By Rich Winter, 605 sports

Perennial Class B powerhouse Canton is Class B’s No. 1 ranked team as we head into 2022. No surprise there but No. 2 Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes and No. 4 Redfield Area are climbing the polls thanks to some late 2021 success. 

Canton looks to be the team to catch in Class B

(Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting)

Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes has nine wrestlers ranked in the latest rankings. Six of those wrestlers, Gavin Braun (106), Kasen Konstanz (120), Iden Meyers (126), Carter Lenz (145), Grayson Hanson (160) and Levi Nightingale (195) are all ranked among the top four in their respective weight classes. 

Redfield has nine ranked wrestlers. Brady Risetter (106), Mason Fey (160) and Corbin Schwartz (182) are each ranked No. 1 in their respective weight classes. (285) wrestler Grady Fey is ranked No. 2 in his weight class. 

This week in wrestling: 

A fairly light week as teams manage weight and get ready for 2022. On Thursday, Dec. 30 we have three tournaments: Floyd Farrand (Sioux Falls Lincoln), Harding County Invite and a Webster Area tournament. Mitchell duals Aberdeen Central that night. 

On Friday, Dec. 31 just one event, the McCook Central/Montrose Invitational 

Class B ranking points: 

1. Canton, 189, 2. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 150, 3. Winner Area, 141, 4. Redfield Area, 119, 5. Philip Area, 105, 6. McCook/Central/Montrose 74, 7. Mount Vernon-Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney, 65, 8.  Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon 57, 9. Wagner, 56, 10. Sisseton 55

(106) 1. Brady Risetter, Redfield, 2. Gavin Braun, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 3. Jackson Kaul, Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon, 4. Karstyn Lhotak, Wagner, 5. Conner Giedd, Howard, 6. Tucker Boe, Philip, 7. Riley Scott, Custer, 8. Zach Bartels, Canton, 9. Cole Henderson, Tri-Valley, 10.Gage Reichart, Parkston, 11. Reed Grey, Sisseton, 12. Tracey Miller, Webster

(113) 1. Holden Hawkins, Sisseton, 2. Kaden Holzbauer, Parkston, 3. Trystan Traupel, McCook Central/Montrose, 4. Teagan Herick, Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 5. Gage Anderson, Lemmon/McIntosh, 6. Neil Hicks, Bennett County, 7. Nicholas Schlachter, Potter County, 8. Rylabn Yonker, Hamlin/Castlewood, 9. Conner Zens, Redfield, 10. Dylan Buseman, Parker, 11. Trayson Richter, Tri-Valley, 12. Jackson Carter, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington

(120) 1. Kasen Konstanz, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 2. Maxton Brozik, Winner, 3. Kipp Cordes, Philip, 4. Teague Granum, Canton, 5. Ian Metz, Sisseton, 6. Gannon Gilligan, Kingsbury County,  7. Tate Miller, Howard, 8. John Yonker, Hamlin/Castlewood, 9. Haeden Jorgenson, Webster, 10. Tanner Preheim, Parker, 11. Carter Sommer, Parkston, 12. Kellan Hurd, Miller/Highmore-Harrold

(126) 1. Ayson Rice, Canton, 2. Hadley/Tobin, Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickey, 3. Iden Myeers, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes. 4. Karson Keiser, Winner, 5. Bryce Hawkinson, Britton/Hecla, 6. Jacob Fehlman, Redfield, 7. Chase Hanson, Stanley County, 8. Landon Woodward, Custer, 9. Cade Martian, Harding County, 10. Wyatt Anderson, Parkston, 11. Brody Dybvig, Tri-Valley, 12. Wyatt Wientjes, Mobridge/Pollock

(132) 1. Owen Hanson, Burke/Gregory, 2. Kale Ask, Canton, 3. Jhett Breen, Wagner, 4. Kaleb Osborn, Winner, 5. Jace Blasius, Philip, 6. Boe Iverson, Sisseton, 7. Jaxon Quail, Deuel, 8. Karsyn Feldhaus, Howard, 9. Dylan McGregor, McCook Central/Montrose, 10. Jayse Miller, Garreton, 11. Tanner Frickson, Ipswich/Bowdle, 12. Kayden Carter, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington

(138) 1. Parker Geditz, Faulkton, 2. Andy Meyer, Canton, 3. Brady Bierman, Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon, 4. Drew Gerlach, Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney, 5. Chase Varilek, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 6. Joey Hoverson, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington 7. Dylan Zeil, Kingsbury County. 8. Andrew Even, Parker, 9. Gage Ravellette, Philip, 10. Shilo Mowry, Lyman, 11. Braden Weiss, Custer, 12. Tyson Durham, St. Thomas More

