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Sweet 16: Here are the top Minnesota wrestlers to watch this season

Five girls and 11 boys to keep an eye on as the wrestling season starts.

By Jim Paulsen

December 1, 2022 at 12:20AM

Hastings’ Skylar Little Soldier, right, is one of the top wrestlers returning to the mat this winter. (Aaron Lavinsky, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

16 metro wrestlers to watch

Boys

Jack Nelson, Mound Westonka, jr., 126
Landon Robideau, St. Michael-Albertville, soph., 132
Tyler Wells, Princeton, sr., 138
Koy Buesgens, New Prague, sr., 145
Eli Paulson, Anoka, sr., 138
Cash Raymond, Simley, jr., 145
Zach Hanson, Lakeville North, sr., 152
Ryder Rogotzke, Stillwater, sr., 182
Max McEnelly, Waconia, sr., 195
Gavin Nelson, Simley, sr., 220
Will Sather, Eden Prairie, jr., heavyweight

Girls

Charli Raymond, Simley, 8^th, 107
Aspen Blasko, Forest Lake, jr., 107
Audrey Rogotzke, Stillwater, fr., 120
Skylar Little Soldier, Hastings, jr., 127.
Ella Pagel, Northfield, soph., 164.

about the writer

Jim Paulsen

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Jim Paulsen is a high school sports reporter for the Star Tribune.