605 Sports Staff

With seven of the top-eight Class B wrestling teams participating in Dec. 31’s McCook Central/Montrose Invitational, and a number of athletes moving to different weight classes, the Dakota Grappler Week 5 wrestling rankings show some major changes throughout each class. 

Burke/Gregory’s Owen Hansen dropped to 132 pounds this week and the future Augustana grappler jumped right to the No. 1 ranking. Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers’ Jace Blasius is now Class B’s top ranked wrestler at 138. Winner Area’s  Riley Orel dropped to 160 for the the MCM tournament and defeated former No. 1, Tance Wagner of Lyman, 1-0 and is now top-ranked in his weight class. Winner Area’s Jack Kruger assumed the No. 1 ranking in 182 after defeating previous No. 1 Isaac Crownover of Bon Homme/Avon/Scotland, 8-3. Hot Springs’ Caleb Rickenback takes over the 195-pound No. 1 ranking. McCook Central/Montrose’s Austin Hoiten jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 at 285 following a pin over Redfield’s Grady Fey. 

The big team mover this week were the Winner Area Warriors. Last week the Warriors were ranked 5th in the Class B team standings with 97 points. After finishing behind Canton in Salem the Warriors jumped all the way to No. 2 with  133 points. 

(Rankings provided by Dakota Grappler)

Team rankings: 1. Canton, 146; 2. Winner Area; 133; 3. McCook Central/Montrose, 117; 4. Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers 111; 5. Custer, 98; 6. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 81; 8. Parker, 72; 9. Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 71; 10.  Burke/Gregory, 61.

Dynamite Dozen: 1. Owen Hansen, Burke/Gregory; 2. Burk Blasius, Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers; 3. Ayson Rice, Canton; 4. Jackson Remmers, McCook Central/Montrose; 5. Maxton Brozik, Winner Area; 6. Tanner Meyers, Canton; 7. Jack Kruger, Winner Area; 8. Isaac Crownover, Bon Homme/Avon; 9. Chase Hanson, Stanley County; 10. Kasen Konstanz, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes; 11. Trystan Traupel, McCook Central/Montrose, 12. Levi Wieman, Parker. 

 Wrestler of the Week: Jack Kruger, Winner Area

Individual Rankings: 

106: 1. Zach Bartels, Canton; 2. Cooper Pommer, Clark/Willow Lake; 3. Rylan Robbins, Winner Area;  4. Keagan Hill, Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney; 5. Judd Hansen, Burke/Gregory; 6. Tyler Trant, Custer; 7. Brody Randall, Hamlin/Castlewood; 8. Sean Roseland, Faulkton Area; 9. Maddon Odland, Redfield, 10. Brody Gossen, Marion/Freeman; 11. Vincent Lenz, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes; 12. Landon Flogstad, McCook Central/Montrose. 

113: 1. Brady Risetter, Redfield; 2. Tray Weiss, Custer; 3. Aiden Schrempp, Canton; 4. Jacksen Carter, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington; 5. Jackson Kaul, Bon Homme/Avon; 6. Nicholas Schlachter, Potter County; 7. Talon Ping, Miller/Highmore-Harrold; 8. Tate Steffensen, Sioux Valley; 9. Alek Kuchta, Parker; 10. Eason Tschetter, Marion/Freeman; 11. Eli Ekroth, Burke/Gregory; 12. Asher Peterson, Philip Area. 

120: 1. Maxton Brozik, Winner Area; 2. Trystan Traupel, McCook Central/Montrose; 3. Kipp Cordes, Philip Area; 4. Gavin Braun, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes; 5. Karstyn Lhotak, Wagner; 6. Cole Hendrixson,, Tri-Valley; 7. Gage Anderson, Lemmon/McIntosh; 8. Conner Zens, Redfield; 9. Luke Swatek, Elk POint-Hefferson; 10. Ashton Hill, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington; 11. Gage Talsma, Hamlin/Castlewood; 12. Walker Zoellner, Groton Area. 

126: 1. Kasen Konstanz, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes;  2. Kellan Hurd, Miller/Highmore-Harrold; 3. Landon Woodward, Custer; 4. Kaden Holzbauer, Parkston; 5. Gannon Gilligan, Kingsbury County; 6. Conner Giedd, Howard; 7. Kaydin Carter, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington; 8. Dylan Buseman, Parker; 9. Owen Schmitd, McCook Central/Montrose; 10. Gavin Kloos, Deuel, Deubrook ARea; 11. Daniel Swenson, Chester Area; 12. Taylor Merkel, Clark/Willow Lake. 

132: 1. Owen Hansen, Burke/Gregory; 2. Chase Hanson, Stanley County;  3. Riley Scott, Custer; 4. Iden Meyers, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes; 5.  Karson Keiser, Winner Area; 6. Tate Miller, Howard; 7. Tanner Frickson, Potter County; 8. Tyler Tjeerdsma, Bon Homme/Avon; 9. Jaxon Quail, Deuel/Deubrook Area; 10. Gavin Risse, Bennett County; 11. Wyatt Wientjes, Mobridge/Pollock; 12. Riley Pankratz, Parker. 

