Last season, six seeded wresters were defeated in the first round of the Class B Individual State Tournament.  That is six of a possible 112 matches, or 5.3 percent.  The following is the list of the closest on-paper matches of the first round in the year’s tournament:  

106
Andrew Hoff (LaMoure) vs #4 Kyle Alfson (Hillsboro-CV)

113
Jacoby Mattern (Bowman County/Beach) vs. #7 Connor LeDoux (Bishop Ryan)

126
Chris Fischer (Heutiger-Scranton) vs. #8 Braetyn Yanish (Velva)
Cody Rudolph (Stanley-Powers Lake) vs #7 Bracken Awender (Oakes)

132
Jared Kaseman (South Border) vs. #7 Austin Hendrickson (Carrington)

138
Taylor Schall (Oakes) vs. #4 Colton Bartuska (Des Lacs-Burlington)
Ben Berdal (MayPort-CG) vs #3 Eli Hackman (Velva)
Kaleb Beeter (Bishop Ryan) vs. #6 Easton Ogren (Kindred)

145
Hector Reyes (Grafton) vs #4 Matthew Carlson (Bowman Count/Beach)

152
Brady Davis (Carrington) vs #8 Delaney Lester (Standing Rock)
Bridger Mathern (E-E-K) vs. #5 Cole Dukart (Killdeer)

160
Wade Berg (Central Cass) vs. #3 Clayton Mattern (Bowman County-Beach)
Austin Schreiner (Velva) vs. #7 Noah Flores Grafton

182
Damian Eslinger (Beulah-Hazen) vs. #7 Colton Rudolph (Stanley-Powers Lake)

195
Jaxon Lundeen (Bishop Ryan) vs #6 Shane Forster (New Salem-Almont)