JAMESTOWN, ND. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown wrestling team placed in state for the second year in a row as the Blue Jays finish in third with a victory over Bismarck Century to end the day.
Jamestown started the day by taking down Devils Lake in the opening round of the dual meet 61-18. In match two, Jamestown fell 54-15 to the eventual champions Bismarck High, before taking down Century to end the day.
The Blue Jays were led at 160 by Colton Mewes who finished the day at a perfect 3-0, defeating the individual state champ Kaden Renner of Bismarck 5-1 via decision. Damien Krebs also had a perfect 3-0 day at 285 after defeating Jacob Burckhard of Century 3-2 by decision to end the day.
Jamestown, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) –The Jamestown Blue Jays needed 1 criteria point after the wrestling was done to pull out a 33-32 WDA victory over the visiting Bismarck Saint Mary’s (BSM) Saints. An entertaining dual was decided by the fourth criteria rule which was a total amount of matches won by fall/forfeits, which the Jays had a 3-2 advantage. The match started at 113 pounds and the Jays picked up forfeit victories at both 113 (Pete Rasmussen) and 120 pounds (Sam Schlepitz) and led 12-0 early. Grady Anderson (freshman), wrestled up 1 weight class, and defeated Colin Steidler 11-7 at the 126 pound division giving the Jays a 15-0 team lead.