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Canton earns ninth consecutive team title at Class B state wrestling tournament
Canton’s Conner Giedd reacts after defeating Parkston’s Gage Reichert in the Class B 157 feature match during the finals of the South Dakota State Wrestling Tournament Saturday, Feb. 28 2026 in Sioux Falls. Giedd pinned Reichert in 2:58 to win the 157 state title.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
Feb 28, 2026
 

 

By 605 Sports Staff

SIOUX FALLS — Canton earned its ninth consecutive team title at the Class B state wrestling tournament.

The C-Hawks finished the weekend with 161.5 team points, ahead of Winner (149), and Tri-Valley (137). Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes (136) and Bon Homme/Avon rounded out the top-5. Canton secured three state champions with Cael Vander Broek (113), Conner Giedd (157) and Aiden Kranz (190).

Winner’s Apollo Willuweit (106), Faulkton Area’s Cash Edgar (120), Winner’s Roukyn Robbins (126), Miller/Highmore-Harrold’s Talon Ping (132), Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington’s Jacksen Carter (138), Miller/Highmore/Harrold’s Chase Hurd (144), Winner’s Ryken Orel (150), Sisseton’s Holden Hawkins (165), Parkston’s Wyatt Anderson (175), Wagner’s Gannon Knebel (215) and Groton Area’s Gavin Englund all won individual championships as well.


Placing matches:

B106 - 1st Place Match: Apollo Willuweit (Winner) 51-0, Fr. over Bode Walker (Canton) 50-5, So. (Dec 7-2); 3rd Place Match: Tommy Studt (New Underwood) 33-8, Fr. over Legend Frederick (Tri-Valley) 47-12, Fr. (Fall 4:41); 5th Place Match: Jace Edgar (Redfield) 45-10, 8th. over Will Hosman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 43-17, Fr. (Dec 8-1); 7th Place Match: Dane Johnson (Burke/Gregory) 36-15, Fr. over Kyson Sundberg (Sioux Valley) 41-7, 8th. (Fall 2:09)

B113 - 1st Place Match: Cael Vander Broek (Canton) 39-2, 7th. over Kayden Tchida (Sisseton) 45-6, Jr. (SV-1 4-1); 3rd Place Match: Rhys Truman (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 38-10, Jr. over Cannin Snyder (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) 35-3, So. (TB-1 3-1); 5th Place Match: Frank Krcil (Wagner) 34-10, Fr. over Maddon Odland (Redfield) 40-17, Sr. (Dec 12-5); 7th Place Match: Judd Hansen (Winner) 36-9, Sr. over Tel Elshere (New Underwood) 25-15, So. (MD 10-0)

B120 - 1st Place Match: Cash Edgar (Faulkton Area) 45-6, So. over Rylan Robbins (Winner) 43-3, So. (TB-1 7-6); 3rd Place Match: Gatlin Cordes (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) 32-6, Jr. over Cade Gaikowski (Clark/Willow Lake) 40-5, So. (TB-1 2-1); 5th Place Match: Connor Glassford (Tri-Valley) 46-8, Jr. over Michael Branaugh (Bon Homme/Avon) 36-10, So. (Dec 4-2); 7th Place Match: Chase Henriksen (Kingsbury County) 37-9, Jr. over Ruger Smokov (Bennett County) 30-14, So. (Fall 4:07)

B126 - 1st Place Match: Roukyn Robbins (Winner) 50-2, Fr. over Ryvr Larson (Bon Homme/Avon) 36-5, Jr. (Dec 10-5); 3rd Place Match: Kaden Wookey (Clark/Willow Lake) 44-6, So. over Hayes Holter (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 36-11, So. (Dec 5-2); 5th Place Match: Teague Bergjord (Flandreau) 46-8, Sr. over Parker Randall (McCook Central/Montrose) 48-13, Jr. (Dec 11-4); 7th Place Match: Shay Weber (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) 34-10, Fr. over Riley Trout (Custer) 35-23, Jr. (Fall 2:29)

B132 - 1st Place Match: Talon Ping (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 41-7, Sr. over Owen Bunde (Tri-Valley) 46-5, Jr. (Dec 9-6); 3rd Place Match: Maddux Risse (Bennett County) 38-6, So. over Evan Folk (Sisseton) 46-11, So. (Dec 4-0); 5th Place Match: Keagan Hill (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 35-10, Jr. over John Ryder Weiss (Hot Springs) 28-13, Fr. (Dec 6-3); 7th Place Match: Kiptyn Schaefers (Parkston) 40-20, 8th. over Gabriel Frias (Flandreau) 46-17, So. (MD 14-5)

B138 - 1st Place Match: Jacksen Carter (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 41-0, Jr. over DeVonne Sessler (Bon Homme/Avon) 42-8, 8th. (Dec 2-1); 3rd Place Match: Cooper Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) 39-5, Sr. over Daniel Dorsey (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 47-11, Jr. (Dec 7-1); 5th Place Match: Blake Steiner (Sisseton) 45-14, Sr. over Conner Zens (Redfield) 33-12, Sr. (Fall 2:57); 7th Place Match: Luke Olson (Mobridge-Pollock) 33-11, Jr. over Logun Pankratz (Marion/Freeman) 35-14, Jr. (SV-1 7-4)

B144 - 1st Place Match: Chase Hurd (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 45-5, So. over Haeden Jorgenson (Webster Area) 29-1, Sr. (Dec 4-1); 3rd Place Match: Riley Scott (Custer) 42-4, Sr. over Ethan Rearick (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 36-6, Sr. (Dec 10-8); 5th Place Match; Cole Hendrixson (Tri-Valley) 40-10, Jr. over Tel Gropper (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) 28-11, So. (Fall 2:30); 7th Place Match: Cody Zell (Kingsbury County) 31-10, Jr. over Shane Sehr (Canton) 35-17, Jr. (M. For.)

