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Canton wrestlers turn back loaded field for title at McCook Central/Montrose Invitational
Canton’s Tanner Meyers wrestles Redfield’s Chase McGillivary during the 220-pound semifinal Saturday at the McCook Central-Montrose Invitational in Salem. Meyers advanced to the finals with a tech fall win.
Rodney Haas - 605 Sports
Dec 31, 2022
 

605 Sports Staff

SALEM — Behind three individual champions Canton scored 203.5 points to edge Winner Area (171) and McCook Central/Montrose (160) to win Saturday’s McCook Central/Montrose Invitational. Redfield (139) and Philip/Kadoka/Wall Badlands Brawlers (139) rounded out the top-five. 

Canton’s Zach Bartels (106), Ayson Rice (145) and Tanner Meyers (220) all won titles for the C-Hawks. 

Winner Area had three champions, Maxton Brozik (120), Riley Orel (160) and Jack Kruger (182). Kruger was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. Winner Area’s Aiden Wermers (16 seconds) earned the Quickest Pin Award. 

The Philip/Kadoka/Wall Badlands Brawlers had two champions, Jace Blasius (138) and Burk Blasius (170). 

McCook Central/Montrose had two champions. Jackson Remmers eclipsed 200 career wins and won a title (152), while Austin Hoiten (285) closed the tournament with a pin over Redfield’s Grady Fey, Class B’s No. 1 ranked wrestler in that weight class. 

Other champions were Redfield’s Brady Risetter (113), Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes’s Kasen Konstanz (126), Burke/Gregory’s Owen Hansen (132) and Parker’s Charlie Patten (195). 

 Team Points: 1. Canton, 203.5; 2. Winner Area, 171; 3. McCook Central/Montrose, 160; 4. Redfield, 139; 5. Philip/Kadoka/Wall Badlands Brawlers, 139; 6. Parker, 117.5; 7. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 117.5; 8. Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington, 98; 9. Bon Homme/Avon, 79; 10. Burke/Gregory, 79; 11. Lyman, 77.5; 12. Kingsbury County, 72; 13. Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney, 66; 14. Howard, 65.5; 15. Elk Point-Jefferson, 65; 16. Potter County, 65; 17. Marion/Freeman, 34; 18. Flandreau, 34. 

Individual results:

106: 1st Place Match - Zach Bartels (Canton) 14-0, So. over Rylan Robbins (Winner) 9-3, 7th. (Dec 7-2); 3rd Place Match - Hill (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 12-2, 8th. over Judd Hansen (Burke/Gregory) 15-3, Fr. (Fall 2:19); 5th Place Match - Maddon Odland (Redfield) 11-6, Fr. over Brody Gossen (Marion/Freeman) 3-3, 8th. (SV-1 4-2); 7th Place Match - Cordes (Philip Area) 8-6, 8th. over Daniel Dorsey (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 10-7, 8th. (Dec 6-3)

113: 1st Place Match - Brady Risetter (Redfield) 7-0, Sr. over Aiden Schrempp (Canton) 9-2, 8th. (Fall 0:59); 3rd Place Match - Jackson Carter (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 12-4, 8th. over Nicholas Schlachter (Potter County) 10-3, Jr. (Dec 10-7); Jackson Kaul (Bon Homme/Avon) 14-3, So. over Easton Tschetter (Marion/Freeman) 11-5, 7th. (Dec 7-2); 7th Place Match - Alek Kuchta (Parker) 10-11, So. over Eli Ekroth (Burke/Gregory) 10-7, Fr. (Fall 1:56)

120: 1st Place Match - Maxton Brozik (Winner) 13-1, Jr. over Trystan Traupel (McCook Central/Montrose) 16-1, So. (Dec 6-2); 3rd Place Match - Kipp Cordes (Philip Area) 4-1, Sr. over Gavin Braun (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 7-2, So. (Dec 7-2); Conner Zens (Redfield) 12-3, Fr. over Luke Swatek (Elk Point-Jefferson) 10-9, 7th. (Inj. 0:00); 7th Place Match - Tate Surat (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 3-4, So. over Ashton Hill (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 9-6, So. (MD 9-0)

