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Two Benilde Wrestlers Will Be in the State Semifinals
Oftedahl and DuLaney won both of their Friday matches. Allar and Kass also will wrestle again Saturday. Deutschlander and Anderson were eliminated Friday.
Two Benilde-St. Margaret's wrestlers have advanced to the state Class AA individual semifinals at their respective weight classes.
Jarred Oftedahl needed just over four minutes to score two pins Friday and advance to the semifinals at 113 pounds. He pinned Chris Pettis of St. Peter in 50 seconds to reach the quarterfinals, where he pinned Kyle Schoenecker of Chisago Lakes area in 3:11.
Oftedahl is now guaranteed a top-six finish, and needs to win his next two matches to claim a state championship. He'll meet Skyler Petry (39-0) of WEM/JWP in the semis and could have to face another unbeaten wrestler, Abbot Aho (41-0) of Fergus Falls, in the finals.
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Christian DuLaney will also be taking home a medal after scoring a pair of pins Friday. He pinned Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson's Greg Johnson in 3:29 in the first round and Cambell Hofstetter of Marshall/Lakeview in 3:34 in the quarterfinals.
Next up for DuLaney is a semifinal showdown with Mitch Robinson of Zimmerman.
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At 106 pounds, Jake Allar pinned Hibbing's Morgan Fueffinger in 5:22 to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost a 7-0 decision to Gabe Shea of Kasson-Mantorville. Allar will next face Adrian's Skylar Hieronimus in wrestlebacks Saturday.
In the 132-pound division, Logan Kass is still alive after splitting his first two matches. He opened with an 11-3 win over Logan Knoshal of Montevideo, but lost his quarterfinal match 8-2 to Keith Thell of Foley.
Kass will open against Josh Werner of Perham on Saturday.
Jake Deutschlander lost his only state tournament match 4-2 to Eric Madson of Hutchinson at 145 pounds. Deutschlander was eliminated when Madson lost in the quarterfinals.
The state tournament lasted just 53 seconds for Jameer Anderson. He was pinned midway through the first period of his first-round match with Simley's Jack Ryan at 220 pounds. Ryan went on to lose in the quarterfinals, ending Anderson's season.
For full tournament results, see the Minnesota State High School League website.
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