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Clark/Willow Lake boys capture Little B wrestling title in Parkston
Clark/Willow Lake's Damian Severson wrestles Scotland's Lucas Walloch on Saturday in Parkston.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
Jan 24, 2026
 

By 605 Sports Staff

PARKSTON — The Clark/Willow Lake boys captured the team title at Saturday’s Little B wrestling tournament. 

The Cyclones totaled 181 points, ahead of Parkston (168.5) and Howard (136). 

Cade Gaikowski (120 pounds), Benny Pommer (126) and Austin Vig (165) captured individual titles for the Cyclones. 

Other individual South Dakota champs were Howard’s Gabe Miller (106), Howard’s Michael Becker (113), Bennett County’s Maddux Risse (132), Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington’s Jacksen Carter (138), Miller/Highmore-Harrold’s Chase Hurd (144), Parkston’s Gage Reichert (157), Parkston’s Wyatt Anderson (175), Howard’s Nolan Mentele (190), Howard’s Gabriel Martin (215) and Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington’s Jaspur Gran (285). 


Placing matches 

106 - 1st Place Match: Gabe Miller (Howard) 13-4, So. over Will Hosman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 27-9, Fr. (Dec 9-2); 3rd Place Match: Easton VanDerWerff (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 14-12, 8th. over Caleb Hoffman (McCook Central/Montrose) 18-15, So. (Fall 0:29); 5th Place Match: Leyton Sudbeck (Parkston) 20-14, Fr. over Ethan Mehlhaff (Scotland) 12-11, 7th. (TF-1.5 1:52 (17-0))

113 - 1st Place Match: Michael Becker (Howard) 14-10, 8th. over Radley Konrad (Parkston) 23-12, 8th. (MD 14-3); 3rd Place Match: Blake Benson (Garretson) 22-11, So. over Maverick Clausen (Clark/Willow Lake) 26-10, So. (MD 10-2); 5th Place Match: Eli Mehlhaff (Scotland) 18-11, 7th. over Alexis Guzman (Marion/Freeman) 5-10, So. (Dec 6-1)

120 - 1st Place Match: Cade Gaikowski (Clark/Willow Lake) 25-1, So. over Ruger Smokov (Bennett County) 15-7, So. (TF-1.5 4:49 (18-3)); 3rd Place Match: Jacob Lopez (Windom-Mountain Lake) 19-8, So. over Kale Hofer (Mt. Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 23-10, Jr. (Dec 7-0); 5th Place Match: Channing Bartlett (McCook Central/Montrose) 14-11, So. over Bentley Roth (Parkston) 9-20, 8th. (MD 13-0)

126 - 1st Place Match: Benny Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) 22-5, Fr. over Tayten Kurkowski (Webster Area) 12-4, Jr. (Dec 4-0); 3rd Place Match: Parker Randall (McCook Central/Montrose) 28-8, Jr. over Preston Aesoph (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 14-15, So. (Dec 4-0); 5th Place Match: Aydden Trautmann (Scotland) 14-13, 7th. over Jose Luna (Windom-Mountain Lake) 3-6, Sr. (Fall 2:50)

132 - 1st Place Match: Maddux Risse (Bennett County) 16-4, So. over Kaden Wookey (Clark/Willow Lake) 25-4, So. (TF-1.5 5:41 (20-5)); 3rd Place Match: Keagan Hill (Mt. Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 22-6, Jr. over Kiptyn Schaefers (Parkston) 22-12, 8th. (Dec 14-8); 5th Place Match: Chase Arend (Garretson) 19-15, So. over Keanin Linscheid (Windom-Mountain Lake) 11-23, Jr. (Dec 7-1)

138 - 1st Place Match: Jacksen Carter (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 28-0, Jr. over Cooper Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) 24-3, Sr. (Fall 5:18); 3rd Place Match: Talon Ping (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 25-7, Sr. over Daniel Dorsey (Mt. Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 26-6, Jr. (Dec 13-9); 5th Place Match: Logun Pankratz (Marion/Freeman) 18-7, Jr. over Cade Werdel (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 11-11, So. (TF-1.5 4:54 (16-0))

