With the NSAA State Tournament pairings decided by 3 different bracket formulas chosen at random, there are always some combustible first round matches. Here are the matches in the opening round to keep an eye on.
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Nate Rubino (Skutt Catholic) 16-3 vs #6 Tristen Obermiller (Adams Central) 33-7
Quinton Chavez (Gering) 36-7 vs Reid Stracke (Nebraska City) 34-9
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#5 Collin Quandt (Northwest) 42-8 vs Tyler Curtis (Fort Calhoun) 31-4
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Andy Rojas (Lexington) 35-10 vs #3 Shawn Buchanan (Crete) 24-8
Jace Russman (Cozad) 39-9 vs Noah Talmadge (32-6)
#2 Evan Steggs (Alliance) 32-6 vs Joey Orsi (Skutt Catholic) 18-9
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#2 Trevor Kluck (Aurora) 40-3 vs Brady Fago (Lexington) 36-11
Gage Stokey (Ogallala) 39-11 vs #5 Izaak Hunsley (Hastings) 44-6
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#2 Mario Ybarra (Scottsbluff) 33-7 vs #3 Zach Orton (Blair) 32-13
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Nolan Barry (Adams Central) 42-5 vs #3 Ray Loftis (West Point Beemer)
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Jacob Lemmon (Chadron) 34-13 vs Kole Ligouri (Auburn) 40-12
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#3 Tomas Margritz (Lexington) 17-4 vs Caden Yrkoski (Schuyler) 33-9
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Elijah Blanco (Scottsbluff) 13-5 vs #6 Zane Bennett (Wahoo) 11-1
#5 Jayden Wooten (Plattsmouth) 25-10 vs #3 Logan MacDonald (Bennington) 19-2
Lane Applegarth (Alliance) 35-6 vs #1 Rhett Trail (Nebraska City) 30-0
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Trey Schafer (BCNG) 38-11 vs #4 Tucker Hancock (Wahoo) 34-9
Michael Hernandez (Schuyler) 34-11 vs #5 Riley Kopf (Lexington) 35-10
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Broc Lavelle (Seward) 31-14 vs Caleb Novak (Schuyler) 27-12
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#3 Devin Pfeifer (Plattsmouth) 35-7 vs Trevor Rutcoscky (Blair) 29-16
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#2 Bronson Titus (Holdrege) 38-2 vs Trevor Nielsen (Plattsmouth) 30-10
#5 Cooper Kiser (Northwest) 38-8 vs Hunter Jorgensen (Wayne) 23-8
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Nathan Lauder (Alliance) 29-5 vs #6 Marcos Martinez (Northwest) 37-14
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