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State wrestling: Canton, Pierre get two titles and Brandon Valley one

Watertown eighth-grader Gage Lohr celebrates after beating Brandon Valley's Brendon Oehme during the Class A 106-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.
Watertown eighth-grader Gage Lohr celebrates after beating Brandon Valley's Brendon Oehme during the Class A 106-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.

RAPID CITY — The 2023 South Dakota State High School wrestling championships concluded Saturday with Canton's boys getting a sweep of Class B titles and Pierre halting Brandon Valley's bid to do the same in Class A.

The final day of the three-day state tourney included Class A and B dual tourneys.

In Class A, top-seeded and defending champion Brandon Valley opened with a 43-30 win over Aberdeen Central, No. 5 Watertown downed No. 4 West Central 53-18, No. 2 Pierre downed No. 7 Rapid City Stevens 46-20 and No. 3 Sturgis edged No. 6 Harrisburg 31-27.

Brandon Valley defeated Watertown 37-36 in a tiebreaker and Pierre handled Sturgis 54-18 in the semifinals. Aberdeen Central turned back West Central 43-24 and Harrisburg beat Stevens 42-18 in the consolation semifinals.

Pierre and Brandon Valley also battled to a draw in the title match, which Pierre won 34-33 on a tiebreaker. The Govs finished 14-1 and Brandon Valley 20-1. Watertown (13-4) beat Sturgis (13-4) 42-33 for third place and Harrisburg (20-7) defeated Aberdeen Central (15-10) 42-24 for fifth place.

In first-round Class B duals, No. 1 Bon Homme-Avon won 39-33 over Kimball-White Lake/Platte-Geddes, No. 5 McCook Central-Montrose beat No. 4 Elk Point-Jefferson 35-27, No. 2 Canton rolled past No. 7 Winner Area 50-24 and No. 3 Custer blasted No. 6 Parker 48-16.

In the semifinals, Bon Homme-Avon won 41-30 over McCook Central-Montrose and Canton won 50-22 over Custer. Canton capped a 30-0 season with a 46-18 win over Bon Homme-Avon (12-1) in the championship. Custer (16-1) finished third with a 57-24 win over McCook Central-Montrose (20-5) and Parker (16-5) won the consolation championship 49-22 over KWLPG (11-6).

Three teams continued their winning streaks and 20 of the 38 individual champions were multiple winners Friday during the conclusion of the individual portion of the tourney.

Brandon Valley's boys, Canton's boys and Pierre's girls each repeated as team champions in the individual tourney, which ran Thursday and Friday

in Class A, Brandon Valley won its third-straight state title with 208.5 points. In Class B, Canton scored 163.5 points to win its sixth-straight title. Pierre won the girls division with 167.

Here's a roundup of each of the three divisions in the individual tourney:

Brandon Valley's Traeson Oehme tries to turn Huron's Moses Gross during the Class A 145-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.
Brandon Valley's Traeson Oehme tries to turn Huron's Moses Gross during the Class A 145-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.

Class A Boys

Junior 285-pounder Navarro Schunke became only the seventh Class A wrestler in history to win a fourth state title, three of the four Oehme brothers also won titles and Alex Menzter repeated as a state champion and earned outstanding wrestlers honors in the division to lead Brandon Valley.

The Lynx won with 208.5 points, followed by Watertown 184.5 and Pierre 182.

Schunke, who is ranked fifth nationally, capped a 28-0 season with an 8-0 win over Watertown sophomore Micah Hach in the championship. He is now 161-2 in his prep career with 126 straight wins.

Junior Trevon Oehme (35-3, 113) and Menzter, a senior (44-0, 138) each repeated as a state champions and senior Traeson Oehme (39-1, 145) captured his second title in three years for the Lynx by beating a returning champion (Moses Gross of Huron) is Class A's featured match of the night. Senior Jordon Oehme (42-1) also won at 132 (downing Watertown senior Braden Le). Youngest brother Brendon Oehme had his bid for a family sweep of titles halted by Watertown's Gage Lohr in a battle of eighth-graders at 106.

With Watertown coaches Aaron Althoff and Chas Welch looking on at back right, Watertown's Sloan Johannsen attempts to turn Rapid City Stevens' Corbin Aent during the Class A 120-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.
With Watertown coaches Aaron Althoff and Chas Welch looking on at back right, Watertown's Sloan Johannsen attempts to turn Rapid City Stevens' Corbin Aent during the Class A 120-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.

Watertown, which shares the all-time state Class A record of 10 state team titles with Rapid City Stevens, pushed the Lynx and notched its best finish since winning the tourney in 2003.

"I think we did pretty well as a team, we had a lot of kids place and some who placed higher than their seeding," said Watertown junior 120-pounder Sloan Johannsen. "Brandon Valley is just a powerhouse right now. Obviously we're not happy with second, we'd like to get first but I think second place was good for us."

