The second day of action inside a snow-covered CHI Health Center in Omaha will be a busy one for area wrestlers.
Friday morning’s slate starts with the opening rounds of the consolation bracket. Seven St. Paul wrestlers are scheduled to hit the mats in those rounds. They include Layne Baker at 106; Rylan Rasmussen at 113; Derrick Ruzicka at 120; Mason Majerus at 150; Alex Meiencke at 157; Cody Kuszak at 190; and Ryder Anderson at 215.
The St. Paul Wildcats found themselves on a roller coaster during the first two rounds of the NSAA State Wrestling Championships on Thursday morning.
St. Paul, who qualified nine wrestlers for this year’s state meet, saw two competitors—seniors Bryson Thomsen and Ashton Meinecke—punch their tickets to Friday night’s semifinal round.
The St. Paul Wildcats may not be the most popular choice when it comes predicting who will pace the Class C field at the 2024 NSAA State Wrestling Championships, but with the start of the state tournament just hours away, anything is possible.
In fact, for the Wildcats, who won the NSAA Class C State Dual Championship two weeks ago as the seventh seed in the tournament, pre-meet prognostication means nothing at all.
