Few sports are as enmeshed in kinship as wrestling.
All sports have their share of family ties. It would take days and a lot more space than is available to mention all familial threads that run through the world of high school sports. For many athletic teams, blood is the basis for their entire program. Son following in Dad's footsteps, daughter eclipsing Mom's achievements, brothers and sisters engaging in friendly games of one-upsmanship. Names like Broten, Micheletti and McDonald are instantly recognizable in Minnesota.
But wrestling is extreme. It thrives on its genealogy. Rarely does one run across a successful wrestler who doesn't have a father, uncle or grandfather — often all three — who wrestled. Combined victories and championships by brothers are an established part of the wrestling record book.
This season is no different, with siblings making names for themselves and their families.
Here are 10 sets of metropolitan-area siblings in which both are in the top 10 of their weight class in the individual rankings released Thursday by theguillotine.com
Trey and Blake Beissel, Hastings: Trey, a freshman, is ranked No. 1 in Class 3A at 106 pounds, while Blake, a junior, is the defending Class 3A state champ at 106 and is No. 1 at 113 pounds.
Lincoln and Landon Robideau, St. Michael-Albertville: Lincoln is No. 2 in Class 3A at 106, and Landon, the defending Class 3A state champ at 126, sits atop the rankings at 132. Another brother, Lachlan, is rising through the youth ranks.
Chase and Mason Mills, St. Michael-Albertville: Freshman Chase is No. 6 in Class 3A at 106 while Mason, another of the Knights who won an individual title last year (113), is No. 1 at 120. They, too, have a younger brother succeeding in youth wrestling, Maddox.
