Jackson County Central is the number five seed for the state Class 1A wrestling team tournament Thursday, Feb. 29 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
JCC, 19-3 on the season, will wrestle fourth-seeded Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Area (26-3) in the quarterfinals.
The Huskies and Knights wrestled a dual on Feb. 1 in Fulda that LCWM won 42-23.
They also were at two tournaments.
At the Pizza Ranch Invitational in Jackson, JCC was second out of 13 teams and LCWM tied for third. At the Rumble on the Red in Fargo, the Knights were 15th out of 66 teams, two points ahead of the 16th-place Huskies.
All Class 1A teams will wrestle their quarterfinal match at 11 a.m. and wrestle again at 1 p.m. The third- and fifth-place matches are at 5 p.m. with the championship match at 7 p.m.
Also on the side of the bracket with JCC and LCWM are top-seeded Chatfield unseeded Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie. The top five seeded teams are drawn in with the remaining three teams drawn at random.
On the other side of the bracket, second-seeded Staples-Motley takes on LeSueur-Henderson and third-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa faces United North Central.
The Huskies and Knights also met in the opening round of the 2015 Class 1A state tournament with Jackson County Central edging Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial 35-34.
Simley is seeded first in Class 2A as the Spartans seek a sixth consecutive state title. Defending champ Hastings is the top seed in Class 3A.
State Class 1A wrestling tournament schedule
Number in parenthesis indicates seed number
Quarterfinals
All matches at 11 a.m.
Chatfield (1) vs. Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie
Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Area (4) vs. Jackson County Central (5)
Staples-Motley (2) vs. LeSueur-Henderson
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (3) vs. United South Central
Semifinals
Matches at 1 p.m.
Consolation semifinals
Matches at 1 p.m.
Fifth place
Match at 5 p.m.
Third place
Match at 5 p.m.
Championship
Match at 7 p.m.
First-round matches in other classes
Class 2A
All matches at 9 a.m.
Simley (1) vs. Little Falls
Becker (4) vs. Watertown-Mayer/Mayer Lutheran (5)
Kasson-Mantorville (2) vs. United
Totino-Grace (3) vs. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Class AAA
All matches at 9 a.m.
Hastings (1) vs. Albert Lea Area
Mounds View (4) vs. Forest Lake
St. Michael-Albertville (2) vs. Willmar
Shakopee (3) vs. Apple Valley