Jackson County Central is seeded first for the state Class A wrestling team tournament Thursday, March 2 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
The Huskies, 18-7 on the season, will wrestle unseeded West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville (20-6) in the quarterfinals. The top five seeded teams are drawn in with the remaining three teams drawn at random.
Something in common
The Huskies and Knights have two opponents in common this season.
BOLD
Huskies: W 84-0
Knights: W 66-15
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Huskies: W 68-3
Knights: W 54-21
Also, both teams were at the Rumble on the Red in Fargo in late December.
JCC was third in the team standings out of 58 teams and WCAABE was 13th.
Hello again
Jackson County Central wrestled West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville in the semifinals of last year’s state tournament, with the Huskies winning 41-27 on their way to the state title.
In its second match, JCC will face either Royalton/Upsala or Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted.
Jackson County Central defeated RU 45-23 in last year’s state wrestling tourney.
In the first round of the state Class AA football playoffs in November, JCC was a 27-0 winner over HLWW.
No. 1 seeds
All three of last year’s state champions won the title as the number one seed and each is the top seed again this.
Simley will be after its fifth consecutive Class AA title and St. Michael-Albertville is the reigning Class AAA champ.
Of course, all three were in Jackson for the ‘Night of Champions’ on Jan. 20.
State Class A wrestling tournament schedule
Thursday, March 2
Number in parenthesis indicates seed number
Quarterfinals
All matches at 9 a.m.
Jackson County Central (1) vs. West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville
Royalton/Upsala (4) vs. Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted (5)
Caledonia/Houston (2) vs. United North Central
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (3) vs. Medford
Semifinals
Matches at 1 p.m.
Consolation semifinals
Matches at 11 a.m.
Fifth place
Match at 5 p.m.
Third place
Match at 5 p.m.
Championship
Match at 7 p.m.
Jackson County Central dual results (18-7)
Luverne, W 46-21
Redwood Valley, W 72-0
Marshall, W 54-12
Worthington, W 66-9
Willard, Mo., W 43-16
Glenbard North, Ill., W 48-20
Bettendorf, Iowa, L 46-24
Zumbrota-Mazeppa, L 42-21
Waverly-Shell Rock, Iowa, L 52-18
Osage, Iowa, L 34-30
Adrian Area, W 49-15
Simley, L 47-20
St. Michael-Albertville, L 47-27
Sibley East, W 69-6
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, W 68-3
Holdingford, W 40-24
Pipestone, W 52-24
Brandon Valley, S.D., L 44-19
Windom/Mountain Lake, W 48-30
BOLD, W 84-0
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove, W 63-12
St. Peter, W 44-10
Wabasso, W 69-3
Fulda/Murray County Central, W 76-0
Adrian Area, W 67-6
West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville dual results (20-6)
Ottertail Central, W 76-6
Pelican Rapids, W 58-13
Benson, W 50-24
New York Mills, W 55-24
Border West, W 43-27
Barnesville, W 63-12
Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie, W 49-27
Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus, L 42-27
Canby, L 50-19
Osakis, W 45-28
Sauk Centre/Melrose, W 63-12
United Clay-Becker, W 70-9
United, L 34-33
Wadena-Deer Creek, W 70-6
Minnewaska Area, W 47-24
MAHACA, W 36-31
BOLD, W 66-15
Minneota, L 41-31
Detroit Lakes, W 51-27
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, W 54-21
Royalton/Upsala, L 35-34
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, L 44-22
Border West, W 36-30
Ottertail Central, W 66-10
Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie, W 48-28
Other classes
Quarterfiinal pairings in the other classes.
Class AA
All matches at 11 a.m.
Simley (1) vs. Totino-Grace
Becker (4) vs. Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus (5)
New Prague (2) vs. Mora
Kasson-Mantorville (3) vs. United
Class AAA
All matches at 9 a.m.
St. Michael-Albertville (1) vs. Anoka
Stillwater Area (4) vs. Apple Valley (5)
Waconia (2) vs. Rochester Mayo
Hastings (3) vs. Willmar