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Custer captures Bill Young Invitational team title
Custer's Cole Scott, top, wrestles Belle Fourche's Caden Swaney during a 106 pound semifinal match during the Bill Young Invitational wrestling tournament on Friday at the Armory in Custer.
(Matt Gade / 605 Sports)
Dec 5, 2025
 

By 605 Sports Staff

CUSTER — Custer claimed the team title at Friday’s Bill Young Invitational. 

The Wildcats won the team title with 198 points, finishing ahead of Sturgis JV (183.5) and Hot Springs (172). Burke/Gregory (167.5) and Harding County (158.5) rounded out the top-five teams. 

Custer’s Cole Scott (106 pounds), Easton Gramkow (126-B), Riley Scott (150) and Zayden LaPlaca (285) won individual titles for the Wildcats. 


Team scores: 1. Custer, 198; 2. Sturgis JV, 183.5; 3. Hot Springs, 172; 4. Burke/Gregory, 167.5; 

5. Harding County, 158.5; 6. Belle Fourche, 126; 7. New Underwood, 113.5; 8. Douglas/Rapid City Christian, 68; 9. St. Thomas More, 55; 10. Lead-Deadwood, 48; 11. Hemingford, Neb., 47; 12. Lakota Tech, 42.5; 13. Rapid City Stevens JV, 42; 14. Hill City, 35; 15. Newell, 29; 16. Mahpiya Luta, 13; 17. Pine Ridge, 12; 18. Little Wound, 4.

Placing matches: 

106 - 1st Place Match: Cole Scott (Custer) 3-0, 8th. over Ryan Ragsdale (Hemingford) 4-2, Sr. (Fall 3:02); 3rd Place Match: Caden Swaney (Belle Fourche) 3-1, So. over Max Keller (Lead-Deadwood) 2-2, 7th. (Fall 0:29); 5th Place Match: Xavier Jaramillo (Sturgis Brown JV) 3-2, Fr. over Otto Reber (Burke/Gregory) 1-3, 8th. (Fall 0:32)

113 - 1st Place Match: Tommy Studt (New Underwood) 3-0, Fr. over Dane Johnson (Burke/Gregory) 3-1, Fr. (Fall 2:45); 3rd Place Match; Hazen Rutz (Hot Springs) 6-1, 8th. over Myles Woodward (Custer) 2-2, Fr. (SV-1 9-6); 5th Place Match; Nixin Carter (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 4-3, So. over Austin Lange (Custer) 1-3, 8th. (Fall 1:56)

120 - 1st Place Match: Quintin Kelly (Sturgis Brown JV) 3-0, So. over Tel Elshere (New Underwood) 3-1, So. (MD 19-7); 3rd Place Match: Relic Bailey (Custer) 4-1, Fr. over Jackson Trant (Custer) 2-2, Jr. (Dec 10-4); 5th Place Match: Layton Ringstmeyer (Hot Springs) 6-3, Fr. over Gabriel Ekroth (Burke/Gregory) 2-3, 8th. (Fall 3:00)

126 - 1st Place Match: John Ryder Weiss (Hot Springs) 3-0, Fr. over Cooper Conry (Belle Fourche) 2-1, So. (Dec 12-9); 3rd Place Match: Riley Trout (Custer) 4-1, Jr. over Emmet Ohrtman (Rapid City Stevens JV) 4-2, Fr. (Dec 6-3); 5th Place Match: Trik Elshere (New Underwood) 2-2, Jr. over Cash McPherson (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 2-4, Fr. (Fall 0:59)

126-B Round 1 - Easton Gramkow (Custer) 2-0, Fr. over Peyton Kallstrom (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 0-2, Jr. (Fall 2:59) - Round 2: Easton Gramkow (Custer) 2-0, Fr. over Peyton Kallstrom (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 0-2, Jr. (Fall 0:33): Round 3

132 - 1st Place Match: Jaxson Turbiville (Harding County) 4-0, Fr. over Ayden Dooley (Custer) 3-1, So. (Fall 5:06); 3rd Place Match; Reed Sedlacek (Burke/Gregory) 4-1, 7th. over Dylan Park (Belle Fourche) 3-2, Sr. (Dec 5-4); 5th Place Match; Jhett Nordick (Hot Springs) 4-4, over Braxton Trople (New Underwood) 1-3, So. (Fall 0:53)