(145) 1. Kaden Keiser, Winner, 2. Jackson Remmers, McCook Central/Montrose, 3. Cael Larson, Webster, 4. Carter Lenz, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 5. Riley Roberts, Wagner, 6. Lucas Hueser, Elk Point-Jefferson, 7. Chase VanDerBoom, Newell, 8. Ryker Peterson, Philip, 9. Carter Rager, Canton, 10. Mason Whitley, Redfield, 11. Chas Chamber, Hamlin/Castlewood, 12. Christian Ehresmann, Groton

(152) 1. McCoy Peterson, Philip, 2. Luke Richardson, Canton, 3. Porter, Neugebauer, Parkston, 4. Tathan Headrick, Flandreau, 5. Griffin Tobin, Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney, 6. Weston Remmers, McCook Central/Montrose, 7. Jask Neises, Howard, 8. Xavier Wright, Hot Springs, 9. Troy Randall Jr, Hamlin/Castlewood, 10. Gunner Kvistad, Clark/Willow Lake, 11. Tance Wagner, Lyman County, 12. Ty Allen, Bennett County

(160) 1. Mason Fey, Redfield, 2. Grayson Hanson, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 3. John Callies, Howard, 4. Riley Orel, Winner, 5. Russel Sheets, Sioux Valley, 6. Jonathan Lewis, Custer, 7. Quinn Moon, Philip, 8. Keaton Bissonnette, Hot Springs, 9. Carter Randall, McCook Central/Montrose, 10. Gunner Brueggeman, Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 11. Jhett Eklund, Burke/Gregory, 12. Cole Bisbee, Groton 

(170) 1. Burk Blasius, Philip, 2. Ben Swatek, Elk Point-Jefferson, 3. Jack Kruger, Winner, 4. Keegan Haider,Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington,  5. Parker Noem, Custer, 6. Carter Metz, Sisseton, 7. Mason Hendrickson, Tri Valley, 8. Mason Pulse, McCook Central/Montrose, 9. Tyrus Bietz, Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon, 10. Beau Williams, Canton, 11. Alex Pudwill, Warner/Northwestern, 12. Levi Stover, Stanley County

(182) 1. Corbin Schwartz, Redfield, 2. Isaac Crownover, Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon, 3. Josh Merkle, Canton, 4. Joey Cole, Winner, 5. Lucas Kannegieter, Clark/Willow Lake, 6. Holden Havlik, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 7. Noah Moahoney, Parkston, 8. Joe Hornick, Sioux Valley, 9. Mason Heath, Philip, 10. Gunner Johnson, Lyman, 11. Griffin Clubb, Howard, 12. Dominic Constant, Deuel

(195) 1. Levi Nightingale, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 2. Charley Pravacek, Winner, 3. Tanner Meyers, Canton, 4. Caleb Rickenbach, Hot Springs, 5. Taron Serr, Burke/Gregory, 6. Charlie Patten, Parker, 7. Sean Domke, Redfield, 8. Kade Grocott, McCook Central/Montrose, 9. Camden Jost,Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington, 10. Nate Kersting, Kingsbury County, 11. Justin Granum, Deuel, 12. Noah McDermott, Elk Point-Jefferson

(220) 1. Marshall Baldwin, Canton, 2. Levi Wieman, Parker, 3. Isaac Nehlich, Tri-Valley, 4. Caleb McGregor, Webster, 5. Aiden Schoenhard, Mobridge/Pollock, 6. Cole Pranger, Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney, 7. Austin Holden, McCook Central/Montrose, 8. Tanner Davis, Hill City, 9. Grey Gilbert, Harding County, 10. Preston Cavalier, Warner/Northwestern, 11. Gavin Nichols, Redfield, 12. Lincoln Koehn, Philip

(285) 1. Quinten Christensen,Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington, 2. Grady Fey, Redfield, 3. Isaac Suter, Canton, 4. Brenna Leines, Wagner, 5. Kellen Cassidy, Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney, 6. Elliot Chase, McCook Central/Montrose, 7. Kamerson Styles, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 8. Lane Krueger, Groton, 9. Jaden Richter, Garretson, 10. Parker Bode, Faulkton Area, 11. Owen Kerkvleit, Kingsbury County, 12. Louie Thiry, Lyman