103, while Riley Braun had sec-ond place honors in 125. ElkPoint-Jefferson notched a 10-8overall record.

TTOOPP PPRROOSSPPEECCTTSS:: AlexMcLaury (Fr.), Nick Weis (So.),Aaron Staum (So.), Riley Braun(Sr.), Jared Limoges (So.), AustinChicoine (Jr.), Wyatt Chicoine(Sr.), Gavin Lee (Sr.), LukasForsling (8th), Shaun Donelan(Jr.), Kyle Barnes (Sr.)

AALLSSOO RREETTUURRNNIINNGG:: RyanDonnelly (Jr.) and Jon Hasenbank(Jr.).

AASSSSEESSSSMMEENNTT:: The Huskieshave their two state placers backfrom last season and with theirexperience, it should make for anexciting year.

"We once again we would liketo improve and make a push atthe end of the year," Swatek said."We feel that we have a goodnucleus to build around and if wecan stay injury free by the end ofthe year we can battle with thebest."

MARION-FREEMANCCOOAACCHH:: Chris SaylerAASSSSIISSTTAANNTT:: Dean SchoenwaldVVIITTAALLSS:: Class B, District 4

RREETTUURRNNIINNGG LLEETTTTEERRWWIINN--NNEERRSS:: Steven Schoenwald (Sr.),Clint Even (Sr.), Dylan Cotton(Jr.), Slade Mutchelkaenaus (Jr.),Sydney Baker (So.), Taylor Koehn(Sr.), Seth York (So.), RyanPeterson (Sr.), Jacob Smith (8th),

Cole Globke (Fr.), Michael Cremer(8th), Colter Hendrix (Sr.)

NNEEWWCCOOMMEERRSS:: Wesley York(8th)

AASSSSEESSSSMMEENNTT:: Marion-Freeman is returning three statequalifiers with the added experi-ence should present another tripto the state tournament. They alsohave a good mix of upper andlowerclassmen to give and takeexperience from.

"We are not deep, so the keywill be to stay healthy," Saylersaid. "We return a good group ofkids with state experience."

PARKERCCOOAACCHH:: Kevin Andersen (3rd

year)AASSSSIISSTTAANNTT:: Jason BridgesVVIITTAALLSS:: Class B, District 4,

Region 2, Big East ConferenceLLAASSTT YYEEAARR:: The Pheasants

posted a dual record of 2-16.Parker had seven boys out forwrestling last season and lostthree of them to graduation.

RREETTUURRNNIINNGG LLEETTTTEERRWWIINN--NNEERRSS:: Hunter Andersen (Jr.),Dorian Verhey (8th), PaytonJensen (8th), Dylan Naglestad(8th)

NNEEWWCCOOMMEERRSS:: Tate Meyer(7th), Kordell Buyck (7th),Hesston Steinfurth (Fr.), JusticeVerhey (Fr.), Andrew Leber (7th),Deion Beardemphl (8th), Tristen

Erickson (Fr.), Adam Harms (Fr.),Stephen Carr (So.), NateRasmussen (Jr.)

AASSSSEESSSSMMEENNTT:: Parker has a lotof newcomers this season bring-ing their roster total to 14. ThePheasants don't have any seniorson the team, so this might be asign of good things to come.

"Our numbers are way up thisyear," Andersen said. "Our team isvery young so our future looksgreat.

"The coaches have very highexpectations for this year andmay even see a couple of dualwins."

PARKSTONCCOOAACCHH:: Jared Digmann (2nd

year)AASSSSIISSTTAANNTTSS:: Pat Harris, Chad

Jodozi, John Gilman, Ryan MeyerVVIITTAALLSS:: Class B, District 5,

Region 3LLAASSTT YYEEAARR:: The Trojans fin-

ished up last season sending sixwrestlers to the state tournamentand had two place. Parkstonended the regular season with adual record of 7-5.