132-B - Round 1: Gus Butler (Hemingford) 4-1, Fr. over Michael Brings Him Back (Lakota Tech) 0-3, So. (Fall 0:37): Preston Lake (Belle Fourche) 2-1, Jr. over Joshua Klein (Hill City) 1-2, Jr. (Fall 0:23) - Round 2: Gus Butler (Hemingford) 4-1, Fr. over Preston Lake (Belle Fourche) 2-1, Jr. (Fall 3:00); Joshua Klein (Hill City) 1-2, Jr. over Michael Brings Him Back (Lakota Tech) 0-3, So. (Fall 1:32); Round 3: Gus Butler (Hemingford) 4-1, Fr. over Joshua Klein (Hill City) 1-2, Jr. (Fall 1:07): Preston Lake (Belle Fourche) 2-1, Jr. over Michael Brings Him Back (Lakota Tech) 0-3, So. (Fall 1:56)

138 - 1st Place Match: Revyn Floyd (Harding County) 3-0, So. over Braydon Munier (Sturgis Brown JV) 2-1, Fr. (Fall 0:43); 3rd Place Match: Garet Huston (Belle Fourche) 3-1, Sr. over Bodie Vanderboom (Custer) 2-2, Jr. (Fall 2:23): 5th Place Match: Justin Malone (Hill City) 2-2, So. over Tanner Wempen (Rapid City Stevens JV) 1-3, So. (Dec 10-9)

144 - 1st Place Match: Jake Peters (Sturgis Brown JV) 4-0, Jr. over Emmett Edwards (St. Thomas More) 2-1, So. (Dec 11-10); 3rd Place Match: Coy Eddy (New Underwood) 5-1, Fr. over Parker Millard (Lead-Deadwood) 4-2, So. (Dec 7-1); 5th Place Match: Jace Vroman (Harding County) 3-2, Jr. over Cory Ronish (Hill City) 2-3, So. (Fall 2:08)

150 - 1st Place Match: Riley Scott (Custer) 4-0, Sr. over Eli Ekroth (Burke/Gregory) 3-1, Sr. (Fall 1:01); 3rd Place Match: Trinity Thompson (Sturgis Brown JV) 4-1, Sr. over Cash Hanson (Harding County) 3-2, Jr. (Fall 1:52); 5th Place Match: Dain Alldredge (Hot Springs) 5-4, Jr. over Kanin Smith (Sturgis Brown JV) 2-3, Jr. (Fall 2:19)

150-B - Round 1: Bentley Red Cloud (Lakota Tech) 1-2, So. over Dylan Seid (Lead-Deadwood) 0-3, Fr. (Fall 1:57); Liam Harms (Newell) 3-0, So. over Logan Hanson (Burke/Gregory) 2-1, Fr. (Fall 1:50); Round 2: Liam Harms (Newell) 3-0, So. over Dylan Seid (Lead-Deadwood) 0-3, Fr. (Fall 0:50); Logan Hanson (Burke/Gregory) 2-1, Fr. over Bentley Red Cloud (Lakota Tech) 1-2, So. (Fall 1:10); Round 3: Logan Hanson (Burke/Gregory) 2-1, Fr. over Dylan Seid (Lead-Deadwood) 0-3, Fr. (Fall 2:25); Liam Harms (Newell) 3-0, So. over Bentley Red Cloud (Lakota Tech) 1-2, So. (Fall 0:58)

157 - 1st Place Match: Lincoln Wickstrom (Harding County) 4-0, Sr. over Shea Deering (Sturgis Brown JV) 3-1, Jr. (Fall 1:43); 3rd Place Match: William Thompson (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 7-1, Sr. over Parker Anderson (Sturgis Brown JV) 4-2, So. (MD 13-3); 5th Place Match: David Lewis (Custer) 3-2, Jr. over Wyatt Beck (Burke/Gregory) 2-3, Fr. (Inj. 0:00)

165 - 1st Place Match; Riley Dighton (Belle Fourche) 4-0, Sr. over Thor Fish (Hot Springs) 5-1, So. (TF-1.5 1:58 (17-0)); 3rd Place Match: Avery Sengelmann (Burke/Gregory) 3-1, Fr. over Landyn Mahaffy (Sturgis Brown JV) 4-2, Jr. (MD 10-2); 5th Place Match: Blaise Arp (Custer) 2-2, Sr. over Koby Bowden (Belle Fourche) 3-3, Jr. (Fall 4:31)

165-B - Round 1: Kaleb Bravo (Pine Ridge) 2-0, Sr. over Blazen Stiefvater (Hot Springs) 1-1, Jr. (Fall 1:40); Round 2: Blazen Stiefvater (Hot Springs) 1-1, Jr. over Droetsia Chief Eagle (Lakota Tech) 0-2, Sr. (Fall 0:30); Round 3: Kaleb Bravo (Pine Ridge) 2-0, Sr. over Droetsia Chief Eagle (Lakota Tech) 0-2, Sr. (Fall 0:24)

