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2011-12 Rochester Wrestling previews CENTURY
Head coach: Steve Larsen, 10th season. Assistants: Scott Hayungs, James Coyle, Ken Beich, Tyler Lindhart and Shawn Pastika. Last season: 3-14 overall, 2-7 in Big Nine. Who’s gone: Chad Zastrow, Sam Gaul, Joe Ginther, Mitch Miller, Clint Allen and Jake Allen. Top returners: None listed. Other returning letter-winners: Tanner Hall (3-14), Zach Larson (2-24), Daniel Lopez (1-9), Alan Martinson (2-8), Justin Morbeck (4-20) and Wilson Yang (2-12). Team strengths: Numbers, strong youth program. Team weaknesses: Lost top six wrestlers, very inexperienced, no winning records returning. Where they fit in Big Nine race: Bottom half of conference. Coach Larsen’s thoughts: “The bad news for our program is that we lost the best six wrestlers from our team last season. The good news is that our program is growing. We have just three seniors and three juniors in our program at this time, but we do have 31 wrestlers who are sophomores, freshmen or underclassmen. These numbers, along with the current status of our youth program, gives us reason to be optimistic about the future. ... This year we realize that we are very inexperienced at the varsity level. Our goal is to make progress one day at a time over the course of the season. There could be some pleasant surprises before the season is over. While it will be tough to face Owatonna next Thursday to open the season, I believe that this experience will give the wrestlers in our program some team goals for the future.” ROSTER Seniors — Daniel Lopez, Will Mahora and Justin Morbeck. Juniors — Zach Larson, Kyle Pike and Wilson Yang. Sophomores — Adam Douangmala, Donyae Funches, Andrew Liu, Chris Lopez, Nick Pastika, Stephen Pho, Antonnio Scaccio and Luke Wilson. Freshmen — Jonny Brushaber, Victor Lechner, Nick O’Brien, Khristian Pike and Gunnar Simonson. Eighth-graders — Elijah Clark, Michael Gaul, Tanner Hall, Levi Hansen, Alan Martinson, Edgar Saenz, Micahel Page 1 of 7
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2011-12 Rochester Wrestling previews Siewart and Bruce Stevens. Seventh-graders — Logan Corkill, Eligah Hollins, Jared Larsen, Jaden Maha, Christian Olheiser, Eric Philipps, Matthew Sullivan, Eric Torkelson, Brandon Vega and Frankie Villeneuve. SCHEDULE Dec. 1 — Owatonna, 7 p.m. Dec. 3 — at Rochester Invitational (Mayo), 9 a.m. Dec. 8 — at Mankato West, 7 p.m. Dec. 15 — at Faribault, 7 p.m. Jan. 5 — at Winona triangular, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 — at Cannon Falls Invitational, 8 a.m. Jan. 12 — at Northfield triangular, 5 p.m. Jan. 14 — at Stewartville Invitational, 8 a.m. Jan. 19 — at Austin, 7 p.m. Jan. 26 — Albert Lea, 7 p.m. Jan. 28 — Century Invitational, 10 a.m. Feb. 2 — at All-City meet (Mayo), 5:30 p.m. Feb. 4 — at Pine Island Invitational, 10 a.m. Feb. 9 — Mankato East, 7 p.m. Page 2 of 7
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2011-12 Rochester Wrestling previews Feb. 16-18 — at Section 1AAA team tournament, TBD. Feb. 24-25 — at Section 1AAA individual tournament, TBD. JOHN MARSHALL Head coach: Brian Parlin, fifth season. Assistants: Kent Kaupa, Troy Steffes and Tom Giordano. Last season: 14-10 overall, 4-4 in Big Nine. Who’s gone: Charlie Stellpflug and Jacob Bosshart. Top returners: Ryan Williamson (fifth-year varsity starter, 25-9 before injury last season); other 20-match winners include Logan Saltou, Carter Williamson, Nick Borth, Nathan Evan and Makayle Brennan. Senior Austin Minea and junior Tim Moore also return. Other returning letter-winners: Dami Adebayo, Alex Brown, Dontorrie Chatman, Hayden Herzog, Jorge Loyo Lopez, Tim Vanderwiel, Ryan Just, Andrew Moore, Jay Wehrenberg and Kenny Maclin. Team strengths: Returning varsity experience, offseason commitment. Team weaknesses: Depth, lost a few experienced wrestlers. Where they fit in Big Nine race: Top half of conference; hoping to compete for No. 3 spot. Coach Parlin’s thoughts: “We have a lot of kids returning with varsity experience. We are returning four wrestlers who placed third in sections last year, and a total of 10 wrestlers who have placed in the section. That gives us a good core of kids. We had some kids put in a lot of work in the offseason to prepare for this year. If everything comes together, I expect us to win a lot of duals and be competitive with everyone we wrestle. ... Ryan Williamson will help lead our team this year. He’s a fifth-year varsity starter and is one of our senior captains. He was unable to compete at sections last year due to an injury, but he compiled a 25-9 record before he got hurt.” ROSTER Page 3 of 7
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2011-12 Rochester Wrestling previews Seniors — Dami Adebayo, Austin Minea and Ryan Williamson. Juniors — Makayle Brennan, Alex Brown, Dontorrie Chatman, Nathan Evan, Bryce Fenlon, Hayden Herzog, Jorge Loyo Lopez, Ryan Moger, Tim Moore, Tyler Olsson, Gabriel Penny, Tim Vanderwiel, Eric Walker and Zach Winter. Sophomores — Austin Bishop, Nick Borth, Malcom Cain, Ryan Just, Haris Kaltak, Andrew Moore, Jay Wehrenberg and Carter Williamson. Freshmen — Chris Amberger, Jesse Bruggenthies, Kenny Maclin and Mahleek Pilarski. Eighth-graders — Jesse Hanson, Riley Orr and Logan Saltou. Seventhgraders — Peter Barsoum, Addarius Russell and Cy Scott. SCHEDULE Dec. 3 — Rochester Invitational, 9 a.m. Dec. 9 — at Plainview-Elgin-Millville, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 — at Shakopee Invitational, 10 a.m. Dec. 15 — at Austin, 7 p.m. Dec. 16-17 — at Minnesota Christmas Tournament, TBD Dec. 22 — Albert Lea, 7 p.m. Jan. 5 — at Owatonna, 7 p.m. Jan. 7 — at Owatonna Invitational, 10 a.m. Jan. 12 — at Mankato East, 7 p.m. Jan. 14 — at Stewartville Invitational, 8 a.m. Jan. 19 — Mankato West, Dover-Eyota, 5 p.m.
