605 Sports Staff

Sturgis (174) and Pierre (167) remain atop this week’s Class A wrestling poll but defending Class A champion, Brandon Valley (160) moves up into a tie for third with Watertown (160). As the new year approaches, Tea Area remains Class A’s No. 5 ranked wrestling team. 

West Central’s Justin Zirpel moved from No. 6 (160) all the way to No. 1 in that weight class. 

Team rankings: 1. Sturgis, 174; 2. Pierre, 167; T-3. Watertown, 160; T-3. Brandon Valley, 160; 5. Tea Area, 133; 6. Rapid City Stevens, 109; 7. Harrisburg, 103; 8. Aberdeen Central, 93; 9. West Central, 62; 10. Chamberlain, 47; 11. Huron, 45; 12. Sioux Falls Jefferson, 40. 

Dynamite Dozen: 1. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis; 2. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 3. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley; 4. Moses Gross, Huron; 5. Trason Oehme, Brandon Valley, 6. Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain; 7. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 8. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 9. Jordan Oehme, Brandon Valley, 10. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 11. Lucas Slack, Brandon Valley; 12. Justin Zirpel, West Central. 

Wrestler of the Week: Carson Podhrasky, Mitchell

(Rankings provided by Dakota Grappler)

Individual Rankings: 

106: 1. Gage Lohr, Watertown; 2. Aiden Wells, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 3. Brendon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 4. Korbin Bunch, Sturgis; 5. Shea Richter, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Jacob Mason, Pierre; 7. Jagar McCarthy, Rapid City Central; 8. Owen Serck, Beresford/Alcester-Huson; HM. Kayden Tchida; HM. Griffin Felder, Harrisburg; HM Grant Larson, Lennox; HM Alex Seimonsma, West Central.

113: 1. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2. Tyler Woodring, Tea Area; 3. Teryn Zebroski, Sturgis; 4. Alex Oedekoven, Pierre; 5. Brayden Collins, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Ryan Tschetter, Rapid City Central; 7. Tate Hemboldt, Brookings; 8. Hudson Clear, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM. Leo Stroup, Watertown; HM Carter Downs, Madison; HM Steven LaMont, Harrisburg; HM. Logan Tyndall, Belle Fourche. 

120: 1. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 2. Jesse Johnson, Brandon Valley; 3. Tegan Zebroski, Sturgis; 4. John Jeffery, Spearfish; 5. Corbin Zent, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Karson Vessels, West Central; 7. Tyler Wurth, Harrisburg; 8. Riley Waldo, Aberdeen Central; HM Hunter Wilson, Tea Area; HM, Riley Schmidt, Rapid City Central; HM, Turner Gordon, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM Derek Ranschau, Sioux Falls Jefferson. 

126: 1. Rayden Zens, Aberdeen Central; 2. Weston Everson, Watertown; 3. Holden Hawkins, Sisseton; 4. Jacob Williams, Rapid City Stevens; 5. Lincoln Schoenhard, Pierre; 6. Logan Brown, Rapid City Central; 7. Graham Wilde, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 8. Carter Radcliff, Harrisburg; HM. Jackson Tschetter, Tea Area; HM Carson Wolf, Madison; HM Ramsey Williams, Lennox; HM Dee Daniels, Sturgis. 

132: 1. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 2. Jordon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 3. Tate Huff, Aberdeen Central; 4. Beau Peters, Sturgis; 5. Joe Juenger, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Braden Le, Watertown; 7. Caleb Hodges, Madison; 8. Bentley Williams, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM. Lincoln Peters, Harrisburg; HM. John Motrude, Dell Rapids; HM Dylan Sloan, Yankton; HM Luther Morrison, Rapid City Central. 

138: 1. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley; 2. Thayne Elshere, Sturgis; 3. Tristan Spencer, Pierre; 4. Nolan Miles, Brookings; 5. Parker Wilson, Tea Area; 6. Blake Johnson, Madison; 7. Tayge Privett, Harrisburg; 8. Dawson Wallen, Sioux Falls Lincon; HM Ayden Dooley, Sioux Falls Jefferson; HM. Brayden Voorhees, Rapid City Stevens; HM. Devyn Anderson, Chamberlain; HM. Broday Aesoph, Aberdeen Central. 

