Saturday, January 17, 2026
Farmer's Union Insurance
605 Sports
Custer boys claim Black Hills Conference wrestling championship
Custer's Bodie Vanderboom fights to get out of the grip of Belle Fourche's Garet Huston during their 138-pound semifinal match during the boys Black Hills Conference wrestling tournament on Saturday in Spearfish.
(Matt Gade / 605 Sports)
Jan 17, 2026
 

 

By 605 Sports Staff

SPEARFISH — The Custer boys wrestling team won the Black Hills Conference championship Saturday.

The Wildcats scored 181 points to take the team title, ahead of Hot Springs (178.5), Belle Fourche (105.5), Spearfish (105) and Douglas/Rapid City Christian in the top-5.

Custer’s Cole Scott (106 pounds), Riley Trout (126 pounds), Bodie Vanderboom (138 pounds) and Riley Scott (150 pounds) all won individual titles for the Wildcats.

The other individual titles include Hot Springs’ Hazen Rutz (113 pounds), Hot Springs’ Layton Ringstmeyer (120 pounds), Hot Springs’ John Ryder Weiss (132 pounds), St. Thomas More’s Emmett Edwards (144 pounds), Belle Fourche’s Riley Dighton (157 pounds), Douglas/Rapid City Christian’s Paiden Sandal (165 pounds), Hot Springs’ Dean Nathan (175 pounds), Hot Springs’ Hunter Kunz (190 pounds), Hot Springs’ Von Mogen-Frankfort (215 pounds) and Belle Fourche’s Lucas Tonsager (285 pounds).


Team scores: 1. Custer, 181; 2. Hot Springs, 178.5; 3. Belle Fourche, 105.5; 4. Spearfish, 105; 5. Douglas/Rapid City Christian, 90.5; 6. St. Thomas More, 53; 7. Mahpiya Luta, 13; 8. Hill City, 10; 9. Lead-Deadwood, 8.


Placing matches

106 - 1st Place Match: Cole Scott (Custer) 4-1, 8th. over Caden Swaney (Belle Fourche) 20-6, So. (MD 12-2); 3rd Place Match: Nixin Carter (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 10-8, So. over Aspen Frasier (Hill City) 5-8, 7th. (Fall 0:57)

113 - 1st Place Match: Hazen Rutz (Hot Springs) 19-6, 8th. over Nate Gallardo (St. Thomas More) 7-8, 8th. (Fall 3:11); 3rd Place Match: Myles Woodward (Custer) 4-2, Fr. over Blaine Anderson (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 11-8, 7th. (Fall 0:53)

120 - 1st Place Match: Layton Ringstmeyer (Hot Springs) 15-10, Fr. over Relic Bailey (Custer) 3-1, Fr. (Dec 19-14); 3rd Place Match: Jackson Winieckie (Spearfish) 7-8, So. over Max Thompson (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 3-6, So. (Dec 5-0)

126 - 1st Place Match: Riley Trout (Custer) 3-1, Jr. over Cooper Conry (Belle Fourche) 15-7, So. (Fall 1:21); 3rd Place Match: Cameron Carlson (Spearfish) 11-15, So. over Noah Juelfs (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 3-6, 8th. (TF-1.5 1:46 (16-1))

132 - 1st Place Match: John Ryder Weiss (Hot Springs) 18-8, Fr. over Alejandro Martinez (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 17-7, Sr. (MD 22-9); 3rd Place Match: Ayden Dooley (Custer) 3-2, So. over Brayden Mosier (Spearfish) 5-3, 8th. (Dec 1-0)

138 - 1st Place Match: Bodie Vanderboom (Custer) 3-1, Jr. over Kaden Gonzales (Spearfish) 14-8, Sr. (Dec 7-3); 3rd Place Match: Garet Huston (Belle Fourche) 16-8, Sr. over Gideon Fees (Hot Springs) 6-5, 8th. (TF-1.5 3:04 (16-0))

144 - 1st Place Match: Emmett Edwards (St. Thomas More) 14-8, So. over Henry Bell (Custer) 3-1, So. (Fall 2:40); 3rd Place Match: Jacob Foster (Spearfish) 5-10, Sr. over Seth Booth (Hot Springs) 6-10, Jr. (Fall 0:43)

150 - 1st Place Match: Riley Scott (Custer) 3-1, Sr. over Dain Alldredge (Hot Springs) 16-11, Jr. (Fall 0:53); 3rd Place Match: Logan Hargraves (Spearfish) 12-14, So. over Kolby Tibbs (Belle Fourche) 10-13, So. (Fall 4:37)

157 - 1st Place Match: Riley Dighton (Belle Fourche) 16-2, Sr. over William Thompson (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 17-6, Sr. (Fall 1:45); 3rd Place Match: Holden Luper (Hot Springs) 7-3, Jr. over David Lewis (Custer) 2-4, Jr. (Fall 0:58)

165 - 1st Place Match: Paiden Sandal (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 13-3, Sr. over Thor Fish (Hot Springs) 18-7, So. (TF-1.5 3:27 (17-2)); 3rd Place Match: Koby Bowden (Belle Fourche) 12-11, Jr. over Blaise Arp (Custer) 1-2, Sr. (Dec 7-0)

175 - 1st Place Match: Dean Nathan (Hot Springs) 17-5, Fr. over Carter Kern (Custer) 1-3, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:39 (15-0)); 3rd Place Match: Kyren Tibbitts (Mahpiya Luta) 1-3, Fr. over Charlie Volk (Spearfish) 0-2, Fr. (Fall 0:13)

190 - 1st Place Match: Hunter Kunz (Hot Springs) 23-2, Jr. over Isaiah Quasney (St. Thomas More) 2-5, Jr. (Fall 1:07); 3rd Place Match: Theodore Volk (Spearfish) 5-10, So. over Blake Pourier (Mahpiya Luta) 0-10, 8th. (Fall 0:43)

215 - 1st Place Match: Von Mogen-Frankfort (Hot Springs) 22-5, So. over Alex Marich (Spearfish) 5-7, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:26 (17-2)); 3rd Place Match: Garek Kolski (Lead-Deadwood) 9-13, Fr. over Dillon Streeter (Belle Fourche) 2-11, So. (Dec 7-4)

285 - 1st Place Match: Lucas Tonsager (Belle Fourche) 4-0, Jr. over Asher Peil (Spearfish) 8-5, Sr. (Fall 0:22)