Three packs of facts about high school wrestling: Numbers, rankings, honor roll

The successes range from Alex Braun's school record at Woodbury to coach Jim Jackson's 900th victory.

January 9, 2024 at 12:47PM
Simley wrestler Cash Raymond grabs the leg of Zumbrota wrestler Kaleb Lochner during the MSHSL wrestling state tournament Friday, March 3, 2023 at Xcel Energy Arena in St. Paul, Minn. ]
Simley’s Cash Raymond, right, is 23-2 at 152 pounds. (Alex Kormann, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Numbers

Wrestlers and coaches have hit some high marks recently:

1

No. 1-ranked 145-pounder Alex Braun of Woodbury, the defending Class 3A champion at 138 pounds, set a school record for career victories with his 232nd last week.

150

Farmington senior 189-pounder Cole Han-Lindemyer, ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, won for the 150th time in his high school career.

200

St. Michael-Albertville junior 152-pounder Landon Robideau, the 2023 Class 3A 132-pound state champion, took his 200th career victory while helping the Knights to first place in the Day 2, No. 1 bracket at The Clash National Duals in LaCrosse, Wis., over the weekend. Robideau, who has committed to wrestle at Minnesota, has not lost a high school match since his freshman season. Also at The Clash, St. Michael-Albertville defeated Staley (Kansas City, Mo.) 41-17 in the first-division championship match on Day 1. On Day 2, Chatfield finished second in the No. 1 bracket while Zumbrota-Mazeppa was fourth. Shakopee took first in the No. 3 bracket, and Stillwater was second in the No. 4 bracket.

900

Jim Jackson, second in Minnesota in all-time coaching victories after runs of success at Apple Valley and Shakopee, is now head coach at Staples-Motley and won his 900th career match Dec. 21.

State rankings

The most current team rankings, courtesy of TheGuillotine.com wrestling website.

Class 3A

1. St. Michael-Albertville; 2. Mounds View; 3. Stillwater; 4. Shakopee; 5. Albert Lea; 6. Hastings; 7. Wayzata; 8. Anoka; 9. Waconia; 10. Willmar; 11. Apple Valley; 12. Park of Cottage Grove.

Class 2A

1. Simley; 2. Kasson-Mantorville; 3. Becker; 4. Totino-Grace; 5. Dawson-Boyd/Lac qui Parle/Montevideo; 6. Zumbrota-Mazeppa; 7. Watertown-Mayer; 8. Scott West; 9. Marshall; 10. Little Falls; 11. Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus; 12. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton.

Class 1A

1. Chatfield; 2. Jackson County Central; 3. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa; 4. Holdingford; 5. Staples-Motley; 6. Royalton/Upsala; 7. Frazee; 8. Kenyon-Wanamingo; 9. Paynesville Area; 10. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville; 11. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial; 12. Dover-Eyota.

Metro honor roll

Listed are metropolitan-area wrestlers with 14 or more reported victories. The cutoff for next week will be 18 victories.

