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Caledonia resident Spencer Yohe was inducted into the Minnesota Chapter of the National Wrestling Ha |
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By Charlie Warner
Argus News Editor
Caledonia resident Spencer Yohe was inducted into the Minnesota Chapter
of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame during an honors banquet held
April 12 in Owatonna.
Yohe has received numerous state and national awards for his
participation and promotion of high school and college wrestling during
the past 37 years.
Yohe is a 1968 graduate of Caledonia Area High School, where he was a
member of the District 1 championship team. He participated in
wrestling at Winona State University, graduating in 1972.
Yohe’s first head coaching job was at Hancock, Minn., where his Owls
won five District 21 titles and had a 120-32-2 record in 12 years.
Yohe went on to coach at the collegiate level, first at the University
of Minnesota-Morris and then for 10 years at Moorhead State University.
As an assistant coach at MSU, the Dragons won nine out of 11 NSIC
Conference titles and produced 25 All Americans.
While at Moorhead, Yohe served as an NAIA National Team Cultural
Exchange coach on three different trips to the USSR, Guatemala, and
Poland. In all, he coached eight international teams that toured 19
different countries.
Yohe is responsible for establishing and awarding over 50 scholarships
at the Greg Schwartze Memorial Wrestling Camp during the past 17 years.
He serves on five hall of fame committees, and serves as President of
the Minnesota chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Yohe currently serves as a substitute teacher and junior high coach for the Caledonia-Houston wrestling team.
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