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St Cloud wrestling coach Scot Davis reaches unprecedented milestone

His 43 seasons coaching – including two short-lived retirements – have included a dozen or so stops across the country coaching at schools ranging from Native American reservations, a Twin Cities suburban behemoth, outstate powerhouses, and other stops in North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, South Carolina, and Iowa.

Minnesota wrestling fans know Davis from the 25 years he spent making Owatonna a perennial State Tournament contender, but his mark on the national record books was solidified when St Cloud won a pair of matches at a recent triangular against Maple Grove and Osseo that made him the first coach in the country to hit 1,200 wins. View/continue reading at kstp.com →

Reusse: On his way to 1,200 wins, Davis makes prep wrestling the land of opportunity

The name Kyle Schweisthal rolls off the tongues of those Owatonna sports fans dedicated to Huskies athletics back in 2005. Wrestling remained the winter king, and coach Scot Davis had assembled a lineup so strong that it was ready to go headgear-to-headgear with the Apple Valley dynasty.

Owatonna had defeated Apple Valley 40-24 early in the regular season, ending the Eagles’ 199-match winning streak against Minnesota teams. And now on late Friday afternoon, Feb. 25, they were set to meet again in the Class 3A semifinals at Xcel Energy Center.

“Usually, the fans for the wrestlers that are done for the afternoon … they leave,” said Davis, then Owatonna’s coach. “Not that time. Everyone stayed. There had to be more than 10,000 fans. It was nuts in there.”

Apple Valley had won six titles in a row entering that showdown with its longtime, oft-beaten Owatonna rivals. Apple Valley would win 12 more titles in a row, including a co-championship with St. Michael-Albertville in 2013.

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