Johannsen and Sturgis senior Reese Jacobs each became three-time champions on Friday. Johannsen capped a 48-0 season with an 11-3 win over Stevens' Corbin Zent. He is now 132-1 in his career with 129 straight wins. Jacobs capped his career and a 49-0 season by beating Chance Carda of Pierre 13-8.

Johannsen was subdued after his win, which ended up leading the Arrows past Pierre for second place.

"The third one (state title) isn't my goal, winning a fourth one is," he said of his opportunity he'll have next winter to become only the second Watertown wrestler ever to win four state titles.

Lohr was much more exuberant after winning his title, one in which he avenged a regular-season loss to Brendon Oehme with a 5-2 decision that wasn't official until he scored a takedown with nine seconds remaining.

"I could tell Gage was pretty nervous and I just told him to go out and wrestle his match and that's what he did," said Johannsen. "I've been there before and it was pretty nerve wracking."

Tea Area senior Maddox Slykhuis (50-3, 126) and Mitchell senior Jagger Tyler (42-3, 152) also repeated as champions. Other winners were Pierre senior Deegan Houska (38-7, 160), Tea Area sophomore Sam Werdel (45-5 at 170), Harrisburg senior Jack Detert (35-2, 195) and Chamberlain senior Noah Hutmacher (38-1, 220).

Watertown finished with 11 place winners. Brandon Valley and Pierre each 10. The Lynx led the field with five individual champions.

Canton's Tanner Meyers (right) holds on to Parker's Charlie Patten during their Class B 195-pound semifinal match in the South Dakota High School Wrestling Championships on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023 at The Monument in Rapid City. Meyers repeated as a state champion and helped Canton secured its sixth-straight State B title.
Canton's Tanner Meyers (right) holds on to Parker's Charlie Patten during their Class B 195-pound semifinal match in the South Dakota High School Wrestling Championships on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023 at The Monument in Rapid City. Meyers repeated as a state champion and helped Canton secured its sixth-straight State B title.

Class B Boys

Three-time state champion Ayson Rice, a junior who went 48-3 at 145, and two-time champion Tanner Meyers, a senior who went 44-0 at 195, helped Canton continue its dominance in Class B with 163.5 points.

Winner Area rallied to edge the Badlands Brawlers (Philip-Kadoka-Wall) 126.5-126 for second place. Custer was third at 119 and McCook Central-Montrose fifth at 112.5.

Burke-Gregory senior Owen Hansen (43-0 at 132) and Badland Brawlers junior Burke Blasius (26-1, 170) each also became three-time champions. McCook Central-Montrose junior Jackson Remmers capped a 51-0 season and earned his second state title by beating Parkston's Porter Neugebauer in Class B's featured match.

Redfield senior Brady Risetter celebrates after winning the Class B 103-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.
Redfield senior Brady Risetter celebrates after winning the Class B 103-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.

First-time winners included Redfield senior Brady Risetter (36-0, 106), Custer sophomore Tray Weiss (53-3, 113), Wagner junior Karstyn Lhotak (48-3, 120), Miller/Highmore-Harrold sophomore Kellan Hurd (44-5, 126), Badland Brawlers sophomore Jace Blasius (38-3, 138), Winner senior Riley Orel (55-2, 160), Winner Area senior Jack Kruger (33-2, 182), Mobridge-Pollock senior Aiden Schoenhard (37-7, 220) and Canton junior Traun Cook (43-1, 285).

Schoenhard didn't have to wrestle in the finals. He won by injury default over McCook Central-Montrose junior Kade Grocott.

Canton's Ayson Rice (right) defeated Carter Lenz of Kimball-White Lake/Platte-Geddes during the Class B 145-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.
Canton's Ayson Rice (right) defeated Carter Lenz of Kimball-White Lake/Platte-Geddes during the Class B 145-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.

Girls

Seven of the 10 individual champions in the girls division were repeat winners including sophomore Peyton Hellman of Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon (41-1 at 126), Spearfish senior Taylor Graveman (45-0 at 132), Canton senior Carlee Laubach (25-1 at 170) and Pierre senior Ciara McFarling (22-0 at 285). They have all won titles all three years that girls wrestling has been sanctioned in South Dakota.

Graveman, named the outstanding wrestler in the girls tourney, went 89-0 in her career and Laubach 68-1.

McFarling nearly got stuck and overcame an early 5-0 deficit before finally pinning Watertown senior Hope Orr in their championship match.

Spearfish senior Maraia Kruske (34-1, 106), Harrisburg freshman Regina Stoeser (36-2, 120) and Yankton senior Nevaeh Leonard (36-2, 142) each won their second state titles. Stoeser prevailed in the finals against two-time champion Britney Rueb of Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon.

Aberdeen Central's Katrina Gibson locks up with Kimball-White Lake/Platte-Geddes' Elena Brennan during the girls 154-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.
Aberdeen Central's Katrina Gibson locks up with Kimball-White Lake/Platte-Geddes' Elena Brennan during the girls 154-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.

Other champions were Canton junior Sara Schroeder (34-1, 113), Aberdeen Central junior Katrina Gibson (35-8, 154) and Canton senior Zoe Adam (22-1, 190). Gibson became Aberdeen Central's first ever state girls champion.

