By 605 Sports Staff

PIERRE — The Canton C-Hawks left little doubt they are the best Class B dual wrestling team in South Dakota on Saturday.

The C-Hawks defeated Parkston in their opening round 50-27 then defeated Bon Homme/Avon 52-18 in the semifinals setting up a final against Winner. 

Canton defeated Winner 50-18 in the Class B final to win a third consecutive Class B state dual wrestling championship.

“I thought we built up steam as the day went on like we didn’t start off like we would hope,” Jeremy Swenson, Canton coach said. “We were still winning the duals and most of our matches but we want to dominate every single match.” 

In the championship dual against Winner the C-Hawks opened up with a technical fall from Zach Bartels and a quick pin from Aiden Schrempp. Winner got a pin from Karson Keiser (138) and a win from Ryken Orel (150) but the C-Hawks led 14-9 heading into the 157 class. Canton put the dual away with wins from Conner Giedd, Chase Adam, Aidan Kranz and Teague Granum that produced a 35-9 lead. 

The Warriors got wins late from Mason Curtis (215) and Apollo Willuweit (106) but Canton slammed the door shut with wins from Landon Walker (113) and Carter Kendrick (120). 

“It was a fun day and gets the pressure off the kids,” Parker Swanson said. “We’re going to celebrate tonight but tomorrow it's get back to work and the slate is clean and everyone starts at zero.” 

Winner advanced to the championship match by defeating Kingsbury County 44-19 in the first round and Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall 43-27 in the semifinals. 

Class B Championships: Canton 50, Winner 16

126 - Zach Bartels (Canton) over Hudson Peters (Winner) TF 20-4

132 - Aiden Schrempp (Canton) over Tayden Pechota (Winner) Fall 0:32

138 - Karson Keiser (Winner) over Camdyn Ockenga (Canton) Fall 3:03

144 - Wyatt Tuntland (Canton) over Ash Kaiser (Winner) Fall 5:37

150 - Ryken Orel (Winner) over Tasyn Ockenga (Canton) Dec 5-2

157 - Conner Giedd (Canton) over Breven Bolander (Winner) Fall 2:39

165 - Chase Adam (Canton) over August Bartels (Winner) Fall 4:16

175 - Aidan Kranz (Canton) over Kellen Cihak-Brozik (Winner) TF 22-6

190 - Teague Granum (Canton) over Legend Benedict (Winner) Maj 17-3

215 - Mason Curtis (Winner) over Gunnar Swenson (Canton) Maj 13-4

285 - Hunter Richmond (Canton) over Derek Fenenga (Winner) Fall 4:40

106 - Apollo Willuweit (Winner) over Bode Walker (Canton) Dec 7-4

113  Landon Walker (Canton) over Roukyn Robbins (Winner) Dec 7-3

120 - Carter Kendrick (Canton) over Rylan Robbins (Winner) Dec 16-10

Third Place Match: 

Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall 39, Bon Homme/Avon 33

126 - Chance Wagner (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) over DeVonne Sessler (Bon Homme/Avon) Dec 8-7

132 - Kason Barry (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) over Corbin Palsma (Bon Homme/Avon) Fall 1:58

138 - Jackson Kaul (Bon Homme/Avon) over Rayler Fitch (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) Fall 2:43

144 - Tel Gropper (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) over Jaden Bult (Bon Homme/Avon) Dec 4-0

150 - Weston Bierema (Bon Homme/Avon) over Oakley Menzel (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) Fall 4:40

157 - Jace Blasius (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) over Luke Guthmiller (Bon Homme/Avon) Fall 2:28

165 - Tyce Gropper (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) over Kolton Vlcek (Bon Homme/Avon) Dec 9-3

175 - Kale Crowser (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) over Caden Zomer (Bon Homme/Avon) Fall 3:06

190 - Isaiah Crownover (Bon Homme/Avon) over Ethan Harris (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) Fall 1:55

215 - Jensen Fitch (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) over Cody Sassaman (Bon Homme/Avon) Fall 0:20

285 - Randall Powers (Bon Homme/Avon) over Patrick Trask (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) Fall 5:03

106 - Cannin Snyder (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) over Summyt Larson (Bon Homme/Avon) Fall 3:59

113 - Ryvr Larson (Bon Homme/Avon) over Shay Weber (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) Fall 3:35

120 - Michael Branaugh (Bon Homme/Avon) over Jerrett Hutchinson (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall) Dec 4-0

 Fifth Place Match: 

Parkston 45, Kingsbury County 29

126 - Cody Zell (Kingsbury County) over Jack Jodozi (Parkston) Fall 0:37

132 - Gannon Gilligan (Kingsbury County) over Javin Kniffen (Parkston) Fall 1:09

138 - Kaden Holzbauer (Parkston) over Caden Singrey (Kingsbury County) Fall 0:51

144 - Greyson Nielson (Kingsbury County) over Krey Culbert (Parkston) Fall 1:04

150 - Carter Sommer (Parkston) over Blake Jennings (Kingsbury County) Dec 8-3

157 - Gage Reichert (Parkston) over Donovan Sandven (Kingsbury County) Fall 1:46

165 - Wyatt Anderson (Parkston) over Kaleb Johnson (Kingsbury County) Fall 1:51

175 - John Weber (Parkston) over Liam Gunnon (Kingsbury County) Fall 3:18

190 - Kolter Kramer (Parkston) over Marshall Holz (Kingsbury County) Maj 16-6

215 - Kash Neugebauer (Parkston) over Breyten Johnson (Kingsbury County) Dec 3-1

285 - Breckin Culbert (Parkston) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

106 - Chase Henriksen (Kingsbury County) over Radley Konrad (Parkston) TF 15-0

113 - Kiptyn Schaefers (Parkston) over Willy Miller (Kingsbury County) TF 16-0

120 - Karsten Lerwick (Kingsbury County) over Bentley Roth (Parkston) Fall 1:49