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21 Apr Posted by HS Wrestling in HS Wrestling Blog | Comments

Regional Winners for 2011 Dave Schultz Excellence Award Selected

The National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum has selected its 2011 state and regional winners of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award as part of its Educational Outreach Program. Forty-nine seniors from those states that sponsor high school state wrestling championships have been chosen for the honor. The High School Excellence Award is...

04 Apr Posted by HSW Reporter in Minnesota Wrestling | Comments

Matt Kelliher (No. 7 @ 135) Named MWCA’s Mr. Minnesota of Wrestling

Matt Kelliher (No. 7 @ 135) of Apple Valley is this year’s Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association (MWCA) Mr. Minnesota of Wrestling. He will be honored at the MWCA Dave Bartelma Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday, April 9th in Benson, MN. The MWCA annually presents the Mr. Minnesota High School Wrestler award to the senior...

09 Feb Posted by HSW Reporter in Minnesota Wrestling | Comments

No. 1 Apple Valley: The Making of Champions

When walking into the practice wrestling facility at Apple Valley High School, the theme is clear: Champions. ‘National Champions’ is scrawled in five-foot block letters across one wall of the facility. The words adorn coaches’ and players’ practice gear. And when wrestling head coach James Jackson urges his wrestlers to give him another sprint, crunch...

29 Sep Posted by HS Wrestling in HS Wrestling Blog, Wrestling Interviews | Comments

Apple Valley Head Coach Jim Jackson Interview

Apple Valley, Minnesota is the No.1 High School Wrestling team in the nation heading into the 2010-2011 wrestling season. Our friend Scott Casber had a chance to sit down with the Eagle’s head wrestling coach, Jim Jackson, to discuss what makes Apple Valley the powerhouse program they are, the depth of the program, and how...