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Canton wins sixth straight Class B wrestling championship
Canton’s Ayson Rice celebrates after winning the 145-pound weight class Friday at the State Wrestling Tournament at the Summit Arena in Rapid City. Rice defeated Kimball/White Lake-Platte-Geddes’s Carter Lenz with a 7-3 decision.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
Feb 24, 2023
 

By 605 Sports Staff

RAPID CITY — Behind three state champions and overall team depth the Canton wrestling team etched their name deeper into the record books with a sixth consecutive championship. 

Canton amassed 163.5 points, ahead of Winner Area (126.5) and Brawlers (126). Custer (119) and McCook Central/Montrose (112.5) rounded out the top-five. 

Ayson Rice (145), Tanner Meyers (195) and Traun Cook (285) all won titles for the C-Hawks. 

Winner Area was in 5th place after Thursday’s quarterfinals but the Warriors had two champions in Riley Orel (160) and Jack Kruger (182) while clawing their way back to a 2nd place finish. 

Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers brothers Jace Blasius (138) and Burke Blasius (170) both won championships for the Brawlers. 

Other individual titles were claimed by Redfield’s Brady Risetter (106), Custer’s Tray Weiss (113), Wagner’s Karstyn Lhotak (120), Miller/Highmore-Harrold’s Kellan Hurd, Burke/Gregory’s Owen Hansen (132) and Mobridge-Pollock’s Aiden Schoenhard. 

Burke/Gregory’s Owen Hansen won a third consecutive state title and was named the outstanding Class B wrestler of the tournament. 

Class B Team Points: 1. Canton, 163.5; 2. Winner Area, 126.5; 3. Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers, 126; 4. Custer, 119; 5. McCook Central/Montrose, 112.5  6. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 97; 7. Redfield, 75; 8. Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 73; 9. Wagner, 58; 10. Parker, 54.5; 11. Burke/Gregory, 44; 12. Parkston, 42; 13. Elk Point-Jefferson, 41.5; 14. Tri-Valley, 41; 15. Bon Homme/Avon, 40.5; 16. Howard, 39.5; 17. Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey Wessington 37.5; 18. Mobridge-Pollock, 35; 19. Kingsbury County, 34; 20. Warner/Northwestern, 31; 21. Lyman, 25; 22. Hot Springs, 24; 23. Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney, 23; 24. Stanley County, 21.5; 25. Groton Area, 20; 25. Webster Area, 20; 27. Faulkton Area, 19; 27. Lead-Deadwood, 19; 29. Garretson, 18; 30. Deuel/Deubrook Area, 17; 30. Lemmon/McIntosh, 17; 32. Clark/Willow Lake, 15; 32. Ipswich/Bowdle, 15; 34. Harding County, 14; 35. Hamlin/Castlewood, 13; 36. Sioux Valley, 12; 37. Bennett County, 11; 38. Newell, 9; 39. Potter County, 5; 40. Marion/Freeman, 4; 41. Hanson, 3; 41. St. Thomas More, 3; 41. Sully Buttes, 3.

 

Class B Boys Individual Results: 

106

1st Place Match - Brady Risetter (Redfield) 36-0, Sr. over Carter Kendrick (Philip Area) 14-2, 8th. (Fall 3:38)

3rd Place Match - Tyler Trant (Custer) 45-11, So. over Cooper Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) 38-6, Fr. (Dec 3-2)

5th Place Match - Brody Randall (Hamlin/Castlewood) 33-11, Fr. over Rylan Robbins (Winner Area) 44-11, 7th. (Dec 3-2)

7th Place Match - Landon Flogstad (McCook Central/Montrose) 24-10, So. over Sean Roseland (Faulkton Area) 34-20, 8th. (Dec 9-3)

113

1st Place Match - Tray Weiss (Custer) 53-3, So. over Cole Hendrixson (Tri-Valley) 38-6, 8th. (MD 9-1)

3rd Place Match - Jackson Kaul (Bon Homme/Avon) 35-11, So. over Aiden Schrempp (Canton) 32-10, 8th. (Dec 5-3)

