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Park Center gymnastics
Lee fi nishes season at state meet
By ANTHONY IOZZO
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(PHOTO BY BRIAN FLANARY)
Osseo sophomore Jagger Schack goes for a pin against Maple Grove’s Westyn Doubler in the
220-pound semifi nals Feb. 23 in the 5AAA individual section at St. Michael-Albertville High School.
Schack won the match by pin in 4 minutes, 55 seconds, and he qualifi ed for state with a fi rst-place fi n-
ish.
Orioles send three to state
By BOB SAN
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Junior Isaac Omland, sophomore Jag-
ger Schack and freshman Jacob Meissner
are headed to state following their perfor-
mances on Feb. 23 in the 5AAA individual
wrestling section at St. Michael-Albertville
High School.
The Orioles opened the tournament with
a perfect start when all their wrestlers won
in the fi rst round.
“This is something that hasn’t happened
in quite some time at a tournament,” Osseo
assistant coach Kenny Green said.
Isaac Omland, Jagger Schack and
Jacob Meissner will represent
Osseo from Friday-Saturday, March
1-2, in the AA individual wrestling
tournament at Xcel Energy Center in
St. Paul.
Schack cruised through his 220-pound
bracket as he captured the section
See Orioles , Page 19
Park Center wrestling
Park Center sopho-
more Annika Lee said she
was looking to have fun
at Saturday’s AA state in-
dividual gymnastics meet
following her state berths
in the vault and fl oor ex-
ercise at sections.
Lee also looked to fi n-
ish the season strong in a
very tough competition
with had some of the best
scores in state history.
Lee started her night
on the fl oor exercise, and
she performed well with a
9.175 score. But in a fi eld
that including Champlin
Park sophomore Chaney
Neu, Eagan junior Tea-
gan Ramboldt and Still-
water senior Gretchen
Sharp, that score ended
up being 42nd overall.
Lee fi nished state on the
vault, and the competi-
tion was even fi ercer than
on the fl oor, as Champlin
Park’s Neu won the event
with the fi rst ever 10.0
score in state history.
Lee had her best fi n-
ish on the vault with a
9.375, and that was good
enough for 34th place.
Lee missed much of the
(SUN POST STAFF PHOTO BY ANTHONY IOZZO)
Park Center sophomore Annika Lee fl ips during her vault Feb. 23
in the AA state gymnastics meet at the University of Minnesota’s
Maturi Pavilion. Lee fi nished 34th overall on the vault with a score
of 9.375. She also added a 42nd-place fi nish in the fl oor exercise
with a 9.175.
regular season with inju-
ries and didn’t have much
time before sections and
state to get into state
form, but she still ended
her season on the state
stage and is expected
back next year.
Champlin Park wrestling
10 Pirates medal at individual section Seven Rebels medal at sections
By ANTHONY IOZZO
By ANTHONY IOZZO
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Park Center wrestling
filled every weight class
on Feb. 23 in the 5AAA
individual section meet
at St. Michael-Albert-
ville High School.
The Pirates earned 10
medals out of 14 weight
classes, including junior
Alvin Vue (113 pounds)
who finished third.
Junior Gbolahan Oye-
tunde (170) also reached
the podium with a
fourth-place finish, and
juniors Lucas Lee (152)
and Jonathan Oyedo-
kun (145) took fifth.
Juniors Abel Vue (120)
and Zeph Yang (126)
and freshmen Samson
Oyedokun (132), Is-
mael Kante (138), Sam
Paye (220) and Adam
Adeboye (heavyweight)
also medaled with sixth-
place finishes.
Alvin Vue (24-6) won
an 8-7 decision over Os-
seo’s John Lundstrom in
his third-place match.
He also added 9-0 major
(PHOTO BY BRIAN FLANARY)
Park Center junior Alvin Vue looks to turn Wayzata’s Kyler Wong in
the 113-pound semifi nals Feb. 23 in the 5AAA individual wrestling
section at St. Michael-Albertville High School. Vue lost the match
9-3, but he ended up medaling with a third-place fi nish.
decisions over Rogers’
Chris Dietl and Mound-
Westonka’s Jacob Maas.
Alvin Vue’s lone loss
came in a 9-3 decision to
Wayzata’s Kyler Wong.
Oyetunde (9-12) was
pinned in 5 minutes,
7 seconds by Rogers’
Gavin Eicher in his
third-place match. He
won a 17-6 major deci-
sion against Wayzata’s
Elliot Omlid and a 6-3
decision to Mound-
Westonka’s Brock Mun-
sterteiger earlier in the
meet.
Lee (9-13) pinned Os-
seo’s Vincent Toleno in
1:16 in his fifth-place
match. Toleno pinned
Lee in the quarterfinals
See Pirates , Page 17
Champlin Park wres-
tling reached the podium
with seven out of nine
individuals on Feb. 23 in
the 7AAA section meet at
Coon Rapids High School.
Seniors Kaiyre Lewis
(182 pounds), Dillon Os-
berg (120), Varney Con-
neh (152) and Santino
Stephens (220), junior Joe
Tullberg (126) and sopho-
mores Zion Jessee (145)
and Gavin Rosstedt (195)
all placed in the top six in
their weight classes.
Lewis (13-15) came the
closest to making state. He
defeated Blaine’s Brandon
Wagner 7-3 in the conso-
lation semifi nal and also
knocked off Forest Lake’s
Daniel Fagerstrom 11-6 in
the third-place match.
Lewis fell 2-0 to St.
Francis’ Joey Lipinski in
the quarterfi nals, but he
bounced back with a 9-5
decision over Cambridge-
Isanti’s Jacob Maurer in
the consolation bracket.
(PHOTO BY PAT SLACK - ABC NEWSPAPERS)
Champlin Park senior Kaiyre Lewis goes for a takedown against
Forest Lake’s Daniel Fagerstrom in the 182-pound third-place
match Feb. 23 in the 7AAA individual wrestling section at Coon
Rapids High School. Lewis won the match 11-6 to make the
podium.
Osberg (21-22), Conneh
and Stephens all fi nished
in fourth place.
Osberg lost a 10-2 major
decision to Coon Rapids’
Jon Svobodny in his third-
place match, but he pinned
Cambridge-Isanti’s Gavin
Hajek in 3 minutes, 53
seconds in the consola-
tion semifi nals. Osberg
also pinned Blaine’s Luke
Studor in 4:56 in the quar-
terfi nals.
Conneh was pinned in
2:37 to St. Francis’ Calvin
Grise in his third-place
match, but he won a 7-6
decision over Andover’s
Nate Beberg in the conso-
lation semifi nal. Conneh
See Rebels , Page 19