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Brawlers open season by winning Stanley County Invitational
Phillip Area’s Burk Blasius wrestles Stanley County’s Rylan Shrake during a 190-pound semifinal Saturday at the Stanley County wrestling invitational in Fort Pierre. Blasius won the match with a pin in 2:32.
Rodney Haas - 605 Sports
Dec 2, 2023
 

By 605 Sports Staff

FORT PIERRE — Behind six individual champions, the Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers captured Saturday’s Stanley County Invitational team title. 

The Brawlers amassed 217 points, ahead of New Salem-Almont, North Dakota (141.5) and Stanley County (106). Lyman (92) and Bennett County (85) rounded out the top-five teams.

Individual champions for the Brawlers were Gatlin Cordes (106), Tukker Boe (120), Jace Blasius (157), Kale Crowser (165), Burk Blasius (190) and Jensen Fitch (215). 

Other in-state individual championships were claimed by Bennett County’s Maddux Risse (113), Stanley County’s Witt Myers (132), Lemmon/McIntosh’s Gage Anderson, (138), Lyman’s Brayden Oldenkamp (150), Lyman’s Rory McManus (175) and Lyman’s Louie Thiry (285). 


Placing matches: 

106: 1st Place Match: Gatlin Cordes (Philip Area) 4-0, Fr. over Bodie Vanderboom (Newell) 3-1, Fr. (Fall 5:20); 3rd Place Match: Hayes Weinberger (New Salem-Almont) 4-1, Fr. over Maxwell Anderson (Lemmon/McIntosh) 3-2, 8th. (Fall 1:49)

113: 1st Place Match: Maddux Risse (Bennett County) 2-0, 8th. over Chance Wagner (Philip Area) 1-1, 8th. (Fall 1:41); 3rd Place Match: Jack Stuwe (Potter County) 2-1, 8th. over Jerrett Hutchinson (Philip Area) 1-2, Fr. (Fall 3:54)

120: 1st Place Match: Tukker Boe (Philip Area) 3-0, Sr. over Nicholas Schlachter (Potter County) 2-1, Sr. (Dec 6-5); Will Mosbrucker (New Salem-Almont) 3-1, Sr. over Joe Eaton (Newell) 3-2, Fr. (MD 14-3)

126: 1st Place Match: Charlie Irwin (New Salem-Almont) 4-0, Jr. over Asher Peterson (Philip Area) 2-1, Sr. (Fall 2:47); 3rd Place Match: Kason Barry (Philip Area) 4-1, 8th. over Landon Bame (Stanley County) 3-2, So. (Fall 4:00)

132: 1st Place Match: Witt Myers (Stanley County) 4-0, Fr. over Hudson Buchholz-Casson (New Salem-Almont) 2-1, Fr. (Fall 5:43); 3rd Place Match: Wyatt Wientjes (Mobridge-Pollock) 3-1, Sr. over Oakley Menzel (Philip Area) 3-2, Fr. (Fall 0:34)

138: 1st Place Match: 1st Place Match: Gage Anderson (Lemmon/McIntosh) 2-0, Jr. over Gavin Risse (Bennett County) 2-1, Jr. (Dec 7-3); 3rd Place Match: Spencer Sargent (Stanley County) 3-1, Jr. over Luke Olson (Mobridge-Pollock) 2-2, Fr. (Fall 1:53)

144: 1st Place Match: Ethan Maier (New Salem-Almont) 3-0, Sr. over Tripp Schrempp (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte) 2-1, Jr. (Fall 0:49); 3rd Place Match: Tel Gropper (Bennett County) 3-1, 8th. over Taiten Shaw (Stanley County) 2-2, Jr. (Fall 1:42)

150: 1st Place Match: Braydon Oldenkamp (Lyman) 3-0, Jr. over Mark Sandquist (Mobridge-Pollock) 2-1, Jr. (Dec 9-4); 3rd Place Match: Latham Gabriel (Philip Area) 3-1, So. over Beau Schilling (Ipswich/Bowdle) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 2:32)

157: 1st Place Match: Jace Blasius (Philip Area) 3-0, Jr. over Kellen Griffith (Lyman) 2-1, Sr. (Dec 3-1); 3rd Place Match: Ayden Forgey (Potter County) 3-1, Fr. over Colton Becher (New Salem-Almont) 2-2, Jr. (Fall 3:50)

165: 1st Place Match: Kale Crowser (Philip Area) 4-0, Jr. over Hayden Roggow (Stanley County) 2-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:36 (15-0)); 3rd Place Match: Tyce Gropper (Bennett County) 4-1, So. over Case Kolda (Stanley County) 2-2, So. (Dec 3-1)

175 - Round Robin: Rory McManus (Lyman) 2-0, Sr. over Cameron Dekle (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte) 1-1, Jr. (Fall 1:10); Cameron Dekle (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte) 1-1, Jr. over Jaydin Sorensen (Lyman) 0-2, Fr. (Fall 0:36); Rory McManus (Lyman) 2-0, Sr. over Jaydin Sorensen (Lyman) 0-2, Fr. (Fall 0:04)

190: 1st Place Match: Burk Blasius (Philip Area) 3-0, Sr. over Quinn Moon (Philip Area) 2-1, Sr. (MD 14-3); 3rd Place Match: Rylan Shrake (Stanley County) 2-1, Sr. over Ethan Harris (Bennett County) 2-2, So. (For.)

215: 1st Place Match: Jensen Fitch (Philip Area) 3-0, Jr. over CL Weinberger (New Salem-Almont) 2-1, Jr. (Fall 5:54); 3rd Place Match: Kadyn Weisser (Ipswich/Bowdle) 3-1, Sr. over Desmerius McGhee (Lyman) 3-2, Fr. (Fall 1:56)

285: 1st Place Match: Louie Thiry (Lyman) 2-0, Sr. over Colton Niles (Newell) 2-1, Sr. (SV-1 4-2); 3rd Place Match: Isaac McManigal (Lyman) 3-1, Sr. over Patrick Trask (Philip Area) 2-2, So. (Fall 4:42)