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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#4 Eli Lanham (Plainview) 31-6 vs Trenton Arlt (Oakland-Craig) 34-16

113

Preston Acton (Southern) 37-5 vs Sam Tourney (Shelton) 33-15

#6 Adam Miller (Elkhorn Valley) 32-12 vs Dalton Donegan (South Loup) 19-13

Brenden Warman (DCS) 36-6 vs #1 Tate Phillipps (Burwell) 19-2

Drew Garrison (Tri County) 28-7 vs #3 Koby Smith (Elm Creek) 43-1

120

Zach Janousek (Hitchcock County) 39-4 vs Tyler Kapperman (Arapahoe) 28-8

#2 Isaiah Shields (Amherst) 37-9 vs #6 Shaye Wood (Central Valley) 40-12

#5 Ruger Reimers (Palmer) 48-6 vs Zak Palmer (North Central) 32-8

#5@113 Nathaniel Murrilo (Morrill) 36-4 vs #4 Jaxson Jones (Twin River) 36-13

126

#5 Kaden Guerrero (Southwest) 38-6 vs Conner Sonderup (Fullerton) 26-15

132

#4 Andrew Herley (Neligh-Oakdale) 43-5 vs Derek Gurnsey (CLLE) 30-11

138

#5 Jacob Johnson (Archbishop Bergan) 46-5 vs #2 Ryley Spatz (East Butler) 45-4

Holden Schleve (Morrill) 32-8 vs Blake Racicky (Ansley Litchfield) 37-9

#6 Derek Wortman (Creighton) 35-7 vs Seth Simants (Stapleton) 40-7

145

#6 William White (Sutherland) 42-9 vs Daylan Russell (Alma) 40-9

152

#6 Austin Smith (West Holt) 29-13 vs Trace Ebert (North Central) 35-11

Toby Scheuneman (Franklin) 33-14 vs Luke Mckeon (Elm Creek) 43-14

#5 Conner Schutz (Elwood) 33-6 vs Andrew Nelson (Plainview) 36-17

160

#2 Corey Dawe (Burwell) 29-9 vs #3 Trace Baasch (Amherst) 29-3

170

#1 Devon Walker (Elm Creek) 39-5 vs Edwen Baptista (Friend) 33-8

182

Chase Haussermann (Franklin) 33-15 vs Clay Thiele (CLOR) 33-12

195

#4 Jaden Rahn (GACC) 23-4 vs #6 Brandon Rezac (East Butler) 39-5

#1 Preston Walker (Elm Creek) 43-0 vs Riley Dillon (Palmyra) 29-7

220

Clayton Hassett (Mullen) 33-9 vs #4 Jaden Jung (Palmyra) 22-6

220

John Hill (Morrill) 38-11 vs #3 Anthony Starr (Southwest) 29-6

285

Tommie Peed (CLOR) 35-11 vs #4 Dakota Ehart (DCS) 32-3