107 pounds

Turner Ross, Simley, 24-1

Anthony Heim, Shakopee, 24-2

Owen Larose, Mounds View, 24-3

Kale Westergaard, Big Lake, 24-5

Logan Refsnider, Totino-Grace, 23-2

Ashton Charmoli, St. Francis, 17-7

Saitaro Kong, Apple Valley, 17-9

Brayden Fobbe, Annandale/ML, 16-2

Nolan Bloch, Park of CG, 16-8

Liam Collins, Prior Lake, 15-1

Sylly Marx, Watertown-Mayer, 15-3

Elijah Lofton, New Prague, 15-5

Eli Schultz, St. Michael-Albertville, 15-5

Ryker Clobes, Howard Lake-W-W, 14-6

Noah Lund, Rogers, 14-8

Alex Xiong, Coon Rapids, 14-9

Aryan Karimnejad, Eastview, 14-12

114 pounds

Austin Grzywinski, Simley, 24-3

Lincoln Robideau, St. Michael-Albertville, 22-2

Brett Swenson, Mounds View, 21-1

Aidan Carlson, Mahtomedi, 21-7

Joe Dauffenbach, Stillwater, 21-7

Gabriel Michels, Howard Lake-W-W, 19-6

Grady Connelly, New Prague, 19-7

Anthony Nichols, Edina, 18-1

Zach Kellogg, Rogers, 18-5

Porter Pribyl, Annandale/ML, 17-1

Joel Friederichs, Watertown-Mayer, 17-2

Wyatt Wald, Cambridge-Isanti, 17-6

Ian Lessard, Elk River, 16-2

Shaun Pearson, St. Francis, 15-8

121 pounds

Jackson Refsnider, Totino-Grace, 22-3

Lawson Eller, New Prague, 21-2

Shane Schwab, South St. Paul, 21-2

Carter Katherman, Waconia, 20-3

Raydon Graham, Howard Lake-W-W, 20-6

Noah Nicholson, Stillwater, 20-7

Titan Friederichs, Watertown-Mayer, 19-0

Blake Beissel, Hastings, 19-1

Leo Edblad, Cambridge-Isanti, 19-1

Stephen Dragos, Chaska/Chan, 19-7

Cassen Brumm, Annandale/ML, 18-0

Luke Koenen, Wayzata, 18-3

Tyler Chenevert, Farmington, 18-8

Brody Bergeron, St. Michael-Albertville, 16-7

Alex Gau, Champlin Park, 15-3,

Will Schneider, Mounds View, 14-9

127 pounds

Jake Kos, Simley, 27-3

Tegan Sherk, St. Francis, 25-2

Tyler Turzinski, Shakopee, 25-4

Trey Beissel, Hastings, 21-1

Grant Marr, Forest Lake, 21-5

Sean O'Brien, Totino-Grace, 19-6

Chase Mills, St. Michael-Albertville, 18-4

Jack Bridenstine, Coon Rapids, 18-6

Kaleb Mead, Watertown-Mayer, 17-3

Spencer Lee, Eastview, 16-7

Grady Weinbrenner, Rogers, 16-7

Adam Brinkman, Irondale/SLP/StA, 16-9

Zach Mayo, Champlin Park, 15-8

Caleb Howe, Woodbury, 14-11,

Isaac Leonard, Stillwater, 14-12

133 pounds

Chase Stortz, Big Lake, 26-2

Justus Heeg, Simley, 23-6

Logan Swensen, Wayzata, 20-1

Aiden Enderlein, Eastview, 20-8

Gavin Jackson, St. Michael-Albertville, 19-9

Dino Tokin, Woodbury,18-9

Finn Bloomquist, Prior Lake, 16-6

Dane Krull, Chaska/Chan, 16-6

Mason Lund, Rogers, 16-7

Calvin Miller, Shakopee, 15-5

Kody Kohoutek, Forest Lake, 15-11

Sebastian Castin, Apple Valley, 15-13

Kaleb Gau, Mpls. Roosevelt, 14-3

139 pounds

Davis Parrow, Farmington, 27-1

Parker Lyden, Forest Lake, 27-3

Jayden Haueter, Apple Valley, 22-3

Ian Schultz, St. Michael-Albertville, 21-3

Austin Herbst, Totino-Grace, 20-7

Gunnar Hostetter, St. Francis, 20-7

Jonah Coffey, Woodbury, 20-8

Amilio Salas, Simley, 20-10

Connor Warren, Shakopee, 18-2

Jack Bainbridge, Hastings, 17-9

Tate Olson, Delano, 15-7

145 pounds

Alex Braun, Woodbury, 31-0

Ethan Sylvester, Totino-Grace, 26-0

Noah Trottier, Apple Valley, 22-9

Jackson Marr, Forest Lake, 21-11

Brandon Michel, New Prague, 20-7

Andrew Schwab, South St. Paul, 19-3

Tyson Charmoli, St. Francis, 18-1

Andreas Adamsson, Brooklyn Ctr/CA, 17-6

Dallas Sibbet, Big Lake, 16-4

Brady Swenson, Mounds View, 15-8

Blake Miller, Waconia, 15-13

Shay McClory, Annandale/ML, 14-2

Troy Doroff, Edina, 14-3

Kyle Linville, Shakopee, 14-8

Ethan Mangowi, Farmington, 14-12

