By 605 Sports Staff

BROOKINGS — The Sturgis Scoopers looked like a team on a mission all day Saturday.

At the Class A state dual wrestling tournament, the Scoopers opened the day with a 57-13 over Tea Area then beat Aberdeen Central 40-15. Seeded No. 1 the Scoopers dominated Watertown in the championship dual, winning 55-13

Watertown trailed 14-13 after a pin from Micah Hach (285) and wins from Gage Lohr (120) and Sloan Johannsen (126). From there it was all Sturgis as the Scoopers won the final eight matches getting pins from Beau Peters, Kalvin Ketelsen, Joseph Nadig, Preston Ray and Kelso Dirk. Saturday’s win for Sturgis marked the first time the Scoopers have won a state dual title since 2004.

Watertown entered the state dual tournament as the No. 6 seed but defeated Rapid CIty Stevens in the first round 43-21 before knocking off defending champion Pierre 38-29 in the semifinals. 

Aberdeen Central grabbed third place with a 31-30 win over Pierre. Brandon Valley defeated West Central to claim fifth place. 

Class A state championship dual

Sturgis 55, Watertown 13

215 - Zak Juelfs (Sturgis Brown) over Ethan Wientjes (Watertown) Maj 12-0

285 - Micah Hach (Watertown) over Dakarai Osborne (Sturgis Brown) Fall 0:58

106 - Tyler Baldwin (Sturgis Brown) over Chase Mathews (Watertown) Maj 10-2

113 - Teryn Zebroski (Sturgis Brown) over Max Stroup (Watertown) Fall 0:32

120 - Gage Lohr (Watertown) over Benjamin Nadig (Sturgis Brown) Maj 13-4

126 - Sloan Johannsen (Watertown) over Tegan Zebroski (Sturgis Brown) Dec 9-4

132 - Dee Daniels (Sturgis Brown) over Derek Hanson (Watertown) Maj 8-0

138 - Beau Peters (Sturgis Brown) over Leo Stroup (Watertown) Fall 1:10

144 - Kalvin Ketelsen (Sturgis Brown) over Cooper Kettwig (Watertown) Fall 1:10

150 - Joseph Nadig (Sturgis Brown) over Markus Pitkin (Watertown) Inj 4:38

157 - Zhoel Irion (Sturgis Brown) over Landen Lewis (Watertown) Maj 12-0

165 - Preston Ray (Sturgis Brown) over Tucker Urdahl (Watertown) Fall 3:38

175 - Kelson Dirk (Sturgis Brown) over Andrew Stricker (Watertown) Fall 0:41

Sturgis's Zac Juelfs celebrates Saturday's state dual championship - Photo courtesy of Kris and Anson Juelfs

Third Place Dual

Aberdeen Central 31, Pierre 30

215 - Ayden Gisi (Aberdeen Central) over Elijah Boutchee (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Dec 3-0

285 - Lucas Colman (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Bryce Beitelspacher (Aberdeen Central) Dec 9-6

106 - Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Gable Uhrig (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Dec 4-0

113 - Walker West (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) Fall 1:59

120 - Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) over Jacob Mason (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Fall 5:39

126 - Rayden Zens (Aberdeen Central) over Lincoln Schoenhard (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Maj 22-9

132 - Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) over Alex Oedekoven (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Dec 3-2

138 - Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Tristan Spencer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Dec 5-4

144 - Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) over Max Hunsley (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Dec 9-5

150 - Brock Moser (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Brody Aesoph (Aberdeen Central) Dec 6-1

157 - Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

165 - Lucas Chamberlin (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) Fall 1:32

175 - Trey Lewis (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) Fall 0:35

190 - Chance Carda (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) Fall 0:50

Fifth Place Dual

Brandon Valley 46, West Central 24

215 - Chet Carda (West Central) over Antonio Ledbetter (Brandon Valley) Fall 0:43

285 - Navarro Schunke (Brandon Valley) over Gavin Pischke (West Central) Fall 1:03

106 - Beckett Rehorst (Brandon Valley) over Kaden Haakinson (West Central) Maj 17-8

113 - Brendon Oehme (Brandon Valley) over Bentley Klinkhammer (West Central) Fall 0:48