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2011-12 Rochester Wrestling previews Jan. 26 — at Faribault, 7 p.m. Jan. 28 — at Lake City Invitational, 10 a.m. Feb. 2 — All-City Championship, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 4 — at Pine Island Invitational, 10 a.m. Feb. 9 — at Winona, 7 p.m. Feb. 16-18 — at Section 1AAA team tournament, TBD. Feb. 24-25 — at Section 1AAA individual tournament, TBD. MAYO Head coach: Art Trimble, third season. Assistants: Kent Parlich, Josh Conley and Andy Leisen. Last season: 3-13 overall, 2-7 in Big Nine. Who’s gone: Skyler Arthur. Top returners: Jake Hanson (state place-winner) and Brady Nelson (state qualifier) and Miles Patton (ranked No. 10 at 106 pounds). Other returning letter-winners: Justin Carr, Jason Callanan, Sam Hinsch, Sam Lisko, Marcus McKinley, Henry Pham, Loren Lorang and Denley Minske. Team strengths: Upper and middle weights, varsity experience. Team weaknesses: Depth in lower weights, still young. Page 5 of 7
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2011-12 Rochester Wrestling previews Where they fit in Big Nine race: Hoping to compete for No. 3 spot behind Owatonna and Albert Lea. Coach Trimble’s thoughts: “We have a very strong group of wrestlers in the middle and upper weights, which should match up well when competing with other schools. We also have a lot of varsity experience returning from last year. ... We don’t have the depth in the lower weights that we do in our upper weights, which could hurt us if we experience a few injuries. I am predicting a strong year for the Spartans. We should be competitive in all the conference matchups. I look for a lot of wrestlers to make the next step this year and compete for individual section championships.” ROSTER Seniors — Justin Carr and Jose Contreres Paredes. Juniors — Jason Callanan, Adrean Cortez, Lucas Ewing, Jacob Hanson, Alexander Haynes, Sam Hinsch, Samuel Lisko, Zachary Lorang, Marcus McKinley, Liban Mohamad, Kyle Orwoll, Devon Patton and Henry Pham. Sophomores — Ethan Carlson, Nolan Ewing, Trystin Johnson, Loren Lorang, Campbell McClees, Denley Minske, Ryan Motley and Dominique Whitehorn. Freshmen — Kyle Bergstrom, Ryan Burton, Jesus Fernandez, Dylan Fitzpatrick, Tyler Glomski, Dylan Johnston, David Marr Kade McKinley, Brady Nelson, Miles Patton, Razi Payne, Frankie Saengkeo, Donovan Smith and Connor Willis. Eighth-graders — Tyler Bidwell, Kyle Calley and Jonathan Lorang. SCHEDULE Dec. 3 — at Rochester Invitational (Mayo), 9 a.m. Dec. 8 — Medford, 6 p.m. Dec. 15 — Northfield, Mankato East, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 17 — at St. Charles Invitational, 10 a.m. Dec. 22 — at Mankato West triangular, 5 p.m. Jan. 5 — Faribault, 7 p.m. Jan. 7 — at Crestwood, Iowa, Invitational, 11 a.m. Page 6 of 7
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2011-12 Rochester Wrestling previews Jan. 12 — at P-E-M triangular, 5 p.m. Jan. 14 — at Stewartville Invitational, 10 a.m. Jan. 17 — at Goodhue triangular, 5 p.m. Jan. 19 — Kenyon-Wanamingo, Winona, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 21 — at Zumbrota-Mazeppa Invitational, 9 a.m. Jan. 26 — Owatonna, 7 p.m. Jan. 31 — at Austin, 7 p.m. Feb. 2 — at All-City Championship (Mayo), 5:30 p.m. Feb. 4 — at Cannon Falls Invitational, 10 a.m. Feb. 9 — Albert Lea, 7 p.m. Feb. 16-18 — at Section 1AAA team tournament, TBD. Feb. 24-25 — at Section 1AAA individual tournament, TBD. — Ben Pherson
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