This year's Jimmie Open from what I could gather was much tougher than last year's tournament. 125 lbs didn't stick out to me, but all of the other nine weight classes in one way or another did.
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| Jason Henschel Makes His Mark In His First Tournament As A Wolf |
Jason Henschel provided testimony to how important it can be to recruit from the talent pool that is NJCAA wrestling. An NJCAA runner-up for Pratt last season, he has already proven to be a very valuable asset to Northern State. Comes in and pins last year's Jimmie Open Champion, as well as DIII All American Ty Bisek in just 2:06 in the semi-finals. Then destroys Isaiah Miller of Jamestown 16-0 in the finals. For record, Bisek came back to take 3rd.
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| Braydon Mogle Does Exactly What Teammate Henschel Does |
Braydon Mogle is another former NJCAA standout now competing for the Wolves. 5th in the NJCAA last season for Northeastern, he won the Jimmie Open with relative ease. A 10-0 major decision over Ethan Wonser of Minot State who was 3rd in these championships last season.
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| Wyatt Turnquist Wins 149 lbs championship |
I thought that Kellan Schuaer of Concordia (MN) might give Turnquist a decent match in the finals, but I was wrong. Took Turnquist just a hair over two minutes to stick him. Still a good tournament for Schauer though, who was 5th at last year's Jimmie Open. Simply that at these lower & lower middle weights, Northern State really took charge.
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| Kelby Armstrong Wins What Was In My Opinion The Jimmie Open's Toughest Bracket |
Kelby Armstrong won what I feel was a rather loaded bracket here at the Jimmie Open. Leo Mushinsky of Mary, a 2022 NCAA DII R12'er finished in 6th place! Armstrong made the finals when Tyler Bents was unable to continue their semi-final match due to injury. Armstrong then majored Cody Wienen of Moorhead State 11-1. Wienen had defeated Ryan Hrcka of Minot State 2-0 in the semi-finals. Hrcka was 3rd at last year's championships & came back to once again finish 3rd. Bents who was 2nd at last year's championships, had to default to 3rd. Mushinsky lost again in the 5th place match to teammate Lane Ewing 8-6. Hate to think Mushinsky might lose his spot, but these results can be very telling.
My only thoughts concerning 165 lbs were that I couldn't believe that Jacob Reinardy of MSU-Moorhead, who won the Jimmie Open last year got beat out. Not only did he get beat out, but he got thumped pretty hard. A 17-8 loss to Joey Mushinsky of Mary & then got sent home with a 21-6 technical fall loss to Spencer Roth. When I said this year's Jimmie Open was tougher than last year's, I meant it.
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| Max Bruss Wins 174 lbs Title |
All American Max Bruss easily won the title here at 174 lbs. I think he ought to consider a career in chiropractic medicine once his wrestling days are over. This guy gets on top of you, you're gonna get a readjustment!
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| Wyatt Lidberg Ups His Stock At 184 lbs |
Wyatt Lidberg looked very sharp in securing a title here at 184 lbs. Not only did he upend last year's champ Connor Chloupek of Concordia (MN) 18-1 technical fall in the semi-finals, he also overcame 2022 NCAA DIII R12'er Treyton Cacek of Northern State 5-4 in the finals. Chloupek came back to claim 3rd.
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| Matt Kaylor Continues Mary's Domination Through the Upper Weights |
Northern State dominating 133, 141 & 149, it was all Mary 174 through HWT. Matt Kaylor dominated 197, including a 12-1 major over last year's champ Cannon Potts of Minot State in the finals.
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| Luke Tweeton Champ At HWT |
To futher reiterate how this year's Jimmie Open was way tougher than last year's, last year's champ Chance Robinson of Jamestown was 4th this year. He lost to Ayden Vioux of Northern State via fall at 6:58 in the semi-finals & then was pinned in just 1:53 to Luke Tweeton's backup Jose Reyes in the consolation finals. Tweeton defeated Vioux 4-2 in the finals.
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It was a much tougher tournament this year than it was last. That's just all there is to it. That's good for the sport of wrestling.
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