Kubiatowicz opened his day with a 2:31 pin against John Barber of Grand Meadow. He rolled to a 15-2 verdict over Maple River’s Lincoln Arndt in the semifinals.
Kubiatowicz earned the top spot with a 4-1 victory over Zach Buseman of Blue Earth.
Peterson started his day with a first-period fall against David Loeffler of St. Clair.
Peterson put Grand Meadow’s Josh Graves on his back in 3:05 in the semifinals.
Jackson’s Ryan VanderWoude defeated Peterson 7-3 in the championship match.
Peterson then had to win a true second match to advance to state, which he did defeating Trey Wigand of Maple River 7-0. Peterson will advance to state with a 25-17 record.
Erickson also had to do it the tough way. He reached the finals with a pair of pins, sticking USC’s Joe Mathews in 2:22 and Blake Benson of Grand Meadow in 5:22.
Maple River’s Tyler Olson caught Erickson and pinned him in 16 seconds in the finals.
But, Erickson rebounded with a fall of his own, pinning Zach Nirk of Blooming Prairie in 2:40 for true second.
Erickson is 23-9 this season.
Just missing a state tournament trip was 170-pounder Dillon Parpart, who saw his season end with a 34-8 record.
Parpart started his day with a fall, but was edged 6-5 by Blue Earth’s David Franta in the semifinals.
Parpart fought back with a 44-second fall and a 5-1 win, but could not wrestle for true second because Franta had already beaten him,
Matt Butler at 106 and Nick Bartness at 182 finished fourth for NRHEG.
Butler went 2-2 for the day, finishing 19-14 for the year. He was pinned in his opening match, but bounced back with 6-2 and 2-1 victories.
Butler dropped a 9-8 decision to Grand Meadow’s Brenn Olson in the third-place match.
Bartness completed a 24-16 season by going 2-2 during the day. He reached the semifinals by pinning Josh Moore of Maple River.
Garrison Mindrup of Hayfield edged Bartness in a four-overtime thriller in the semifinals.
Bartness won 7-6, before dropping a 10-7 verdict to Trevor Grems in the third-place match.
Jet Wayne (145), Tyler Logan (152) and Wyatt Fitterer (285) ended up fifth for the Panthers.
Wayne lost 9-0, and then split falls in his next two matches, to reach the fifth-place bout. He pinned Hayfield’s Chris Johnson in the second period to capture fifth.
Logan lost his opening match 8-4, but rebounded with 11-2 and 6-0 victories.
Chance Oftedahl of St. Clair major decisioned Logan for third, but Logan captured fifth place with a 9-2 win over Blue Earth’s Luke Schevey.
Fitterer opened the say with a 33-second pin, but then lost a 5-1 verdict to eventual champ Martin Granados of Blue Earth.
Jackson’s Nate Hahn knocked Fitterer into the fifth-place match with a 3-1 decision. Fitterer beat Trey Chatman of Hayfield for fifth.
Karter Sletten at 138 and 160-pounder Trey Hoppe both finished sixth for NRHEG.
Sletten recorded a pair of pins, but got pinned three times during the day.
Hoppe went 1-3, getting pinned in all three losses.
Cole Staloch had one win at 126, while Palmer Peterson (132) and Matt Jensen (195) were winless in the tournament.
The Class A State Tournament will be held at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul today, Friday and Saturday.