Pierre had 10 place winners and topped the 52-team field with 167 points. Canton finished second at 134.5. Girls wrestling in South Dakota has grown from 140 to 416 wrestlers in three years.

FINAL RESULTS

Team Scores

Class A Boys (33 Schools): Brandon Valley 208.5, Watertown 184.5, Pierre 182, Sturgis 139, Harrisburg 107, Tea Area 101, West Central 94, Rapid City Stevens 93, Aberdeen Central 88, Brookings 71, Sioux Falls Jefferson 54, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson 35, O'Gorman 35, Chamberlain 34, Mitchell 31, Rapid City Central 31, Huron and Sisseton 28, Sioux Falls Lincoln 26, Milbank 25.5, Sioux Falls Washington and Spearfish 25, Douglas-Rapid City Christian-New Underwood 23, Madison 22, Vermillion 14, Dakota Valley 11.5, Belle Fourche and Todd County 11, Lakota Tech 3, Dell Rapids 1, Lennox 1, Yankton 1 and Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree 0.

Class B Boys (47 Schools): Canton 163.5, Winner Area 126.5, Philip Area-Kadoka-Wall Badlands Brawlers 126, Custer 119, McCook Central-Montrose 112.5, Kimball-White Lake/Platte-Geddes 97, Redfield 75, Miller/Highmore-Harrold 73, Wagner 58.5, Parker 54.5, Burke-Gregory 44, Parkston 42, Elk Point-Jefferson 41.5, Tri-Valley 41, Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon 40.5, Howard 39.5, Wessington Springs-Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington 37.5, Mobridge-Pollock 35, Kingsbury County 34, Warner-Northwestern 31, Lyman 25, Hot Springs 10, Mount Vernon-Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney 23, Stanley County 21.5, Groton Area and Webster Area 20, Faulkton Area and Lead-Deadwood 19, Garretson 18, Deuel-Deubrook Area and Lemmon-McIntosh 17, Clark-Willow Lake and Ipswich-Bowdle 15, Harding County 14, Hamlin-Castlewood 13, Sioux Valley 12, Bennett County 11, Newell 9, Potter County 5, Marion-Freeman 4, Hanson 3, St. Thomas More 3, Sully Buttes 3, Chester Area 0, Faith 0, Sanborn Central 0 and Sunshine Bible Academy 0.

Girls (52 Schools): Pierre 167, Canton 134.5, Spearfish 72, Lakota Tech 71, Rapid City Stevens 64, Brookings 63, Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda 57, Watertown 53, Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon 52, Harrisburg 49, Aberdeen Central 43, Huron 38, Sturgis 37, Kimball-White Lake/Platte-Geddes 33, Yankton 27, Belle Fourche and Mitchell 25, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 24, Tea Area 23, Brandon Valley and Sully Buttes 22, Douglas-Rapid City Christian-New Underwood 21, Flandreau and Lemmon-McIntosh 20, Custer 19, Chamberlain 18, Clark-Willow Lake 16, McCook Central-Montrose 15, Sioux Falls Jefferson 15, Todd County 15, Sioux Falls Lincoln 14, Sioux Valley 13, Webster Area 13, West Central 10, St. Thomas More 8, Hot Springs 7, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson 4, Dakota Valley 4, Doland 4, Lennox 4, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree and Hill City 3, Sioux Falls Washington 1, Canistota 0, Dell Rapids 0, Garretson 0, Groton Area 0, Harding County 0, Lead-Deadwood 0, Little Wound 0, Rapid City Central 0, Red Cloud 0.

Watertown's Hope Orr controls Pierre's Ciara McFarling during the girls 285-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.
Watertown's Hope Orr controls Pierre's Ciara McFarling during the girls 285-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2023 in the South Dakota State Wrestling Championships at The Monument in Rapid City.

B-106

1st Place Match

  • Brady Risetter (Redfield) 36-0, Sr. over Carter Kendrick (Philip Area) 14-2, 8th. (Fall 3:38)

3rd Place Match

  • Tyler Trant (Custer) 45-11, So. over Cooper Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) 38-6, Fr. (Dec 3-2)

5th Place Match

  • Brody Randall (Hamlin/Castlewood) 33-11, Fr. over Rylan Robbins (Winner Area) 44-11, 7th. (Dec 3-2)

7th Place Match

  • Landon Flogstad (McCook Central/Montrose) 24-10, So. over Sean Roseland (Faulkton Area) 34-20, 8th. (Dec 9-3)

B-113

1st Place Match

  • Tray Weiss (Custer) 53-3, So. over Cole Hendrixson (Tri-Valley) 38-6, 8th. (MD 9-1)

3rd Place Match

  • Jackson Kaul (Bon Homme/Avon) 35-11, So. over Aiden Schrempp (Canton) 32-10, 8th. (Dec 5-3)

5th Place Match

  • Jacksen Carter (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 45-7, 8th. over Talon Ping (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 39-7, Fr. (Dec 5-1)

