2023 South Dakota state wrestling qualifiers, region champions decided Saturday

MITCHELL — Nearly 450 wrestlers locked up their trips to the South Dakota State Wrestling Tournament Saturday, filling in the 16-man Class A and Class B brackets.

Below are results from the placement matches in each region. The top-four finishers in each weight class qualify for the state meet, which starts Thursday, Feb. 23 in Rapid City.

The state pairings for the boys and girls brackets are expected to be announced by Monday.

Saturday in Mission

Team scores: 1. Pierre 274.5, 2. Aberdeen Central 244, 3. Chamberlain 125, 4. Mitchell 123, 5. Sisseton 116.5, 6. Milbank 115, 7. Huron 104, 8. Todd County 25, 9. Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree 20.

Individual results

106 — Championship: Owen Fischer (Milbank) 29-9, So. over Jacob Mason (Pierre) 28-21, So. (Fall 2:47); Third: Kayden Tchida (Sisseton) 30-15, 8th. over Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) 17-19, Fr. (Dec 5-2)

113 — Championship: Alex Oedekoven (Pierre) 28-5, Fr. over Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) 22-15, 7th. (Fall 5:01); Third: Cruze Allhiser (Mitchell) 25-16, Sr. over Blake Steiner (Sisseton) 22-17, Fr. (Dec 10-8)

120 — Championship: Ian Metz (Sisseton) 13-1, So. over Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) 29-15, Fr. (Dec 8-5); Third: Lincoln Schoenhard (Pierre) 31-19, Fr. over Brady Meyer (Huron) 16-25, Fr. (Fall 2:29)

126 — Championship: Rayden Zens (Aberdeen Central) 41-4, Jr. over Penn Long (Mitchell) 14-22, 8th. (Fall 2:53); Third: Reed Gray (Sisseton) 5-2, So. over Lincoln Houska (Pierre) 9-22, So. (Dec 6-2)

132 — Championship: Holden Hawkins (Sisseton) 36-10, Fr. over Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) 34-16, So. (Dec 8-4); Third: Hudson Shaffer (Pierre) 21-21, Fr. over Jacob Johnson (Milbank) 15-21, Jr. (Fall 3:53)

138 — Championship: Tristan Spencer (Pierre) 35-4, Jr. over Brody Aesoph (Aberdeen Central) 21-16, So. (Fall 3:32); Third: Tripp Schrempp (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree) 17-19, So. over Quinn Long (Chamberlain ) 20-17, Sr. (Fall 4:24)

145 — Championship: Moses Gross (Huron) 37-3, So. over Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) 32-6, So. (Dec 5-1); Third: Chase Carda (Pierre) 19-11, Sr. over Brayden Christensen (Milbank) 17-10, Sr. (Fall 2:55)

152 — Championship: Jagger Tyler (Mitchell) 38-3, Sr. over Lucas Chamberlin (Pierre) 20-7, Jr. (MD 16-8); Third: Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) 25-18, So. over Bryce Reuer (Chamberlain ) 28-14, Jr. (Dec 6-0)

160 — Championship: Deegan Houska (Pierre) 34-7, Sr. over Logan Opitz (Aberdeen Central) 26-15, Sr. (MD 12-1); Third: Cole Ochsner (Huron) 24-13, Sr. over Reese Rabe (Milbank) 11-18, So. (Fall 1:30)

170 — Championship: Barrett Schneck (Milbank) 29-0, Sr. over Trey Lewis (Pierre) 30-9, Jr. (Inj. 0:54); Third: Ayden Gisi (Aberdeen Central) 20-18, Jr. over Ty Graesser (Chamberlain ) 15-20, Sr. (MD 11-0)

182 — Championship: Chance Carda (Pierre) 39-4, Jr. over Mason Shultz (Sisseton) 28-9, So. (Fall 0:54); Third: Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) 26-12, 8th. over Swade Reis (Chamberlain ) 25-18, Sr. (MD 9-1)

195 — Championship: Gavin Stotts (Pierre) 36-8, Sr. over Samson Flakus (Aberdeen Central) 25-17, Jr. (Dec 7-4); Third: Jesse Schneck (Milbank) 22-12, So. over Connor Degen (Mitchell) 18-20, Jr. (Dec 10-6)

220 — Championship: Noah Hutmacher (Chamberlain) 34-1, Sr. over Rocky Wiedman (Todd County) 33-6, Sr. (Dec 11-4); Third: Elijah Boutchee (Pierre) 31-11, So. over Bryce Beitelspacher (Aberdeen Central) 29-13, Jr. (Dec 11-4)

285 — Championship: Joshua Rydberg (Pierre) 36-6, Sr. over Jacob Krenz (Aberdeen Central) 37-10, Sr. (Dec 10-8); Third: Canyon Burkard (Chamberlain ) 35-6, Jr. over Bryan Ramirez (Huron) 26-18, Jr. (Fall 0:27)

Marcus Traxler / Mitchell Republic

Saturday in Salem

Team scores: 1. Canton 265; 2. McCook Central/Montrose 197; 3. Elk Point-Jefferson 154.5; 4. Tri-Valley 154; 5. Parker 151.5; 6. Howard 96.5; 7. Marion/Freeman 65; 8. Garretson 52; 9. Chester Area 16; 10. Canistota 3.

