Fillmore Central’s Jayce Kiehne commits to Winona State, two Z-M wrestlers sign LOIs

Feb. 6 College Sports Commitments

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(ABC 6 News) — Less than 24 hours remain until national signing day, but a few more local athletes have decided on their collegiate futures.

Starting with one of the top football players in our area, Fillmore Central’s Jayce Kiehne is the latest local star to commit to Winona State Football, joining the likes of Mayo’s Cayden Holcomb, Kingsland’s Beau Wiersma and Kasson-Mantorville’s Easton Suess.

Through 10 games last season, Kiehne led the Falcons with 887 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns. Defensively, Kiehne had 37 total tackles through 8 games and a team-high four interceptions.

On Monday, Zumbrota-Mazeppa’s Jack Boraas and Oliver Liffrig committed to UWRF Football; on Tuesday, another pair of Z-M Cougars made their college destinations official.

Former Prep of the Week Jack Krier signed his Letter of Intent to join Wisconsin-La Crosse Wrestling while Kaleb Lochner did the same for MSU-Mankato Wrestling. Krier is a three-time state medalist and is currently the #3 133-lb wrestler in Class AA. Lochner is also currently a #3 wrestler, third in Class AA’s 160-lb category. Lochner will be gunning for the gold this season after placing third a year ago.