LAKERS WRESTLERS CHRISTIAN PORTER & GRAHAM EVAVOLD QUALIFY
FOR STATE TOURNAMENT.
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State Entrants Graham Evavold (L) 126# and Christian Porter (R)
160#
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On Feb 22, 2016, Graham Evavold and Christian Porter became the
first Southwest Wrestlers to qualify for State since Greg Gandy was a State
Participant for SW in 2009.
Christian Porter went 3- 0 in the Section 6AAA Qualifier,
winning the 160# championship. Two-year Team Captain Porter is the first
section champion from Southwest since 1994. Senior Porter has a 3.49 GPA goes into the State tournament with
a 27-2 season record.
Senior Captain Graham Evavold also gets to cap off
his four-year varsity career with a trip to state next weekend. He was the 126# Runner-
Up in the Section Individual Tournament. Graham has a 3.0 GPA and enters the
state tournament with a 26-6 season record.
Sophomore Ricky Kruse (5-2) earned third-place as did sophomore Kieran Porter (22-12). The final place-winner for Southwest
was Freshman Dylan Surprise.
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Lakers Section 6AAA Place-winners and Coaches (L-R): Coach Quinn
Peterson, Graham Evavold, Coach Paul Porter, Kieran Porter,
Ricky Kruse, Dylan Surprise, Christian Porter, Coach Joe Burns,
Coach Cole Peterson, Coach Steffan Jobe
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Congratulations to the Southwest Wrestling Team for their
dedication, hard work and achievement both on and off the mat.
The Team earned a GOLD State Academic Team Award for with a 3.51
Average GPA. The entire team participated in several community service
projects.
In December, they packed meals at Feed My Starving Children. In
January, The wrestlers prepared and served a snack and two meals at Greater
MPLS Crisis Nursery.
The boys also planned and provided enrichment activities for the
children at the GMCN nursery aged 1 to 6.
The wrestlers take
turns volunteering throughout the season help teach wrestling to K-6 graders in the Pershing-Linden
Hills Wrestling program.
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