December 18th, 2018 Orono Wrestling Press Release
ORONO WRESTLERS COME UP SHORT IN HOME OPENER The Orono wrestling team came up against two seasoned opponents this past Thursday. In the first dual against conference rival Delano, Orono’s young lower weights were no match for a more experienced Tiger crew losing the first 9 bouts. John McCuskey (170) finally got the Spartans on […]
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March 15, 2016
Orono Wrestlers Perform Well in Post Season Tournaments Leonard Tukhlynovych, Noah Arneson, and Danny Striggow competed this past weekend in the MNUSA State wrestling tournament in Rochester. Over 1500 wrestlers competed in 5 different aged based divisions. In the Novice division, 5th grader Leonard Tukhlynovych earned a third place medal at 75 pounds among a […]
February 27, 2016
Striggow Places at State Sophomore Captain Bobby Striggow placed fifth in the 182 pound AA weight class at the State Tournament Saturday. Striggow opened the tournament on Friday with a second period fall over Brandon Gore of South St. Paul in 3:33. In the quarter final match Friday evening he defeated Byron’s Alex Bertram by […]
February 23, 2016
Orono Wrestlers Send 3 to the State Tournament In another first for Orono wrestling, eight boys placed in the 5AA Section tournament Saturday. With the top two place winners in each weight earning the right to compete in the state tournament, Orono is sending 3 boys to St. Paul this weekend at the Xcel Energy […]
February 16, 2016
Orono Wrestles in Team Sections The Orono Spartans outpaced their 5th place seed placement Saturday in the 5AA Sectional Tournament to finish in the top four. The young Orono team made it to the semifinal round before falling to Totino-Grace (TG). According to Head Coach Joe McPherson, “The boys really wrestled well and for the […]
February 9, 2016
Orono Wrestlers at Mound Invitational The Orono wrestling team closed out the regular season this past Friday placing 5th in the Mound-Westonka Leopold-Haglund Memorial Tournament. Nine Orono wrestlers competed in the 14 weights. The tournament, won by Waconia, featured three Spartans in the finals. Sophomore Marcus Ostvig (113) started the Spartans winning with 6-0 decision […]
February 2, 2016
Orono Wrestlers Host Tournaments The Orono wrestling team hosted a 15-team Invitational tournament Saturday after traveling to Columbia Heights Thursday for a quadrangular dual meet with Totino-Grace (TG), Columbia Heights, and Brooklyn Center/Concordia Academy (BCCA). The youth wrestlers then hosted an 8-team dual meet tournament on Sunday. Orono vs. TG Orono lost their opening dual […]
January 26, 2016
Orono Wrestlers in Quad and Tournament The Orono wrestling team host a quadrangular dual meet Thursday and traveled to Chisago Lakes for a Varsity Invitational tournament on Friday. Orono vs. Hutchinson Orono dropped a tough opening round dual to conference rival Hutchinson 51-19. Four Spartan wrestlers posted wins. Marcus Ostvig (113) earned a major decision […]
