REDWOOD FALLS — Audrey Rogotzke earned her third consecutive trip to state with a first-place finish in her weight class in the Section 2 and 4 individual girls wrestling tournament on Feb. 9-10 at Redwood Valley High School.
The sophomore was the lone state qualifier for Stillwater, which featured entries in seven of 13 weight classes. The top two finishers in each division advance to the third MSHSL girls wrestling individual state tournament on Saturday, March 2 at the Xcel Center in St. Paul.
Rogotzke, an individual state champion in 2022 and a state runner-up a year ago, breezed through the 142-pound weight class in the section tournament — pinning all three of her opponents in less than a minute.
After needing just 44 and 33 seconds to pin her first two opponents, Rogotzke stopped Annabelle Petsinger of New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva in 35 seconds in the finals.
Rogotzke was one of four section placewinners for the Ponies.
Lillian Eggum posted a 4-1 record while placing third in the 106-pound division. The seventh-grader pinned her first two opponents in a combined 45 seconds before dropping a 14-7 decision against Angelica Benitez of Prior Lake in the semifinals. Eggum bounced back with a pin and then a 12-3 major decision over Teva Feit of New Prague in the third-place match, but was denied an opportunity to wrestle for true second when Benitez was stopped by Vivian Diaz of South St. Paul in the title match.
Stillwater also received fifth-place finishes from Maya Jelinek at 118 pounds and Sam Obang at 136 pounds. Also competing for the Ponies were Jaelyn Surgenor (100 pounds), Merci Kent (124) and Aubrey Spates (130). Stillwater did not have entries in the 112-, 148-, 155-, 170-, 190- and 235-pound weight classes.
Stillwater results
100 — Jaelyn Surgenor (0-2, DNP): bye; pinned by Ana Kos (Simley) 2:55; pinned by Kylee Wendroth (St. Peter) :37.
106 — Lillian Eggum (4-1, 3rd place): pinned Lillian Kimmes (Roseville) :08; pinned Valentina Cordoso (Apple Valley) :37; lost to Angelica Benitez (Prior Lake) 14-7; pinned Giana Palumbo (Rosemount) :44; major dec. Teva Feit (New Prague) 12-3.
118 — Maya Jelinek (3-2, 5th place): pinned Natasha Roney (Sibley East) 1:01; pinned by Destiney Lofton (New Prague) :36; pinned Trinity Lorenz (St. Croix Lutheran) 4:31; pinned by Leila Reid (South St. Paul) :48; pinned Mia Holmstrom (Apple Valley) 2:23.
124 — Merci Kent (2-2, DNP): pinned by Skylar Janssen (Scott West) 4:19; pinned Evie Karle (Mahtomedi) 1:27; pinned Enna Wold (Roseville) 5:16; pinned by Amelia Converse (St. Croix Lutheran) 3:42.
130 — Aubrey Spates (2-2, DNP): pinned Elizabeth Snyder (Rosemount) 3:17; pinned by Natasha Shafer (Delano) 5:03; dec. Kaia Green (Roseville) 11-4; pinned by Lauren Einberger (South St. Paul) 4:37.
136 — Sam Obang (1-2, 5th place): bye; pinned by Cassandra Gonzales (Apple Valley) :35; lost to Emily McDonald (Centennial) 7-3; pinned Morador Lor (St. Paul Como Park) 1:40.
142 — Audrey Rogotzke (3-0, 1st place): bye; pinned Amanda Miller (Centennial) :44; pinned Paityn Johnson (Lakeville North) :33; pinned Annabelle Petsinger (New Richland-H-E-G) :35.
Stillwater 57, St. Peter 4
At St. Peter, the No. 3 ranked Stillwater wrestling team closed out the regular season with a 57-4 nonconference victory over St. Peter on Thursday, Feb. 8 at St. Peter High School.
The Ponies (27-6) prevailed in 12 of 13 matches and received pins from Noah Nicholson (114 pounds), Mikey Jelinek (127), Cael Spates (152), Isaac Hunter (172), Mack Carlson (189) and Cittadino Tuttle (215).
It was the final tune-up for Stillwater before traveling to Mounds View for the Section 4AAA team tournament on Friday, Feb. 16. The Ponies, who have claimed seven consecutive section championships, will likely be seeded second behind the host Mustangs. Mounds View (26-0) defeated Stillwater 39-21 earlier this season and are looking to end a six-year losing streak against the Ponies in the section finals.
Stillwater 57, St. Peter 4
107 — Cade Elzen (St) dec. Elijah Mercado, 7-5 SV-1; 114 — Noah Nicholson (St) pinned Lexi Timmerman, :42; 121 — Eli Nye (St) major dec. Isaiah Hesse, 10-2; 127 — Mikey Jelinek (St) pinned Brock Guth, 3:21; 133 — Isaac Leonard (St) major dec. Charlie Born, 11-2; 139 — Brody Urbanski (St) dec. Ryan Moelter, 6-3; 145 — Deontre Torres (SP) major dec. Braden Hatalla, 12-4; 152 — Cael Spates (St) pinned Evan Walter, :35; 160 — Lindson Turner (St) major dec. Nakiye Mercado, 11-3; 172 — Isaac Hunter (St) pinned Max Burger, 3:02; 189 — Mack Carlson (St) pinned Addison Hanson, :40; 215 — Cittadino Tuttle (St) pinned Oscar Martinez, 1:04; 285 — Andrew Olson (St) dec. Haadi Ahmed, 3-0.
Contact Stu Groskreutz at stuart.groskreutz@apgecm.com
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