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The Crusaders erupt after Blain Eisensohn's second round pin gave them a 40-33 quarterfinals win over the Oklahoma Rampage.

The 3-1 Brother Martin Crusaders had little problem getting past Mater Dei's "B" squad 66-13 in Sunday's first round.

They then had to face the Oklahoma Rampage team that went 4-0 on Saturday, including their upset of Archer.  Three-time defending Division I state champion Paul Klein started things off with a 17-8 major decision to give the Crusaders a 4-0 lead.  After Mason Williams lost a 7-2 decision the Crusaders still enjoyed a lead, but that was fleeting.  Only Anthony Schneider, Yehia Riles and Matthew Montalbano posted victories in the following eight matches and the Crusaders found themselves in a 27-16 hole.  Defending state champion Steven Shields cut the lead to five with a fall, but the Rampage answered right back to reclaim their 11 point lead.  With three matches remaining the Crusaders needed three wins and, in the most likely scenario, at least one had to be by a fall.  This was a very good time to be able to rely on two-time defending state champion Mason Mauro and state runner-up Taylor Gambill, as both of them responded to the challenge by scoring falls.  That gave the Crusaders a precarious 34-33 lead with one match remaining and their second-string 132 lbs. wrestler to go.  Granted, that may not seem like a dream scenario, but keep in mind that senior Blaine Eisensohn is probably a second-string wrestler only because he backs up Paul Klein.  The young man was 20-2 as a junior, losing only to Airline's Antonio Lococo (12-10) and Rummel's Rick LaCava, and he won the Trygg Memorial and the St. Paul's Invitational.  Eisensohn was more than up to the task at hand, taking a 2-0 lead into the second period and scoring a fall in 3:05 to give the Crusaders a 40-33 win and a trip to the semifinals.

Match Score	Team Score
138 lbs. - Paul Klein (Cr) defeated Tanner Wall (OR) 17-8	Crusaders Rampage 4 0 Back to Top
145 lbs. - Wall Tanner (OR) defeated Mason Williams (Cr) 9-7	Crusaders Rampage 4 3 Back to Top
152 lbs. - Cody Ryan (OR) pinned Danny Evans (Cr)	Crusaders Rampage 4 9 Back to Top
160 lbs. - Anthony Schneider (Cr) defeated Wade South (OR) 4-2	Crusaders Rampage 7 9
170 lbs. - Heath Gray (OR) pinned Travis Viener (Cr)	Crusaders Rampage 7 15 Back to Top
182 lbs. - Yehia Riles (Cr) defeated Darian Mixon (OR) 9-3	Crusaders Rampage 10 15
195 lbs. - Jackson Kashwere (OR) defeated Jordan Tafaro (Cr) 7-2 Crusader coach Robert Dauterive argues the lack of a stalling or slapping call, but to no avail.	Crusaders Rampage 10 18 Back to Top
220 lbs. - Cody Adams (OR) defeated Jacob Clapp (Cr) 7-4	Crusaders Rampage 10 21 Back to Top
285 lbs. - Matthew Montalbano (Cr) pinned Kendal Parsons (OR) With apologies the editor admits he was looking elsewhere when he heard a loud thud shortly after the match started.  As such he was only able to get a clear photo of an Iowa calf.	Crusaders Rampage 16 21 Back to Top
98 lbs. - Billy Simpson (OR) pinned Luke Cotton (Cr)	Crusaders Rampage 16 27 Back to Top
106 lbs. - Steven Shields (Cr) pinned Connor Holman (OR)	Crusaders Rampage 22 27 Back to Top
113 lbs. - Levi Youngwolfe (OR) pinned Steven Rumney (Cr)	Crusaders Rampage 22 33 Back to Top
120 lbs. - Mason Mauro (Cr) pinned Tyce Smith (OR)	Crusaders Rampage 28 33 Back to Top
126 lbs. - Seth Gambill (Cr) pinned Ethan Swan (OR)	Crusaders Rampage 34 33 Back to Top
132 lbs. - Blaine Eisensohn (Cr) pinned Jake Braswell (OR)	Crusaders Rampage 40 33 Back to Top

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