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Brian Stensaas

Reporter | Sports/general assignment

Phone: 612-673-4127

Brian Stensaas is a general assignment sports reporter. He writes most often on Timberwolves basketball and Wild hockey in addition to West metro high school sports teams.
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Eden Prairie's Brancale denies Bengtson a 4th state wrestling title

Eden Prairie senior Sam Brancale panicked - but then rallied for a reverse and a resounding win.

Updated: March 04, 2012, - 02:36 AM

Two No. 1 wrestlers fall; championships tonight

Two top-ranked Apple Valley wrestlers lost in Saturday afternoon's semifinal rounds at the state tournament in St. Paul.

Updated: March 03, 2012, - 03:15 PM

Morgan wins in wrestling quarterfinal but delays euphoria

The Forest Lake senior eventually shed his poker face after ousting three-time 3A champion Dakota Trom.

Updated: March 03, 2012, - 02:14 AM

A whirlwind senior year for Mpls. Henry wrestler

A tornado last May disrupted Eric Shaw's life. Never one to quit, he's wrestling at Henry for the first time. Now he's in the state meet.

Updated: March 02, 2012, - 01:18 AM

Apple Valley nabs seventh straight Class 3A crown

The Eagles have veterans, dominant eighth-graders -- and tradition.

Updated: March 02, 2012, - 01:15 AM

Apollo junior: 176-0 and counting

Mitch Bengtson has the longest winning streak in state history. He has not lost since the second match of his eighth-grade season.

Updated: March 01, 2012, - 12:54 AM

Breck star plays every second, wins title

With one foot on the bench and the other stretched ahead to rest on the Xcel Energy Center dasher boards, Breck's Milica McMillen meticulously wrapped white tape around the blade of her hockey stick 45 minutes before the Class 1A girls' hockey championship game. A few minutes later, she crafted 25 practice pucks into a mangled tilted design fans of Jenga would crave.

Updated: February 28, 2012, - 05:29 PM