You can watch Caden Steffen compete for the Minnesota Storm team at 160lbs in the Heartland USA Middle School National Duals in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Wrestling starts at 9:00 AM Saturday morning. Click here to stream this live event. Good luck Caden!
Hope to see all the youth wrestling families Sunday at the Mazeppa Community Center at 1:00 PM!
Four Cougars placed at the NYWA State Individual Tournament this weekend. Earning 3rd place were Cain Lexvold and Caden Steffen. Placing 5th were Gunner Mancilman and Jacob Bennett.
The 7/8th grade team placed 5th out of 32 teams at the NYWA State Team Tournament.
Kaleb Lochner took 1st place in the NYWA Invite Tournament. Several others also participated in the NYWA State and Invite Tournaments. And Joey Majerus headed south to Cedar Falls, Iowa to wrestle in the USAW Junior/Cadet Folkstyle Nationals. Congratulations to all!
The Apple Valley Greco/Freestyle Open is this Friday and Saturday.
Any old timers like myself looking to miss a few days of work due to extreme soreness and lack of conditioning should look into this next year. Health insurance companies must cringe at the thought of such events. Lacey says she would put on her old cheerleading uniform.
ZM’s summer wrestling camp will host University of Minnesota Golden Gopher wrestlers Kevin Steinhaus (June 2nd & 3rd) and Dylan Ness (June 4th & 5th)! Additional camp information will be coming in a Community Ed brochure.
The following wrestlers have shown up for many of the morning lifts from 6:30-7:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We understand some live a long way out, and others are lifting after school because of spring sports, but these guys have made a consistent sacrifice to lift with their teammates in the morning.
1. Jacob Bennett
2. Spencer Defrang
3. Hayden Stensland
4. Hayden Voxland
5. Fletcher Bengtson
6. Caden Steffen
7. Maverick Jackson
8. Dillon Downes
The morning weight lifting opportunity continues to be dominated by our underclassmen….good job guys! Thanks for leading the crew Maverick and Dillon….good work! Remember guys, weight lifting will help you in ALL your sports and is a life long activity to keep you healthy! Lift, Lift, Lift!!!! It’s good for everything!
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ZM had wrestlers in 3 different tournaments on Saturday. 9 wrestlers attended STMA Tournament of Champions with Caden Steffen, Jacob Bennett, Spencer DeFrang, and Hayden Stensland all placing 1st. Michael Vath, Hayden Voxland, Jarret Haglund, Sam Nordquist, and Luke Tupper all placed 3rd.
3 wrestled in the Eastview Freestyle Open. Joey Majerus went 2-0 and both Evan Block and Noah Prodzinski went 1-2.
The K-6 team went 1-2 in the NYWA regional. The team beat Goodhue and fell in a pair of close duals to KW and GMLOK.
The 7th and 8th graders will not be going to Rochester or Cannon Falls for FS/GR practices this week so they can focus on the NYWA team state tourney.
There will be a K-6 open mat on Monday from 6-7:30. If your wrestler wants to practice Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, have them line up a partner. The wrestling room will be open each of those nights but no organized practices after Monday.
There are still several open weights for the NYWA Invite for anyone who wants another opportunity to wrestle. The deadline looks to be 10PM tonight so don’t wait!
Z-M had 11 wrestlers place in the top 3 of their weight class at Regionals this weekend to advance to NYWA State. Champions included Gunner Mancilman and Jacob Bennett. Runners-up were Cain Lexvold, Jack Krier, Spencer DeFrang, Sam Nordquist, Caden Steffen, Garrett Huneke, and Michael Vath. Placing 3rd were Mason Edstrom and Luke Krier.
Also earning a medal were Kyle Stensland and Gabe Tupper (4th), Kaleb Lochner, Ashton Macht, and Conner Heitman (5th), and Wyatt Freiheit (6th).
NYWA Region team qualifier is this Saturday in Eyota. Here is the schedule for Saturday.
Youth schedule for this week:
Be sure to RSVP to the end of the year party. I hope to see everyone there!
We will be running practice from 5:30 to 7:00 PM Thursday, March 20 due to the high school wrestling banquet some people will be attending. Good luck to everyone wrestling this weekend.
The junior & senior high wrestling banquet will be held on Thursday, March 20th, in the ZMHS cafeteria from 6:30-8:30.
This is a potluck, please bring a dish to pass (and remember these boys are hungry in the off-season!), and serving utensils. Beverages, plates, napkins, & utensils will be provided.
With spring sports starting, the practice times for 7th & 8th Grade NYWA team will be moved to 6:00-7:30 PM in the old wrestling room. There is no practice this Thursday due to the wrestling banquet.
Remaining practices:
Monday, March 17
Tuesday, March 18
Monday, March 24
Tuesday, March 25
Thursday, March 27
Monday, March, 31
Tuesday, April 1
State tournament for 7th & 8th team is Thursday, April 3.
Reminder: The weight room is open from 6:30 AM-7:30 AM Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for wrestlers to lift and is supervised by Dakota. This free time is being dominated by our underclassmen, good job guys! With spring sports starting today, I anticipate more upper classmen utilizing this morning time. Guys, weight lifting will help in all your sports and life…get to the weight room….
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We have 3 scheduled youth open mats this week and next. If you are on the NYWA team we strongly encourage you to be at these practices. If you are unable to make it, please let a coach know. We are aware there are concerts on the next 2 Thursday nights for grades 3 and 4.
For those who qualified for NYWA Regions, be sure to register on-line by this Tuesday at 5:00 PM.
A reminder that our end of the year party is Sunday, April 13. Everyone should be receiving an evite this week. Please RSVP to the evite so we can plan accordingly.
Youth schedule this week:
Jacob Bennett placed 3rd at the MN/USA Folkstyle Kids & Cadets State Tournament last weekend. My apologies for missing him in last week’s post.
What a great turnout for the roller skating party today!
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