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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duckslayer100" data-source="post: 82076" data-attributes="member: 1485">This was back in 2009. West Fargo had always been a contender for the State Duals Title, but fell short (usually to Bismarck). Well, it just so happened that Fargo native Tyler Lehmann, who had been wrestling at Minnesota proverbial powerhouse Apple Valley since he was a high school freshman, decided to attend West Fargo for his senior year (mind you his family is from Fargo and he'd originally wrestled for North prior to getting recruited...er...transferring to Apple Valley). The reasoning, he explained, was to finish his high school career alongside his younger brother, Preston (then a freshman). Tyler racked up back-to-back championships with AV at 171 pounds and was heading to West Fargo with a flawless 49-0 record the previous year. He was set to bump up as starter at 189 (where he was ranked No. 2 in the entire flipping USA) while Preston was starting at 160. So far, big deal right? I mean at face value, it's a nice story. Brotherly love. Going out on a high note. Blah, blah, blah... But then things get interesting.Two Lehmann cousins from Wahpeton transfer up to West Fargo at the same time. Erik and Michael, though neither as proficient as their Fargo relatives, definitely can hold their own. And the cherry on top is that Scott Schiller, the Packers' reigning state champion at 189, is set to lead the team at 215. Along with a lineup full of top talent, West Fargo has officially stacked the deck to finally dethrone Bismarck from a decade of state dual titles.After beating Dickinson, the Packers face off against No. 2 Century. It's a close matchup, when West Fargo suddenly finds themselves down. The Patriots win four in a row and take the lead 35-30. The Packers need a pin in order to win. Who's up? Freshman Preston Lehmann versus Landon Schmidt at 160. Preston is having a hot season, but this is do or die. And  he's doing everything he can to get Landon down. Then he does something that blows the roof off the Fargodome. "The Twister." With this weird, flipping back handspring, Lehmann vaults himself over Landon totally taking him off guard. Boom. Pin, and the Packers sqeak out a 1-point victory.So here it is. Bismarck versus West Fargo. The top two Class A teams in the state.Just like Century, the Packers jumped out to an early lead only to watch it slowly dissolve. Once again it came down to the 160-pound match, and once again Preston pulled out "The Twister" for the win. What was really beautiful, however, were the individual titles. A seventh grader, Jordan Shearer, won his first state title after forcing OT and winning with the extra time. This would be his first of what would become SIX straight individual championships (a North Dakota record) and high school career record of 259-21. Unprecedented, to say the least. While Preston played a huge part in the duals victory, he wound up finishing second individually. Otherwise the other Lehmanns swept up, with Tyler and Eric both earning crowns. Oh, and Scott Schiller, too. Yeah, it was his third straight state championship, and it helped earn him Class A Mr. Wrestler for the 2009-10 season. He's currently finishing out his career with the Gophers.Anywho, that was it in a nutshell. There were a lot of grumblings, which were probably valid. The next year, Eric and Michael left WF and, obviously, Tyler and Scott graduated. Preston kept improving, as well.You just know the planets didn't align out of the blue. There was some careful preparation and, wrong or right, it paid off for West Fargo.From a pure spectator standpoint, that dual tournament was incredibly exciting.</blockquote>

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