Paul Cheney, a returning state champion, is ranked No. 1 in Minnesota at 220 (Photo/Mark Beshey, The Guillotine)Apple Valley has twelve wrestlers ranked in the top ten of their weight classes in the preseason Class 3A state rankings by The Guillotine. Of greater note is the presence of seven wrestlers in top two positions: Seth Gross (138), Dayton Racer (160), Mark Hall (170), Bobby Steveson (182), and Paul Cheney (220) are ranked first, while Gannon Volk (120) and Maolu Woiwor (132) are ranked second.
Prior Lake had an extremely strong back half of the lineup, as six of their seven weight classes contain a wrestler ranked inside the top seven: Blake Carlisle (152) is ranked first, Alex Hart (220) and Luis Pinto (285) are ranked second, Robby Schultz (182) and Rylee Streifel (195) are ranked fifth, while Sean O’Neil (170) is ranked seventh. However, the front half of the lineup is mostly young and extremely unproven.
Below is a weight-by-weight breakdown of the projected matchups.
106: Kyle Rathman (Apple Valley) vs. Curtis Lemar (Prior Lake)
Rathman is ranked fourth in Class 3A according to The Guillotine.
113: Jalen Thul (Apple Valley) vs. Gunner Charbonneau (Prior Lake)
120: Gannon Volk (Apple Valley) vs. Dylan Sogge (Prior Lake)
Volk was a state runner-up last year, while Sogge was a state alternate.
126: Zach Chytka (Apple Valley) vs. Tyler Hanson (Prior Lake)
Chytka qualified for state last year, and is ranked sixth in Class 3A according to The Guillotine; while Hanson was a sectional placer.
132: Maolu Woiwor (Apple Valley) vs. Kenny O'Neil (Prior Lake)
Woiwor is a two-time state champion, while O'Neil is talented but an eighth-grader.
138: No. 6 Seth Gross (Apple Valley) vs. Wyatt Benson (Prior Lake)
Gross is a two-time state champion and three-time Fargo freestyle champion.
145: Brock Morgan (Apple Valley) vs. Michael Schultz (Prior Lake)
Morgan is a two-time state qualifier and ranked fourth in Class 3A according to The Guillotine.
152: Davionte Yount (Apple Valley) vs. Blake Carlisle (Prior Lake)
Carlisle placed third at state last year.
160: No. 16 Dayton Racer (Apple Valley) vs. Anthony Perez (Prior Lake)
Racer is a two-time state finalist, and was a state champion last year.
170: No. 2 Mark Hall (Apple Valley) vs. Sean O'Neil (Prior Lake)
Hall is a three-time state champion, while O'Neil qualified for state each of the last two years.
182: No. 12 Bobby Steveson (Apple Valley) vs. Robby Schultz (Prior Lake)
Steveson placed each of the prior two years at state in Indiana, including a state title last year, while Schultz qualified for state last year and was one match away from placement.
195: Trom Petersen (Apple Valley) vs. Ryle Streifel (Prior Lake)
Petersen is a two-time state qualifier, and ranked seventh in Class 3A per The Guillotine; while Streifel qualified for state last year, was one match away from placing, and is ranked fifth in Class 3A.
220: Paul Cheney (Apple Valley) vs. Alex Hart (Prior Lake)
This is a match featuring the top two wrestlers in Class 3A by The Guillotine. State champion Cheney is ranked first, while state third-place finisher Hart is ranked third.
285: Lord Joshua Hyemang (Apple Valley) vs. Luis Pinto (Prior Lake)
Both wrestlers qualified for state last year, but Pinto advanced deeper in the tournament finishing one match away from placement. Each is in the preseason rankings Class 3A by The Guillotine, Pinto in second and Hyemang is ranked sixth.
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