Morrison County Record’s Wrestler of the Year: Royalton-Upsala junior Mitch Lange

Posted on March 29, 2013 at 6:00 pm

No escape from Royal machine By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor On Jan. 29, Mitch Lange bumped up to 170 pounds …

2013 Morrison County Record All-Area Wrestling Team

Posted on March 29, 2013 at 5:00 pm

106 pounds Logan Kapphahn, sophomore, Little Falls Kapphahn walked off the mat after one of his biggest wins of the …

Clint Poster earns All-American honors at Division II wrestling tourney

Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:44 am

Pierz graduate Clint Poster, a redshirt freshman on the St. Cloud State University wrestling team, earned All-American honors in helping …

Pierz junior Evan Woitalla battles to try to keep down Frazee's Hunter Sorenson during the state team quarterfinals, Feb. 28. Woitalla avenged a 4-0 defeat with a 5-0 victory over Sorenson a day later in individual action.

State wrestling: Pierz falls to second-seeded Frazee, third-seeded ACGC

Posted on March 5, 2013 at 11:06 am

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Pierz encountered a tough draw at the Class A state wrestling team tournament, Feb. …

Little Falls senior Joe Reis trips up Champlin Park senior LaQuan Wallace for a takedown in the third period during the state wrestling tournament, March 1. Reis nearly pinned Wallace after falling behind 17-3, but ran out of time in a 17-9 defeat.

State wrestling: Mitch Lange, Trevor Scott earn fourth place

Posted on March 2, 2013 at 10:50 pm

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Royalton-Upsala junior Mitch Lange and Holdingford senior Trevor Scott each earned fourth place to …

Wrestling: Nine still alive in state wrestlebacks

Posted on March 2, 2013 at 12:51 am

Pierz and Holdingford advanced four wrestlers to the consolation quarterfinals and Royalton-Upsala moved one wrestler through during Friday’s opening day …

Wrestling: Pierz drops pair at state

Posted on February 28, 2013 at 10:21 pm

Pierz fell 47-12 to second-seeded and eventual runner-up Frazee in Thursday’s Class A state wrestling team quarterfinals at the Xcel …

Area wrestling: 20 area wrestlers qualify for individual state tournament

Posted on February 25, 2013 at 10:15 am

Area wrestling action from Feb. 22 – 23: Section 8AAA tournament: Little Falls turned 11 semifinalists into four state qualifiers …

Wrestling: Little Falls comes up one match short in section finals to Moorhead

Posted on February 18, 2013 at 5:00 pm

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor A year ago, Little Falls clinched a trip to the state wrestling tournament with four …

Wrestling: This time, Pierz comes out on top

Posted on February 16, 2013 at 8:00 pm

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor Holdingford may have been able to snap Pierz’ 21-match win streak in a regular season …

Area wrestling: Holdingford, Pierz and Royalton-Upsala all advance to Section 7A final four

Posted on February 13, 2013 at 1:33 pm

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Top-seeded Holdingford, second-seeded Pierz and No. 5 Royalton-Upsala each posted convincing wins to advance …

Wrestling: Little Falls pounds Princeton with nine pins, delivers Hendrickson’s 300th career win

Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:47 pm

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Little Falls pounded visiting Princeton 63-15 to wrap up a 22-6 regular season and …

Royalton-Upsala sophomore Joe Jensen, top, powers Mille Lacs Area freshman Hunter Sumner to his back with a bar arm during Tuesday’s home dual. Jensen won with a 19-4 technical fall at 113 pounds to help lead the Royals to a 61-12 victory.

Area Wrestling: Holdingford busts Pierz winning streak at 21

Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:08 pm

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Holdingford will likely have to do it again Friday. But the Huskers proved it …

Wrestling: Pierz powers past pair of Central Minnesota Conference opponents

Posted on January 30, 2013 at 1:42 pm

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Pierz bulldozed a pair of Central Minnesota Conference (CMC) foes at Tuesday’s Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (BBE) …

Royalton-Upsala senior Tyler Hegna elevates Aitkin's Brian Wold's leg into the hair during Tuesday's home quad. Hegna finished the night with a pair of victories.

Wrestling: Royalton-Upsala’s Lange pummels two ranked foes

Posted on January 30, 2013 at 11:43 am

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor Junior Mitch Lange pinned a ranked foe and pounded another 14-7 to lead the Royalton-Upsala …