2008-2009 News

State Championships

The Mustangs concluded another season at the Qwest Center in Omaha.  They finished the season with another state finalist and a top 10 team finish.

2009 Class A Championship Finals Results Team Standings

Grand Island 252.5, Millard South 145.5, Kearney 133.5, Omaha North 119, Omaha Creighton Prep 109, Omaha Burke 96, Omaha Central 82, Lincoln Pius X 75, Columbus 71, Millard North 62,

Lincoln Northeast 57, Lincoln East 56.5, Norfolk 43.5, Millard West 43, Bellevue East 42, Lincoln Southwest 37, North Platte 36, Ralston 35, Lincoln High 32, Papillion-La Vista 28,

Elkhorn 27, Omaha Northwest 19.5, Papillion-La Vista South 18.5, South Sioux City 13, Bellevue West 7, Omaha Bryan 7, Lincoln Southeast 6, Omaha Westside 2, Lincoln North Star 1, Omaha Benson 1.

Millard North Individuals:

125:  Gil Allgood - State runner-up

130: Garrett Allen - Tie-9th

135: Taylor Vaiskunas - Tie-9th

140: Chase Neumann - 3rd

145: Scott Quandahl - Tie-9th

160: Dillon Heckendorn - 4th

189: Matt Lenagh - Tie- 7th

215: Connor McMillin - Tie-13th

District A2 Championships
Mustangs qualify 8 from tough A-2 District in Grand Island

Congratulations to all the Millard North Wrestlers for their efforts this season, Good luck to those wrestling next weekend in the Nebraska State Tournament.  State pairings can be found at HERE
 

• Full Results

• District A2 Photos

BUY/SELL State Tickets? 

Please e-mail me or call me if you wish to buy or sell State tickets in the Millard North section.  Contact Bob at  bobfedmonds@hotmail.com, phone 330-5847 for ticket inquiries.

• I currently have a request to buy 2 tickets for the Friday AM and Friday PM sessions (4 tickets). 

•   1 COMPLETE SET (1 seat for all 4 sessions), in the Millard North area at State is for sale.

Preparing for Districts

Milliard North Booster Club members created sign to be placed on the front doors of the Varisity wrestlers to show their support and fire them up for districts.  See more pictures HERE. 

Metro Duals Tournament

Millard North went 3 - 0 at the Metro Dual Tournament at Benson.

Individually, the Mustangs went 32 - 7 on the day. Results: 1st round:   Millard North 74  Omaha South 6,  2nd  round:   Millard North  49  Bellevue West 18, 3rd round:   Millard North 44  Papillion LaVista 30

• Full Results

• Pictures

Norfolk Tournament

The Mustangs showed improvement at the Norfolk invitational on Saturday, crowning 3 champions and medaling 9 of 11 wrestlers.

The team was again without several of their wrestlers due to illness and injury.

• Pictures

Millard North Parents & Wrestlers:

Our friends at KWAA have invited us to work 2 tables at their
National Tournament (www.wrestlingtournament.org), to be held
at Papillion LaVista South High School on Sunday, 03/01/09 from
8 AM to approx. 5 PM.  They would like us to have at least 2 adults
and 3 students to cover each table.  The Mustang Wrestling Booster Club will receive $350 per table for our efforts.  If you can volunteer for this great fundraising opportunity (even if just a for a few hours), call me at 330-5847 or e-mail Bob Edmonds at bobfedmonds@hotmail.com.  See you at the table.

Lexington Tournament

The Mustangs finished 9th in the field of 16 teams from 3 different states.

• Pictures (4 Pages)

Metro Tournament

The Mustangs hobbled their way through Metros to finish 10th in the 16 team field.  As the team continues to battle their way through injuries and illness, a loaded metro field offered little mercy. 

Final Team scoring:

Millard South 220.5, Om. Creighton Prep 191.5, Om. Burke 173, Bellevue East 143, Om. Central 120, Millard West 104, Om. North 111, Papillion-La Vista South 88, Papillion-La Vista 80.5, Millard North 73, Bellevue West 68, Om. Westside 52, Om. Bryan 38, Om. Northwest 15.5, Om. South 9, Om.

