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Aberdeen Central boys claim title at Lee Wolf Invitational wrestling tournament
Aberdeen Central's Esten Foss wrestles at last season's dual state wrestling tournament in Pierre.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
Jan 31, 2026
 

By 605 Sports Staff

ABERDEEN — The Aberdeen Central boys claimed the team title at Saturday’s Lee Wolf Invitational wrestling tournament. 

The Golden Eagles totaled 248.5 points, finishing ahead of Watertown (182.5) and Bismarck Century, North Dakota (152.5). 

Aberdeen Central’s Esten Foss (120 pounds), Ridley Waldo (157), Grayden Timm (175) and Owen Ward (190) won individual titles for the Golden Eagles.  

The other individual South Dakota winners were West Central’s Caden Roe (106), West Central’s Kaden Haakinson (113), Watertown’s Brody Randall (126), Watertown’s Shea Richter (132), Wessington Spr/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington’s Jacksen Carter (138), Winner’s Ryken Orel (150), Sisseton’s Holden Hawkins (165), 


Placing matches

106 - 1st Place Match: Caden Roe (West Central) 35-3, So. over Braylon Schell (Watertown) 32-9, So. (MD 8-0); 3rd Place Match: Jace Edgar (Redfield) 34-6, 8th. over Will Hosman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 31-11, Fr. (Dec 10-6); 5th Place Match: Macyn Gardner (O`Gorman) 29-5, 7th. over Henry Gillen (Aberdeen Central) 16-21, Fr. (MD 16-4); 7th Place Match: Easton VanDerWerff (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 17-14, 8th. over Isaac Folk (Sisseton) 14-7, 7th. (Dec 5-4)

113 - 1st Place Match: Kaden Haakinson (West Central) 17-2, So. over Kayden Tchida (Sisseton) 28-4, Jr. (Dec 4-2); 3rd Place Match: William O`Connor (O`Gorman) 27-4, Fr. over Jonah Anderson (Watertown) 24-14, 8th. (TF-1.5 2:05 (21-5)); 5th Place Match: Carter Nelson (Huron) 20-7, Jr. over Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) 20-12, Sr. (Dec 6-1); 7th Place Match: Maverick Clausen (Clark/Willow Lake) 32-13, So. over Cassen Nye (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 4-17, Fr. (Fall 1:00)

120 - 1st Place Match: Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) 24-7, Sr. over Rylan Robbins (Winner) 31-2, So. (Dec 11-5); 3rd Place Match: Bentley Klinkhammer (West Central) 26-10, Fr. over Cade Gaikowski (Clark/Willow Lake) 31-3, So. (Dec 1-0); 5th Place Match: Maddon Odland (Redfield) 29-11, Sr. over Chase Mathews (Watertown) 18-10, Jr. (Dec 6-4); 7th Place Match: Landon Schaffner (Aberdeen Central) 5-9, 8th. over Coltyn Mueller (West Fargo Horace) 10-16, Fr. (TF-1.5 4:56 (15-0))

126 - 1st Place Match: Brody Randall (Watertown) 28-7, Sr. over Roukyn Robbins (Winner) 37-2, Fr. (Dec 10-8); 3rd Place Match: Kaden Wookey (Clark/Willow Lake) 32-5, So. over Will Norman (O`Gorman) 18-9, So. (Dec 8-3); 5th Place Match: Mason Backous (Aberdeen Central) 18-11, So. over Benny Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) 26-8, Fr. (TB-1 10-9); 7th Place Match: Tayten Kurkowski (Webster Area) 14-6, Jr. over Aykre Piotter (Sisseton) 21-12, So. (TB-1 4-1)

132 - 1st Place Match: Shea Richter (Watertown) 29-0, Sr. over Grady Iverson (Bismarck Century) 27-8, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:08 (21-6)); 3rd Place Match: Evan Folk (Sisseton) 28-8, So. over Cade Werdel (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 18-14, So. (TF-1.5 4:06 (25-7)); 5th Place Match: Brody Neilan (Chamberlain) 23-12, Jr. over Logan Heier (Aberdeen Central) 20-16, So. (MD 10-0); 7th Place Match: Gus Tobin (Winner) 12-20, So. over Austyn Nayes (West Fargo Horace) 1-16, 8th. (TF-1.5 3:00 (17-0))

138 - 1st Place Match: Jacksen Carter (Wessington Spr/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 31-0, Jr. over Alex Siemonsma (West Central) 18-7, Jr. (Fall 3:01); 3rd Place Match: Blake Steiner (Sisseton) 26-10, Sr. over Kasey Hermann (Redfield) 26-15, Fr. (Fall 2:36); 5th Place Match: Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) 23-8, Sr. over Carter Wylde (Bismarck Century) 13-11, Jr. (Fall 4:12); 7th Place Match: Jack Stuwe (Aberdeen Central) 10-9, So. over Braxten Petersen (Watertown) 8-8, Jr. (Dec 13-7)

