The Mitchell High School wrestling team placed ninth at the Jerry Opbroek Invitational on Saturday in Mitchell.
Pierre-the defending Class A state champions-won the 10-team event with 210 points, while the Kernels finished with 32 points. Parkston placed fourth with 103 points, Bon Homme/Scotland took sixth with 68 points, Winner finished seventh with 60 points and Wagner ended up eighth with 34 points.
Briggs Havlik, wrestling at 145 pounds, was the highest placer for the Kernels as he won the consolation championship and took third place. Havlik earned two wins over Pierre's Dommonick Pechous.
"He got stronger as the day went and improved as he wrestled each match," Mitchell head coach Travis Carpenter said. "It was great to see him take third place at a tournament like this."
Cole Gerhrke (126) placed fourth after losing a 3-0 decision to Rapid City Stevens' Cooper Voorhees in the consolation championship. Kyler Bauder (106), Zach Smith (152) each earned two wins, while Carter Max (182) picked up one win at the event. The Kernels had 15 wrestlers compete in the tournament.
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"Cole did a good job to battle back and place, but as a whole I thought we wrestled better," Carpenter said. "We knew it was going to be tough but our kids battled and they did some good things. I was pleased with how it went."
Mitchell competes in a dual against Huron on Thursday in Mitchell.
Area wrestlers place at Opbroek
The Trojans had five wrestlers reach the championship match with Lucas Bietz (160) and Austin Ripp (170) each placing first. Logan Mahoney (120), Kyler Holzbauer (138) and Dawson Semmler (145) each placed second.
For Bon Homme/Scotland, Alex Caba won the 138-pound title, while Kaleb Crownover (113) placed second and Tanner Iwan (182) and Kreg Kepplinger (220) each placed third.
Colby Curtis (126) placed second for Winner, while Kayleb Brozik (170) earned a third-place finish.
Wagner's Truman Ashes won the heavyweight division.
Jerry Opbroek Invitational
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Saturday in Mitchell
Team standings
1. Pierre 210.0, 2. Sturgis 138.5, 3. Rapid City Stevens 134.0, 4. Parkston 103.0, 5. Watertown 88.5, 6. Bon Homme 68.0, 7. Winner 60.0, 8 . Wagner 34.0, 9. Mitchell 32.0, 10. Howard 30.0
Individual results
106 Results
1st Place Match
Lincoln Turman (Pierre) 23-0, So. over Jacob Wood (Sturgis) 28-4, Fr. (Dec 6-0).
3rd Place Match
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Robert Coyle III (Watertown) 16-8, So. over Wyatt Turnquist (Winner) 23-11, Fr. (Fall 2:55).
113 Results
1st Place Match
William Turman (Pierre) 18-3, So. over Kaleb Crownover (Bon Homme) 19-6, So. (Dec 6-4).
3rd Place Match
Cody BeVier (Rapid City Stevens) 16-6, So. over Aydan Mack (Watertown) 18-6, Jr. (Dec 5-1).
120 Results
1st Place Match
Spencer Stockman (Rapid City Stevens) 18-5, So. over Logan Mahoney (Parkston) 13-5, Jr. (MD 16-3).
3rd Place Match
Chris Nash (Sturgis) 21-11, Jr. over Ben Soukup (Wagner) 20-8, Jr. (Dec 6-4).
126 Results
1st Place Match
Austin Senger (Pierre) 22-2, So. over Colby Curtis (Winner) 13-12, Sr. (Fall 3:55).
3rd Place Match
Cooper Voorhees (Rapid City Stevens) 16-14, 8th. over Cole Gehrke (Mitchell) 7-11, Fr. (Dec 3-0).
132 Results
1st Place Match
Jebben Keyes (Pierre) 19-0, Sr. over Bailey Brengle (Sturgis) 27-4, So. (Dec 6-0).
3rd Place Match
Brady Bollinger (Watertown) 17-12, Jr. over Casey Moser (Rapid City Stevens) 16-12, Jr. (Dec 5-2).
138 Results
1st Place Match
Alex Caba (Bon Homme) 21-3, Sr. over Kyler Holzbauer (Parkston) 19-9, Jr. (Dec 1-0).
3rd Place Match
Aric Williams (Pierre) 21-7, Jr. over Brandon Sharkey (Rapid City Stevens) 8-10, So. (Fall 3:38).
145 Results
1st Place Match
Logan Wood (Rapid City Stevens) 29-3, Sr. over Dawson Semmler (Parkston) 3-1, So. (Fall 5:30).
3rd Place Match
Briggs Havlik (Mitchell) 9-5, So. over Dommonick Pechous (Watertown) 15-9, So. (MD 16-4).
152 Results
1st Place Match
John Henrich (Rapid City Stevens) 18-3, Fr. over Winston Brown (Sturgis) 27-8, Jr. (Dec 3-2).
3rd Place Match
Lucas Stoltenburg (Pierre) 13-9, Jr. over Jordan Genzlinger (Howard) 16-6, Sr. (Fall 2:56).
160 Results
1st Place Match
Lucas Bietz (Parkston) 20-3, Fr. over Nick Wiebe (Pierre) 13-6, Sr. (MD 15-5).
3rd Place Match
Dante Colicheski (Rapid City Stevens) 18-12, So. over Jacob Sailer (Sturgis) 16-13, So. (Dec 6-1).
170 Results
1st Place Match
Austin Ripp (Parkston) 20-4, Sr. over Noah Diamond (Rapid City Stevens) 20-7, Sr. (Fall 2:30).
3rd Place Match
Kayleb Brozik (Winner) 26-8, Jr. over EJ Leetch (Howard) 21-10, Fr. (Dec 7-2).
182 Results
1st Place Match
Spencer Sarringar (Pierre) 19-3, Jr. over Jake Vinson (Sturgis) 14-11, Sr. (Dec 7-1).
3rd Place Match
Tanner Iwan (Bon Homme) 19-6, Sr. over Mason Wickherst (Watertown) 9-7, Jr. (Fall 1:11).
195 Results
1st Place Match
Payson Dirk (Sturgis) 27-2, Sr. over Levi Stoltenburg (Pierre) 9-7, Jr. (MD 15-3).
3rd Place Match
Evan Kizer (Howard) 23-5, So. over Jayden Schroeder (Winner) 18-12, Jr. (Dec 5-2).
220 Results
1st Place Match
Quinn Reimers (Pierre) 20-5, Sr. over Joel Carpenter (Sturgis) 25-5, So. (Dec 6-2).
3rd Place Match
Kreg Kepplinger (Bon Homme) 16-9, Sr. over Jace Johnson (Wagner) 18-11, So. (Dec 6-3).
285 Results
1st Place Match
Truman Ashes (Wagner) 19-4, Jr. over Dane Stahl (Watertown) 22-5, So. (TB-1 5-2).
3rd Place Match
Ty Paulsen (Pierre) 13-12, Jr. over Tucker Bigge (Parkston) 15-14, So. (Dec 4-0).
