The Green Machine participated in tournaments at Waseca and Owatonna over the February 20-21 weekend. The champions were: Blake Judd, Mason Kanzenbach, Elliott Viland, Mac Louis, Bo Bokman, Trevor Holmberg, and Logan Vargo (pictured at bottom).
What a difference one week can make! A week after dropping two duals to Owatonna and Farmington by a combined score of 91-37, the Falcons sent Owatonna packing 35-25 in the semifinals of the Section 1AAA team tournament in Rochester. It was the first win over Owatonna in the past 19 years, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. The win put the Falcons into the finals against Farmington, ranked #5 in the State. And the Falcons put a scare into Farmington this time around before falling short 38-30. The Falcons took the lead 27-23 after a pin from fired-up senior Ike Van Thomme. Next up for the Falcons will be Individual Sections this Friday and Saturday at the Rochester Civic Center.
Every year the Byron Challenge brings in 16 youth teams and placing at the tournament is, well, challenging. And now enter in some new teams like Owatonna and it is becoming even more challenging. The Green Machine were up to the challenge by placing four individuals with many others coming up short. Logan Vargo took 2nd at 45 lbs, Bo Bokman placed 3rd at 60, Elliott Viland placed 4th at 65, and JT Hausen went up a weight class and still finished 5th at 75 lbs.
The Falcons will get their chance to avenge its loss from last week with a semifinal match-up against Owatonna. The dual will be at the Rochester Civic Center at 1:00 this Saturday (2/13). In the opening round on Thursday, the Falcons hosted Northfield and came away with a convincing 47-11 win.
The Green Machine had a number of champions over the weekend including JT Hausen winning his bracket at Gopher State Nationals. Pictured from left are: Blake Judd, JJ Reuvers, JT Hausen, Aiden Reuvers, Trevor Holmberg, and Colsten Almendinger.
After building up an impressive run to a 17-2 record, the Falcons dropped on a pair of duals on back-to-back nights (Feb 4 and Feb 5). The Falcons, 17-4, will still hold the 3rd Seed in the Section 1AAA tournament and will host Northfield on Thursday, February 11 at 7:00. The winner will advance to Rochester Civic Center on Saturday at 1:00.
Busy weekend for the Falcons beginning with a 71-12 conference road win at Rochester Century on Friday (1/29). Click here for Falcons vs Century story The Falcons then traveled to Robbinsdale Armstrong for weekend tournament and came away with three wins to improve to 17-2 record. During the day, senior Tony Avila reached career win #100. Over at the Ninth Grade State Tournament, Josh Heyda finished in 7th Place. The Falcons host Owatonna this Friday (2/5) on Senior Night.