Benson 6. 

Millard North medalists:

103 Brett Becker 7th

125 Gil Allgood 2nd

130 Garrett Allen 5th

140 Chase Neumann 3rd

160 Dillon Heckendorn 4th

171 John Gilbert 8th

• Pictures

Ralston Dual

The Mustangs traveled to Ralston on Tuesday and despite continuing injuries and illness, they defeated the Ralston Rams 48 to 21.  Millard North continues to be without  Jake Zarlingo, Colin Heskin, Scott Quandahl and Austin Edmonds, due to injury.  They were also missing Gil Allgood and Alex Hodson due to illness and Connor McMillin who was out of town for a funeral.

Varsity results:

103:  Brett Becker MN over Nick McGrath by dec.  6 - 1

112:  Justin Reis MN over Justin Jones by maj. dec 15 - 3

119:  DJ Roberts MN by FFT

125:  Kasat (R) over Aron Wehr MN by dec.  12 - 6

130:  Garrett Allen MN over Curtis by fall

135:  Noah Dwornicki (R) over Taylor Vaiskunas by fall

140:  Chase Neumann MN over John Patrick 11 - 5

145:  Porter (R) over Matt Coufal by fall

152:  Arturo Cruz MN over Baggett by maj dec. 15 - 7

160:  Dillon Heckendorn MN over Nielsen by fall

171:  John Gilbert MN by FFT

189:  Matt Lenagh (MN) over Robertson by dec. 8 - 6

215:  John Radio MN over Limmer by fall

285:  Eric Payton (R) over Tyler Welborn by fall

• Pictures

Millard West Invitational

The Mustangs fare well at a loaded Millard West Invite. In a near preview of the state tournament, Millard North places 9 individuals in the top 8 and put 2 in the finals to place 7th out of 16 teams.

• Results

• Pictures (4 pages)

Parents Night: Lincoln Pius Dual

Millard North toppled #9 Lincoln Pius on Parents Night  47 to 26.

Individual results

103 Brett Becker MN  win by FFT

112 Justin Reis  MN over Alec Sasse by Fall  1:31

119 Aron Wehr MN over Bernard Vu by Fall 1:51

125 Gil Allgood MN over Ben Goodwin by Fall 3:27

130 Carlos Berrada LPX over Karl Krieser by Dec 5 - 0

135 Jared Nickman LPX over Garrett Allen by Dec 7 -2 OT

140 Chase Neumann MN  over Tom Swanson by Fall 1:11

145 Alex Hodson MN over Joe Kotpka by Fall 0:26

152 Arturo Cruz MN over Kyle Minchow by Fall 4:53

160 Frendan Frey LPX over Dillon Heckendorn by Maj Dec 8-0

171 Matt Graeve LPX over Nick Bellus by Fall 3:14

189 DJ Dubas LPX over Matt Lenagh by Fall 3:36

215 Adam Kerr LPX over Connor McMillin by Maj Dec. 13 - 2

285 John Radio MN win by FFT

• Pictures: Parents Night Jan-6-2009

• More Senior Night Pictures

KEARNEY CATHOLIC DUALS

Due to the weather cancellation at South Sioux City, the varsity had the opportunity to join the JV team at the Kearney Catholic Dual tournament last Saturday. The Mustang Varsity team went 5 - 0, and claimed the championship over top ten ranked Sargent-Burwell in class C.  The Mustang JV went 2 - 3  and finished 7th in the all varsity tourney.

• Full Results

• Kearney Catholic Duals Pictures

JV News: Wymore Tournament

The JV wrestlers participated in the Varsity meet at  Wymore Southern and finished in first place.  Aron Wehr 1st, Danny Vaughan 1st, Taylor Rothanzl 4th, Matt Coufal 1st, Nick Bellus 2nd, Mark McGloin 2nd, Joe Broich 1st, Tyler Welborn 2nd.