Individual results

106 — Championship: Zach Bartels (Canton) 47-1, So. over Landon Flogstad (McCook Central/Montrose) 21-8, So. (Fall 2:58); Third: Brody Gossen (Marion/Freeman) 32-8, 8th. over Brody VanRoekel (Elk Point-Jefferson) 23-23, 8th. (Dec 5-0)

113 — Championship: Cole Hendrixson (Tri-Valley) 35-5, 8th. over Aiden Schrempp (Canton) 28-8, 8th. (MD 10-2); Third: Easton Tschetter (Marion/Freeman) 35-14, 7th. over Parker Randall (McCook Central/Montrose) 21-11, 8th. (Dec 2-0)

120 — Championship: Conner Giedd (Howard) 38-5, 8th. over Trystan Traupel (McCook Central/Montrose) 41-4, So. (SV-1 3-1); Third: Finley McConniel (Marion/Freeman) 26-19, So. over Luke Swatek (Elk Point-Jefferson) 26-21, 7th. (SV-1 4-2)

126 — Championship: Teague Granum (Canton) 19-2, So. over Treyson Richter (Tri-Valley) 29-17, 8th. (Fall 1:14); Third: Dylan Buseman (Parker) 38-15, 8th. over Daniel Swenson (Chester Area) 28-18, Fr. (Dec 10-6)

132 — Championship: Ashton Keller (Canton) 29-1, Jr. over Tate Miller (Howard) 34-11, So. (Dec 4-0); Third: Riley Pankratz (Parker) 12-9, Fr. over Brechen Frederick (Tri-Valley) 9-4, 8th. (UTB 6-4)

138 — Championship: Kale Ask (Canton) 29-1, Sr. over Brody Dybvig (Tri-Valley) 34-11, Fr. (Dec 4-0); Third: Preston Bohl (Garretson) 18-8, Sr. over Michael Even (Parker) 35-19, So. (Dec 8-7)

Marcus Traxler / Mitchell Republic

145 — Championship: Ayson Rice (Canton) 44-3, Jr. over Jack Even (Parker) 22-12, Sr. (MD 18-5); Third: Gunner Ewing (Elk Point-Jefferson) 17-13, So. over Hunter Abraham (Garretson) 26-16, Sr. (Dec 5-1)

152 — Championship: Jackson Remmers (McCook Central/Montrose) 47-0, Jr. over Andrew Even (Parker) 40-9, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:24 (16-1)); Third: Lucas Hueser (Elk Point-Jefferson) 34-9, Sr. over Aidan Kranz (Canton) 37-13, Fr. (Dec 4-0)

160 — Championship: Ben Swatek (Elk Point-Jefferson) 38-1, Sr. over Carter Randall (McCook Central/Montrose) 38-9, Jr. (Dec 3-2); Third: John Halverson (Canton) 34-17, Jr. over Landyn Reiser (Tri-Valley) 30-18, Fr. (Dec 7-1)

170 — Championship: Weston Remmers (McCook Central/Montrose) 32-5, So. over Gavin Jacobs (Elk Point-Jefferson) 20-3, Sr. (Dec 11-6); Third: Mason Hendrickson (Tri-Valley) 28-14, Sr. over Calvin Halverson (Howard) 24-18, So. (Dec 5-3)

182 — Championship: Josh Merkle (Canton) 44-4, Sr. over Noah McDermott (Elk Point-Jefferson) 26-10, Sr. (MD 15-7); Third: Mason Pulse (McCook Central/Montrose) 34-14, Sr. over Logan Bridges (Parker) 21-16, Sr. (Fall 3:45)

195 — Championship: Tanner Meyers (Canton) 40-0, Sr. over Charlie Patten (Parker) 33-4, Sr. (Inj. 0:00); Third: Will Rotert (McCook Central/Montrose) 34-16, Jr. over Grayson Jacobs (Elk Point-Jefferson) 26-13, Jr. (Dec 9-5)

220 — Championship: Levi Wieman (Parker) 40-4, Jr. over Kade Grocott (McCook Central/Montrose) 19-4, Jr. (Dec 4-2); Third: Griffin Clubb (Howard) 27-6, Sr. over Hunter Richmond (Canton) 34-12, So. (Dec 3-1)

285 — Championship: Traun Cook (Canton) 39-1, Jr. over Austin Hoiten (McCook Central/Montrose) 32-3, Sr. (Dec 12-8); Third: Isaac Nehlich (Tri-Valley) 25-5, Jr. over Jaden Richter (Garretson) 30-10, Sr. (Dec 3-1)

Adam Thury / Mitchell Republic

Saturday in Miller

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PHOTOS: Action from the Region 3B boys wrestling tournament

Winner Area claims the team standings win.

