Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougar Wrestling

The week before Christmas was busy in the youth room! Here are your wrestlers of the week!

PreK-k = Samuel Wood

1-3grade = Rhett Lodermeier

4-6grade = Weston Hackman

Weston Hackman

Plan is to reschedule for a later date(s). Tentatively, it looks like KM for Feb 4 and CF for Feb 7. Times tbd and we will post more here when known.

The youth room is in full swing right now, and it looks like they have been working hard! Each week, the coaches will pick wrestlers of the week in each wrestling room. They are chosen for their work ethic, attitude, and for being a great teammate! For week 1, the wrestlers of the week are:

Pre-K: Benson Adams

1-3rd: Brantley Pahl

4-6th: Mason Dingfelder

For week 2, the wrestlers of the week are:

Prek-k: Tuck Olson

1-3rd: Emmitt Weiland

4-6th: Tanner Poncelet

The Cannon Falls dual has been rescheduled. ZM will host both Cannon Falls and Kasson Mantorville in Mazeppa on Thursday, Dec 22nd. Action will start at 4:30pm. If you can’t make it to Mazeppa that night, live stream will be available from 4:15 until the completion of all matches. https://youtu.be/eBj3gEurKrM

Schedule:

4:30-6:00 ZM vs Cannon Falls/Kasson Mantorville JV matches

6:00-7:00 ZM vs Cannon Falls Varsity

7:00-8:00 ZM vs Kasson Mantorville Varsity

Cannon Falls schools are closed today due to the snow and ice, so the wrestling match tonight is either canceled or postponed to a later date. We will keep you updated if the match is scheduled for a later date.

Please join us tomorrow night in Mazeppa for a dual vs Cannon Falls Friday night. JV matches begin around 6pm. Varsity matches begin at 7pm. In case you cannot make the dual, we are live streaming here beginning at 5:45: https://youtu.be/eBj3gEurKrM. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel!

Both the Varsity and JV wrestlers took the mat in Stewartville. The Varsity grapplers beat Stewartville 64-9. Pictures from this dual can be found here.

On Saturday, the varsity traveled to Glencoe for the Don Hall Invite in Glencoe. ZM finished 3rd out of 9 teams, placing behind #1-A JCC and #12-AA Watertown-Mayer/Mayer Luth. They finished ahead of #5-A Kimball Area, New Ulm, Glencoe, LeSueur-Henderson, BOLD, and Rochester JM.

Place Winners were:

1st Place: Jack Krier, Lucas Schiell

2nd Place: Noah Schaefer, Colby Dohrn, Ryan Lexvold

3rd Place: Keagan Haugen, Laiken Copeman

4th Place: Isaiah O`Reilly, Cody Anderson

5th Place: Jent Beyer, Zayne Novek, Wyatt Mulder, Tucker Buck

6th Place: Tanner Finstuen, Wilson Nordquist

The JV team was in action on Saturday in Mazeppa vs stout competition. ZM defeated Albert Lea, Shakopee, Holmen WI, and Dover-Eyota and lost a very close dual vs Apple Valley that came down to the last match. Pictures from the JV duals can be found here.

This year we are going to stream our Home Events, beginning with the JV duals this Saturday. This will allow anyone to cheer on the Cougars from anywhere. This is a free service, but the funding has been provided by the ZM Wrestling Booster Club. Donations are much appreciated, but not required (Details on donations will be forthcoming). We can’t promise that this will be seamless from Day 1, but we can promise that we will learn as we go and improve!

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Live Streaming Schedule:

Date	Event
Saturday 12/3/22 10AM	ZM JV Duals, with teams from Albert Lea, Apple Valley, Dover-Eyota, Holmen (WI), Shakopee, and ZM.
Friday 12/16/22 6PM	JV and Varsity Dual – Cannon Falls @ ZM
Thursday 12/22/22 6PM	JV and Varsity Dual – Kasson Mantorville @ ZM
Thursday 1/26/22 6PM	JV and Varsity Dual – Goodhue @ ZM

The ZM Varsity and Junior Varsity are opening the season with a dual match at Stewartville on Friday night. The JV matches start at 6pm and Varsity begins at 7pm.

On Saturday, the Varsity travels to Glencoe Silver Lake High School to wrestle the Don Hall Invite with 8 other teams. #1-A Jackson County Central, #6-A Kimball, and #12-AA Watertown Mayer-Mayer Luth are the ranked teams that will be there. A great early season tournament and a good test!

The JV team will host a number of powerhouse programs visiting Mazeppa on Saturday for a JV duals tournament, including teams from Shakopee, Apple Valley, Holmen WI, Albert Lea and Dover-Eyota. Wrestling starts at 10am in the Mazeppa gym. We will be live streaming the ZM duals in Mazeppa with more information coming out soon.