7A Team & Individual

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The 2025-2026 Minnesota Wrestling Season is just around the corner. Thanks to the MSHSL, 7A is once again the largest section in Class A, with 12 teams.

 

For this 2–Year Cycle, The Teams Are:

Aitkin Gobblers

BCLB Bears

Crosby-Ironton Rangers

Deer River Warriors

Holdingford Huskers

Mille Lacs (Isle/Onamia) Raiders

NKG Titans

Northeast Range/Ely Nighthawks

Pillager Huskies

Royalton/Upsala Royals

Staples-Motley Cardinals 

W-H-A/Nevis Wolves

Anyone have any preview thoughts individually wise

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Very good section.

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Looks like ive missed a lot! dj63 i know you are a chatfield homer but they arent beating Holdingford at all let a lone by 20! As far as canada id say its canada by 10-12. Not many other teams in A to talk about outside of those 3.

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Chatfield vs Holdingford

107 6-0 Chat. Bonus

113 4-0 “”

121 5-0 “”

127 5-0 “”

133 3-0 possibly bonus

139 0-3 toss up

145 3-0

152 4-0

160 0-6 Patrick

172 0-6 Boek.

189 0-6 Bark.

215 3-0 possibly bonus, Boelter vs Haren

hwt. 0-3 tossup. Lichy

 

33-24 Chatfield that’s giving you both tossups. Now both teams could move guys to try and get an advantage so it’s not perfect. But my guess is if Holdinford bumps so would Chatfield.

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Baseline for individuals, tried to put anyone who has been ranked anywhere at any time as a starting point but I’m sure there’s a few overlooked.

Feel free to fill in some spots or correct any weights, I know there’s a couple that are a bit up in the air still.

 

107 – Bjerga SM, Theis HOLD, Moritz AITK, Schmid ML

114 – Schmid ML

121 – Kramer SM

127 – Beachy SM, Kresal ML

133 – Neisen SM, Pilarski HOLD, Thorton ML

139 – Bjerga SM

145 – Greenwaldt SM, Patrick HOLD, Adickes ML

152 – Carlson SM, Whitney WHAN

160 – Tappe SM, Patrick HOLD

172 – Boeckman HOLD, Reese SM, Peacock PIL

189 – Leners RU, Harren HOLD, Bjerga SM

215 – Bartkowicz HOLD, Tabatt SM

285 – Gomez SM, Leners RU, Lichy HOLD

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Believe Schmid has beaten Moritz. Not sure who he ticked off to not be ranked this year he only has two losses and has had a heck of a season. He’d beat the 5-10 ranked wrestlers and likely also beat Brunkow. I wouldn’t be surprised if Moritz went 114.

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Team Section Picture As of Now..

1) Staples-Motley (13-3, win over Holdingford)

2) Holdingford (15-1, section win over WHAN, Deer River, Royalton, Class A win over Canby, Paynesville)

3) Mille Lacs (23-1, section win over Pillager, Deer River, Royalton, BCLB)

4) WHAN (8-10, section win over Deer River, BCLB, NER/Ely, Crosby-Ironton)

5) Aitkin (4-10, section win over Pillager, BCLB)

6) Pillager (4-4, head to head over C-I; beat WDC)

7) Crosby-Ironton (4-10, section win over BCLB, Deer River, NER/Ely, lost to WDC)

8) Deer River (2-10, section win over BCLB)

9) Royalton/Upsala (1-11, section win over BCLB)

10) BCLB (1-11, section win over NER/Ely)

11) NER/Ely

Projected Matchups

#1 Staples-Motley vs Winner of #8 Deer River and #9 Royalton/Upsala

#4 WHAN vs #5 Aitkin

#3 Mille Lacs vs Winner of #6 Pillager and #11 NER/Ely

#2 Holdingford vs Winner of #7 Crosby-Ironton and #10 BCLB

 

 

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1. On Push the pace said

   Believe Schmid has beaten Moritz. Not sure who he ticked off to not be ranked this year he only has two losses and has had a heck of a season. He’d beat the 5-10 ranked wrestlers and likely also beat Brunkow. I wouldn’t be surprised if Moritz went 114.