February 18, 2023 09:58 PM

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By  Adam Thury

Team scores: 1. Winner Area, 185; 2. Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 168; 3. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 162.5; 4. Bon Homme/Avon, 140; 5. Burke/Gregory, 113; 6. Parkston, 98; 7. Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington, 94; 8. Wagner, 92.5; 9. Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney, 59; 10. Hanson, 39; 11. Sunshine Bible Academy, 18; 12. Sanborn Central, 11; 13. Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 5

Individual results

106 — Championship: Keagan Hill (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 31-7, over Rylan Robbins (Winner Area) 41-8, (Dec 6-3); Third: Judd Hansen (Burke/Gregory) 34-9, over Vincent Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 33-15, (Dec 1-0)

113 — Championship: Jacksen Carter (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 42-5, over Jackson Kaul (Bon Homme/Avon) 30-10, (SV-1 4-2); Third: Talon Ping (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 37-4, over Gage Reichert (Parkston) 17-12, (MD 9-0)

120 — Championship: Karstyn Lhotak (Wagner) 44-3, over Maxton Brozik (Winner Area) 25-2, (Dec 9-2); Third: Gavin Braun (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 33-6, over Jordan Schafer (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 29-17, (Dec 7-1)

126 — Championship: Kasen Konstanz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 31-1, over Kellan Hurd (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 40-5, (Dec 6-3); Third: Karson Keiser (Winner Area) 48-8, over Austin Hauge (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 21-15, (MD 12-4)

132 — Championship: Owen Hansen (Burke/Gregory) 39-0, over Iden Myers (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 36-7, (MD 14-4); Third: Wyatt Anderson (Parkston) 30-10, over Teagan Foreman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 27-9, (MD 10-2)

138 — Championship: Jhett Breen (Wagner) 41-3, over Tyler Tjeerdsma (Bon Homme/Avon) 28-14, (Fall 1:23); Third: Konner Osborn (Winner Area) 36-16, over Carter Sommer (Parkston) 33-14, (Dec 7-3)

145 — Championship: Carter Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 35-4, over Drew Gerlach (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 28-8, (Dec 1-0); Third: Joey Hoverson (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 37-8, over Ryken Orel (Winner Area) 41-20, (MD 9-1)

152 — Championship: Porter Neugebauer (Parkston) 35-5, over Lucas Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 9-2, (Fall 1:52); Third: Colby Kolda (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 34-10, over Jack Peters (Winner Area) 22-17, (Fall 2:20)

160 — Championship: Riley Orel (Winner Area) 51-2, Sr. over Gannon Knebel (Wagner) 36-12, Fr. (Dec 7-2); Third: Ryder Rowland (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 40-14, Jr. over Jhett Eklund (Burke/Gregory) 33-12, So. (DQ)

170 — Championship: Gunnar Stephens (Burke/Gregory) 35-3, over Kolter Kramer (Parkston) 28-13, (Inj. 0:00); Third: Gunner Brueggeman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 27-10, over Isaiah Crownover (Bon Homme/Avon) 24-19, (MD 15-5)

182 — Championship: Jack Kruger (Winner Area) 29-2, over Isaac Crownover (Bon Homme/Avon) 32-3, (Dec 5-4); Third: Tate Hoffman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 32-6, over Keegan Haider (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 32-8, (Dec 3-2)

195 — Championship: Jayden Kahler (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 10-1, over Stetson Riggs (Hanson) 18-15, (Fall 1:16); Third: Jimmy Burma (Sunshine Bible Academy) 11-15, over Cody Sassaman (Bon Homme/Avon) 10-10, (Dec 6-2)

220 — Championship: Tim Bouza (Wagner) 35-7, over Brock Tuttle (Hanson) 16-11, (Dec 5-2); Third: Parker Mathis (Winner Area) 18-22, over Tucker McCauley (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 19-17, (Fall 3:24)

285 — Championship: Derek Fenenga (Winner Area) 22-17, over Randall Powers (Bon Homme/Avon) 9-12, (Fall 3:22); Third: Dalton Deffenbaugh (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 13-18, over Cooper Goldammer (Sanborn Central) 7-11, (Dec 5-2)

