Perham’s Detloff Wins 172-Pound State Title, Roiko Brothers Earn Podiums

Tiegan Detloff captured the Class AA 172-pound state championship at the Minnesota State High School League tournament at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul Saturday, scoring 11 points in a three-and-a-half-minute burst after trailing by a point midway through the second period and racing to his parents on the sideline after the match. Perham Focus framed the victory as redemption for Detloff, who avenged a runner-up finish from last season.

Detloff reflected on his approach after a long wait on the bench: “I knew I had to come in and be aggressive after waiting the whole day to take the mat. I had to go in and score points and just found that extra gear to get past the finish line.” Perham head coach Dave Vetsch added, “He’s a gamer, he shows up in big matches and he just had to feel his opponent out before he pounced. He deserves every part of it, he works so hard and he was out for vengeance and can call himself a state champion.”

Perham Focus reported Detloff defeated Peyton Herbst in the final by major decision, 11-1, while Si’s state-results listing shows the AA-172 final as Tiegan Detloff over Payton Herbst by MD 11-2 and lists Detloff as a junior with a 43-2 season record and Herbst at 38-5. A Facebook state-update from Perham also recorded an earlier Detloff victory — Sudden Victory 7-4 over Skelly of Grand Rapids — and Brainerd Dispatch results fragments include a separate Detloff line, dec. Jayden Zajac 3-0, reflecting multiple rounds and reporting sources across the event.

Eli Roiko provided Perham with another podium finish at 215 pounds, taking third in Class AA. Perham Focus reports Roiko rebounded after a semifinal loss, beating St. Peter’s Joseph Conner by major decision, 15-3, in the wrestleback semifinal and then stopping Cannon Falls’ Tristan Zingler by an 18-3 technical fall in the third-place match. Si’s bracket summary lists E. Roiko as the third-place finisher over T. Zingler by major decision, 13-2. Brainerd Dispatch also references Eli Roiko’s dual-season work, including an 8-2 win over Pierz heavyweight Henry Hoffman in a quarterfinal dual context.

Other Perham competitors appeared across result sheets from the tournament and local duals. Sam Roiko is listed in Si’s AA-145 results as losing by fall at 1:10 to Benjamin Gunlogson; Brainerd Dispatch includes an 11-0 major decision loss to Carter Young. Brainerd Dispatch fragments also list Tanner Larson dec. Eli Gaffke 7-1, Trystan Larson dec. Brecken Andres 8-3, and Brayden Melby pinned Brody Wacker 2:38, among other weight-class lines that feature Perham athletes in tournament and dual meet reporting.

Photographs and captions circulated with the Perham coverage credit Chris Schaller and Brody Wacker, including images labeled “Tiegan Detloff first place finish” and team photos showing Perham’s contingent at the arena. With Detloff’s title and Eli Roiko’s podium, Perham closed the weekend with individual hardware while multiple score reports across outlets show small discrepancies in final margins and opponent name spellings that remain visible between local game accounts and state-results listings.