ST. PAUL — Albert Lea’s Garrett Aldrich is looking to get his third consecutive championship at the state wrestling tournament.

He got one step closer to that goal with a win in Saturday’s semifinals at Xcel Energy Center, advancing him to tonight’s Class AA championship bout. At 132 pounds, Aldrich won a 5-1 decision over Waconia’s Tyler Wagener to punch his ticket to tonight’s finals. Aldrich (42-4) is set to wrestle Hibbing’s Morgan Fuenffinger (41-0) in the title match.

Fellow Tigers Zach Glazier and Matt Palmer lost their semifinals, placing them in the consolation bracket.

At 126, Glazier lost in the semifinals to Scott West’s Jackson Stauffacher in a 3-2 decision. Glazier then went on to win a 12-3 major decision over Bailey Eickhoff, sending Glazier on to the third-place match. He will wrestle Hector’s Brock Luthens, who he previously defeated in the quarterfinals of this year’s state tournament with a 6-5 decision.

Palmer was pinned in his semifinal at 285 by Detroit Lakes’ James Huwe in 1:49. Palmer was then pinned in 11 seconds during his first consolation bout against Becker’s Casey Vesledahl. He will now face Jameer Anderson of Benilde-St. Margaret’s in today’s fifth-place match.

Brody Nielsen lost his 138 consolation match Saturday morning to Kasson-Mantorville’s Issac Haman in an 8-7 decision, ending his tournament run.