 It's state team tournament wrestling day and it's a big one for the Lakeland viewing area. Bemidji in the team tournament for the first time since 2011 and three teams duking it out in the class A bracket. Bemidji with a slow start in the quarters against Forest Lake as they trail 29 to 6 heading into the 160 but then the comeback started. Chase Heinrich scores a takedown and ends the match with a pin then at 182 Nick Geiger kept things rolling he gets a near fall and would later get a pin to pull the jacks within five. Bemidji up three. Caleb Bean was on a 285 to close it out. Beam scored a bevy of takedown before finally pinning his opponent as Bemidji advances to the semis with a 39 to 29 victory over Forest Lake. In the semis the jacks took on top seated Shakopee. The Sabres jumped out on top early to put this one out of reach but Bemidji had some great matches late as Peter Mowen scores a pin at 195 then at 285. Bean scores a takedown finishes the match with a pin Bemidji falls in the semis 40 to 24 but still a great performance against one of the best squads in the state. They're just so tough they got a lot of hammers down below and all the way through their lineup. I think they have nine or ten ranked kids in their lineup several of them are the one or two kids in the state so I thought we rusted well against them I thought we went at them we never backed down and hopefully at least we earned a little respect from them today even though the score might not have shown that. That was our goal to get here. Our goal is the place in the top three so we still have that with one last one match left we still have that opportunity so we're excited to be here and certainly not taking it for granted. And in that third place matchup the Lumberjacks fall just short to St. Michael Albertville. The jack's fourth place finish is tied for the best in school history. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.