This is the third straight day of state wrestling action at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. This morning we've got both consolation and championship bracket action taking place that includes five members of the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team. In the consolation semifinals are Tanner Viessman and Brett DeRoo, who could each still finish as high as third place. In the championship bracket and in the running for state titles are Ryan Jensen, Maximus Hanson and Carson Gilbert.
It's a huge, incredible achievement for the wrestling team to still have five student athletes competing on the final day of the tournament, with three of them still in the championship bracket. WORTH NOTING!
I hope to get this blog post updated by 11 a.m. If everything goes to plan, I should have state video posted here in the afternoon before the state finals round begins at 4 p.m.! Fingers crossed.
State wrestling updates...
In his consolation quarterfinal match this morning, Tanner Viessman won a 5-1 decision to advance and also guarantee himself a state medal. His opponent in the consolation semifinals is to-be-determined. UPDATE: Viessman faces a wrestler from Frazee in the consolation semifinals.
In his consolation quarterfinal match this morning, Brett DeRoo lost an 8-3 decision to senior Sawyer Simmons of Royalton/Upsala. He finishes his junior season 39-8 and sees his state tournament run conclude.
State semi update: Ryan Jensen lost an excruciating heartbreaker by a 4-3 decision to Hudson Burnett; Jensen earned his points with two escapes plus a penalty applied to Burnett due to stalling in the third period. This was Jensen's first loss of the season, and he takes a 45-1 record into the consolation bracket to battle his way back to the third-place match.
At 172 pounds, Maximus Hanson won by fall (3:41) to advance to the state championship! Awesome!!! This is his second appearance in the state championship match. Hanson faces Crookston senior and No. 6-ranked Carter Coauette (45-2) for the gold medal tonight.
At 215 pounds, Carson Gilbert lost a tough one in 3-1 decision. He remains alive and can get as high as third place. To get to the third-place match, Gilbert needs to defeat T-M-B/WWG senior Eathan Martinez (48-6), who is ranked No. 9 at heavyweight.
Afternoon updates: Ryan Jensen (46-1) won his wrestleback match in a 5-0 decision over Aitkin senior Nathan Trotter (31-14); this gets Jensen an appearance in the third-place match tonight, when he faces Osakis senior Jacob Taplin (46-5).
For Viessman at 145, he lost a very tough match by a 1-0 decision to Frazee junior Bailey Beichel (29-6). This puts him in tonight's fifth-place match. In the fifth-place match, Viessman faces Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove senior Alexander Schuh (46-7).
College basketball updates...
At Anoka Ramsey Community College's Performance Gymnasium this afternoon, the Northland Community and Technical College Pioneers women's basketball team has a slim 30-27 halftime lead in the NJCAA Region 13B semifinals. Tiyana Schwinghammer scored 4 points in the first quarter but did not score in the second. She launched a long baseline shot at the halftime buzzer, but it rimmed out. FINAL SCORE: Northland 62, Fergus Falls CC 58 in OVERTIME. Schwinghammer scored 18 points to lead her team! They play at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Region 13B championship!
In the NCAA Division III national tournament opener last night in Platteville, Wisconsin, Gustavus Adolphus College lost 89-64 to the No. 20-ranked Loras College Warhawks. B-B-E's Ashton Dingmann played 7 minutes of reserve time and earned one rebound. B-B-E head tennis coach Katie Hanna's younger brother, Brady Kienitz, started and played 29 minutes for the Gusties while scoring 15 points, including four three-pointers.
And high school basketball...in the town of Hinckley, MN, near the Wisconsin border, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team will tip off at about 3 p.m. against No. 2-seeded and No. 15-ranked (Minnesota Basketball News) Braham. HALFTIME at Hinckley: B-B-E 28, Braham 28. Crazy!!
***Saturday evening updates....
Final: Braham 65, B-B-E 62. It was a devastating loss in which the Jaguars went 20-of-33 at the free throw line. They had a marvelous season considering what graduation losses they had to overcome. Brooklyn Fischer led the team with 30 points in what was an incredible but tough ending to her basketball career at B-B-E. She shot 50 percent on field goals and made 11 of 12 free throws. For the game, 24 turnovers hurt the Jaguars, who finished 17-12 overall.
As for wrestling...Ryan Jensen took third place...Tanner Viessman took fifth place via a pin in the second period...and Carson Gilbert took third place with a pin in the first period.
As of 6 p.m....they are getting Xcel setup for the finals with three mats in play. Maximus Hanson will go for gold at 172 pounds!
7:41 p.m., and we are in the 145-pound matches.
It's 8:10 p.m., and we are at 160 pounds...about 5 minutes after the 172 pound matches are complete, I will get a new blog post added. So you will have to refresh this blog to see the outcome of Class 1A's 172 pound match.