Millard Duals

The Mustangs battled injuries, slick roads, and two tough dual teams in the annual Millard Public School Duals.  Both Millard West and Millard South were ranked in the top 10 by the NSWCA.  Yet, despite having many of our starters out, I thought we competed very well.  Brett Becker stood out for MN, going 2 - 0 with 2 pins. - Weylon White.

•  Pictures

• More Millard Duals Pix

East West Duals

It was a tough weekend for the injury depleted Mustangs as they battled 5 of the top 10 the top schools in the state at the East-West Dual Classic held at Omaha Burke.  MN finished 1 - 4 in duals and finished 5th out of 6 teams.

TEAM Results:  1.  Grand Island 5 -0,  2.  Kearney 4 - 1,  3. Burke 3 - 2,  4.  Creighton Prep 2 - 3,  5. Millard North 1 - 4,  6.  Lincoln East  0 - 5

• Pictures of the East West Duals December 13, 2008

Metro Youth HOLIDAY WRESTLING TOURNAMENTS

Once again the Booster club sponsored TWO wrestling tournaments on SUNDAY, NOV. 30, 2008 at Millard North High School:  The Holiday Novice Tournament and the 24th Annual Metro Youth Wrestling Classic. 

• Elementary School Individual Results

• Middle School Individual Results

• Elementary Team Results

• Middle School Team Results

• Holiday Tournament 2008 Pictures

Vern Ekfelt Invitational

This past week, The Millard North Wrestlers placed 10 of 14 wrestlers in the season's opening tournament held at Omaha North High School.  Despite some injuries, the team was still able to finish in the top 5.  Sophomore Chase Neumann won the award for most falls in the least amount of time.

Final team results: 1. Omaha Skutt 2. Omaha North, 3. Bellevue East, 4. Creighton Prep, 5. Millard North, 6. Tri-Center (IA) 7. Omaha Central, 8. Papillion -LV South, 9. Lincoln NE, 10. Westside, 11. Omaha Northwest, 12. Omaha South, 13. Omaha Benson, 14. Omaha Roncalli
 

•  Pictures from Jim Welborne

Blue Silver Scrimmage

The annual Blue-Silver Scrimmage was a great success.  Jim Welborn took some great pictures of the event.  See two pages of them HERE.

Youth Club!

Millard North is pleased to announce the beginning of the Mustang Wrestling Club.  The club will develop wrestlers who are in kindergarten through 8th grade.  Details can be found on the club flier. 

• Download a flier HERE

2008-09 Schedule

The tentative schedule is hot off the presses! 

• Download a printer-friendly copy HERE.

• Download a day-by-day calendar HERE

High Amplitude Camp

Several Millard North wrestlers participated in the Annual High-Amplitude camp held at Elkhorn HS during the week of June 9th.  The camp includes all three Millard High Schools and Elkhorn.  Camp Counselors this year were University of Nebraska All-Americans Paul Donahoe, Brandon Browne, and Jordan Burroughs.  Camp award winners for Millard North were Dalton Ridder, Matt Lenagh, and Taylor Vaiskunas.  (Click photo to enlarge)

Mizzou Team Camp

The Millard North contingency had a strong showing at the University of Missouri Team Camp.  Twelve Millard North wrestlers traveled to Columbia and the team finished in 5th place out of twenty teams in the dual competition.  Several impressive performances were turned in including:  Austin Edmonds (12-0, 1st in Gold Division), Chase Neumann (11-1, 1st in Gold Division), John Gilbert (11-1, 2nd in Gold Division), Gil Allgood (10-2, 2nd in Gold Division), Garrett Allen (10-2, 2nd in Gold Division), Dillon Heckendorn (11-2, 3rd in Gold Division), Scott Quandahl wrestled well and finished 5th in the Gold Division. Impressive performances in the Silver Division were champs Taylor Vaiskunas and Matt Lenagh. Other wrestlers who participated and despite some injuries, put their best foot forward and showed a commitment toward improving themselves and their team were Brett Becker, Tyler Welborn, and Tony Lonergan. (Click photo to enlarge)