165-C - Round 1: Noah Castro (Sturgis Brown JV) 2-0, So. over Bryer Stover (Little Wound) 0-2, So. (Fall 0:45); Round 2: Noah Castro (Sturgis Brown JV) 2-0, So. over Payson Sierra (Lakota Tech) 1-1, Fr. (Fall 1:11): Round 3: Payson Sierra (Lakota Tech) 1-1, Fr. over Bryer Stover (Little Wound) 0-2, So. (Fall 0:38)

175 - 1st Place Match: Mason Janek (Burke/Gregory) 3-0, Sr. over Logan Royer (Sturgis Brown JV) 2-1, Jr. (MD 15-7); 3rd Place Match: Carl Coats (New Underwood) 5-1, Fr. over Asher Sarkela (Sturgis Brown JV) 2-2, Jr. (Fall 1:53); 5th Place Match: Edward Joseph Stover Iv (Lakota Tech) 3-2, Fr. over Brayden Secrest (Harding County) 3-3, So. (Dec 11-5)

175-B - Round 1: Newton Mousseaux (Lakota Tech) 3-0, Sr. over Daatyn Rooks (Little Wound) 0-3, 8th. (Fall 0:33); Atreyu Briseno-Day Boy (Pine Ridge) 2-1, Jr. over Dorian Janis (Pine Ridge) 1-2, So. (Fall 1:53); Round 2: Dorian Janis (Pine Ridge) 1-2, So. over Daatyn Rooks (Little Wound) 0-3, 8th. (TF-1.5 4:17 (17-2)); Newton Mousseaux (Lakota Tech) 3-0, Sr. over Atreyu Briseno-Day Boy (Pine Ridge) 2-1, Jr. (Fall 0:19); Round 3: Atreyu Briseno-Day Boy (Pine Ridge) 2-1, Jr. over Daatyn Rooks (Little Wound) 0-3, 8th. (TF-1.5 2:31 (15-0)); Newton Mousseaux (Lakota Tech) 3-0, Sr. over Dorian Janis (Pine Ridge) 1-2, So. (Fall 0:44)

190 - 1st Place Match: Hunter Kunz (Hot Springs) 6-0, Jr. over Dean Nathan (Hot Springs) 6-1, Fr. (Fall 1:46); 3rd Place Match: Tanner Gouldin (Sturgis Brown JV) 4-1, Jr. over Maksim Allen (Douglas/Rapid City Christian) 3-3, Fr. (Fall 2:26): 5th Place Match: Charlie Hauck (Belle Fourche) 4-2, Jr. over Norman Wilson (Lakota Tech) 3-2, Sr. (M. For.)

190-B - Round 1: Aiden Hansen (New Underwood) 1-1, Jr. over Blake Pourier (Mahpiya Luta) 0-2, 8th. (Fall 0:19); Round 2: Rosin Brozik (Burke/Gregory) 2-0, 8th. over Blake Pourier (Mahpiya Luta) 0-2, 8th. (Fall 0:14); Round 3: Rosin Brozik (Burke/Gregory) 2-0, 8th. over Aiden Hansen (New Underwood) 1-1, Jr. (Fall 1:41)

215 - 1st Place Match: Von Mogen-Frankfort (Hot Springs) 5-1, So. over Deon Tenold (Harding County) 2-1, So. (Fall 5:01); 3rd Place Match: Dale Smikle (Burke/Gregory) 4-1, So. over Andres Hernandez (Hill City) 2-2, Jr. (Fall 1:56); 5th Place Match: Will Erk (Harding County) 4-2, Fr. over Garek Kolski (Lead-Deadwood) 1-3, Fr. (Fall 3:59)

215-B - Round 1: Orrin Youngberg (Newell) 2-0, Jr. over Jacoby Killsback (Lakota Tech) 0-2, 8th. (Fall 0:15); Round 2: Orrin Youngberg (Newell) 2-0, Jr. over Dillon Streeter (Belle Fourche) 1-1, So. (Fall 0:37); Round 3: Dillon Streeter (Belle Fourche) 1-1, So. over Jacoby Killsback (Lakota Tech) 0-2, 8th. (Fall 1:26)

285 - 1st Place Match: Zayden LaPlaca (Custer) 3-0, Sr. over Owen Plog (Hemingford) 4-1, Sr. (Fall 3:11); 3rd Place Match: Marty Reeve (St. Thomas More) 4-1, Sr. over Traydon Coghlan (Rapid City Stevens JV) 3-2, So. (Fall 2:02); 5th Place Match: Carlito Rouland (Lakota Tech) 3-2, Sr. over Logan Olson (Custer) 2-3, Sr. (DQ)

285-B - Round 1: Landon Rowe (Sturgis Brown JV) 2-0, Fr. over Jagir Black Feather (Lakota Tech) 0-2, Sr. (Fall 1:42); Round 2: Landon Rowe (Sturgis Brown JV) 2-0, Fr. over Jagir Black Feather (Lakota Tech) 0-2, Sr. (Fall 1:06)