Kurtis Reardan 2010 Minnesota State Wrestling Tournament Story
March 7, 2010
Summary: Kurtis placed first out of Section 6AAA by
technical fall 15-0 over Marty Broberg of Hopkins
High School. Random draw for the state tournament
at 189 pounds put Kurtis in the top pool of 8 wrestlers, 6 of whom were ranked
by The Guillotine above Kurtis coming into the tournament. Kurtis won his first round at state with a
fall over unranked Max Finizio of Stillwater (Film), putting him into
the quarter finals against #2 ranked Matt Hechsel of
Apple Valley. Hechsel
wins over Kurtis (Film)
and goes on to take 5th place beneath Scott Gifford whom Hechsel
beat in the opening round. In the 3rd
round, Kurtis goes up against #6 ranked Scott Gifford of Cambridge-Isanti
losing 1-6 (Film). Scott Gifford went on to take 3rd place at
state this year. State AAA 189 bracket link.
Kurtis says:
"I did not get it done at state and there are no excuses".
Season
Recap:
Kurtis
finished the regular season with a senior year record of 33-5. Kurtis had a close call with a knee injury
about a month before the State Tournament suffering a MPFL/MCL strain (medial patellofemoral ligament and medial collateral ligament) Friday
February 5th. Despite missing 10 days of
very valuable training time, he still managed a great effort at the state
qualification tournament where Kurtis was the Section 6AAA champion at 189
pounds against some very good competition.
As
you may know, the Minnesota State Wrestling Tournament is not seeded and they
use a blind draw. Kurtis was placed in
the half of the 16-man bracket that was shared with six of the top-ten ranked
189 pounders. After a first round fall over Max Finizio
from Stillwater, Kurtis faced the #2 and #6 ranked wrestlers and lost tough
matches to both. Those two opponents did, however, go on to take 3rd and fifth
in the tournament while Kurtis unfortunately did not place.
Although
he did not make his goal of placing at the State Tournament, Kurtis feels that
his accomplishments and work ethic have set the stage for a successful college
career.
Kurtis lifetime wrestling statistics (link here)
and wrestling highlights on line here.