Minnesota/USA Wrestling

What a great week of wrestling for the 2010 Minnesota Schoolboy Dual Teams!

All-Tournament Team:
Christina Delaney, 175#
GR 10-0, FS 10-0

All-Greco Team:
Seth Gross, 105#
GR 10-0

All-Freestyle Team:
Lance Benick, 160#
FS 10-0

Greco-Roman Team Championship Results
1st Place - Pennsylvania Blue
2nd Place - Minnesota Gold
3rd Place - Team Wisconsin
4th Place - Team Florida
5th Place - Team New Jersey
6th Place - Team Idaho
7th Place - Team Kansas
8th Place - Team Ohio

1st Place Match - Pennsylvania Blue dec. Minnesota Gold 42-27
70 Jared Clawiter (Minnesota Gold) over Devin Schnupp (Pennsylvania Blue) Dec 1-0,1-0
77 Jon Gabriel (Pennsylvania Blue) over Mitchell McKee (Minnesota Gold) Dec 4-2,7-0
84 Vincenzo Joseph (Pennsylvania Blue) over Paul Fitterer (Minnesota Gold) TF 6-0,6-0
91 Cole Walter (Pennsylvania Blue) over Jordan Engler (Minnesota Gold) Dec 0-4,2-0,3-1
98 Colby Ems (Pennsylvania Blue) over Seoulec Gunvalson (Minnesota Gold) Dec 2-0,4-3
105 Seth Gross (Minnesota Gold) over Josh Maruca (Pennsylvania Blue) Dec 4-1,2-2
112 Zach Kelly (Pennsylvania Blue) over Mack Short (Minnesota Gold) Dec 2-0,4-4,2-0
120 Demetri D`Orsaneo (Pennsylvania Blue) over Mason Brownlee (Minnesota Gold) Dec 2-0,7-1
128 Tyler Worthing (Pennsylvania Blue) over TJ Ohara (Minnesota Gold) Dec 4-3,5-0
136 Justin Hester (Pennsylvania Blue) over Jackson Graham (Minnesota Gold) Dec 7-2,6-0
144 Daniel Vitale (Minnesota Gold) over Andrew Doak (Pennsylvania Blue) Dec 1-0,4-0
152 Austin Maanum (Minnesota Gold) over Noah Kisselback (Pennsylvania Blue) Dec 3-2,4-0
160 Terrell Fields (Pennsylvania Blue) over Jack Ziemer (Minnesota Gold) TF 7-0,6-0
175 Javon Reyes (Pennsylvania Blue) over Lance Benick (Minnesota Gold) Inj
190 Christian Dulaney (Minnesota Gold) over Austin Buttry (Pennsylvania Blue) Pin 8-0,1:04
210 Tyler Mears (Pennsylvania Blue) over Spencer Sorenson (Minnesota Gold) Forfeit
265 Spencer Sorenson (Minnesota Gold) over Jake Bennett (Pennsylvania Blue) Dec 5-0,5-1


Freestyle Team Championships Results
1st Place - Pennsylvania Blue
2nd Place - Team Washington
3rd Place - Minnesota Gold
4th Place - Team Missouri
5th Place - Team Wisconsin
6th Place - Team New Jersey
7th Place - Indiana Gold
8th Place - Illinois

3rd Place Match - Minnesota Gold dec. Team Missouri 48-29
70 Jared Clawiter (Minnesota Gold) forfeit
77 Mitchell Mckee (Minnesota Gold) over Ethan Koan (Team Missouri) TF 6-0,7-1
84 Ke-shawn Hayes (Team Missouri) over Cameron Sykora (Minnesota Gold) Dec 3-0,6-0
91 Jordan Engler (Minnesota Gold) over Jonathan Melton (Team Missouri) Pin 7-0,1:57
98 Colston Diblasi (Team Missouri) over Stone Anderson (Minnesota Gold) TF 6-0,8-0
105 Michael Olsen (Team Missouri) over Mark Voss (Minnesota Gold) Dec 6-4,2-1
112 Conner Flynn (Team Missouri) over Seth Gross (Minnesota Gold) TF 6-0,1-3,6-0
120 Dayton Racer (Team Missouri) over Mason Brownlee (Minnesota Gold) Dec 5-1,2-1
128 Paden Moore (Minnesota Gold) over Braxtin Todd (Team Missouri) TF 7-0,1-5,7-0
136 Kade Johnson (Minnesota Gold) over Michael Burrows (Team Missouri) Dec 3-3,1-3,1-1
144 Daniel Vitale (Minnesota Gold) over Tyler Brown (Team Missouri) Pin 2-7,1:16
152 MaKenna Cook (Team Missouri) over Austin Maanum (Minnesota Gold) Dec 3-3,0-7,7-0
160 Jack Ziemer (Minnesota Gold) over Cole Cunningham (Team Missouri) Pin 1:49
175 Lance Benick (Minnesota Gold) over Bubba Blackburn (Team Missouri) Dec 6-0,5-3
190 Christian Dulaney (Minnesota Gold) over Josh Riggs (Team Missouri) Pin 6-0,0:36
210 Spencer Sorenson (Minnesota Gold) over Ben Elledge (Team Missouri) Pin 0:38
265 Keyen Braughton (Team Missouri) forfeit

Minnesota Maroon also had a great tournament with some hard-fought matches.

