Three members of the St. Paul High School wrestling team are slated to represent the Wildcats during Friday night’s blood round of the NSAA State Wrestling Championships.
Kaleb Baker, Alex Meinecke, and Quade Peterson are all still in the running for medals, with Baker being the only member of the Wildcats’ team who still has a shot at earning the gold.
After the first two rounds of consolation matches on Friday morning, one Class D wrestler from the area remains in the hunt for some hardware.
In one of the final matches of the opening session of Friday’s action at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Palmer senior Jacob Stromberg picked up a late second-period pin opposite Plainview’s Xander Albin. The Tiger’s victory over the Pirate helped Stromberg secure his spot in Friday night’s blood round. Stromberg is currently sitting at 2-1 for the weekend.
St. Paul Head Wrestling Connor Bolling, at the district wrestling tournament last week, said that if the Wildcats wanted to bring home a cache of hardware from the NSAA State Wrestling Championships, the Blue and Gold would have to “bring it” in Omaha.