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Fargo, North Dakota, Saturday, July 18-Saturday, July 26 at the FargoDome in Fargo, ND

Mat Rats Competing:

Cadet Greco

Cadet-105 - Mitchel Lexvold - DNP 4-2
Cadet-125 - Drew Lexvold - 1st Place 10-0         National Champion See his championship video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8aI4_rv4g4

Cadet Freestyle

Cadet-125 - Drew Lexvold - DNP 4-2                         Cadet-125 - Chad Lexvold - DNP 1-2

Junior Greco-Roman                                                  Junior-119 - Robert Otterness - DNP 0-2

July 1-2, 2008 

Robert Otterness 119 LBS and Wade Gobin 160 LBS of Cannon Falls participated in the USA Junior National Greco-Roman Wrestling Duals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Minnesota placed 3rd in the Greco-Roman portion of the competition in the nation out of twenty teams.  see the results on Trackwrestling.com 

Held in Missouri  Greco 6/27/08  Freestyle 6/29/08

Three Mat Rats are on the team:

Team Minnesota places 2nd in National Greco Duals and 6th place in National Freestyle Duals.

See the results on Trackwrestling.com or the Mat.com

Jared Duffy 84 LBS

Mitch Lexvold 98 LBS

Drew Lexvold 125 LBS

Drew of Kenyon, MN went 7-0 in Freestyle.  He made the All Tournament Team!  Congratulations!

Grand Forks, North Dakota  June 8-10, 2008

The following Mat Rats traveled to Grand Forks, ND to wrestle in the Regional National Tournament  Participants came from ND, SD, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. 

Greco Results

• Dylan Craig 4th Place 70 LBS Midget
• Jaeden Sokoloski DNP 80 LBS Midget
• Jared Clawiter  DNP 65 LBS Novice
• Jace Clawiter DNP 75 LBS Novice
• Roman Wundrow DNP 98 LBS Schoolboy
• Jared Duffy 3rd Place 91 LBS Cadet
• Mitch Lexvold 4th Place 105 LBS Cadet
• Drew Lexvold 2nd Place 125 LBS Cadet
• Chad Lexvold DNP 130 LBS Cadet

Freestyle Results

• Dylan Craig 4th Place 70 LBS Midget
• Jaeden Sokolowski 80 LBS Midget DNP
• Jared Clawiter 4th place 65 LBS Novice
• Jace Clawiter 75 LBS Novice  DNP 
• Roman Wundrow DNP 98 LBS Schoolboy
• Jared Duffy 3rd place 91 LBS  Cadet
• Mitch Lexvold 4th Place 105 LBS Cadet
• Drew Lexvold 2nd Place 125 LBS Cadet
• Chad Lexvold DNP 130 LBS Cadet

Chad has posted an action video at: http://www.mat-rats.com/files/chad049.avi

See more photos at:

http://www.mat-rats.com/albums

Site:  RCTC Field House, Rochester, MN 
The Mat Rats had four state champions in the Greco-Roman Division and four other finalists who took 2nd place.  In Freestyle the Mat Rats had two champions and three 2nd places.  Dylan Craig and Billy Henslin won their first state titles.  Paul Fitterer and Drew Lexvold won their 2nd state titles.  Craig and Lexvold were double champions.  Drew also became a triple crown winner.  He won the MN/USA State Folkstyle, Greco, and Freestyle titles.  The next event for the wrestlers is the Northern Plains Kids Regional Championships in Grand Forks, North Dakota June 5-7.  Also, finalists qualify to wrestle in the Minnesota/Wisconsin All-Star Duals on May 17.
Overall, as a team the Mat Rats finished 3rd in Greco-Roman and 6th in Freestyle based on classification points.
Greco-Roman Results
State Champions

Greco Results

1st Place 

• Jared Duffy
• Drew Lexvold

2nd Place

• Dylan Craig
• Jared Clawiter
• Paul Fitterer
• Mitch Lexvold
• Chad Lexvold

3rd Place

• Jace Clawiter
• Jaeden Sokolowski
• Cole Grossland
• Derrick Melhouse

DNP

• Riley Donkers

Freestyle

1st Place

• Paul Fitterer
• Mitch Lexvold
• Drew Lexvold
• Jared Duffy

2nd Place

• Dylan Craig
• Jared Clawiter
• Chad Lexvold

 3rd Place

• Derrick Melhouse 

DNP

• Peter Fitterer
• Jaeden Sokolowski
• Jace Clawiter
• Cole Grossland

See photos at:

http://www.mat-rats.com/albums

1^st Place