By Pat Garry, Staff Writer
The Cubs are Section 4A champions, after defeating section and conference foe (and #3 state-ranked) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, 34-21, in a major upset!
“Our guys wrestled tough, up and down the lineup, and I was proud of the attitude, effort, and belief they displayed. A big reason why we won the dual was Jack Bollman pinning Edwyn Gonzalez (he is ranked top 5 in the state)!” exclaimed Coach David Joseph.
The Kimball boys also conquered Section 1 champion Zumbrota-Mazeppa, 35-23; to advance to the Class A Minnesota state championship semi-finals, which takes place at St. Michael-Albertville High School, on March 27. It has been nine years since Kimball Cubs wrestlers made it to State as a team. They are guaranteed at least fourth place in this year’s tournament.
The Cubs return to action this week in the section 4A individual tournament (Wednesday in Kimball); as well as the individual super-section tournament in Rochester on Saturday.
ACGC match
106 – Mark Schiefelbein -(Kimball) over Trey Schmidt (ACGC) Dec. 3-2;
113 – Jack Bollman (Kimball) over Edwyn Gonzalez (ACGC) Fall 1:28;
120 – Jevon Williams (ACGC) over Chase Anderson (Kimball) Fall 3:25;
126 – Blake Brutger (Kimball) over Jayden Kragenbring (ACGC) Dec. 3-1;
132 – Cole Holien (ACGC) over Lucas Jurek (Kimball) Dec. 3-0;
138 – Brady Holien (ACGC) over Gavin Winter (Kimball) Fall 5:01;
145 – Alex Nelson (Kimball) over Hayden Straumann (ACGC) Dec. 5-1;
152 – Mason Studemann (ACGC) over Cody Leither (Kimball) Dec. 6-2;
160 – Zack Holtz (Kimball) over Logan Straumann (ACGC) Maj