Owatonna wrestling

No wrestlers from Faribault placed although five did participate.

In my opinion each championship should have all eyes watching like volleyball in the fall and boys and girls basketball in a few weeks. The athletes deserve it after their hard work getting to the title match.

In Class AAA no Section 1 teams made the Dirty Dozen list. Four Big Nine teams are in Lean and Mean category including Faribault, Rochester Mayo, Northfield and Owatonna.

Among the state's smallest schools the Medford Tigers have the highest ranking out of Section 2 at #7. In fact they are the only ranked team out of Section 2 in Class A. #2 Dover-Eyota, #10 Chatfield represent Section 1 among the Dirty Dozen with Caledonia/Houston, Kenyon-Wanamingo in the Lean and Mean.

Faribault wrestles top seed Northfield 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the Rochester Mayo Civic Center Arena with the winner advancing to the State Tournament in two weeks.

That's right a #3 seed does not get to wrestle at home.

Section 1 (Southeast Minnesota) is loaded in each class. Section 2 is pretty stacked with great teams and wrestlers also. The tournament run is going to be awesome.

Owatonna graduate Peyton Robb earned the Outstanding Male Newcomer Award at Nebraska where he had a great red-shirt freshman season on the wrestling team.

Owatonna High School wrestling rallied for a pair of come-from-behind wins to advance to the finals of the Mounds View tournament before falling to Eastview 37-30 in the finals.

Owatonna High School sophomore goalie Ryan Johnson got a shutout in his first varsity start. Eighth-grade wrestler Jerez Autridge went 2-0 with a pin in his first night of varsity action.