State wrestling is tomorrow

The Class 1A state individual wrestling tournament begins at 9 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul. Two members of the B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team will compete. In the girls' division, sophomore Elizabeth Rademacher competes in her first state tournament in the 130-pound bracket. She has the tough draw of facing the No. 2 seed in the field, which is a one-class format. For the boys' tournament, which has 3 classes, B-B-E freshman Noah Jensen will compete in Class 1A in his third overall state tournament. As a seventh grader, Jensen wrestled at 107 pounds for B-B-E's 3rd place finisher in 2024. Last season, Jensen wrestled in the individual tournament and placed 3rd at 107.

In college basketball news...
The University of Minnesota-Morris Cougars men's basketball team is heading to a National qualifier after they defeated visiting Crown College 85-79 tonight in Morris. The game was a semifinal in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) playoffs. With a berth in the UMAC championship, the Cougars have a chance to advance to the Division III National Tournament. Against Crown College tonight, B-B-E's Kaden Pieper scored 20 points after being held to just 4 points in the first half. For periods of the second half, Pieper put the team on his back while the team's leading scorer, Carvin Fish, was attracting the teeth of Crown's defense. UMM overcame a 43-33 halftime deficit to improve to 13-12 overall. Fish finished the game with a career-high 40 points.

With under 16 minutes left in the game, Crown expanded their lead to 52-38. With 7 minutes to go, the deficit shrank to 66-64. Finally, with 3:27 to go, Pieper drained a step-back three-pointer with only 4 seconds on the shot clock to lift the Cougars on top 73-71.

Pieper, a 2023 B-B-E graduate, shot 53 percent on field goals to go with 7 rebounds, 3 assist and 2 blocked shots.

Other information is forthcoming.