5th Place Match - Jacksen Carter (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 45-7, 8th. over Talon Ping (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 39-7, Fr. (Dec 5-1)

7th Place Match -Nicholas Schlachter (Potter County) 31-10, Jr. over Neil Hicks (Bennett County) 31-14, So. (Dec 3-1)

120

1st Place Match - Karstyn Lhotak (Wagner) 48-3, Jr. over Gavin Braun (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 36-7, So. (Dec 3-1)

3rd Place Match - Maxton Brozik (Winner Area) 30-3, Jr. over Gage Anderson (Lemmon/McIntosh) 39-7, So. (Dec 7-1)

5th Place Match - Conner Giedd (Howard) 41-7, 8th. over Trystan Traupel (McCook Central/Montrose) 43-7, So. (Inj. 0:00)

7th Place Match - Tate Steffensen (Sioux Valley) 32-12, So. over Drew Janke (Lead-Deadwood) 24-20, So. (MD 11-3)

126

1st Place Match - Kellan Hurd (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 44-5, So. over Kasen Konstanz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 34-2, Jr. (Dec 6-3)

3rd Place Match - Chase Hanson (Stanley County) 39-6, Sr. over Karson Keiser (Winner Area) 51-10, So. (Dec 3-1)

5th Place Match - Gannon Gilligan (Kingsbury County) 38-7, So. over Teague Granum (Canton) 21-5, So. (Dec 2-1)

7th Place Match - Gavin Risse (Bennett County) 38-13, So. over Landon Woodward (Custer) 40-7, Sr. (Dec 7-6)

132

1st Place Match - Owen Hansen (Burke/Gregory) 43-0, Sr. over Haeden Jorgenson (Webster Area) 37-7, Fr. (Fall 0:54)

3rd Place Match - Ashton Keller (Canton) 33-2, Jr. over Iden Myers (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 39-9, So. (Dec 5-0)

5th Place Match - Wyatt Anderson (Parkston) 34-12, Fr. over Teagan Foreman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 30-12, Jr. (Dec 3-2)

7th Place Match - Tate Miller (Howard) 37-13, So. over Riley Scott (Custer) 44-12, Fr. (Dec 6-1)

138

1st Place Match - Jace Blasius (Philip Area) 38-3, So. over Christian Ehresmann (Groton Area) 36-4, So. (Dec 2-1)

3rd Place Match - Jhett Breen (Wagner) 45-4, Jr. over Konner Osborn (Winner Area) 40-18, So. (Dec 3-0)

5th Place Match - Clayton Dulany (Warner/Northwestern) 42-15, Sr. over Kale Ask (Canton) 31-4, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)

7th Place Match - Carter Sommer (Parkston) 36-16, So. over Tyler Tjeerdsma (Bon Homme/Avon) 30-17, Jr. (Dec 4-3)

145 

1st Place Match - Ayson Rice (Canton) 48-3, Jr. over Carter Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 38-5, Sr. (Dec 7-3)

3rd Place Match - Drew Gerlach (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 32-9, Sr. over Dylan Zell (Kingsbury County) 36-9, Sr. (Dec 7-2)

5th Place Match - Joey Hoverson (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 41-10, Sr. over Miles Renner (Lead-Deadwood) 29-10, Jr. (Fall 4:09)

7th Place Match - Jack Even (Parker) 25-14, Sr. over Kai Rusch (Custer) 26-22, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:52 (19-3))

 

152

1st Place Match - Jackson Remmers (McCook Central/Montrose) 51-0, Jr. over Porter Neugebauer (Parkston) 38-6, Sr. (Dec 7-3)

3rd Place Match - Blair Blasius (Philip Area) 28-3, Sr. over Mason Whitley (Redfield) 44-8, Sr. (Dec 6-2)

5th Place Match - Jack Peters (Winner Area) 26-19, Sr. over Colby Kolda (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 37-13, So. (Fall 1:43)

7th Place Match - Andrew Even (Parker) 43-11, Jr. over Colton Brady (Stanley County) 29-15, So. (Dec 7-3)

 