7th Place Match

  • Nicholas Schlachter (Potter County) 31-10, Jr. over Neil Hicks (Bennett County) 31-14, So. (Dec 3-1)

B-120

1st Place Match

  • Karstyn Lhotak (Wagner) 48-3, Jr. over Gavin Braun (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 36-7, So. (Dec 3-1)

3rd Place Match

  • Maxton Brozik (Winner Area) 30-3, Jr. over Gage Anderson (Lemmon/McIntosh) 39-7, So. (Dec 7-1)

5th Place Match

  • Conner Giedd (Howard) 41-7, 8th. over Trystan Traupel (McCook Central/Montrose) 43-7, So. (Inj. 0:00)

7th Place Match

  • Tate Steffensen (Sioux Valley) 32-12, So. over Drew Janke (Lead-Deadwood) 24-20, So. (MD 11-3)

B-126

1st Place Match

  • Kellan Hurd (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 44-5, So. over Kasen Konstanz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 34-2, Jr. (Dec 6-3)

3rd Place Match

  • Chase Hanson (Stanley County) 39-6, Sr. over Karson Keiser (Winner Area) 51-10, So. (Dec 3-1)

5th Place Match

  • Gannon Gilligan (Kingsbury County) 38-7, So. over Teague Granum (Canton) 21-5, So. (Dec 2-1)

7th Place Match

  • Gavin Risse (Bennett County) 38-13, So. over Landon Woodward (Custer) 40-7, Sr. (Dec 7-6)

B-132

1st Place Match

  • Owen Hansen (Burke/Gregory) 43-0, Sr. over Haeden Jorgenson (Webster Area) 37-7, Fr. (Fall 0:54)

3rd Place Match

  • Ashton Keller (Canton) 33-2, Jr. over Iden Myers (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 39-9, So. (Dec 5-0)

5th Place Match

  • Wyatt Anderson (Parkston) 34-12, Fr. over Teagan Foreman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 30-12, Jr. (Dec 3-2)

7th Place Match

  • Tate Miller (Howard) 37-13, So. over Riley Scott (Custer) 44-12, Fr. (Dec 6-1)

B-138

1st Place Match

  • Jace Blasius (Philip Area) 38-3, So. over Christian Ehresmann (Groton Area) 36-4, So. (Dec 2-1)

3rd Place Match

  • Jhett Breen (Wagner) 45-4, Jr. over Konner Osborn (Winner Area) 40-18, So. (Dec 3-0)

5th Place Match

  • Clayton Dulany (Warner/Northwestern) 42-15, Sr. over Kale Ask (Canton) 31-4, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)

7th Place Match

  • Carter Sommer (Parkston) 36-16, So. over Tyler Tjeerdsma (Bon Homme/Avon) 30-17, Jr. (Dec 4-3)

B-145

1st Place Match

  • Ayson Rice (Canton) 48-3, Jr. over Carter Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 38-5, Sr. (Dec 7-3)

3rd Place Match

  • Drew Gerlach (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 32-9, Sr. over Dylan Zell (Kingsbury County) 36-9, Sr. (Dec 7-2)

5th Place Match

  • Joey Hoverson (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 41-10, Sr. over Miles Renner (Lead-Deadwood) 29-10, Jr. (Fall 4:09)

7th Place Match

  • Jack Even (Parker) 25-14, Sr. over Kai Rusch (Custer) 26-22, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:52 (19-3))

B-152

1st Place Match

  • Jackson Remmers (McCook Central/Montrose) 51-0, Jr. over Porter Neugebauer (Parkston) 38-6, Sr. (Dec 7-3)

3rd Place Match

  • Blair Blasius (Philip Area) 28-3, Sr. over Mason Whitley (Redfield) 44-8, Sr. (Dec 6-2)

5th Place Match

  • Jack Peters (Winner Area) 26-19, Sr. over Colby Kolda (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 37-13, So. (Fall 1:43)

7th Place Match

  • Andrew Even (Parker) 43-11, Jr. over Colton Brady (Stanley County) 29-15, So. (Dec 7-3)

B-160

1st Place Match

  • Riley Orel (Winner Area) 55-2, Sr. over Jonathan Lewis (Custer) 35-7, Sr. (TB-1 2-1)

3rd Place Match

  • Ben Swatek (Elk Point-Jefferson) 42-2, Sr. over Carter Randall (McCook Central/Montrose) 42-11, Jr. (Dec 3-2)

5th Place Match

  • Tance Wagner (Lyman) 47-8, Sr. over Thane Simons (Philip Area) 33-12, Jr. (SV-1 3-1)

7th Place Match

  • Gannon Knebel (Wagner) 39-14, Fr. over John Halverson (Canton) 36-20, Jr. (Dec 5-0)

B-170

1st Place Match

  • Burk Blasius (Philip Area) 26-1, Jr. over Parker Noem (Custer) 38-9, Jr. (Dec 3-1)

