By 605 Sports Staff

MONTROSE — Powered by individual championships from Gannon Gilligan 132 and Greyson Nielson 144 the Kingsbury Country boys won Saturday’s Big East/LCC wrestling team championship. 

The Knights scored 176 points, ahead of Clark/Willow Lake (151.5) and Elk Point-Jefferson (138). Mt. Vernon/Plankinton (113) and Beresford/Alcester-Hudson rounded out the top-five teams. 

2025 Conference champions are BAH’s Owen Serck (106), CWL”s Kaden Wookey (113), MCM’s Landon Flogstad (120), MCM’s Trystan Traupel (126), Gilligan (132), Elk Point-Jefferson’s Luke Swatek (138), Nielsen (144), Howard’s Tate Miller (150), Elk Point-Jefferson’s Hayes Johnson (157), MVP’s Tate Tolsma (165), Howard’s Weston Remmers (175), CWL’s Josh Kannegieter (190), Flandreau’s (215) and Sioux Valley’s Owen Vandeweerd (285). 

Team Points: 1. Kingsbury County, 176; 2. Clark/Willow Lake, 151.5; 3. Elk Point-Jefferson, 138; 4. Mt Vernon/Plankinton, 113; 5. Beresford/Alcester-Hudson, 110; 6. Flandreau, 109; 7. Howard, 93.5; 8. Parker, 74.5; 9. McCook Central/Montrose, 73; 10. Sioux Valley, 71; 11. Garretson, 48.5; 12. Deuel, 47; 13. Chester, 10.5; 14. Hamlin/Castlewood, 10; 15. Baltic, 3. 

Individual Results: 

106 - 1st Place Match: Owen Serck (Beresford/A-H) 31-6, Jr. over Cade Gaikowski (Clark/Willow Lake) 36-5, Fr. (Dec 4-0); 3rd Place Match: Chase Henriksen (Kingsbury County) 36-10, So. over Kyson Sundberg (Sioux Valley) 36-19, 7th. (Fall 2:02).

113 - 1st Place Match: Kaden Wookey (Clark/Willow Lake) 40-6, Fr. over Bennett Farley (Beresford/A-H) 26-16, Fr. (Fall 2:54); 3rd Place Match: Bentley Fokken (Deuel) 25-20, 8th. over Kamryn Dice (Elk-Point/Jefferson) 23-21, 8th. (Dec 4-2).

120 - 1st Place Match: Landon Flogstad (McCook Central/Montrose) 43-4, Sr. over Cooper Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) 38-4, Jr. (Dec 2-1); 3rd Place Match: Teague Bergjord (Flandreau) 38-12, Jr. over Sebastian Castillo (Beresford/A-H) 22-18, 8th. (Fall 2:17).

126 - 1st Place Match: Trystan Traupel (McCook Central/Montrose) 34-2, Sr. over Cody Zell (Kingsbury County) 29-9, So. (Dec 7-2); 3rd Place Match: Keagan Hill (Mt Vernon/Plankinton) 25-8, So. over Benny Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) 33-11, 8th. (MD 14-0).

132 - 1st Place Match: Gannon Gilligan (Kingsbury County) 40-4, Sr. over Dexton Miller (Beresford/A-H) 32-8, Fr. (Dec 6-3); 3rd Place Match: Daniel Dorsey (Mt Vernon/Plankinton) 37-14, So. over Alek Kuchta (Parker) 30-14, Sr. (Dec 7-1).

138 - 1st Place Match: Luke Swatek (Elk-Point/Jefferson) 29-10, Fr. over Caden Singrey (Kingsbury County) 15-10, Fr. (Fall 1:12); 3rd Place Match: Colten Preheim (Parker) 32-22, Jr. over Otto Uberty (McCook Central/Montrose) 12-27, So. (SV-1 4-1).

144 - 1st Place Match: Greyson Nielson (Kingsbury County) 38-6, So. over Preston Nedved (Mt Vernon/Plankinton) 30-20, Fr. (MD 9-0); 3rd Place Match: Austin Vig (Clark/Willow Lake) 34-13, Fr. over Owen Rigg (Elk-Point/Jefferson) 13-14, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:44 (16-0)).

150 - 1st Place Match: Tate Miller (Howard) 32-4, Sr. over Paxton Nedved (Mt Vernon/Plankinton) 10-2, So. (MD 15-3); 3rd Place Match: Michael Even (Parker) 29-8, Sr. over Blake Jennings (Kingsbury County) 28-10, Jr. (Dec 4-0).

157 - 1st Place Match: Hayes Johnson (Elk-Point/Jefferson) 27-9, Sr. over Tanner Baker (Mt Vernon/Plankinton) 33-15, So. (Dec 5-4); 3rd Place Match: Caden Schurch (Beresford/A-H) 20-20, Fr. over Donovan Sandven (Kingsbury County) 21-15, So. (MD 9-0).

165 - 1st Place Match: Tate Tolsma (Mt Vernon/Plankinton) 38-7, Sr. over Elliot Bratland (Clark/Willow Lake) 37-4, Sr. (TB-1 7-5); 3rd Place Match: Kaleb Johnson (Kingsbury County) 38-7, Sr. over Caleb Heuertz (Elk-Point/Jefferson) 24-12, So. (TF-1.5 3:06 (16-0)).

175 - 1st Place Match: Weston Remmers (Howard) 17-2, Sr. over Gunner Ewing (Elk-Point/Jefferson) 33-8, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:59 (17-2)); 3rd Place Match: Justin Klein (Flandreau) 39-13, Jr. over Wyatt Hardt (Sioux Valley) 29-26, So. (Fall 2:36).

190 - 1st Place Match: Josh Kannegieter (Clark/Willow Lake) 39-2, Sr. over Nolan Mentele (Howard) 26-12, Jr. (Fall 0:20); 3rd Place Match: Dylan Buseman (Parker) 10-2, So. over Marshall Holz (Kingsbury County) 22-8, Sr. (Dec 9-3).

215 - 1st Place Match: Karter Headrick (Flandreau) 40-9, Sr. over Breyten Johnson (Kingsbury County) 31-9, Jr. (Dec 9-2); 3rd Place Match: Gabriel Martian (Howard) 24-16, Jr. over Riley Popp (Clark/Willow Lake) 17-21, Sr. (Fall 1:43).

285 - 1st Place Match: Owen Vandeweerd (Sioux Valley) 38-6, Jr. over Tanner Baatz (Garretson) 25-15, So. (Fall 5:30); 3rd Place Match: Titon Peters (Flandreau) 17-11, So. over Addison Peterson (Elk-Point/Jefferson) 21-21, Fr. (Fall 2:18)