160

1st Place Match - Riley Orel (Winner Area) 55-2, Sr. over Jonathan Lewis (Custer) 35-7, Sr. (TB-1 2-1)

3rd Place Match - Ben Swatek (Elk Point-Jefferson) 42-2, Sr. over Carter Randall (McCook Central/Montrose) 42-11, Jr. (Dec 3-2)

5th Place Match - Tance Wagner (Lyman) 47-8, Sr. over Thane Simons (Philip Area) 33-12, Jr. (SV-1 3-1)

7th Place Match - Gannon Knebel (Wagner) 39-14, Fr. over John Halverson (Canton) 36-20, Jr. (Dec 5-0)

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170

1st Place Match - Burk Blasius (Philip Area) 26-1, Jr. over Parker Noem (Custer) 38-9, Jr. (Dec 3-1)

3rd Place Match - Gavin Jacobs (Elk Point-Jefferson) 25-4, Sr. over Gunnar Stephens (Burke/Gregory) 38-5, Sr. (Dec 4-3)

5th Place Match - Weston Remmers (McCook Central/Montrose) 35-7, So. over Jesse Bears Heart (Mobridge-Pollock) 35-13, Sr. (Dec 7-0)

7th Place Match - Alex Pudwill (Warner/Northwestern) 39-13, Jr. over Kolter Kramer (Parkston) 30-16, So. (Dec 7-4)

182

1st Place Match - Jack Kruger (Winner Area) 33-2, Sr. over Josh Merkle (Canton) 47-5, Sr. (Fall 3:38)

3rd Place Match - Isaac Crownover (Bon Homme/Avon) 36-4, Sr. over Keegan Haider (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 35-10, Sr. (Dec 3-1)

5th Place Match - Tate Hoffman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 36-8, Sr. over Ryder Bailey (Custer) 38-9, Jr. (Dec 5-2)

7th Place Match - Mason Heath (Philip Area) 20-8, Sr. over Noah McDermott (Elk Point-Jefferson) 28-13, Sr. (SV-1 3-1)

195

1st Place Match - Tanner Meyers (Canton) 44-0, Sr. over Caleb Rickenbach (Hot Springs) 41-6, Jr. (Dec 7-4)

3rd Place Match - Charlie Patten (Parker) 37-5, Sr. over Jayden Kahler (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 13-3, Sr. (Dec 3-2)

5th Place Match - Gunner Johnson (Lyman) 35-9, Sr. over Justin Granum (Deuel/Deubrook Area) 28-9, Sr. (Fall 2:59)

7th Place Match - Quinn Moon (Philip Area) 17-13, Jr. over Lincoln Dikoff (Faulkton Area) 35-11, So. (Fall 3:36)

220 

1st Place Match - Aiden Schoenhard (Mobridge-Pollock) 37-7, Sr. over Kade Grocott (McCook Central/Montrose) 22-5, Jr. (Inj. 0:00)

3rd Place Match - Levi Wieman (Parker) 44-5, Jr. over Griffin Clubb (Howard) 31-8, Sr. (Fall 3:13)

5th Place Match - Grey Gilbert (Harding County) 40-12, Sr. over Preston Cavalier (Warner/Northwestern) 37-9, So. (Fall 2:43)

7th Place Match - Tim Bouza (Wagner) 38-9, Jr. over Chase McGillivary (Redfield) 24-8, Jr. (Dec 9-5)

285

1st Place Match - Traun Cook (Canton) 43-1, Jr. over Grady Fey (Redfield) 42-2, Jr. (Fall 6:15)

3rd Place Match - Austin Hoiten (McCook Central/Montrose) 36-4, Sr. over Jaden Richter (Garretson) 34-12, Sr. (Fall 1:46)

5th Place Match - Isaac Nehlich (Tri-Valley) 29-7, Jr. over Lucas Rowland (Ipswich/Bowdle) 31-7, Sr. (Dec 3-1)

7th Place Match - Colton Niles (Newell) 28-14, Jr. over Derek Fenenga (Winner Area) 24-20, Fr. (Fall 1:54)