126: 1st Place Match - Kasen Konstanz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 9-0, Jr. over Gannon Gilligan (Kingsbury County) 10-1, So. (MD 11-1); 3rd Place Match - Conner Giedd (Howard) 18-2, 8th. over Kaydin Carter (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 11-6, Jr. (Fall 2:18); 5th Place Match - Dylan Buseman (Parker) 17-6, 8th. over Brayden Wiese (Flandreau) 6-3, Jr. (Fall 1:54); 7th Place Match - Owen Schmidt (McCook Central/Montrose) 12-6, Fr. over Brock Kotalik (Bon Homme/Avon) 9-9, Jr. (Dec 1-0)


132: 1st Place Match - Owen Hansen (Burke/Gregory) 16-0, Sr. over Iden Myers (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 10-2, So. (MD 18-7); Karson Keiser (Winner) 16-3, So. over Tate Miller (Howard) 17-4, So. (SV-1 6-4); 5th Place Match - Tanner Frickson (Potter County) 13-4, Sr. over Tyler Tjeerdsma (Bon Homme/Avon) 11-7, Jr. (Dec 6-0); 7th Place Match - Riley Pankratz (Parker) 9-5, Fr. over Austin Hauge (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 5-8, Sr. (Dec 7-4)

138: 1st Place Match - Jace Blasius (Philip Area) 11-2, So. over Konner Osborn (Winner) 6-6, So. (Dec 7-2); 3rd Place Match - Kale Ask (Canton) 14-1, Sr. over Carter Konechne (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 10-7, 7th. (MD 12-1); Kellen Griffith (Lyman) 15-2, Jr. over Ethan Rearick (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 6-6, Fr. (Fall 2:08); 7th Place Match - Michael Even (Parker) 13-8, So. over Luke Guthmiller (Bon Homme/Avon) 6-7, Fr. (Fall 4:50)

145: 1st Place Match - Ayson Rice (Canton) 16-2, Jr. over Dylan Zell (Kingsbury County) 10-2, Sr. (Dec 10-6); Joey Hoverson (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 8-1, Sr. over Jack Even (Parker) 10-7, Sr. (SV-1 3-1); Paxton Nedved (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 11-6, 8th. over Jackson Caba (Bon Homme/Avon) 9-8, Jr. (Dec 5-2); Collin Dean (Redfield) 5-8, So. over Jerimiah Friman (Parker) 7-11, So. (Fall 2:26)

152: 1st Place Match - Jackson Remmers (McCook Central/Montrose) 17-0, Jr. over Blair Blasius (Philip Area) 10-1, Sr. (Dec 7-5); Carter Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 9-2, Sr. over Drew Gerlach (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 15-4, Sr. (Dec 4-3); Aidan Kranz (Canton) 13-4, Fr. over Riley Tschetter (Marion/Freeman) 7-7, Fr. (Fall 1:54); Andrew Even (Parker) 17-4, Jr. over Ryken Orel (Winner) 9-7, Fr. (Dec 6-1)

160: 1st Place Match - Riley Orel (Winner) 16-1, Sr. over Tance Wagner (Lyman) 13-2, Sr. (Dec 1-0); Thane Simons (Philip Area) 10-5, Jr. over Carter Randall (McCook Central/Montrose) 12-4, Jr. (Dec 4-2); Mason Whitley (Redfield) 13-2, Sr. over Lucas Hueser (Elk Point-Jefferson) 12-5, Sr. (SV-1 4-2); Jhett Eklund (Burke/Gregory) 15-2, So. over Jude Sargent (Winner) 10-7, Jr. (Fall 4:28)

170: 1st Place Match - Burk Blasius (Philip Area) 11-0, Jr. over Ben Swatek (Elk Point-Jefferson) 18-1, Sr. (Dec 7-2); Gunnar Stephens (Burke/Gregory) 12-2, Sr. over John Halverson (Canton) 8-7, Jr. (MD 10-2); Karter Headrick (Flandreau) 15-6, So. over Isaiah Crownover (Bon Homme/Avon) 8-9, 8th. (Dec 9-3); Dylan McGregor (McCook Central/Montrose) 10-4, So. over Calvin Halverson (Howard) 9-6, So. (Dec 5-2)

