Eight Gophers advance to Quarterfinals
Minnesota sits in second place after day one of the 2012 NCAA Wrestling Championships with 33 points. Penn State leads the field with 38.5 and Cornell sits in third with 27.5.
The Golden Gophers have advanced eight wrestlers into tomorrow mornings quarterfinal round, which is the most in the entire field. Penn State advanced seven and Iowa who sits in sixth place adavanced six.
Including team scores and Minnesota area individual results.
The Guillotine Session 1 action photos from NCAA Division I National Championships.
It seems the state of Minnesota is learning something the St. Michael-Albertville area knew all along.
That Thorn family is pretty special.
Christine Thorn, who led the St. Michael-Albertville girls’ basketball team to the State 4A Tournament this past week, was the center of attention for the Knights, as Twin Cities media wanted to know:
What makes the Thorns so good? Continue reading at stmichael.patch.com
Kenyon, Minn., family holds Minnesota record for most wrestling wins
KENYON, Minn. – Before any of Wayne Lexvold’s sons went into a wrestling match, he gave them the same simple words of advice: have fun and focus on one point at a time.
“You can’t get the second point until you’ve got the first,” Wayne said. Continue reading at dairystar.com
Minnesota sits in second with 25 points, behind Penn State with 25.5 after Session I
The Minnesota Golden Gophers focus all week is going to be scoring bonus points. After the morning session Minnesota has lived up to that motto as they scored three falls and two wins by a major decision. Minnesota trails defending champion Penn State by a half of a point. The Nittany Lions scored 25.5 points to the Gophers 25.
Minnesota finished the morning session with a record of 8-1, en route to their second place standing.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – North Dakota State Junior Trent Sprenkle and sophomore Steven Monk both picked up first round wins at the 2012 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Thursday, March 15.