3rd Place Match

  • Gavin Jacobs (Elk Point-Jefferson) 25-4, Sr. over Gunnar Stephens (Burke/Gregory) 38-5, Sr. (Dec 4-3)

5th Place Match

  • Weston Remmers (McCook Central/Montrose) 35-7, So. over Jesse Bears Heart (Mobridge-Pollock) 35-13, Sr. (Dec 7-0)

7th Place Match

  • Alex Pudwill (Warner/Northwestern) 39-13, Jr. over Kolter Kramer (Parkston) 30-16, So. (Dec 7-4)

B-182

1st Place Match

  • Jack Kruger (Winner Area) 33-2, Sr. over Josh Merkle (Canton) 47-5, Sr. (Fall 3:38)

3rd Place Match

  • Isaac Crownover (Bon Homme/Avon) 36-4, Sr. over Keegan Haider (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 35-10, Sr. (Dec 3-1)

5th Place Match

  • Tate Hoffman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 36-8, Sr. over Ryder Bailey (Custer) 38-9, Jr. (Dec 5-2)

7th Place Match

  • Mason Heath (Philip Area) 20-8, Sr. over Noah McDermott (Elk Point-Jefferson) 28-13, Sr. (SV-1 3-1)

B-195

1st Place Match

  • Tanner Meyers (Canton) 44-0, Sr. over Caleb Rickenbach (Hot Springs) 41-6, Jr. (Dec 7-4)

3rd Place Match

  • Charlie Patten (Parker) 37-5, Sr. over Jayden Kahler (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 13-3, Sr. (Dec 3-2)

5th Place Match

  • Gunner Johnson (Lyman) 35-9, Sr. over Justin Granum (Deuel/Deubrook Area) 28-9, Sr. (Fall 2:59)

7th Place Match

  • Quinn Moon (Philip Area) 17-13, Jr. over Lincoln Dikoff (Faulkton Area) 35-11, So. (Fall 3:36)

B-220

1st Place Match

  • Aiden Schoenhard (Mobridge-Pollock) 37-7, Sr. over Kade Grocott (McCook Central/Montrose) 22-5, Jr. (Inj. 0:00)

3rd Place Match

  • Levi Wieman (Parker) 44-5, Jr. over Griffin Clubb (Howard) 31-8, Sr. (Fall 3:13)

5th Place Match

  • Grey Gilbert (Harding County) 40-12, Sr. over Preston Cavalier (Warner/Northwestern) 37-9, So. (Fall 2:43)

7th Place Match

  • Tim Bouza (Wagner) 38-9, Jr. over Chase McGillivary (Redfield) 24-8, Jr. (Dec 9-5)

B-285

1st Place Match

  • Traun Cook (Canton) 43-1, Jr. over Grady Fey (Redfield) 42-2, Jr. (Fall 6:15)

3rd Place Match

  • Austin Hoiten (McCook Central/Montrose) 36-4, Sr. over Jaden Richter (Garretson) 34-12, Sr. (Fall 1:46)

5th Place Match

  • Isaac Nehlich (Tri-Valley) 29-7, Jr. over Lucas Rowland (Ipswich/Bowdle) 31-7, Sr. (Dec 3-1)

7th Place Match

  • Colton Niles (Newell) 28-14, Jr. over Derek Fenenga (Winner Area) 24-20, Fr. (Fall 1:54)

A-106

1st Place Match

  • Gage Lohr (Watertown) 44-4, 8th. over Brendon Oehme (Brandon Valley) 37-5, 8th. (Dec 5-2)

3rd Place Match

  • Aidan Wells (Sioux Falls Jefferson) 49-5, So. over Tate Helmbolt (Brookings) 31-9, Jr. (Inj. 0:00)

5th Place Match

  • Shea Richter (Rapid City Stevens) 38-16, Fr. over Korbin Bunch (Sturgis Brown) 29-8, Sr. (Dec 7-1)

7th Place Match

  • Pierce Hurd (Rapid City Central) 42-7, 8th. over Owen Fischer (Milbank) 31-12, So. (MD 10-2)

A-113

1st Place Match

  • Trevon Oehme (Brandon Valley) 35-3, Jr. over Alex Oedekoven (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 31-6, Fr. (Dec 6-0)

3rd Place Match

  • Karson Vessells (West Central) 40-3, 8th. over Brayden Collins (Rapid City Stevens) 33-18, So. (Fall 2:29)

5th Place Match

  • Tyler Woodring (Tea Area) 36-10, Fr. over Teryn Zebroski (Sturgis Brown) 39-9, Jr. (Dec 11-7)

7th Place Match

  • Hudson Cisar (Sioux Falls Lincoln) 32-15, Fr. over Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) 24-18, 7th. (Dec 3-1)

A-120

1st Place Match

  • Sloan Johannsen (Watertown) 48-0, Jr. over Corbin Zent (Rapid City Stevens) 43-13, Jr. (MD 11-3)

3rd Place Match

  • John Jeffery (Spearfish) 45-11, Jr. over Tegan Zebroski (Sturgis Brown) 44-10, Jr. (Dec 7-5)