120 - Trevon Oehme (Brandon Valley) over Brason Parmely (West Central) Fall 0:13

126 - Braden Shoemaker (Brandon Valley) over Karson Vessells (West Central) Dec 6-4

132 - Aaron Tucker (Brandon Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

138 - Langdon Klinkhammer (West Central) over Hayden McGuire (Brandon Valley) Dec 12-10

144 - Zander Nielsen (Brandon Valley) over Jesse Jost (West Central) Dec 7-0

150 - Keaton Vessells (West Central) over Xavier McGuire (Brandon Valley) Dec 13-7

157 - Chandler Carda (West Central) over Lander Elkin (Brandon Valley) Fall 1:43

165 - Rayce Whiting (West Central) over Ethan Tucker (Brandon Valley) Fall 0:59

175 - Gavin Chapman (Brandon Valley) over Cain Grocott (West Central) Fall 1:45

190 - Elijah Schunke (Brandon Valley) over Gabe Gebhard (West Central) Fall 1:02

Class A Semifinals

Sturgis Brown 40, Aberdeen Central 15

190 - Aiden Werlinger (Sturgis Brown) over Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) Fall 3:02

215 - Zak Juelfs (Sturgis Brown) over Ayden Gisi (Aberdeen Central) Fall 3:28

285 - Bryce Beitelspacher (Aberdeen Central) over Dakarai Osborne (Sturgis Brown) Fall 3:15

106 - Tyler Baldwin (Sturgis Brown) over Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) Dec 4-3

113 - Teryn Zebroski (Sturgis Brown) over Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) Maj 10-2

120 - Benjamin Nadig (Sturgis Brown) over Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) Dec 7-1

126 - Rayden Zens (Aberdeen Central) over Tegan Zebroski (Sturgis Brown) Dec 5-2

132 - Dee Daniels (Sturgis Brown) over Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) Dec 7-6

138 - Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Beau Peters (Sturgis Brown) SV-1 2-0

144 - Kalvin Ketelsen (Sturgis Brown) over Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) Dec 5-0

150 - Joseph Nadig (Sturgis Brown) over Brody Aesoph (Aberdeen Central) Fall 1:37

157 - Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over Zhoel Irion (Sturgis Brown) Dec 5-2

165 - Preston Ray (Sturgis Brown) over Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) Dec 3-1

175 - Kelson Dirk (Sturgis Brown) over Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) Dec 7-5

Watertown 38, Pierre 29

190 - Chance Carda (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Brock Eitreim (Watertown) Dec 7-2

215 - Elijah Boutchee (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Ethan Wientjes (Watertown) Dec 4-0

285 - Micah Hach (Watertown) over Lucas Colman (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Fall 0:33

106 - Chase Mathews (Watertown) over Gable Uhrig (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Dec 5-0

113 - Max Stroup (Watertown) over Walker West (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Fall 1:04

120 - Gage Lohr (Watertown) over Jacob Mason (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Fall 3:07

126 - Sloan Johannsen (Watertown) over Lincoln Schoenhard (Pierre T.F. Riggs) TF 19-4

132 - Alex Oedekoven (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Derek Hanson (Watertown) Dec 3-1

138 - Tristan Spencer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Leo Stroup (Watertown) Maj 11-1

144 - Cooper Kettwig (Watertown) over Max Hunsley (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Fall 5:07

150 - Markus Pitkin (Watertown) over Lincoln Houska (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Fall 3:31

157 - Brock Moser (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Landen Lewis (Watertown) Maj 15-4

165 - Lucas Chamberlin (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Tucker Urdahl (Watertown) Fall 1:57

175 - Trey Lewis (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Andrew Stricker (Watertown) Fall 0:35

Consolation semifinals

Brandon Valley 46, Tea Area 34

190 - Elijah Schunke (Brandon Valley) over Keegan DeYoung (Tea Area) Fall 2:58

215 - Chase DeBoer (Tea Area) over Noah Bailous (Brandon Valley) Inj 0:31

285 - Navarro Schunke (Brandon Valley) over Gavin Van Emmerik (Tea Area) Fall 3:33

