Jaguars wrestling leads tournament after first round - they end up placing 2nd!

Junior Patrick Rooney right after winning his quarterfinal match by pin (1:46) over a Yellow Medicine East wrestler...
Here's junior Marshall Zachman rolling a Browerville/Eagle Valley guy over prior to pinning him in the quarterfinal round heavyweight match...my camera picked a grant time to act up on me, and I ended up missing out on taking a nice shot of his pin.
The Jaguars led with 31 team points after the first round of wrestling was completed today in their home invitational. New London-Spicer was in second place with 29 points.

Josey Tensen, Tyler Tensen, Patrick Rooney, Ross Rath and Dillon Knutson all earned spots in the championship matches for their respective divisions.

Knutson won his semifinal round with a 31-second pin over a Willmar wrestler!

Patrick Rooney in the quarterfinal match tonight; he won by pin (1:46) over a Yellow Medicine East wrestler...

Josey Tensen in action...


Josey Tensen, Ross Rath and Patrick Rooney all won their respective championship round matches. Tyler Tensen and Knutson both took second. As a team, the Jaguars placed second behind champion New London-Spicer. This is the first time since at least 2002 that the Jaguars have place 2nd at a home tournament.

Team scores — 1. New London-Spicer 197.50; 2. B-B-E 127; 3. Willmar 119; 4. Holdingford 109; 5. Morris Area/CA/Hancock 108; 6. Yellow Medicine East 85; 7. Renville County West 60; 8. Browerville-Eagle Valley 49.

Up next: next Friday, December 9, the Jaguars travel to Clara City for a triangular against BOLD and host MACCRAY/Renville County West.