5th Place Match

  • Tyler Wurth (Harrisburg) 29-12, Jr. over Graham Wilde (Sioux Falls Jefferson) 34-16, Fr. (Dec 8-2)

7th Place Match

  • Landon Walker (Brandon Valley) 19-9, So. over Ian Metz (Sisseton) 15-4, So. (Inj. 0:00)

A-126

1st Place Match

  • Maddix Slykhuis (Tea Area) 50-3, Sr. over Nolan Miles (Brookings) 26-6, Jr. (MD 10-2)

3rd Place Match

  • Weston Everson (Watertown) 46-8, Sr. over Zander Nielsen (Brandon Valley) 25-8, Fr. (Inj. 0:00)

5th Place Match

  • Carter Ractliffe (Harrisburg) 33-8, Sr. over Rayden Zens (Aberdeen Central) 43-7, Jr. (Inj. 0:00)

7th Place Match

  • Dee Daniels (Sturgis Brown) 33-14, Jr. over Bentley Williams (Sioux Falls Lincoln) 39-15, Jr. (Dec 5-3)

A-132

1st Place Match

  • Jordon Oehme (Brandon Valley) 42-1, Sr. over Braden Le (Watertown) 35-13, Sr. (Fall 3:25)

3rd Place Match

  • Caleb Hodges (Madison) 37-6, Fr. over Holden Hawkins (Sisseton) 39-12, Fr. (Dec 3-2)

5th Place Match

  • Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) 38-18, So. over Beau Peters (Sturgis Brown) 35-19, Jr. (Dec 4-2)

7th Place Match

  • Holden Hight (O`Gorman) 31-22, So. over Joe Juenger (Rapid City Stevens) 33-18, So. (Dec 2-0)

A-138

1st Place Match

  • Alex Mentzer (Brandon Valley) 40-0, Sr. over Tristan Spencer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 38-5, Jr. (Fall 0:29)

3rd Place Match

  • Michael Roob (Vermillion) 34-9, So. over Ayden Dooley (Sioux Falls Jefferson) 42-11, So. (SV-1 3-1)

5th Place Match

  • Thayne Elshere (Sturgis Brown) 33-11, Sr. over Riley Dighton (Belle Fourche) 32-12, Fr. (Fall 1:22)

7th Place Match

  • Derek Hanson (Watertown) 27-20, Jr. over Parker Wilson (Tea Area) 41-20, So. (MD 11-2)

A-145

1st Place Match

  • Trason Oehme (Brandon Valley) 39-1, Sr. over Moses Gross (Huron) 40-4, So. (Dec 6-3)

3rd Place Match

  • Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) 36-7, So. over Wyatt Stuntebeck (Tea Area) 39-9, Sr. (Dec 8-7)

5th Place Match

  • Chandler Carda (West Central) 33-6, Jr. over Jackson Boonstra (Dakota Valley) 36-8, So. (Dec 2-0)

7th Place Match

  • Chase Carda (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 22-13, Sr. over Kalvin Ketelsen (Sturgis Brown) 34-13, So. (Dec 12-5)

A-152

1st Place Match

  • Jagger Tyler (Mitchell) 42-3, Sr. over Logan O`Connor (Harrisburg) 39-8, Jr. (Dec 3-1)

3rd Place Match

  • Kale Crowser (Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood) 31-6, So. over Lucas Chamberlin (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 24-9, Jr. (Dec 2-0)

5th Place Match

  • Corter Doney (Rapid City Stevens) 42-9, Sr. over Keaton Vessells (West Central) 37-16, So. (Dec 11-5)

7th Place Match

  • Ian Johnson (Watertown) 35-17, Sr. over Austin Eimers (Tea Area) 31-18, Jr. (Fall 0:20)

A-160

1st Place Match

  • Deegan Houska (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 38-7, Sr. over Keenan Sheridan (O`Gorman) 42-3, So. (Dec 10-6)

3rd Place Match

  • Justin Zirpel (West Central) 42-7, Sr. over Peyton Fridrich (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) 20-6, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)

5th Place Match

  • Zack Soderlin (Rapid City Central) 24-5, Jr. over Logan Opitz (Aberdeen Central) 29-18, Sr. (Dec 7-1)

7th Place Match

  • Peyton Tryon (Harrisburg) 31-13, Sr. over Gavin Chapman (Brandon Valley) 17-8, Jr. (Inj. 0:00)

A-170

1st Place Match

  • Sam Werdel (Tea Area) 45-5, So. over Trey Lewis (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 33-10, Jr. (Dec 3-2)

3rd Place Match

  • Barrett Schneck (Milbank) 33-1, Sr. over Lucas Slack (Brandon Valley) 42-4, Sr. (Dec 2-1)

5th Place Match

  • Israel Caldron (Brookings) 26-9, Sr. over Soren Aadland (Harrisburg) 33-13, Jr. (Dec 6-5)

7th Place Match

  • Lane Knutson (Sioux Falls Washington) 34-13, So. over Jax Kettwig (Watertown) 31-19, Sr. (Dec 5-3)

