Huge Steps: QND Heavyweight looks to pin down State Title
Posted: 12.14.2010 at 10:47 PM

Matt Hugenberg made huge strides between his sophomore and junior wrestling seasons. And now the Raider 285 pounder is back for an encore

QND Heavyweight Matt Hugenberg was just the third Raider ever to earn a state medal last winter.  / Chris Duerr
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THE RISE OF HUGENBERG

It was a rare site on Championship Saturday in Champaign.

The QND colors seen on the State Semifinals Mats for IHSA Championship wrestling, represented by just the third Raider in the history of the program to reach the Final Four and qualify for a medal.

More unlikely, however, was the kid who broke through for QND with a fourth place state finish...especially if you watched him wrestle just a year earlier

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