 2010 Irondale  
    6AAA 2010
    Team
    Feb 20
    Hopkins  
    6AAA 2010
    Individual
    Feb 26,27
    Eden Prairie  
    7AAA Team
    Playin Feb. 18, 2010
    Quart Feb 19, 2010
    Coon Rapids  
    7AAA Individual Feb 26-27, 2010 St. Francis  
    8AAA Team - Sat. Feb. 20, 2010 Alexandria HS - 10:30 am B
    8AAA Fri - Sat. Feb 26-27, 2010 - Individual Bemidji HS - 5 pm Fri - 11 am - Sat  
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