182: 1st Place Match - Jack Kruger (Winner) 10-1, Sr. over Isaac Crownover (Bon Homme/Avon) 13-1, Sr. (Dec 8-3); 3rd Place Match - Josh Merkle (Canton) 13-2, Sr. over Keegan Haider (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 10-3, Sr. (UTB 3-2); 5th Place Match - Rory McManus (Lyman) 12-5, Jr. over Mason Pulse (McCook Central/Montrose) 8-6, Sr. (Dec 7-4); 7th Place Match - Logan Raap (McCook Central/Montrose) 9-8, So. over Grayson Jacobs (Elk Point-Jefferson) 9-6, Jr. (Inj. 0:00)


195: 1st Place Match - Charlie Patten (Parker) 11-0, Sr. over Griffin Clubb (Howard) 14-4, Sr. (Dec 3-2); 3rd Place Match - Will Rotert (McCook Central/Montrose) 14-5, Jr. over Seth Siebrecht (Redfield) 8-4, Sr. (Fall 4:02); 5th Place Match - Connor Johnson (Kingsbury County) 7-4, Jr. over Quinn Moon (Philip Area) 9-5, Jr. (Fall 4:54); 7th Place Match - Canaan McCracken (Canton) 9-6, Jr. over Adley Reindl (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 1-3, Fr. (Fall 0:50)

220: 1st Place Match - Tanner Meyers (Canton) 7-0, Sr. over Levi Wieman (Parker) 16-3, Jr. (Dec 9-4); 3rd Place Match - Kade Grocott (McCook Central/Montrose) 8-2, Jr. over Chase McGillivary (Redfield) 9-2, Jr. (Fall 1:30); 5th Place Match - Gunner Johnson (Lyman) 14-4, Sr. over Noah Thooft (Elk Point-Jefferson) 12-7, Sr. (Dec 4-0); 7th Place Match - Hunter Richmond (Canton) 8-6, So. over Isaac McManigal (Lyman) 2-3, Jr. (Fall 4:08)


285: 1st Place Match - Austin Hoiten (McCook Central/Montrose) 9-1, Sr. over Grady Fey (Redfield) 9-1, Jr. (Fall 4:00); 3rd Place Match - Traun Cook (Canton) 8-1, Jr. over Louie Thiry (Lyman) 12-4, Jr. (Fall 0:43); 5th Place Match - Zaul Centeno (Parker) 8-10, Sr. over Stetson Shelbourn (Winner) 8-6, Jr. (Dec 3-2); 7th Place Match - Jason Hammer (Canton) 3-2, Sr. over Trent Long (Canton) 4-5, So. (Dec 6-3)




Aberdeen Central edged Miller/Highmore-Harrold for Webster Invitational championship

WEBSTER — Aberdeen Central scored 208.5 points to win Saturday’s Webster Invitational, edging Miller/Highmore-Harrold (200.5) and Border West, Minnesota (117). Deuel (93.5) and Clark/Willow Lake (81.5) points rounded out the top-five. 

Eston Foss (98), Rayden Zens (126), Mason Schrempp (145) and Ayden Gisi (170) all won individual titles for Aberdeen Central. 

Miller/Highmore-Harrold had five champions, Talon Ping (113), Teagan Foreman (132), Colby Kolda (152), Ryder Rowland (160) and Tate Hoffman (182). 

Other individual champions from South Dakota were Clark/Willow Lake’s Cooper Pommer (106), Webster Area’s Haeden Jorgenson (138), Deuel’s Justin Granum (195), Mobridge/Pollock’s Aiden Schoenhard (220) and Ipswich-Bowdle-Leola’s Lucas Rowland (285). 

Team Points: 1. Aberdeen Central, 208.5; 2. Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 200.5; 3. Border West, 117; 4. Deuel, 93.5; 5. Clark/Willow Lake, 81.5; 6. Hamlin, 78; T-7. Mobridge/Pollock; T-7. Webster Area, 48; 9. Groton Area, 42; 10. Britton/Hecla, 39; 11. Ipswich-Bowdle-Leola, 37; 12. Sioux Valley, 35; 13. Garretson, 34; 14. Hanson County, 23; 15. Ortonville, 12.