The Royals opened the 2019-2020 season with some good success at the Ken Droegemueller Invitational in Osseo on Saturday.

On the junior varsity side, 8 wrestlers competed and all won at least one match.  Records on the day:  Izaak Farrington 1-2, Caleb Howe 2-1, Fernando Cartagena 2-1, Noah Golden 2-1, Jack Anderson 2-1, Kaiden Kirby 2-1, and both Allen Mancera and Josh Williams swept through their pools at 3-0.

In the varsity division, both Alex Braun and Brock Rinehart went 3-0 on the day and won their weight divisions.  In addition, three wrestlers won their first career varsity matches:  Ethan Chaney, who took 5th, Thomas Moesenthin , who took 3rd, and Brad Little, who took 2nd.  Below are the other place winners for the Royals on Saturday:

Nick Howe, 6th

Sebastian Zamorano, 4th

Tre Hockenberger, 4th

Will Bents, 3rd (and got his 50th career win)

Dave Hawley, 3rd

Mason Barrows, 2nd

Cade Johnson, 2nd

The Royals have a busy week upcoming.  On Thursday, they will host a quadrangular meet against Irondale, Hastings and Armstrong at Woodbury HS.  Action begins at 4:30pm.

On Saturday, we will host the 6th annual Woodbury Duals and the event will be a Takedown Cancer event to benefit the Randy Shaver Cancer Research & Community Fund.  Action begins at 9:00am with Woodbury going against Henry Sibley.  Other teams participating:  Shakopee, Annandale/Maple Lake, White Bear Lake, Grand Meadow, Rochester Mayo and Mahtomedi.