In second place was Minnewaska Area with 163.5 points.
The 2019 Big Bear tournament champion was Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville, who had 216 points. They are also the defending Class 1A state champions.
For the Jaguars, Canon Swanson repeated as an individual champion, Also earning top-eight finishes were Walker Bents (second), Michael Doubek (fourth), Tyler Jensen (fourth), Maximus Hanson (fifth), Blaine Fischer (fifth) and Mark Jenniges (eight).
How's this for a tale of two paired wrestling programs? I admit that I only know the overall record when it comes to the Sauk Centre-Melrose wrestling program. Beyond that, all I could tell you is the coaching staff names listed at the MSHSL website. They have a current dual meet record of 1-5 this year. One of their five losses was to LPGE/Browerville by a 75-3 score. That match was held last Tuesday, December 17 in Grove City at the ACGC triangular.
On the same night, LPGE/Browerville smacked A-C-GC by a 41-15 score. The ACGC Falcons are no slouch by any means. In fact, they are the No. 2-ranked team in the latest Guillotine Class 1A state rankings. Their overall dual meet record is 12-1, and they are a favorite to win the Section 4A team title next February and advance to state for the third straight season.
For the record, ACGC defeated Sauk Centre-Melrose 74-3 at their home triangular on Tuesday.
Area boys' basketball scores on December 21:
Hancock 76, Benson 73 (two neighboring rivals meet in the championship of the Benson tournament; Benson defeated conference rival Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 83-81 on Friday in the semifinals)
Little Falls 66, Upsala 41
Mora 65, Brandon-Evansville 53
Kimball Area 72, PACT Charter 51
Mound Westonka 81, New London-Spicer 53
Minneota 76, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 62
Area boys' basketball scores on December 20:Minnewaska Area 50, Montevideo 37 (Lakers improve to 5-1 overall)
BOLD 75, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 62 (BOLD is 5-0)
Hancock 49, MACCRAY 48
(Late Thursday result) Paynesville Area 58, Holdingford 48
