Shakopee's Brent Jones is ranked No. 11 nationally by InterMat (Photo/Mark Beshey, The Guillotine)One of the states starting its regular season this week is Minnesota, and it will kick off with a bang on Thursday night as a pair of nationally ranked teams will take to the mat. Apple Valley is the 11-time defending dual team state champions, though one of them was the tied match in the 2013 state final, and enter the season ranked No. 1 in Class AAA per The Guillotine; while the Sabers are ranked second. This is not likely to be the season's only dual meet, as the teams are in the same section, where they should meet come February with a dual team state spot on the line, presuming Prior Lake (ranked No. 7 by The Guillotine) doesn't spoil the party.
Below are the projected lineups for this dual meet (rankings from The Guillotine for Class AAA are noted):
106: Dylan Anderson (Apple Valley) vs. Max Crowe (Shakopee), 8th vs. 3rd
113: Regan Schrempp vs. Aaron Cashman, 6th vs. 1st (Cashman will be ranked nationally at 113 on Dec. 7, was evaluated as a 120 in the preseason)
120: Peyton McLagan vs. Carson Manville, 10th vs. 3rd
126: Brady Gross vs. Zach Coleman, 6th vs. NR
132: Sebas Swiggum vs. No. 11 Brent Jones, 6th vs. 1st
138: Kyle Rathman vs. Sam Webster, 6th vs. 8th
145: Nate Larson vs. Alex Crowe, 5th vs. 1st
152: Devin Roberts vs. No. 14 Alex Lloyd, 10th vs. 1st
160: Jalen Thul vs. Jack Casey, 5th vs. NR
170: Tony Watts vs. Carson Poshusta, neither is ranked
182: Jonah Johnson vs. Zach Chytka, 10th vs 5th
195: Tyler Kim vs. Tyler Kropiwka, 9th vs. NR
220: Tanyi Besong vs. Pat Ruhland, 4th vs. NR
285: No. 1 Gable Steveson vs. Kyle Kotek, 1st vs. NR
Based on the rankings published by The Guillotine, Shakopee has the higher ranked wrestler in seven bouts, Apple Valley in six. However, working in Apple Valley's favor is the fact Shakopee has five not ranked wrestlers going against Apple Valley ranked wrestlers in this dual meet. Other obvious factors in deciding this dual meet will be any lineup manipulation, as well as if any matches go in favor of the non-ranked wrestler. In order for Shakopee to win this dual meet, it is my prediction they will have to win eight or more bouts due to the weight classes where they have non-ranked wrestlers.
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