Senior Travis Winter in action during the 160-pound championship match.
In a very exciting and action-packed Section 5A individual wrestling tournament, the Jaguars wrestling team put eight grapplers in the Finals Round, with two emerging as section champions.
At 145 pounds, senior Cole Tensen won the championship match in a 9-4 decision.
At 160 pounds, senior Travis Winter won the championship match with a very intense 4-3 win.
Other placewinners for the Jaguars: Ross Rath, 3rd place at 103. Tyler Tensen, 6th place at 112. Brent Goodenbour, 3rd place at 135. Patrick Rooney, 4th place at 140. Dillon Knutson, 5th place at 152.
Ben Borgerding wrestled in the 5th place match, but I left before it was completed.
**Borgerding won the fifth place match by a 7-6 score over Mitch Zastrow of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle. His winning finish in the 171-pound division of the Section 5A tournament was a great way to cap his junior season.
All in all, it was a very good weekend on the mats for the Jaguars.
**Update on State Tournament info for the Jaguars, which opens on Wednesday night, March 3, at 8:00pm at the Xcel Energy Center in St.Paul...
Tensen (33-3) opens the State Tournament facing Pipestone Area's Jadon Evans (26-11), a junior who was the runner-up in the Section 3A tournament 145-pound division.
Winter (35-2) opens the State Tournament facing United South Central's Dylan Thisius (32-6), a senior who was runner-up in the Section 2A tournament 160-pound division.
A Minnesota National Guard Colorguard presentation was held during the National Anthem, prior to the Championship Round of the section tournament.
A quick sidenote on girls basketball playoffs...
Results out of the top eight of Sub-Section 3A-North:
Canby 50, Ortonville 36
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 60, Dawson-Boyd 56 (Fighting Saints pull off a mild upset)
Minneota 68, Central MN Christian 47
MACCRAY 66, Wabasso 60 (the sub-.500 Rabbits rain the 3's on the Wolverines but come up short)
Much, much more will follow on Sunday morning, including Youtube video clips from today's Section 5A wrestling action.
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