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(1AA) 12-seed La Crescent/Hokah (2-11) 6, 5-seed LARP (14-11) 78 (LARP took 106 (Spencer Nelson), 138 (Zack Plank), 145 (Titan Tekautz), 160 (Brennan Corcoran), 170 (Camdyn Anderson), 182 (Tyler Kryzer), and 195 (Jacob Meyer) by forfeit. Tyler Kreidermacher (113), Colten Jenkins (120), Jordan Zibrowski (132), Quintin Betthauser (132), Brock Frisch (220), and Andrew Wilkemeyer (285) added pins); 5-seed LARP (15-11) 23, 4-seed Lake City (17-7) 45 (LARP won 106 (S. Nelson 11-1 major decision), 113 (T. Kreidermacher 5-1 decision), and 132 (Q. Betthauser 9-1 major decision) – three of the first five matches – to lead 11-9 after 132. Lake City then took five straight from 138 through 170 to lead 33-11. S-Eagles fell twice in that span by decision (10-8 in SV-1 at 145 and 6-4 at 170). LARP took 182 (Kryzer pin) and 195 (Meyer pin) to stay in it, down 33-23. But the Tigers authored pins at 220 and 285. Tigers won an earlier meeting 36-33. Screamin’ Eagles end at 15-12)
(1A) 9-seed Triton (4-16) 12, 8-seed FCLMC (10-10) 37 (Teams double forfeited 106, 113, 126, and 160. Wolves took 182 (Orion Sass), 195 (Oliver Hoeltzle), and 220 (Aaron Hutton) by forfeit while forfeiting 132 and 285. Only five matches were actually wrestled – all won by Wolves – and only one ended in pin. Wyatt Jensen (170) had the pin. Connor Wingert (145) won a 9-0 major decision. Kane Larson (120 > 9-6), Carter Hovland (138 > 7-2), and Cole Sass (152 > 11-4) won by decision Larson was recently ranked #10 at 106); 8-seed FCLMC (11-10) 13, 1-seed Chatfield (13-1) 63 (Chatfield took 106 (#2 J. Berg), 120 (#6 at 113 G. Bartels), 126 (Ben Carrier), 132 (Carson Rowland), 152 (Jackson Schild), 182 (#2 Grady Schott), and 285 (Caden Nolte) by forfeit. Ryan House (113) and Ethan Ruskell (220) had pins for Gophers. Kail Schott (#6 at 170) won by injury default. Luke Carrier (145) won a 4-2 decision over C. Wingert. For FCLMC, O. Hoeltzle (195) won by fall, C. Sass (160) by 14-3 major decision, and C. Hovland (138) over Jack Dornack by 7-5 decision in SV-1. Wolves finish at 11-11)
(1A) 5-seed Caledonia/Houston (16-7) 38, 4-seed Kenyon-Wanamingo (22-8) 27 (Hard fought dual saw Cal/Hou win seven of the first eight weights – four by decision – to lead 28-6 after 152. Knights won three of four from 160 through 195 to close to down 32-21, but #9 at 195 Ayden Goetzinger’s pin (220) clinched the dual for the Warriors. I. Blocker (#3 at 138) had Cal/Hou’s only other pin. Tuck. Ginther (145) won by injury default. Braxton Lange (106) and Aden Kulas (170) won 11-0 and 10-2 major decisions. Tanner Ginther (113 > 2-0), Simon Seymour (120 > 10-3), O. Denstad (132 > 3-1), and C. Scanlan (152 > 9-6) won by decision. Warriors won nine of 14 weights, but got out-pinned four to two. K-W won a dual late in the season 33-30, as the team’s split matches won 7-7. In that dual, Cal/Hou won five of the first eight weights and led 21-15 after 152. Each team changes line-ups significantly for post-season match-up)
(1A) 6-seed GMLOS (11-12) 11, 3-seed Dover-Eyota (16-8) 64 (Bulldogs won just two matches, 106 (Cole Sheely 17-1 tech fall) and 138 (#1 Cohen Wiste pin). Eagles racked up sevens falls, took two by forfeit. Bulldogs end at 11-13)
Girls Section 1-4 Individual Tourney (GMLOS had six girls compete, LARP one. Three Bulldogs finished top four. Diann Smith (10-2) took second at 138 to Eastview’s Riley Meyers, losing by 8-0 major decision in the finals. Smith won two falls to make the championship bout. Smith qualified for state. Megan Geier (145) took third going 2-1. She lost in the semis by fall, then won by fall and disqualification (no true second match). Emma Hemann (114) went 2-2 to take fourth)
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