152 pounds

Brad Little, Woodbury, 28-4

Tyler Laudenbach, Apple Valley, 26-8

Kyler Walters, Shakopee, 25-5

Landon Robideau, St. Michael-Albertville, 23-0

Cash Raymond, Simley, 23-2

Caden Grenier, Mounds View, 22-7

Bradee Dwinell, Waconia, 20-7

Lindson Turner, Stillwater, 18-7

Riley Forar, Lakeville North, 17-5

Cole LaFave, Annandale/ML, 16-2

Isaac Roberts, StP Highland Park, 16-3

Clayton Solberg, Irondale/SLP/StA, 16-5

John Graham, Prior Lake,14-7

Matthew Litchy, Benilde-St. Margaret's, 14-7

Jase Carlson, Rogers, 14-8

Dayton Dale, Forest Lake, 14-12

160 pounds

Nate Berchtold, South St. Paul, 27-1

Vristol Short, Simley, 24-6

Cael Olson, Delano, 22-2

Colton Loween, Mounds View, 22-4

Carter Skradski, Coon Rapids, 22-6

Edon Davis, Farmington, 20-8

Tyler Ruff, Lakeville North, 19-6

Charlie Petit, Wayzata, 18-5

A.J. Garcia, Apple Valley, 18-16

Jack Ferguson, Shakopee, 17-7

Wil Goldschmidt, Waconia, 16-9

Pierce Lewis, Eastview, 16-12

Russell Gillette, Chaska/Chan, 15-4

Isaac Hunter, Stillwater, 15-10

Sam Hunt, St. Agnes, 15-11

172 pounds

Jackson Barron, Shakopee, 26-2

Jed Wester, St. Michael-Albertville, 23-0,

Jacob McLaughlin, St. Agnes, 23-3

Brady Westall, New Prague, 23-3

Charles Mikely, Big Lake, 22-9

Bryce Burkett, Watertown-Mayer, 20-0

Ethan Swenson, Mounds View, 20-6

Michael Gillette, Chaska/Chan, 19-6

Mitch Knight, Champlin Park, 17-1

Apollo Ashby, Mounds View, 16-3

Jeff Ritter, Delano, 16-7

Myles Matthies, Apple Valley, 14-9

Cameron Ross, Coon Rapids, 14-10

189 pounds

Marcell Booth, Apple Valley, 25-3

Danny Martin, Simley, 23-7

Joe Kruse, Totino-Grace, 22-7

Charlie Witzel, St. Agnes, 20-3

Kenny Wells, Coon Rapids, 19-5

Tyler Graczyk, Howard Lake-W-W, 18-7

Blake Kruse, Lakeville North, 17-3

Carson Turner, Chaska/Chan, 17-3

Cole Han-Lindemyer, Farmington, 16-0

Carson Gellerman, Big Lake, 16-4

Joey Muhlstein, Mounds View, 16-6

Aydan Carlson, St. Francis, 15-0

Jackson, Green, Waconia, 15-9

215 pounds

Cooper Jahnke, Waconia, 25-5

Quin Morgan, Mounds View, 24-0

Cy Kruse, Totino-Grace, 24-1

Cito Tuttle, Stillwater, 21-2

Derrick Steinke, Hastings, 21-5

Hunter Gruba, Forest Lake, 21-7

Nathan Klatt, Annandale/ML, 18-0

Brock Zurn, Prior Lake, 18-3

Dominic Heim, Shakopee, 18-4

Andrew Bonk, South St. Paul, 16-8

Colton Long, Howard Lake-W-W, 14-6

Landon Odegard, Eastview, 14-7

Callen Krull, Chaska/Chan, 14-10

285 (Heavyweight)

Jack Bauer, Eastview, 22-5

Trajan Mussehl, Big Lake, 18-12

Mark Rendl, Forest Lake, 17-1

Hayden Skillings, Coon Rapids, 17-6

Andrew Olson, Stillwater, 17-8

Brody Perry, Edina, 16-4

Gavin Maxey, Mounds View, 16-4

Prentiss Derrick Jr., Chaska/Chan, 14-5

Owen Swedberg, Totino-Grace, 14-7

Clint White, Prior Lake, 14-7

GIRLS

100 pounds

Zoe Roddis, South St. Paul, 21-8

106 pounds

Vivian Diaz, South St. Paul, 21-8

Briana Martinez, South St. Paul, 16-5

112 pounds

Hannah Schuster, Apple Valley, 22-3

Gisele Gallegos, South St. Paul, 18-7

124 pounds

Andrea Quinones, Apple Valley, 22-3

130 pounds

Riley Meyers, Eastview, 15-1

Sina Guerra-Guardado, Apple Valley, 14-11

136 pounds

Cassy Gonzales, Apple Valley, 20-0

Hailey Jackson, South St. Paul, 14-7

148 pounds

Esperanza Calvillo, Apple Valley, 22-3

155 pounds

Grace Alagbo, Apple Valley, 18-1

170 pounds

Jemima Mukete, Apple Valley, 14-6

190 pounds

Gloriann Vigniavo, Apple Valley, 20-3

235 pounds

Lily Wolke, Apple Valley, 18-5

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