Waconia, Canby, and Willmar are top MWCA Academic Teams

Class AA Waconia is the top MWCA State Academic Team, Canby leads Class A, and Willmar is champs in Class AAA

Class AA Academic Champion Waconia had an impressive 3.849 team grade point average to lead all teams that applied for the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches’ Association Team Academic Award in 2017. Class A Champion Canby had a 3.816 GPA and Class AAA Champion Willmar turned in a 3.795 GPA. Congratulations to all three teams.

Each year the MWCA recognizes teams that have a team grade point average of 3.0 or better. Teams take the top 10 grade point averages from their 19-man section team roster to submit on their application for the award. Teams that have a 3.0-3.49 team GPA receive a silver plaque, while teams with a 3.50-4.00 g.p.a. earn a gold plaque. This year 50 teams received the silver plaque and another 55 earned the gold plaque.

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Here are all of the teams that received the academic team plaques:

Gold Plaque Academic Teams
Team GPA 3.50 and higher
Anoka
Apple Valley
Barnesville
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Bemidji
Blue Earth Area
Buffalo
Caledonia
Canby
Cretin-Derham Hall
Dassel-Cokato
Dawson-Boyd/Lac qui Parle/Montevideo United
Delano
Eastview
Foley
Grand Rapids
Hutchinson
Kasson-Mantorville
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Lakeville North
Tri-City United
Little Falls
Maple Grove
Maple River
Sauk Centre-Melrose
Minneapolis Roosevelt
Minneapolis Southwest
Moorhead
Mound-Westonka
Mounds View
Park Rapids Area
Redwood-River Valley
Richfield
Rochester Century
Rocori
Roseville Area
Royalton/Upsala
Sauk Rapids-Rice
Scott West
Simley
St. Cloud Apollo
St. Cloud Tech
St. Francis
St. Thomas Academy
Totino-Grace
Wabasso/Red Rock Central
Waconia
Watertown-Mayer/Mayer Lutheran
West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville
White Bear Lake Area
Willmar
Woodbury
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
St. Agnes
Edina

Silver Plaque Academic Teams
Team GPA 3.00-3.49
Alexandria
Annandale/Maple Lake
Becker
Benson
Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena
Bloomington Kennedy
Byron
Cambridge-Isanti
Centennial
Chatfield
Coon Rapids
Crookston
Eagan
Elk River
Fairmont/Martin County West
Forest Lake
Frazee
Fridley
Glencoe-Lester Prairie
Goodhue
Kenyon-Wanamingo
Lake City
Lakeville South
Mahtomedi
Mankato East
Marshall
Minneapolis Patrick Henry
Minneapolis South
New Prague
North Branch
Norwood Young America
Orono
Ortonville
Pelican Rapids
Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus
Pierz
Pipestone Area
Plainview-Elgin-Millville
Prior Lake
Rochester Mayo
Sibley East
South St. Paul
St. James Area
St. Michael-Albertville
Staples-Motley
Stewartville
Stillwater Area
United North Central
Wadena-Deer Creek
Wayzata

Simley trio completes back-to-back feat

Simley completed a rare trifecta in the Class 2A state individual wrestling finals Saturday night.

Yes, three Spartans – junior Jake Gliva and sophomores Anthony Jackson and Daniel Kerkvliet – won state titles – Gliva at 126 pounds, Jackson at 152 and Kerkvliet at 195. More impressively, it was each wrestler’s second straight state title. And all will have the chance to come back and three-peat next spring.

“It’s great,” Kerkvliet said. “I think it’s fun, because I’m not the only one on this journey. I have two great teammates along with me.”

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But each has taken a different path. Continue reading at www.twincities.com

Booker Credits Benoit For Putting Him On The Map, Done Wrestling

As seen in the video below, WWE Hall Of Famer Booker T was recently a guest on Busted Open Radio. During the interview, Booker, who recently returned to the ring for his Reality Of Wrestling Promotion, stated that he is not wrestling any more matches going forward. The Former WWE World Champion said that he wants to focus on the students at his school going forward, as seen below:
“[My students] are gonna carry from here on end because I won’t be doing any more wrestling matches, because it hurts,” Booker said with a chuckle. “I’m looking forward to let my guys go out there and perform at the very highest level.”
In early years of The Annual WWE Tribute To The Troops Event, WWE Talent would actually travel to Iraq & Afghanistan to perform for the troops, also visiting military camps, bases and hospitals along the way. Booker determined that these moments of giving back to the troops were the proudest of his career, as seen below:

“[My proudest career moment was] going to Iraq, performing for the troops in 40 degree weather, in my underwear, feeling like it’s 70 degrees, feeling so proud to be over there representing the country,” Booker explained. “And giving our soldiers a little bit of a break. I’ve still got that photo on my wall.”
Booker also remembered his matches with Chris Benoit in WCW as his definite favorites. Booker admitted that “it’s a touch subject” because Benoit murdered his wife and son in June of 2007 before hanging himself two days later, however he believes that Benoit pushed him like nobody else could. Booker added that Benoit was in part responsible for getting him over, as seen below:
“The best of seven with Benoit is vividly in my brains, seared in my brain,” Booker said. “Man, I can’t help but be comfortable with it. It was the best I ever did, the best a lot of people have ever seen. The best of seven was epic in so many different ways because he put me on the map as a wrestler. He made me do things I thought I never could do. Definitely going to always be a touchy situation just because of the way he left this Earth, but the matches – they were classics. They were the best. If I go watch a match, those are the matches I watch.”
You can listen to the full interview in the video below:

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