   Beat him twice in the same tournament

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Pick at Top 2s for Individual

107: Bjerga (SM), Schmid (ML)

114: Schmid (ML), Moritz (Aitkin)

121: Kramer (SM), Kresal (ML)

127: Beachy (SM), Kresal (ML)

133: Neisen (SM), Pilarski (HOLD)

139: Bjerga (SM), Perucho (WHAN)

145: Greenwaldt (SM), Adickes (ML)

152: L. Patrick (HOLD), Carlson (SM)

160: M. Patrick (HOLD), Tappe (SM)

172: Boeckman (HOLD), Bjerga (SM)

189: Leners (R/U), Harren (HOLD)

215: Bartokowicz (HOLD), Tabbatt (SM)

HWT: Gomez (SM), Leners (R/U)

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USABracketing shows Bjerga is weighing in at 189 today. He will not be making 172.

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Is Patrick going back up to 160? I know he has weighed in quite a bit few times for sure at 152. Assuming he is at 160, I certainly wouldn’t count Chase Whitney out of the race for top 2, not sure if him and Lane Patrick have wrestled or not. Whitney had a 7-5 match with Carlson at Jackhammer.

Also, have Leners and Lichy wrestled this year? If they haven’t, I might lean Lichy for that HWT spot.

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Hwt is going to be a good one!! Not much for head to head. Litchy vs Gomez the first week of the season. That match was 5-3 Gomez

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Team Pre-Season Rankings

#1 Staples-Motley

#2 Mille Lacs

#3 Holdingford

#4 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley/Nevis/Laporte

#5 Aitkin

#6 Pillager

#7 Royalton/Upsala

#8 Crosby-Ironton

#9 BCLB

#10 Deer River

#11 Northeast Range/Ely

 

Individual Projections Top 3 (dont know many JV wrestlers coming up)

107: Ayden Wendt (AIT), Max Crowder (RU), John Henry (BCLB)

114: Garrett Bjerga (SM-So), Benjamin Schmid (ML-Fr), Joel Theis (HOLD-Jr)

121: Vincent Schmid (ML-Sr), Rylan Moritz (AIT-Fr), Justin Olson (SM-Sr)

127: Caden Kramer (SM-Sr), Jackson Dietman (RU-Jr), Kruz Kresal (ML-Sr)

133: Logan Lund (PIL-So), Ian Villeneuve (DR-Sr), Terrance Robinson (BCLB-Sr)

139: Cayden Niesen (SM-So), Coates Thornton (ML-So), Cash Bullock (WHANL-Jr)

145: Gage Bjerga (SM-Jr), Lane Patrick (HOLD-Jr), Evan Remer (ML-Jr)

152: Beau Carlson (SM-Jr), Noah Perowitz (HOLD-Sr), Brendan Mack (RU-Sr)

160: Kadin Martin (WHANL-Sr), Casey Knettel (HOLD-So), Garrett Trotter (AIT-Jr)

172: Chase Whitney (WHANL-So), Caden Peacock (PIL-Jr), Deacon Larson (CI-Jr)

189: Damien Maciel (AIT-Sr), Scott Hamer (BCLB-8th), Wyatt Adams (PIL-Sr)

215: Zach Tabatt (SM-Sr), Benjamin Heabird (BCLB-So), Logan Vivant (ML-Jr)

HWT: Earl Monchamp (ML-Sr), John Frahm (CI-Jr), Landon Beard (WHANL-Fr)

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On MIGHTYAXE said

Team Pre-Season Rankings

#1 Staples-Motley

#2 Mille Lacs

#3 Holdingford

#4 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley/Nevis/Laporte

#5 Aitkin

#6 Pillager

#7 Royalton/Upsala

#8 Crosby-Ironton

#9 BCLB

#10 Deer River

#11 Northeast Range/Ely

 

Individual Projections Top 3 (dont know many JV wrestlers coming up)

107: Ayden Wendt (AIT), Max Crowder (RU), John Henry (BCLB)

114: Garrett Bjerga (SM-So), Benjamin Schmid (ML-Fr), Joel Theis (HOLD-Jr)

121: Vincent Schmid (ML-Sr), Rylan Moritz (AIT-Fr), Justin Olson (SM-Sr)

127: Caden Kramer (SM-Sr), Jackson Dietman (RU-Jr), Kruz Kresal (ML-Sr)