145: 1. Moses Gross, Huron; 2.Trason Oehme, Brandon Valley; 3. Mason Schrempp, Aberdeen Central; 4. Wyatt Stuntebeck, Tea Area; 5. Michael Robb, Vermillion; 6. Maverick Simons, Sturgis; 7. Brayden Christensen, Milbank; 8. Jaxon Ducheneaux; Pierre; HM Teegam Staiffacjer, Harrisburg; HM. Connor Siemonsma, West Central; HM, Derek Hanson, Watertown; HM, Aiden Kracht, Spearfish. 

152: 1. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 2. Kale Crowser,  Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood; 3. Thomas McCoy, Belle Fourche; 4. Chase Carda, Pierre; 4. Peyton Tryon, Harrisburg; 5. Jackson Boonstra; Dakota Valley; 6. Jackson Boonstra, Dakota Valley; 7. Chandler Carda, West Central; 8. Aistom Eimers, Tea Area; HM. Kalvin Ketelsen, Sturgis; HM Levi Veskma, Brandon Valley, HM. Nolan Jessen, Sioux Falls Jefferson; HM Robert Watkins. 

160: 1. Justin Zirpel, West Central; 2. Keanan Sheriden, Sioux Falls O’Gorman; 3. Corter Doney, Rapid City Stevens; 4. Deegan Houska, Pierre; 5. Logan O’Connor, Harrisburg; 6. Ian Johnson, Watertown; 7. Dawson Eimers, Tea Area; 8. Beauty Moon, Huron; HM, Evan Wilson, Spearfish; HM, Zach Soderlin, Rapid City Central; HM, Cordell Rychlik, Aberdeen Central; HM, Caleb Emerson, Vermillion.

170: 1. Sam Werdel, Tea Area; 2. Trey Lewis, Pierre; 3. Jax Kettwig, Watertown; 4. Soren Aadland, Harrisburg; 5. Graydon Bakke, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Tate Schlueter, Milbank; 7. Cole Oschner, Huron; 8. Logan Opitz, Aberdeen Central; HM. Aidan Kenable, O’Gorman; HM, Lane Knutson, Sioux Falls Washington; HM, Preston Ray, Sturgis; HM, Mason Schlup, Spearfish; HM, Cole Oschner, Huron.

182: 1. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis; 2. Lucas Slack, Brandon Valley; 3. Chance Carda, Pierre; 4. Barrett Schneck, Milbank; 5. Chet Carda, West Central; 6. Ayden Kellogg, Rapid City Stevens; 7. Rollie French, Vermillion; 8. Mason Schultz, Sisseton; HM, Israel Caldron, Brookings; HM, Jackson Maag, Watertown; HM, Swade Reis, Chamberlain; HM, Brandon Simunek, Harrisburg.

195: 1. Aiden Werlinger, Sturgis; 2. Jack Detert, Harrisburg; 3. Brock Eitrem, Watertown; 4. Gavin Stotts, Pierre; 5. Tanner Vanscoy, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Landon Schurch, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; 7. Caleb Loehr, Brookings; 8. Jesse Schneck, Milbank; HM, Samson Flakus, Aberdeen Central; HM, Noah Bailous, Brandon Valley; HM, Seth Foote, Mitchell; HM, Gabe Gebhard, West Central. 

220: 1. Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain; 2. Zac Juelfs, Sturgis; 3. Griffin Schneider, Tea Area; 4. Rocky Wiedman, Todd County; 5. Elijah Botchee, Pierre; 6. Abraham Meyers, Sioux Falls Washington; 7. Aiden Schroeder, Harrisburg; 8. Matthew Peters, Watertown; HM, Delvon Spears-Witte, Brandon Valley; HM, Aiden Geraets, Dell Rapids; HM, Aaron Larson, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM, Bryce Bietelspacher, Aberdeen Central. 

285: 1. Micah Hach, Watertown; 2. Joshua Rydberg, Pierre; 3. Canyon Burkard, Chamberlain; 4. Jacob Krenz, Aberdeen Central; 5. Gueibond Doelue, Harrisburg; 6. Bryan Ramirez, Huron; 7. Antaun Duran, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 8. Gavin Pischke, West Central; HM, Dakari Osborne, Sturgis; HM, Kaiden Strong, Rapid City Stevens; HM, Alex Jensen, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM, Kane Wirkus, Rapid City Central.