The Woodbury wrestlers dismantled Henry Sibley and then beat a strong Rochester Mayo squad before being beaten by #1 AAA Shakopee on Saturday in the Woodbury Duals.  The event raised funds for the Randy Shaver Cancer Research & Community Fund.

Against section foe Sibley, the Royals were dominant from the start, with Alex Braun, Brad Little and Will Bents pinning their opponents.  Cade Johnson won by technical fall, Jack Anderson by major decision, Nick Howe by fall and Sebastian Zamorano by decision.  In the final weights, Omar Abdelal won by fall, Brock Rinehart by technical fall, Ahmed Abdelal and Tre Hockenberger won by fall before Thomas Moesenthin and Mason Barrows took forfeit wins to finalize the Royal win at 73-6.

Against Rochester Mayo, Braun and Little again got Woodbury out to at 12-0 start with two pins.  Bents took a major decision victory and Johnson won by technical fall in consecutive weights but the Royals were down 23-21 after 8 weights.  A  major decision victory by Ahmed Abdelal and pins by Rinehart and Hockenberger put the Royals up 40-23 and Trenton Willner's pin finalized the Woodbury victory at 46-29.

Braun got the Royals out to another great start with a pin in the opening match...but facing a number of top-ranked wrestlers prevented additional team points until Zamorano got a decision mid-way through the match.  Rinehart and Barrows won by decision to make the final score Shakopee 55, Woodbury 14 (one team point deduction).

Winning bouts for JV were Caleb Howe, Logan Ryan, Mike Hall, Noah Golden, Fernando Cartagena, Thomas Moesenthin, Stanley Iturinno, Denis Tokin, Gavin Wilson and Jack Anderson.

Quarterfinals:

Shakopee 70, Annandale-Maple Lake 3

GMLOS 42, White Bear Lake 22

Woodbury 73, Henry Sibley 6

Rochester Mayo 59, Mahtomedi 23

Consolation:

Annandale-Maple Lake 51, White Bear Lake 22

Henry Sibley 43, Mahtomedi 42 (criteria)

Semi-finals:

Shakopee 63, GMLOS 9

Woodbury 46, Rochester Mayo 29

7th place:

Mahtomedi 42, White Bear Lake 42 (tie – no advancement)

5th place:

Annandale-Maple Lake 54, Henry Sibley 14

3rd place:

GMLOS 40, Rochester Mayo 35

Championship:

Shakopee 55, Woodbury 14

This week, the Royals travel to White Bear Lake to take on the Bears and Cambridge-Isanti in a triangular.  Action starts at 4:30pm.  Please note the location of the match is at the North Campus, 5045 Division Avenue in White Bear Lake.