The math is simple for the Albert Lea wrestling team. Two more dual wins and the Tigers will punch their third straight ticket to the state dual tournament.

Fifth-ranked Albert Lea took another step on its journey back to the Xcel Energy Center Thursday night discarding Rochester Century 63-10 in a Section 1 quarterfinal.

All that remains for the Tigers is a semifinal matchup against either Rochster John Marshall or Austin and a likely final with No. 12 Owatonna to complete their goal. Both of those duals will be held at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester Saturday beginning at 3 p.m.

&8220;The kids are fired up for it and they want to get back up to the state tournament,&8221; Albert Lea head coach Larry Goodnature said. &8220;We wrestle all year long and practice all year long and the ultimate goal is to get to the state tournament. They know that, and we are ready for it.&8221;

The Tigers jumped out to an 18-0 lead thanks to an 8-2 win by No. 2 Cory Hansen at 103, top-ranked Cody Hansen pinned Brian Christenson in 3:34, Kyle Kriewall stuck his opponent in 3:52 and No. 7 Trevor Rasmussen overcame some cramping to his legs to hold off D.J. Tenney 9-7 at 125.

&8220;We wanted to wrestle a couple of these weights for seeding at the section tournament and we got a big one at 125,&8221; Goodnature said. &8220;We got it and everything went as we planned.&8221;

Century&8217;s Erich Moyer was able to get a pin at 130 after the Tigers&8217; Adam Clark had dominated much of the match.

Connor Kortan put on a dominating performance of Joe Ginther at 135 for the Tigers. Kortan was up 10-3 after one period of action and went on to earn the pin in 2:51.

Third-ranked Logan Kortan picked up the Tigers&8217; fourth pin of the night at 140 needing 2:37 to stick his opponent.

At 145, Century&8217;s Chad Zastrow earned an 8-0 major decision over Anthony Tippett even though Tippett rode him out in the third period.

Albert Lea&8217;s Matt Tiegs pinned Brian Russell at 160 in 1:09, Jordan Holland came back from a 4-3 deficit in the second period to win 8-5 at 189 and Ethan Reed overpowered Sam Gaul pinning him at 215.

Pat Ignaszewski (152), Logan Hansen (171) and Andrew Peterson all received forfeits for the Tigers.

&8220;Our goal is to get to the state tournament and place in the state tournament,&8221; Goodnature said. &8220;The kids keep improving and they are a veteran team now and they know what they want.&8221;

Century downed Winona 66-18 in the first dual of the night.

Albert Lea 63, Rochester Century 10

103 – Cory Hansen (AL) dec. Mitch Miller 8-2, 112 – Cody Hansen (AL) pinned Brian Christenson 3:34, 119 -Kyle Kriewall (AL) pinned Jarad Watts 3:52, 125 – Trevor Rasmussen (AL) dec. D.J. Tenney 9-7, 130 – Erich Moyer (C) pinned Adam Clark 3:05, 135 – Connor Kortan (AL) pinned Joe Ginther 2:51, 140 – Logan Kortan (AL) pinned Mike Babcock 2:37, 145 – Chad Zastrow (C) maj. dec. Anthony Tippett 8-0, 152 – Pat Ignaszewski (AL) won by forfeit, 160 – Matt Tiegs (AL) pinned Brian Russell 1:09, 171 -Logan Hansen (AL) won by forfeit, 189 -Jordan Holland (AL) dec. Drew Miller 8-5, 215 – Ethan Reed (AL) pinned Sam Gaul 2:35, 285 – Andrew Peterson (AL) won by forfeit