By 605 Sports Staff

FARGO — A busy day for the 16-U wrestlers of Team South Dakota competing at the 2022 USA Wrestling Junior and 16U National Championships. 

Carter Kendrick, wrestling in the 88-pound category reached the round-of-16 with a 10-0 decision over Kaiden Belinsky of Iowa. Kendrick, who is a Beresford/Alcester-Hudson athlete that hails from the Wanblee/Kadoka area lost to Kiyan Simon of Alabama, 8-0 in a late match Saturday evening but is still alive in the wrestle-backs. 

Keenen Sheridan (145), Micah Hach (285), Moses Kayden Gross (132), and Parker Noem (182) are still alive in the double-elimination tournament and will compete in the wrestle backs on Sunday morning. 

Team South Dakota Results:

16-U men’s freestyle: 

100 - Aidan Wells, South Dakota dec. Lazarus Joyce, New Jersey, 8-2; Tas Storer, California dec. Aiden Wells, 6-5; Kiyan Simon, Alabama dec. Wells, 8-0. 

88 - Carter Kendrick, South Dakota dec. Kaiden Belinsky, Iowa, 10-0; Gavin Pongsai, California dec. Carter Kendrick, 10-0. 

126 - Colin Kacena dec. Gavin Braun, South Dakota, 10-0; Braun dec. Olin Walker, Illinois, 6-5; Noah Koyama, Washington dec. Gavin Braun, 15-5. 

160 - Austin Homan, Ohio dec. Jhett Eklund, South Dakota, 3-3; Eklund dec. Jeshua Storm, Oregon, 7-4; Anthony Gutierrez, Illinois dec. Eklund, 4-0. 

88 - Elijah Hyet, Iowa dec. Judd Hansen, South Dakota; Cody Westlake, Montana dec. Hansen, 11-0. 

145 - Keenan Sheridan, South Dakota dec. Kaleo Garcia, California, 7-2; Sheridan dec. Caleb Cady, Wisconsin, 12-6; Joseph Valenzuela Smith, Arizona dec. Keenan Sheridan, 4-2; Keenan Sheridan dec. Ryan Currier, Rhode Island, 10-0; Keenan Sheridan dec. Alexander Smith, Indiana, 6-0. 

100 - T. Thunder Sollenberger, Pennsylvania, dec. Landon Walker, South Dakota, 9-5; Landon Walker dec. Matthew Krawczenko, Arizona, 8-4; Guardian Miller, Ohio dec. Walker, 13-6. 

285 - Micah Hach, South Dakota dec. Gavin Gagnon, Oklahoma, 4-0; Willie Cox, Alabama dec. Hach, 10-10; Micah Hach dec. Jackson Downs, Colorado, 7-0.

132 - Moses Kayden Gross, South Dakota dec. Gabriel Brown, Idaho, 4-0; Maddox Shaw, Pennsylvania dec. Moses Kayden Gross, 7-2; Gross dec. Alex Lehman, Minnesota, 12-0; Gross dec. Logan Lagerman, Kansas, 10-0; Gross dec. Brayden Guerrero, Nevada, 10-1; Gross dec. Dylann CiarciangUni, Nevada, 11-0. 

182 - Caleb Marzolino, Pennsylvania dec. Parker Noem, South Dakota; Parker Noem dec. Cal Sidwell, Colorado, 2-1; Noem dec. Khale McDonnell, California; Noem dec. Wura Yinusa, Oklahoma, 10-0.

113 - Nick Dardanes, Colorado dec. Trayton Weiss, South Dakota, 14-7; Charles Vanier, Minnesota dec. Weiss, 16-2. 

113 - Trevon Oehme, South Dakota dec. Charlie Dykes, Missouri; Oehme dec. Adam St. cyr, 12-1; Edwin Sierra, California dec. Oehme, 10-0; Zack Hoover, California, dec. Oehme, 10-0.

100 - Eric Mcburney, Ohio dec. Tyler Trant, South Dakota, 10-0; Colt Perry, Michigan dec. Trant, 8-0.