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Class B Wrestling Rankings - Winner’s Ryken Orel holds No. 1 spot in 150-pound division, Warriors sit atop team rankings
Winner's Ryken Orel competes against Sturgis' Benjamin Nadig at the Mid-Dakota Monster wrestling tournament Friday, Jan. 9 2026 in Presho.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
Jan 20, 2026
 

Winner’s Ryken Orel sits atop the updated South Dakota Class B wrestling rankings. 

The senior holds the No. 1 spot in the 150-pound class, according to Dakota Grappler. Orel, who finished third in the 144-pound class last season, currently has a 20-1 record. Bon Homme/Avon’s Jaden Bult and Harding County’s Lincoln Wickstrom are second and third, respectively. 

The Winner Warriors are currently ranked No. 1 in the Class B team rankings, with a projected 167 points. Canton (164) and Bon Homme/Avon (154) are second and third, respectively. 

The complete updated Class B Dakota Grappler rankings are listed below: 


Team Rankings: 1. Winner, 167; 2. Canton, 164; 3. Bon Homme/Avon, 154; 4. Tri-Valley, 111; 5. Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall, 100; 6. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 98; 7. Kingsbury County, 93; 8. Clark/Willow Lake, 73; 9. Faulkton Area, 68; 10. Sisseton, 64; 11. Parkston, 60; 12. Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 55. 


106

  1. Apollo Willuweit (Winner)

  2. Bode Walker (Canton)

  3. Cole Scott (Custer)

  4. Legend Frederick (Tri-Valley)

  5. Will Hosman (Miller/Highmore/Harrold)

  6. Asher Hellmann (Bon Homme/Avon)

  7. Kyson Sundberg (Sioux Valley)

  8. Jace Edgar (Redfield Area)
    Honorable Mention: Gabe Miller (Howard), Logan Smith (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall), Bentley Veurink (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes), Braylen Williams (Stanley County)

113

  1. Cannin Snyder (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall)

  2. Judd Hansen (Winner)

  3. Kayden Tchida (Sisseton)

  4. Cael VanderBroek (Canton)

  5. Rhys Truman (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes)

  6. Frank Krcil (Wagner)

  7. Summyt Larson (Bon Homme/Avon)

  8. Radley Konrad (Parkston)
    Honorable Mention: Brody Preheim (Parker), Michael Becker (Howard), Blake Benson (Garretson), Bentley Fokken (Deuel/Deubrook Area)

120

  1. Rylan Robbins (Winner)

  2. Cade Gaikowski (Clark/Willow Lake)

  3. Michael Branaugh (Bon Homme/Avon)

  4. Chase Henriksen (Kingsbury County)

  5. Cash Edgar (Faulkton Area)

  6. Gatlin Cordes (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall)

  7. Maddon Odland (Redfield)

  8. Kale Hofer (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney)
    Honorable Mention: Ryatt Knippling (Lyman), Wyatt Hagen (Groton Area), Easton Rausch (Gettysburg), Rugar Smokov (Bennett County)

126

  1. Ryvr Larson (Bon Homme/Avon)

  2. Roukyn Robbins (Winner)

  3. Shay Weber (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall)

  4. Teague Bergjord (Flandreau)

  5. Connor Glasford (Tri-Valley)

  6. Benny Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake)

  7. Tayten Kurkowski (Webster Area)

  8. Kyson Kucker (Groton Area)
    Honorable Mention: Chase Odland (Redfield), Kiptyn Schaefers (Parkston), Hayes Holter (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes), Levi Tuntland (Canton)

132

  1. Maddux Risse (Bennett County)

  2. Evan Folk (Sisseton)

  3. Kaden Wookey (Clark/Willow Lake)

  4. Owen Bunde (Tri-Valley)

  5. Keagan Hill (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney)

  6. Jaymin VenDerWerff (Miller/Highmore/Harrold)

  7. Parker Randall (McCook Central/Montrose)

  8. Jaxson Turbville (Harding County)
    Honorable Mention: John Ryder Weiss (Hot Springs), Gabriel Frias (Flandreau), Remington Meyerink (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes), Ayden Dooley (Custer)

138

  1. Jacksen Carter (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington)

  2. Devonne Sessler (Bon Homme/Avon)

  3. Talon Ping (Miller/Highmore/Harrold)

  4. Chance Wagner (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall)

  5. Revyn Floyd (Harding County)

  6. Aiden Schrempp (Canton)

  7. Zach Pederson (Flandreau)

  8. Logan Pankratz (Marion/Freeman)
    Honorable Mention: Owen Rigg (Elk Point-Jefferson), Hudson Peters (Winner), Luke Olson (Mobridge-Pollock), Logan Foster (Chester Area)

