3rd Annual Minnesota State Armwrestling Championships



Minnesota Armsports presents the third annual Minnesota State Armwrestling Championships!

When: Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

Where: Henderson Sauerkraut Days. 200 North 3rd Street Henderson, MN, 56044.
Time: Weigh-ins 1:30pm-3:00pm. 1:30-2:30 for Kids! Tournament start at 3:30pm. Kids start at 3!
Entry: $20/arm for pro classes, $15/arm for novice, $10/arm for additional novice classes or for all novice classes if also pulling pro. $5/arm for kids.

Weight classes:
Men's Pro Right and Left: 154lbs. (70kg), 176lbs. (80kg), 198lbs. (90kg), 220lbs. (100kg), 220+ lbs. (100+kg)

Men's Novice Right and Left: 176lbs. (80kg), 220lbs. (100kg), 220+ lbs. (100+kg)
Women's Pro Right and Left: Open

NEW Kids, run by age groups: 9 and under, 10-12, 13-15. Right and Left!!!

Weight must be exact! Ex: Weighing in at 154.0 will put you in the 154 lbs. division. 154.1 and you'll be in the 176's (unless you lose the extra 0.1). There is no clothing allowance but you are allowed to strip down if needed. You may open to weigh-in in kilograms if you wish (will give you ~1/3 lbs. more leeway).


Novice will be run before pro, after the novice classes are done we will open registration for Pro Classes again for 10 minutes, then make pro brackets and get started asap!


100% Cash Payback for the top 3 in all Pro Classes as well as plaques for the top 3 in all Pro and Novice Classes! Medals for top 3 in kids classes!!!

This tournament will be run on a USAA armwrestling table. Chalk and risers will be provided. This tournament is double elimination and is free to watch!


WAF RULES WILL BE USED!!!


Any questions, please call Josh Handeland at: 612-801-5612

or email: joshthejedimaster@yahoo.com


If you're not sure whether or not you're eligible for novice feel free to call or email me and ask!!!

As of now, I have heard from pullers (armwrestlers) coming from Minnesota (obviously), South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, California, Illinois, and Canada. Gary Roberts will be there filming for ArmTV (he was there last year as well).

Josh, do you do a press release to the KFAN Power Trip Morning Show about the contest? I bet they would give you some air time.

I just sent them a message so if they contact me within the next day or so maybe I could do it. I should have checked back and contacted them sooner

As far as competitors go, the big excitement this year is Corey "The Flash" Miller coming. He is the #1 ranked armwrestler in North America at 154 lbs. both right and left handed, and has been ranked #1 for about 2 years now. He won't be cutting to 154 for this tournament, but will pull 176 and every weight class above that. He should do pretty well. Also, one of the guy's coming from Canada is ranked 3rd in Canada left handed at 176 lbs. and the other Canadian coming is ranked 7th left and 9th right at 176 lbs. All of these guys are fast as lightning so don't blink if you hear the names: Corey Miller, Paul Belluz, or Jason Dubray!

I contacted the radio station and they sent me an email and said they weren't interested.

Not surprised. All they care about is Pickpoints, Dodge Ram Trucks, weight loss programs and sling box. Did you know you can watch your own TV on your phone? Don't need any special apps or nothing. Just hook up a sling box to your tv at home and watch your favorite team on your phone. So if you have to go to Kraut Days this weekend and sit in the beer garden but don't want to miss the Twins at Cinncinnatti, then you can watch it on your phone thanks to slingbox. And if your gal is making you go listen to Shaw Bros to see that one guy with his shirt off and you don't like Styx covers but she's gonna make you dance, you can hold her close and watch your own home TV on your phone, just hold it up behind her head where she won't see you. So there, you can come to Kraut Days AND not miss any of the Twins Cinncinnatti game tomorrow night, thanks to Sling Box.

