Seth Cossentine Advances to State Wrestling Tournament

by Jeff Olsen

On Saturday afternoon, eighth grader Seth Cossentine would shortly ascend the podium at the Section 8AA Individual Wrestling Tournament in Glyndon, Minnesota.

He had won the 145 pound title, one year after he had been the 138-pound runner-up and headed to his first state wrestling tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Surprisingly, he was the fifth seed in the two-day tournament last weekend.

He needed to win three matches and he accomplished that, pinning his first opponent and then winning the semifinal and the final matches by decisions.

He was asked about only bei...