106 - Beckett Rehorst (Brandon Valley) over Henry Fortin (Tea Area) Fall 4:42

113 - Brendon Oehme (Brandon Valley) over Slater Wilson (Tea Area) Fall 1:23

120 - Trevon Oehme (Brandon Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

126 - Braden Shoemaker (Brandon Valley) over Sam Bullis (Tea Area) Fall 3:23

132 - Aaron Tucker (Brandon Valley) over Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) TF 16-0

138 - Parker Wilson (Tea Area) over Hayden McGuire (Brandon Valley) Maj 14-6

144 - Jack Nelson (Brandon Valley) over Fennell Sworr (Tea Area) TF 16-1

150 - Jackson Tschetter (Tea Area) over Xavier McGuire (Brandon Valley) Fall 2:43

157 - Carson Lohr (Tea Area) over Ethan Tucker (Brandon Valley) Fall 1:18

165 - Dawson Eimers (Tea Area) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

175 - Sam Werdel (Tea Area) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

West Central 38, Rapid CIty Stevens 32 

190 - Chet Carda (West Central) over Tate Crosswait (Rapid City Stevens) Fall 0:34

215 - Gabe Gebhard (West Central) over Cooper Myers (Rapid City Stevens) Fall 3:21

285 - Gavin Pischke (West Central) over Owen Coody (Rapid City Stevens) Fall 1:31

106 - Shea Richter (Rapid City Stevens) over Kaden Haakinson (West Central) Maj 11-1

113 - Max Schoenhard (Rapid City Stevens) over Bentley Klinkhammer (West Central) Dec 4-0

120 - Corbin Zent (Rapid City Stevens) over Brason Parmely (West Central) Fall 0:33

126 - Brayden Collins (Rapid City Stevens) over Karson Vessells (West Central) Dec 7-4

132 - Aidan Callahan (Rapid City Stevens) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

138 - Joe Juenger (Rapid City Stevens) over Langdon Klinkhammer (West Central) Maj 10-0

144 - Jacob Williams (Rapid City Stevens) over Jesse Jost (West Central) Fall 3:00

150 - Keaton Vessells (West Central) over Brayden Voorhees (Rapid City Stevens) Dec 12-9

157 - Chandler Carda (West Central) over Tyler Johnson (Rapid City Stevens) Fall 0:34

165 - Rayce Whiting (West Central) over Tucker Mason (Rapid City Stevens) Fall 1:58

175 - Cain Grocott (West Central) over Landon Mitsos (Rapid City Stevens) Fall 3:21

• West Central's team score was adjusted by -1.0 for Language

Quarterfinals

Aberdeen Central 40, Brandon Valley 32

175 - Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) over Issac Irvine (Brandon Valley) Fall 1:51

190 - Elijah Schunke (Brandon Valley) over Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) Fall 4:47

215 - Ayden Gisi (Aberdeen Central) over Noah Bailous (Brandon Valley) Dec 6-3

285 - Navarro Schunke (Brandon Valley) over Bryce Beitelspacher (Aberdeen Central) Fall 0:45

106 - Beckett Rehorst (Brandon Valley) over Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) Dec 2-0

113 - Brendon Oehme (Brandon Valley) over Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) TF 21-6

120 - Trevon Oehme (Brandon Valley) over Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) Fall 0:53

126 - Rayden Zens (Aberdeen Central) over Braden Shoemaker (Brandon Valley) Dec 6-0

132 - Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) over Aaron Tucker (Brandon Valley) Fall 4:55

138 - Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Hayden McGuire (Brandon Valley) Maj 12-0

144 - Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) over Zander Nielsen (Brandon Valley) Fall 4:58

150 - Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) over Xavier McGuire (Brandon Valley) Fall 5:15

157 - Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over Ethan Tucker (Brandon Valley) Fall 1:52

165 - Gavin Chapman (Brandon Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

Watertown 43, Rapid City Stevens 21

175 - Landon Mitsos (Rapid City Stevens) over Andrew Stricker (Watertown) Fall 0:58

190 - Brock Eitreim (Watertown) over Tate Crosswait (Rapid City Stevens) Fall 3:06

