Section 5A wrestling individuals (updates, VIDEOS)

I'll do my best to post reports here throughout the afternoon. You can also listen to live updates at Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood (both online and on the radio). **NOTE: the finals round is fully updated as of 16:21. We are about halfway through the finals round with true-second matches to follow from Minnewaska Area high school. *This is fully updated in terms of who won in the finals round. The true second matches are also complete. *Two VIDEOS are below.

**Here's a video recorded just before the finals round started today at Minnewaska Area high school:


At 106, Louie Tensen (20-19) had a first-round bye but then lost in the quarterfinals. He won his first wrestleback match by a 20-4 tech fall (4:27) to stay alive. Tensen will face freshman Eli Greenman (34-10) of Canby in the next round.

At 113, Brett DeRoo (31-10) blazed his way into the quarterfinals after a first-round bye and then a win by fall (0:55) in the second round. He lost in the quarterfinals by a 9-1 major decision to Canby's Isaac Guzman. DeRoo awaits matches in the wrestlebacks before he goes again.

At 120, Ethan Mueller (10-10) is alive in the wrestlebacks after losing in the quarterfinals by a 5-2 decision to junior Noah Johnson (24-20) of Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg. He will face * sophomore Preston Welling of Paynesville in his next match. **UPDATE: Mueller won by pin (2:29) to stay alive in wrestlebacks! He needs one more win to get into the third-place match.

At 126, Ryan Jensen (40-3) had a first-round bye and then won two pins in his next two matches. He got a pin in just 23 seconds in the quarterfinals, and he pinned in just 1:23 in the semifinals to get into the championship match.

At 132, Walker Bents (39-1) mirrored the success of Ryan Jensen with a quarterfinal pin with a time of 2:55 and then a semifinal pin with a time of 4:58 to get into the championship.

At 138, Tyler Jensen (14-7) had a first-round bye and then won an 8-4 decision in the quarterfinals. He will face A-C-GC's Jevon Williams in the semifinals. *Update: Tyler Jensen lost a 9-2 decision to Williams in the semifinals. He now faces Minneota's Kade Lozinski (24-13) in the wrestlebacks.

At 145, Tanner Viessman (18-17) lost in the quarterfinals and awaits a wrestleback match where he will face Paynesville's Grant Wendlandt (7-13).

At 152, Blaine Fischer (38-1) had a first-round bye and then won by fall (1:11) in the quarterfinals. He awaits his semifinal match where he'll take on K-M-S's senior Ely Johnson (24-18). **Update!: Fischer pinned Johnson with a time of 3:58 to advance to the championship!

At 160, Maximus Hanson (32-7) is competing in a seven-man bracket and had two byes and awaits the semifinals. **Update: Hanson won with a pin in a time of just 1:07 to get into the championship match! He defeated Benson junior Preston Mcgee (26-21) to get into the championship.

At 170, Talen Kampsen (14-20) had a first-round bye and then lost in the quarterfinals by fall (1:28) to A-C-GC's Jake Mortensen. Kampsen had a bye in the consolation round and now awaits a match with Canby's Alan Malanado (0-2). *Update: Kamspen won by fall (0:44) over Malanado to stay alive in the wrestlebacks!

At 182, Carson Gilbert (33-7) also is competing in a seven-man bracket. He had back-to-back byes and awaits a semifinal match, where he'll take on Benson senior Nathan Bolduc (34-6).

The 195-pound bracket is open for B-B-E.

At 220, Ethan Spanier (30-7) had a first-round bye and then won by fall (1:46) in the quarterfinals. He awaits his semifinal match where he will take on No. 2-seeded junior Spencer Eisenbraun (32-5) of Paynesville Area. *UPDATE: against Eisenbraun in the semis, No. 3-seeded Spanier built a 5-1 lead with a reversal and back points in the third period. He ultimately won by a 6-3 decision to get into the championship!

At 285, Bryce Feuerhake (26-17) had a first-round bye and then won his quarterfinal match by a 5-3 decision over sophomore Gavin Noyes (21-14) of Canby. In the semifinals, Feuerhake will take on No. 1-seeded and No. 10-ranked senior Jackson Esping (8-0) of Minneota. **Update: Feuerhake lost a 4-3 decision to finish in fourth place.

More to come.

**Here's a video that features the 106 and 113 pound matches with Louie Tensen and Brett DeRoo in the finals:


UPDATES from the FINALS:

106: Louie Tensen will go for 5th place against Benson's Max Nygaard. It's time to get ready for the Parade of Champions.

113: Brett DeRoo took third place in his bracket! He won by a 15-0 tech fall late in the second period in the third-place match.

120: Ethan Mueller will go for fifth place.

126: Ryan Jensen won the championship with a 3-0 decision in the finals.

132: Walker Bents won a 5-1 decision in the finals to win the championship.

138: Tyler Jensen is going for third place here. *Update: Tyler Jensen lost an 11-8 decision to finish in fourth place here.

152: Blaine Fischer will face Minnewaska Area senior Jacob Blair (30-5) in the championship. *UPDATE: Fischer won by pin with 42 seconds remaining in the third period to claim the 152-pound title and advance to state.

160: Maximus Hanson will face K-M-S senior Coy Gunderson (42-3) in the championship. Hanson is the No. 1 seed, while Gunderson is the No. 2 seed. *UPDATE: Hanson lost a nailbiter by a 4-3 decision; he will have to win a true second match in order to punch a spot to the state tournament.

170: Talen Kampsen finished in fifth place in this bracket with a final win by injury default. He finishes his junior campaign with a 16-21 overall record.

182: No. 1-seeded Carson Gilbert will wrestle Paynesville Area freshman Peyton Hemmesch (29-5) in the championship. **Update: Gilbert lost a 4-2 decision after three overtime periods. With the first three periods complete, the score was tied at 1-1.

**Gilbert's match ended right at 17:00.

220: No. 3-seeded Ethan Spanier will wrestle top-seeded senior Jaxon Behm (36-4) of A-C-GC in the championship match.

285: Bryce Feuerhake will go for third place in this bracket and will face K-M-S junior Jason Jones (28-19). *UPDATE: in the third-place match, Feuerhake lost by a 4-3 decision to Jones to finish in fourth place at heavyweight.

**True second match updates...

At 160, Maximus Hanson won an 8-0 decision to seal a trip to state!

At 182, Carson Gilbert will wrestle in a true second match for a state trip. *UPDATE: Carson Gilbert won a tech fall in the true second match over A-C-GC's Logan Straumann.

Awards are set to follow at about 18:20 tonight from Minnewaska Area high school.

Now it's time for open gym.

THANK YOU to Paul Gruber Farms and Bucky's Bar of Elrosa for their support of this blog post!