138: 1. Jace Blasius, Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers; 2. Konner Osborn, Winner Area; 3. Kale Ask, Canton; 4. Kellen Griffeth, Lyman; 5. Haeden Jorgenson, Webster Area; 6. Carter Konechne, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes; 7. Spencer Sargent, Stanley County; 8. Ethan Rearick, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington; 9. Carter Sommer, Parkston; 10. Chrsitan Ehresmann, Groton Area; 11. Michael Even, Parker; 12. Tyson Durham, St. Thomas More. 

145: 1. Ayson Rice, Canton; 2. Jhett Breen, Wagner:  3. Dylan Zell, Kingsbury County; 4. Joey Hoverson, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington; 5. Brody Dybvig, Tri-Valley; Jack Even, Parker; 7. Gage Ravellette, Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers; 8. Clayton Dulany, Warner/Northwestern; 9. Josh Kannegieter, Clark/Willow Lake; 10. Paxton Nedven, Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney; 11. Jackson Caba, Bon Homme/Avon; 12. Collin Dean, Redfield. 

152: 1. Jackson Remmers, McCook Central/Montrose; 2. Blair Blasius, Philip, Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers; 3. Carter Lenz, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes; 4. Drew Gerlach, Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney; 5. Colby Kolda, Miller/Highmore/Harrold; 6. Aidan Kranz, Canton; 7. Riley Tschetter, Marion/Freeman; 8. Andrew Even, Parker; 9. Ryken Orel, Winner Area; 10. Garrett Cramer, Faulkton Area; 11. Miles Renner, Lead-Deadwood; 12. Elliot Bratland, Clark/Willow Lake. 

 160: 1. Riley Orel, Winner Area; 2. Porter Neugebauer, Parkston; 3. Tance Wagner, Lyman; 4. Jonathan Lewis, Custer; 5. Thane Simons, Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers; 6. Carter Randall, McCook Central/Montrose; 7. Mason Whitley, Redfield; 8. Lucas Hueser, Elk Point-Jefferson; 9. Jhett Eklund, Burke/Gregory; 10. Ryder Rowland, Miller/Highmore-Harrold; 11. Korbin Whiteley, Deuel/Deubrook Area; 12. Chase Chambers, Clark/Willow Lake. 

170: 1. Burk Blasius, Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers; 2  Ben Swatek, Elk Point-Jefferson; 3. Gunner Stephens, Burke/Gregory; 4. Gunner Brueggerman, Miller/Highmore-Harrold; 5. Gannon Knebel, Wagner; 6. Ryder Bailey, Custer; 7 John Halverson, Canton; 8. Isaiah Crownover, Bon Homme/Avon, 9. Dylan McGregor, McCook Central/Montrose; 10. Calvin Halverson, Howard; 11. Emmitt Maher, Lemmon/McIntosh; 12. Dylan Murray, Redfield. 

182: 1. Jack Kruger, Winner Area; 2. Isaac Crownover, Bon Homme/Avon;  3. Tate Hoffman, Miller/Highmore-Harrold; 4. Josh Merkle, Canton; 5. Keegan Haider, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington; 6. Mason Hendrickson, Tri-Valley; 7. Rory McManus, Lyman; 8. Mason Pulse, McCook Central/Montrose; 9. Dominic Constant, Deuel/Deubrook Area; 10. Weston Woodward, Custer; 11. Grayson Jacobs, Elk Point-Jefferson; 12. Alex Pudwill, Warner/Northwestern. 

195: 1. Caleb Rickenbach, Hot Springs; 2. Charlie Patton, Parker; 3. Justin Granum, Deuel/Deubrook Area; 4. Griffin Clubb, Howard; 5. Zayne Severyn, Custer; 6. Lincoln Dikoff, Faulkton Area; 7. Will Rotert, McCook Central/Montrose; 8. Seth Siebrecht, Redfield; 9. Canan McCracken, Canton; 10. Connor Johnson, Kingsbury County; 11. Quinn Moon, Philip/Kadkoa Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers; 12. Kaleb Schonebaum, Burke/Gregory. 

220: 1. Tanner Myers, Canton; 2. Levi Wieman, Parker; 3. Kade Grocott, McCook Central/Montrose; 4. Grey Gilbert, Harding County; 5. Preston Cavalier, Warner/Northwestern; 6. Aiden Schoenhard, Mobridge-Pollock; 7. Chase McGillivary, Redfield; 8. Gunner Johnson, Lyman; 9. Tim Bouza, Wagner; 10. Noah Thooft, Elk Point-Jefferson; 11. Dylan Meade, Lead-Deadwood; 12. Carson Leonhardt, Faukton Area.