The Woodbury grapplers took 2 of 3 duals at the District 833 triangular Thursday night, beating Park 48-25, Sauk Rapids-Rice 55-9 while losing to East Ridge on criteria after a tough 37-37 dual.

Against Park, 4 forfeits gave the Royals 24 easy points while wins from Antonio Rizzo (technical fall), Will Bents (fall), Sam Ellis (major decision), Nick Sieczkowski (fall) and Donald Nde (decision) provided the margin for victory in the opening dual of the night.

The East Ridge match was back-and-forth throughout.  Winning for Woodbury were Cade Johnson (fall), Cole West (major decision), Brady Moesenthin (decision), Sam Ellis (fall), Brock Rinehart (fall) and Tre Hockenberger (fall).  After all weights were completed, the 37-37 score reverted to tie-breaking criteria where East Ridge got the additional point.

The Royals dominated Sauk Rapids-Rice from start to finish.  Royals earning victories:  Alex Braun (fall), Johnson (decision), Bents (decision), Ellis (decision), Rinehart (fall), Nde (major decision) and falls by Ahmed Abdelal, Hockenberger and Mason Barrows.

Results from the Junior Varsity:  Cedric Ramos 1-0, Dave Hawley 1-0, Sebastian Zamorano 2-0, Andrew Kraemer 2-0, Noah Golden 2-0, Niles Prestine 2-0, Thomas Moesenthin 1-0, Phil Wiggins 1-1, Ahmed Abdelal 1-0, Blake Tinsley 0-1, Logan Ryan 1-1, Nashawn Hoyer 2-0 and Nick Howe 1-0.

Woodbury is off until Saturday, January 19th, when they travel to Eastview HS in Apple Valley for an individual tournament.  Wrestling for both Junior Varsity and Varsity begins at 10:00am.

Woodbury's wrestlers took 16th place of 56 teams at the Rumble on the Red in Fargo over the weekend and had 5 wrestlers on the podium at the end of competition Saturday.

On the junior varsity, Nick Howe placed 8th, Ahmed Abdelal took 6th and Thomas Moesenthin took 8th.

On the varsity side, Brady Moesenthin beat 4 ranked wrestlers on his way to a 5th place finish.  Brock Rinehart also beat 4 ranked wrestlers and took 3rd place.

This week, the Royals travel to Cannon Falls High School on Saturday, January 5th for an individual tournament.  Both JV and varsity competitions start at 10:00am.

Both individually and as a team, Friday's LONG day was successful for the Woodbury wrestling team.

The Royals took home two titles and finished 2nd behind Goodhue in the very tough Chisago Lakes individual tournament.  Both Cole West and Mason Barrows took home championships and Brady Moesenthin and Donald Nde took 2nd at their respective weight classes.  Dave Hawley also won his first varsity match.  Royals taking the podium:

Alex Braun-2nd

Cade Johnson-8th

Cole West-1st

Will Bents-5th

Brady Moesenthin-2nd

Sam Ellis-4th

Brock Rinehart-3rd

Omar Abdelal-4th

Ahmed Abdelal-5th

Donald Nde-2nd

Mason Barrows-1st

In the only action this week leading into the holiday, the Royals travel to Forest Lake on Friday.  Junior Varsity begins at 5:30pm, with varsity slated to start at 7:00pm.

Saturday and Sunday, the Royals will be bagging groceries at the Woodbury Cub Foods from 11am to 6pm each day--please make sure you shop and visit with our wrestlers!

The Royals grapplers took 5th in their own dual tournament Saturday, but that doesn't reflect the high quality wrestling shown over the weekend.  Woodbury wrestled to a 33-33 tie against a very tough Cambridge-Isanti team, but C-I took the match by criteria.  The Royals then took down Henry Sibley 63-13 and Annandale-Maple Lake 47-24.

Against Cambridge-Isanti, Royals winning matches were Antonio Rizzo (dec), Cade Johnson (fall), Cole West (fall), Brady Moesenthin (dec), Brock Rinehart (dec), Donald Nde (fall) and Mason Barrows (fall).

The Woodbury squad mowed section foe Henry Sibley and winners were Alex Braun (fall), Johnson (forf), West (fall), Will Bents (dec), Moesenthin (fall), Sam Ellis (fall), Rinehart (fall), Omar Abdelal (forf), Nde (fall), Tre Hockenberger (fall) and Barrows (forf).

In the 5th place match against a tough ANML team, the highlight was Brady Moesenthing reaching his 100th career win, by fall.  Other winners:  Braun (dec), West (forf), Ryan Holt (forf), Bents (maj dec), Ellis (fall), Rinehart (fall), Abdelal (fall) and Nde (maj dec).

Congratulations to Shakopee for taking the championship on Saturday.

Up this week:  the Royals host a quadrangular starting at 4:30pm on Thursday, 12/13.  Incoming teams are Tartan, Mounds View and Lakeville South.  Woodbury wrestlers will be honoring teachers that evening.

On Friday, Woodbury will travel to Chisago Lakes HS for an individual tournament starting at 4:00pm.  Other teams include Champlin Park, Goodhue, Grand Rapids, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, Maple Grove, North, Proctor, Robbinsdale Armstrong, Rogers, Royalton, Rush City, Saint Croix Falls, Stewartville and Chisago Lakes.

The Royals wrestlers started out the 2018-2019 campaign in style with 3 lopsided dual victories at Robbinsdale Armstrong HS Thursday night.   Included in the team wins were the 100th career varsity wins for both Cole West and Brock Rinehart.  They became the 11th and 12th wrestlers in Woodbury history to achieve 100 wins.  In addition, Alex Braun, Ryan Holt and Raphael Orubo logged their first varsity wins.

In the opener, the Royals cruised past the host Falcons, 59-21.  Aside from 5 wins by forfeit, winning for the Royals were Cole West (100th career win, by fall), Will Bents (fall), Brady Moesenthin (tech fall), Brock Rinehart (fall) and Donald Nde (fall).

Against an undermanned Ogilvie squad, the Royals took 9 of the 14 matches by forfeit en route to a 72-9 win.  Winning matches for Woodbury were Alex Braun (fall), Sam Ellis (fall) and Cole Smutny (fall).

In the finale, Woodbury took down Eden Prairie 54-19.  Royals victories were taken by Braun (fall), Johnson (fall), Holt (fall), Bents (fall), Moesenthin (fall), Ellis (fall), Rinehart (100th career win, by fall) and Mason Barrows (fall).

On Saturday, the Royals travel to Osseo HS for an individual tournament.  Both varsity and JV will compete, with action starting at 9:00am.