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Chamberlain’s heavyweight Canyon Burkhard jumps to No. 2 in Class A Week 10 Rankings
After winning Saturday's Big Dakota Conference Tournament Chamberlain's Canyon Burkhard jumped to No. 2 in the Week 10 wrestling rankings.
Photo courtesy of Laura Halverson Hutmacher
Feb 6, 2023
 

605 Sports Staff

Brandon Valley’s Navarro Schunke is the best Class A heavyweight in the state. Behind him it will be a dog fight for podium finishes at the state tournament in a few weeks. 

Watertown’s Michah Hach has been ranked No. 2 most of the season with Pierre’s Joshua Rydberg right behind. Chamberlain’s Canyon Burkhard is now in the upper-tier mix after moving up to No. 2 the Week 10 Rankings. 

(Rankings Provided by Dakota Grappler) 

Brandon Valley is projected to score 196 points at the state meet ahead of Sturgis (148) and Pierre (146). Watertown (129) and Harrisburg (107) round out this week’s top-five. 

Class A team rankings: 1. Brandon Valley, 196; 2. Sturgis, 148 3. Pierre, 146; 4. Watertown, 129; 5. Harrisburg, 107; 6. Aberdeen Central, 98; 7. West Central, 89; 8. Rapid City Stevens, 85; 9. Tea Area, 83; 10. Brookings, 68; 11. Sisseton, 50; 12. Chamberlain, 47. 

Dynamite Dozen: 1. Navarro Schunke, Brandon Valley; 2. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis; 3. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 4. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley; 5. Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain; 6. Treason Oehme, Brandon Valley; 7. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 8. Moses Gross, Huron; 9. Jordon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 10. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 11. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 12. Keenan Sheridan, Sioux Falls O’Gorman

 

Wrestler of the Week - Keenan Sheridan, Sioux Falls O’Gorman

Individual rankings. 

106: 1. Gage Lohr, Watertown; 2. Aiden Wells, Jefferson; 3. Brendon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 4.  Korbin Bunch, Sturgis; 5. Tate Hemboldt, Brookings; 6. Pierce Hurd, Rapid City Central; 7. Owen Fischer, Milbank; 8. Shea Richter, Rapid City Stevens; HM Logan Tyndall; HM Grant Larson, Lennox; HM Myles Kettwig, Harrisburg; HM Kayden Tchida, Sisseton

113: 1. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2. Karson Vessells, West Central; 3. Teryn Zebroski, Sturgis; 4. Alex Oedekoven, Pierre; 5. Porter Lozenski, Aberdeen Central; 6. Blake Steiner, Sisseton; 7. Emory Johnson, Harrisburg; 8.Tyler Woodring, Tea Area; HM Brayden Collins, Rapid City Stevens; HM Hudson Cisar, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM Leo Stroup, Watertown; HM Jager McCarthy, Rapid City Central. 

120: 1. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 2. Ian Metz, Sisseton; 3. John Jeffrey, Spearfish; 4. Corbin Zent, Rapid City Stevens; 5. Tegan Zebroski, Sturgis; 6. Graham Wilde, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 7. Lincoln Schoenhard, Pierre; 8. Jesse Johnson, Brandon Valley; HM. Ridley Waldo, Aberdeen Central; HM Tyler Wurth, Harrisburg; HM Hunter Wilson, Tea Area; HM Riley Schmidt, Rapid City Central. 

126: 1. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 2. Nolan Mills, Brookings; 3. Rayden Zens, Aberdeen Central; 4. Weston Everson, Watertown; 5. Zander Nielsen, Brandon Valley; 6. Dee Daniels, Sturgis; 7. Carter Ratcliffe, Harrisburg; 8. Bentley Williams, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM Logan Brown, Rapid City Central; HM Orlando Whiting; HM Ramsey Williams; HM Jacob Williams, Rapid City Stevens. 

132: 1. Jordon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2.Braden Le, Watertown; 3. Jesse Jost, West Central; 4. Caleb Hodges, Madison; 5. Holden Hawkins, Sisseton; 6. John Mortrude, Dell Rapids; 7. Beau Peters, Sturgis; 8. Joe Juenger, Rapid City Stevens; HMTate Huff, Aberdeen Central; HM Dylan Sloan, Yankton; HM Hudson Schaffer, Pierre; HM Eliot Ellenbecker, Sioux Falls Lincoln.