144 - 1st Place Match: Chase Hurd (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 27-4, So. over JD Chavez (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 21-8, Fr. (Fall 0:29); 3rd Place Match: Dagen Hansen (Windom-Mountain Lake) 18-20, Jr. over Logan Foster (Clark/Willow Lake) 24-10, Jr. (MD 11-2); 5th Place Match: Koda Popkes (Canistota) 10-13, So. over Damian Severson (Clark/Willow Lake) 8-6, Sr. (Fall 1:49)

150 - 1st Place Match: Kameron Koerner (Windom-Mountain Lake) 32-5, Sr. over Isaac Johnson (Clark/Willow Lake) 23-8, So. (MD 10-2); 3rd Place Match: Sam Crago (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) 16-12, So. over Michael Blau (Marion/Freeman) 13-15, Fr. (Fall 0:36); 5th Place Match: Hoyt Kizer (Howard) 7-10, Jr. over Levi Horstman (McCook Central/Montrose) 13-19, 8th. (Dec 2-0)

157 - 1st Place Match: Gage Reichert (Parkston) 19-2, Sr. over Preston Nedved (Mt. Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 22-10, So. (MD 11-1); 3rd Place Match: Krey Culbert (Parkston) 3-1, Fr. over Beckett Dickey (Garretson) 8-9, 8th. (Fall 3:51); 5th Place Match: Andrew Davis (Baltic) 6-17, 8th. over Flynn Moore (Canistota) 3-8, 7th. (Fall 2:00)

165 - 1st Place Match: Austin Vig (Clark/Willow Lake) 25-8, So. over Paxton Nedved (Mt. Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 11-3, Jr. (MD 12-3); 3rd Place Match: Damien Davison (Windom-Mountain Lake) 26-10, Jr. over Quayden Culbert (Parkston) 21-12, Jr. (Dec 9-3); 5th Place Match: Jordan Risse (Bennett County) 18-10, Sr. over Payton Nedved (Mt. Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 9-13, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:08 (17-2))

175 - 1st Place Match: Wyatt Anderson (Parkston) 29-0, Sr. over Nathan Hubsch (Webster Area) 22-11, Fr. (Fall 1:18); 3rd Place Match: Joshua Popkes Jr (Canistota) 21-15, Jr. over Damian Aguirre (Windom-Mountain Lake) 12-23, Sr. (Dec 8-3); 5th Place Match: Tucker Peterson (McCook Central/Montrose) 21-19, Jr. over Ethan Hoffman (Mt. Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 14-10, Jr. (For.)

190 - 1st Place Match: Nolan Mentele (Howard) 18-3, Sr. over Gage Baumgarn (Webster Area) 25-8, Jr. (Fall 2:22); 3rd Place Match: Stetson Riggs (Hanson) 18-7, Sr. over Cole Schleuter (Garretson) 18-10, Sr. (Fall 2:46); 5th Place Match: John Weber (Parkston) 13-14, Jr. over Lane Becker (Marion/Freeman) 4-14, Jr. (Fall 2:08)

215 - 1st Place Match: Gabriel Martian (Howard) 19-7, Sr. over Easton Meyer (McCook Central/Montrose) 11-7, Fr. (Dec 7-2); 3rd Place Match: Matthew Angiolelli (Webster Area) 24-11, Sr. over Juul Heggen (Garretson) 7-11, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:43 (15-0)); 5th Place Match

Maxx Holm (Viborg-Hurley) 9-11, Jr. over Luke Horstman (McCook Central/Montrose) 11-16, Jr. (MD 12-1)

285 - 1st Place Match: Jaspur Gran (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 17-9, So. over Jacob Johnson (McCook Central/Montrose) 13-8, Sr. (Dec 10-4); 3rd Place Match: Tanner Baatz (Garretson) 23-11, Jr. over Oliver Nedved (Baltic) 18-14, 8th. (Fall 2:24)

5th Place Match: Isaac Soulek (Parkston) 4-3, So. over Dylan Waltz (Mt. Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 6-15, So. (Fall 2:14)