605 Sports Staff

For South Dakota wrestling fans some big changes are coming to the weight classes next year. The first six weight classes (106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138) will all remain the same. For the 2023-24 season the next seven weight classes will be 144, 150, 157, 165, 175, 190 and 215. The 285 weight class will remain the same. 

Dakota Grappler 2023-24 Preseason Wrestling Rankings

While the South Dakota state wrestling tournaments are complete wrestlers are already thinking about and preparing for next season. Dakota Grappler released their preseason wrestling rankings this week projecting Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers as the team to beat in Class B next season. The Brawlers are projected to score 139 points ahead of Canton (135) and McCook Central/Montrose (125). Custer (123) and Miller/Highmore-Harrold (100). 

Team Rankings: 1. Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers, 139; 2. Canton, 135; 3. McCook Central/Montrose, 125; 4. Custer, 123; 5. Miller-Highmore-Harrold, 100; 6. Wagner, 99; 7. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 80; 8. Winner Area, 72; 9. Redfield, 64; 10. Faulkton Area, 60; 11. Warner/Northwestern, 50; 12. Tri-Valley, 48; 13. Parkston, 47; 14. Kingsbury County, 38; 15. Parker, 36

Individual Rankings: 

106

• 1. Sean Roseland, Faulkton Area; 2. Brody Gossen, Marion/Freeman; 3. Judd Hansen, Burk/Gregory; 4. Maddon Odland, Redfield; 5. Maddux Risse, Bennett County; 6. Lane Graf, Custer; 7. Chase Hurd, Miller/Highmore-Harrold; 8. Gatlin Cordes, Brawlers; 9. Kaden Wookey, Clark/Willow Lake; 10. Ryvr Larson, Bon Homme/Avon; 11. Daniel Dorsey, Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney; 12. Shane Sehr, Canton. 

113

• 1. Carter Kendrick, Brawlers; 2. Tyler Trant, Custer; 3. Cooper Pommer, Clark/Willow Lake; 4. Brody Randall, Hamlin/Castlewood; 5. Rylan Robbins, Winner Area; 6. Zach Bartels, Canton; 7. Landon Flogstad, McCook Central/Montrose; 8. Vincent Lenz, KWLPG; 9. Jaymin ValnDerWerff, MHH; 10. Cash Edgar, Faulkton Area; 11. Brody Van Roekel, Elk Point-Jefferson; 12. Maxwell Anderson, Lemmon/McIntosh. 

120

• 1. Tray Weiss, Custer; 2. Talon Ping, MHH; 3. Nicholas Schlachter, Potter County; 4. Tukker Boe, Brawlers; 5. Keegan Mill, MVPCS; 6. Cody Zell, Kingsbury County; 7. Easton Tschetter, Marion/Freeman; 8. Parker Randall, MCM; 9. Tacey Miller, Webster Area; 10. Alex Kuchkta, Parker; 11. Eli Ekroth, Burke/Gregory; 12. Chase Adam, Canton. 

126

• 1. Karstyn Lhotak, Wagner; 2. Cole Hendrixson, Tri-Valley; 3. Jackson Kaul, Bon Homme/Avon; 4. Conner Giedd, Howard; 5. Aiden Schrempp, Canton; 6. Jacksen Carter, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington; 7. Conner Zens, Redfield; 8. Tate Steffensen, Sioux Valley 9. Drew Janke, Lead-Deadwood; 10. Neil Hicks, Bennett County; 11. Luke Swatek, Elk Point-Jefferson; 12. Connor Owens, Custer. 

132

• 1. Gavin Braun, KWLPG; 2. Maxton Brozik, Winner Area; 3. Gage Anderson, Lemmon/McIntosh; 4. Trystan Traupel, MCM; 5. Greyson Nielson, Kingsbury County; 6. Finley McConniel, Marion/Freeman; 7. Jordan Schafer, MHH; 8. Gage Reichert, Parkston; 9. Daniel Swenson, Chester Area; 10. Carter Shulte, Faulkton Area; 11. Austin Vig, Clark/Willow Lake; 12. Walker Zoellner, Groton Area. 

138

• 1. Kellan Hurd, MHH; 2. Kasen Konstanz, KWLPG; 3. Ashton Keller, Canton; 4. Karson Keiser, Winner Area; 5. Gannon Gilligan, Kingsbury County; 6. Gavin Risse, Bennett County; 7. Gavin Kloos, Deuel/Deubrook Area; 8. Wyatt Wientjes, Mobridge-Pollock; 9. Treyson Richter, Tri-Valley; 10. Dylan Buseman, Parker; 11. Lincoln Wickstrom, Harding County; 12. Westin Edwards, St. Thomas More. 