138: 1. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley; 2. Tristan Spencer, Pierre; 3. Michael Roob, Vermillion; 4. Thayne Elshere, Sturgis; 5.  Dylan O’Connor, Harrisburg; 6. Ayden Dooley, Sioux Falls Jeferson; 7. Brody Aesoph, Aberdeen Central; 8. Parker Wilson, Tea Area; HM Connor Siemonsma, West Central; HM Derek Hanson, Watertown; HM Dawson Wallen, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM Riley Dighton, Belle Fourche. 

145: 1. Trason Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2. Moses Gross, Huron; 3. Mason Schrempp, Aberdeen Central; 4. Wyatt Stuntebeck, Tea Area; 5. Jackson Boonstra, Dakota Valley; 6. Chandler Carda, Pierre; 7. Chase Carda, Pierre; 8. Teegen Stauffacher, Harrisburg; HM Kalvin Ketelson, Pierre; HM Dillian Womkey, Rapid City Stevens; HM Marcus Pitkin, Watertown; HM Semni Big Crow, Pine Ridge. 

152: 1. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 2. Corter Doney, Rapid City Stevens; 3. Logan O’Connor, Harrisburg; 4. Thomas McCoy, Belle Fourche; 5. Kale Crowser, Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood; 6. Elias Biegler, Aberdeen Central; 7. Lucas Chamberlain, Pierre; 8. Ian Johnson, Watertown; HM Nolan Jessen, Jefferson; HM Keaton Vessells, West Central; HM Austin Eimers, Tea Area; HM Dawson Inhofer, Sturgis. 

160: 1. Justin Zirpel, West Central; 2. Keanan Sheriden, O’Gorman; 3. Deegan Houska, Pierre; 4. Gavin Chapman, Brandon Valley; 5. Peyton Tryon, Harrisburg; 6. Dawson Eimers, Tea Area; 7. Graydon Bakke, Rapid City Stevens; 8. Zhoel Irion, Sturgis; HM Logan Opitz, Aberdeen Central; HM Joey Fitzpatrick, Brookings; HM Payton Fridrich, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM Jacob Ellingson, Spearfish. 

170: 1. Barrett Schneck, Milbank; 2. Sam Werdel, Tea Area; 3. Lucas Slack, Brandon Valley; 4. Trey Lewis, Pierre; 5. Jax Kettwig, Watertown; 6. Lane Knutson, Sioux Falls Washington; 7. Soren Aadland, Harrisburg; 8. Karter Headrick, Flandreau; HM Israel Caldron, Brookings; HM Preston Ray, Sturgis; HM Cole Oschner, Huron; HM Ayden Gisi, Aberdeen Central. 

182: 1. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis; 2. Chance Carda, Pierre; 3. Tyson Brandt, Brookings; 4. Tanner Vanscoy, Rapid City Stevens; 5. Chet Carda, West Central; 6. Mason Schultz, Sisseton; 7 .Cole Dunlaly, Aberdeen Central; 8. Rollie French, Vermillion; HM Jackson Maag, Watertown; HM Brandon Simunek, Harrisburg; HM Kishmar Eberline, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM Seth Foote, Mitchell. 

195: 1. Jack Detert, Harrisburg; 2. Aiden Werlinger, Sturgis; 3. Brock Eitrem, Watertown; 4. Gavin Stotts, Pierre; 5. Landon Schurch, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; 6. Ayden Kellogg, Rapid City Stevens; 7. Caleb Loehr, Brookings; 8. HM Samson Flakus, Aberdeen Central; HM Jaxon Morrison, Rapid City Central; HM Noah Bailous, Brandon Valley; HM Gabe Gebhard, West Central; HM Aiden Geraets, Dell Rapids. 

220: 1. Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain; 2. Abraham Myers, Washington; 3. Zac Juelfs, Sturgis; 4. Rocky Wiedman, Todd County; 5. Elijah Boutchee, Pierre; 6. James Olson, Brookings; 7. Caleb Leohr, Brookings; 8. Samson Flakus, Aberdeen Central; HM Matthew Peters, Watertown; HM Aaron Larson, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM Edly Amaro, Yankton; HM Asher Peil, Spearfish. 

285: 1. Navarro Schunke, Brandon Valley; 2. Canyon Burkhard, Chamberlain; 3. Micah Hach, Watertown; 4. Joshua Rydberg, Pierre; 5. Jacob Krenz, Aberdeen Central; HM Bryan Remirez, Huron; HM Dakari Osborne, Sturgis; HM Gavin Pischke, West Central; HM Antuan Duran, Sioux Falls Jefferson.