B150 - 1st Place Match: Ryken Orel (Winner) 42-2, Sr. over Bryce Hawkinson (Britton-Hecla) 33-6, Sr. (Dec 4-3); 3rd Place Match: Johnny Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 43-6, Sr. over Jaden Bult (Bon Homme/Avon) 30-9, So. (MD 13-5); 5th Place Match: Luke Swatek (Elk Point-Jefferson) 43-8, So. over Lincoln Wickstrom (Harding County) 47-8, Sr. (Dec 4-3); 7th Place Match: Sean Roseland (Faulkton Area) 31-11, Jr. over Camdyn Ockenga (Canton) 26-13, So. (MD 21-10)

B157 - 1st Place Match: Conner Giedd (Canton) 42-2, Jr. over Gage Reichert (Parkston) 37-5, Sr. (Fall 2:58); 3rd Place Match: Vincent Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 36-9, Jr. over Greyson Nielson (Kingsbury County) 33-6, Jr. (MD 13-5); 5th Place Match: Landon Coyle (Faulkton Area) 39-10, Jr. over Zane Miller (Deuel/Deubrook Area) 37-14, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:12 (16-1)); 7th Place Match: Treyson Richter (Tri-Valley) 35-10, Jr. over Talon Krolikowski (Bennett County) 13-9, Sr. (Fall 2:58)

B165 - 1st Place Match: Holden Hawkins (Sisseton) 52-1, Sr. over Carter Konechne (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 43-4, So. (MD 10-2); 3rd Place Match: Tate Everson (Hamlin/Castlewood) 46-9, Sr. over Quayden Culbert (Parkston) 38-23, Jr. (MD 10-2); 5th Place Match: Blake Jennings (Kingsbury County) 36-7, Sr. over Luke Guthmiller (Bon Homme/Avon) 41-12, Sr. (Dec 4-2); 7th Place Match: Austin Vig (Clark/Willow Lake) 39-16, So. over Wyatt Tuntland (Canton) 32-16, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:27 (15-0))

B175 - 1st Place Match: Wyatt Anderson (Parkston) 51-0, Sr. over Landyn Reiser (Tri-Valley) 48-5, Sr. (Dec 7-4); 3rd Place Match: Justin Klein (Flandreau) 53-10, Sr. over Kenyon Kuiper (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 38-13, Sr. (Dec 7-0); 5th Place Match: Ben Suther (Britton-Hecla) 40-9, Jr. over Malachi Anderson (Sisseton) 35-19, 8th. (Dec 10-7); 7th Place Match: Donovan Sandven (Kingsbury County) 30-14, Jr. over Carl Coats (New Underwood) 32-14, Fr. (MD 12-4)

B190 - 1st Place Match: Aidan Kranz (Canton) 41-0, Sr. over Isaiah Crownover (Bon Homme/Avon) 38-6, Jr. (Dec 9-2); 3rd Place Match: Garret Westendorf (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 39-10, Sr. over Brody Dybvig (Tri-Valley) 37-8, Sr. (Dec 1-0); 5th Place Match: Hunter Kunz (Hot Springs) 39-5, Jr. over Tucker Hardy (Britton-Hecla) 42-12, Sr. (MD 13-4); 7th Place Match: Nolan Mentele (Howard) 40-8, Sr. over Ethan Harris (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) 24-11, Sr. (Fall 3:41)

B215 - 1st Place Match: Gannon Knebel (Wagner) 37-0, Sr. over Chase Adam (Canton) 34-11, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:08 (17-1)); 3rd Place Match: Mason Curtis (Winner) 30-9, Jr. over Von Mogen-Frankfort (Hot Springs) 43-8, So. (Dec 8-7); 5th Place Match: Gabriel Martian (Howard) 42-12, Sr. over Chris Baas (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 39-17, So. (Dec 7-0); 7th Place Match: Easton Meyer (McCook Central/Montrose) 33-11, Fr. over Xavier Yount (Tri-Valley) 20-16, Jr. (Fall 4:28)

B285 - 1st Place Match: Gavin Englund (Groton Area) 40-3, Sr. over Legend Benedict (Winner) 47-6, So. (TB-1 2-1); 3rd Place Match: Owen Vandeweerd (Sioux Valley) 42-9, Sr. over Gunnar Swenson (Canton) 49-12, Sr. (Dec 2-1); 5th Place Match: Luke Nehlich (Tri-Valley) 30-19, Sr. over Tristen Baloun (Faulkton Area) 34-10, Sr. (Fall 4:25); 7th Place Match: Breyten Johnson (Kingsbury County) 30-11, Sr. over Zayden LaPlaca (Custer) 30-12, Sr. (Dec 4-1)