144 - 1st Place Match: Alijah Piatz (Bismarck Century) 24-10, So. over Chase Hurd (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 30-5, So. (Dec 4-3); 3rd Place Match: Ethan Rearick (Wessington Spr/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 25-2, Sr. over Sutton Powers (Chamberlain) 27-7, Sr. (Fall 2:09); 5th Place Match: Hunter Opitz (Aberdeen Central) 19-15, Sr. over Ash Kaiser (Winner) 27-17, Jr. (Dec 9-7); 7th Place Match: Easton Scheidt (O`Gorman) 21-14, So. over JD Chavez (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 24-11, Fr. (Fall 0:37)

150 - 1st Place Match: Ryken Orel (Winner) 29-2, Sr. over Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) 28-8, So. (MD 10-0); 3rd Place Match: Kruse Brennan (Chamberlain) 25-10, Jr. over Sam Crago (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 19-14, So. (Fall 2:30); 5th Place Match: Jakob Van Der Meid (Aberdeen Central) 5-7, Jr. over Rory Current (Sisseton) 15-17, Jr. (Fall 3:46); 7th Place Match: Jett Whiting (West Central) 11-12, Jr. over Keslar Swenson (Watertown) 13-18, Sr. (Dec 7-4)

157 - 1st Place Match: Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) 32-2, Sr. over Carson Finn (Wessington Spr/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 18-9, So. (M. For.); 3rd Place Match: Keanu Lee (O`Gorman) 29-7, Fr. over Kalib Keller (Mobridge-Pollock) 15-9, Jr. (Fall 3:36); 5th Place Match: Jed Blare (Winner) 22-19, Jr. over Brayden Nayes (West Fargo Horace) 11-8, Sr. (MD 9-1); 7th Place Match: Gavyn Nelson (Bismarck Century) 4-9, Fr. over Owen Petersen (Watertown) 13-21, Sr. (Dec 8-2)

165 - 1st Place Match: Holden Hawkins (Sisseton) 32-1, Sr. over Markus Pitkin (Watertown) 20-5, Sr. (M. For.); 3rd Place Match: Kaylor Swenson (Aberdeen Central) 18-12, So. over Austin Vig (Clark/Willow Lake) 31-11, So. (MD 16-7); 5th Place Match: Hunter Helgeson (Bismarck Century) 22-14, Sr. over Jerrod Larsen (Chamberlain) 19-13, Jr. (MD 14-5); 7th Place Match: Cael Dreis (Aberdeen Central) 9-10, So. over Abe Kaiser (Winner) 18-22, Sr. (MD 10-2)

175 - 1st Place Match: Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) 29-5, Jr. over Landen Lewis (Watertown) 25-12, Jr. (Fall 0:45); 3rd Place Match: Xavier Donovan (Chamberlain) 24-6, Sr. over Malachi Anderson (Sisseton) 19-13, 8th. (Dec 5-3); 5th Place Match: Alex Hall (West Fargo Horace) 13-10, Sr. over Max Fiesterman (Winner) 10-15, Jr. (Dec 6-2); 7th Place Match: Bayze Helgeson (Bismarck Century) 14-16, Fr. over Isaac Price (Aberdeen Central) 5-7, Sr. (Fall 4:02)

190 - 1st Place Match: Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) 28-4, Jr. over Chisum Blum (Chamberlain) 21-6, Jr. (Fall 1:21); 3rd Place Match: Cade Kuemper (Watertown) 23-9, Sr. over Trevor Chapman (Bismarck Century) 11-18, Sr. (MD 13-2); 5th Place Match: Lucas Chaparro (Huron) 18-11, Jr. over Gavin Niemeyer (West Fargo Horace) 13-12, Jr. (Fall 2:02); 7th Place Match: Gavin Boyle (O`Gorman) 15-20, So. over Justin Muehler (Sisseton) 6-7, So. (M. For.)

215 - 1st Place Match: Brayden Morris (Bismarck Century) 8-0, Sr. over Matthew Angiolelli (Webster Area) 25-12, Sr. (Fall 3:21); 3rd Place Match: Mathew Cartwright (West Fargo Horace) 13-12, Fr. over Max Borns (Aberdeen Central) 11-11, Jr. (Dec 7-0); 5th Place Match: Ethan Falk (Mobridge-Pollock) 6-9, Sr. over Kaleb Khalil (Watertown) 5-11, Fr. (Dec 7-2)

285 - 1st Place Match: Darion Bitz (Bismarck Century) 37-1, Sr. over Legend Benedict (Winner) 35-5, So. (Dec 5-1); 3rd Place Match: Derek Fenenga (Winner) 15-4, Sr. over Jaspur Gran (Wessington Spr/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 19-11, So. (TF-1.5 3:00 (18-2)); 5th Place Match: Cooper Gerard (Chamberlain) 12-15, Sr. over Felipe Gonzalez (Aberdeen Central) 2-3, Sr. (Fall 1:34); 7th Place Match: Grady George (Chamberlain) 3-5, Sr. over Jacob Hawk (Chamberlain) 1-6, Fr. (Fall 1:40)