Congrats to Minnesota Schoolboy Team Members!
 

What a great weekend of wrestling for Minnesota at Northern Plains!!!  Congratulations to all Minnesota wrestlers for another successful wrestling season and GOOD LUCK to those attending Schoolboy Duals and Kids Nationals in Orem, Utah.

Here are the 1st place Minnesota wrestlers from Northern Plains (those marked with * are winners in both Greco and Freestyle Divisions):

GRECO

*Derrick Cardinal - Bantam
Ryan Sokol - Bantam
*Reid Ballantyne - Bantam
*Connor Dehn - Bantam
* Brandon Psyk - Intermediate
Brady Gross - Intermediate
Peyton Robb - Intermediate
*Aaron Cashman - Intermediate
*Anthony Jackson - Intermediate
Patrick McKee - Novice
Brent Jones - Novice
*Alex Davis - Novice
Benjamin Kelvington - Novice
*Christina Bahl - Novice
*Samuel Grove - Novice
Jared Clawiter - Schoolboy
Mitchell McKee - Schoolboy
*Isaac Florell - Schoolboy
*Lance Benick - Schoolboy
*Spencer Sorenson - Schoolboy
*Jarred Oftedahl - Cadet
*Kyle Gliva - Cadet
*Sam Brancale - Cadet
*Brandon Kingsley - Cadet
*Rich Carlson - Cadet
*Michael Kroells - Cadet
*Sam Stoll - Cadet

FREESTYLE

Braden Hill - Bantam
Colby Njos - Intermediate
Curtis LeMair - Intermediate
Matthew Peterson - Novice
Brady Berge - Novice
Brandon Moen - Novice
Sam Anderson - Novice
Austin Maanum - Schoolboy
Trevor Westerlund - Cadet
Daniel Woiwor - Cadet
Emily Shilson - Girls
Devyn Johnson - Girls
August Smith - Girls

Congratulations to ALL Minnesota wrestlers...we had many who placed in this tournament, too many to list here!  Check out the full results at Trackwrestling.com.

 PeeWee
(2004-2005)

New this year!!!  MN/USA Kids Council!

MN/USA values your input!  A Kids Coaches Council has been implemented and is in it's early stages.  Some of the objectives:

• Provide input from the coaches point of view as to how we can make our state tournaments better for athletes, coaches, fans and volunteers
• Establish a coaches training program (encouraging coaches to complete the Bronze Level Certification)
• Assist in presenting the Etiquette Clinic at state tournaments and establish Codes of Conduct at matside
• Recruit mat and pairing officials, as well as other volunteers from established clubs
• Work with Kids, Cadet and Junior Directors in identifying coaches with potential for national level camps, team and individual competitions
• Help in the establishment of new clubs in greater Minnesota

Members are:

Nate Bipes (Duluth) - Head Coach for Kids Coaches Council
nathan.pipes@amiengineers.com, 218-591-0937

Mike Schauer (Grand Rapids)
schauerconcrete@yahoo.com, 218-259-1220

Larry Hovden (Owatonna)
hovden@charter.net, 507-451-8865

Jon Fehrmann (Centennial)
reallygood4me_98@yahoo.com, 612-522-7650

Dave Peterson (Zimmerman)
dpeterso@brocade.com, 218-790-3324

Mike Fielder (Detroit Lakes)
mfielder@detlakes.k12.mn.us, 218-790-3324

Tom Kuisle, Head Mat Official/MNUSA Wrestling
kuisletm@gmail.com, 507-767-3002

Jen Pierce, Kids Director/MNUSA Wrestling
jennifer.pierce@hcmed.org, 651-491-9890

Your feedback is valuable!  Please give any ideas/suggestions to anyone on the Council to bring forward. 

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2010 Schoolboy Regional Training Site

When: Sundays  4:30-6:00pm  Begins on Sunday, March 14th

Where: Augsburg College Wrestling Room

Coach: Olympian Dave Zuniga

Styles: Freestyle and Greco-Roman

Cost: $0.00 (see age and card requirements below)

Must be a Schoolboy age wrestler (born in 1996 or 1997) and have a current years (2009-2010) USA Wrestling Card