RREETTUURRNNIINNGG LLEETTTTEERRWWIINN--NNEERRSS:: Jacob Weber (Fr.), WesleeDvorak (8th), Mitch Heisinger(Fr.), Cameron Fanning (8th),Myles Bialas (So.), DerekHeisinger (Jr.), Miles Semmler(8th), Nick Kummer (Sr.), Austin

Wolf (Jr.), Andrew Semmler (Fr.),Austin Bertram (8th), Eric Reiff(Sr.), Kyle Schlimgen (Sr.)

AALLSSOO RREETTUURRNNIINNGG:: EthanMurtha (8th), Aaron Weber (Fr.),Chandler Baumgart (Fr.), RileyBerg (Fr.), Dillon Stadlman (8th),Keegan Heisinger (Sr.), BradyReiff (8th), Lonn Stadlman (Fr.),Jeff Hyke (8th)

NNEEWWCCOOMMEERRSS:: Nick Weber(Sr.), Chase Stoebner (Fr.), TyeKost (7th), Tyler Huether (7th),Austin Ripp (7th), AnthonyBuchman (7th), Jared Thomas(Jr.)

AASSSSEESSSSMMEENNTT:: The Trojanshave a solid foundation ofwrestlers coming back this sea-son as they look to improve ontheir 7-5 mark from last year.Parkston has a lot of numbers outthis year and will be shy on thedepth of their squad.

"I feel that we should have agood solid team from top to bot-tom," Digmann said. "We will havea lot young wrestlers at the varsi-ty level, but there is a lot of talentin those younger guys."

SCOTLANDCCOOAACCHH:: Joe Walloch (4th

year)AASSSSIISSTTAANNTT:: Jim KocerVVIITTAALLSS:: Class B, District 5,

Region 3LLAASSTT YYEEAARR:: Scotland finished

eighth in the conference with anoverall dual record of 2-9. TheHighlanders sent one wrestler tothe state tournament in TannerSuess.

TTOOPP PPRROOSSPPEECCTTSS:: JessePechous (Sr.), Lance Geiman(Sr.), Mitch Fuerst (Jr.), ZachConrad (Sr.), Ronnie Bodden (Fr.),Dan Stibral (8th), Bronson Baker(8th), Tanner Iwan (7th), JeremyRowe (8th), Josh Vaith (7th)

AASSSSEESSSSMMEENNTT:: TheHighlanders only lose one seniorfrom last year in Suess and arelooking to build on some of theconfidence from last season.Scotland has a good mixture ofupper and lowerclassmen withthree seniors on the squad thisyear.

"We are a young team, but alot of our kids have been on thevarsity lineup since they were

seventh graders," Walloch said."Our tournament team will bewhere we focus a lot on.

"We will not have enough kidsto fill an entire lineup for ourduels."

WAGNERCCOOAACCHH:: John Tyler (2nd year)AASSSSIISSTTAANNTTSS:: Chas Welch,

Rich StephensVVIITTAALLSS:: Class BLLAASSTT YYEEAARR:: The Wagner Red

Raiders took their third straightstate title. They finished off theseason with a 21-2 overall record.They also took home the confer-ence championship.

RREETTUURRNNIINNGG LLEETTTTEERRWWIINN--NNEERRSS:: Anthony Anderson (Sr.),Andrew Krcil (Sr.), Alex Kocer(Jr.), Derek Dickerson (Jr.), DavidKocer (Fr.), Trevor Lensing (8th),Austin Soukup (So.), Tyler Dion(So.), Miles Kreeger (So.) BradySoulek (Fr.)

AALLSSOO RREETTUURRNNIINNGG: AaronBeeson (Fr.), Brendon Anderson(Fr.), Chase Zephier (7th), DakotaZephier (So.), Dillon Lhotak (Jr.),Levi Geiman (Jr.), Logan Kafka(7th), Nick Dion (Fr.), SageZephier (So.)

AASSSSEESSSSMMEENNTT:: Graduation hitWagner hard, losing RobertKokesh, who is a three-time statechampion, and Mitch Breen, whowas also a state champion. TheRed Raiders do bring back qualitystate qualifiers from last seasonand look to continue their streakat four state titles.

"We return six stateplacer/qualifiers and have severalleaders ready to step forward,"Tyler said. "We will need ouryounger guys to step up and fillthe void left by graduation."

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