ZM State Wrestling shirts are in production…they will be on sale Monday, February 23rd through Bev Prodzinski @ the high school. We will also have them available on Monday night during elementary practice & the booster club meeting. A LIMITED number of shirts will be for sale @ the section tournament tomorrow & Saturday. Shirts are $15.
A block of 20 rooms has been held at the Clarion Hotel in South St Paul for Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26th and 27th. The rooms will need to be reserved before Thursday of this week.
The Clarion is working on getting us a 12-15 passenger van that we can use to shuttle back and forth from the hotel to the Xcel. They have a full complimentary breakfast with eggs, bacon, sausage, waffles, cereals, etc. There is also a hospitality room available for our use for a total of $100 for both nights, that’s $100 off of the regular price if we’d like to chip in for that. If we do use the room, we will need to bring our own plates, utensils, some power strips, etc, they only supply the room.
The cost is $114/night for the king suites which have a king bed and a full sleeper sofa, or $109/night for the double and the king rooms.
Please call the Clarion at 651-455-3600 to secure your room before Thursday, Feb. 19th. The rooms are held under Zumbrota-Mazeppa Wrestling.
Just a fun tidbit, this is the place where Dan and I had our wedding reception 21+ years ago!
Looking forward to supporting our fabulous wrestling team!
Jennifer Bennett
They did it!!! The Cougars earned a trip to the state tournament! The Cougs met Dover-Eyota in the semi-finals, winning 48-18 to send them to the finals vs rival Kenyon-Wanamingo. In a very intense match-up, the Cougars pulled off the victory 27-26.
Thank you, Cougar Fans, for coming out to cheer them on! What a showing of teamwork & school spirit…it was an amazing & memorable day!!!
Eight Cougars have been selected to the HVL All-Conference Team: Spencer DeFrang (106), Hayden Stensland (113), Joey Majerus (120), Freedom Hunt (145), Caden Steffen (152), Devin Manzy (160), Dillon Downes (170), and Noah Prodzinski (182). Maverick Jackson (132), Jacob Bennett (138), Seth Tupper (195), and Evan Block (220) all earned Honorable Mention. Congratulations, guys, way to represent ZM!!!
Also, the ZM Wrestlers have once again been selected to the Silver All-State Academic Team…AWESOME!
Come show your support for these amazing student-athletes TOMORROW @ the Mayo Civic Center. The Cougars will wrestle Dover-Eyota in the semi-final match at 2:30 pm. Section Finals are at 4:15.
GO COUGS!!!
The Junior Varsity was crowned HVL champs Saturday in Lake City. It was a true team effort in this individual tournament as they edged KM by 6.5 team points, 175 to 168.5.
Joey Majerus earned his 200th victory of his career on Friday. Come watch Joey and the rest of the varsity this Thursday in Mazeppa at 7:00. They’ll take on the winner of St. Charles and Triton in their first step to earn a trip to the state tournament. Section 1A semifinals start at 2:30 at Mayo Civic Center on Saturday.
The Junior team placed 4th out of 8 this weekend in St. Charles. We were victorious over St. Charles before falling to KW, and losing by criteria in a tie with Rochester Mayo. It was the first opportunity for many of our wrestlers to be in a team tournament and they look forward to doing it again! The Senior team fell to both PEM and St. Charles in their only matches.
Monday- Practice. PreK-3rd at 5:45. 4th-6th at 6:45.
Thursday- Open mat practice in new wrestling room. 6:00-7 PM. Watch Cougars final home meet of the season.
Saturday- Watch Section 1 Class A semifinals at Mayo Civic Center at 2:3o. Section finals will follow.
A total of 29 youth and many parents took a bus down to Albert Lea on Saturday. 26 wrestled and 3 others joined their friends to lend support. Overall we wrestled very well with 11 of the 26 taking 1st place. Afterwards, everyone was treated to ice cream. Good times were had and we hope to make a trip like this an annual event.
A reminder to parents of the kids on the Jr. team for this Saturday’s team tournament in St. Charles: let Coach Lexvold know whether or not your child can make it. Please do so by Monday and please make your best effort to have your child at practice this week. Thank you!
