A total of five members of the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team have punched through to the Class 1A state individual tournament as the Section 5A tournament in Canby has concluded this evening. Three Jaguars have earned Section 5A titles: Ryan Jensen at 139 pounds, Maximus Hanson at 172 and Carson Gilbert at 215. Ryan Jensen is 43-0, Maximus Hanson is 45-0, and Carson Gilbert is 39-3 as the "Big Three" for the Jaguars who will lead the team into the Class 1A state tournament next Thursday in St. Paul.
Two other Jaguars also advance to state as Section 5A runners-up: Tanner Viessman and Brett DeRoo.
B-B-E's Section 5A true second-place match results:
At 145 pounds, Tanner Viessman won a 4-0 decision in the true second-place match to improve to 38-3 overall in his senior season.
At 152 pounds, Brett DeRoo won a 5-0 decision in the true second-place match to improve to 37-6 in his junior season.
At 189 pounds, Hunter Laage lost a heartbreaker by a 2-1 decision in the true second-place match to Paynesville's Peyton Hemmesch. He finishes in third place at 189 and takes a 32-13 record into the team state tournament.
The Class 1A state individual wrestling tournament runs Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
Other results for the Jaguars at the section tournament today:
107: Noah Jensen (21-23) won a 10-9 decision in the fifth-place match against A-C-GC seventh grader Nolan Bierwerth (21-17).
114: Noah Welte (30-14) won by fall (3:41) in the fifth-place match against K-M-S freshman Oswaldo Moreno (19-27).
121: Noah DeRoo (10-15) lost a 5-3 decision in the fifth-place match to Benson sophomore Tate Kobbermann (13-27).
127: Jace Mueller had a 1-2 record at the section tournament, and the seventh grader takes a 12-20 record into the team state tournament.
133: Dylan Koob went 1-2 at the section tournament; he currently has a 4-15 overall record in his eighth-grade season.
160: Ethan Mueller (35-11) finished today with a loss in the third-place match by fall (0:43) to Benson senior Nick Bolduc (12-5).
285: Harley Weber was injured in his section semifinal match today and ultimately finished in sixth place. He is 26-10 going into the team state tournament.
In girls' basketball news...
The B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team has been seeded No. 3 in the upcoming Sub-Section 5A-East tournament. The subsection quarterfinals will be held Thursday, February 29 with a 7 p.m. tip-off at B-B-E high school in Belgrade against No. 6-seeded Mille Lacs. This marks the first time that our Jaguars have been grouped in the eastern half of the Section 5A tournament. I find it completely bizarre. If the Jaguars win on Thursday, their next game (the sub-section semis) is on Saturday, March 2 at Hinckley-Finlayson high school with a 2:45 p.m. tip-off against either Braham (the No. 2 seed) or East Central (the No. 7 seed. The Hinckley-Finlayson high school is located in Hinckley.
Area girls' basketball scores on February 24 (all are playoff games except Mayer Lutheran vs. MI-B):
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 75, Eden Valley-Watkins 57
New London-Spicer 74, Montevideo 36
Minnewaska Area 71, Litchfield 38
Mayer Lutheran 60, Mountain Iron-Buhl 54
MACCRAY 63, Canby 42
Minneota 69, Yellow Medicine East 39
Paynesville Area 52, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 44
