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Updated: March 21, 2023 @ 2:00 am
The Mora Mustangs varsity wrestling team won the section championship and is headed to the State Tournament.
Tom Youngblom | Submitted
The Mustang wrestling team put their skills on display Feb. 16-17 in the Section 7AA team tournament, claiming the title of section champions and earning a ticket to the State Tournament.
The Mustangs had been struggling all season with injuries, but last week in the Section 7AA tournament they made those struggles a memory. The Mustangs steamrolled their competition in three consecutive duals, defeating Pine City/Hinckley-Finlayson 53-9, Hibbing 46-18 in the semi-finals, and in the finals put the finishing touch on their section tournament with a 57-9 victory over Grand Rapids.
“I’m not going to lie, I was a little nervous in all three of those matches,” said Head Coach Tom Youngblom. “We have had some issues with injuries all season and I know no one is just going to give you a victory, you have to earn it. I believe our boys earned our third Section 7AA Championship this past weekend.”
The Mustangs were the only team without a state rated individual wrestler, but that didn’t stop them. The team won 34 of the 42 total matches wrestled in the tournament and gave up only one pin. The Mustangs were so dominate in the finals that the dual was mathematically over at 170 pounds when Danny Schroeder pinned his opponent to take 37-9 lead with four matches left.
“The coaches have been preaching all year that if we don’t give up the bonus points (majors, techs and pins) it will be hard to beat us. We all did our jobs,” said Mustang senior and captain Jon Smith.
The Mustangs take their 18-9 record onto the mat at 9 a.m. Thursday Feb. 28 at the Xcel Energy Center.
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