133: Logan Lund (PIL-So), Ian Villeneuve (DR-Sr), Terrance Robinson (BCLB-Sr)

139: Cayden Niesen (SM-So), Coates Thornton (ML-So), Cash Bullock (WHANL-Jr)

145: Gage Bjerga (SM-Jr), Lane Patrick (HOLD-Jr), Evan Remer (ML-Jr)

152: Beau Carlson (SM-Jr), Noah Perowitz (HOLD-Sr), Brendan Mack (RU-Sr)

160: Kadin Martin (WHANL-Sr), Casey Knettel (HOLD-So), Garrett Trotter (AIT-Jr)

172: Chase Whitney (WHANL-So), Caden Peacock (PIL-Jr), Deacon Larson (CI-Jr)

189: Damien Maciel (AIT-Sr), Scott Hamer (BCLB-8th), Wyatt Adams (PIL-Sr)

215: Zach Tabatt (SM-Sr), Benjamin Heabird (BCLB-So), Logan Vivant (ML-Jr)

HWT: Earl Monchamp (ML-Sr), John Frahm (CI-Jr), Landon Beard (WHANL-Fr)

Depending on where Tabatt and Hedley come in at, Hedley would up there at 215 and Tabatt HWT for favorites

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One solid section talent wise. Curious if that’s accurate for where Millelacs lower weights will be? I was thinking klyd kresal may be lighter than both schmids. Who’s number one they both looked quite a bit bigger than last season.

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You’re missing cossentine for SM. He wins the weight wherever he’s at.

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Itll be a battle between him and Whitney

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Uhhh no, they won’t be at the same weight.

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What weight class will they be? Whitney 172 and Cossentine at 189?

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On Yep said

Uhhh no, they won’t be at the same weight.

What weights will they be at?

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Cossentine wrestled 172 as a small 160 last season, probably weighed 158-159. I cant see him ballooning up to 189.

Martin at 160, Whitney at 172, pick your poison

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lol… uhhh maybe just look at big buck… didn’t have to do a bunch of digging.. Neisen just wrestled 158 for who’s #1. Bjerga just wrestled 138 at super 32. Carlson is listed at 180 for football…. Headly is probably HVY. Also, pretty sure Carlson beat Whitney twice last year. So I’m guessing….
neisen 52

carlson 72

cossentine 89

tabat 215

headly HVY.
they all win their section. Maybe niesen goes down if Bjerga goes 39

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Also Garrett just wrestled super 32 at 20. Fairly certain if he could make 14 he would. So Garrett will probably be 121. Hate to break it to the rest of section 7 but SM is probably still going to rule the roost for 2 more years. That also doesn’t include if they can’t get the Tappes to come out again. IMO section winners undisputed will be:

Bjerga

kramer

Bjerga

Neisen

cossentine

tabat

Headly

could win : 107 (not sure who anyone has)

carlson – it’ll be a match

 

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Well thats what this thread is about, starting conversation. I myself dont put much thought into Big Buck especially for football players playing 15-20lbs heavier than at wrestling post-season.

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“get the Tappes to come out again”

Tappe’s aren’t going out??

Why??

That’s too bad if true. Too much talent to not go out. Transfer??

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Well, if Martin would’ve come 30 miles south like he was rumored to they’d would’ve had Martin @160. Adding a legit state finalist probably. And if that kid from LP would’ve transferred to SM instead of Sartell. He’s probably another finalist. But they didn’t.

SM will be good this year, it’ll probably just be matchup dependent. Their schedule is probably the toughest in the state besides STMA. my guess is they’ll actually have to coach this year with the lineup. The last 2 years they’ve basically been set and forget. Now you’ll probably have kids double weighing at some weights and playing matchups.

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On Yep said

 

Well, if Martin would’ve come 30 miles south like he was rumored to they’d would’ve had Martin @160. Adding a legit state finalist probably. And if that kid from LP would’ve transferred to SM instead of Sartell. He’s probably another finalist. But they didn’t.

SM will be good this year, it’ll probably just be matchup dependent. Their schedule is probably the toughest in the state besides STMA. my guess is they’ll actually have to coach this year with the lineup. The last 2 years they’ve basically been set and forget. Now you’ll probably have kids double weighing at some weights and playing matchups.

Who supposedly transferred to Sartell?

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