Numbers
Wrestlers and coaches have hit some high marks recently:
1
No. 1-ranked 145-pounder Alex Braun of Woodbury, the defending Class 3A champion at 138 pounds, set a school record for career victories with his 232nd last week.
150
Farmington senior 189-pounder Cole Han-Lindemyer, ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, won for the 150th time in his high school career.
200
St. Michael-Albertville junior 152-pounder Landon Robideau, the 2023 Class 3A 132-pound state champion, took his 200th career victory while helping the Knights to first place in the Day 2, No. 1 bracket at The Clash National Duals in LaCrosse, Wis., over the weekend. Robideau, who has committed to wrestle at Minnesota, has not lost a high school match since his freshman season. Also at The Clash, St. Michael-Albertville defeated Staley (Kansas City, Mo.) 41-17 in the first-division championship match on Day 1. On Day 2, Chatfield finished second in the No. 1 bracket while Zumbrota-Mazeppa was fourth. Shakopee took first in the No. 3 bracket, and Stillwater was second in the No. 4 bracket.
900
Jim Jackson, second in Minnesota in all-time coaching victories after runs of success at Apple Valley and Shakopee, is now head coach at Staples-Motley and won his 900th career match Dec. 21.
State rankings
The most current team rankings, courtesy of TheGuillotine.com wrestling website.
Class 3A
1. St. Michael-Albertville; 2. Mounds View; 3. Stillwater; 4. Shakopee; 5. Albert Lea; 6. Hastings; 7. Wayzata; 8. Anoka; 9. Waconia; 10. Willmar; 11. Apple Valley; 12. Park of Cottage Grove.