144

  1. Haeden Jorgenson (Webster Area)

  2. Riley Scott (Custer)

  3. Ethan Rearich (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington)

  4. Chase Hurd (Miller/Highmore/Harrold)

  5. Cooper Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake)

  6. Conner Zens (Redfield)

  7. Daniel Dorsey (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney)

  8. Cody Zell (Kingsbury County)
    Honorable Mention: Tel Gropper (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall), Shane Sehr (Canton), Cole Hendrixson (Tri-Valley), Calvin Caba (Bon Homme/Avon)

150

  1. Ryken Orel (Winner)

  2. Jaden Bult (Bon Homme/Avon)

  3. Lincoln Wickstrom (Harding County)

  4. Johnny Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes)

  5. Luke Swatek (Elk Point-Jefferson)

  6. Sean Roseland (Faulkton Area)

  7. Camdyn Ockenga (Canton)

  8. Hunter Weichman (Wagner)
    Honorable Mention: Isaac Johnson (Clark/Willow Lake), Kason Barry (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall), Sutton Murphy (Kingsbury County), Maxwell Anderson (Lemmon)

157

  1. Connor Giedd (Canton)

  2. Gage Reichert (Parkston)

  3. Greyson Nielsen (Kingsbury County)

  4. Treyson Richter (Tri-Valley)

  5. Vincent Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes)

  6. Case Kolda (Stanley County)

  7. Carson Finn (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington)

  8. Bryce Hawkinson (Britton-Hecla)
    Honorable Mention: Preston Nedved (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney), Kalib Keller (Mobridge-Pollock), Landon Coyle (Faulkton Area), Weston Bierema (Bon Homme/Avon)

165

  1. Holden Hawkins (Sisseton)

  2. Blake Jennings (Kingsbury County)

  3. Wyatt Tuntland (Canton)

  4. Carter Konechne (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes)

  5. Tate Everson (Hamlin/Castlewood)

  6. Major Richter (Tri-Valley)

  7. Paxton Nedved (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney)

  8. Luke Guthmiller (Bon Homme/Avon)
    Honorable Mention: Austin Vig (Clark/Willow Lake), Quayden Culbert (Parkston), Thayne Tjeerdsma (Wagner), Clayton Pankratz (Parker)

175

  1. Wyatt Anderson (Parkston)

  2. Landyn Reiser (Tri-Valley)

  3. Ben Suther (Britton-Hecla)

  4. Justin Klein (Flandreau)

  5. Tyce Gropper (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall)

  6. Joseph Skluzak (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes)

  7. Donovan Sandven (Kingsbury County)

  8. Wyatt Hardt (Sioux Valley)
    Honorable Mention: Trace Genzler (Gettysburg), Caden Zomer (Bon Homme/Avon), Tasyn Ockenga (Canton), Nathan Hubsch (Webster)

190

  1. Aidan Kranz (Canton)

  2. Isaiah Crownover (Bon Homme/Avon)

  3. Hunter Kunz (Hot Springs)

  4. Brody Dybvig (Tri-Valley)

  5. Garrett Westendorf (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes)

  6. Nolan Mentele (Howard)

  7. Tucker Hardy (Britton-Hecla)

  8. Foster Bode (Faulkton Area)
    Honorable Mention: Gage Baumgarn (Webster Area), Stetson Riggs (Hanson), Cole Schleuter (Garretson), Ethan Harris (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall)

215

  1. Gannon Knebel (Wagner)

  2. Mason Curtis (Winner)

  3. Chase Adam (Canton)

  4. Drake Mueller (Faulkton Area)

  5. Caleb Cuka (Bon Homme/Avon)

  6. Chris Baas (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes)

  7. Von Mogen Frank (Hot Springs)

  8. Deon Tenold (Harding County)
    Honorable Mention: Dale Smikle (Burke/Gregory), Matthew Angiolelli (Webster Area), Maverick Johnson (Lyman), Patrick Trask (Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall)

285

  1. Legend Benedict (Winner) 

  2. Breyten Johnson (Kingsbury County)

  3. Gavin Englund (Groton Area)

  4. Owen Vandeweerd (Sioux Valley)

  5. Gunner Swenson (Canton)

  6. Tristen Baloun (Faulkton Area)

  7. Wyatt Zeigler (Mobridge-Pollock)

  8. Zayden LaPlaca (Custer)
    Honorable Mention: Gabriel Martin (Howard), Desmerius McGhee (Lyman), Jacob Johnson (McCook Central/Montrose), Luke Nehlich (Tri-Valley)