2009 State Wrestling Tournament
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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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Link to National Federation Wrestling Page (http://www.nfhs.org/acticity2.aspx?id=2782&linkidentifier=id&temid=2782)
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Wrestling Injury - Urgent Alert
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Wrestling Scoreboard Purchase Program
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2009-2010 NF Uniform & Equipment Rules Changes
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2009-2010 Wrestling Rules Changes
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Wrestling Rules Changes Aim for Clarity
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 16, 2007) -- In its ongoing effort to improve high school wrestling rules, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee adopted several rules changes during the group's annual meeting March 25 and 26 in Indianapolis.
Although many of the changes focused on clarifying existing rules, the most notable change offers wrestlers an entirely new option. New Rule 5-20-5a allows an offensive wrestler to request a neutral position restart by signaling his desire to a referee.More
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Coaching Non-School Wrestling
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MSHSL Policy Regarding Mouthguards, Updated 12/1/08
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NF Wrestling Rule Interpretation, Rule 4-2, Hair Covering
"The cover shall be a part of the ear guards or worn under the ear guards.
The NFHS interpreation on this type of hair covering is that it has to be worn under the wrestling headgear. The hair cover needs to be of a solid material and be nonabrasive.
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Section Tournaments
(B indicates a Bracket is available) |
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Date |
Site |
B |
| 1A |
Feb. 20, 2010
Team |
Mayo Civic Center
Rochester, MN |
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| 1A |
Feb. 26-27, 20010
Individual |
Mayo Civic Center,
Rochester, MN |
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| 2A |
Feb 20, 2010
Team |
St. Clair |
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| 2A |
Feb 26, 27
2010
Individual |
Blue Earth |
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| 3A |
Feb 18, 2010
Feb 20, 2010
(TEAM) |
4 Top Seeds
YME HS (GF) |
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| 3A |
Feb 26, 27, 2010
(IND) |
Redwood Falls |
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| 4A |
Feb.19,21,
Feb 18 & 20, 2010
Team
(TEAM) |
High Seeds & LeSueur
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| 4A |
Feb. 26-27,
2010
Ind
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St. James |
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| 5A |
Feb. 19, 2010 -Team |
Paynesville Area H.S. |
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| 5A |
Feb. 26, 27, 2010 |
Sauk Centre H.S. |
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| 6A |
Individual
Feb. 26-27-2010 |
New York Mills |
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| 6A |
Team
2-16 & 20-2010 |
New York Mills |
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| 7A |
Team - Feb. 19, 2010 |
Ogilvie H.S. |
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| 7A |
Feb. 26-27, 2010 |
Aitkin H.S. |
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| 8A |
Feb 20, 2010
Team |
Ralph Engelstad Arena - TRF |
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| 8A |
February 27,
2010
Individual |
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton H.S. |
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| 1AA |
Feb. 20 2010- Team |
Mayo Civic Center
Rochester, MN |
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| 1AA |
Feb. 26-27, 2010
Individual |
Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, MN |
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| 2AA |
Team
Feb 18, 2010
Round 1 &
Quarterfinal
Feb 20, 2010
Semifinal & Final
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High Seed
Belle Plaine High School |
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Individual
Feb 26-27, 2010
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Delano High School |
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| 3AA |
Feb 16, 2010
Feb 19, 2010 (TEAM) |
MSHL/WNDM
Tracy |
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| 3AA |
Feb 26, 27, 2010
(IND) |
Worthington |
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| 4AA |
Team- February 20, 2010 |
East Ridge HS |
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| 4AA |
Individual February 26-27, 2010 |
Simley, Hs |
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| 5AA |
Team
Feb 20 8:00 AM
2010 |
Rogers High School
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Individual
Feb 26 5:00
27 10:00
2010 |
Orono |
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| 6AA |
Feb. 26-27, 2010- Individual |
Dassel - Cokato H.S. |
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| 6AA |
Feb. 19, 2010- Team |
Little Falls H.S. |
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| 7AA |
Team Pre/QuartFeb 16, 2010
Team Semi/Final Feb 19, 2010 |
North Nashwauk South Chisago Lakes
Hibbing |
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| 7AA |
Individual Feb 26 & 27, 2010 |
North Branch |
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| 8AA |
February 20,
2010
Team |
Ralph Engelstad Arena - TRF. |
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| 8AA |
February 27,
2010
Individual |
Cass Lake H.S. |
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Team- February 18,2010
20,2010
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Highest Seed
Civic Center |
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| 1AAA |
February 26,27 2010 Individual |
Civic Center |
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Team
Feb 20, 2010
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Bloomington Kennedy High School |
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Individual
Feb 27, 2010
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Prior Lake High School |
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| 3AAA |
Team
February 19, 2010 |
Eagan High School |
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| 3AAA |
Individual
February 26, 27, 2010 |
Rosemount High School |
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| 4AAA |
Team February 20, 2010 |
Roseville Area HS |
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Individual February 27, 2010
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Stillwater Area HS |
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| 5AAA |
Team Feb. 20-Noon 2010 |
Maple Grove |
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| 5AAA |
Individual Feb. 27 8:00 AM 2010 |
Irondale |
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2010
Team
Feb 20 |
Hopkins |
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| 6AAA |
2010
Individual
Feb 26,27 |
Eden Prairie |
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Team
Playin Feb. 18, 2010
Quart Feb 19, 2010 |
Coon Rapids |
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Individual Feb 26-27, 2010 |
St. Francis |
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Team - Sat. Feb. 20, 2010 |
Alexandria HS - 10:30 am |
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Fri - Sat. Feb 26-27, 2010 - Individual |
Bemidji HS - 5 pm Fri - 11 am - Sat |
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