Tuesday night in Mazeppa the #7 ranked Cougars take on #6 Chatfield. All are encouraged to attend this highly anticipated dual. This is a great opportunity for our young ones to watch the varsity and plant the seed in their minds that one day they too could have the chance to compete at a big dual like this. Please wear your youth t-shirts and go cheer on the home team!
Monday- Practice. PreK-3rd at 5:45. 4th-6th at 6:45.
Tuesday- Watch the #7 ranked Cougars take on #6 Chatfield in Mazeppa at 7 PM.
Thursday- Open mat practice in new wrestling room. 6:00-7:15 PM.
Saturday- St. Charles team tournament. Meet on west side of Mazeppa school at 7:15 AM. Chatfield and Lewiston individual tournaments.
Sunday, February 8- Lake City tournament (MN/USA)
The youth team went 3-2 today in Kasson, placing 7th out of 16. We defeated PEM, Caledonia, and Ellsworth, WI. The two wins over PEM and Caledonia avenged earlier losses against them from 2 weeks ago. We battled hard but lost to Chatfield and Byron.
11 boys wrestled extremely well in Kenyon on Saturday. They were Lincoln Toombs, Jake Moran, Brody Lohmann, Cole and Lucas Schiell, Cain and Ryan Lexvold, Gunner and Tanner Mancilman, Carter Annen, and Isaiah O’Reilly. Gunner Mancilman also earned the fastest pin trophy for first grade. Way to go Gunner!
100 TakedownsA reminder that tomorrow night during practice we’ll be doing our 100 takedowns (PreK and K will have a regular practice). Gatorade and popcorn will be served after. Please bring your pledge money and form to practice tomorrow in an envelope with your wrestler’s name on it. Contact Lacey ASAP if you are unable to attend Monday so we can get prizes ordered and a final tally to see if we met our group fundraising goal.
We are taking a bus to the Albert Lea tournament this Saturday. I still have memories of the bus rides and tournaments I attended in elementary. Hopefully we can provide the same type of memories to our wrestlers as well. We encourage all the kids to take the bus and not ride separately. Please bring this registration form to practice tomorrow. Put Z-M for the City/Organization and leave the Weight field empty. Also, at the very bottom of the form please write which town your child will be getting on the bus that day so we know who to expect where. The bus leaves from Mazeppa at 6:15 AM, and leaves from Zumbrota at 6:30. Approximate return time is 3 PM. Ask the coaches or Lacey if you have any questions.
Monday- Practice/100 Takedowns. PreK-3rd at 5:45. 4th-6th at 6:45.
Thursday- Open mat practice in new wrestling room. 6:00-7:15 PM.
Saturday- Bus trip to Albert Lea! Leave 6:15 AM from Mazeppa, 6:30 from Zumbrota.
A HUGE thank you to all of the volunteers this past week! From people transporting mats, working tables, concessions, admission, registration, donating food, doing skin checks, bracketing- all went extremely smooth because of your hard work. Lacey mentioned she really enjoyed meeting some new faces.
A reminder that if you’d like a shirt just like your child received, the orders are due tomorrow. Please bring your money and this order form to practice.
We plan on taking a bus to the Albert Lea individual tournament on Saturday, January 31st. The bus will bring us there and back. If you are interested, please sign-up on the sheets in or near the wrestling rooms fill out the registration form and bring to practice. The cost of the bus will be covered by the Booster Club. If we reach our monetary goal for the takedown fundraiser, the Booster Club will also cover the cost of the registration fee and an ice cream cone afterwards. 2nd grade and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Parents of older wrestlers are welcome if the bus has room. We plan on leaving Mazeppa at 6:15 AM, and leaving from Zumbrota at 6:30. Approximate return time is 3 PM.
100 Takedown Night is only 8 days away! Good luck on accumulating those pledges!
Upcoming Events
Monday- Practice. PreK-3rd at 5:45. 4th-6th at 6:45.
Thursday- Open mat practice in new wrestling room. 6:00-7:15 PM.
Satuday- Kenyon individual tournament
Sunday, Jan. 25- Kasson team tournament. Meet in Mazeppa at 7:45 to carpool if needed. Bloomington individual tournament.
Below are a few action shots of some of our little guys from Friday night courtesy of Laura Toombs.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougar Wrestling 