The following Green Machine (K-5) wrestlers took home first place in their brackets at the Faribault tournament on Sunday, November 29. The champions in the front row: Tayten Fierst, Logan Vargo, Mason Kanzenbach, Bo Bokman, and Trevor Holmberg. Back row: Abe Wunderlich, D’Shaun Davis, Elliott Viland, and JT Hausen. Many other Green Machine wrestlers also took first place but not pictured.
The City In-House season came to an end on Saturday, November 14 with the City Championships. The day (and entire season) was extremely fun and we hope you enjoyed it as well. Check out our Facebook page for some pictures. If you enjoyed the short season, please check out the club “Green Machine” program that started this week but sign-up is still available!
Both the K-6 and 7-8 Grade teams wrestled at NYWA State. Also, 8 individuals qualified and 5 came away as placewinners. Bo Bokman added a NYWA State title to go with his MN/USA State title earlier in the month. JT Hausen took home a 2nd Place, and Trevor Holmberg finished 3rd. Owen Farmer and Riley Stoltz battled through their brackets to each finish 6th Place. Great season everyone!
link to Facebook NYWA State photo album
After 23 individuals qualified for Regions, there were 8 advancing to NYWA State with top 3 finishes at Regions. Bo Bokman, JT Hausen, and Charlie Chambers all came away with Region titles. The following Green Machine wrestlers advanced (front row): Trevor Holmberg, JT Hausen, and Bo Bokman. Back row: Owen Farmer, Jacob Morris, Josh Heyda, Charlie Chambers, and Riley Stoltz.
Although sending a young and inexperienced line-up, the Green Machine youth wrestling team came with a solid 8th Place finish at NYWA Team Regions on Sunday, March 15. UPDATE: although originally did not advance with only top 7 advancing, the Green Machine will be advancing to its 3rd straight NYWA Team State. The unseeded Green Machine knocked off #6 seed Byron 47-31 in the opening round before falling to #3 seed Owatonna 38-32 with score tied heading into heavyweight. The Green Machine then knocked out Goodhue from the tournament 44-30 but lost to #7 Chatfield 44-23. In the 7th Place Match with a trip to the State Tournament on the line, they lost to an experienced PEM line-up 42-33 that came right down to the wire with Green Machine leading by scores of 30-0 and 33-15. Good luck at State!
The Green Machine qualified 9 for MN/USA State and four came home with hardware! Bo Bokman won his Bantam title with 5-0 record. Elliott Viland, JT Hausen, and Charlie Chambers all advanced to the championship match and took home 2nd place! In addition, Faribault’s David Tonjum won the heavyweight title in his MN/USA bracket! Congrats to those who qualified and the Place-winners!!!
In addition to placing 2nd at the Gopher State Nationals on February 7 in Monticello, JT Hausen also brought home the prestigious Midwest Tour belt by placing in the top 6 at each of the three National tournaments (Hawkeye Nationals, Badgerland Nationals, and Gopher State Nationals).
After placing 7 at the Byron Challenge last year, the Green Machine had 4 that went 2-2 and one match away from placing this year. The lone place-winner, Jacob Morris took 4th Place at the tough Byron Challenge on Sunday, February 15.