Saturday in Lead

Team scores: 1. Custer 271.5; 2. Philip Area 247; 3. Stanley County 130; 4. Mobridge-Pollock 102; 5. Lead-Deadwood 98; 6. Lyman 90; 7. Hot Springs 79; 8. Bennett County 63; 9. Lemmon/McIntosh 55; 10. Harding County 50; 11. Newell 49; 12. St. Thomas More 47.5; 13. Faith 20; 14. McLaughlin 14; 15. Hill City 8

Individual results

106 — Championship: Carter Kendrick (Philip Area) 11-1, 8th. over Tyler Trant (Custer) 41-10, So. (Dec 9-6); Third: Maddux Risse (Bennett County) 36-13, 7th. over Maxwell Anderson (Lemmon/McIntosh) 14-15, 7th. (Fall 2:10)

113 — Championship: Tray Weiss (Custer) 49-3, So. over Neil Hicks (Bennett County) 29-11, So. (TF-1.5 5:15 (16-1)); Third: Tukker Boe (Philip Area) 10-4, Jr. over Cooper Mackaben (Faith) 18-15, Fr. (Fall 1:58)

120 — Championship: Gage Anderson (Lemmon/McIntosh) 35-5, So. over Drew Janke (Lead-Deadwood) 22-17, So. (Dec 8-1); Third: Connor Owens (Custer) 22-19, So. over Asher Peterson (Philip Area) 15-18, Jr. (Dec 5-2)

126 — Championship: Chase Hanson (Stanley County) 34-5, Sr. over Landon Woodward (Custer) 38-4, Sr. (MD 13-4); Third: Gavin Risse (Bennett County) 35-11, So. over Westin Edwards (St. Thomas More) 20-16, Jr. (Dec 5-2)

132 — Championship: Riley Scott (Custer) 42-9, Fr. over Lincoln Wickstrom (Harding County) 32-12, Fr. (Dec 4-0); Third: Wyatt Wientjes (Mobridge-Pollock) 32-16, Jr. over Spencer Sargent (Stanley County) 19-16, So. (Dec 5-3)

138 — Championship: Jace Blasius (Philip Area) 34-3, So. over Tyson Durham (St. Thomas More) 32-10, Sr. (SV-1 3-1); Third: Mekhi Hayes (Lead-Deadwood) 17-16, Jr. over Leighton Sander (Custer) 35-25, So. (Dec 6-4)

145 — Championship: Gage Ravellette (Philip Area) 28-6, Sr. over Miles Renner (Lead-Deadwood) 26-7, Jr. (Fall 5:31); Third: Hayden Roggow (Stanley County) 27-15, So. over Kai Rusch (Custer) 24-19, Jr. (SV-1 2-0)

152 — Championship: Blair Blasius (Philip Area) 24-2, Sr. over Colton Brady (Stanley County) 27-12, So. (Fall 1:15); Third: Remmington Ford (Mobridge-Pollock) 19-22, Sr. over Wyatt Head (Harding County) 21-14, Sr. (Dec 4-3)

160 — Championship: Jonathan Lewis (Custer) 32-6, Sr. over Tance Wagner (Lyman) 44-6, Sr. (Inj. 0:00); Third: Thane Simons (Philip Area) 30-9, Jr. over Case Kolda (Stanley County) 21-18, Fr. (Fall 2:07)

170 — Championship: Burk Blasius (Philip Area) 22-1, Jr. over Parker Noem (Custer) 35-8, Jr. (Dec 5-2); Third: Jesse Bears Heart (Mobridge-Pollock) 32-10, Sr. over Rory McManus (Lyman) 39-13, Jr. (Fall 4:42)

182 — Championship: Ryder Bailey (Custer) 35-6, Jr. over Mason Heath (Philip Area) 17-6, Sr. (Fall 4:37); Third: Dylan Webb (Hot Springs) 26-17, Sr. over Ethan Hess (Lead-Deadwood) 9-9, Jr. (Fall 3:00)

195 — Championship: Caleb Rickenbach (Hot Springs) 38-5, Jr. over Zayne Severyn (Custer) 27-11, Jr. (MD 9-1); Third: Gunner Johnson (Lyman) 31-7, Sr. over Quinn Moon (Philip Area) 14-11, Jr. (Fall 4:06)

220 — Championship: Aiden Schoenhard (Mobridge-Pollock) 33-7, Sr. over Jensen Fitch (Philip Area) 12-2, So. (Dec 9-5); Third: Grey Gilbert (Harding County) 36-10, Sr. over Dylan Meade (Lead-Deadwood) 18-12, Jr. (Fall 2:32)

285 — Championship: Louie Thiry (Lyman) 36-10, Jr. over Grady Lehrkamp (Custer) 23-10, Sr. (Inj. 0:00); Third: Colton Niles (Newell) 25-12, Jr. over Riley Kerner (Mobridge-Pollock) 14-22, Fr. (Fall 2:36)