Jackson County Central has a key Big South Conference West Division wrestling match Thursday when the Huskies head to Pipestone to take on the Arrows.
The Huskies are 4-0 in conference duals, while the Arrows are 4-1. Marshall completed its conference schedule with a 5-1 record.
Thursday will be Pipestone’s final conference match. JCC wrestles Windom/Mountain Lake on Feb. 8.
Class 1A No. 4 Jackson County Central has an overall dual meet record of 12-2 after winning three duals in New Ulm Tuesday to extend their winning streak to seven. The Huskies defeated Mankato West 51-15, New Ulm 38-27 and St. Peter 39-28.
Kyler Thier, Kayden Eller, Isaac Rodrguez and Nolan Ambrose all went 3-0 Tuesday. Ryan Haley was 2-0.
Pipestone has an 11-5 record. The most recent dual for the Arrows was a 52-10 loss to Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Area.
Other losses were to Marshall (31-22), Norwood Young America (36-30), Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson (43-27) and Fulda/Murray County Central (40-29).
Ranked wrestlers
The Huskies and Arrows combine for eight rated wrestlers by The Guiiillotine. JCC has three and Pipestone five.
JCC
107: Kyler Thier, 6th
121: Isaac Rodriguez, 7th
145: Nolan Ambrose, 1st
Pipestone
107: Carlos Perez-Garcia, 7th
114: Miklo Hernandez, 2nd
127: Brayden Burmeister, 8th
133: Hudson Burnett, 5th
189: Jackson Melcher, 6th
Wild week
Next week will be a busy one for the Huskies as they’ll compete four times in five days including a three-day stretch that includes a triangular and tournaments on back-to-back days.
The week starts Tuesday with a dual meet at Section 3A rival Adrian/Ellsworth (17-3) in a rematch of last year’s section title match. JCC defeated the Dragons twice last year, 49-15 in the regular season and 67-6 in the section finals.
Losses for Adrian this season have been to Marshall (47-18), Team United (55-15) and Owatonna (31-22).
On Thursday (Feb. 1) the Huskies will be in Fulda for a triangular with host Fulda/Murray County Central (9-7) and Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Area (16-0) in a match that could have implications for state tournament seeding.
JCC then hosts the rescheduled Big South Conference tournament on Friday, Feb. 2 with wrestling to start at 3 p.m.
The week wraps up on Saturday, Feb. 3 with a trip to Mapleton for a tournament hosted by Maple River/United South Central. In addition to the Huskies and host Eagles teams scheduled to compete are Grand Meadow, LeRoy-Ostrander/Southland, Le Sueur-Henderson, Mankato West, New Prague, New Richand-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, Owatonna, Plainview-Elgin-Millville, Redwood Valley, Sibley East, Tri-City United and Watertown-Mayer/Mayer Lutheran.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Wrestling standings
West Division
Jackson County Central 4-0
Marshall 5-1
Pipestone 4-1
Redwood Valley 3-3
Luverne 2-4
Windom/Mountain Lake 1-4
Worthington 0-6
East Division
New Ulm 5-0
St. Peter 4-1
St. James Area 2-2
Martin County 2-3
Blue Earth Area 0-3
Waseca 0-4
Division matches only
JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Sat., Dec. 2: at Glencoe-Silver Lake Invitational, 3rd of 8
Tues., Dec. 5: Redwood Valley at Luverne, W 48-28
Tues., Dec. 5: at Luverne, W 60-10
Sat., Dec. 9: Pizza Ranch Invitational, Jackson, 2nd of 13
Sat., Dec. 16: at Austin Roberts Memorial, Spencer, 1st of 8
Tues., Dec. 19: Marshall, W 37-31
Tues., Dec. 19: Worthington, W 48-9
Fri., Dec. 29: at Rumble on the Red, 16th of 66
Fri., Jan. 5: Liberty, Ariz. at La Crosse, L 36-27
Fri., Jan. 5: Holmen, Wis. at La Crosse, W 45-30
Fri., Jan. 5: Washington, Ill. at La Crosse, L 42-25
Sat., Jan. 6: Apple Valley at La Crosse, W 42-19
Sat., Jan. 6: Glenbard North, Ill. at La Crosse, W 38-24
Sat., Jan. 6: Prairie du Chien, Wis. at La Crosse, W 42-28
Tues., Jan. 9: Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove, W 47-21
Sat., Jan. 20: at LCWM tournament, 7th of 9
Tues., Jan. 23: Mankato West at New Ulm, W 51-15
Tues., Jan. 23: at New Ulm, W 38-27
Tues., Jan. 23: St. Peter at New Ulm, W 39-28
Thurs., Jan. 25: at Pipestone, 6 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 30: at Adrian/Ellsworth, 6 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 1: Fulda/MCC and LCWM at Fulda, 5 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 2: Big South Conference, Jackson, 3 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 3: at Maple River/USC tournament, 10 a.m.
Thurs., Feb. 8: Windom/Mountain Lake, 6 p.m.