WATERTOWN -- The Mitchell High School wrestling team earned a sixth place finish at the Watertown eight-team dual tournament on Saturday in Watertown.
Mitchell defeated Yankton 51-28 and fell just short to Milbank 34-33 by criteria. The Kernels also fell to Watertown 59-14, which placed Mitchell in the fifth place match against Huron.
"The kids did a good job," said Mitchell head coach Travis Carpenter, who added his team had eight open weights in the matches against Huron and Watertown. "I was happy with the effort we put forth."
Huron won the final dual of the day, beating Mitchell 45-27 giving the Kernels a sixth place finish.
Aberdeen Central won the event by defeating Watertown in the championship match 48-22.
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Mitchell seniors Ethan Paar and Robert McCardle both went undefeated at the tournament, while senior Landon Neugebauer and eighth-grader Carson Max went 3-1.
"We got some basic things that we need to work on and that's what we will practice on,"
Carpenter said. "Doing a little thing wrong can turn into a big thing and we need to be working on eliminating those little mistakes."
Mitchell travels to Rapid City on Friday.
Watertown Dual Team Tournament
Saturday in the Civic Arena
Watertown 70, Yankton 6
Watertown 67, Milbank 11
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Watertown 59, Mitchell 14
Milbank 34, Mitchell 33 (Milbank wins on criteria)
Mitchell 51, Yankton 28
Milbank 36, Yankton 34
Pierre 48, Huron 15
Aberdeen Central 70, Huron 3
Huron 39, Harrisburg 25
Aberdeen Central 58, Harrisburg 15
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Pierre 57, Harrisburg 9
Aberdeen Central 44, Pierre 22
Seventh Place
Harrisburg 45, Yankton 27
Fifth Place
Huron 45, Mitchell 27
Third Place
Pierre 72, Milbank 6
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Championship
Aberdeen Central 48, Watertown 22