144

• 1. Jace Blasius, Brawlers; 2. Christian Ehresmann, Groton Area; 3. Haeden Jorgenson, Webster Area; 4. Teagan Foreman, MHH; 5. Tate Miller, Howard; 6. Teague Granum, Canton; 7. Tyler Tjeerdsma, Bon Homme/Avon; 8. Riley Scott, Custer; 9. Kaden Holzbauer, Parkston; 10. Jaxon Quail, Deuel/Deubrook Area; 11. Spencer Sargent, Stanley County; 12. Riley Pankratz, Parker. 

150

• 1. Ayson Rice, Canton; 2. Jhett Breen, Wagner; 3. Iden Myers, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes; 4. Konner Osborn, Winner Area; 5. Wyatt Anderson, Parkston; 6. Brody Dybvig, Tri-Valley; 7. Garrett Cramer, Faulkton Area; 8. Michael Even, Parker; 9. Brayden Oldenkamp, Lyman; 10. Mehki Hayes, Lead-Deadwood; 11. Leighton Sander, Custer; 12. Kaleb Johnson, Kingsbury County. 

157

• 1. Jackson Remmers, MCM; 2. Miles Renner, Lead-Deadwood; 3. John Halverson, Canton; 4. Carter Sommer, Parkston; 5. Kai Rusch, Custer; 6. Charlie Dulany, Warner/Northwestern; 7. Ryken Orel, Winner Area; 8. Jackson Caba, Bon Homme/Avon; 9. Josh Kannegieter, Clark/Willow Lake; 10. Hayden Roggow, Stanley County; 11. Landon Coyle, MHH; 12. Collin Dean, Redfield. 

165

• 1. Carter Randall, MCM; 2. Riley Roberts, Wagner; 3. Thane Simons, Brawlers; 4. Colby Kolda, MHH; 5. Andrew Even, Parker; 6. Colton Brady, Stanley County; 7. Jhett Eklund, Burke/Gregory; 8. Korbin Whiteley, Deuel/Deubrook Area; 9. Lucas Yellow Hawk, Sully Buttes; 10. Aiden Kranz, Canton; 11. Drake Mueller, Faulkton Area; 12. Elliot Bratland, Clark/Willow Lake. 

175

• 1. Burk Blasius, Brawlers; 2. Weston Remmers, MCM; 3. Ryder Bailey, Custer; 4. Gannon Knebel, Wagner; 5. Lucas Lenz, KWLPG; 6. Ryder Rowland, MHH; 7. Tristen Baloun, Faulkton Area; 8. Landyn Reiser, Tri-Valley; 9. Gavin Neu, Canton; 10. Carter Luikens, Potter County; 11. Dylan Murray, Redfield; 12. Case Kolda, Stanley County. 

190

• 1. Parker Noem, Custer; 2. Alex Pudwill, Warner/Northwestern; 3. Quinn Moon, Brawlers; 4. Kolter Kramer, Parkston; 5. Lincoln Dikoff, Faulkton Area; 6. Will Rotert, MCM; 7. Rory McManus, Lyman; 8. Camden Murray, Redfield; 9. Justin Rohrbach, Ipswich/Bowdle; 10. Canaan McCracken, Canton; 11. Calvin Halverson, Howard; 12. Isaiah Crownover, Bon Homme/Avon.

215

• 1. Caleb Rickenbach, Hot Springs; 2. Preston Cavalier, Warner/Northwestern; 3. Tim Bouza, Wagner; 4. Chase McGillivary, Redfield; 5. Hunter Richmond, Canton; 6. Jensen Fitch, Brawlers; 7. Connor Johnson, Kingsbury County; 8. Zayne Severyn, Custer; 9. Grayson Jacobs, Elk Point-Jefferson; 10. Logan Raap, McCook Central/Montrose; 11. Kadyn Weisser, Ipswich/Bowdle; 12. Dylan Meade, Lead-Deadwood.

285

• 1. Traun Cook, Canton; 2. Grady Fey, Redfield; 3. Kade Grocott, MCM; 4. Levi Wieman, Parker; 5. Isaac Nehlich, Tri-Valley; 6. Colton Niles, Newell; 7. Derek Fenenga, Winner Area; 8. Parker Bode, Faulkton Area; 9. Owen VandeWeerd, Sioux Valley; 10. Tucker Hardy, Britton-Hecla; 11. Louie Thury, Lyman; 12. Brock Tuttle, Hanson.

After winning a state title as a junior Canton's Traun Cook is projected to win another title next season - Rodney Haas - 605 Sports