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SHONN ROBERTS
SCHOOL: COLUMBIA FALLS CLASS: SENIOR
STATS: CLASS A RUNNER-UP 138 POUNDS
OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, SHONN
developed into one of the all-time great Mat Cats, winning three Class A state championships and break- ing numerous school records. A year after going 40-0 in the 126-pound division, he moved up to 138 pounds and powered through his final cam- paign in dominating fashion. He dropped his first match in two years after Belgrade’s Jarrett Degen de- feated him in the finals of the CMR Holiday Classic, and his only other loss in the regular season was a nar- row one against a Washington wres- tler at the Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic. Shonn entered the state tournament with a 36-2 record and fell just short of winning his fourth consecutive state championship, losing to Degen late in the finals match. The ending might not have been what he hoped for, but his ca- reer was still a brilliant one. He also helped the Mat Cats place third as a team yet again. He will keep wres- tling next year at the University of Great Falls, which has one of the top NAIA wrestling programs.