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St. Michael-Albertville's Thorn Wins State Title

The Knights' freshmen won the Class AAA state title at 103 pounds

Tommy Thorn couldn’t control his emotion. Seconds after winning his first state championship at the Xcel Energy Center on Saturday, the St. Michael-Albertville freshman wrestler pumped his arms in the air and displayed an ear-to-ear grin.

Thorn beat Prior Lake’s Tanner Johnshoy 7-1 to open up the Class AAA championship round, earning him the Knights’ lone championship of the night.

“It was definitely exciting,” Thorn said. “It’s the first time. I was definitely pretty pumped.”

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STMA had six wrestlers competing on championship Saturday in St. Paul, and the Knights went 1-for-3 in state championship matches.

After Thorn won at 103 pounds, Cole Sladek lost at 112 to Apple Valley’s Jordan Kingsley and Shaun Little lost at 189 to Willmar’s Nathanial Swoyer 3-2 in four overtimes.

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Mark Voss took home fifth place at 119 pounds by defeating Northfield’s Carson Canedy 7-5 in the fifth-place match, Ryan Stott finished fifth by beating Maple Grove’s Dan Rekuski in triple overtime 5-4, and Parker Betts took home fifth place after beating Rochester Century’s Sam Gaul 20-7.

 

STMA INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

103: Tommy Thorn — def. HOP Jacob Price by fall (1:23); def. IRON Ryan Weinmann 7-1; def. AV Seth Grose 4-2 (OT); Championship: def. PL Tanner Johnshoy 7-1.

112: Cole Sladek — def. MG Joey Neumann 17-4; def. WOOD Justin Herold Plakut 9-0; def. WAY Nick O’Brien 8-4; Championship: loses to AV Jordan Kingsley 5-2.

119: Mark Voss — def. NOR Carson Canedy 11-2; def. COOP Sami Abdisa 7-3; loses to HAST Corey Latuff 4-2; loses to EP Sam Brancale 7-3. 5th- def. NORTH Carson Canedy 7-5.

171: Ryan Stott — def. WBL Beau Bibeau 5-4; def. OWA Ben Zeman 9-6; loses to AV Jake Waste 13-3; loses to HAST Jake Swenson 3-0; 5th- def. MG Dan Rekuski 5-4 (3OT).

189: Shaun Little — def. AL Connor Kortan 5-3; def. ALEX Andy Bouressa by fall (4:56); def. AV Matt Hechsel 3-1; Championship: loses to WIL Nathanial Swyer 3-2 (4OT).

285: Parker Betts — def. OWA Josh Woodrich 5-2; def. EAG Mitch Johnson by fall (3:26); loses to WBL Donny Longendyke 3-1; loses to CR Tanner Lowe 3-2 (4OT); 5th- def. RC Sam Gaul 20-7.

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