ST. LOUIS PARK – Jackson County Central and Martin County both moved up one place in the final team wrestling ratings of the season by The Guillotine.
The Huskies and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa changed places atop the Class 1A team poll after JCC won their head-to-head matchup 48-19 at Belgrade in its final dual of the regular season.
Jackson County Central will take a 21-3 dual record to the state team tournament next Thursday.
The top five teams in the ratings are the five seeded teams in the state tourney as JCC and BBE are 1-2, followed by Royalton/Upsala, Kimball Area and West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville.
The Huskies will wrestle ninth-ranked Maple River/United South Central in the first round of the state tournament next Thursday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
JCC now has nine rated individuals.
Jackson County Central has two wrestlers ranked number one, Nolan Ambrose (113) and Payton Handevidt (160).
Kie Anderson (120) is rated second. Logan Butzon (132) and Caleb Vancura (182) are both ranked third.
Will Freking (195) is fourth and Thomas Freking (138) fifth. Two other Huskies are rated eighth, Matthew Haley (170) and Cameron Scholten (285).
The Huskies will compete in the Section 3A tournament Saturday at Wabasso.
Martin County moved up one place to seventh in the Class 2A team poll after winning the Section 3AA last Saturday. Simley remains first.
The Red Bulls are seeded fifth for the state tourney and will face fourth-seeded and fourth-ranked Watertown-Mayer in the quarterfinals.
MC has three rated wrestlers, with Jesse Potts (126) third, Kain Sanders (145) fifth and Max Olson (220) fifth.
The Red Bulls will compete in the Section 3A tournament Saturday at Redwood Falls.
Following are the complete team ratings.
Class 1A
1. Jackson County Central
2. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
3. Royalton/Upsala
4. Kimball Area
5. West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville
6. Dover-Eyota
7. United North Central
8. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
9. Maple River/United South Central
10. Holdingford
11. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle-Browerville
12. Chatfield
Others receiving votes: Goodhue, Minnewaska Area, Caledonia/Houston, Minneota, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove.
Class 2A
1. Simley
2. Kasson-Mantorville
3. Becker
4. Watertown-Mayer
5. Big Lake
6. New Prague
7. Martin County
8. Thief River Falls
9. Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus
10. Scott West
11. Annandale/Maple Lake
12. Hutchinson/Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Others receiving votes: Dassel-Cokato/Litchfield, St. Francis, Princeton, Zumbrota-Mazeppa, Mora, Albert Lea, Totino-Grace, Aitkin, Foley.
Class 3A
1. St. Michael-Albertville
2. Stillwater Area
3. Shakopee
4. Waconia
5. Hastings
6. Anoka
7. Willmar
8. Bemidji
9. Northfield
10. Apple Valley
11. Farmington
12. Forest Lake
Others receiving votes: St. Cloud Tech, Mounds View, Wayzata, Cambridge-Isanti, Faribault, Owatonna, Rochester Mayo, Andover.