Friday, March 2, 2012
For the third straight year, St. Michael-Albertville found a way to win in the semifinals, and came home with a runner-up trophy.
St. Michael-Albertville is as used to finishing runner up in the team tournament now as Apple Valley is winning it. And the Knights have only been around Class AAA for three years. The Eagles captured their 17th big school title in 19 years, their seventh AAA crown in a row and their third straight team championship over the Knights Friday night, with a 49-24 victory at the Xcel Energy Center. But, for a young St. Michael-Albertville squad, just returning to the team finals was a victory in its own right. The Knights graduate only senior Nick Edling, who is ranked No. 1 at 220 pounds. STMA put up 24 points in the final, the most against an Apple Valley team in Minnesota since 2009. The Eagles are ranked No. 3 in the nation. “You could put …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
The Knights, seeded third, will have to knock off Champlin Park, Hastings and Apple Valley if the tournament goes to form.
St. Michael-Albertville wrestling will shoot for its first-ever Class AAA team championship today as it hits the mat at the Xcel Energy Center. Action started with the state quarterfinal at 9 a.m. versus Champlin Park. Should they win, No. 3 STMA would square off with either No. 2 Hastings or a strong Little Falls High School club that took the Section 8 championship. STMA earned its third straight trip to state with the Section 7-3A title, earned back on Feb. 17 at the high school. "We're very proud of this particular team, just because it's so young," said coach Dan Lefebvre. "To only have one senior, you kind of miss that leadership factor. Nick [Edling] does a great job, but to have just one voice is different. So this team has really …
Friday, February 17, 2012
For the third straight year the Knights have captured the Section 7-3A crown, and are rolling into the State AAA Tournament in two weeks.
Senior Nick Edling returned in the "nick" of time, scoring a pair of pins in the Section 7-3A tournament to help lead the St. Michael-Albertville Knights to another team championship. STMA defeated Forest Lake 34-19 in the semifinals, then won the championship dual over Cambridge-Isanti by the exact same score to advance to the State AAA Team Tournament, set for Thursday, March 1 and Friday, March 2 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Tommy Thorn also had two pins in those duals, including a first-minute jaw-dropper that saw him recover from an early mistake, score two quick takedowns and find the win over his Cambridge opponent, young Monty Fredrickson. "I think this section, top to bottom, was as strong as we've seen in our three …
With four of the top seven teams in Class 3A, the Section 7 Tournament will have a State Tournament feel tonight in St. Michael.
St. Michael-Albertville coach Dan Lefebvre started the season with a simple mantra of his team: New year, same success. That gets put on the line tonight, his Knights play host to the marquis wrestling tournament of the year with the Section 7-3A meet tonight at St. Michael-Albertville High School. To say Section 7 is tough is a massive understatement. It’s equivalent to, perhaps, the Lake Conference in hockey, or the Classic in football. It’s a true gauntlet. With St. Michael-Albertville ranked No. 3 in the state as the top seed, the section also includes challengers Cambridge (No. 4), Forest Lake (No. 6) and Coon Rapids (No. 7). The quarterfinals start today at 4 p.m. “The winner is very much up in the air,” said head coach Dan Lefebvre…
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
After spending the latter part of 2011 learning about themselves, the Knights are ready to live up to their second-ranked billing.
A few things became clear to the St. Michael-Albertville Knights wrestling team through the holiday break. First, Scott West is going to be a terror in the Class 2A tournament. Second, being resilient–as the Knights were at The Clash back on New Years Eve can have its rewards. St. Michael-Albertville finished out of the Top 10 at The Clash Duals, held down in Rochester, but made some headway as a team after dropping two close losses in the opening rounds. A loss in the opening round of the Forest Lake Tournament was also a roadblock, but STMA rebounded to win three in a row, despite a loss in a head-to-head matchup with the tournament host, and walked out an overall champion. Now, the Knights focus on head-to-head action with Class AAA Elk…
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The 2011-2012 team is operating with a "new commitment," according to its head coach, but looking for a new result.
If all goes to plan, the St. Michael-Albertville Knights will follow the same road map they used last wrestling season. First, take on top competition throughout the regular season win nonconference duals and big time tournaments. Then, dominate the Mississippi 8 Conference for yet another title. Next, take the Section 7AAA team title and qualify as many individuals as possible. At the State AAA tournament, the Knights will release their individual wrestlers on the rest of the state. Then, there's one more hurdle. "Apple Valley's still there," said the team's lone senior, Nick Edling. "They're still tough. It's a lot like last year for us. But we hope this is the year." Edling, individually, is looking for a bit of redemption this …
