It’s always good to walk away from the last match as a winner, STMA coaches told their team. Even if that win wasn’t in the duel you were hoping for. For the second straight season, the Knights wrestling program came up short of its ultimate goal – a spot in the Team Tournament championship, thanks […]
STMA Wrestling Headed to State with Section 5-3A Title
Wrestling fans at St. Michael-Albertville Arena on Friday night new the deal. If the tournament went “chalk,” the top two teams in Section 5 would battle for the right to head to state. The issue – St. Michael-Albertville and Wayzata were both considered state tournament caliber squads. The Trojans had been in the Guillotine’s Top […]
VIDEO: Community Welcomes Back Champion STMA Wrestling Team
Residents flocked to Highway 241 (Central Avenue) in St. Michael Saturday night as the State AAA Champion St. Michael-Albertville High School wrestling team made its way back to the city. Also on board was 126-pounder Patrick McKee, who captured his third straight state championship and finished an amazing, undefeated season at 52-0. McKee set the […]
St. Michael-Albertville Breaks Through, Wins Class AAA Wrestling Championship
After so many years of coming so close, including a tie for the championship with foe and rival Apple Valley, the St. Michael-Albertville Knights wrestling team wasn’t letting this one slip out of their grasp. The Knights knocked off No. 2 Anoka in the state team semifinals, 31-29, and then held off Shakopee in the […]
STMA Takes Aim at Wide Open Wrestling Team Tournament
For the first time in its more than decade of competition at the “big school” level, St. Michael-Albertville won’t have Apple Valley standing between it and a State Wrestling Championship team title. That doesn’t mean this Thursday’s tournament of section champions is going to be easy. The Knights are just the No. 3 seed, ranked […]
St. Michael-Albertville Wrestling Storms into State Meet
St. Michael-Albertville is on a mission. That’s not breaking news for anyone attuned to February wrestling in Minnesota. Since joining the Class AAA ranks, STMA has made standing atop the team podium its mission each and every year, but has run into a familiar foe each and every time. Apple Valley and the Knights appear […]
Future Teammates Win as Mitch McKee Takes National Title
St. Michael-Albertville High School standout Mitch McKee added another title to his ever-growing resume today, as he topped defending national champion Tyler Lamont of Utah in the 132-pound Greco-Roman style wrestling national championships held at the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D. McKee, a two-time state championship wrestler for the Knights, has had an outstanding season on […]
St. Michael-Albertville Wrestling Finishes with Three Champions, Team Silver
After an exciting team tournament ended with a narrow loss to Apple Valley, the Knights put seven on the medal stand.
St. Michael-Albertville wrestling marched into the Class AAA Tournament the prohibitive favorite to come out of the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul with a stash of hardware this weekend, and the Knights didn’t disappoint despite a heartbreaking loss in Thursday’s team tournament. STMA put seven wrestlers on the medal stand – and six of […]
Heavyweights Lead Knights into State AAA Championship Tilt
Evan Ronson started a winning streak for the STMA wrestling squad in its semifinal dual with Willmar, moving the squad in the state team finals.
The Knights are back in the State 3A Team Championship dual tonight after a hard-fought, 34-18 victory over Willmar in the semifinal round. St. Michael-Albertville, who fell to Prior Lake in last year’s semifinal – the first year the team didn’t make the championship dual at the Class 3A level – redeemed themselves by handing […]
St. Michael-Albertville Wrestling Sends Dozen to State AAA Tournament
The Knights put a whopping six wrestlers on top of the podium at last weekend's Section 7-3A individual tournament.
St. Michael-Albertville head coach Dan Lefebvre smiled after he mentioned, fresh off winning the Section 7-3A team title, he hoped his Knights could push 14 wrestlers to the State 3A individual wrestling tournament last weekend, knowing how big of a feat that really could be. A funny thing happened in Cambridge last weekend – the […]