Five Jackson County Central wrestlers will be in the semifinals and two more are in the wrestlebacks when the state Class 1A wrestling tournament resumes Saturday morning at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
Four Huskies will have a rematch from Thursday’s team tournament and another will face a wrestler he’s met twice this season.
In Class 2A, Martin County will have one wrestler in the wrestlebacks with a chance to still place as high as third.
Jackson County Central
Semifinals
132: No. 4 Nolan Ambrose (38-3) vs. No. 3 Owen Denstad (Caledonia/Houston), 46-4 – Ambrose defeated Denstad 5-1 in the team tournament Thursday
138: No. 3 Thomas Freking (50-7) vs. Gavin Johnson (Kenyon-Wanamingo), 30-7
145: No. 3 Logan Butzon (43-3) vs. No. 2 Tucker Ginther (Caledonia/Houston), 35-2 – Butzon defeated Ginther 2-1 in the team tournament Thursday
220: No. 2 Caleb Vancura (45-3) vs. No. 3 Ethan Spanier (Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa), 39-5
285: No. 5 Cameron Scholten (43-15) vs. No. 7 Cameron Wieneke (Adrian), 39-4 – Wieneke has defeated Scholten twice this season, both in Jackson, 3-1 in an ultimate tiebreaker at the Pizza Ranch tournament in December and 5-3 in the championship match of the Section 3A tournament last Saturday
Wrestlebacks
152: Isaiah Rodriguez (31-19) vs. No. 3 Isaac Blocker (Caledonia/Houston), 14-6 – Rodriguez defeated Blocker 5-3 Thursday in the team tournament
195: No. 5 Matt Haley (22-5) vs. Beau Robinson (West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville), 31-12 – Haley defeated Robinson 4-0 Thursday in the team tournament
Martin County
Wrestlebacks
220: No. 5 Max Olson (36-7) vs. Nathan Klatt (Annandale/Maple Lake), 35-10