Sophomore Dillon Knutson took third place for the Jaguars in the 160-pound division, going 3-1 in his bracket.
The Jaguars wrestling team piled up 128 team points to take fourth place, edging Class AA Litchfield (127.5) and Big Lake (119) at the New London-Spicer Invitational on Friday night. Most telling about how well they did was that they took fourth while giving up three open weights (112, 215, Hwt).
Two Jaguars won titles: Senior Cole Tensen at 145, and junior Ben Borgerding at 171. It's Borgerding's first gold medal at a tournament in his career.
At the 152-pound division, senior Travis Winter suffered his second loss of the season, losing to Benson's Ryan Thompson in the championship match by a 7-2 margin. Thompson improved to 26-1 this season after winning the 152-pound bracket.
Four other Jaguars placed in the Final Four: Ross Rath, Austin Jaeger, Brent Goodenbour, and Dillon Knutson. Patrick Rooney took fifth place.
**Update on Sunday - shining moments for the Jaguars: Highlights include Ross Rath winning in the 103-pound semi-finals in a 4-3 decision, a tight 7-6 decision by Brent Goodenbour in the 135-pound third place match. Cole Tensen won 7-4 in the 145-pound championship. Dillon Knutson won by fall (1:31) over Eden Valley-Watkins' Brandon Walz in the 160-pound third place match. Ben Borgerding won by fall (1:23) in the 171-pound semi-finals before winning in the championship in a 7-2 decision over Kyle Cappelen of NL-S.
Team scoring was as follows: (1) New London-Spicer 258 (2) Eden Valley-Watkins 166 (3) Benson 161 (4) B-B-E 128 (5) Litchfield 127.5 (6) Big Lake 119 (7) Benilde-St. Margaret’s 86 (8) Glencoe-Silver Lake/Lester Prairie 36
Area wrestling scores from Friday night:
Paynesville Area 36, Yellow Medicine East 23
Paynesville Area 46, Morris Area 17
Pierz 53, Ogilvie 22
Pierz 51, Rush City/Braham 9
Pierz 56, East Ridge 12
Minnewaska Area 43, Rocori 29
Osakis 33, Minnewaska Area 15 (match suspended)
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