Wow, what a great tournament!!! We missed out buddies from Canada this year (with Canadian National's being next weekend they couldn't make it), but we had competitors from Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Wyoming, Colorado, and California! The kids classes turned out great, especially the lower 2 classes! We had 147 entries total, 112 adult entries and 35 in kids entries. Up from 93 last year and 41 in 2010!!! Big thanks to Justin Hefling, Erin Meyer, Yosef Chalbi, and John Grant for helping ref, thanks to my Dad and Jo Thompson for doing brackets and announcing, thanks to my mom for helping with registration, money, and handing out awards, and a big thanks to the HENDERSON SAUERKRAUT DAYS!!! ;D and thanks to everybody who came and supported my tournament.


Without further adieu, here are the results:


Kids Right Hand 0-9:
1. Logan O'Neil
2. Mataus Saltzman
3. Addison Long

Kids Right Hand 10-12:
1. Devin O'Neil
2. Mark Tommerdahl
3. Caleb Fishbaugher

Kids Right Hand 13-15:
1. Zach Bickett
2. Scott Deno
3. Riley Boedinghimer

Kids Left Hand 0-9:
1. Logan O'Neil
2. Jayden Calabro
3. Jade Kunz (5 years old!)

Kids Left Hand 10-12:
1. Devin O'Neil
2. Mark Tommerdahl
3. Caleb Fishbaugher

Kids Left Hand 13-15:
1. Zach Bickett
2. Riley Boedinghimer
3. Scott Deno

Men's Novice Right Hand 0-176 lbs.
1. Bill Bruggemeir, MN
2. Shannon Calabro, WY
3. Nathan Piper, WI

Men's Novice Right Hand 177-220 lbs.
1. Joseph Tucker, MN
2. Bryce P, MN
3. Daryl Kunz, MN

Men's Novice Right Hand 221+ lbs.
1. Jon Thompson, MN
2. Ryan Kelly, MN
3. Tony Stanton, MN

Men's Novice Left Hand 0-176 lbs.
1. Jake Newstrom, MN
2. Bill Brueggemeir, MN
3. Nathan Piper, WI

Men's Novice Left Hand 177-220 lbs.
1. Dusty Lecy, MN
2. Gary Roberts, CA
3. Marino Dreitz, MN

Men's Novice Left Hand 221+ lbs.
1. Jason Mathias, MN
2. Brian Parks, MO
3. Jake Kor, MN

Men's Pro Right Hand 0-154 lbs.
1. Josh Handeland, MN
2. Jeff Ahmann, MN
3. Nathan Piper, WI

Men's Pro Right Hand 155-176 lbs.
1. Corey Miller, WY
2. Yosef Chalbi - MN
3. Josh Handeland, MN

Men's Pro Right Hand 177-198 lbs.
1. Corey Miller, WY
2. Mike Gritti, MN
3. Jack Weber, MN

Men's Pro Right Hand 199-220 lbs.
1. Corey Miller, WY
2. Josh Kor, MN
3. Shaun Brock, WI

Men's Pro Right Hand 221+ lbs.
1. Corey Miller, WY
2. Trapper Saltzman, SD
3. Jake Kor, IL

Women's Pro Right Hand Open
1. Beth Saltzman, SD
2. Erin Meyer, MN
3. Debra, MN

Men's Pro Left Hand 0-154 lbs.
1. Josh Handeland, MN
2. Shannon Calabro, WY
3. Nathan Piper, WI

Men's Pro Left Hand 155-176 lbs.
1. Tony Kitowski, WI
2. Corey Miller, WY
3. Yosef Chalbi, MN

Men's Pro Left Hand 177-198 lbs.
1. Mike Gritti, MN
2. Corey Miller, WY
3. Jack Weber, MN

Men's Pro Left Hand 199-220 lbs.
1. Corey Miller, WY
2. Aaron Kruger, MN
3. Rett Houdek, MN

Men's Pro Left Hand 221+ lbs.
1. Trapper Saltzman, SD
2. Tony Kitowski, WI
3. Mark Cichy, MN

Women's Pro Left Hand Open
1. Beth Saltzman, SD
2. Erin Meyer, MN


Look for videos to come on ArmTV!!!