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Minnesota, South Dakota State Set for Friday Clash
12/16/2019 1:39:00 PM | Wrestling
The Minnesota Golden Gophers are set to travel to Brookings, South Dakota, for a dual against the South Dakota Jackrabbits. The two teams met every season since the 2015-16 campaign with the Maroon and Gold winning every dual.Â
Last season the Gophers won 35-6 with bonus points in five of eight individual victories. All action can be watched on FloWrestling with a "Pro" subscription.Â
Scouting the Jackrabbits
South Dakota State comes into the dual 1-1 with a victory over Utah Valley and a loss to Binghamton. In tournaments this season where both teams participated in the Gophers came out with 13 champions compared to the Jackrabbits' two. Â
The border rivals are coached by former Gophers two-time national champion Damion Hahn. Last season marked Hahn's first return to the pavilion since taking the head job.
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Probable Lineups (FloWrestling Rankings):
Gophers:
125: No.19Â Pat McKee (9-4) OR Jake Gliva (5-4)
133: Brent Jones (6-6)
141: No. 2 Mitch McKee (15-1)
149: No. 5 Brayton Lee (13-1)Â
157: Carson Brolsma (7-6) OR Kasper McIntosh (3-2)
165: Bailee O'Reilly (11-5)Â OR Jake Allar (0-0)
174: No. 7 Devin Skatzka (16-3)
184: No.18 Owen Webster (12-3) OR Hunter Ritter (11-2)
197: Garrett Joles (7-6) OR Dylan Anderson (5-3)
285: Bobby Steveson (4-3)
Jackrabbits:
125: Kahlen Morris (2-3) OR Danny Vega (7-3)
133: Zach Price (4-5)
141: Clay Carlson (10-4 overall)
149: No. 15 Henry Pohlmeyer (9-2 overall)
157: Colten Carlson (2-2)
165: Garrett Jordan (7-5) OR Kenny O'Neil (7-3) OR Tanner Cook (4-1)
174: Cade King (7-5) OR Kelby Hawkins (0-0)
184: No. 17 Zach Carlson (9-3)
197: No. 19Â Tanner Sloan (5-3 )
285: Blake Wolters (6-7 overall)
Brayton's Bonanza
Redshirt freshman Brayton Lee felt right at home in Las Vegas where he reeled off five straight victories, including three over top-ten opponents, to take home the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas title.Â
Lee, the USA Wrestling Junior 65kg representative this summer in Estonia, is now 13-1 on the season with a pair of tournament titles already under his belt.Â
Lee already has four bonus point victories this season in addition to grinding out several close matches.Â
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Folkstyle Mitch McKee
At 141-pounds Mitch McKee has started his senior campaign off on the right foot. After earning All-American status for the first time last season McKee seems to be a man on a mission racking up victories and bonus points.
McKee, 15-1 on the season, has only fallen to top-ranked Luke Pletcher of Ohio State. In his victories McKee was tallied ten bonus point victories.
Plus, the eldest McKee brother is climbing the Gophers all-time pin list and currently sits tied at 15th with 31 falls.Â
ÂBallin' Bailee
Goodhue native Bailee O'Reilly recorded his 30th victory in Las Vegas as he went 3-3 to ultimately finish in eighth place. Still, the tournament was a great showing from the redshirt sophomore who is starting for the first time this season.
Reilly is now 11-5 on the season with four bonus point wins as well as two dual victories.Â
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Shakopee Products
So far this season the Gophers have relied upon a pair of Shakopee High School products in the starting lineup: 133-pound Brent Jones and 184-pound Owen Webster.Â
Thus far Jones has a 6-6 record while Webster has a 12-3 record. After knocking off Oklahoma State's Anthony Montalvo, then ranked, in late November, Webster continued the run in early December at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Webster recorded a technical fall in the first round before pinning then-No.4 Ben Darmstadt of Cornell in a minute.Â
Buena Vista Success
While some Gophers were out in Las Vegas, others were competing at the Buena Vista Open in Iowa. Eight Gophers placed on the podium while at 149-pounds Jakob Bergeland earned the team's lone title.
After starting his tournament with a pair of bonus point victories, Bergeland experienced his lone decision victory in the final round. In matches that didn't end in a pin or a forfeit, Bergeland outscored his opponents 33-1 on the weekend.Â
As a group, the Gophers racked up twelve pins on the weekend. At 133-pounds, Sebas Swiggum had three of those falls in his first three matches of the tournament.Â