Seven OHS Wrestlers head to the State Tournament
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Seven OHS Wrestlers who will be competing at state
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Peyton Robb- Grade 10 Competing at 120 Third state appearance Quote: “My favorite memory from the season would be the bus rides home from all the events. By going to state, I learned to be able to wrestle in front of a lot of people and I’m looking forward to competing for another state championship.”
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Riley Becker – Grade 9 Competing at 113 First state appearance Quote: “My favorite memory from the season was when I beat my kid from Rochester Mayo to go to state for the first time.”
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Brandon Moen- Grade 11 Competing at 195 Fifth state appearance Quote:“One of my favorite memories from season was going to Rumble on the Red, because it’s a fun tournament to compete in and getting to stay in the hotel. “
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Cade King – Grade 9 Competing at 132 Second state appearance Quote: “My favorite part of the season was getting to wrestle with my new team and getting to attend and watch the Rumble on the Red in Fargo.”
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Tanner Cole – Grade 11 Competing at 138 Fourth state appearance Quote: “One of my favorite memories of the season was when I won individual sections for the fourth time.”
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Bryce Goodwin – Grade 11 Competing at 145 First state appearance Quote: “I think state will be a great opportunity for me and I really need to take advantage of this moment. It will also be a fun time to hang out with my buddies.”
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Griffin Thorn – Grade 11 Competing at 182 First state appearance Quote: “One of my favorite wrestling memories was from this past season when I was getting pinned for about a minute and a half by a Faribault kid, and then came back and won by a major decision.”
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On Friday, Feb. 19, fourteen wrestlers competed at the individual section tournament in attempt to make it to the state tournament. For some, it would be another chance to appear at state, while others would be wrestling their last match of their high school career. On the second day of the tournament, twelve of them were still competing. After a long day of battling it out with other schools, seven boys were able to place in the top two and qualify for state. Head coach Cliff Casteel said, “We qualified more wrestlers than any other team in Section 1 AAA and luckily for us, all seven will be returning next year.” The seven wrestlers that made it to state are: Peyton Robb, Cade King, Tanner Cole, Bryce Goodwin, Griffin Thorn, Brandon Moen and Riley Becker. The individual state tournament runs Friday, Feb. 26 -Feb. 27 at the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul.
STATE UPDATE: Tanner Cole placed third, Brandon Moen and Peyton Robb won State Championships in their weight class. Also head coach Cliff Casteel decided to retire from coaching the huskies and this was his last season coaching for Owatonna.
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