By Bruce Karnick

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The number-six ranked Raiders wrestling team fought hard against St. Michael Albertville on Feb. 3, 45-24. STMA is the number one ranked team in the state. Individually, many Raiders had great matches, but not enough were able to come out on top.

106: Blake Beissel wins by fall at 2:56 over Chase Mills 113: Donavin Ward loses by tech fall of 1-16 to Mason Mills 120: Mark Svoboda loses by tech of 5-20 to Ian Schultz 126: Jack Bainbridge loses by major decision 4-15 to Landon Robideau 132: Peyton Erickson loses by fall of 3:44 to Caleb Thoennes 138: Creed Peterson loses by fall at 4:53 to Eli Davis 145: Josh Route loses by major decision of 10-23 to Cole Becker 152: Fletcher Peterson loses by fall at 1:06 to Jimmy Heil 160: Zander Hallis loses by fall at 0:50 to Jed Wester 170: Ian Pepple wins by fall at 2:33 over Ken Stahl 182: Rico Cooper wins by decision 9-7 over Bryon Sauvy 195: Dylan Bartz loses by decision 0-5 to Tyson Hentges 220: Austin Leflay wins by fall at 2:54 over Myles Dehmer 285: Blake Clemons wins by decision 1-0 over Owen Barthel On Feb. 4, Hastings defeated East Ridge 75-6 and then Defeated Irondale 67-5.

The girls wrestlers travelled to Pine Island to participate in the first annual all girls wrestling tournament. This tournament featured more than 100 female wrestlers from 22 different teams across the state. As a team, Hastings finished fifth overall and individually, there were four who placed: Allison Weinzettel – second, Alisha Brown – third, Amelia Miller – fifth, Annabel Norquist – sixth.

Hastings will host a quad meet on Feb. 10 starting at 5:00 p.m. Park of Cottage Grove, Mahtomedi and Eagan will be in attendance.