215 - Cooper Myers (Rapid City Stevens) over Ethan Wientjes (Watertown) Dec 4-3

285 - Micah Hach (Watertown) over Owen Coody (Rapid City Stevens) Fall 0:11

106 - Shea Richter (Rapid City Stevens) over Chase Mathews (Watertown) Dec 7-2

113 - Max Schoenhard (Rapid City Stevens) over Max Stroup (Watertown) Fall 1:42

120 - Gage Lohr (Watertown) over Corbin Zent (Rapid City Stevens) Dec 12-8

126 - Sloan Johannsen (Watertown) over Brayden Collins (Rapid City Stevens) Fall 2:39

132 - Derek Hanson (Watertown) over Aidan Callahan (Rapid City Stevens) Dec 4-3

138 - Leo Stroup (Watertown) over Joe Juenger (Rapid City Stevens) Fall 3:08

144 - Jacob Williams (Rapid City Stevens) over Cooper Kettwig (Watertown) Maj 16-6

150 - Markus Pitkin (Watertown) over Brayden Voorhees (Rapid City Stevens) Maj 8-0

157 - Landen Lewis (Watertown) over Tyler Johnson (Rapid City Stevens) Dec 6-4

165 - Tucker Urdahl (Watertown) over Teagen Smith (Rapid City Stevens) Fall 2:00

Rapid City Stevens's team score was adjusted by -1.0 for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Sturgis Brown 57, Tea Area 13  

175 - Sam Werdel (Tea Area) over Kelson Dirk (Sturgis Brown) Maj 11-3

190 - Aiden Werlinger (Sturgis Brown) over Keegan DeYoung (Tea Area) Fall 0:47

215 - Zak Juelfs (Sturgis Brown) over Chase DeBoer (Tea Area) Fall 1:53

285 - Gavin Van Emmerik (Tea Area) over Dakarai Osborne (Sturgis Brown) Dec 3-2

106 - Tyler Baldwin (Sturgis Brown) over Henry Fortin (Tea Area) Dec 6-2

113 - Teryn Zebroski (Sturgis Brown) over Slater Wilson (Tea Area) Fall 3:16

120 - Tyler Woodring (Tea Area) over Benjamin Nadig (Sturgis Brown) Dec 17-10

126 - Tegan Zebroski (Sturgis Brown) over Sam Bullis (Tea Area) Fall 0:27

132 - Dee Daniels (Sturgis Brown) over Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) Fall 1:04

138 - Parker Wilson (Tea Area) over Beau Peters (Sturgis Brown) Dec 12-7

144 - Kalvin Ketelsen (Sturgis Brown) over Fennell Sworr (Tea Area) Fall 3:03

150 - Joseph Nadig (Sturgis Brown) over Jackson Tschetter (Tea Area) Fall 1:50

157 - Zhoel Irion (Sturgis Brown) over Carson Lohr (Tea Area) Inj 5:59

165 - Preston Ray (Sturgis Brown) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

Pierre T.F. Riggs 42, West Central 25

175 - Trey Lewis (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Cain Grocott (West Central) Fall 3:11

190 - Chance Carda (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Gabe Gebhard (West Central) Fall 3:06

215 - Chet Carda (West Central) over Devin Binger (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Fall 0:54

285 - Gavin Pischke (West Central) over Elijah Boutchee (Pierre T.F. Riggs) SV-1 8-4

106 - Kaden Haakinson (West Central) over Gable Uhrig (Pierre T.F. Riggs) TF 19-3

113 - Jacob Mason (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Alex Siemonsma (West Central) Dec 6-0

120 - Walker West (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Bentley Klinkhammer (West Central) Dec 5-4

126 - Karson Vessells (West Central) over Lincoln Schoenhard (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Maj 18-4

132 - Alex Oedekoven (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

138 - Tristan Spencer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Langdon Klinkhammer (West Central) Fall 3:31

144 - Jesse Jost (West Central) over Max Hunsley (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Dec 9-7

150 - Keaton Vessells (West Central) over Brock Moser (Pierre T.F. Riggs) Maj 12-0

157 - Jaxon Ducheneaux (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Chandler Carda (West Central) Inj 0:08

165 - Lucas Chamberlin (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Rayce Whiting (West Central) Fall 5:47