A-182

1st Place Match

  • Reese Jacobs (Sturgis Brown) 49-0, Sr. over Chance Carda (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 42-5, Jr. (Dec 13-8)

3rd Place Match

  • Chet Carda (West Central) 35-8, Jr. over Tyson Brandt (Brookings) 19-3, Sr. (Dec 1-0)

5th Place Match

  • Jackson Maag (Watertown) 36-19, Sr. over Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) 29-15, 8th. (Fall 4:44)

7th Place Match

  • Tanner VanScoy (Rapid City Stevens) 36-18, Sr. over Mason Shultz (Sisseton) 30-12, So. (Fall 1:35)

A-195

1st Place Match

  • Jack Detert (Harrisburg) 35-2, Sr. over Aiden Werlinger (Sturgis Brown) 37-4, Jr. (MD 16-4)

3rd Place Match

  • Brock Eitreim (Watertown) 38-7, Jr. over Gavin Stotts (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 39-10, Sr. (Dec 3-1)

5th Place Match

  • Jaxon Morrison (Rapid City Central) 29-10, Sr. over Ayden Kellogg (Rapid City Stevens) 35-21, So. (Dec 4-3)

7th Place Match

  • Landon Schurch (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) 39-12, Sr. over Caleb Loehr (Brookings) 30-13, Sr. (Fall 1:31)

A-220

1st Place Match

  • Noah Hutmacher (Chamberlain ) 38-1, Sr. over Zak Juelfs (Sturgis Brown) 40-8, Jr. (Fall 1:19)

3rd Place Match

  • Abraham Myers (Sioux Falls Washington) 47-3, Sr. over Matthew Peters (Watertown) 32-16, Sr. (Dec 6-4)

5th Place Match

  • Rocky Wiedman (Todd County) 36-8, Sr. over Elijah Boutchee (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 34-14, So. (Dec 9-2)

7th Place Match

  • Aiden Schroeder (Harrisburg) 30-14, Jr. over James Olson (Brookings) 27-12, Sr. (Fall 2:48)

A-285

1st Place Match

  • Navarro Schunke (Brandon Valley) 28-0, Jr. over Micah Hach (Watertown) 42-4, So. (MD 8-0)

3rd Place Match

  • Joshua Rydberg (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 40-7, Sr. over Jacob Krenz (Aberdeen Central) 40-12, Sr. (Dec 4-2)

5th Place Match

  • Antuan Duran (Sioux Falls Jefferson) 37-21, Sr. over Gavin Pischke (West Central) 28-18, Jr. (Dec 9-5)

7th Place Match

  • Elliott Renville (Sioux Falls Lincoln) 26-10, Sr. over Bryan Ramirez (Huron) 28-21, Jr. (Fall 0:53)

G-106

1st Place Match

  • Maraia Kruske (Spearfish) 34-3, Sr. over Sydney Uhrig (Pierre T.F.Riggs) 34-7, Jr. (Fall 0:59)

3rd Place Match

  • Mary-Katherine Joseph (Brandon Valley) 30-6, Jr. over Olivia Anderson (Watertown) 36-14, 7th. (Fall 0:35)

5th Place Match

  • Trinity Duran (Rapid City Stevens) 37-14, So. over Akane Metcalfe (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 20-4, Jr. (Dec 6-5)

7th Place Match

  • Frankie Kranz (Mitchell) 36-14, 8th. over Kyra Vandenberg (Belle Fourche) 23-10, 8th. (MD 12-2)

G-113

1st Place Match

  • Sara Schroder (Canton) 34-1, Jr. over Brookyln Baird (Sturgis Brown) 28-3, Jr. (Fall 3:30)

3rd Place Match

  • Cassandra Witte (Rapid City Stevens) 40-11, Sr. over Lexie Hillmer (Pierre T.F.Riggs) 36-18, 7th. (Dec 7-1)

5th Place Match

  • Dani Batchelor (Clark/Willow Lake) 25-9, Jr. over Madyson Gillen (Aberdeen Central) 33-11, Jr. (Fall 4:59)

7th Place Match

  • Hailey Rodriguez (Belle Fourche) 25-7, Sr. over Madelynn Schlup (Spearfish) 31-20, So. (Fall 2:35)

G-120

1st Place Match

  • Regina Stoeser (Harrisburg) 36-2, Fr. over Britney Rueb (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) 39-3, Fr. (Dec 2-0)

3rd Place Match

  • Quinn Butler (Lemmon/McIntosh) 43-3, Fr. over Alexis Bryant (McCook Central/Montrose) 33-9, Fr. (SV-1 3-2)

5th Place Match

  • Danny Borja (Mitchell) 38-9, Fr. over Aubrey Jensen (Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda) 25-16, Fr. (Fall 4:08)

7th Place Match

  • Kezrey Benning (Pierre T.F.Riggs) 32-17, Fr. over Shelby Shrake (Chamberlain Girls) 24-14, So. (MD 12-1)

G-126

1st Place Match

  • Peyton Hellmann (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) 41-1, So. over Cateri Yellow Hawk (Sully Buttes) 24-6, Fr. (Fall 1:39)

3rd Place Match

  • Dani Ringstmeyer (Pierre T.F.Riggs) 36-12, So. over Htee Htoo (Huron) 32-12, Sr. (Dec 9-2)

5th Place Match

  • Madison Snyder (Sturgis Brown) 28-8, Jr. over Kieonna Smith (Canton) 21-15, Jr. (For.)

