When Waconia's Max McEnelly lost to New Prague's Joey Novak 5-0 in the 195-pound final at the Rumble on the Red wrestling invitational in Fargo, N.D., last week, it ended one of the longest active winning streaks in Minnesota. McEnelly had won 132 consecutive matches dating to his last high school loss, to Kasson-Mantorville's Bennett Berge in the 170 final in the 2019 Minnesota Christmas tournament.
He won 132 in a row? Yes, and it gets better: Minnesota's top 10 high school wrestling streaks
Max McEnelly's run ended last week and ranks eighth on a list led by Mitch Bengtson's 179 and Gable Steveson's 173.
January 6, 2023 at 4:56PM
Here's a look at the wrestlers with the 10 longest individual winning streaks in state high school wrestling history, including the last year each wrestled:
179: Mitch Bengtson, St. Cloud Apollo, 2013
173: Gable Steveson, Apple Valley, 2018
171: Mark Hall, Apple Valley, 2016
146: Brady Berge, Kasson-Mantorville, 2017
141: Marcus LeVesseur, Bloomington Kennedy, 2001
138: Kevin Steinhaus, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, 2009
133: Gabe Mooney, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River, 2004
132: Max McEnelly, Waconia, 2023
131: Keegan Moore, Jackson County Central, 2016
129: Steve Carr, Battle Lake, Moorhead, 1979
Six players plus head coach Garrett Raboin and assistant coach Ben Gordon are from Minnesota. The tournament’s games will be televised starting Monday.
