OHS wrestling

The Owatonna High School wrestling team reflected on a successful 2016-17 season at their recent banquet at the Monterey Ballroom of Owatonna.

Recent OHS graduates Bear Woodrich and Justin Tacheny made their radio broadcast debuts during KRFO coverage of the state wrestling tournament at Xcel Center.

After a quarterfinal loss to Hastings, the Owatonna High School wrestlers beat Minnetonka and Willmar to win the consolation championship Thursday.

Wrestling fans will fill Xcel Energy Center this Thursday through Saturday as Minnesota's top grapplers vie for state titles.

For the 12th time in school history, the Owatonna wrestlers qualified for the state tournament Saturday. It's their first team appearance at state since 2013.

No. 6AAA Owatonna went 3-1 at Mounds View, but was missing several key wrestlers and couldn't compete with No. 3AAA Anoka in the finals, falling 59-7 in the finals.

After wrestling teams from around the country, the Huskies ended against a team from their own area code and beat Zumbrota-Mazeppa 36-21 Saturday. OHS was 19th overall.

The Owatonna wrestling squad went 2-1 in its return to The Clash National Wrestling Duals at Rochester Friday. Action resumes at 9AM Saturday for the Huskies.

Owatonna junior Peyton Robb won the title at 145 pounds at the Minnesota Christmas Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, beating his future college roommate in the finals.

Owatonna scored a pair of lopsided wins Thursday over Mankato West and Northfield on the eve of taking part in the Christmas Tournament in Rochester this weekend.