7th Place Match

  • Jessica Waln (Lakota Tech) 23-8, So. over Alexa Swaney (Belle Fourche) 17-10, So. (Fall 1:53)

G-132

1st Place Match

  • Taylor Graveman (Spearfish) 45-0, Sr. over Gianna Stangeland (Pierre T.F.Riggs) 32-7, Sr. (MD 13-0)

3rd Place Match

  • Giada Scherich (Lakota Tech) 23-5, So. over Johanna Steinlicht (Brookings) 25-9, So. (Inj. 0:00)

5th Place Match

  • Brooke Grajczyk (Webster Area) 19-11, 7th. over EhLer Klay (Huron) 24-10, Sr. (SV-1 12-10)

7th Place Match

  • Victoria Verhey (St. Thomas More) 24-12, Jr. over Katelyn Yexley (Watertown) 20-27, Fr. (Dec 2-1)

G-142

1st Place Match

  • Nevaeh Leonard (Yankton) 36-2, Sr. over Ali Bissell (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) 20-3, Sr. (TB-1 5-4)

3rd Place Match

  • Jayden Lange (Flandreau) 29-3, Sr. over Abbigail Lewis (Pierre T.F.Riggs) 36-8, 8th. (Dec 2-0)

5th Place Match

  • Summer Guthmiller (Sioux Valley) 33-10, 8th. over Marieda Kalahar (Rapid City Stevens) 31-12, So. (Dec 7-1)

7th Place Match

  • Sarah Rickenbach (Hot Springs) 23-11, 8th. over Atlantis Witt (Todd County) 20-14, Sr. (Fall 1:47)

G-154

1st Place Match

  • Katrina Gibson (Aberdeen Central) 35-8, Jr. over Elena Brennan (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 12-8, So. (Fall 2:13)

3rd Place Match

  • Natalia Long (Canton) 23-10, 8th. over Jordan Waln (Lakota Tech) 14-8, Jr. (Fall 4:04)

5th Place Match

  • Maya Erickson (Brookings) 17-8, Sr. over Rhiannen Heimdal (Harrisburg) 22-18, Fr. (Dec 2-1)

7th Place Match

  • Kadie Mendel (Rapid City Stevens) 28-17, Jr. over Hattie Baldwin (Pierre T.F.Riggs) 34-12, Sr. (Fall 0:14)

G-170

1st Place Match

  • Carlee Laubach (Canton) 25-1, Sr. over Maizy Mathis (Brookings) 20-7, Jr. (Fall 0:58)

3rd Place Match

  • Brianna Johnson (Tea Area) 19-10, Jr. over Gia Miller (Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda) 28-10, Jr. (Fall 0:36)

5th Place Match

  • Ireland Templeton (Pierre T.F.Riggs) 35-13, So. over Hannah Reidt (Chamberlain Girls) 9-15, Sr. (Fall 2:48)

7th Place Match

  • Marlee Heltzel (Spearfish) 23-20, 7th. over Arlisa Waln (Lakota Tech) 18-15, Sr. (Dec 4-0)

G-190

1st Place Match

  • Zoë Adam (Canton) 22-1, Sr. over Marlee Shorter (Pierre T.F.Riggs) 26-5, Sr. (TB-1 4-1)

3rd Place Match

  • Lauren Petersen (Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda) 24-11, Sr. over Jessica Mckenney (Custer) 19-8, 8th. (Fall 2:19)

5th Place Match

  • Allison Konrad (Watertown) 25-15, Fr. over Tailie Brehm (Rapid City Stevens) 24-18, Fr. (Fall 4:22)

7th Place Match

  • Zoey Holtz (Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood) 9-8, So. over Eriah Big Crow (Lakota Tech) 12-6, So. (Fall 0:58)

G-285

1st Place Match

  • Ciara McFarling (Pierre T.F.Riggs) 22-0, So. over Hope Orr (Watertown) 27-5, Sr. (Fall 5:29)

3rd Place Match

  • Kiara King (Canton) 14-6, Jr. over Maria Larson (Sioux Falls Lincoln) 11-8, Jr. (Fall 3:26)

5th Place Match

  • Alissa Ault (Sioux Falls Jefferson) 16-14, Fr. over Allison Foote (West Central) 10-11, Jr. (Fall 1:56)

7th Place Match

  • Destiny Triplet (Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood) 23-5, So. over Unique Clairmont (Todd County) 12-19, Fr. (Fall 2:19)

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This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Canton boys win Class B titles in both individual and dual tourneys.